Gran Turismo Sport, in our opinion, is gaming as a service done the right way. Polyphony Digital’s built a pretty impressive e-sports scene around the simulation racer, and it’s continued to improve and iterate upon the PlayStation 4 exclusive since its launch last year – eroding any criticisms that players had about the day one offering in October 2017.
In fact, fansite GT Planet has been doing some number crunching, and it’s revealed that a whopping 103 cars and 32 tracks (across seven locations) have been added over the past year and a bit. That’s a wealth of content, and when you consider that the developer’s been expanding the single player GT League and adding Scapes in unison, you’ve got a pretty meaty package here now.
There’s much more number crunching through the link, with an analysis on how often the title updates and what the average patch incorporates. You’ve got to hand it to Kazunori Yamauchi and his team – this game has been incredibly well supported, and while sceptics continue to criticise its online focus, looking at the success of some of its tournaments, we reckon it was the right move.
[source gtplanet.net]
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It's great that they keep adding to it but for me it says more about the state it was in when it launched unfortunately
If you don't play online all that much its still pretty poor compared to previous gt games
@Marios-love-child Not really. I mean they could have released it now and had an extra 100 cars in it, but what's the difference?
@get2sammyb
It's just one of the negatives for DLC in my opinion (paid or free is irelivant) . Imagine in 25 years time a retro collector buys a Ps4 and a copy of gt sport. The servers will be long since switched off by then and they'll be picking up a really bare bones game with next to no content.
I realise it's not just a gt sport issue, all games get patches and updates but I just wish developers would give us complete games to begin with like in the olden days.
If you play an old snes, Ps1 or ps2 game you can be sure your playing the game finished and exactly as intended
@Marios-love-child It's just a different design philosophy. Like you say, most games are going this way. It comes with pros and cons — updating a game in this manner was simply impossible on the older consoles, so you wouldn't have got any of this post-launch content anyway.
Look at the way the Fortnite map changes and evolves over time. Even though I don't play the game, I think it's really cool, and if people are enjoying it in the moment (which they clearly are) then there's really no point worrying about whether it'll still be playable in two decades.
@Marios-love-child I see your point, and it's one of the reasons I've tended to wait for a physical release of a 'Complete Edition' of most games I'm interested in this generation. I always loved the GT series, but I'm yet to pull the trigger on GT Sport as I am still a little wary about its online focus. I don't always have nor can afford a PS Plus subscription. Even though GTS' single player component has been fleshed out somewhat, the fact that it still requires an internet connection for saves puts me off of getting it.
I am still playing and enjoying gt sport on almost daily basis. Polyphony really stood by this game and added a lot of free content. Games as service model done right!
@get2sammyb
I'm not disagreeing with you as such, in fact I agree with most of your points.
In the case of fortnite that was initially a free to download title so you'd completely expect updates.
With Gt sport however we're talking about Sonys flagship racing game and the game that was supplied on the disc prior to any updates was nothing short of a disgrace
GT Sport has been brilliant since day one , I only stopped playing it to concentrate on my backlog but this article has just reminded me I haven't played it since march so I might have even more tracks to play now even though I was satisfied with the amount it released with.
I never thought I'd enjoy the daily challenges etc but they are integrated brilliantly.
@Marios-love-child But in the end you probably spend more on the free to play game. And the online focus was known from the start dont think im defending anything because i dont even like Gran Turismo.
The question is this extra content or should it have been in the game at the start?
It's good at what it does, but you can see from the sales figures how disappointed the majority of the fanbase is that they've gone down the online-focused route.
Anyone else think this will be PS+ for January?
@Spoonman-2 Good shout, it is not in any of the deals iirc which is always a good sign.
@JohnnyShoulder It's in the January sale so I'll be surprised if it is. @Peach64 I don't know, last I heard I think it was approaching 5 million sales which put it another the last game. @hotukdeals Not really otherwise we would have had to wait for over a year which some are willing to do so but a lot would equally would be against it.
Spectacular support since launching
I don't get the online focus criticism.
I've barely touched online, yet happily spent around 100 hours in gt sport single player.
There's so much to do as it stands, and they keep adding more to keep me coming back every few weeks.
Amazing game. Amazing value.
I must have spent 30 hours alone just flying round the ring in vr.... Never gets old!
@JohnnyShoulder Disagree, I have been stung twice by buying a game in a sale, only to have it appear on plus the following week (fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...).
I have since looked at this and it happens regularly, the most recent being yakuza...(this was outed as a ps plus game a month before actually being announced)
@Spoonman-2 I doubt it, it's probably still ticking over in sales, but It would be nice to be able to have a digital copy rather than keep swapping discs!
The racing was amazing it's just a complete shame they didn't start building in a "real" single player mode with updates etc. I mean the online was great and ran smooth but as I'm not a pro races just consisted in me coming mid to low end of the pack and it got a bit boring in the end.
Great support for an awesome game. Not interested in the online parts but more than happy with all the offline content and free updates. Hope it continues.
30 tracks and over 100 cars. That's a full games worth of free content right there.
