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Get behind the wheel for the driving experience of a lifetime, discover your origins as an elite assassin, or save the free-world from the tyranny of the Third Reich! We’ve got it all this season.

- Andre Coetzer

GRAN TURISMO SPORT

The granddaddy of driving simulators finally makes its current-gen debut on the Sony behemoth, the PlayStation 4. For years the name Gran Turismo was seen as the ultimate in creating a true driving experience on your home console and GT Sport continues that fine trend. As expected, the game handles beautifully, giving you that rare white-knuckle sensation while expertly navigating through chicanes in the world’s most exotic supercars. The balance between recreating real-world driving skills and enjoyable game driving is spot on, a feat very few racing games manage. The game itself looks better than ever, especially if you’re fortunate enough to be playing on a 4K television. The HDR in GT Sport is incredible and perhaps the best implementation of High Dynamic Range in any game to date. Sadly the damage model is a big disappointment and does take away from the realism of a race as you just bump off other cars and barriers with barely a scratch to your multi-million-rand supercar. Also, the single player mode lacks features and options, sometimes feeling more like a tutorial for the online component. This will hopefully be fleshed out with future updates and content addons. The online component however is where the real racing magic lies, with numerous modes and competitive leaderboards, this is where any true driver will earn their racing stripes. Overall, GT Sport is an impressive racing package, with gorgeous graphics and incredible real-life physics, but if you’re a single player only kind of speed racer, then GT Sport might be a slight disappointment, for now at least.