Gran Turismo Sport Reviews
GT Sport's refined multiplayer racing makes up for a relatively small selection of cars and tracks.
Many aspects of this new-generation Gran Turismo are fantastic. It looks absolutely stunning, sounds great, drives superbly, and delivers an excellent online racing experience. However, GT Sport is a little lacking when it comes to its content. Its car roster packs some very desirable motors, but feels somewhat padded out with single-model variants, and the track selection is decent, but not outstanding. Most disappointing, though, is that this game has largely replaced the series' traditionally comprehensive PvE racing campaign with a set of tests and lessons designed to teach you how to race. It certainly does that effectively, but it does mean that those who've always enjoyed Gran Turismo's single-player component are left distinctly wanting. The game's always-online requirement may also be a problem for some. Ultimately, GT Sport is a truly brilliant driving game—it's just that it lacks the scope, scale, and depth of previous iterations of the series.
Gran Turismo Sport is a near essential purchase for PlayStation 4 racing fans. There might be a few disappointments in some of the limitations and regressions, but the brilliance of the game is in the small details that combine to enable willing players to become better drivers and racers and the implementation of multiplayer. Underneath it all, this is still a very familiar feeling Gran Turismo racing game, but it's also one that's set to grow and evolve over time and looks set to herald a new era of competitive online racing.
GT Sport's shift away from the normal structure of racing titles was a risky bet. It pays off for racing purists, but those who judge a game solely by the number of tracks, cars, and modes it has may be a little disappointed.
With its excellent focus on online multiplayer supported with some innovative fair-play features and related social features, Gran Turismo Sport is a great choice for drivers focused on those aspects. For offline players and those that don't want to grind to gain access to an extensive collection of cars and tracks, though, there are better alternatives.
Lets face it: it will not replace DiRT Rally with a remarkable off-road, or Forza Motorsport 7 with a ton of content. On the other hand, GT Sport is 100% unique in its aesthetics, for which Gran Turismo is loved, and this game is still recommended to everyone who is not indifferent to racing and cars as objects of culture.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Gran Turismo Sport is packed with details, and have everything for making it the best racing game of the year. But the lack of content is a bit of a let-down, and resulting in a game that never reach its full potential. Still a great racing game, though.
Review in Swedish | Read full review
Through its celebration of both the art and intricacies of driving and the cars that make it such a joy, GT Sport is a stunningly classy racing experience. It handles wonderfully and does all it can to make you a better driver through its campaign's structure.
Gran Turismo Sport isn't perfect, but it is a focused sim with a genuine love of driving. Excellent driving, beautiful cars, a strong online component, and tons of features help it overcome a stringent online requirement, a smaller number of cars and tracks, and weak crashes and damage modeling.
Gran Turismo Sport boasts the best realistic online racing experience, but those looking for something offline with a career will want to look elsewhere.
And when the day comes that we can witness all the wonderful detail and beauty of Polyphony Digital's creation, via watching a replay of a crash-free online race set at night along the rain-soaked roads of Tokyo, this could become something truly special.
Gran Turismo Sport aims to become the leader of the racing e-sports games. Without a classic career mode and with a calendar of online competitions that will offer a lot of races throughout the next months, this chapter can disappoint the fans of the series. Also, the starting contents are poor and are comparable to the GT Prologue ones.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Your enjoyment of Gran Turismo Sport depends on what you're looking for in a racing game. If you're looking for a beefy single-player experience, you'll have to look elsewhere. Outside of Arcade mode, you can learn how to drive well and get in a good challenge while doing so, but GTS pales in comparison to the campaigns of versions past with respect to long-term, single-player engagement. If your focus is on multiplayer, then GTS is just right for you. You'll have to learn how to drive like a professional and not hit things, but the game provides you with all the necessary tools to achieve that.
A new era for the series, and a focus on quality over quantity. The series has lost some of its extravagance with this installment but in return has gained a tighter focus on quality and consistency.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
GT Sport offers the highest level of a driving simulation in a racing game and teaches you to be a professional driver and thus is a great experience in showing the culture of Motorsports. But think carefully about it. If you want a driving simulation with hundreds of hours of offline campaign and many different cars, there are better options than GT Sport. But if you want a challenge against the best in the business, an experience that matches the aesthetic of worldwide Motorsport racing, GT Sport is the perfect choice for you.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Gran Turismo Sport takes a different path from the series but despite some issues and glitches along the way, it's still one of the most important games in the Racing genre. With some more features and a complete single player mode, GT Sport could have easily competed with others, but it still provides a wonderful online experience for those who are looking for exciting races.
Review in Persian | Read full review
GT Sport is an ambiguous title. Game modes are very few, but rather well characterized. The absence of career mode is heavy, but the presence of other mechanics can somehow overcome the problem. Very interesting is the "photo-mode" that allows to photograph the car from different angles.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Overall Gran Turismo Sport is an awesome game, but, for some, the always online rule is a huge deal-breaker.
Gran Turismo Sport is the most realistic online racing experience at the moment, it is also more geared for esports racing and also includes the ability to achieve a real FIA license, which is quite insane if you think about it. GT Sport provides all the tools to turn players into real racing drivers. There is enough content for driving mastery in the game, but the lack of tracks and the need to always be online is a little irritating, but if you have a solid internet connection then this will be a blast for you. Overall this is an excellent addition to an already amazing Gran Turismo franchise.
While Gran Turismo Sport may not be the Gran Turismo some were expecting, it’s still a wholly enthralling racing game that wants to make you become a better driver along the way. The big question has to be whether it was a risk worth taking, to effectively divide its playerbase. For serious racing gamers, Gran Turismo Sport could be the perfect choice, but for those who want the ultimate offline racing experience, Sport may come up short.