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Gran Turismo® 7

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Standard Edition

PS4

• Gran Turismo® 7 (PS4™)

$59.99

Standard Edition

PS4PS5

• Gran Turismo® 7 PS4™ & PS5™

$69.99

Digital Deluxe Edition

PS4PS5

• Gran Turismo® 7
• PS4™ & PS5™ entitlement
• 1,500,000 CR (in-game credit)
• Special Toyota GR Yaris
• 30 PSN Avatars
• Official soundtrack

$89. 99

Add-Ons

• Add-On Pack100,000 Credits (Cr.)
• Add-On Pack2,000,000 Credits (Cr.)

  $19.99

• Add-On Pack250,000 Credits (Cr.)
• Add-On Pack750,000 Credits (Cr.)

Platform:

PS4, PS5

Release:

3/4/2022

Publisher:

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Genre:

Driving/Racing

Screen Languages:

English, French (France), Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)

PlayStation VR2 isn’t for use by children under age 12.

This item includes PlayStation VR2 content. PlayStation VR2 is required to experience these features.

VR games may cause some players to experience motion sickness.

A minimum play area of 2 m × 2 m (6 ft 7 in × 6 ft 7 in) is required to experience roomscale PlayStation VR2 games.

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Gran Turismo® 7 © 2022 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Developed by Polyphony Digital Inc. “Polyphony Digital logo”, “Gran Turismo” and “GT” are registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Manufacturers, cars, names, brands and associated imagery featured in this game in some cases include trademarks and/or copyrighted materials of their respective owners. Any depiction or recreation of real-world locations, entities, businesses, or organizations is not intended to be or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of this game by such party or parties. All rights reserved.

Ode to Driving, Car Culture Shines on PS5

Gran Turismo is back to foster automotive love with the utmost respect.

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After what felt like yet another endless wait, Gran Turismo 7 launches for PlayStation 4 and 5 on March 4. This time around, it enters a modern racing video game genre that’s bigger than ever before. Buyers today can choose from arcade-style racers like Grid Legends or Need for Speed or casual kart racers popularized by a famous mustachioed plumber and his Nintendo pals. There are endlessly customizable open-world playgrounds like Forza Horizon 5, hardcore PC simulation racers like iRacing that require wheel and pedal setups, nearly as hardcore sims like Assetto Corsa, and even mobile-focused drag racing titles like those in the CSR series.

The 25-year-old PlayStation-exclusive Gran Turismo series occupies a space somewhere between simulation and more serious arcade racers. The original Gran Turismo made its debut in 1997 on the original PlayStation and sold more than 10 million copies (as did the next four installments), establishing the franchise as a core pillar of publisher Sony’s content strategy.

Gran Turismo 7 is the latest installment (get all the recent background info here), the first numbered GT entry since 2013 and the successor to 2017’s Gran Turismo Sport. During the past decade or so we’ve heard musings that say the car enthusiast is an endangered species, that electric cars and autonomy and the V-8’s impending death will wipe us all out. But if the passionate folks at Polyphony Digital and Sony keep delivering experiences like Gran Turismo 7, we’re not worried.

Gameplay

Gran Turismo 7’s heart is all about racing and car culture. There’s no capture-the-flag mission, no trendy battle-royale mode, and no open world with hilariously huge ramps to launch yourself off a volcano at 200 mph. The bulk of the game runs through a system centered at the new GT cafe, a hub where a player is assigned menus to work through.

Most menus focus on collecting a segment of three vehicles—rear-drive Japanese sports cars, French hot hatches, Ford Mustangs throughout the years, etc.—through a series of races in different environments. Upon completing a menu, the cafe host will talk about the cars’ significance as part of the automotive landscape.

Fostering automotive enthusiasm through knowledge and historical context is a central theme throughout GT7. At Brand Central, one of the areas of the game where you can buy new vehicles, most automakers and a few parts manufacturers have digital museums with dozens of slides with period photography and short paragraphs detailing significant moments in their histories. There’s enough content here to keep car nerds busy for hours, and it’s presented handsomely.

