Gran Turismo Sport.... FIA License, what?

[The Jackeria]

www.gran-turismo.com/gb/products/gtsport/license/

"By fulfilling various prerequisites, such as completing the lessons in racing etiquette in the Campaign Mode of Gran Turismo Sport and reaching a certain level of achievement in "Sport Mode", you will be eligible for the “FIA Gran Turismo Digital Licence” from your local ASN (national sports authority/automobile club). This will hold the same value as a real life licence.

As of May 2016, 22 countries/regions have expressed their wishes to participate in this program. We will announce the final list of participating regions, conditions, fees and procedures at a later date"



"The game will also introduce an FIA Gran Turismo Digital Race License which, once earned, will then pass information in to 22 participating regional car clubs including those in the UK, Germany, Belgium, India and China.

The clubs will then decide how to use that information and whether further testing is necessary before granting applicants with a race licence"



Whilst I understand gaming isn't the same as real world racing, this is quite something for a gaming company to get behind.

What do we think?

[Barrass]

I love how involved in the "real world" Grand Turismo is their GT academy is a great idea too.
When reading up it seems that grand truismo sport is adopting a point score system on the online gaùme play, meaning people who want to dick about and wind people up will be kept separate from people who are wanting to race properly.

Grand turismo 3/4 took huge chunks of my teenage years but it taught me a canny bit about racing lines carrying speed in lower powerd cars etc.

Still think that GT4 was the best in the series bit looking forward to seeing the new game.

[Clement]

It makes sooo much sense. I like how it means that car racing could be accessible to many!

Also, I owe a few real-life saves from sudden oversteer to Gran Turismo 1 & 2, I thus find it hard not to love GT

[shampooefficient]

I remember the joys of playing GT1 and 2, and along with the earlier Skylines (R33 was brand new when GT1 came out!) and Imprezas, the joys of finding the left field choices like Alfa 166s or Corssa GSis... also started my love of V6 Clios.
The great thing is, a lot of people who bought those cars in game as a starry eyed teenager... are now on here, buying the real thing!

[adam73bgt]

Will one still fail the license if a wheel touches the grass? A source of hours of frustration trying to get the gold medal on some of the challenges

[93fxdl]

Which flight sim will people have to play to get their pilots license?
The US military use game controlers for their IED disposal robots
Ttfn Glenn

[shampooefficient]

Jun 23, 2016 10:17:18 GMT adam73bgt said:

Will one still fail the license if a wheel touches the grass? A source of hours of frustration trying to get the gold medal on some of the challenges

It's to set you up for Forza's Magic Grass (TM) - even when playing offline, pished, and aiming to T-bone your best mate (steady now), it still slows you down to walking pace... is it possible to turn it off in newer iterations than my 3 and 4?

[adam73bgt]

Jun 23, 2016 16:46:45 GMT shampooefficient said:

Jun 23, 2016 10:17:18 GMT adam73bgt said:

Will one still fail the license if a wheel touches the grass? A source of hours of frustration trying to get the gold medal on some of the challenges

It's to set you up for Forza's Magic Grass (TM) - even when playing offline, pished, and aiming to T-bone your best mate (steady now), it still slows you down to walking pace... is it possible to turn it off in newer iterations than my 3 and 4?

ARRRGHHGH I hated that stuff as well! I'm sure its less intrusive on 6 mind

[sb]

Sounds sketchy to me. I'm playing GT6 at the moment and set some blistering times in a Lotus with some awful yet legal driving. I don't think most tracks would enjoy the rumble strips being used as a jump with a heroic 4 wheel slide on the exit.

[mjphotography2016]

Gran turismo is the only reason i miss the playstation, GT1 & GT2 where ace when they 1st came out remember spending 20+hours at a time on them. Never completed Gt3 on the Ps2

at the time would never of thought that it would evolve into the Gt Academy

[Clement]

I do hope they warn such newly promoted racing drivers that there's a puny thing called 'damage' in real life, and that it might be a good thing to avoid it.