[Need help] Stuck in Offline mode after 1.59. Could I have been shadow banned by the server?

[SilentBunny]

I'm on PS4 Pro System:12.50. GT7 Ver. 1.59. After successful updated the game last week, played for a while acquiring new cars, then stuck in saving as I tried to modify one of the cars, Closed the game as usual, I may have turned off the console, too, couldn't remember clearly. Since every time it got stuck in saving I need to restart the game and start again, it usually works. But this time I kept get stuck in Offline mode, tried static IP address, changing DNS settings, none of it worked, tried delete and reinstall the game, still nothing, then I deleted the game's save file on the console, thinking it's all on the server, the console might just download automatically, again, nothing.

I tried bringing the console to different networks at friends's apartments in the past two days or so, none of them work for the game, console connects to the internet fine, can get on the PS store fine.

This evening, I tried to start the game on the same console on another account, it works fine after all the new player welcoming settings, logs in home page online as you would to start a new game on GT7. But my main account stuck couldn't log online. Has anyone experienced the same issue? What do I need to do to get my main account's save back? I just got the Porsche to complete all the invitation cars, I really don't wanna have to start all new going through Sarah and the likes. Never had PlayStation Plus, would paying for a month's membership help?

Tried Restoring Licenses, game's still stuck in offline,still forced to start from the very first music rally
The console is Activated as my Primary PS4
Tried deleting main account user in Login - User Management, still no luck, got stuck in the very first music rally, then homescreen shows Offline.
Spec II Version 01.59 e1835d75A

Same console, secondary account logged in to the game just fine, saved progress just fine. Secondary account finished the very first music rally, can log in seeing all the news, home screen has Used Cars available for new users to get their first cars

 

[Famine]

Could I have been shadow banned by the server?

No. Also that's not how shadowbans work: a shadowban is a ban that the user doesn't realise is a ban; everything behaves normally for them, but anything they send/do is masked from the rest of that community.


Do you get any kind of message about a local/server save conflict when you log in? If you do, elect to use the server save not the local one.

 

[SilentBunny]

No. Also that's not how shadowbans work: a shadowban is a ban that the user doesn't realise is a ban; everything behaves normally for them, but anything they send/do is masked from the rest of that community.


Do you get any kind of message about a local/server save conflict when you log in? If you do, elect to use the server save not the local one.

I haven't seen error messages about local/server save conflict when I log in. Turning on the PS4 and log on to the PSN account seems normal, starting the game doesn't show error messages, since the problem, every time it opens like like you're playing the game for the very first time, goes full screen wallpaper, black, then Sony Entertainment, GT logo in the middle then saving icon flashes couple of times, black screen flashing saving, then the Playstation Studio anime logo, and setting up display settings, go into the very first music rally, the game allows me to Begin the game, then main menu where there's news of the game at the bottom with two buttons available [World Map], [Music Ralley] shows up as Offline Mode, tried to getting into the the world map, the game goes into credits and can't skip the video, trying to click reconnect on the top left corner in world map, there's no response. I'll check the world map setting menu again to see if I can find any option to use server save. And get my other PS4 back tonight, try to start the game on that one [has been offline and without latest update for quite a while] then report back. Thanks very much for the reply.

Went into GT menu, tried Global - Network - Delete temporary data from the console storage [turned off Demo and Opening Movie], still no sign of connecting to server, doesn't show any error messages, world map Reconnect no response, back to Home menu, still Offline Mode, not showing Saving icon on the bottom right corner. Dashboard shows nothing [Date on top right corner shows up right]. GT menu has Dashboard and options available, other button like My Page, Online Manual, Beyond the Apex and Return to the Map are all grey and won't respond when clicked. [I've also tried smashing Check for Update of GT 7 every time before I start the game, it checks then says "The installed application is the latest version.]

[Got the secondary PS4 back] Update the PS firmware, Installed GT 7, start the game and got this message " An attempt to connect to the game server from another Playstation 5 console or PlayStation 4 console has been detected. You cannon use the same account to connect to multiple Playstation 5 console or PlayStation 4 consoles simultaneously. Please wait while the previous connection is terminated. " Error code CE-2107A0, it counted to 100% then got in music rally. Still in Offline Mode. Had the first PS4 disconnect and turned off while I tried this on the second PS4. My second PS4 was off for maybe two years or more. I've been playing GT 7 on the first PS4 only, never on any other devices.

Switched back to the 1st PS4, same error CE-2107A0, still offline. PS4 is connect to the modem directly with cable, no VPN, before it was connect to the router both tired wifi and cable, also no VPN.

Found 3 posts on reddit with the same error message, one dude just want to play the game on two consoles simultaneously, it appears he didn't got stuck in offline mode. Second post was from 3 years ago, dude tried to log on to his friend's account to help with the license, he went ahead let the game load, everything was there. Another one from 6 months ago, couldn't tell if the guy has it fixed, but people replying saying this happens quit often when you switch between two consoles. Every time I tried to switch consoles, I turned off the whole thing, never left one in rest mode, all cables off.