Folks who really engage with Gran Turismo 7 won’t just learn history, though; they’ll learn how to drive. Certain race series required by menu books necessitate earning tiered licenses from the License Center, each of which involve a collection of challenges that teach players about mastering different racing lines, cornering in the wet, driving on dirt, and more. You can put these skills to work in individual missions separate from full races.

The tuning shop finally returns (it was absent from Gran Turismo Sport) and features brief descriptions of how each upgrade improves performance. Each vehicle in your garage has a detailed blurb, too. At the cafe, depending on what car you’re driving, designers will pop by to chat about its development and share personal anecdotes. We had a delightful digital sit-down with Tom Matano, who penned the original 1989 Mazda Eunos Roadster, which we know as the Miata. Fabio Filippini of Pininfarina fame shared insights about the Fiat 500 Abarth, too.

Scapes returns for GT7, and we struggle to think of a better photo mode in any video game. There are literally thousands of shoot locations with real-world photo assets where you can position your digital vehicle and fiddle with camera settings. We’ll have a GT7 Scapes review from one of our photographers in the coming days.

As for the driving physics, Gran Turismo 7 is more of a sim racer than what most console gamers are used to. The developers went to obvious lengths to factor things like location-realistic wind physics into the handling model, just one example of the countless measures Polyphony Digital took to fine-tune the driving experience. Vehicles feel realistically weighty, and braking and handling take some adjustment before you really get in the flow of things.

This is also one of the areas where Gran Turismo 7 is an objectively better experience on PlayStation 5. Playing on PS4, you won’t notice exceeding the grip limit until you see it on screen and feel the rumble in your hands. With the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers of the PS5’s DualSense controller, we were able to feel when we were edging up to that limit and adjust accordingly. Adaptive triggers in the DualSense can also simulate different brake- and gas-pedal feel. The adaptive triggers are particularly effective with the day one patch; we recommend playing with the Strong setting that offers the most obvious variable resistance and better simulates traction conditions through the throttle.

Graphics and Performance

Tragically, loads of players won’t get to experience GT7 on the latest-generation hardware at launch. The PlayStation 5 remains plagued by the same supply chain shortages as the automotive industry, and even more than a year after its launch, you still can’t just walk into a store and pick up one of the ninth-gen consoles. Your best bets are the online waitlists and scheduled drops that sell out immediately, or—if you’ve simply run out of patience—the dreaded resale marketplace.

On PlayStation 4, GT7 is a pretty game but far from a mind-blowing one. Lovingly modeled vehicles with lifelike lighting elements exist alongside rough-edged shadows and environments that, at times, look like they could be running on PS3. That said, the reworked replay system and its dynamic camera angles are properly impressive. Some of the shots look like track footage straight out of an episode of Top Gear.

When we played on PlayStation 5, though, the graphics looked properly next-gen. Gran Turismo 7 supports ray-tracing in some modes and up to 8K(!) resolution with buttery sky-high frame rates. Load times on PS5 are also nearly nonexistent, whereas playing on a PS4 necessitates tedious waiting while the aging hardware gets up to speed; we recorded loading into a race taking 30 seconds or more.

Should You Buy Gran Turismo 7 on PS4?

Even if you’re playing on an older machine, the latest entry in the Gran Turismo series is absolutely worth your time. This is an ode to driving and car culture executed with care, and it’s an engaging gaming experience to boot. It plays better on PlayStation 5, which is no surprise, but GT7 on any system is an easy recommendation to every enthusiast and budding car fan we know.

Photo credits: Polyphony Digital 

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Gran Turismo 7 – Products

Update Details

06/29/2023

Information about update (1. 35)

06/28/2023

Introducing the Gran Turismo 7 June Update: 3 New Cars and More Musical Rally Tracks!

