Gran Turismo 7: Polyphony Weren't Messing About

One of the best races Polyphony have delivered in Gran Turismo 7: a 5 lap thriller around the Nurburgring Nordschliefe in changing and difficult conditions.

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[BoxCarRacer-notthebandsorry]

The bug I hate the most is when it's night time and your opponents' headlights don't illuminate the track. Their car makes a hole where your headlights cast a shadow and you can't see anything. The closer you are to them, the less you see.

[GTRaceReplays]

The skill set required for this race, was so much more than just being a fast driver and treating the race like a glorified time trial. The intense focus from Lap 3 began with the pit exit, which was like watching lemmings falling off a cliff, for those who were too aggressive with their throttle. I'd say this is the best race PD has ever done. It was the perfect use of all the elements the game has to offer, executed perfectly over 5 laps. I managed a P2 after moving up 3 positions from the top of Dottinger to the finish line. The way I was screaming with joy, you'd have thought I won. 256 pts for all my stress. Great video Steve and well done!

[himagainstill]

I suspect the track drying thing isn't so much a bug but a side effect of time compression combined with the extreme length of the circuit. IRL wet tyres will throw water aside, but they're trying to compress the equivalent of several hours racing into 40 minutes, so if you're heading out in quali several minutes behind the rest of the pack, you're getting the equivalent of going out at the end of an hour-long session after several laps of everyone else clearing away the water.

[pinkiepromise]

I love that you are mixing the race replays in with the live recordings again, it's so cinematic and refreshing. 😊

[GhostDogGD]

Hi, I'm the French player ( GDdesign ), very nice race on your part. I couldn't fight because I was riding with damage throughout the race. But our little duel was fun. See you soon on the track @Super GT

[koenigsaad]

as a science nerd myself i was delighted to hear steve relaying that cool fact at 22:16

[real_Zuramaru]

Variable weather, variable time of day, pit strategy... It's pretty much GT7 at its peak. Good races, Steve!

[marianorodriguez]

The track at back drying up kind of makes sense. The wet and inter tyres will have thrown a lot of water so there is less on the track for the next car. I wonder if this happens in real life...

[noelpardo]

The races with rain are just 10 times better, I don't know why they don't put rain in daily races

[BBROPHOTO]

26:04 - completely irrelevant to the racing, but I'm an astronomer / astrophotographer and it's absolutely incredible to see that the night sky is actually exactly how it looks in real life. The constellations are right and they're in the correct orientation and relative position to each other! That's sooo cool :D Right above the lap timer is Pleaides and below it in a > shape is Taurus. You can actually see this in the night sky atm!

[davegreen]

As (possibly) your oldest fan at 70. I think that was one of the best races I've ever watched. Well done mate. Great stuff, Steve!

[gdoumit]

These longer races are by far my favorite GT content on this channel. I'm a huge fan of endurance racing so this is right up my alley. Great stuff. PD nailed this race. Mixed conditions and changing light. Fantastic.

[volkhergoetz]

That was amazing! Hopefully polyphony presents more races like this

[releasethecars]

Steve I have been watching you since 2018 and have watched the majority of your videos since then I don't usually comment but this episode really had me hooked for the entire 36 minutes. Your commentary, along with your amazing driving as well as including clips from the replay was just a masterpiece. Thank you for producing such quality content!

[bonifacelukosi]

It's moments like this that remind me why I put myself through the pain of studying mechanical engineering to become a race engineer. My heart was pounding in the last third of the video. Truly one for the ages. Keep it up!

[kameronkenney]

What a good battle you guys had! It is amazing to see things like this for GT. I really wish I could compete at the skill level of you!

[lesego]

The 'bug' we literally saw it in real life at the British grand prix last year (2023) quali and it was that intense, look at what happened to checo

[SHIZURAKU]

The drag race at the end was really awesome moment

[ftfracing]

What an amazing race! Love the videos and the commentary!
All the best in 2024, Steve!

[gerrardwilson]

I moved from 15th to 4th. Patience was key, made a few errors, the main one being I qualified on the full wets, hence my start position. One of the best races I’ve done. Well done PD.