Your Thoughts on Gran Turismo 7 (Since Update 1.37)

[Chris30]

Hello, to all admins who read this, please don't delete this. My 1-year anniversary for Gt7 is coming up and I wanted to post my thoughts on the game. I was wondering what you guys think of the game now (after all the updates). I personally do not like some of them and I want to explain why in each section of this thread.

#1: The new Circuit Experience: I have noticed now that things have changed here, PD tweaked the gold, silver and bronze times in some areas, making them easier/harder which I think they should have left alone. Some tracks I think that have the most difficult lap times to gold are Goodwood, Watkins, Grand Valley, Barcelona, Laguna, Tokyo, Sarthe, Circuit de Spa and the Nords track. I have been struggling since day 1 and I'm tired of trying and getting no results. I really don't want to bother with it anymore. I'll show you a video now of my CE/missions progress later once I have time next week. What makes CE's harder now is the disqualification regulations. You hit the wall once, game over. You go offtrack, game over.

#2: Missions: I like the mission sections, the hardest part of this is the Human Comedy sections, I feel like I cannot get past bronze, the AI seem way more intelligent here no matter what difficulty I set it to. Whether it's easy,normal or hard. I guess I'm not fast enough to do it.

#3: Sport Mode: I love this section, but I don't win that much, it is nice now to compete with all global drivers from all around the world. We couldn't do this with the older GT games earlier than gt4. I only achieved 2 gold medals out of probably 70-80 TT's, there may have been more than that. I wish I could get a grasp on the MT. I heard you can better manage your car and how it handles corners/turns this way. I would like to know what everyone's PSN id is that way maybe we can start doing lobbies. I am doing 50-60% better as a driver but I still have a lot to step up on.

Well, I've said enough for now, so message here asap. Thank you,

Chris

 

[HarVee]

GT7 is a boring grind fest. Maybe it's just the way I play the game, but I'm always finding myself having to grind races I don't even want to do 6 times in a row just to make enough bank to buy a car and I'm never able to save up over a million because I always have to buy tires or parts or some other kind of money sink. Personally, I'm starting to find more fun in Sport than in 7. Only reason I really keep 7 around at this point is for those cars and tracks not in Sport.

I kind of miss the romance period, when I was blind to how bad this game really is as it has just launched. But, we are a year and a half since then and ultimately nothing has changed to the gameplay. Still the same old chase the rabbit, crappy prize roulette wheel, boring menu books, FOMO car rotation periods. At this point I am honestly thinking this game was designed bad on purpose just to piss off the players for all the whining the community did that Sport wasn't a true GT game.

 

[Chris30]

GT7 is a boring grind fest. Maybe it's just the way I play the game, but I'm always finding myself having to grind races I don't even want to do 6 times in a row just to make enough bank to buy a car and I'm never able to save up over a million because I always have to buy tires or parts or some other kind of money sink. Personally, I'm starting to find more fun in Sport than in 7. Only reason I really keep 7 around at this point is for those cars and tracks not in Sport.

I kind of miss the romance period, when I was blind to how bad this game really is as it has just launched. But, we are a year and a half since then and ultimately nothing has changed to the gameplay. Still the same old chase the rabbit, crappy prize roulette wheel, boring menu books, but hey, at least they added a rotating chase cam and buyable special parts/engines.

Well do you find that gt7 will have a strong future? Idk how far it will go based on the new physics of each car. But it is what it is and we can't really do anything about it accept to just deal with it.

 

[HarVee]

GT7 still has potential. I'd go as far as to say it has always had potential. But PD aren't exactly addressing the community complaints and pushing 7 to its fullest potential. One of the common complaints is the lack of events. Instead of adding a plethora of events for a variety of cars they add 2 or 3 per update that seemingly follow the same tired old format. Half of the car list goes unused because there is no use for them in the career. A glaring omission is an event series for MR drivetrain cars. That was in every main numbered entry prior, but not in 7?

I had thought about this a lot actually since returning to Sport (on occasion), but GT7 doesn't encourage you to drive the cars you collect whereas Sport did. And if there is no incentive to drive the cars you've collected, then a game based around collecting all falls apart.

 

[SestoScudo]

Everytime I play GT7 I cannot help feel depressed.

I wonder myself what do I do? Literally nothing to do.

