What are your thoughts on the Gran Turismo Sport Demo?

[SvennoJ]

I played some more, getting gold on stage 6. It really does look great in HDR (now I've got the settings right). The handling is great, counter steering can be a bit tricky in the rally car, otherwise it's all very smooth. I also had a chance to put the volume up, the cars sound great this time, same as all the sound effects, passing cars, rumble strips, gravel hitting the rally car, very immersive.

The only downside is the AI. It's behavior is not growing on me, the opposite. I did the Interlagos challenge again, first a flawless race, this time the German decided to stubbornly stay in front of me. Second attempt I easily passed him in lap 4 for first, then the AI completely drove me off road against the wall in the first chicane, I dropped to 6 thinking the race was over. Caught up and won without much trouble... A bit of randomness is fine, yet this doesn't feel right, winning with a much slower total time. Perhaps the AI felt bad....

I also did an online race. Online races only start every 20 minutes, just missed it so had to run qualifying laps for 15 minutes for a 3 lap race doh. Matchmaking doesn't have much to work with yet so inevitably some idiot was behind me who rammed me off road. Expected, yet why is my SR (sportmanships rating) going down when I get rammed and then again when pushed off road? He continued to do the same to the person who was in front of me. I blocked him on psn, dunno if that affects matchmaking, it better... Penalty system seems broken. In the result screen only the person in pole position who never got touched had a green SR rating.

Anyway seems for online I'll have to change my driving style again. I prefer slow in fast out, yet online the only way to go is to brake late or get rammed :/ Then still get used as a bumper, so cut the corner as well to prevent that ugh. Hopefully it will sort itself out after a while.