05/25/2023

Information about update (1.34)

05/24/2023

Introducing the Gran Turismo 7 May Update: 3 new cars and new tuning options!

Celebrating the release of Gran Turismo 7 with a brand new intro video!

We are excited to announce the release of Gran Turismo 7 on PlayStation®️5 and PlayStation®️4! In honor of this event, we invite our fans to watch the GT7 introductory video and read a message from series producer Kazunori Yamauchi about this video and the game itself.

Message from Gran Turismo Series Producer Kazunori Yamauchi regarding the GT7 9 intro cinematic0006

The very first Gran Turismo game was released in 1997 under the name The Real Driving Simulator. Thanks to the familiar cars of real-life brands and the ability to drive them in a realistic virtual world, she received laudatory reviews not only from players, but also from car enthusiasts around the world. After 25 years and several generations of games, we welcome a new product Gran Turismo, which brings the main concept of the series to perfection. Ride. Collect. Customize. Enjoy all the richness of car culture in the world of Gran Turismo 7.

Over 60 makes and over 400 car models

Gran Turismo 7 includes over 400 cars from over 60 different makes. All of them, from the usual production models to the legendary racing cars of different eras, are recreated with the utmost care. In addition, regularly released updates continue to add new cars to the game. Discover all the treasures of the automotive world!

37 trails with 108 route options

The list of places where races will be held includes both real-life circuits and original tracks created specifically for Gran Turismo. Players will be able to visit 37 different parts of the world and go through 108 unique routes. Among them will be such classic tracks of the series as Trial Mountain, Deep Forest and High Speed ​​​​Ring, redesigned with the latest technology. As with cars, the number of tracks will increase as updates come out.

An impressive variety of vehicles

Realistic driving experience has been a key concept of the series since the very first game. In Gran Turismo 7, this concept has been further developed, bringing the joys of sporty driving to both newcomers to the first run of Gran Turismo and the most experienced virtual racers. There’s something for everyone: you can take part in hand-picked races, play car mini-games in Mission mode, learn the basics of racing in the Learning Center, or even go online and chat with players around the world .

Check-in screen

Jobs

Training Center

Studying and collecting cars

The world is full of beautiful and amazing cars. By collecting them in Gran Turismo 7, the player is introduced to the rich history of road transport and the culture associated with it. The game is structured in such a way that information about the origin of each model and its place in history is presented in a natural way as you progress through. Economy compacts and powerful sports cars, historic cars and cutting-edge racing monsters – all of them will end up in your Gran Turismo 7 collection sooner or later.

Brand Central (buying new cars)

Used machines

Introduction to automotive culture

Tuning and personalization

Tuning cars to suit personal needs and tastes is a popular way of expressing yourself among car enthusiasts. In Gran Turismo 7, you can not only improve the performance of your iron horses, but also change their appearance. Choose from over 130 types of rims and 650 different aerodynamic parts, and for some cars, options such as installation of roll bars and body extensions are also available. Create your own perfect car!

Parts shop

Auto repair shop

Livery Editor

Photographing cars

A real connoisseur can look at his favorite car for hours. In Scapes mode, players get the opportunity to set up a complete photo shoot by capturing their car in any of over 2500 locations. Beginner photographers will love the easy and convenient auto mode, while experienced photographers can shoot masterpieces using manual controls for shutter speed, aperture and focus, as well as a variety of filters. Fans of the reportage genre will love the “Race Photos” mode, which allows you to take pictures of races from completely impossible angles.

Scapes mode (place selection)

Scapes mode (camera parameters)

Photos from races

Gran Turismo 7: The pursuit of fun and realism

Live the life of a car enthusiast on a world map

Starting with a modest amount of money, you buy your first used car and race it in rookie races to spend the prize money on tuning or buying new cars for more serious racing. This core game mechanic, familiar to fans of the series since the very first Gran Turismo, is back on a whole new level: the world map is much richer than before. Of course, no one forces you to limit yourself to it: Gran Turismo 7 has both a split-screen mode for playing with friends, and online modes that allow you to communicate and compete with motorsports fans from all over the world.

