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- Mar 4, 202225% CONFIDENCEsource
Gran Turismo 7 Review - IGN
Awards
- D.I.C.E. Award 2023: Racing Game of the Year (for Gran Turismo 7)
- The Game Awards 2022: Best Sports/Racing (for Gran Turismo 7)
Also nominated: 2 nominations
- The Game Awards 2023: Best VR/AR (for Gran Turismo 7)
- The Game Awards 2022: Best Audio Design (for Gran Turismo 7)
Main competitors
- Forza Horizon 5 · Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios
Open-world arcade-leaning racer from late 2021, the console racing rival with an openness-first approach.
Source - Forza Motorsport 7 · Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft
Circuit-racing simulator described as GT7's true rival at the time, though five years old by 2022.
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From the first honk of the series’ iconic countdown klaxon, there are moments during Gran Turismo 7 when it feels almost like a remake of the 1997 original. In the space of a moment I’m 16 again and stuffing earthshaking turbos into a bright red Mitsubishi GTO, wondering how I’m going to be able to beat my dad around Trial Mountain when he always gets the DualShock and I have to make do with our only other controller – a terrible, translucent blue aftermarket job with no analogue sticks. That’s a kind of magic a video game series can’t buy; it can only earn. Gran Turismo 7 has that magic; that compulsive car upgrade loop the series established, plus the hot looks and sterling handling to back it up. But there’s a lot more to Gran Turismo 7 than the sum of its nostalgia – even if there are still a few traditions it should’ve left in its rear-view mirror.
- Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 7 launched 4 March 2022 on PS4 and PS5; the date was revealed at the 9 September 2021 PlayStation Showcase[1][5]
- Sony delayed it from 2021 to 2022 because of Covid-related production challenges (announced 23 February 2021)[4]
- It was first announced as a PS5 exclusive, and Jim Ryan confirmed a PS4 version after confused messaging[5]
- IGN's review (Luke Reilly) scores it 9, Editors' Choice, calling it "the best the series has been since its dominant PlayStation 2 era" with gorgeous graphics and fantastic handling[1]
- Criticisms: expensive upgrades and microtransactions, flawed rolling starts, a smaller car list than rivals and always-online single-player[1]
Notable features
- A sim racing game by Polyphony Digital, the eighth main Gran Turismo and follow-up to Gran Turismo Sport (2017); the single-player GT Simulation Mode returns alongside GT Sport Mode, Brand Central and Showcase[2]
- The Gran Turismo Cafe hub introduces licences and cars through 39 "menu books", making it "the most welcoming GT ever"[1]
- Dynamic time and weather effects return from Gran Turismo 5 and 6; saving progress needs a constant internet connection, while Arcade mode plays offline[2]
- On PS5 it runs at 4K and 60 frames per second with HDR, ray tracing, DualSense haptics and adaptive triggers and 3D audio, against 1080p on original PS4; PlayStation VR2 support came in a free update[2]
- As of version 1.71 it has 574 cars and 41 track environments with 121 layouts[2]