
Many of you may not have to wait to play Gran Turismo 7 on the PlayStation 5 and PS4, as copies in the United States have started to ship – a week before the game’s intended 4th March release date. Our review of the simulation racer is still under embargo, but there are multiple reports of players already receiving their physical pre-orders.
If you purchased digitally, you can pre-load the game, but it won’t be available to play until the aforementioned launch date. Many of those who ordered on Amazon, however, already have the game in their hands – and even more are reporting that their copies have shipped and are currently in transit.
Fortunately, this isn’t a game steeped in story, so it’s not like leaks are going to affect your enjoyment too much. It’s a weird one for us, though: we’ve been playing the racer for several days already, but we can’t actually share any of our impressions or opinions until mid-next week. It’s not unusual for major titles to leak early, of course – but rarely does it happen on this kind of scale.
[source twitter.com, via resetera.com, gtplanet.net]
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@get2sammyb Is this happening in the UK? Fingers crossed mine comes early!
If only there was something else to play in the meantime. Damn video-game drought.
@Mostik Not seen anything on that yet.
Can’t even think of GT with all the backlog to be honest. Look forward to your review though!
I've just had the game spoilt for me. I now know what my seventh Skyline will look like.
As much as I appreciate the work gone into the game I just cannot get into sim racers.
The best I do now a days is Mario Kart on Switch online.
Anyway spending all my time on HFW mainly
The game draws me in and won’t let go.
All these recent Fridays have been pretty fun for people, haven't they?
At least it isnt a story driven game. Cant really spoil a sim racer. Still cant imagine Polyphony or Sony are too impressed. Hopefully it doesnt require a Day One patch for bigs etc otherwise a ton of buggy gameplay about to hit the net. Dunno if you can at least share info on that?
@RevGaming It's been a good month!
@Dezzy70
GT has never actually been a hardcore sim no matter the tagline or mode names. You absolutely can race as an arcade game.
Wasn't going to but I'm gonna pick this up I think.
Nice. Not horribly excited about this one, but I'm planning to buy it to use as a way to teach my teenager driving basics before they get behind the wheel IRL. The rain affecting tracks with puddling is a big factor for this. Hoping they add snow/ice affects as well.
@Dezzy70 Mario Kart and Forza Horizon for me. My wife is playing Mario Kart as I write this. I bought her a pink lite and she loves it. Anyways as amazing as GT7 and Forza 8 will look, I’m not much for them either. I will give Twisted Metal a try when it releases on PS5. As for the show they are making, not sure about that yet. Have to wait and see. Enjoy HFW buddy 😁
2015 passed the baton to 2018 and now to 2022 - the Years of Games.
@Rural-Bandit Did you buy her a pink controller too?
@TheArt 2018 wasn't that big of a year. It just had 4 games that were more than spectacular. 2017 and 2016 had more to choose from.
@RevGaming I did not surprisingly HAHA. She was a non gamer before we got together. She said she liked Mario Kart and Donkey Kong country as a kid and got good at them. I was like sure sure.
Well for our anniversary last February I bought her a pink switch lite and Mario Kart and she played and still plays it everyday here and there and has all 3 stars on 200cc and holds her own online. I was impressed. So I got her animal crossing and she barely played it and has 140 hours of Mario kart and like 5 hours on animal crossing. She puts up with my Halo multiplayer obsession, so she’s a keeper. Love her with all my heart. Plus she don’t give me any troubles about my bass fishing. I’m blessed. Feels good to write something nice about her. Sorry if it’s useless Info.
@Fragile Horizon and Elden Ring? Arceus for Switch owners? And March is stacked too. Drought is over. I’m hoping for a summer drought to catch up, or else my wallet will be sore. Lol. I see Gran Tursimo 7 and Triangle Strategy coming next week, and I’m just 5 hours in on Horizon with Elden Ring sitting there waiting, and trying to plan how I’ll tackle them all… and two weeks later Stranger of Paradise, then Ghostwire and Kirby… The drought is an Xbox exclusive. Lol
@Rural-Bandit Nah man that's freaking great! Glad.
