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  1. Mar 18, 2022
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    I find it hard to make money in this game. Making it harder to earn credits with cars that cost up to 12. At the end of the day I’m the one playing the game doing the same race. I don’t really care about the other races. There is multiple cars and grinding for one car would take 3 days and maybe 4 if you want to put upgrades on you car. You can’t tell us how to play your game.
  2. Mar 18, 2022
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    ABSOLUTELY BUTCHERED

    This game was okay on release. Not the game we wanted but it could work. Since the update forcing you to play online I have had to return the game. As I can’t now use it when travelling. Even if playing career mode. Has to be online. Plus they are constantly nerfing credit income. Forcing people to use MTX. I will NEVER support pay to win. Especially when I’ve paid
    ABSOLUTELY BUTCHERED

    This game was okay on release. Not the game we wanted but it could work. Since the update forcing you to play online I have had to return the game. As I can’t now use it when travelling. Even if playing career mode. Has to be online. Plus they are constantly nerfing credit income. Forcing people to use MTX. I will NEVER support pay to win. Especially when I’ve paid £70 for the pleasure of owning the game. Refund requested. I’m out. Take this as a warning. Do not buy this game in its current state.
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  3. Mar 18, 2022
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    Forced microtransactions and the requirement for online connection even in single player mode undoes all the good aspects about GT7. The greediness of GT7 will be the undoing of Polyphony Digital and Sony
  4. Mar 18, 2022
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    Stay away from this game at all costs. Disgusting and egregious microtransactions in a video game that already costs over 70 dollars just to play. Now you can't even play the game and enjoy the game that you spent over 70 dollars for without being forced to pay more to enjoy the games content via microtransactions. Polyphony Digital and Sony should be absolutely ashamed of themselves forStay away from this game at all costs. Disgusting and egregious microtransactions in a video game that already costs over 70 dollars just to play. Now you can't even play the game and enjoy the game that you spent over 70 dollars for without being forced to pay more to enjoy the games content via microtransactions. Polyphony Digital and Sony should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for this vile display of greed. What happened to the days of buying a video game and it was entirely up to you to play the game to progress and earn rewards. Don't even get me started on the DRM. You lose online connection or the servers go out, and you could forget all about even playing the games single player content. This game is an unmitigated disaster, and one of the worst ones of all time. Expand
  5. Mar 18, 2022
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    Really Bad graphics, micro payments, online always, is so bad a true deception
  6. Mar 18, 2022
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    I've played every single gran turismo that came out from the start, since the PS1 days. This is very disappointing and a pathetic move from PD and Sony.

    You are required to be online to play single player career mode, and servers go down leaving the game unplayable. PD encouraging money microtransactions and real life purchases for game credits to afford the expensive and rare cars
    I've played every single gran turismo that came out from the start, since the PS1 days. This is very disappointing and a pathetic move from PD and Sony.

    You are required to be online to play single player career mode, and servers go down leaving the game unplayable. PD encouraging money microtransactions and real life purchases for game credits to afford the expensive and rare cars ($120 USD) for a Jaguar XJ13

