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Gran Turismo 7
It’s hard to convey the excitement when a new, numbered Gran Turismo title lands. We’d have described it as like a new Star Wars movie, if there hadn’t been approximately a hundred of those, of varying quality, in the past few years. The big news is that GT’s sprawling car collecting campaign, which takes you from liberating a secondhand road car from the classified ads to competing in the top echelons of motorsport, is back, but your progress is now a lot more prescribed than it used to be. Whereas your choice of cars and races entered used to feel unique to you, GT7 now holds your hand tighter than a frightened four-year-old. Regardless, Gran Turismo 7 will handily hoover up hours of your life and it’s also heart-stoppingly beautiful on PlayStation 5 – you’ll complete a race and then happily sit through the full replay just to ogle the cars. Which is only likely to double the hours we spend with this enormous, brilliant game...