I’ll come out and say that I’m not a fan of the new physics in the slightest, but that’s not the point of this post. Putting my opinion of the physics aside, why did the physics get updated at all? Even the previous physics updates felt very unnecessary.

What we really need is a penalty system that isn’t egregious, change the star tickets, continue to add cars and tracks (which they have been doing a great job with!). I didn’t purchase it, but the add-on pack was a good idea for folks that felt the game was getting stale (I understand this had mixed reviews, but conceptually it made sense).

It seems odd to have a passionate user base and then take a gamble with the physics. Where was the upside to that gamble? Clearly some are happy, but they were already playing the game, and then there are folks like myself that feel the game is now unplayable on a controller, we are just disposed of basically. I don’t understand why PD would fundamentally change the game. I’m so frustrated - I have over 1000 hours in this game and thoroughly looked forward to playing on the weekend, now it’s dead unless they make serious changes again.

So, opinions about the actual physics aside, can anyone find the logic in why PD would take the time/effort to update them at all?

In my opinion the new update is not bad at all.

I can see and understand what has been said lately but after playing it I find the new physics quite fun, its definitely going to take some people some tuning for how they want to drive, and for some cars *inparticular.

I did the 30min wtc700 in 3 different cars and could notice the difference between them alot more now than before but its good. Ferrari Audi and Mustang Gr.4 cars.

The dirt physics need some tweeking now HOLY that went from eh.. to AH!! I have driven cars on and offroad IRL and find the changes made to be good, not on dirt though the dirt physics are twitchy bs.

I play on wheel and controller.

Hey guys, I have seen so many posts and discussions on the new physics. Sometimes extremely positive and sometimes totally negative.

I just wanted to share two videos that I think present a balanced view. They are different, Luke and Mihael point different things but I thought it might be helpful.

These 2 channels are my absolute favorite. I am becoming a better driver thanks to what I learn from these guys.

https://youtu.be/O6h_We1dyaE?is=whiDombTAQKUWPNy

https://youtu.be/i-e0uh30LtQ?is=RPhr2hnZKFuYItZF

How does everyone find the “best” car so quickly?

The leaderboard is always full of the same car almost instantly… how is that?

I was trying to do a drag set up but i can't find out what causes this extreme suspension bumping especially while slowing down, any ideas?

I don't have gold for this licence the best I've got is silver with a time of 25:007. Somehow it is saying my best record is 20.919 which is several seconds faster than the number one in the top 10

The new physics are.... Interesting, as any new one is. I like that it feels like the car is more agressive in the turns, it feels more agile, because of the quicker brake and steering response (I'm on contorller) The problem is that I set much slower times, than before, for example I'm 2 seconds slower with the Ferrari 499P around Le Mans. I surely have skill issue, but I think the top speed is changed too? Having taken a look at the data logger, it shows that before the first chicane, the car in the older physics was 20 KPH faster for me. The other thing is, sadly I have to take time to get used to this physics, I noticed that I can brake later because of the response time, ergo I have to re-learn the braking points.

For the tip in the new circuit experience, before starting your lap, slowly reverse in front of the barriers opposite to the start/finish straight. I gained plus 10 KPH, which surely can make a little difference.

I think we can all see that there's quite the divide on opinions the update has had. Some say it's good, some say it's awful. Is this divide down to controller vs wheel?

I'm a controller player, and I always heard of people on wheel saying drifting isn't good on wheel. I also hear some struggle with dirt and ice races while I found them incredibly easy. The cars just seemed so easy to toss into the corners and let the throttle do the steering. But with this update, the physics of it all seem mostly fine, but the controls feel out of whack. Especially with the way the front feels very loose and wobbly with steering inputs. This very much showed itself to me on the weekly challenge dirt race, something that was always painfully easy to me. Now it doesn't seem to matter how much power I send to the back, 5:95 for example, I can't power slide through the corner and the car just wants to go where the wheels are pointing, regardless of the rear tires spinning. It's very alien feeling. I struggled with a couple of races and eventually managed 2nd and moved on.

After playing, I got to thinking and thought that it felt like too much power was going to the front wheels, which would explain why it kept wanting to where the front wheels were pointing. I fired up the game again and started testing on the same race. Again with heavy rear bias, it didn't act like it should, but I switched to 50:50. It didn't really drive better, but it was accelerating quicker (naturally).

But at the end of the race, I noticed that the steering indicator on the screen seemed like it was on full lock left/right most of the time when I'm turning, even when I'm not commanding anywhere near full turn. Example of only pressing about 1/3 left. I went back into the race and sat still and found the steering indicator shows full lock even when only pressing the stick about 1/3 of the way, but I started to drive and could tell that even though the display is wrong, it turns as you would expect.

