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  1. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    Update: Pleasantly surprised PD had acknowledged community sentiments, and provided clear plans for improvement with concrete timeline. Will adjust score again when the patch comes online

    As a long time GT fan, it beyond pains me to see the current state of this beloved franchise. The scariest part is that the fiasco is not caused by incompetency by Sony or PD. It is a cold and
    Update: Pleasantly surprised PD had acknowledged community sentiments, and provided clear plans for improvement with concrete timeline. Will adjust score again when the patch comes online

    As a long time GT fan, it beyond pains me to see the current state of this beloved franchise. The scariest part is that the fiasco is not caused by incompetency by Sony or PD. It is a cold and calculated operation to deceive and manipulate the playerbase to maximise profit at all costs. They knew what they are doing. Did they anticipate the backlash? Most definitely. Did they care? Most definitely not. They did their math and knew the minority of whales would more than cover the damage done by alienating their loyal fanbase of 25 years.

    The whole game has been designed from ground up to maximise MTX. Elements to promote MTX has been weaved into almost every aspect to the game. From obvious ones like the inability to sell cars and FOMO, to the subtle ones like the background of the credit earning screen made to resemble a top-up card.

    After the community made their voice heard, PD and Kaz effectively doubled down on their appoach while offering nothing but empty and vague promises. The appearance of the McLaren F1 (a fan favourite) for 18.5m following by the Porsche 917K at 18m following the backlash is almost hilarious.

    Given how Sony and PD have reacted, there is unfortunately little optimism that they will backtrack from their "ostrich head in the sand" approach. A shame really, how this once legendary franchise will end.

    Had the potential to be a 9.5 game, but I cannot give more than a 0 for the disgusting way Sony and PD had deceived and betrayed their loyal fanbase.
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  2. Mar 21, 2022
    6
    I'm not going into the recent error with the update or the microtransaction situation, although Polyphony is getting greedy. What do you expect when it becomes more about the FIA than the long term fans and people who bought the game. The series peaked at Gran Turismo 5. A car and track list that beat everything else. There was always something I fancied taking for a spin.Oh and don'tI'm not going into the recent error with the update or the microtransaction situation, although Polyphony is getting greedy. What do you expect when it becomes more about the FIA than the long term fans and people who bought the game. The series peaked at Gran Turismo 5. A car and track list that beat everything else. There was always something I fancied taking for a spin.Oh and don't forget shuffle racing! This was removed from number 6 and was a tell tale sign that Polyphony no longer cared about the fans, about what made rooms fun. From then on its been lacking in content and focused on FIA integration which about 0.00001% of us give a t*ss about. Such a shame. No more city circuits except for the rather boring Tokyo route, still so many classics missing too. The campaign mode is boring compared to older titles. You have to go to cafe, get new thing to do, go back to cafe, rinse and repeat. Pathetic. They've giving it a nice coat of lacquer and it does look good, not amazing, only the cars really look just about next gen, but overall it's good. Problem is, it runs horribly sometimes and races can be consistently stuttering throughout, others every now and then, ruining any immersion. When GT 5 couldn't hold 60 it had screen tearing, which I'd take over stutters any day. If number 5 was still online, I'd most definitely still be playing that. Have fun shuffle racing with a great community and then kit up some everyday cars and have a laugh. It's all gone and what's left is the empty shell of what once was great. This feels like less than half a game when compared to the PS1/2 and 3 era. More than disappointing, to any real GT fan, it's a disgrace. Expand
  3. Mar 28, 2022
    6
    I am 49 years old and been playing computer games since Asteroids and Pacman and SpectrumZX, I have played all GT games, I am a huge fan of the series, and this is the first time I want to review a GT game to express some serious aggravation. I'll try to be as objective as possible.

    The game is brilliant, albeit a bit short (Cafe is over in under 30, even 25 hours easily). Graphics,
    I am 49 years old and been playing computer games since Asteroids and Pacman and SpectrumZX, I have played all GT games, I am a huge fan of the series, and this is the first time I want to review a GT game to express some serious aggravation. I'll try to be as objective as possible.

    The game is brilliant, albeit a bit short (Cafe is over in under 30, even 25 hours easily). Graphics, sounds, music, physics, controls, all are excellent or at least, very good. That's it for the positives.

