PD, please allow us to change our nationality on the game

[HellzFire]

I'm a brazilian player that has a psn account since 2008. At the time, there wasnt a brazilian psn so i had to make an american one to play games. Only years later they released a brazilian psn, but at the time i already had a massive friends list and trophies, and i like both of them.

Some people also move residence throughout their lives. I know @Pfei is an american living in Argentina for quite a while that would love to race with the argentine flag.

I also know that the matchmaking is linked to the region of your account. If you're an american guy living in japan using your american account, you'll race on the american server, not on the asian, creating a lot of problems for the other drivers on the room because of latency.

Letting us pick our nationality would fix all these things.

Final thing: If somehow someone with a different psn nationality from their real life one gets qualified for some kind of real tournament, what would happen? Would we be disqualified?

 

[Pfei]

I second the motion. Maybe if we get enough people to request this, we can send the link to this thread to GT Support.

I have legal residence in both USA and Argentina so I don't think qualifying for anything would be a problem for me. But for those who have accounts in countries where they do not actually legally reside, I can imagine that could be a problem.

I could open an Argentine account, but I have two systems at home. My daughter's PS4 is my primary account so she can play my games. My PS4 Pro is not the main system, so if I wanted to race with an Argentine account I would have to buy another PS+ subscription, which I will not do.

It would all be so much easier if we could choose our Nation just like we are able to choose our Manufacturer.

And please remove the region lock and add ping detection based on IP to the matchmaker. It would avoid what @hellZfirE mentioned about people living in Japan racing on the European server, and would also avoid all the Middle Easterners racing on the North American servers because they have USA accounts.

 

[Vendrah]

I don't need that, nor do I have something to say. But I am here to say that I agree with you and I'm with you on that.

PS: The best brazillian at Nations Cup is using a United States account.. there is one Brazilian at top 10... and it's the OP.

 

[666666]

Also i would like to be able to have my countries flag which is Welsh and not the Union flag of the UK. I can do that in PG cars or is it Drive Club cant remember which , so why not in GT.

 

[Sloppy Shades]

I'm a Brit living in the USA so I feel allegiance to both countries and flags. I'd like to be able to choose for sure. Example before I quit that demo derby I entered nations cup as a Brit with a jag but still displayed the stars and stripes as my region which is kinda daft.

 

[VFOURMAX1]

I think allowing a person to choose the flag they race under should be allowed. This issue does not affect me personally as I was born and raised and my PSN account are all registered under my native flag which I do proudly want to represent within the game.

I also like when I enter daily races that have multiple country flags represented as it allows me the chance to compete with players from around the globe.

I am also all for unlocking regions if the online lag can still be controlled.

 

[daan]

Also i would like to be able to have my countries flag which is Welsh and not the Union flag of the UK. I can do that in PG cars or is it Drive Club cant remember which , so why not in GT.

Just as an aside, the FIA do not recognise English, Scottish or Welsh as a nationality.

 

[PJTierney]

Irish person living in the UK.

I'd like to race for Ireland but that's not possible unless I create an Irish PSN account.

 

[alba]

I wish I could. I'm Belgian and live in the US and am stuck with the US flag, I wish I could use either

 

[Wardez]

I would like to race for the Atlantic micronation, Sealand.

Please PD, hear us.

But really, I support this big time. I hope this gets looked at if they're serious about the whole FIA thing. It's something I didn't even think about.

 

[Darwock]

I'm a Brit living in Japan. Every race has 95% of entrants under the Japanese flag, including me.

I would love to be listed under my own flag but in reality it would probably upset the Japanese player base. I would get booted from lobbies etc. Better they don't know.

 

[Pfei]

I'm a Brit living in Japan. Every race has 95% of entrants under the Japanese flag, including me.

I would love to be listed under my own flag but in reality it would probably upset the Japanese player base. I would get booted from lobbies etc. Better they don't know.

Other racing games allow you to change your flag on the fly, so you could go Japanese during normal play and switch to U.K. whenever you want. And in Nations Cup it would be a matter of signing for a nation just as we do in the Manufacturers Cup.