World Map

World Trails (Track Selection)

Local game for two (split screen)

Musical Rally and Musical Replay: Music Meets Racing

Newly introduced in Gran Turismo 7, Musical Rally is aimed at the widest range of players. Unlike sports competitions, in this mini-game you have to drive as far as possible, following the rhythm of the playing music. When it ends, you receive a reward depending on the distance traveled. We are sure that you will enjoy racing along the track to your favorite tune! Another interesting innovation is the “Music Replay” system, which automatically changes camera angles and adjusts race replays to the selected music.

Music Rally (composition selection)

Music Rally (main screen)

Music Rally (repeat)

Improved physics model

The Gran Turismo physics model, which has been in development for 25 years, has been improved even more in the new game. The aim of the simulation is now not only accurate lap numbers, but also a realistic human perception of movement. Improvements have also been made to aerodynamics – the CFD digital environment simulation system used in it allows you to take into account changes in downforce caused by lifting the front or rear of the car, as well as simulate the effect of wind and turbulence on control. Feedback from our consultant Lewis Hamilton, our technical partner Michelin, who supplies the world with premium tires, and the best competitors in the FIA ​​GT Championships have been taken into account in refining the physics model.

Digital environmental simulation

Maestro Lewis Hamilton

Official partnership with Michelin

Time of day and weather based on global data

You are racing along the track under a clear sky, but suddenly the clouds begin to gather – and after a few minutes, heavy rain falls on the circuit. You start the race in the dead of night under a starry sky, and by the time you finish, a scarlet streak of dawn appears on the horizon. The environment in Gran Turismo 7, like in real life, is constantly changing. Lighting and weather dynamics are modeled on the basis of the most detailed climate data collected in the region of each route. As a result, our sky looks not only beautiful, but also amazingly believable.

Realistic starry sky

Realistic dynamic weather

Natural weather changes

Changes in the weather can affect the course of races

When it rains, the surface of the track gradually gets wet. While rain has been present in past games in the series, wetting and drying pavements are modeled much more accurately in Gran Turismo 7. As a result, phenomena such as the formation of puddles and accelerated drying of areas where more cars pass have become possible. Thanks to such nuances, the races become more dramatic and unpredictable.

Realistic rain

Weather changes affect races

Accurate wet track simulation

A sport mode that pushes the boundaries of virtual motorsports

Gran Turismo 7 offers not only exciting in-car entertainment, but also full esports support. Sports mode includes both daily races open to the public and the official championship, which has been held every year since 2018. This championship includes not only online races, but also “live” events, where the best players of the year perform. Recordings of all past stages of this epic competition can be seen in the Gran Turismo LIVE section, and some of the leading participants are represented in Gran Turismo 7 as playable characters.

Participation in the championship in sport mode

Virtual racers from around the world

Some of them even appear in the game

A richer, more engaging gaming experience on PlayStation®5

No-compromise ray-traced graphics and realistic sound and tactile effects

Gran Turismo 7 is fully optimized for the PlayStation®5 console. The use of advanced graphics technologies such as ray tracing allows you to achieve unprecedented realism of cars and tracks. Combined with 4K and HDR support, this delivers some of the most impressive graphics in the series’ history. In addition, the game supports haptic feedback and adaptive triggers of the DualSense™ wireless controller: these technologies allow you to transmit information about the state of the car and the road surface through complex vibration effects and changing the force on the trigger buttons. All this is complemented by a surround sound system that accurately positions the sources of various sounds around the player.

Full support for PlayStation®VR2. Experience a new level of immersion in virtual racing!

The PlayStation®5 version of Gran Turismo 7 fully supports PlayStation®VR2. All races, modes and online races (except Split Screen) are available with a whole new level of realism, while the exclusive VR Showcase mode allows you to view detailed 3D models of cars in various scenery and lighting conditions. Features such as dedicated HDR tonemaps, pupil tracking and field-of-view enhancement, and dynamic spatial audio add a whole new dimension to virtual racing. (Please note: GT7 does not support PlayStation®VR2 Sense™ controller.)

