From making games for the PS1 to all the way for making games for the PS4, Polyphony Studios have made banger after banger of video games, and this years title just take the cake.
Imagine yourself sitting in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V, speeding past the winding corners and the iconic tunnel, overlooking the deep, forested valley down below. Imagine the other racers speeding next to you, trying to overtake you at the next turn, while also admiring the scenery to you. This is what Gran Turismo is about: a masterpiece of visual fidelity and hyper-active racing.
This cautious blend of imagery and action is where Gran Turismo shines, its where the base of the series comes from. Its not meant to be purely racing, like iRacing or RaceRoom, its meant to a showroom full of the technical advances that mankind has taken within the console. If you compare the first Gran Turismo through to Gran Turismo 7, you can see how much the series has developed.
Even if we take the latest release before Gran Turismo 7, Gran Turismo Sport, you can already see a plethora of small and big changes. For example, Gran Turismo 7 has an island in the middle to act as a selection menu, while Gran Turismo Sport has the menu on the top, and the middle space is left for a nice slideshow of cars. On top of that, Gran Turismo 7 has Ray-tracing enabled within replays and scenes where response time is not important (i.e. not in-game)
Furthermore, the visual aspects of the game within races and within the replays and scenes are just gorgeous. Even without Raytracing enabled while you’re racing, the game’s shaders are built to perfection to complement the hyper-realistic car-models to make it look like real life. The games meticulously crafted physics engine paired with the immersive vibrations of the new PS5 controller make it feel like real life.
To conclude, if you want to play this, i highly recommend playing it on the PS5 rather than the PS4, as the DualSense controllers only work with the PS5, which is only if you can afford the hefty £70 price tag of course.
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