

The other new exciting feature in GT7 that promises to onboard newcomers is the Music Rally.

Sure, I can tinker with hundreds of settings and tunings and race real-world players, but if I’m looking for something more focused and straightforward, the Cafe seems to scratch that itch.

As someone looking to give their first GT game a real go, having easy-to-understand objectives like this to reach the credits excites me. The Cafe is your guide through GT7’s “campaign,” although Yamauchi says rolling credits is just the beginning. Yamauchi says there are over 30 to complete and that doing so will get the credits rolling. Each is essentially a mission where you must complete all of the races and events for a particular car’s menu. Here, you’ll view a Cafe Menu, but instead of espresso drinks and pastries, you’ll find a variety of cars. When you go to the Brand Central hub, which is found on the new World Map, you’ll discover more than 300 cars from 2001 and later from over 50 different worldwide brands like Ford, Nissan, Suzuki, and others. However, this preview revealed to me that GT7 is more than just “the real driving simulator.” It’s a love letter to car culture and a set of welcoming arms for newcomers like me.īeyond classic GT showcase features like Replay and showrooms for new, used, and legendary cars alike, GT7 features multiple museum-like functions that have me intrigued. Producer Kazunori Yamauchi says these additions will make it feel like you’re holding a car in your hands with the track beneath you. Plus, the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are sure to make races through Trial Mountain, Deep Forest, and Daytona more immersive than ever before. All the bells and whistles are here, and of course, they’ve never looked better thanks to the PlayStation 5. It features more than 400 cars, 34 locations, 97 layouts, more than 100 racing events, over 650 aerodynamic parts, 130 types of wheels, 1200 colors of measured paint data, and so much more. Let me get this out of the way right up front: if you’re a GT fan, you are in for a treat with GT7.