    To buy the most expensive car in GT7 you have to grind the same race 333 times or race the same race for about 18 hours. what a joke. Avoid this game
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  7. Mar 18, 2022
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    Game relies on internet connection and is very grindy unless you are willing to pay with microtransactions, do not buy
  8. Mar 18, 2022
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You have to be online to play the game properly. Plus with the current credit system, it is like they are forcing you to pay rather than play to be able to unlock the top cars. Expand
  9. Mar 18, 2022
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    Step down from GT Sport. Nice weather system, awful in all other areas. They've butchered what they achieved so far. Online is worse than ever.
  10. Mar 22, 2022
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    Whilst the base gameplay is great, Polyphony's treatment of it's playerbase, as well as the DRM and MTX, make it incredibly disappointing.
    First of all the game uses an always-online DRM method. So when PD took the servers down for 30+ hours, owners were stuck with playing the stripped down arcade mode, with a limited selection of cars and maps.
    The recent update also added to the already
    Whilst the base gameplay is great, Polyphony's treatment of it's playerbase, as well as the DRM and MTX, make it incredibly disappointing.
    First of all the game uses an always-online DRM method. So when PD took the servers down for 30+ hours, owners were stuck with playing the stripped down arcade mode, with a limited selection of cars and maps.
    The recent update also added to the already bad micro-transaction system. Payouts for many races were decreased even more than they already had been. This makes getting any of the $10million+ cars impossible to obtain without a massive grind or purchasing be ingame currency of the PS store.
    Once the servers finally came back online, users received no compensation. All they got was a condescending letter from Kaz that explained that the payout decreases were to improve the game.
    Whilst this game could be good, I can't see Sony & Polyphony doing what's required to fix it.
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  11. Mar 18, 2022
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    There are genuinely things I like about this game but I cannot in good faith recommend it to anyone. Between always online, predatory MTX, lack of single player features, and the decision to nerf already weak credit rewards combined with their completely tone-deaf statement, it is clear that Sony has fully subverted the Gran Turismo series for their own gain and it is very sad to see.
  12. Mar 18, 2022
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    Not only does this game require always online to play the credit system has been setup to give very poor pay outs to try push users to buy credits via microtransactions on a game they already spent 90 dollars on. Polygon are greedy pricks who had a bunch of paid shills play the game and review it before release without the microtransaction added to the game to pull the wool over peoplesNot only does this game require always online to play the credit system has been setup to give very poor pay outs to try push users to buy credits via microtransactions on a game they already spent 90 dollars on. Polygon are greedy pricks who had a bunch of paid shills play the game and review it before release without the microtransaction added to the game to pull the wool over peoples eyes. not only are the servers down all the time so you cant play when they are offline. they apparently only have 1 server in japan... a company making millions of dollars from sales cant setup servers in multiple locations to stop this happening because all they care about is money. i wont be buying another Gran Turismo game ever again Expand
  13. Mar 18, 2022
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    Greedy mtx.. Why pay real money for the opportunity just to be able to enjoy the base part of the game? People pay money to enjoy the base game, period. The payout/reward rate is intentionally far too low and people aren't stupid. I hope this hurts game sells even more than they're making through mtx, as well as the companies image.
  14. Mar 19, 2022
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gracias sony por romper el gran turisimo.poco a poco están destruyendo, todos los juegos exclusivos. Expand
  15. Mar 18, 2022
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    Garbage always online and $70 for a game i can't play due to service issues what a joke
  16. Mar 18, 2022
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    The game crashed for 2 days after a bad update and now it's completely broken. We've realised that without an internet connection, this game is worthless. You can't do anything without connecting to their servers which was clearly a poor decision. They must've realized that too many people were grinding instead of buying overpriced credits so they moved the goalposts by decreasing theThe game crashed for 2 days after a bad update and now it's completely broken. We've realised that without an internet connection, this game is worthless. You can't do anything without connecting to their servers which was clearly a poor decision. They must've realized that too many people were grinding instead of buying overpriced credits so they moved the goalposts by decreasing the payouts for each race to push us to buy credit with real money when a rare car comes on sale. They charged us 100 dollars for the 25 anniversary edition but they treat this game like Fortnite where every single item in the game is for sale and very expensive. They went from being a 10/10 to a big fat zero. 2 million credits cost 20 dollars but a lot of cars cost 4 to 12 millions. Perhaps even more Expand
  17. Mar 18, 2022
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    Shame Sony and PD. Cant be serious. I will sell my anniversary Edition to a poor soul. F2p **** in a full price Game. Reduced ingame money eranings to push MTs. Shame, shame shame!!! Destroyed my childhood racer.
  18. Mar 18, 2022
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    Sorry but this is the worst GT ever, i played that series since PS1... and this is low-content, grinding game... and that GT Cafe is worst thing in that new series... I want RACING with car i want, not grind money for 20 hours... CHANGE THAT POLYPHONY BECAUSE YOUR SERIES WILL DIE QUICKLY.
  19. Mar 18, 2022
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    花了一堆錢買了一個網遊? 吃相也太難看,憑什麼我斷網剩下一只有大約5%的遊戲可以體驗,他媽的狗屎遊戲,
  20. Mar 18, 2022
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    Update 1.07 is a disgrace. Cutting races rewards by half and asking 40$ to buy a car with credit it's ridiculous especually when you pay 60$ for the game.... Shameless and greedy developer.
  21. Mar 18, 2022
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    Don’t usually review but felt i had to for this, the complete disregard to the actual game play is abhorrent. As a 40 year old gamer I can’t even begin to fathom how we’ve got ourselves into this predicament except by the complete absence of any decency and lack of morality. Greed has managed to take over this industry and looks to be rotting it to the core, games that used to beDon’t usually review but felt i had to for this, the complete disregard to the actual game play is abhorrent. As a 40 year old gamer I can’t even begin to fathom how we’ve got ourselves into this predicament except by the complete absence of any decency and lack of morality. Greed has managed to take over this industry and looks to be rotting it to the core, games that used to be dependable and exciting which provided us with new adventures, gave us joy and excitement now are just schemes to make continual cash flows, it’s utterly disgraceful.

    The gaming industry seems to be changing for the worse, it’s embrace of new technology has been used to create better gaming experience but also as a mechanism for padding the already hefty wallets of the industry executives.

    How i miss the simple days of when games didn’t connect to the internet and they had to be playable from day one. It’s a shame that all of the hard work from the developers, artists and productions can be thrown down the toilet by a few soulless individuals, bottom lines are truly dreadful.
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  22. Apr 7, 2022
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    We were off to a bad start when the game came out in March. The April update fixed a lot of the major issues. There’s still a lot of room for improvement. I’ll up the score as the game continues to show improvement.

    1) they should show the weather forecast at the start race screen. 2) add in the adjustments necessary for people who have steering wheels and pedals. You should be able to
    We were off to a bad start when the game came out in March. The April update fixed a lot of the major issues. There’s still a lot of room for improvement. I’ll up the score as the game continues to show improvement.

    1) they should show the weather forecast at the start race screen.

    2) add in the adjustments necessary for people who have steering wheels and pedals.
    You should be able to adjust the field of view.
    You should be able to remove the animation for the steering wheel from the screen.
    You should be able to move the HUD layout to accommodate your view.
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  23. Mar 18, 2022
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    Always online? low the cr? can´t sell the cars? microtransitions? they're destroying the game, just like the EA does.
  24. Mar 20, 2022
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    A $70 game which reduce prize money to increase micro transaction, single player is lock behind always online DRM, and useless prize lottery tickets.
  25. Mar 18, 2022
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    Heavy on the Microtransactions. Very grindy game to get any sort of decent cars. Couple of bugs in sport mode too. I've refunded this and will stick to GT Sport and ACC
  26. Mar 18, 2022
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    Unacceptable. They just want to get money with microtransactions, in these difficult times that we are living with the economy. Very sad. I strongly recommend that you do not buy the game. You will never reach the maximum collector level without going bankrupt.
  27. Mar 18, 2022
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    It’s a scam. Mtx, online play for offline mode, reducing reward system. PD just screwed the players who brought this game!
  28. Mar 18, 2022
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    Well, we're here, how did we get here? Today PD released an update that nerfed pay outs for some events, why? To answer that I'd like to explain a bit how this game presents itself to the player.

