Alex Burchell

Closer to its forebears in many respects than GT Sport. Some visual aspects are improved upon from GT Sport, even on the PS4 version, and both the Trial Mountain and Deep Forest tracks are back in the game. However, there's no clue as to whether or not it's going to be a wet race, so you'll likely get caught out on the wrong tyre type. So you'll lose. Limiting the winnings. Championship races become a nightmare of wet/dry tuning and guesswork. The roulette reward payouts are downright mean. I've NEVER got more than the lowest amount or tuning parts for cars I don't own. You amass cars in your collection at quite a rate... but in spite of there being a second-hand car dealer (another earlier GT throwback), you can't SELL your unwanted cars. The win payouts have been reduced, too, so more grinding is required to obtain meaningful amounts of cash. Everything is designed to limit your access to cash. Which brings us nearly to... MICROTRANSACTIONS. Top up your credit balance by purchasing them online with real money! After paying £55-£65 for the game in the first place? I'd expect this in a Free-to-play mobile game, not a AAA Playstation release. In short, a tour-de-force, but not a masterpiece. And a stingy, greedy one at that.