Just down the road is the Car Cafe, truly one of the quaintest inclusions in this Radiator Springs-esque burg. Shopportunities are in easy driving distance, friend! You can go tyre kick 400 cars in three dealerships, including Brand Central (new cars from 2001 onwards), Legendary Cars (iconic wallet-destroyers) and Used Cars (a rotating list of lemons with sawdust in the gearbox to make them sound ok… probably). However, Polyphony Digital has eschewed the cold world map menus for a quirky little car suburbia. (Quick note: the game has totally brought those back into the mix again.)įor starters, the career mode you know and love (that was hastily patched into Sport during that title’s lifetime) is now bolted in, standard. Some are a little left-field, but I also think they may make for quite the pleasant oil change. Kaz’s ultimate goal: “to excite people to the allure of cars, even without any prior knowledge, and become aware of just how fun it is to drive, own, or tune.”īear with me as I explain them now. That said, a few surprising new ideas have bubbled up in an effort to propel Gran Turismo 7 into the future.
As this “real racing simulator” celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, societal change is forcing him to shift gears on what you’d normally expect from a GT.Īll of the usual ingredients that would fuel another entry in this franchise are sloshing around in the tank – an OCD attention to physics and high-octane visuals are a given.
Kazunori Yamauchi, producer of the Gran Turismo series is keenly aware of this. Though it certainly doesn’t sound like it at your local Macca’s carpark at 3 am, revheads are an endangered species.