The controversy round Gran Turismo 7’s new physics model has raged all week, however one notable endorsement has arrived from an uncommon place: the highest step of a Tremendous GT podium.
Yusuke Tomibayashi, who made historical past in 2022 as the primary Japanese sim racer to compete in Tremendous GT, took his maiden victory within the sequence this previous weekend, sharing the #9 Pacific Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO with Yuta Fujiwara within the GT300 class on the Suzuka GT 300km race.
It was a correct assertion drive, too: Tomibayashi put the automotive on pole by simply 0.004 seconds, then opened up a commanding lead after taking on from Fujiwara on the pit cease. He stretched the margin to round 15 seconds earlier than a late Security Automobile introduced the sphere residence.
Celebrating the win on social media, Tomibayashi credited a coaching device acquainted to GTPlanet readers. As translated from Japanese, “I used to be in a position to put the outcomes of driving Suzuka tens of hundreds of laps in Gran Turismo to make use of. Thanks a lot!! The brand new dealing with can be similar to the true automotive, so it’s nice.”
After all, “the brand new dealing with” refers back to the physics modifications launched in update 1.71 simply final week, which our neighborhood has been picking apart in detail ever since.
Opinions vary from drifters calling it a ten-out-of-ten, to rally followers mourning the state of dust racing, so a real-world GT300 winner’s opinion carries some weight.
Tomibayashi is aware of either side of this equation higher than most. Earlier than he racing actual vehicles professionally, he received the FIA-backed Producer Fan Cup at GT Sport’s 2016 unveiling event in London alongside Spain’s Carlos Martínez, a precursor to what would turn out to be the FIA Gran Turismo Championships.
He earned his racing license in 2018, collected a string of nationwide titles, and reached the GT300 grid with Workforce Mach in 2022, scoring a podium at Suzuka (naturally) in his rookie season. Sunday’s win was his first within the sequence, and likewise the primary for co-driver Fujiwara, Pacific Racing, and the BMW M4 GT3 EVO in Tremendous GT.
Whether or not Tomibayashi’s verdict settles any arguments is one other matter… Kazunori Yamauchi himself described tire physics as one of many sequence’ largest ongoing challenges in an interview revealed on-line just some days in the past, so the modifications (and the debates) will little doubt rage on.
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