    - - - - - - - The problem with Gran Turismo 7 is GaaS, or Games as a Service, what it basically entails is cutting off half or more of the final game content to release via 'free' updates,
    Well, we're here, how did we get here? Today PD released an update that nerfed pay outs for some events, why? To answer that I'd like to explain a bit how this game presents itself to the player.

    - - - - - - -

    The problem with Gran Turismo 7 is GaaS, or Games as a Service, what it basically entails is cutting off half or more of the final game content to release via 'free' updates, updates which will have content that gradually increases in price/value as it is released, games that feature a lot of grinding are prime targets to be converted to this system and it is a plague among the gaming industry as it makes you choose between time and money, that IMO does not make a game a 'game' anymore but something meant to fleece you as much as it can.

    The only GT games I've played are GT3/GT5/GTS, I can tell you that the initial grind in GT7 is much more forgiving than in GT3, (can't say much for the others as I didn't really play them much) I made $1m Cr. in 5 days, that same feat took me months in GT3, however this is at this moment in the game, the GaaS system itself features continuing 'free' updates (update is "Free" content is not) which will introduce cars that are inevitably better, cooler and have more features than the base cars in the game and Polyphony will MAKE you want those cars, because if you don't get them, you'll start losing races, you'll start to be pestered with all sorts of ads that show you cars only in the new updates then you will have to make the inevitable question:

    Is grinding for 2 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, worth less for me than the $40 it takes to buy that shiny new car right now with microtransactions?

    And you'll most likely answer, no.

    And then it will most likely happen again with the next update, gradually increasing in credit price, then when you least expect it, you will be paying so that you don't have to play the game, GaaS inherently gives you an extreme goal and begs you for money to make it easier (this is why you CAN'T sell cars), it is insidious and is destroying my love for gaming, it inserts itself in the most forced ways in games for the sole reason of making a quick buck off of you and it IS working, only way to stop it is to stop buying games that peddle it, publicly call out the publishers and developers that insert it into their game that previously did not need it at all.

    This is just the tip of the iceberg for GaaS, worst thing about it is that you don't even own a license to use the content you buy, you don't have any rights to the fake money you pay real money for, if they shut off the servers they can legally do so without providing any kind of restitution or any kind of reward for time/money lost.

    GaaS takes your time, your money and your rights away.

    Forgot to mention, all GaaS games in one way or the other feature cheap psychological tactics that ensure you get hooked to the game and always come back for more, which does this game use? The skinner box or Operant Conditioning Chamber:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber

    What this usually amounts to is adding RNG elements to the game, Yep, you guessed it right, the Star Tickets, they give the illusion of being fully random and that you have a one in five chance of something but in reality the Tickets are fake, What you will get from it is already decided by the game, probably long before you get the ticket, want to test this out? Claim a ticket and as soon as you get the thing, close the game and try again, you will ALWAYS get the same thing, no matter how many times you try.

    Additionally some games go even further pick from a pre-selected list of rewards to give you depending on how good you are doing in the game or how specific your gameplay has been going compared to secret parameters, most likely refined and extracted from all of the metadata they get from everyone collectively playing the game, all of this effort, all of this is done for only one reason, to fleece you for content and make you pay at every turn, is is the most anti-consumer thing you can implement in your game short of actually taking money and being legally allowed to not give you anything at all, which is unironically called 'Gambling'.