    - Always online even for the single-player is unwanted, unwarranted and plain frustrating. You can't play the game if the servers are down, and what happens at end-of-life ? You're left with a useless box. I get the "online" thing when it comes to multiplayer, online races etc, but this strategy is meaningless for single-player and it became painfully obvious just days after release.
    - Grinding is a part of GT, always was, BUT it had some purpose and clear net "profits" until GTS. After 1.07/1.08 update especially, it's just plain useless, I can't grind for 330 races and 20 hours !!!! to buy a SINGLE legendary car
    - Microtransactions (Sony and PD playing it loose with "micro") should NOT EVEN EXIST in a full-priced AAA game. I won't even go into the whole "store was hidden from reviewers in order to get favorable reviews", which is plain straight scam.
    - To add insult to injury, Kaz said that "he wished players could enjoy the full game even, EVEN, EVEN without microtransactions". THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT IT AT FULL PRICE!!!
    - I won't go into the pricing of the cars and the microtransactions (MICRO !!!! at 20euros), because they are highway robbery at best, because again, they shouldn't EVEN EXIST in a full-priced AAA game.

    Anyway, since I finished Cafe, Licences and Missions, since I don't have the time, nor want to grind and I obviously won't pay a single euro in their microtransactions, there is nothing else to do in this game, so I'm putting it away and waiting to see how Sony and PD update GT7 in the future
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  4. Apr 21, 2022
    6
    An always online single player mode and aggressive monetisation/micro-transactions have ruined this game. The poor payouts for single player events and the exorbitant cost of cars within the game shows that they nerfed the payouts to herd players towards buying in-game currency with real money. I can almost get behind the idea that they wanted to make the really expensive cars to feelAn always online single player mode and aggressive monetisation/micro-transactions have ruined this game. The poor payouts for single player events and the exorbitant cost of cars within the game shows that they nerfed the payouts to herd players towards buying in-game currency with real money. I can almost get behind the idea that they wanted to make the really expensive cars to feel special and hard to obtain but the introduction of micro-transactions point to a cynical cash-grab.

    Also, all single player races are essentially start 40+ seconds behind the leader and try to catch up. No qualifying to determine your starting grid position. This points to severely lacking AI in single player mode where all they could do to make it competitive was to make the player start 40+ seconds behind the AI.

    All in all, an absolute **** for a classic playstation exclusive. I've never left a Metacrictic review before but I just had to find somewhere to shout about how disappointing this whole fiasco is. I've been playing Gran Turismo since the PS1 days. It has had it's little moments of controversy before, but this situation is just indicative of the whole modern gaming landscape. Let's charge people a premium price for a product and then nickel and dime them for every cent they have just to enjoy the game.

    Unfortunately I've already bought the game so they probably couldn't care less about this opinion. All I can do is leave this comment to warn other people, and not play the game until something changes.

    Poor show Sony/Polyphony Digital. The user review backlash is throughly deserved.

    I have updated my score as of the 21 April. Polyphony have made some great changes to address some of the issues in my previous review. The score will not change until they address the always online section of the game.
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  5. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    Updated score to thank Kaz for the new update fixing the progression issues and adding selling back, however wont update to green score yet until online only for the singleplayer is taken away.

    (OLD REVIEW) SHAMEFUL MICROTRANSACTION BS RUINED THE BEST GT GAME WE'VE HAD FOR A LIETERAL DECADE+!! Also false advertising, no selling of cars... please don't kill such a great car game so
    Updated score to thank Kaz for the new update fixing the progression issues and adding selling back, however wont update to green score yet until online only for the singleplayer is taken away.

    (OLD REVIEW) SHAMEFUL MICROTRANSACTION BS RUINED THE BEST GT GAME WE'VE HAD FOR A LIETERAL DECADE+!!

    Also false advertising, no selling of cars... please don't kill such a great car game so early Kaz and Sony.
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  6. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    They're trying to fix things! I'm hoping they remedy all of the issues people have been complaining about.
  7. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    good game
    hope new patch and DLC will change the game
    patch 1.9?
    try it first
  8. Mar 24, 2022
    6
    The racing part of it is really well done, but the rallying is worse than GT Sport. And of course, the prize drop and roulette are both bad af. If done well, Polyphony could have made this a 10/10 game, but they shot themself in the foot.
  9. Mar 24, 2022
    6
    The mechanics of the game are fantastic. Driving feels great, hitting the turns right feels very satisfying, and not to mention the graphics being really something to admire on next gen consoles. Unfortunately with the recent update, the game feels VERY grindy to obtain the higher end cars. I was lucky enough to grind for a good amount of money pre-update to get the majority of the cars IThe mechanics of the game are fantastic. Driving feels great, hitting the turns right feels very satisfying, and not to mention the graphics being really something to admire on next gen consoles. Unfortunately with the recent update, the game feels VERY grindy to obtain the higher end cars. I was lucky enough to grind for a good amount of money pre-update to get the majority of the cars I wanted, but with the short campaign (beat in a few days), and incredibly small race payouts, the game feels like it screeched to a halt after just 2 weeks. I really wanted more out of this game. Expand
  10. Apr 7, 2022
    6
    With the Cr. Prize increase from 1.11 now it's way easier to Grind and i really love the fact we finally have Endurance events back, now we need to have way more Content and more cars along with fixing other issues like being able to sell cars (Which they already said they're adding that feature in a future Update) so for now i'm updating my Score from 2 to 6.

