What Is Going On With Gran Turismo 7?

Nevertheless, it can still recover from this misstep. GT7 is a great racing simulator and overall, a very excellent game at the end of the day. Players wanting more content is always a given. Certain features being lackluster will always be an issue among the more hardcore fan base. Bugs will never die – even as old ones are eradicated, new ones will surface in subsequent updates as patch 1.07 and the 32 hour server maintenance have proven.

If there's one thing that Polyphony Digital has showcased with games like Gran Turismo Sport, it's that it can support a title for the long haul and make it much better than its launch version. The same will likely happen with Gran Turismo 7, even if so much of this could have been avoided right off the bat. In the meantime, it needs to work on regaining some of that goodwill that it may have lost in the past few days or so.

[jasonsparkman]

Ah.. I see what they did here. Release the part of the game they know people will love, wait for the reviews, then release the part everyone will dislike. Typical scummy business tactic.

[aaaaaaxaaaaaa]

They hid microtransactions from reviewers and then lowered credit rates. These are predatory practices meant to deceive the buyers. I feel scammed and want a refund. I never would have bought this game had I known itd be like this

[bengejuknowit]

You absolutely can't justify reducing reward credits! That was how the game was designed! It was still a grind the original way but now is a slap in the face for all players! GT7 is a great game but terrible decisions have been implemented since launch!

[bobthebuilder]

“The pricing of the cars is an important element that conveys their value and rarity.” Awesome, now I can be broke in real life and in a game

[EffingtonCouldBe]

We all paid over $70 for this game - - - I've owned every GT since it came out in 97 and I've been a huge fan - - - but this game is leaving me frustrated and not impressed (when compared to GT-SPORT). Grinding for credits is getting OLD fast. Overall, the game seems like it's trying to "teach me a lesson" or prove a point of "how f*cking sophisticated Polyphony Digital is". OK, OK, we are all impressed. Just help us enjoy the damn game, not only ON-LINE but off-line as well. Stop holding us HOSTAGE. It's only a matter of time before another PS5 game comes along and blows GT7 away with a more enjoyable experience... and graphics that are equal or better.

[JVS_Tarnished]

Keep giving these games 10/10’s before the full game is released and no bugs are fixed. It’s ridiculous

[masternickaville]

In real life, you can sell your cars...

[nickcrouch]

This is greed pure and simple. Micro transactions have no place in a full priced console game. Hopefully governments will start paying attention and legislate this out as its a deceptive, predatory behaviour that is seriously eroding the quality of games.

Everything about this has been designed to milk the maximum out of their consumers AFTER purchase and is deeply immoral. This practice has to end and soon.

[markfowlermusic]

Oh well, i was 100% going to buy this game, now I'll give it a miss and buy elden ring instead. At least you get all content you pay for, the last grand turismo i played was GT1 on the PSX and i loved it, but then i never had to worry about being pressured to spend extra money on content, it was all there to get when you wanted. £60 for a game and you're constantly pressured into spending more and more money on it, otherwise basically fuck you from the people who made the game, no thanks, I'll give my money to non-greedy developers who make better games in the first place. Watching this has made me angry and glad i never invested in this game, i can see in the future lots of other incidents with servers down etc.. And you can't play the game basically if you have no Internet access or their servers go down for maintenance etc.. Absolutely disgusting.

[joshstrickland]

They really just need a truly long offline career mode, starter cars all the way up to F1.

[donaldpriola]

They should be ashamed. This isn't a free-to-play service game; this cost $75 with tax, which we were willing to pay for Polyphony's obvious care for car culture. Grinding is kind of a tradition for GT games, and as a fan of the series since the start, I was okay with that. But the obvious and shameful reduction of prizes is a clear cash grab. The "roulette" bonus sequences are also an insult as they are clearly not random, and give the lowest payout every time. And an always online game that stops you from playing when you OWN the game is beyond greedy--that's the most insulting thing of all--I paid $75 to lease a game.

[chadmestdagh]

I would strongly suggest re-reviewing this based on the micro-transaction situation. If you were playing an RPG, then the way that your character grows is part of the game experience. If playing this game is forcing you to grind in order for you to get the car that you want or a car that can actually compete, that is part of the experience and the review should reflect that.

And if the game keeps throwing "fear of missing out" bait that pushes you to making expensive transactions, then that is part of the experience and the review should reflect that.

Saying that this is a perfect game means that you think that these are perfect solutions and that this is the way that games should be made. It might make Sony happy, but it makes me not trust your reviews.

[PetarBladeStrok]

Let's not even talk about how they mention it's all about realistic prices, yet they remove our ability to sell cars, which we had in all previous GT games. And our ability to earn money. Corporate BS!

[DeejayJeanP]

I'm a long time GT fanboy, absolutely loved 7. I liked how it was like the older games. You know what's the difference between then and now though? I've grown into an adult with a full time job, and I don't have time to grind weeks for a Volkswagen Golf. I was rooting for you GT, we all were. But this is some bullsh*t

[montyspython]

"We don't want people to feel like they have to grind for credits, which is why we've reduced the rewards so they'll definitely have to grind for credits instead. You're welcome!"

[GamingRobioto]

So glad I held off buying this. What a disaster this is, no matter how good the game is overall.

Also Gaming Bolt and other review outlets owe it to their viewers and readers to adjust reviews and review scores in exceptional circumstances like these. There is no way a game this anti consumer should receive a perfect score.

[electroshock]

"Whats going on with Gran Turismo 7"

Well, to sum it up Sony let their greed, and their ego take over, and thought they could extort consumers because they thought "Oh, it's a Gran Turismo game, people will buy it no matter what"

I just saved you 9 minutes and 45 seconds, you're welcome.

[Movienerd]

Whatever happened to unlocking cars and parts by beating races? I miss the old days of just beating a level and unlocking

[mgiebus]

Also I remember Gamingbolt giving this a crazy high score and calling it "mindblowing"

[tobi]

Notice how IGN didn't say anything about this ?