I know I'm not gonna complete HFW or even get started on Elden Ring but as soon as it strikes midnight GT7 will be getting launched.
Cannot wait. What a 4 week period for games.
@itsfoz the review looks like it's paid for since they can't give it yet. By then it's too late and people have bought the game.
Couldn't you get into trouble for playing it early though? I remember when Pokèmon X and Y shipped early and I heard stories of people getting banned from the online and considering this game needs an Internet connection even for Single Player I'm wondering if the same thing will happen to these Players.
@Rural-Bandit
Mario Kart is extremely powerful game with the ladies.
Remember in my younger days in a night club of all places, a girl chatting me up about Mario Kart, she said I was Donkey Kong, so who was I to complain 😂
@thefourfoldroot
Even arcade racers I sort of struggle with.
Maybe FH5 or need for speed.
My main games are action adventure and platformers, also a good exploration FPS, hence my love for HFW type games etc.
@RevGaming thanks buddy, it’s fun to see her game a little. She told me that Mario kart keeps her off of Social Media more and in these days that’s a healthy thing mentally. I love to share this industry with everyone. I know not everyone cares about frames per second in games or nerd’s out on tech. But to have the industry grow even for the more pick up and play casuals, it’s great to see this be a excepted form of entertainment for all. That’s why Nintendo is so important in our industry. I think they do a great job on price and kid friendly games to safely and economically allow others to play in this space. Sure I could include mobile. Those are huge money makers, heck Microsoft will get back billions on the A/B deal from just candy crush.
@Dezzy70 hahaha that’s great. Yeah girls do love Mario kart apparently. I love it also, got around 70 hours in on Mario Kart 8 deluxe and I really loved Double Dash on the cube, I feel like that one is either a love or pass Mario kart. But me and my buddies played it and drank beer for years after the cube was gone from the market. I hope the next Mario kart launches on the next Nintendo platform (Switch 2) , it will drive sales immediately for the platform. No need to launch it now on the older hardware and with sales so strong for 8 deluxe still. Plus the DLC remaster tracks. I’m excited to hear Forza Horizon 5 has DLC coming soon. It’s a beautiful game and fun. But Forza 8 and GT7 just isn’t my cup of tea. But I have respect for what they do for the industry and racing genre.
@RevGaming Well yeah, spectacular games is what I'm talking about.
@TheArt Well in that case I could see your point, but 2017 had Zelda, Horizon, Mario Odyssey, Persona 5 and Nier Automata and those games are probably in the top 20 games of the gen for most people.
2016 was a bit weaker, thinking people only mention Uncharted 4 as their top games of the gen, but tf2 for me is one of them multiplayer wise and bf1, dark souls 3, overwatch were great too.
2019 was pretty weak in those caliber games. I think it was just Sekiro and RE2 imo. 2021 was even weaker.
Wonder if 2011 ever gets beaten.
@Rural-Bandit I actually want to play more than spending time here lol. So I get it.
@Rural-Bandit
I’m at about 6000 points on Mario kart racing online so not to bad. Double dash one of favourite games on GameCube was a change because of the switching racers, items.
48 news tracks for Mario kart, I guess half this year half next year.
It’s BOTW2 and Mario Odyssey 2 I really want though.
@RevGaming Hahaha. I get it. I just got done playing Halo Reach
On MCC, going to try and beat it today and move onto the others.
I guess if GTA 5 gets a good next Gen review, I’ll snag it on March 15th. I only beat the story once, not really interested in the online portion of it, but I wouldn’t mind replaying the story on the oled. But they better not overcharge and under deliver. This thing better shine and sparkle and run at 60FPS locked, no reason it shouldn’t.
