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Gran Turismo Sophy Arrives in GT7: Hands-On First Impressions

Gran Turismo 7’s February 2023 update includes the public debut of GT Sophy: a new artificial intelligence that you can compete against in a free “Race Together” special event.

I had the chance to preview the new Sophy races at PlayStation’s North American headquarters.

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Flawlessmic469d ago

I know a lot of people are excited for VR but dont sleep on sophy being a part of the update, sophy is the real game changer here!

After giving sophy a run last night, i can safely say the actual racing in future GT's is going to be Fu***** amazing!!!

even on intermediate the AI was coming back at me waiting for me to slip up, attacking the space if i left the door open for them, honestly felt like i was racing against people and not some very limited AI that once i passed them they may as well have been eliminated from the race like GT ai normally is.

pump it up to expert and its a real challenge to stay ahead, the next level up from expert man the AI kicked my ass, like badly.

i remember when sophy was first annouced all the nay sayers said its a pipe dream and we will never see it implemented and here we are a yr later and sophy is being tested in game for us to try out and is every bit as good as whats been promised.

VR plus racing against sophy, the only thing more real would be being in an actual real life race.

sophy will change the game for all future gts and more importantly finally fix the one area that has been seriously terrible in recent gts

SullysCigar468d ago (Edited 468d ago )

Yeah it's amazing - I tried it last night!

Like you said, you feel like it's real people. Glad you can adjust the difficulty! I don't think I thought it was bad before, that's just how racing games are offline, rarely straying from the racing line, etc.

One thing I did notice is that they held a grudge - if you used one to 'help you corner', you can be sure they're gunning for you so avoid them like the plague!

But with Sophy it's like how real people behave - eagerly nosing for gaps and such - but it hasn't once felt unfair, so far.

And my just PSVR2 arrived an hour ago... GT7 was already awesome. It just got TWO game-changers overnight!

Flawlessmic468d ago

Enjoy brother, looking forward to hearing your thoughts on how gt7 is in vr.

I can imagine it's gonna be pretty sickk!!

outsider1624468d ago

I haven't got home yet to try it out. But are the rolling starts still there? Seeing as how the ai has improved, im guessing you now start races at starting grid?

Knushwood Butt467d ago

The two races I played were rolling starts.

It's pretty cool though. I like how Sophy attacks Sophy and not just the player.

Flawlessmic467d ago

From beginner to expert it's rolling starts but ur in the faster car.

The hardest mode is grid start, and all I can say is good luck keeping up. Even on expert with a slight faster car and a head start it was super hard

ApocalypseShadow469d ago

Dat Sony innovation. VR, AI, 3D sound, haptics, triggers. Just on fire. On fire.

masterfox469d ago

aww damn it I thought I was going to be able to race against a t-800, oh well.

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Gran Turismo 7 update 1.48 features 5 new cars, Café Menu, and World Circuit Events

Latest update brings back a combination of JDM legends and classic Swedish designs.

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Gran Turismo 7's Next Update Set to Arrive May 30, Adds Five New Cars

The next game update for Gran Turismo 7 looks set to land on our consoles this coming Thursday, May 30, with series creator Kazunori Yamauchi posting his traditional pre-update teaser on Twitter.

It's a date we've been expecting for a little while, with content updates coming far more commonly on

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Gabrielmpf8d ago

Cars, and more cars... Yet, they rarely add new locations where we can drive all those cars... smh.

MajorLazer8d ago

We may get a new track this update. The teaser never hints at anything more than the cars, gotta wait for the trailer to know more.

IRetrouk7d ago

There's over 110 layouts in the game, you raced em all? I know I haven't and I have 900 hours playtime

Gardenia7d ago

With the daily races they only use 4 tracks it feels like.

IRetrouk6d ago

That's true, cant lie lol, but I assume you have buddy's to play online with, if not, I got a group you can join, we race every weekend, tracks are random, we even throw weather in sometimes lol

CobraKai7d ago

Wow. That’s one entitled ass comment.

Gabrielmpf7d ago

I paid €70 for way less content than the previous Gran Turismo. Yeah, I'm entitled. Bunch of PS cult boys.

CobraKai7d ago

Wah wah wah. I can’t get more free stuff than what they’re giving me. Wah wah wah

Father__Merrin7d ago

Truly a purchase once and last all gen type of game

purple1017d ago

yes it is!, however I do hope they have a GT8 ready soon, because 7 its a cross gen, so there's more to be extracted for sure,

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GT7 update 1.46 features an all-electric concept racing car created exclusively for the game

Today’s 1.46 update includes ŠKODA Vision Gran Turismo, two other cars, new Café Menu, and World Circuit Events.

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Babadook78d ago

Ok, sure. I’ll take more. There’s a lot of tracks already

Sgt_Slaughter8d ago

When you boil down the layouts/configurations, it's 38 tracks. Of those, only 19 are real-life tracks. That's a pretty low amount when there's hundreds of thousands of circuits that are available to add.

Babadook78d ago (Edited 8d ago )

That’s not low though. I don’t have a big preference for real world either, as GT7 has some very good original tracks too.