#GRAN TURISMO 7 REVIEW LICENSE#

Its next-gen capabilities create an immersive sense of realism down to driving on its expansive list of tracks. Gran Turismo 7 is a love letter to people who enjoy cars in general. They’re all captured in a way where, depending on your camera view and proximity to other vehicles, you can tell what is what.

You can really hear and even feel the purrs of the different engines per vehicle. Seriously, bravo to the composers and all the artists involved in contributing to this game’s soundtrack.įinally, what makes racing games appeal to the gearheads the most are the engine sounds. It’s something that has always been a strong suit when it comes to GT games, but this goes above and beyond what other titles in this franchise established. It’s a loose rendition of what a story mode would be for this game.įrom the classical music, remixes in between, electronica, and even diving into lounge, rock, and pop, the music provokes a feeling of grandeur. The Cafe mode specifically will guide you through different generations of automotive history, helping you acquire a generous handful of vehicles to get your racing career started. This progression-based mode is accompanied by the new “Cafe” mode which serves as a means of introducing players of all skill levels to the definitive experience of a racing simulation game. As painful as they may be, you will pick up or master a few techniques along the way. You will need to start doing these as you progress further, so the game will really want you to hone your driving skills. Going off-road, hitting a wall, or not reaching the goal within the time limit results in a failure. For those who don’t, these are essentially scenarios where you drive a particular car through an obstacle or an entire course and have to complete it within a time limit. If you have ever played any of the mainline games, you’ll know what this is.

#GRAN TURISMO 7 REVIEW LICENSE#

While this might be a divisive aspect of the game, Gran Turismo 7 does bring back the dreaded license exams. Polyphony Digital took their slogan, “Gran Turismo is back”, and ran with it, giving us a game that has an insane number of vehicles, an amazing soundtrack, and driving mechanics that appeal to casuals and the gearheads. This game touts over 400 vehicles spanning from large-name brands like Ford and Toyota, but it also has those from different classes. You want to essentially have such a wide array and choose some to your liking, tune them, customize them, and take them to the track. The point of racing simulation games is to have access to a plethora of different vehicles from various manufacturers. There is no way that these are the graphics for the game, but that’s exactly it. Seeing the power of Sony’s now released next-gen console rendering a hyper-realistic Porsche 917K ‘70 was mind-blowing. The road leading up to GT7 was a mostly quiet one until its announcement alongside the PlayStation 5 in 2020.

Gran turismo 7 review