The space between releases for the Gran Turismo series has always been at the back of the minds of racing fans for many years. There's no two ways about it, developer Polyphony Digital is a studio that strives for perfection.

GT Sport may look and feel like Gran Turismo, but it's a very different beast under the hood. In place of an extensive single player campaign and an exhaustive car roster, developer Polyphony Digital have established a professionally sanctioned esport-focused racing platform under the watchful eye...

A demanding racing sim that doesn't sacrifice accessibility; Professionally governed multiplayer offers something unique among racing games; Refined and nuanced driving physics; Cars and tracks look and feel gorgeous

Light on content; Sportsmanship ranking system feels temperamental; Internet connection required

As much as I admire GT Sport’s ‘my way or the highway’ philosophy, it can be quite trying. Fortunately enough, this game’s good bits really are an absolute blast. Whether you’ve nailed a perfect overtake in VR or just nipped into first place on the final corner after a race spent flirting with catastrophe, the rush you feel is totally intoxicating. At least half my time with GT Sport has been in a thinly veiled state of both desperation and fury. The other half? I was punching the air in jubilation.

Gorgeous graphics; Awesome VR support; Racing feels great;

No dynamic weather; Punishing emphasis on realism;

Most beatiful racing game right now. Car physics are still very Gran Turismo, are great but lacking some detail. What this game does great is online racing. You get matched against similarly skilled drivers, so most of the crashers get stuck with a low driver rating. There's a few races to choose from, so there's usually a full grid, makes for great racing! They change the races every couple of days. I would have loved to see a career mode, more tracks (imagine a remastered deep forest raceway or trial mountain circuit!!) and just as importantly, more and older cars. A lot of the fun was getting a stock car and modifying it to work amazingly. Which you can still do but all the cars are recent models. There should be free DLC's as have been in past GT titles, but right now, content to me atleast, feels lacking.

Gorgeous graphics; Awesome VR support; Racing feels great;

No dynamic weather; Punishing emphasis on realism;

Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital has slowly developed the series' online component through the years, but now it's focusing on online play. GT Sport goes beyond the predominantly single-player past of its numbered installments, but doesn't go so far as to carve out an entirely new identity.

Gran Turismo Sport ( GT Sport ) is the 7th major instalment in Kazunori Yamauchi's popular racing series and the first exclusively released for the PlayStation 4. It's been 4 years since the previous instalment and I was ready to dust off my racing gloves, start the engine and hit the asphalt again.

In many ways, is the most polished Gran Turismo game in over a decade. It looks great, feels great, and what's here has been carefully and well executed. However, while I can forgive the sprinkling of eccentric nonsense, the lack of car and track content really hurts, and the online-only nature of...

Gran Turismo Sport is the series' first outing four years. Was it worth the wait?

Some of the best visuals in any game to date; Reworked campaign mode actually teaches you how to race; esports-focused online mode encourages great racing; Some of the best sound design and editing in any game

Always online DRM can be a huge pain if your connection is spotty; Lots and lots and lots of missing cars; tracks; and features

Don't settle for less 'cause then you miss out on more.