GT Sport Alfa Romeo 4C at Brands Hatch Gameplay Emerges From Russia

October 8th, 2016 by Brendan Rorrison

As we wander through the Gran Turismo Sport wilderness that is the lack of official gameplay, we can take solace that the game is still being showcased around the world during this quiet period — this time in Russia.

The above gameplay comes from an attendee at Russia's biggest video and computer game Expo, known as 'IgroMir'. As with a lot of this footage, we see the player taking on the Brands Hatch circuit and the car of choice this time around is the beautiful Alfa Romeo 4C racer. There's no distinguishable audio in the clip unfortunately (par for the course for off-screen gameplay) but we do get to see some more of what GT Sport offered at the show.

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The footage itself seems pretty standard to what we've seen from other uploaders but there are a few interesting tid-bits as noted by GTPlanet user 'hankolerd'^[1]. Firstly, driver head movement is observable as the player goes around the corners of the legendary British circuit. This is certainly a nice touch to increase the immersion a bit.

Secondly, the in-game car navigation display has smartly been used to show the rear-view of the car in live-time. Having this display clearly in view at all times makes the cockpit view a lot more useful than other camera options. As this is a Polyphony-designed creation, hopefully other similar models include this neat little feature.

Finally, as the player veers off-track we see a bit more of GT Sport's behaviour characteristics when going into the grass. Accidents can happen in virtual racing just as much (if not more than) the real world, so how the game deals with off-track excursions is important to players.

Whilst not highlighting anything truly groundbreaking, it's good to see what could possibly be a further evolution of GT Sport in the hands of event goers worldwide. Hopefully we'll get some new information on the game soon as we still have new features to discover and a new release date to anticipate ^[2].