    This is a problem that the gaming industry inherited from the mobile game industry, IMO if developers and publishers want to make games that change the core mechanics to something that better fits GaaS then they should release those games on mobile systems where anti-consumer tactics are accepted and applauded.
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  29. Mar 18, 2022
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    It is a 80$ priced AAA game that has heavy microtransactions and the team behind the game halved the currency gain in the game after launch to favor those microtransactions. Need i say more? This should be intolerable and illegal in such a game, but here we are.
  30. Mar 18, 2022
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    Driven my micro-transactions. Requires always online, and recent update reduced the credits to an impossible level of grinding.
  31. Mar 18, 2022
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    Always online sucks…
    Micro transactions sucks as well. 40$ for a car. This game costs 70$ and have some greedy micro transactions. I’m disappointed Sony
  32. Mar 18, 2022
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    Greedy greedy greedsters. I hope this pay to win game fails. The physics suck, and now you’ll have to grind at least two races to buy a single part. ONE SINGLE PART. They’ve made races worth nothing. Lobby races don’t pay a cent. Roulette tickets give you the worst prize every time. This game sucks. DO NOT BUY IT.
  33. Mar 18, 2022
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    dog **** game, server maintenance for two whole days ends up in killing my save data, screw you yamauchi,go **** yourself
  34. Mar 20, 2022
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    Polyphony has shown they truly are phony developers. The game is a cut and paste mix between GT Sport and GT 6, with an emphasis on a rework of the MTX which pays out at 100,000 in-game credits for your hard earned dollar. Anti-player, wallet-jockey economy is absolutely pathetic, with poor race payouts even before the recent drastic reduction in race payouts. Poor payouts are only halfPolyphony has shown they truly are phony developers. The game is a cut and paste mix between GT Sport and GT 6, with an emphasis on a rework of the MTX which pays out at 100,000 in-game credits for your hard earned dollar. Anti-player, wallet-jockey economy is absolutely pathetic, with poor race payouts even before the recent drastic reduction in race payouts. Poor payouts are only half of the story with required car maintenance dragging down player earnings, effectively penalizing players for playing the races in the game over time. If you ever want to rebuild your engine or revert a body change, expect to be paying up to more than the car would cost new. Couple this with outrageous base vehicle costs and stores that only allow limited purchases of the most sought after vehicles on a slow cycle, and players are kept from getting off of an endless grind just hoping to collect the cars they may only ever see once in the game's lifecycle. This trap is the antithesis of what a Gran Turismo game used to be. Expand
  35. Mar 18, 2022
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    I mean, do I even explain it at this point? First, the fact that it is impossible to play the game you pay for if their servers are not online. Not only does this mean a lengthy outage if something goes wrong (and as we recently saw) but it also means that the game has no life expectancy. Once the powers-that-be decide it's time to shut down the servers, the game becomes nothing more thanI mean, do I even explain it at this point? First, the fact that it is impossible to play the game you pay for if their servers are not online. Not only does this mean a lengthy outage if something goes wrong (and as we recently saw) but it also means that the game has no life expectancy. Once the powers-that-be decide it's time to shut down the servers, the game becomes nothing more than a paper weight. That is, if you have a physical copy. Then, what about the reduction of credits that are to be earned? And to pour salt on the wound, they issue a statement saying they don't want players to grind as much nor to pay a lot for microtransactions... consider that if you don't want to spend weeks on end grinding the same track, your only option is to spend $200 for a single car. This is beyond ridiculous. We spend good money on a game that is supposed to finished. Not one that wants me to continue to spend money. I'm not doing it.. I will finish the single player game (because, truth be told, the game looks and plays great) but after that, it's done, and I will move to the next game and not look back. It's the last installment of GT for me. Expand
  36. Mar 19, 2022
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    Microtransactions, network locking a single player focused game, developers breaking the game with updates, 36 hour downtime with no apology and no compensation, nerfing payouts on events to push microtransactions, and it’s only been a few weeks. Remains to be seen how much worse the game gets.
  37. Mar 18, 2022
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    Game requires always online for single player, and servers are constantly down for maintenance, also there are too many things to buy for an already expensive game.
  38. Mar 18, 2022
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    Only two realistic things in this game are vehicle prices and the lack of attainability. Game is excessively grindy for $70 as they push a mtx heavy model.
  39. Mar 18, 2022
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    The game was pretty good before the most recent issues, I would have given it a 7/10. But after the recent changes, I hope this game tanks hard and they lose their whole user base asap. To be offline for 30hrs and not have ANY comms from the devs on when it would come back online for 27 hrs is bad enough, but to not even be able to play the game in offline mode during this time is aThe game was pretty good before the most recent issues, I would have given it a 7/10. But after the recent changes, I hope this game tanks hard and they lose their whole user base asap. To be offline for 30hrs and not have ANY comms from the devs on when it would come back online for 27 hrs is bad enough, but to not even be able to play the game in offline mode during this time is a complete disgrace. Then to top it all off they cut rewards in half with the update making it near impossible to get the great cars anytime soon unless you no-life this thing. what a troll move that we buy a game to play with exotic cars we can’t afford in real life only to not be able to afford them in the damn game !

    This needs to be abandoned en masse by all of us to teach these greedy pigs a lesson that we won’t accept this. I paid $125 for the BASE GAME in Australia ! Pathetic. I will never ever buy into this franchise of from this disgusting developer again.
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  40. Mar 18, 2022
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    Incredibly disappointing how hard they're pushing micro-transactions.

    It wouldn't be so bad if they were clear before the release that you'd either have to pay real money for for expensive credit packs, or grind events for hours and hours while earning measly rewards. Except rather than be open about their monetization scheme from the start, they baited us, then released an update that
    Incredibly disappointing how hard they're pushing micro-transactions.

    It wouldn't be so bad if they were clear before the release that you'd either have to pay real money for for expensive credit packs, or grind events for hours and hours while earning measly rewards. Except rather than be open about their monetization scheme from the start, they baited us, then released an update that nerfs events that had decent rewards, then release a statement claiming they'd like to avoid players mechanically repeating the same events to gain credits...