@Dezzy70 yeah man you are kicking butt on Mario kart it sounds like. Double dash is still amazing. BOTW 2 and Mario Odyssey 2 will be amazing. I loved both so much. Give me Metroid prime remake on top of those and switch becomes tied with Super Nintendo as my favorite Nintendo all time if not taking the lead into the top spot. The Super Nintendo has Super Punch out tho. My favorite game on the system. I have record times on that game that compete with some skilled world wide players. I wish that series was taking more seriously by Nintendo. But Nintendo is a lot like Sony and vice versa, they want to develop those big sellers and take steps back from the smaller stuff. Which sucks, cause both of them have some killer cult classic franchises.
@RevGaming I remember 2016 for Uncharted 4 and Dishonored 2. Titanfall 2 was fun, Battlefield 1 I quite hated because I'm a SP player and expected a better campaign. Overall Dishonored 2 left a mark. 2017 was a good one too, never played BOTW but I had P5 on pre-order. 2011 huh...uuummm I think I forgot the games released in that year.
@Rural-Bandit
Finally 2021 Sony OLED TVs getting VRR A80J
A90J, coming March 2022.
This has been confirmed.
Does that mean the PS5 VRR will follow?
Time will tell.
@snoopae it will be a phenomenal game but it's online requirements mean it could be short of some parts at launch?. GT Sport gave lots of free updates ,items etc...well worth it in the long run... It maybe similar with GT7?. Phenomenal game but maybe missing a feature or two at launch.
Interesting to see how the base version holds up?
@Rural-Bandit Should be 120fps locked since it's a ps3 game. Siege did it and I enjoyed it.
@TheArt
Batman AC
Skyrim
Portal 2
Mass Effect 2
Minecraft
Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3
Little Big Planet 2
Forza 4
Gears of War 3
Dead Space 2
Deus Ex Human Rev
Limbo
Dark Souls
LA Noire
Battlefield 3
AC Brotherhood
Witcher 2
Pokemon W/B
Crysis 2
MK 9
Bastion
Killzone 3
Resistance 3
InFamous 2
Dragon Age 2
Bullestorm
very very weak year.
@TheArt
Lets say 2022 is the best year since PS4/X1 launch. Look how games have become much bigger but there're less of them (and I kind of like because I spend less money for bigger games, lol).
Here's a potential AAA list considering announced games and rumors and we're not sure if all of them will be as good as the previous list.
Dying Light 2
HFW
Elden Ring
GT7
FF Origins
Babylon Fall
GOWR
Gotham Knights
Howarts Legacy
Bayonetta 3
Kirby FL
Zelda BOTW2
Legend of Arceus
The Callisto Protocol
Starfield
Soul Hackers 2
Rumored/ Possibility
RE4 remake
SF6
FF16
Bioshock 4
Suicide Squad (the delay is not official yet)
Dead Space Remake
Avatar
and a lot of those could be delayed. I think the issue is also that a lot of publishers have drop the bar. I was looking the the annual games like sports and cod and those were in the 90s or close to it. Last gen was a shift.
It's funny. I see everyone sleeping on this, but there is nothing better than a world class racing game. For me this is the most anticipated game of the year.
@Dezzy70 I believe that was Sony’s plan, makes no sense for them to have VRR on PS5 and no Sony brand TV to pair with. It’s still bad business cause I bought the LG C1 cause it was day 1 out of the box with everything I needed for PS5 & Series X. I would have given the Sony more of a look with my $2k dollars had they had it. Any rate happy to see it coming to the oled lineup and it should soon follow to PS5. 1440P support that might be a longer wait and whole other story.
Won't they need to wait for the servers to go online to play the majority of the game
@RevGaming well I mean you aren’t wrong. That would be super nice. But my guess is 4K 60 with better lighting, draw distances etc etc. I will wait for reviews and see what fans are saying for a few days then download it on Series X if it’s good.
@Rural-Bandit
Now do I go A80J 65” and all Sony 🤔😂
About £1700 UK at the moment.
Also interest free for a year which is a nice to have
Instead of laying all the money out up front.
@Dezzy70 it’s a solid tv for sure when they add VRR, here in the States I got 24 months no interest at Best Buy on the 65 LG C1.
