GT Sport: Sony Are Idiots

[DonFerrari]

flashfire926 said:

SvennoJ said:

I get what you mean, but I don't think that's possible anymore in this age with Project cars, iRacing, Assetto Corsa, Forza, there's no way to outdo them all GT4 style. You said it yourself GT5 and GT6 were getting stale and a mish mash of assets from different generations, they needed to mix up the formula, start over.

GT5 also added procedurally generated rally tracks, track editor, karting, nascar, day/night cycles, weather, weekly challenges, dlc, online racing, special events, quadruple the resolution (max 640x540 in 1080i mode to 1280x1080) and still you say GT4 absolutely beats GT5. It's kinda obvious that staying on the same track with GT7 would never have been enough.

PD started fresh, made a new future proof engine which they'll be able to use for a long time. Everything is made for bt.2020 color space and HDR, which is groundreaking for 2017. A bit too groundbreaking since no displays exists yet that can fully show bt.2020. All assets have been made up to that standard, but that takes time. Was it a smart move, if they survive the backlash, yes smooth sailing from here on out. No problems transitioning to next gen, nothing like coming from GT6, a mish mash of ps2 and ps3 code and assets.

The new focus is competitive racing, couple with e-sports and actual licenses, so I can understand why the focus was on the newer car categories first. However there are plenty references to the good old days in the UI so I don't doubt historic stuff will make it in one day.

But the always online thing was perhaps one step too far, too soon.

Well, I guess you could look at it that way. Perhaps GT sport is for the competitive/hardcore, while caR-PG junkies like me just need to be a little patient and wait their turn. Maybe polyphony learned a lesson from gt5 and chose not to import gt6 premium models, which to me seems like the wrong thing happened at the wrong time, cause PS3 models in PS4 GT would probably be much less noticeable than PS2 models in PS3 GT, since the jump between graphics is way smaller from PS3 to PS4 than it is from PS2 to PS3. But in the end, I guess maybe starting from scratch and taking a hit im the short term might be the better option to make the long term look better.

one can only pray and expose his opinion