A new dimension of virtual racing

Feel like a real racer

See amazing cars in VR Showcase mode

Review of Gran Turismo 7 — From car fans for car fans — Gambling

March 02, 2022

Updated on 05/17/2023

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Despite the popularity of the Gran Turismo series, it is important to understand that this entertainment is not for everyone. Despite the deceptive informational noise and the formal genre, racing in it is not at all the main thing: competing against AI has never been really interesting here. Why then is Gran Turismo so loved? The reason is simple: Kazunori Yamauchi has once again made a game where the cars themselves are much more important than what happens to them. And this time he again brought the usual formula almost to perfection.

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Plunging into the topic

The developers of Gran Turismo 7 immediately make it clear how much they are in the subject and how much they love their job: the game starts under the credits against the backdrop of archival records affecting the entire history of the automotive industry from the first tarantas to the assembly of modern machines. Polyphony Digital immediately starts flooding the player with content so that even the hottest car addicts can enjoy their free time and appreciate the scale of the project. And everyone else – fall in love with the automotive industry.

The graphics (even on PS4) are on par: weather effects and lighting change in real time and transform the tracks, landscapes in the background, like mountains or city lights at night, are impressive, and the cars are worked out to the smallest detail

Car fleet, as always, luxurious: from classics like the very first Beetle, to Vision prototypes designed specifically for the game. Each car is recreated to the smallest detail, but more importantly, the authors did not forget to provide the audience with many ways to interact with them. Have you been worried for a long time that you don’t know how to play serious racing simulators? There is a whole training center where they teach all the necessary skills step by step: from braking to overcoming turns. Don’t know the tracks? The “Getting to know the track” mode will help memorize them to specific sectors. Want to see the interior of a Ferrari? It’s also possible, and the game specifically encourages you to collect complete collections of cars: the authors give away new models almost for every race, gradually filling up space in the garage, like an album with stamps.

Well, if you like to dig under the hood, then any car can be adjusted – from toe angle to torque. And along the way, you can wash the car, change the oil, sort out the engine, create a unique livery or tune it up by buying new wheels, wings and other cosmetics. Moreover, you can share your own designs with other players, which will surely make many people pore over unique coloring pages for a long time.

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Real time clock can be spent in the local museum

Photo enthusiasts will be able to capture any car from the collection against the background of thousands of picturesque landscapes with a bunch of different settings. And if you are more interested in looking at beautiful photos, then the brand center houses a whole museum, where, along with archival photographs and video recordings, the most important events in the history of large companies and specific models are painted. Finally, in addition to the usual races, there is a whole range of different tasks from “overtake several cars in a couple of turns” to “with the help of a slip stream, gain speed of 300 km/h”. And this, perhaps, is not even all the interesting things that you can do in Gran Turismo 7.

Fashion trends

But the main thing is that all this was done not for show, but tied to quite interesting meta-gameplay: this time the single player campaign is stylized as a city map, on which a variety of buildings are scattered. Each building has its own function. For example, in the upper part of the map there is a used car salon, and at the bottom, on the seashore, there is a spare parts store. Instead of abstract menus, players need to travel between locations, and in each location characters with their own names, portraits and monologues are waiting, which greatly enhances immersion.

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The heart of the whole idea, perhaps, can be called the “Cafe”, where motorists gather. There, the player is given tasks, rewards for completed goals in the form of new tracks or lottery tickets, and in honor of each collection of cars collected by the player, the cafe owner will definitely give a lecture on the history of the cars presented in it. All this is presented a little dryly, but with archival photographs and interesting facts. In general, atmospheric and immersing in the topic.