    It is such a pity, the gameplay is fantastic (cafe mode is pretty mediocre), but the predatory pushing of micro-transactions weeks after release is disgusting, especially for a full price game.
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  41. Mar 18, 2022
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    Sony is loaded with a heap of selfish A-holes. It's going to be such pleasure watching you burn as you spiral down to insignificance....at which point you'll come up with every spin in the book to how you actually had good intentions that backfired blah blah blah. I'm SO glad I held off getting the PS5. Hi Microsoft....I'm back.
  42. Mar 18, 2022
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    The patch 1.07 have destroy Gran Turismo 7, Polyphony and Sony Playstation just made it harder to earn in-game credits by reducing race rewards they force people to pay with real money (microtransactions.)
  43. Mar 18, 2022
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    need Internet connection to play basic modes of the game, if servers shutdown is a useless game..
  44. Mar 18, 2022
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    Die hard fan since GT1, enjoyed the controversial GT5 and 6 aswell. However GT7:
    Great- driving experience, car sounds, GT auto back
    Not so great- career mode could be improved on
    Horrible- micro transactions, beyond greedy mechanics Horrible- Online only servers Incredibly disappointed
  45. Mar 18, 2022
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    Literally an insult to fans of the franchise. Reducing in game payouts? Emphasizing “real world value” of cars? Online for access to any gameplay? This takes my best memories of the GT franchise and takes a big dump on them. Disgraceful.
  46. Mar 18, 2022
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    This game could have been great but with the current mobile game model I can not ever recommend this game. The game starts good but after the lackluster campaign is done you are stuck doing very restricted races to earn your ONE daily roulette ticket and hoping a car you like pops up in the used car lot. Now they nerfed any good way of making money to push paid microtransactions, don'tThis game could have been great but with the current mobile game model I can not ever recommend this game. The game starts good but after the lackluster campaign is done you are stuck doing very restricted races to earn your ONE daily roulette ticket and hoping a car you like pops up in the used car lot. Now they nerfed any good way of making money to push paid microtransactions, don't waste your money! Expand
  47. Mar 18, 2022
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    Game lunched incomplete, even splitscreen is incomplete, has micro transactions, they made the game twice harder to buy cars without micro transactions, most cars are copie paste from GT sport but allot more expensive, expensive upgrades, race's payments are really unbalanced.
    The career is too short, we have cars but no where to race them, like formula car's or kart's,there are track's
    Game lunched incomplete, even splitscreen is incomplete, has micro transactions, they made the game twice harder to buy cars without micro transactions, most cars are copie paste from GT sport but allot more expensive, expensive upgrades, race's payments are really unbalanced.
    The career is too short, we have cars but no where to race them, like formula car's or kart's,there are track's that only have one race..
    To make things worse after the update 1.7 the servers were down for more then 36h and no communication at all from GT were made, no compensation for all the trouble only said sorry and forced us to grind even more to grind to buy cars or buying micro transactions.
    1 car could cost as much as 30£ and it's just a 4million car.
    They hid the micro transactions from the reviewers so all the reviews are untrue.
    My advice is stay away from this game because you wil get it cheaper and later on.
    I'm sad to see what GT has become.
    GT player since gt1.
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  48. Mar 18, 2022
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    This game has fatal flaws.

    The requirement to be connected to the server at all times, even for the single player career mode, is highly problematic. Unlike previous games that allowed you to complete and save career mode offline, this edition requires permanent connection to the servers. When Sony inevitably turns off the servers for this game in the future, it will forever be
    This game has fatal flaws.

    The requirement to be connected to the server at all times, even for the single player career mode, is highly problematic. Unlike previous games that allowed you to complete and save career mode offline, this edition requires permanent connection to the servers. When Sony inevitably turns off the servers for this game in the future, it will forever be unplayable. A scrupulous example of 'engineered obsolescence'.

    In addition to this if you want any of the special cars featured in the advertising of this game be prepared to grind monotonously for hundreds of hours because the in game economy is broken. If grinding does not take your fancy be prepared to spend hundreds, even thousands, of real life dollars to acquire the best cars in the game.

    The AI drivers in the game are also useless. Around some tracks you'll overlap them as they are unable to make it around some tricky corners. In the advertising for Gran Turismo 7, Sony heavily promoted the 'Sophy AI' that beat some of the best sim racers in the world. Unfortunately you will not find 'Sophy' in this game and there is no confirmation that it will be included in this instalment in the future.

    The online racing is a step back from GT Sport as the game allows for tuning cars (which conveniently is expensive in the game) meaning those with the best set ups for their cars have a significant advantage. In comparison, the predecessor GT Sport had remarkably balanced online racing.

