Update: Gran Turismo 7 Is Back Online, Polyphony Digital Apologizes And Addresses Microtransactions

Replace, 2:30 p.m., 3/18/22:

Gran Turismo 7 is again on-line after basically being left unplayable for greater than 24 hours following an earlier replace. 

In a brand new weblog submit, GT7 producer Kazunori Yamauchi explains why a upkeep interval that was anticipated to final a few hours lasted longer than a day. He mentioned that proper earlier than the discharge of the 1.07 replace, which is the one which left GT7 largely unplayable, Polyphony Digital “found a problem the place the sport wouldn’t begin correctly in some instances on product variations for the PS4 and PS5.” 

“This was a uncommon concern that was not seen throughout assessments on the event {hardware} or the QA periods previous to the discharge, however to be able to prioritize the security of the save information of the customers, we determined to interrupt the discharge of the 1.07 replace, and to make a 1.08 correctional replace. That’s the reason for the delay. My honest apologies for the late report back to everybody.” 

Yamauchi then addresses microtransactions in GT7. In replace 1.07, the variety of in-game credit earned for finishing some tracks and races within the recreation was decreased, that means it will be harder to buy vehicles. Some felt that this was to additional push the microtransactions within the recreation, however Yamauchi says the workforce desires “customers to take pleasure in a lot of vehicles and races even with out microtransactions.” 

“On the similar time, the pricing of vehicles is a crucial ingredient that conveys their worth and rarity, so I do assume it’s necessary for it to be linked with the true world costs,” he continues. “I need to make GT7 a recreation in which you’ll be able to take pleasure in a wide range of vehicles a lot of alternative ways, and if potential want to attempt to keep away from a scenario the place a participant should mechanically maintain replaying sure occasions again and again [players were using certain tracks to farm credits and those were the tracks targeted in the update].”

The weblog submit says the studio will let gamers know the replace plans for extra content material, race occasions, and options to “constructively resolve this” concern. 

“It pains me that I can’t clarify the small print relating to this at this second, however we plan on persevering with to revise GT7 in order that as many gamers as potential can benefit from the recreation,” Yamauchi writes. “We’d actually recognize it if everybody may watch over the expansion of Gran Turismo 7 from a considerably long run standpoint.”

The unique story continues under…

Authentic Story, 10:22 a.m., 3/18/22:

Ah, the age of always-online video games strikes once more – this time, with Gran Turismo 7. 

Gran Turismo 7 requires a continuing web connection, that means when you can’t join on-line, you mainly can’t play the sport, save for just a few modes like Music Rally. It’s unlucky but it surely’s a choice Polyphony Digital selected to make with the newest Gran Turismo installment nonetheless (they did the identical with GT Sport, too). The newest replace for the sport, Model 1.07, nevertheless, is casting a adverse gentle on that call as a result of it has taken the sport offline, making it principally unplayable, for greater than 24 hours. That’s one other means of claiming this recreation you spent cash on is a recreation you possibly can’t really take pleasure in in full in the meanwhile. 

Gran Turismo 7 went offline on March 17 and it was solely purported to be down for a few hours, as reported by VG247. Nevertheless, a few hours stretched to a dozen. Now, right here we’re, a full day later. Most of Gran Turismo 7’s modes are nonetheless inaccessible as they stay offline.  

An enormous draw of Gran Turismo 7 is the power to race towards different gamers. That’s not potential in-game in the meanwhile as its on-line performance are nonetheless disabled. On prime of that, Video Video games Chronicle reviews that this replace makes Gran Turismo 7 even grindier than earlier than in some methods. 

That’s as a result of the programs that gamers used to farm in-game credit to buy vehicles considerably costlier in 7 than they had been in Sport now dole out much less credit. 

We’ll you should definitely replace this story when Gran Turismo 7’s on-line performance is restored.

For extra concerning the recreation, learn Recreation Informer’s Gran Turismo 7 overview after which try what a number of the finest vehicles in Gran Turismo 7 would seem like if Kirby ate them. Examine Sony’s AI mission that outperforms skilled GT drivers after that. 

[Source: VG247]

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