Eth4nZNov 5, 2022

I planned to finish Horizon Forbidden West this weekend but started playing Gran Turismo 7.

Didn't think I would play racing game for long but somehow the "licence" system in the game got me hooked.

It's basically a tutorial of a variety of methods - how/when to brake, coasting, ride apex, turning on dirt road. Each licence became a small challenge with clear goals that needs to finish a section of race within certain amount of time, some as short as 15 seconds.

Show threadpyxl_8
@e4 If you really want to get in deep, there’s like a digital handbook in the menus there somewhere that goes into the real-world details of the physics of motor racing. The concepts it covers (specifically on tyres) can be applied anywhere. In the game, on a leisurely drive in real car, in a go kart, watching F1 on TV. Made me much better at the game understanding the likes of friction circles, gave me a greater understanding of motoring in general and made me a safer driver! It’s wonderful
Nov 5, 2022 at 10:17amMetatext
Show threadEth4nZNov 5, 2022
@pyxl_8 wow! I haven't explored the game much. I'll absolutely check this out! Thanks for sharing!  
Show threadpyxl_8Nov 5, 2022
@e4 good luck with the S licence though. It’s all hot laps 😨
Show threadEth4nZNov 5, 2022
@pyxl_8 haha a friend also warned me the S licence! Funnily they shared a clip of a pro player best S-10 gold with 7 second to spare. I was like, if pro player can only beat a gold trophy with that small margin of time, how insanely difficult this game was? Today I learned that 7 seconds in auto racing is pretty much eternity. I had too many times almost gold with just 0.00x seconds gap. It was a funny realisation