For nylig anmeldte vi Gran Turismo Sport, og vores anmelder synes ikke at manglen på en decideret karriere skadede spillets indholdsmængde. Men, fans verden over har naturligvis lagt mærke til at der ikke er en "GT Mode" i denne omgang. Det har seriens skaber, Kazunori Yamauchi, forsøgt at forklare i et interview med Driving UK, der var til stede ved et større lanceringsevent i Italien.
Først og fremmest mener Yamauchi at der stadig er en karriere, den hedder bare Mission Challenge nu:
"When people are talking about there's no GT Mode anymore, that's not quite true. In a narrow sense, the part that was the GT Mode in the past is now called Mission Challenge. It's single player, there are various different types of races, from the very short to the very long, with different regulations, and you can tune up the cars that you purchased to participate in those races."
Men, den kontroversielle udtalelse kommer her. Yamauchi mener desuden, at behovet for en GT Mode er skrumpet, fordi fans bare ikke interesserer sig for biler på samme måde som dengang serien startede:
"Twenty years ago, when we did the first Gran Turismo, people knew what happens when you change an air filter or increased compression ratios do to your car. But the new users don't have that knowledge anymore because they're not as interested in the cars, so we've simplified [some areas of the game] so you can do the exact same thing you were doing in the past, but it's more user-friendly for people just getting into cars."
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