Gran Turismo 7 tips and tricks: Get started with this detailed racing game

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(Pocket-lint) — Gran Turismo 7 is finally out, and with years of time since the last numbered entry in the PlayStation's marquee driving game franchise it's been brilliant sinking back into its detailed world of car parts and racing.

While the game has a pretty effective on-boarding system that gets you up to speed nice and gently with a slow ranking up of the cars you can buy and earn, and the races you can enter, there are still so many different parts that it can take some getting used to. Here are some tips to get the most out of your first few hours with GT7.

When you start GT7 you'll be offered a few different levels of assist, and off-puttingly only the highest-level option lets you brake for yourself — the other two both have auto-braking on by default. This can be changed before you even start your first race, and we recommend at least trying without it.

Being able to brake for yourself is key to getting faster times, as the game will explain to you shortly down the line, so learning to drive without that key assist is a huge step. If you've been using it happily, that's obviously no problem, but we really recommend that you try to go without it.

After your first few races in the game, you'll get access to the Licence Centre, a location in-game where you can take short challenges to build up to earning successive licences to prove your driving ability. It's basically racecar driving school, and while it starts off slow it's worth persevering with.

For one thing, each licence you complete will earn you a nice gift car to play with, but the challenges genuinely help you learn the mechanics of racing more quickly. On PlayStation 5, at least, the loading times mean they're a breeze to move through and retry, so we'd