I don't expect Gran Turismo to have qualifying, no.
Qualifying against the base AI is pointless because it's built to lose.
More GT games have not had qualifying prior to GT7 than have had it, so I'm not sure why anyone would have expected qualifying to feature in GT7 at launch without it being mentioned or hinted at specifically by the Developers prior to launch.
I have like 2500hrs into the game. No haven’t completed all licenses and missions and yeah some of those hours are probably me working on liveries and went upstairs to make lunch but I’ve still got a lot of hours in online as when the game first came out we’d spend every evening racing for 2-3hrs. The payout is as poor as can be. I’m had online lobbies paid better I think I’d have doubles or triples of every car including $20,000,000 legendary cars. it’s my one pet peeve about the game, the amount of time you have to invest racing by yourself in order to make money.
The livery editor is the reason I played this game more than I probably would have. It makes the cars feel like their yours, you investing time into coming up with that one of a kind livery or paint job, it’s exciting to bring it out and show it off or do a race and save the replay. It’s the one feature Gran Turismo actually has that I wish other racing games incorporated into their game on the same level. Could it be better, sure I’d like to group decals to batch change the colour or have a colour picker dropper tool… but I really can’t complain too much.
Just to add, as always mentioned in the update news, we wait to see what will be added after the 1.64 updates drops. Sure, we all don’t have to bank on qualifying returning, but what if it does in 1.64 or later in GT7?
Plenty of info before buying the game, unless you preordered it, like many did. Myself included. I based it all on, ok GT5/6 were good, they had these features, GT7 will be that and then some. Which is half true.
if you preorder a game without the full extent of what the game provides then that's on you, the game isn't "incomplete" because qualifying in single player isn't standard.
so the game has qualifying then.
that would fragment the player base which isn't good for the game's longevity and best believe if PD charged money for the upcoming cars and tracks people would be up in arms about it too.
Tbh? I think I had some assumptions about the power pack that I’m not so sure anymore. I thought we were getting 50 races, but from the looks of it we might be getting 50 missions instead. Fixed cars and everything. I hope I’m wrong because I don’t like this type of content where the game tells me “here’s your car, now drive”. Essentially what Missions are ☹️
Driving rather than racing. It's about the physics on the car to be realistic albeit less so than hardcore sim to make it more accessible to others. Albeit mostly the driving occurs on racetrack...
So what'd you think for GT's AI prior?
How about something like vacuum cleaner car sound or livery editor previously?
Should GT get bashed for how late they incorporated the livery editor previously that all competitors have them and GT was miles behind, and did it too late?
That’s news to me. I remember some nascar games on PlayStation you could sort of edit the livery but it was very limited. GT Sport or GT7 is the only one I know of that had more than just changing colours of the decals or exporting to mod and then importing again.
Definitely. We’re getting Spec 3 AND new DLC. It’s exciting times no matter what but yeah, it’ll probably be a mixed bag 😅
That tagline doesn't even suggest that there will be races in the game.
Then you should know well that the tagline doesn't imply that qualifying sessions are included.
Sure, that critique is valid. The critique I disagree with is that the power pack should be free of charge.
I don't remember seeing any trailers about 24 hour races, nor multiclass racing. The fact that you see GT3 and GT4 cars together could be a hint that multiclass racing might be included, but does not in itself confirm it.
The main cost for this DLC is probably the development of Sophy. So even if you strip away the other features (including the credits) the price would probably be very similar.
So we're back at the point where you think Sony owes you this feature free of charge because of your own expectations.
If Sophy 3.0 turns out well there's a high chance it will be included in the next game. And hopefully we will see more experimental features and new modes added, some via DLC and some via regular free updates. I don't mind paying for new features, in my opinion it's better than having to wait for the next game. It's probsbly healthier for the studio as well to get some additional revenue streams in between game releases.
It's far more to do with the player than their wallet. For some individuals and countries it's more to do with funds as they might not be well off or games and consoles might be prohibitively expensive where they are, but in a more general context, people just splashing £20 on a DLC for a quick blast is very much a state of mind. A lot of people purchase things on impulse.
