I've put a decent amount of hours into this, here's my take so far:
Pros:- graphics are AMAZING, it runs extremely smoothly and everything just looks hyper-realistic. Truly a WTF IS DIS REAL scenario.
- handling is fantastic, the Dualsense really fights you on the triggers when it comes to heavy braking, very impressive
- all of the cars and tracks just nail it, it's really quite something when you manage to climb the field and win a race on the last corner
- I do enjoy the menus as it gives me some focus on progression, but I also think there's a con in there...
Cons:- music is typically weird, GT has always had a pretty odd choice but whatever
- rolling starts seem to be the only way the races start, which is a shame
- also irritates me that in a championship race I can win the first race but then I'm right at the back again for race #2, just not realistic
- roulette rewards are BULLSHIT
- the little avatars that waffle on at you are pretty annoying. Go away, Luca, just shut your mouth
- I do feel that the progression isn't as natural as in previous GTs. I wanted to buy my old Japanese street car and just climb the ladder, whereas the Menu system forces you down the path that GT wants you to go down, so you end up unlocking loads of cars that you may or may not have any interest in. I can see their thinking behind it, but I would have preferred total freedom to do it my way. I dunno, a bit undecided on that aspect.
- I also have no idea where my race replay screenshots get saved to (My Library? Where the strawberry float is that?)