    Do yourself a favour, avoid this game until it is fixed, and instead buy a second hand PS2 and find a copy of Gran Turismo 4 (2004).
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  49. Mar 18, 2022
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    Even story mode required always online. Which means you can’t play anything during system maintenance. Besides, their system maintenance is not really focus on bug fix. They are actually focus on how to earn money like reducing reward to force players buy the car by using their real money. So, if you are RICH in real life, go ahead and buy this game, and keep paying your real money every week.
  50. Mar 18, 2022
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    AN ALWAYS ONLINE SINGLE PLAYER GAME. PAY $80+ TO NOT PLAY YOUR OWN PHYSICAL DISC BECAUSE OF PLAYSTATION'S GREED! GOES OFFLINE OFTEN.
  51. Mar 18, 2022
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    This game should be free unless PD removes always online and microtrasations features. If not it will be the coffin lid for Gran Turismo franchise.
  52. Mar 18, 2022
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    Never could have imagined a life long cherished series to fall so hard. Don't mind the online only, do mind the **** credit earning.
  53. Mar 18, 2022
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    Unacceptable to set the reward down. Too greedy. I just want a refund now. Hope sony will change it back.
  54. Mar 18, 2022
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    **** More than 24 servers are down, players cannot play. I just want a refund.
  55. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    The new update not player friendly.reduce CR award to force player charges.
  56. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Gran Turismo 7 was easily one of the GT I enjoyed the most, it already had too many problems at launch: the economy, which was basically cars are really expensive, and races give you a really small payout; the always online aspect, which is total non sense in a game that has single player. Since yesterday it all went to crap, 25 years in the making, all gone in an hour because Sony andGran Turismo 7 was easily one of the GT I enjoyed the most, it already had too many problems at launch: the economy, which was basically cars are really expensive, and races give you a really small payout; the always online aspect, which is total non sense in a game that has single player. Since yesterday it all went to crap, 25 years in the making, all gone in an hour because Sony and Polyphony sees this game as a cash cow, with atrocious micro transactions, cars litterally costing up to $140USD real life money (yes, you read that right), the game being unavailable for 33 hours even though it's been out for two weeks. The game is now a big fat joke, it's supposed to be a fun and competitive racing game, but now you have to take it as a job just to get the cars you want. I'll give you an example, one of the fastest ways to make money in the game is playing a single race over and over, it takes 5 minutes to complete and gives you a 60k payout (thanks to latest patch), this is roughly 700k per hour, some  cars are valued at 14M in game cash, so 20 hours of pure farm. For a single car. Doesn't sound fun right? "But what if you play the game without farming, you'll get it someday..." I have played this game for over 60 hours, and earned $6.3M, am I supposed to play for another 100 hours FOR A SINGLE CAR? It also brings out a bigger problem in gaming: Do you really own the games you buy?
    Due to server maintenance (which in a normal world would cause only the multiplayer component of the game) the whole game was unavailable for 33 hours. A day and a half where you just couldn't play the game whatsoever. Who at Polyphony thought this was a good idea to make the game always online, this caused a major game outage in 2 weeks. Seriously, I enjoyed playing this game, it plays and feels nice, but everything around it is plain terrible. From a GT fan: Either don't buy this game, or wait for a complete overhaul of the economy system. Me and lots of other won't play before this happens. It's your call now, Polyphony.
    You had a masterpiece in your hands, and you trashed it, but it can still be saved.
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  57. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Actual game play rocks. Initially this game brought back fond memories of GT4. Then because people weren't spending enough on micro transactions, they started lowering the value of the prizes. Now to get anywhere in the game you will have to grind for hours just for the parts to upgrade your car. Or break out your credit cards. Also even the single player career mode is online only.Actual game play rocks. Initially this game brought back fond memories of GT4. Then because people weren't spending enough on micro transactions, they started lowering the value of the prizes. Now to get anywhere in the game you will have to grind for hours just for the parts to upgrade your car. Or break out your credit cards. Also even the single player career mode is online only. Without the online servers you cant play. This game could have been the best yet. I'm not mad. Just disappointed. Expand
  58. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    El juego además de feo y aburrido, tiene muchas microtransacciones de pago, prefiero jugar a Gran Turismo 3.
  59. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    They purposely hide microtransactions from reviewers and also left in artificially high credit earnings per race for favorable reviews. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, you are paying $70 for a F2P game, you will have to buy cars with actual cash. If I wanted a job simulator, I'd just stay in the real world. This game is the worst. I'm not grinding 20 hours to buy 1 car.
  60. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    山内一典和索尼我操你妈 我已经花重金向山内提亲买了他闺女 来的时候有2个奶子 你更新1.08后要砍掉一半收益就等于砍掉另一个奶子 这次我忍气吞声了 下次你还想盯着逼 你太过份了 你就那么缺钱么 玩家可不是SB 这都22年了 谁上你的当充值 本来插老婆就要自己出力 他妈的少个奶子 插插就软了
  61. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Polyphony Digital have just showed us the easiest and fastest way to disgrace a once beloved franchise. I remember watching my father play Gran Turismo when I was just a little kid and I’ve been playing since, and GT7 is not only the worst rendition of the franchise, but one of the worst games I’ve played in the last few years.

    They made sure to add every feature they could to milk every
    Polyphony Digital have just showed us the easiest and fastest way to disgrace a once beloved franchise. I remember watching my father play Gran Turismo when I was just a little kid and I’ve been playing since, and GT7 is not only the worst rendition of the franchise, but one of the worst games I’ve played in the last few years.

    They made sure to add every feature they could to milk every penny out of a fan base that has been loyal to them for two decades, but the most important thing they forgot to add was fun. This game is not fun. 0/10. Shameful.
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  62. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Server down for 30 hrs with singleplayer mode unplayable, what a shame... Impossible to buy cars that I like within reasonable amount of time of earning crs...
  63. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Terrible pay to win tactics ruined the game. Waste of my money to buy the game in the first place, I wish I never did. Not to mention you need to be online all the time to play it even though it’s a single player game. I save your money and buy yourself another game. 100% NOT recommended. Avoid avoid avoid.
  64. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    I want a GT7 , NOT GT7 Online, rubbish game

    If i know that it is a online game, i won't buoght it
  65. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Polyphony can not get away with charging full price for a game and then making cars impossible to acquire unless you use real money. A good game with potential but ruined by greedy money hungry company
  66. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    我要退費,我買斷了這個遊戲,竟然還要額外付費才能享受? 而且還必需要連上網路才能使用,你的遊戲說明並沒這些!一旦離線我將失去我的遊戲記錄!?這不是GT SPORT, 我並不需要每日參加比賽
  67. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    課金前提のゲーム。フルプライスなのに有り得ない。ソシャゲか?
  68. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    I'm huge fans of GT series "BEFORE". GT7 make me very disappointed!!!

    I played GT series since GT1. GT7 is the worst in the entire series!!! - the least content in GT series! * very less event in campaign mode. Cafe mode is garbage. (I completed in one day) * very less track. Without city track. - Can't play the game without network, even the single player campaign mode. * This
    I'm huge fans of GT series "BEFORE". GT7 make me very disappointed!!!

    I played GT series since GT1. GT7 is the worst in the entire series!!!
    - the least content in GT series!
    * very less event in campaign mode. Cafe mode is garbage. (I completed in one day)
    * very less track. Without city track.