It is the tasks “Cafe” that move the passage forward. The player is constantly asked to go to some new mode and do something there, to purchase certain cars and ride them on a variety of tracks, and new competitions also open just for completing tasks. Thanks to this progression, there is always motivation to switch from one activity to another, alternate techniques and strive for additional goals, in addition to completing all the championships in order.

Despite all the changes, the atmosphere has remained classic for the series. In many ways, this can be explained by almost the same interface style, as well as the traditional Japanese rock/lounge soundtrack for Gran Turismo

not just took stylistic elements from tycoons, but also spied on some holding mechanics. So, these very lotteries successfully support the feeling of excitement: you can win money, a new car or some kind of spare part in them. In addition, at the end of the championships, they offer to choose one of three cards with question marks symbolizing a unique car, and every day the game measures the distance traveled by the player – if you dashed off the “norm”, you will receive some kind of reward. There is also an opportunity to complete the game faster by spending money: most of the tasks are tied to collecting cars that you can win in races, or you can just buy. Yes, and the in-game currency is also sold for real money.

Another thing is that all this is not bad at all and never looks like grind. Cars important for passing are handed out at every step, there is always plenty of money, and you can get them for any sneeze. Even user-configured races are rewarded with currency, and the higher the difficulty, the more money you get for winning the race.

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No serious bugs were noticed in the press version on PS4, however, the game likes to freeze from time to time while wandering through the menu. It will probably be fixed by release.0039

The only disadvantage of the story campaign is inconvenience. The user interface of Gran Turismo has always been cumbersome, and this time the problem is exacerbated by the fact that many of the same functions are scattered across various menu houses. Do you want to buy a car? You can go to a used car dealership, you can go to a brand center where new models are on display, and there is also the option to buy a very rare copy from a collector. Car tuning, buying parts and tuning are also located in different places, and repainting a car is a completely different story. Just choosing a color in the garage is not enough here: you need to go to the workshop, buy paint separately, then open the livery editor, select the desired type of paint and color, and then apply it and save it. And for all this you have to move from one menu to another, which on PS4 is accompanied by constant downloads. Atmospheric? Yes, how. Comfortable? Not at all.

One nuance

But this is rather a minor quibble. And that’s why it’s especially insulting that with the main attraction, racing, an overlay also came out. As in the previous parts, here is a completely uninteresting AI, almost nothing happens during the races, and there is no sense of danger or colorful accidents. In addition, most of the story races practice a start on the move, which sends the player to the end and gives the leaders a head start of 20 seconds, which only makes the situation worse.

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Artificial intelligence, although predictable, but not stupid, opponents do not do annoying things in principle

The player is forced to break forward, but the lack of a full-fledged start deprives the competition of at least some intrigue, and it affects the balance for the worse. The fastest cars always start in the lead, which completely kills the fight between AI and championships with points, because the same drivers come to the same places. Finally, all this greatly limits the choice of cars. If you specifically upgrade the technique for breakthroughs, then the rivals turn into mobile chicanes that you just need to go around, and taking a memetic “Beetle” or an old Fiat means saying goodbye to the chances of winning in advance. You have to look for a balance yourself and forget about some cars forever, which is not very pleasant.

The authors tried to add some variety with the help of the new Musical Rally mode. However, this discipline differs from ordinary time trials with a timer and an equalizer synchronized to the rhythm of the music, reminding you that the race will end by the end of the track and you need to drive as far as possible during this time.

Piloting with a view from the cabin is the most interesting thing, largely due to the soundtrack and interior design. The physical model is best felt in the cockpit

However, Gran Turismo 7 is still a game about fighting yourself rather than your opponents. It’s about concentration, the feeling of the car and trying to drive a circle without errors. The car behavior model still maintains an almost perfect balance between arcade and realism: when an ordinary person can easily cope, and the game will punish for mistakes, and at the same time the process looks as close to reality as possible.