    Old Review: First of all,
    With the Cr. Prize increase from 1.11 now it's way easier to Grind and i really love the fact we finally have Endurance events back, now we need to have way more Content and more cars along with fixing other issues like being able to sell cars (Which they already said they're adding that feature in a future Update) so for now i'm updating my Score from 2 to 6.

    Old Review: First of all, i like this Game, i like how it plays and how it looks but considering the shady and senseless practices Sony has done with this Game i have to give it a 2/10 right here. The BIGGEST issue that me and everyone has with the Game are the MACRO-transactions and how they were implemented after launch just for the game to do good in Reviews which is something that's truly illegal and was never done before as far as i know and then reducing the Winning Prices for the Hard Level Races in 1.07 which was something completely stupid since now the easier level races now have bigger winning prices than these events, this is all done with the purpose of making people buy their stupid "Micro"transactions which are probably WAY BIGGER than any other Game that haves them and they even duplicate the Game's full price, yeah, we still have other methods to Grind Credits but if someone doesn't do anything about it, they will make the In-Game Economy even worse than it is right now, someone has to go and sue Sony for making these greedy and shameful practices because like i said earlier, they're not legal at all. To be honest, it's really sad that a Game like Gran Turismo 7 that was made to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Franchise and with a huge potential is getting ruined by terrible decisions like this.
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  11. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    Good sensations and nice graphics. But as a player and customer I can’t deal with an update that make the game more expensive and lower your chance of looting something nice. Bad move.
  12. Oct 18, 2022
    6
    When playing this game you have two options if you want to buy some expensive cars. Either you have to grind the same races over and over again or you have to pay with real money for credit.
  13. Apr 27, 2022
    6
    Starting with the good. Graphics are great on track and interior and exterior of vehicles, sound design is good from your car and cars passing by. The racing mechanics are good, responsive and crisp. Handling feels good for the different vehicle types. I like the tuning of the vehicles and the GT auto shop livery editor. The game preforms well overall. The bad things about the game is theStarting with the good. Graphics are great on track and interior and exterior of vehicles, sound design is good from your car and cars passing by. The racing mechanics are good, responsive and crisp. Handling feels good for the different vehicle types. I like the tuning of the vehicles and the GT auto shop livery editor. The game preforms well overall. The bad things about the game is the monetization and always online. I cant support purchasing of in game currency in a $70 game. The currency earn rate should be increased to make the real world money purchases just an option rather than a must to unlock a majority of content. Always online has already shown to be an issue as the game was offline for over 24 hours making it basically unplayable. Wanted to keep this simple. My pros- Game play, graphics, performance, customization. Cons- always online, monetization. Expand
  14. Apr 28, 2022
    6
    This game is no where near as fun as the Gran Turismo 6 or Sport.
    There just aren’t enough in game races and some are just too hard to win even at beginner level.
    The Daily workout of 26.3 miles to get a prize would be great if the prizes were worth it but it seems No matter how many stars you receive you end up with the worst prize. I’ll Bet 9 out of 10 times I end up getting 5000 credits
    This game is no where near as fun as the Gran Turismo 6 or Sport.
    There just aren’t enough in game races and some are just too hard to win even at beginner level.
    The Daily workout of 26.3 miles to get a prize would be great if the prizes were worth it but it seems No matter how many stars you receive you end up with the worst prize.
    I’ll Bet 9 out of 10 times I end up getting 5000 credits which is ridiculous considering the price of the cars
    At least in Gran Turismo sport you receive a car.
    The prizes suck and the payouts even though the just adjusted some still suck.
    Previous editions of this game going back to GT 5
    Are better! The car selection in GT7 are very weak also.
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  15. Apr 30, 2022
    6
    What a joke. Disappointing this is the only thriving console multiplayer racing game. Acc is a ghost town. Gt7 graphics are laughable. The scapes movie has to be a joke looks like tech from MK2 with photo backgrounds and your game car floating thru. I play on a ps5 4K screen btw. Single player is a bore but you have to play it to unlock multiplayer car setting like wet tire compound.What a joke. Disappointing this is the only thriving console multiplayer racing game. Acc is a ghost town. Gt7 graphics are laughable. The scapes movie has to be a joke looks like tech from MK2 with photo backgrounds and your game car floating thru. I play on a ps5 4K screen btw. Single player is a bore but you have to play it to unlock multiplayer car setting like wet tire compound. Racing is a joy but that because it’s GTS. No upgrades done here. Mainly setbacks. Expand
  16. May 12, 2022
    6
    We had a lot more fun with the old versions! The only motivation for this game is to make money, again and again, not to enjoy driving... I'm going back to playing Forza Horizon 5...
  17. Aug 15, 2023
    6
    Pros:

    1. The driving and handling is excellent using a controller compared to other driving simulators. 2. Sport is okay I guess if you're into online racing Cons: 1. There's really no career/campaign for single player progression like other racing games (F1, Forza) 2. The credits needed to buy premium and super cars requires months of grinding the same tracks which is
    Pros:

    1. The driving and handling is excellent using a controller compared to other driving simulators.
    2. Sport is okay I guess if you're into online racing

    Cons:

    1. There's really no career/campaign for single player progression like other racing games (F1, Forza)

    2. The credits needed to buy premium and super cars requires months of grinding the same tracks which is incredibly dull and has no pay-off since these are not raceable in most tracks.
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  18. Mar 18, 2022
    5
    This game is so disappointing in every way outside of driving. The AI is horrific and the races are all a sprint from the back. Barely any newer cars with the majority being 5+ years old from all the major brands. Don't expect to drive any new Prosche, BMW, AMG, Ferrari, Chevy, Ford and so on. My biggest gripe with Forza Horizon 5 was the lack of new cars, but this one takes the cake.This game is so disappointing in every way outside of driving. The AI is horrific and the races are all a sprint from the back. Barely any newer cars with the majority being 5+ years old from all the major brands. Don't expect to drive any new Prosche, BMW, AMG, Ferrari, Chevy, Ford and so on. My biggest gripe with Forza Horizon 5 was the lack of new cars, but this one takes the cake.

    The UI is horrendous for a current game with a lot of clicking to move around. The avatars that interact with you look like stolen clip art and very unoriginal. They have never ending dialogue and the cafe owner wants to lecture you on cars every time you try to get new races.

    The music is also a mix bag of annoyance, Final Fantasy and 32-bit golf. Why did they feel the need to remix classical music as digitized jazz? It will then flip to a modern song which is jarring. Forza at least offer channels so you can decide what genre to listen to.

    The game has also become a live service with all of the trappings of loot, real money for in-game currency and prize wheels. Why do I have to sit through a long, drawn out animation, to see what prize I get.

    Both Sony and Polyphony should be ashamed of this game and where it has gone. They took a series that was 100% about cars and racing and made it 10% of a bunch of modern garbage. Spent all the money on ways to make more money and not on the heart of the game.
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  19. Mar 17, 2022
    5
    Hugely disappointing. It's too similar to Gran Turismo Sport, the events are poor and the in game economics are a disgrace (although better after 1.09). Also the offline gameplay is a complete joke.
  20. Feb 24, 2023
    5
    Grindfest. Micro-transaction cash grab. Lacklustre Daily Races with little variety. Boring Career mode. Tiny amount of new tracks. Gacha rewards where 90% of the time you will get a rubbish award.

