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While Gran Turismo 7 was praised by both fans and critics for its great gameplay and large amount of content, Polyphony Digital missed the mark in a few areas that upset fans. Thankfully, the company has now given players an outline of what they can expect to see in future updates to Gran Turismo 7.
One of the main issues players have had with the game is that they felt Gran Turismo 7 makes excessive use of microtransactions. This was exacerbated after the title received an update that significantly reduced the amount of credits players can earn in-game, which seemingly coerced them into spending money on microtransactions. The series' founder, Kazunori Yamauchi, explained that microtransactions were placed in the game as a means to represent the value and rarity of real-world cars
Yamauchi explained in a recent blog post that he understands why fans are upset and hopes to rectify many of the issues players have with the game in future updates. Some of the changes coming into effect at the beginning of April include rewards being increased in some World Circuit events, an increase in rewards earned from online races, the addition of higher rewards for clearing the game's Circuit Experience with all gold or all bronze results, and the quantity of used and legend cars on offer being increased.
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The blog post notes that more changes relating to credits will also make their way to the game with no specific date set as yet. This is great for many players, as they can feel as though their voices have been heard. Many users even took to Metacritic to review bomb Gran Turismo 7 to protest the game's microtransactions.
In fact, another player decided to protest Gran Turismo 7's microtransactions by creating a script to play the game for them. The script entails using the PS5's remote play functionality to stream the game on a PC while running the script. This makes the game run the same race on a continuous loop and can earn players a ridiculous number of credits over time.
Players were also upset about the fact that they were unable to access Gran Turismo 7 for hours a few days ago. Thankfully the reason behind the servers being down was due to Polyphony Digital making changes to the in-game economy to increase the number of credits players earned through gameplay. Unfortunately, this did still upset fans who wanted to play the game and were already unhappy with the inclusion of microtransactions.
Gran Turismo 7 is available now on PS4 and PS5.
Source: PlayStation Blog
