Well actually, not really. Epecially with the older titles.
GT2 is giving prize cars like crazy, making it hard to keep track of what you've got really fast.
In GT3, with some luck, you can unlock Formula GT in just about an Hour and a half and then just fly your way trough the carrer mode. But even without it, the game is still very generous in both prizes and money.
GT4 Adds B-Spec to the table, which makes money-earning and car receiving process (for example, in 24 hour races) very easy. But overall progression and car obtaining was quite easy and enjoyable.
And keep in mind, theese games were BIG at the time and took just as much time and resources to make, and the technology and the amount of specialists was not as huge as it is now. And theese games were shipped COMPLETE on day 1, because they had no way to update the game, add missing stuff and fix critical bugs and economic system after release.
GT5 was a bit slower for me, but the slowest thing about it was loading times
Never had any problems with getting the car of my dream in the game. Of course, there were some really expensive cars (20,000,000 Cr.) but i never had to grind the same event over and over again in order to get that money. Everithing, including tuning parts and ability to purchase unlimited amount of cars was always in my disposal. Career mode was big and seasonal events were there to keep things rolling. And I never even touched B-Spec.
Can't say much about GT6, haven't played it alot, since It's just a polished GT5 on steroids.
GT Sport...never had any issues. I've won tons of cool cars with daily workout and never had to spend a lot of money on anything. But it wasn't a full title, more like a demo of what's coming. The later added Arcade mode wasn't fun and rewarding as it used to be in other games.
And then we're here...we've never had a full GT game since 2013 (9 years!)
Last time we had any gt was GT Sport in 2017 (5 years!)
And GT7 comes in, which in a few words is, a sad, missed opportunity.
The game has almost no new content. 100 new cars and a few tracks and features. Not even a simple classic career mode.
The technology is there with laser-scanning for cars and tracks, many things like 3d models can be outsorced, like almost every other company does, including Forza.
The game is also likely compromised, because it has to run on a standart PS4 in order to sell more copies. Never heard of a GT Sport for PS3, GT5 for PS2 or GT3 for PS1
And then you're adding all the cherries on top. I can hardly imagine why there has to be an online DRM. Nobody is going to hack a save file and go online, especially in competition modes. No car manufacturer needs an always online status for a video game. And if a hacker wants to crack something - he will.
Big companies always tell that it's about you. It's your fault that you expect high quality, adequate economics and can't understand the pride and joy of getting a 20,000,000 Cr. car in half a year time of gameplay. It's your fault that you think that paying 200$ for a car in the game is not ok. And it's your fault that you expect that after paying 70$ for a game, you will actually be able to play it. And like in every other game that has online connectivity, and as GT5/6 already have shown, you can say bye-bye to your digital goods as soon as they decide to turn off their servers. And the game will be half-functioning.
Not an issue with any older game, like 1/2/3/4! You can play them whenever you want and enjoy them for the rest of your life in the same exact way.
5 Years
And not even a cool collector's edition with a scale car like they used to do...