    - Can't play the game without network, even the single player campaign mode.
    * This is not reasonable!!! If you close the server in the future. I can't play anything!!! I paid for a full game!!! OK??

    - Serious imbalance between expenditure and reward
    * PD still decrease the reward

    - Bad roulette system
    * some modification parts / cars can only be get from roulette. That mean I need to buy / modify a car by luck??

    - Bad AI.
    * The AI is not trying the overtake. It just want to hit / crash your car

    - Bad balance for the performance point
    * Even I modified the car to the maximum PP for the race requirement. The performance still have big different with other cars. That mean the have to play by luck. you will never know which car is the fastest one on a specific PP limit.

    Due to maintenance. Some invitations from the car dealership have expired.
    PD no compensation at all. What they replied for that???
    - to avoid a situation where a player must mechanically keep replaying certain events over and over again?????
    * Are you joking to me? The campaign mode's event is the least one in GT series. I have completed all events already. But still not enough money to buy / modify the cars. How can I "avoid keep replaying certain events over and over again"???
    So, your action is decrease the reward to avoid.....??
    You decrease the reward make me more an more keep replaying certain events over and over again!!!
    If you really want to fix this. You have to update with the new tracks, new events to "avoid us keep replaying certain events." Instead of decrease the reward!!! OK??

    - Car price linked with the real world prices??
    * Why don't you adjust the price as same as the real car? 450,000 USD to buy the Cr.. Then you can buy the Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster in GT7. Sounds Good??
    !!!!PD, It just a game!!!!

    This is a console game, not mobile game. Not "Pay to win". Don't destroy the GT series, PLEASE!!!
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  69. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Nope! Polyphony Digital is greedy. Gran Turismo 7 lost its soul. Microtransactions, nerfing earnings wtf.
  70. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Been unplayable for a full 30 hours and just a sorry.trash Always-Online mode and trash microtransaction game.
  71. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I lost mu data just during a **** you,i will not never buy another gt racing game any more. Expand
  72. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    A game that tries to rob users of money while selling at full price. I will never buy this game again.
  73. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Latest update takes their corporate greed to new heights, will not be returning until payouts/ car prices are amended or micro-transactions are removed from the game.
  74. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    with this decrease in game currency value to prolong or force people who are busy to use real money to purchase in game currency. which is just like free mobile games’ deaign. I think if you are going this way, please refund and make it a free game. because I paid for a free game design mode.

    and your always online mode also need to refund. what on earth this need to be always online for?
    with this decrease in game currency value to prolong or force people who are busy to use real money to purchase in game currency. which is just like free mobile games’ deaign. I think if you are going this way, please refund and make it a free game. because I paid for a free game design mode.

    and your always online mode also need to refund. what on earth this need to be always online for? you just want to try force people out the game once the new GT8 come out then shutdown server to keep people to continue to play older version. we will see the GT sport will be shutdown soon. You should see what EA did few years back, you are walking exact the same path, you may give away once but not the second one.

    You have no respect for long term fans like me, I played GT 1 till now. every single one. Now I feel this is not GT anymore, not the game itself but the heart of the developer is black now.
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  75. Apr 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 完全沒有補償,也不能退款。花大錢買氪金遊戲。超棒的啊。 Expand
  76. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Disgusting behaviour from Sony/Polyphony. Glad I didn’t buy digital version, this game is an absolute scam.
  77. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    DRM for the SINGLE PLAYER MODE is just **** Sony :/
    You'll own nothing and be happy?
  78. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Super scummy move. Microtransactions were not available when most people reviewed the game prior to release. With the latest update they have decreased payouts to try to push people into buying credits. You can't sell the cars that you earn or buy. Game can only be played online. They have ruined one of the greatest racing series of all time.
  79. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Completely disaster gameplay experience! Nerf reward with a nonsense explanation is completely unacceptable!
  80. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    I purchased the 25th Anniversary edition of the game. I was very excited for the release of it. I haven't played the series since I last purchased GT2 back in 1999 when I was 18. I am very upset about the online only features and detest that whole premise, Don't get me started on micro transactions. I was so upset that I couldn't play my game that cost $89.99 retail that I returned it toI purchased the 25th Anniversary edition of the game. I was very excited for the release of it. I haven't played the series since I last purchased GT2 back in 1999 when I was 18. I am very upset about the online only features and detest that whole premise, Don't get me started on micro transactions. I was so upset that I couldn't play my game that cost $89.99 retail that I returned it to GameStop. Of course, I couldn't because it was opened. So I traded it in at a loss. I am very upset. I actually love the game but It should be playable offline and a full playable game at that. Not some water down demo. I will never buy another Gran Turismo game until It does not require DRM online only crap. I feel like I have been robbed. It is not a good feeling at all. Sony needs to correct this. This new "Games as a service" direction is 1000% anti-consumer. It's anti-gamer. It is totally unacceptable and Sony comes off as super greedy . They already charge $70 for their games what more do they want. Oh wait, more money. Never again. Any new single player game that requires online only I will skip like the plague. I have learned my lesson and hope Sony learns from this. Expand
  81. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    This version ruined the series.
    No major upgrade on tracks. Limited cars. Graphics a bit better only. AI got worse. Forced credit buying like free games.
  82. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    I've paid for a game that had acceptable payouts. Now I've got a game I paid full price for and they have pretty much made it so I have to spend more money on it.

