My First Gran Turismo Available This Friday for Free on PS5, PS4 | Push Square
Sony and Polyphony Digital have announced that My First Gran Turismo, which is essentially a PS5, PS4 demo for Gran Turismo 7, will launch this Friday, 6th December 2024. It's available for free, and lets you try race events, time trials, Music Rally stages, and license tests from the full game. You can get a visual sample of the content in the trailer above.
From the main menu, you'll be able to try three race events: the Sunday Cup, Clubman Cup, and the GT Cup. You can set lap times in time trials on the Kyoto Driving Park, Deep Forest Raceway, and Trial Mountain. Within the app, you can also work towards achievements and a car collection of up to 18 vehicles. As well as flat-screen support, the whole demo can also be played using PSVR2.
In a post to the PlayStation Blog, president Kazunori Yamauchi said: «This experience holds a special place in my heart, as it pays tribute to the origins of the first Gran Turismo, where players of all generations discovered the joys of driving. Whether it’s introducing kids to the joy of racing for the first time or reigniting a forgotten passion for driving, My First Gran Turismo was designed to be both approachable and immersive, created for everyone, with no limits on age or driving skill level.»
My First Gran Turismo goes live at midnight on 6th December 2024 in your local timezone. It's not clear whether you're progress carries over to the full game if you decide to buy it after the fact, which we awarded a 9/10 rating in our Gran Turismo 7 PS5 review back at launch. The demo seems to be more of its own, standalone thing rather than something that could tie directly into the full game.
«Gran Turismo 7 is a game for everyone: the racing enthusiasts, the novices, and anyone in between,» we concluded. «It celebrates car culture and history within the confines of a driving experience, explaining how the automobiles you race past the chequered flag fit into the wider world. There's never been a game quite like it before: Gran
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