Either way you go you will be setup for the whole Gen. 8K is a long ways away, and 12K is the highest the human eye can see. It’s like looking outside a window.
@Rural-Bandit
Most channels in UK are now 1080p
And only a handful like Sky Q are 4K HDR and cost.
No need at all for 8k in the home yet and and probably never.
@RevGaming Haha yeah 2011, how could I forget almighty Skyrim... it's sad at the time I sold my PS3 along with Uncharted 2, Killzone and all them exclusives and went Xbox 360 so missed out on Uncharted 3, Killzone 3. I only had Skyrim, ME2, LA Noire from that year on my 360.
Yeah it's nice games are bigger this time round, I'm glad I've bought HFW & ER, that's me done with full price new games till GOWR, cause those are some huge games.
my copy said its coming Wednesday i thought it was a mistake but it seems like people are getting early copies , i won't complain. im so excited to play this. i wouldn't be shocked if it comes Tuesday.
@TheArt Yeah. I'm hearing God of War having a placeholder for June, so I'm guessing it comes out Q2 and will be announced at March's state of play.
I have those two and GT7, but I have a backlog so I won't run out anytime soon.
@Dezzy70 wow yeah that is really low res. I have 4K here in the states. But 8K is no where near soon. 1080P is still good. But I would have thought y’all would have had more 4K options by now.
But there’s still plenty of 1080P here also at cheaper pricing. If that’s the case tho, do the 80 over 90J Sony, would be my choice. Unless you have a even larger fire burning a hole in your pocket.
@Rural-Bandit
Making me think now, went round a friends yesterday
To see his set up, PS5 Samsung Q90T 65” 2020 model.
It absolutely popped HDR and colours, HFW looked dam good.
His TV settings were interesting, slightly against the experts but it worked.
Even on SKY Q tv he had motion stuff at full settings and auto clean on and sharpness at 18/20.
Was expecting lots of noise and screen artefacts etc, but no it was very clean and looked very three dimensional.
Gaming he had sharpness again 18/20
Game mode on and one of the motion settings only at 1/10 the other 0/0.
Was surprised but it makes you think and about all these settings etc and what you get advised.
@Dezzy70 oled barely needs tweaked out of the box. Then game mode has color balancing for game types. I’m using that and it’s stunning looking. That’s great he found some settings that are great looking. Color is so subjective as to how people see it. But motion blur I can notice right away. High end TV’s got such good processing in them these days that it’s mainly gone. Oled’ s have near monitor type refresh rates which is impressive. Cant wait for you to snag a high end model of your choice. You will love it. For me I’m beyond happy and impressed with my 65 LG C1.
I take it these physical copies that have shipped early are playable then?
For once i am glad i went digital and locked till Friday had stuff to do before the game but congrats to those who can play early.
Am in self isolation on Gt7 don't want any spoilers for once!
With the game requiring an internet connection, you’d think they’d deny connections or something so you can’t play it even if you receive it beforehand.
Anyway I’m glad that’s not a thing.. it’s not like people intentionally received the mail early. Clearly it’s not the customer’s fault so why should they get penalized by not being able to play it. See y’all on the tracks and in The Lands Between!
I went into Best Buy and I could see copies setting in clear display in their inventory. I asked if I could have my pre order now and they said no. Jealous haha.
@Fragile hahaha I know right?
@RevGaming we shall see if it comes in June. It seems strange for it to release that early to me. Too close to Forspoken and it leaves Sony with nothing in the second half so who knows.
@ChromaticDracula i got my copy early and got it today, you can't connect atm , but there is an offline mode. there are only like 4 tracks on it , and you can only use so many cars. but it is a little playable. i guess it can be considered as early access till friday lol.
@twitchtvpat oh interesting! That’s precisely what I was mentioning.
@ChromaticDracula i like it so far with what i can play
update im downloading an patch atm 1.040
@Fragile you must be on xbox if you talking about a drought lol
@middyone Just a simple joke. Not simple enough it would seem.
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