Physics successfully imitates all the basic sensations of a real car, like hitting bumps or attacking curbs. It makes you slow down, correctly dose the gas and choose trajectories, but it simplifies the process just enough so that Uncle Fedya without a driver’s license can enjoy it. Both on the steering wheel and on the gamepad. Moreover, different techniques are really different from each other, pushing to regularly change the style of piloting. If the Nissan GT-R is nervous and prone to constant rear end drift, then some modern Ford Mustang, on the contrary, is overly straightforward and difficult to fit into turns. The weather also sometimes drastically changes the gaming experience: at night it becomes harder to navigate, and on wet roads, cars behave nervously, start aquaplaning and extremely reluctant to slow down. And that’s why it’s especially disappointing that it’s not always possible to really enjoy it without interesting rivals.

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Rivals may well go fast, but they practically don’t know how to attack, defend and make mistakes – they just follow ideal trajectories from start to finish

However, Gran Turismo has been like this for years: a game more about cars and subculture, about the competition with a timer and the continuous learning process. It is for this that people adored her, adore her and, most likely, will adore her after the seventh part. Moreover, the Sport mode and multiplayer may well compensate for the shortcomings of AI due to races against real players. Alas, I was not able to properly evaluate the online component, but there is no reason to doubt it. If you want to know more, write in the comments – then we will definitely return to this topic later.

Gran Turismo 7 isn’t always fun to play, but it makes you and your creators admire you every five minutes. How much its developers love cars and the culture associated with them, their passion and attention to detail is a real rarity.

• interesting campaign structure
• love and attention to automotive history
• nice physics
• rich car fleet
• a huge number of modes and activities.

• fresh artificial intelligence and racing
• rare freezes in the press version
• awkward interface.

What : The key is provided by the publisher.

On what : PS4.

How much : about 20 hours.

The subtitles are translated into Russian, but there is not much to say about the translation: mistakes in the texts are rare, and there are no voice tracks in the game at all.

New Sony Walkman music players feature stunning good looks, Android 12

Where do you put the cassette tape? —

Ron Amadeo
– Jan 13, 2023 7:53 pm UTC

• The Sony Walkman NW-A300. It’s a shame Sony never became a force in smartphones, because, wow, their product designs are still so good.

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• The bottom. From left to right we’ve got a headphone jack, lanyard hole, USB-C port, and a microSD slot.

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• Music buttons! So many music buttons!

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• The back has this nice scallop texture.

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• The frame is aluminum.

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  It comes in colors. That gray one really hits me in the nostalgic Sony sweet spot.

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• There are little folio cases! They are so cute.

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  The folio case lets it stand up!

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Sony has a pair of new Android Walkmans out, the NW-A300 and NW-ZX700. Yes, that’s right, Walkmans, Sony’s legendary music player brand from the 1980s. Apple may have given up on the idea of a smartphone-adjacent music player when it killed the iPod Touch line recently, but Sony still makes Android-powered Walkmans and has for a while. The first was in 2012 with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread-powered NWZ-Z1000, which looked like Sony just stripped the modem out of an Xperia phone and shoved it onto the market as a music player. Since then, Sony has made designs with more purpose-built hardware, and today there are a whole series of Android-powered Walkman music players out there. Sadly these new ones seem to only be for sale in Japan, the UK, and Europe, for now.

We’ll start with the most consumer-friendly of the two, the NW-A300. This basic design debuted in 2019 with the NW-A105, but that shipped with Android 9. This is an upgraded version of that device with a less-ancient version of Android, a new SoC, and a scalloped back design. In Sony’s home of Japan, the 32GB version is 46,000 yen (about $360), while in Europe, it’s 399 euro (about $430).

The NW-A300 is a tiny little device that measures 56.6×98.5×12 mm, so pretty close to a deck of playing cards. And really, just look at these pictures. Sony might not be the consumer electronics juggernaut it used to be, but it still has an incredible product design department. I have no use for a standalone music player, but both of these Walkmans are so pretty that I just want to hold one.

