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JuliusHackebeil on 27 February 2023
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Okay, PSVR2 is incredible. I bought GT7 with it. Now I am not a car guy. I played Need for Speed Underground like 20 years ago. And than I bought GT5 for PS3. Did not play it that much. Did not enjoy it that much either. I cant really say why GT7 is my first PSVR2 game, other than driving seems like such a natural fit for VR. You sit. You are stationary in the car while everything around you moves. The restricted field of view and the weight of the headset on your head can be compared to wearing a driving helmet (in my mind at least, never wore something like that in real life).

I am in awe! This is the best gaming experience I had in years. Finally something feels new and exciting again. Reminiscent of psvr 1 for me. But 2016 had plenty other games I very much enjoyed and lots to come. In recent years though, gaming felt stale to me. The promises of the future resulted in disappointing games. And there is not much for me to be looking forward to. This makes the arrival of PSVR2 all the more poignant: Just wow!! I guess I could only play GT7 for the rest of the year and I would be just fine with it.

It feels so real driving in GT7 with PSVR2, that this thought actually entered my mind: why don't I just become a real competitive driver? -Spoiler: I won't. And this is silly. But the excitement is real. With no story. No characters. No arcs. Things I value the highest in gaming. Just driving. To get to know how a car handles and getting the perfect turn, or driving at neck break speeds in Tokyo Speedway (or whatever it is called) is exhilarating.

I tried for a very short time the RE8 demo too. That's gonna be my next big project. I have not felt such a rush since playing RE7 on psvr1. And this is, like SvennoJ perfectly put it, like skipping a generation and going from ps1 to ps3. The nervousness and fear having to load and shoot a gun, facing an approaching monster - nothing a flat screen could ever do will ever come close to this.

I said it with the release of psvr 1 and say it again now: there will always be a time and place for flat screen games, but VR is where gaming can really break new ground. And I will be there, hoping for long-time support that is as incredible as the initial slate of PSVR2 games.