    Cars and handling are highlights.
  21. Mar 17, 2022
    5
    Good driving sim held back by stupid always online elements. The servers have been down all day and you can’t do anything except a pointless arcade race. You can’t even view your cars! The rewards system is terrible too, pretty much everyone is 5k credit. The car roster is very poor compared to the completion. Then there’s micro transactions and the fact you’re not rewarded with manyGood driving sim held back by stupid always online elements. The servers have been down all day and you can’t do anything except a pointless arcade race. You can’t even view your cars! The rewards system is terrible too, pretty much everyone is 5k credit. The car roster is very poor compared to the completion. Then there’s micro transactions and the fact you’re not rewarded with many credits for winning races, makes it a real waste of your time. Not worth 70, grab it when on sale. It’s a good driving sim but let down by so many other areas of the game Expand
  22. Mar 17, 2022
    5
    Decent driving game hiding a free to play economy behind a 80$ entry fee. This game is using a lot of insidious tactics to push you towards its overpriced microtransactions.
  23. May 29, 2022
    5
    Joueur PC. J'ai acheté une PS5 pour jouer à GT7.
    Polyphony Digital (PD) a présenté à la presse une version du jeu très différente. La presse s'est laissé rouler (Metacritic 87). Ensuite lancement du jeu et ses crédits "ingame" à payer en dollars.
    Après avoir vendu des brouettes de jeux, PD augmente le prix des voitures tout en diminuant les récompenses obtenues, sans autoriser la
    Joueur PC. J'ai acheté une PS5 pour jouer à GT7.
    Polyphony Digital (PD) a présenté à la presse une version du jeu très différente. La presse s'est laissé rouler (Metacritic 87). Ensuite lancement du jeu et ses crédits "ingame" à payer en dollars.
    Après avoir vendu des brouettes de jeux, PD augmente le prix des voitures tout en diminuant les récompenses obtenues, sans autoriser la vente des voitures dont on ne veut plus (alors que c'est toujours indiqué dans le descriptif du PlayStation Store ce 27/05/2022)... Bref, obligatoire de passer à la caisse en USD pour acheter des crédits ingame. On parle quand même de 300 USD pour les meilleures voitures du jeu !
    J'ai payé ce jeu 99 EUR, je viens de le désinstaller. Je retourne sur les Forza.
    On verra si les déclarations de Kazunori Yamauchi débouchent sur des corrections concrètes.
    Le jeu vaut peut-être un 5, mais je veux m'assurer que les promesses seront tenus :
    Plus :
    joli, la carte nostalgie fonctionne, préparation voiture bien, pièces, explications techniques et historiques, ...
    Moins:
    IA reste sur sa ligne, départ 20ème à chaque course pour palier au manque d'IA, RNG récompenses complètement pété (toujours au patch 1.13), trop de promesses non tenues.
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  24. Sep 5, 2022
    5
    The love for games here is exceptional. The detail of every vehicle, the love and attention to every little screw and panel line are obsessive. I had a great time playing this stunningly beautiful and great sounding game. I just wish I could play it offline as my internet is with Virgin Media, which means I am only connected for a few minutes at a time before it drops out again. and theThe love for games here is exceptional. The detail of every vehicle, the love and attention to every little screw and panel line are obsessive. I had a great time playing this stunningly beautiful and great sounding game. I just wish I could play it offline as my internet is with Virgin Media, which means I am only connected for a few minutes at a time before it drops out again. and the Microtransactions and economy of this game has sadly ruined it for me. I no longer play it. But I hope to return to the franchise when they fix the money grabbing aspect. it would have got a 9 or a 10 but sadly this drives it down to a 5 for me. Expand
  25. Mar 7, 2022
    5
    Been playing for roughly 20 hours or so - Seems as though there's no real innovation and it's just a rinse and repeat grind with slightly different cars each time. Races are not challenging at all and AI doesn't pay any notice to you being on the track.

    The game looks and feels good with haptic feedback on the PS5 controller however the third person camera view is locked and there's no
    Been playing for roughly 20 hours or so - Seems as though there's no real innovation and it's just a rinse and repeat grind with slightly different cars each time. Races are not challenging at all and AI doesn't pay any notice to you being on the track.

    The game looks and feels good with haptic feedback on the PS5 controller however the third person camera view is locked and there's no way to look around your car (other than backwards) while driving.
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  26. Mar 18, 2022
    5
    When the game releases, it is a great game (9/10).

    But after the update 1.08, it is mis-benefit to the players because of reward adjustments and longer reward grinding times compare to the other best Gran Turismo games. I don't think this update is the improvement for the players, it is a "dis-improvement" for the players. Hope the future updates to improving the player's
    When the game releases, it is a great game (9/10).

    But after the update 1.08, it is mis-benefit to the players because of reward adjustments and longer reward grinding times compare to the other best Gran Turismo games.

    I don't think this update is the improvement for the players, it is a "dis-improvement" for the players.
    Hope the future updates to improving the player's satisfaction levels, especially the ideal payout adjustments.
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  27. Mar 25, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best racing game of the current gen (overall) - so far!
    Thanks Kazunori and Polyphony
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  28. Mar 19, 2022
    5
    70$ for this $hit? Screw u Drm and microtransaction

    It is not worth it at all. Very disappointing
  29. Mar 22, 2022
    5
    I bought GT7 on PS4, but returned the game 14 days later bc of your false advertisement and defective practices. What a shame that you went the route of MTX. Got to support the gaming community bc you deserve the score you did.

    EDIT: With the recent patch update, I decided to give a 5. Think Polyphony is listening but the launch was disastrous, in my opinion.
  30. Apr 9, 2022
    5
    I consider GT4 to be the pinnacle of the series. Content in every game since should have at least the same content on release as GT4. I am not talking about the car count. There have been improvements and the economy is improved. I still think MTX is a terrible idea.
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87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 120 Critic Reviews

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  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.