    This is unacceptable and should be made illegal, for anyone who has paid pre update the game payment mechanics should remain the same. Anyone who buys the game post update then that is their decision. This is not what I paid
    I've paid for a game that had acceptable payouts. Now I've got a game I paid full price for and they have pretty much made it so I have to spend more money on it.

    This is unacceptable and should be made illegal, for anyone who has paid pre update the game payment mechanics should remain the same. Anyone who buys the game post update then that is their decision. This is not what I paid for.

    There should be a refund policy for pulling crap like this.

    Premium priced single player games should never ever ever have microtransactions.
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  83. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    - micro transaction
    - patch 1.07
    - connection needed for career mod
    - server always down
    - pay to win
  84. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Totally change the direction of GT,
    If you expect to buy a single play game as previous version.Don't buy it, no network no game. And want you to pay more real money to buy car.
  85. Mar 19, 2022
    0
    This game won’t give you the pure happiness of drive, it required always online and work very hard to earn credit to purchase car.
  86. Mar 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GT7 destroyed the brand name of GT and Sony PS! This is not racing simulator anymore. It is a money collecting machine. I feel sadly and regret to buy this ugly game! Expand
  87. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Hahaha 10/10 Metacritics for a racing game without real story or damage or cool tuning CANNOT be true. The whole world and capitalizm is fake. Marketing to save this game since patch 1.07. poor Sony Try to hide the bad user critics. They never learn what users want
  88. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought this game but was asked to pay extra for a car.
    The reduction of in-game rewards fundamentally tortures players
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  89. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Me parece una vergüenza estar mas de un día sin poder jugar por culpa del mantenimiento. para el señor YAMAUCHI, lamentable el NERFEO para conseguir créditos y a si tener que hacer microtransaciones para conseguir coches. Y una ultima cuestión, después de gastarme 69€ juego como me da la gana si quiero hacer un circuito 60 veces las hago. nadie me tiene que decir como tengo que jugar yMe parece una vergüenza estar mas de un día sin poder jugar por culpa del mantenimiento. para el señor YAMAUCHI, lamentable el NERFEO para conseguir créditos y a si tener que hacer microtransaciones para conseguir coches. Y una ultima cuestión, después de gastarme 69€ juego como me da la gana si quiero hacer un circuito 60 veces las hago. nadie me tiene que decir como tengo que jugar y menos tu. Dictador, tenias q devolverme el dinero del juego, no te vale con los 69€ que quieres sacar mas con las microtransaciones. espero que sea el ultimo juego que q hagas y que te arruines no te mereces otra cosa dictador eso es lo que eres Expand
  90. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    This game has loose their soul already, I will call this Gran turismo Sport ver. 2.0
  91. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Way to ruin your own game pholyphony, so sad they got greedy, the potential was there.

    RTG85 summed this up already. - broke transaction system - balance patch basically made the game useless - internett connection to play solo? What!? I paid good money for this, but obviously my money aint good enough for them. Its obvious they dont care about their Gran Turismo fans no more.. Yamauchi
    Way to ruin your own game pholyphony, so sad they got greedy, the potential was there.

    RTG85 summed this up already.
    - broke transaction system
    - balance patch basically made the game useless
    - internett connection to play solo? What!?
    I paid good money for this, but obviously my money aint good enough for them.
    Its obvious they dont care about their Gran Turismo fans no more..

    Yamauchi says the team wants “users to enjoy lots of cars and races even without microtransactions.” congrats doing the opposite.
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  92. Mar 18, 2022
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    Paying so much money for this game and still forcing us to pay more for cars is totally unacceptable. To be honest, how can you earn let say 3m credits to buy a car with invitation (that means with deadline) by earning them in the game? And the server down for over a day? Sony are better than this, come on!
  93. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Impossible to earn credits to enjoy the game, unless you spend loads of real world money!
  94. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    花一千八買的遊戲,沒連網就幾乎沒什麼能玩,結果遊戲一堆微交易已經很噁心了,現在還砍獎勵,別毀了你的獨佔招牌啊SONY
  95. Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Too much cr needed to get a good car. Bad policy. You should pay more to get good cars.
    and Yamauchi is lying to users. They don't want you do repetitive work but he just want you buy more. pay more!
  96. Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Disgusting with the MTX! Please remove this stupid crap and let's us able to play the game in offline mode
  97. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    A perfect storm of flawed recent trends. GT7 pairs always-online requirement with botched updates and server downtime; microtransactions with a game balanced to encourage it; and a digital-only consoles with non resaleable games and strict refund policies.
  98. Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Adoraria fazer uma crítica, mas com o jogo off-line fica complicado de dizer algo
  99. Mar 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game filled with Worse micro transactions , and made it even more worse in updates Expand
Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 120 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 120
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    80
    Gran Turismo 7 has a lot of good and plenty of great. The use of DualSense and the particularly well-tuned loading is exemplary, and there's a huge amount of work behind the game, with a lot of detail that's almost hard to believe at times. [Issue#318]
  2. May 11, 2022
    92
    Gran Turismo 7 brings to the tracks every single thing fans always wanted: the GT Mode everyone loves, plenty of customization options, car loads, classic scenarios and one of the best DualSense and 3D Audio experiences the PS5 has to offer. This is the best Gran Turismo experience we have ever seen in a long time.
  3. May 7, 2022
    90
    Gran Turismo 7 is a love letter to motorsport history and an impeccable technical showcase. The franchise's traditional formula gets good improvements, but it's still extremely true to its roots. One of the best racing series ever shines spectacularly on the PS5.