In all fairness I thought they’ve been winding down. Maybe that’s because it’s just content 3-4 cars usually only 1 car I’m interested in (not their fault) and fixes for things I wasn’t even aware of. No new track for 8 months. If I were them I’d be aiming for 4 cars each month, 1 track every three months, in each update address some people’s concerns. Here’s some things I feel most people would agree need attention.
Why can’t we share tunes yet?
Why can’t we see what tires our cars currently have on in our garage?
Why is the timer right in our line of sight driving karts in cockpit view?
Why can’t the host kick people during race without having to sacrifice their own race?
Why do we have to wait for Sophy for better AI when PC1 and PC2 and ACC have much better AI without “Sophy”?
Why has it been 8 months since we got a new track in an update?
Why haven't they equaled out all race payouts so we can enjoy the entire game instead of having to resort to the big four?
Why can’t we customize the HUD?
Why can I see tire temps in SimHub dashboard but not in game?
Why can’t a lobby migrate hosts? Today I had to take off, we had 13-14 people in the room, I cancel all those players are dropped and might not find each other again.
Kaz and PD can't be trusted to keep to their word even when facing intense criticism. If they aren't taken to task, they'll continue to coast.
On 18th March '22 Kaz stated the following:
I want to make GT7 a game in which you can enjoy a variety of cars in a lot of different ways, and if possible I would like to try to avoid a situation where a player must mechanically keep replaying certain events over and over again.
We will let you know in time about the update plans for additional content, race events and features that will constructively resolve this situation.
It pains me that I can’t go into any further details at this moment, but we plan on continuing to revise GT7 so that as many players as possible can enjoy the game.
We would really appreciate it if everyone could watch over the growth of Gran Turismo 7 from a somewhat longer term point of view.
Kazunori Yamauchi
Back on 25th March '22 PD stated the following:
Finally, we also want to take the opportunity to lay out some of the near-term Updates we are working on. We can’t confirm an exact date or specifics yet, but will give advance notice via
www.gran-turismo.com:
・Increase the reward payout of limited-time events as we develop as a live service;
・Addition of more World Circuits events;
・Addition of more Endurance Races to Missions, including 24-hour races;
・Addition of online Time Trials with rewards based on the player’s position in the online rankings;
・Being able to sell cars.
Over a year later many of these issues have not been resolved. If anything the situation is getting worse, as outside of Time Trials, the game has become stagnant. No one doubts the quality & passion that's gone into building the cars, tracks and certain features. But there's a distinct lack of care, passion & enthusiasm for all other parts of the single-player game.
How a team with the experience of PD can look at what they've delivered and think it is anywhere near acceptable is beyond me. Any one of us could put together fantastic Missions, Endurance races, Drift challenges, Drag races and traditional GT events which use every aspect of the games featureset. Everything is there to make a 10/10 title, all it takes is some care & attention from Kaz & PD.
But it seems all they really care about are the 1% of elite players in GTWS. The rest of the GT community has seemingly been abandoned. PD should be embarrassed at their lack of care, effort, passion, creativity. They have all the tools to make the best Gran Turismo to date, delivering for both single-player & online racers. But no doubt we'll get another lacklustre update and zero communication from their social media & marketing teams.
Well, I say zero, I've no doubt they'll continue spamming everyone's timelines with tedious Fraga & GTWS updates. God forbid they actually engage with their community and learn lessons from the competition. If only PD had the same engagement & passion for their title as the iRacing team.