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The front is dominated by a 3.6-inch, 60 Hz, 1280×720 touchscreen LCD. There’s 32GB of storage, and the device supports Wi-Fi 802.11AC and Bluetooth 5. That’s about all Sony wants to talk about for official specs. It touts “longer battery life” but won’t say how big the battery is, promising only “36 hours* of 44.1 KHz FLAC playback, up to 32 hours* of 96 KHz FLAC High-Resolution Audio playback.” Presumably, that’s all with the screen off.

For more specs, we can visit The Walkman Blog, a wonderful site that is very serious about these little music players. In October, the site found documentation for the A300 listing a 1500 mAh battery. The system-on-a-chip in the older NW-A100 model was the NXP i.MX8M-Mini, a wildly slow 28 nm SoC that has just four Arm Cortex-A53 CPUs and 4GB of RAM. You can say, “This is just a music player,” but that’s not really true since it still runs full Android with an app store and everything. Geekbench scores show this has a new quad-core Qualcomm chip of some kind with 4GB of RAM, but we can’t be sure of the model number. A newer chip with smaller transistors would probably account for a lot of that “better battery life” promise.

This is a music player, so of course, there’s a headphone jack on the bottom of the unit. You’ll also find a spot for a lanyard, a speedy USB-C 3.2 Gen1 port for quick music transfers, and a MicroSD slot for storing all your music. Buttons along the side of the device also give you every music control you could want, like a hold switch, previous, play/pause, next, volume controls, and power.

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There was a time when all anyone could talk about was MP3 players, with Apple’s iPod the cream of the crop. Then, they faded into obscurity with the advent of smartphones and music streaming services like Apple Music, only whispered about by none but the most die-hard of portable audiophiles.  

All the way through was Sony’s trusty Walkman. Still on a relatively-regular release cycle, it’s the MP3 player for the modern age, with internet connectivity and some of the best DACs in the business. A new year, a new CES, and a new Walkman is here — and it’s rammed with some cool specs.

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You might ask why anyone would want an MP3 player when you can just stream all your music from Apple Music or TiDAL on your best iPhone — a reasonable question. The answer lies within the little Sony Walkman NW-A306. While your phone doesn’t have much space for quality audio hardware, like a meaty DAC and amp, in a dedicated MP3 there’s a little more wiggle room. 

Sony has managed to slip both of those in, in the form of the S-Master HX digital amp technology. Sony says this will “reduce distortion and noise across a range of frequencies, for a rich and full-bodied sound”. What does this mean? Plugging a set of headphones into this little guy will make your music sound better than you’d find on most smartphones.

There are also those of us that prefer using downloaded tracks rather than streaming, which the little Sony will handle better than any smartphone, too. There’s support up to the highest definition FLAC lossless files, as well as onboard DSEE Edge AI audio upscaling for CD-quality tracks. 

It’ll also play these tracks for longer with some impressive battery life. Sony claims the NW-A306 will last up to 36 hours when listening to standard 44.1kHz Flac files, up to 32 hours when listening to hi-res 96kHz FLAC files, and then up to 26 hours when you use the player to stream over your chosen streaming service.

This is not the MP3 player of yesteryear then. There are modern conveniences like Bluetooth and WiFi music streaming on board, as well as all the great kit that an Audiophile could want in a portable media device. 

The Sony NW-306 comes out later this month and will be available for £350/$499 on the Sony website. 

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As iMore’s Senior Staff writer, Tammy uses her background in audio and Masters in screenwriting to pen engaging product reviews and informative buying guides. The resident audiophile (or audio weirdo), she’s got an eye for detail and a love of top-quality sound. Apple is her bread and butter, with attention on HomeKit and Apple iPhone and Mac hardware. You won’t find her far away from a keyboard even outside of working at iMore – in her spare time, she spends her free time writing feature-length and TV screenplays. Also known to enjoy driving digital cars around virtual circuits, to varying degrees of success. Just don’t ask her about AirPods Max – you probably won’t like her answer.

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