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SvennoJ on 26 November 2015
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Zod95 said:
SvennoJ said:

Look at all the extra entertainment value the game has to offer when you use it in an unintended way, with mods, or play with glitches!
I've been driving off track too with glitches, flying high over the Nordschleife. Didn't make it any less of a great game.

Hot lapping and close races with good clean drivers or evenly matched AI is where the game excels. It's not a crashing or pushing other cars out of the way simulator. If you don't feel any joy in making the perfect pass or the perfect corner than it's not for you. Plus it's fun to drive cars you're familiar with, then put ridiculous upgrades in them and go racing on real circuits. It's all the variety that kept me going for months at a time. Karts on the Nurburgring, why not. 12 LeMans cars duking it out on the indoor kart circuit, pure fun. Rally racing in the VW bus, Nascar racing through London, intense F1 battle in the starting rain on Spa, sunset on procedurally generated rally tracks, historic race cars vs modern, reliving the old day with the original tracks, weekly new challenges, it never ends.

Gran Turismo gets that variety is the spice of life. Where most racing games have a tight focus to deliver the best experience, Gran Turismo offers a broad experience that is unmatched.

I never said Gran Turismo was not a great game. I said it was not really a racing simulator (let alone "the racing simulator").

True, at most it's an overtaking simulator, that's all you do in 'career' mode. Racing simulators are not for me though, race weekends with practice and qualifying rounds, multiple heats. Win in qualifying and the race is pretty boring when you already start out front. I started going straight to the race in Project cars, basically playing it as GT, overtaking everyone. Lots of cars to overtake in Project cars :)

I'm a bit worried about GT sport. The broad variety in disciplines and cars, including driving familiar cars is what makes GT great for me. GT sport sounds like it's going to have a much more narrow focus. I'll still get it for VR support, yet I rather have GT7.