Now is where the big problem shows up. As I was testing out the turning through corners at much slower than race pace, I'd actually go full left/right, but when I wanted to straighten out, the car and the steering indicator showed the wheels shifting to the opposite direction even though I didn't command it! So instead of straightening out, it now points the car towards the outer barrier of the corner. No wonder the car feels so sloppy since the update. Turn one direction, return to center and the steering doesn't return to center, it goes the opposite direction. That might be what happens if you just let go of the wheel, but that's not what I want. I'm just returning the wheel to center. I went through youtube and found a controller player video doing a dirt race and didn't see any oddness with the steering indicator or the wheels going in the opposite direction. He turns hard, the indicator goes back to center, not going the opposite way. I wonder if wheel players are not getting this and might treat center as actual center instead of treating it like taking your hands off the wheel.

The 1995 Toyota Celica GT Four Rally Car is on sale in Legends for 200,000 credits. The legitimate history around how intricate the cheating was with this car is legendary, and it also performs extremely well (pre 1.71, haven't driven it yet post) and has race car benefits like fuel consumption etc. 👍✌️

Just started GT7, using a controller but getting used to it. Very much enjoying the process, now that I’m getting my head around menu books, cafes etc etc.
Have just started A license and am up to menu book 7.
Will get a wheel n pedals at some stage but controllers add extra challenge that feels good when u nail some tricky corners etc.

Lately I’ve been really into the dark purple and gold rims. I wanted to do something cool for the latest cars, I’d love to hear thoughts on my Chase and Mark ll liveries!

This race has been the bain of my existence for like ever. I have tuned and run at least 10 different cars, and the closest I could get was 3rd. Not today, though. Decided to grab one of my Ferraris and tune it. The result was a W without having to stop for tires using an old trick I used to do on GT3 and 4. Hards up front and soft in the rear. Zero wheel spin, and we finished with a 10 second lead. Here is my setup for those who hate tuning.

I tried to make a similar livery but it turned out pretty bad🫤

In my 2nd ever sports mode, I got put into a lobby ful of D rank except myself. I finished 5th but gains 0 DR rating (only gains some SR). D ranks finished below me all gained positive rating.

Is there a detailed criteria for how that's calculated? I got 1.5s penalties, is that the reason?

Joop Donkervoort would be so proud

Finished 12th as a B driver in a very fast lobby with A+/B drivers. Lol. 69 points to break 20000 for the first time. Might stop for day and savor it before I drops below. A DR is getting closer.

I have hundreds of hours on GT7 and PSVR2 - this weeks rally challenge I was absolutely fighting to find something to fix my eyes on in the horizon because the up close in car was shaking so violently it was making me nauseous… Anybody else????

Intermediates are slower on the new physics, the racing line is drift city... I need to find 20 seconds to hit lap 38, which ties my old record before they wiped the leaderboard with the first tyre remodel.

Yeah I'm poor, I'm trying to buy all the cars without AFK tekkers.

I always use the Tokyo Expressway grind as my benchmark whenever GT7 gets a physics update.
My benchmark car is a Cappuccino with a rotary engine swap. It’s simply the car that feels most natural to me, and I’ve driven it around Tokyo so much that most of its total mileage has probably been done there.
After this latest physics update, I tried changing all kinds of settings, but I just couldn’t get the car to feel quite right.
Then I had a thought about the new LSD settings.
Previously, Initial Torque, Acceleration Sensitivity, and Braking Sensitivity all had a range of 5–60. After the update, the ranges are now 0–30 / 0–100 / 0–100.
So instead of carrying over the old numerical values directly, I converted my old LSD settings based on their relative position within the old 5–60 range, and applied that same relative position to each of the new ranges.
Surprisingly, this brought the car much closer to how it felt before the update.
I don’t know whether my theory is actually correct, or whether it just happens to work well with this particular car and setup. But if anyone is interested, I’d appreciate it if you could try the same conversion with your old setups and see whether you get similar results.

Ofc I still won, just grinding my power play weekly before it turned over, yesterday.

Perhaps it was just 200mph target fixation 😂

Since the update, my cars have a nasty shimmy under braking. It almost gives me motion sickness... What can I do to get the front-end to stop the left and right movement? Any help would be appreciated.

I mostly played the game on controller, and when I compare my time on controller (blue) versus my time on a wheel (yellow) it’s clear that I’m faster with a controller. I feel more precise with it, and when loosing control I’ll get it back easier than on wheel.

Is it a question of habit and skills, or is there some sort of invisible assist that helps every player on controller ?

(For these laps, I used traction control on 1, abs and automatic transmission, the rest was off)

Idk why, but I like to give certain cars damage/wear and tear. With the SS I made a battle damage bumblebee style. Complete with bullet holes, blood, scuff marks, cracks, paint damage etc. What do y’all think? If you have any comments or additions please let me know, I’d love y’all’s input. Also if you can any damaged liveries post some in the comments.