Cars are taking flight in Gran Turismo 7 after a game-breaking bug threw a wrench in the racer’s physics.
Captured in all its glory by the game’s players, the chaotic scenes show sports cars bouncing violently up to the skies on the starting line; classic campervans shooting to the heavens like SpaceX rockets; and rollie-pollies galore.
We just hope they weren’t playing in VR, otherwise, it’s a clean-up on aisle five.
コーヒーブレイクNO？？？
— ハ イサイド齋藤 (@kosmic_gt) July 25, 2024
ドカ沸きするランエボを避けて走ろう！ pic.twitter.com/PA42FbAUei
PlayStation’s Gran Turismo racing simulation strives for realism. A geriatric in gaming years, the storied franchise turned 26 last December, and has even been turned into a movie starring Orlando Bloom.
The latest entry features an unmatched breadth of vehicles (from contemporary supercars to classic muscle cars), each a meticulously crafted replica that can be fine-tuned to your liking.
Physics of time #GT7 pic.twitter.com/dvWN56OK7a
— Bradley Tarrant (@VQS_Bradley) July 25, 2024
So, it probably came as a massive shock to players who, having installed the latest update, found their cars could now fly. Suddenly, the game felt less Nissan Skyline and more Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
ちなみにサンババスで19000kmだした時の地上からの映像がこちら#GT7 #グランツーリスモ7 https://t.co/vfPoGoz3Fu pic.twitter.com/n8T8Vo26En
— ayato (@ayato4g63) July 25, 2024
Developer Polyphony Digital said it’s investigating the bugs, which are linked to a “car setting”, and apologised for the inconvenience. When it said the game’s physics and suspension update would prompt “dynamic movement,” flying cars is probably not what it meant.
We are now aware of the following issue in the 1.49 Update released on July 25:
— Gran Turismo (@thegranturismo) July 25, 2024
Car Physics Simulation
- Unintended vehicle behavior is produced when a particular car setting is set within Car Settings
This issue is currently under investigation.
We apologize for any…
While gamers are bound to see the funny side (it does, after all, conjure memories of GTA’s infamous zero gravity cheat), the glitch could get frustrating fast.
Numerous clips show spring-loaded cars hopping around mid-race, causing pile-ups, or simply getting swallowed by the track to disappear into the virtual abyss. There’s a graveyard of Honda Civics down there somewhere.
Alas, bugs are common in games, and Gran Turismo suffered a few in its salad days. Snafus in the second game wiped players’ garages, resulted in unlogged race results, and prevented players from 100-percenting the game.
Still, there are some out there who probably wish flying cars were a permanent feature and not a temporary niggle.
