I spent my whole first run just trying to stay on the road, with actually posting a time a distant second objective. The immediacy with which it sped off and responded to my controls felt like being strapped onto the back of an unruly beast. The first time I hit the gas and heard the engine I said “oh shit,” as I thought this car was gonna eat me alive. After driving that Honda fit the difference was immediate and shocking, particularly with the KTM X-Bow. You see, after doing some novice races, GT6 invites you to an event where you get at taste of some sports cars on a time trial course. The other effect though is that it creates contrast between the feel of each class of car, letting you actually appreciate the difference between driving your Honda Civic and driving a BMW Z8. This way, by the time you do end up in a supercar you at least have a decent grasp on the fundamentals of race car driving and can at least keep that Ferrari on the road. Most obviously, racing more modest cars is probably easier, thus making the game more approachable for newcomers. This might be a bit boring in contrast with letting you immediately crash a Ferrari and letting you learn from there, but it has an affect that’s two fold. I don’t know if this is normal for hardcore racing games, but GT6 starts you out racing in regular consumer cars - the kind of car you or I might actually own, like a Honda Fit for instance. That said, during a rental of Gran Turismo 6 last month I glimpsed but for a brief moment what that game is all about, and maybe you can too regardless of how “into racing simulators” you are. That doesn’t mean I don’t play racing games at all (which I left out of my GOTY category post last week) - I can find a few games to enjoy in pretty much any genre, but I don’t get deep enough into racing to justify buying a Gran Turismo game. To me they just get me from point A to point B with varying degrees of luxury.

I’m pretty sure I care about cars far less than most men.

I am nowhere close to being a gaerhead or other kind of car nut.

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