@EnragedGibbon yeah I been burnt a few times too, not that close to a game being discounted though. But this is if a game is not in the sales then it will a ps+ game, not when a game is in the sales and then is a ps+ game. Besides not saying it doesn't happen at all, just less likely to be a ps+ game when they are in the sales, especially if the sale over laps when next months ps+ kicks in.
Do you think I said 'sales' and 'ps+' enough times then? 😂
@JohnnyShoulder haha, had to read a few times to understand all the 'ps+' and 'sales' bits (had a few beers mind, it is xmas after all!), but i've noticed it has been commented on before and it is a shady sales practice, school boy error from sony really....anyway have a good one mate!! (and I do hope GT is a ps+ cos I do want to try!)
IMO ps4s/xbones whatever are not going to be compatible with tech in 15-20 years so unless you wanna carry around your TV for life I dont see the point in trying to future proof your games for that long
@EnragedGibbon And you fella, have a good un! 🍻
Still no weather....rookie mistake... I still think drive club is a better game...and in VR
Gran Turismo Sport is simply amazing, I've put a crap ton of hours into it and I've never once played an online race.
The VR mode is awesome too.
PS4 Pro, G29, Playseat and PSVR = Unbelievable experience.
I'll stick to Driveclub/Project Cars and Forza Horizon for my racing fix. They're all great games out of the gate, giving us SP content out of the box instead of this "service" garbage.
another one of my back log
They have released a lot of free content in a relatively short time, especially if compared to all other racing games being released in recent years. They probably had all of these in their "bank" already, at launch, and was planning to release them anyway. Still, it is positive how they quickly realized they made a mistake (by making an online multiplayer-focused game) and have tried to compensate older, single-player, fans for it.
However, I don't have Plus membership anymore, so there's little point in playing the game since I can't access the "career mode" or even save my game.
@Bonbonetti "However, I don't have Plus membership anymore, so there's little point in playing the game since I can't access the "career mode" or even save my game."
I can't test myself as I have Plus, but I'm 99% sure you can do everything apart from online races without a Plus subscription.
@SoulChimera. In GTSport with no online you can race in arcade and maybe time trial on the initial tracks with a selection of around 10 cars. You cannot race in GTLeague or Sport, use your garage, car settings, photo mode, or scapes. You cannot save progress. It's virtually useless currently without internet and PS+
I have decided that when I have everything done offline I might buy PS plus so I can race online. I don't know what people are talking about when they say there is no single player offline game. I put at least 50 hours in already and it'll take another 50 to get the rest done.
When I'm racing around Monza or Suzuka in a Ferrari F40 with traction control off and sports tyres fitted. It's as close to perfection as you can get.
@Cycologist
Is there no internet in your house?
Yes, I have internet. But for those who don't, GTSport is a very neutered experience and not worth buying.
@Bonbonetti
What are you talking about? You don't need PS plus to play career mode. Ps plus is only required for racing against other people online, like it is in all other PS4 games. There's tons to do in gtsport without ps plus. Also you DON'T need PS plus to use online saves.
Where are you getting you false information?
@RedMageLanakyn
That's hilarious man. At least the dlc is free with Gtsport not like Forza. I bought Forza 7 for my Xbox. I played it for an hour. I couldn't believe how rubbish it was. Sub standard crap.
@Peach64
The people who are putting the boot in were never fans. It's casual gamers who hate change that have a problem.
@bigallychef the weather was supposed to be coming but all gone silent. I'm guessing the engine that suffers with poor pop in cannot handle decent weather. The DLC is good but still a half baked game.
@Ps4_all_the_way + @SoulChimera
They've changed that? When the game came out you could not access the Career mode or save your game when offline. (Pushsquare's article on it: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/10/guide_can_you_play_gran_turismo_sport_offline).
I must have missed (or forgotten) this new information. I also seem to have confused 'having internet access' with Plus-membership.
Anyway, thanks for bringing it to my attention, I just had it fixed in my mind that when my Plus membership ran out that I could not play the Campaign anymore.
@Ps4_all_the_way If you actually read my comment I said Forza Horizon, not Forza 7. There's lots of free DLC with the Horizon games as well.
@RedMageLanakyn
No offense intended. The games you like is cool but I felt I wanted to stick up for GT.
@Bonbonetti
No problem man. There's tons to do without ps plus in GT.
@Ps4_all_the_way It's all good, I'm a big fan of GT myself, and I'm sure the current game is good, I've just found alternatives in the lapses between them that are just as good if not better IMO. Just really not a fan of "games as a service" and it looks like they're adding in SP content as well, I just prefer to slap a disc in and do an update or two and be able to play if I'm not online.
Overwhelmingly it seems that those who bought the game love it but those who didn't buy it seem to have made up their minds without playing it....
@Cycologist true, if you have literally no internet then it’s no good.
But I was saying you don’t need PS Plus to access most of the game.
@MinerWilly I think you just summed up the gaming community. Haha.
@MinerWilly
Great comment.
I've never not had PS+ but most online games require it and as GTSport is tied to being online I guessed you'd need it as well. Good to know and happy holidays!
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