 

[TumeK5]

I think of GT7 the same way as since update 1.01. The only positive change is the physics updates.

 

[HarVee]

Everytime I play GT7 I cannot help feel depressed.

I wonder myself what do I do? Literally nothing to do.

I wouldn't say I feel depressed, but I do share the sentiment of being bored. You're right in that there really is a lack of things to do. Part of that problem is because there just isn't enough events. There are many creative ways suggested on this very forum to combat the grinding and make the game more entertaining.

 

[Chris30]

That's why I made this forum so anyone that plays can be aware of what gt7 is going to bring them. I agree on the events. It seems like they repeat certain ones, WTC 600-800, Japanese Clubman Cup, Nissan GTR Cup, etc. Why not add new championships competing with the AI, or like make a mode where a survival race can be taken place. Last person on each lap gets eliminated from the race. Sort of like a knockout.

 

[sswishbone]

I would love to give a true answer, but I uninstalled months ago due to the lack of one player career and heavy focus on an online mode I have zero interest in

 

[PlanetJanet]

Ah you can always trust gamers on the internet to be relentlessly negative.

Personally I love GT7 very much. I only bought the game a few months ago but I can't imagine getting bored any time soon, there aren't enough hours in the day for everything I want to do and I'm nowhere near completing the collection. I still haven't managed gold on all the S licence tests and I've not even tried the Human Comedy races yet.

I do think it's a game where the right mindset is needed. There's really no need to grind the same 3 events all day every day in order to buy every car as quickly as possible, why not take your time to enjoy the cars that you do have and build the collection slowly? Paint them, tune them, test them, race them. Then buy another one if you have the credits. Yesterday all I did was spend some time with some neglected cars in my garage, it was wonderful, and I'm looking forward to taking them into the lobbies and trying them against other people.

It's not really the fault of the game if you refuse to engage with two of the game's best modes (Sport and Lobbies).

Of course, it's not perfect. The credit payouts for Daily Races are far too low, and I would certainly love some more tracks and more viable grind events. These problems do not at all detract from my enjoyment of the game though, can't wait for tonight where I plan to work on my 450pp collection, it needs some attention.

PSVR2 helps of course, if you've not tried that then you should, I could spend hours simply driving the same car around the same track, it doesn't get boring!

 

[GlockPants]

That's why I made this forum so anyone that plays can be aware of what gt7 is going to bring them. I agree on the events. It seems like they repeat certain ones, WTC 600-800, Japanese Clubman Cup, Nissan GTR Cup, etc. Why not add new championships competing with the AI, or like make a mode where a survival race can be taken place. Last person on each lap gets eliminated from the race. Sort of like a knockout.

I think you'll find most threads asking people's general opinion on GT7 will be filled with negative or salty responses.

I'm not really sure why, but it seems like people like to complain about GT7 to people on the internet more than play the game or move on.

But GT7 will hold a limited amount of attention for people who are looking for a single player experience. Unless you just love to do the grind races (there do seem to be a few here that do), you'll eventually run out of stuff to do on that front.

The Sport mode is decent if you don't get mind racing people with bad manners, a silly penalty system and low paying rewards. The time trials are always a good challenge, but you'll have to learn some new tricks that are counter-intuitive sometimes (skipping gears, crazy engine braking, etc.) but at least a lot of the top times have replays so you can see what is going on.

I personally enjoy the GTWS, and with the new payout at the end of the series, that should attract some more players.

I can't speak too much from the updated physics. I started on GT7 just before that update, so I didn't have much time to notice the changes. This does make some older guides for the License Tests, Missions, CE and some of the more difficult races redundant.

If anyone has the money to spend on a PSVR2, it's a great addition. With a wheel and a sturdy rig, it's even better. It's how I play.

There's so much PD could do to make things better. Even small changes on certain aspects could make great improvements. Unfortunately, it is also PD we're talking about, not really known for making too many changes after the fact. So please meter your expectations.

 

[Chris30]

Oh, also every once in a while the game will freeze up, a blue screen will appear saying there's an error with the gt7 application. I report the problem to Sony and they won't do anything about it. It gets on my nerves, it does it during a race or when I'm taking a photo/scape.

 

[Neris__]

It's not really the fault of the game if you refuse to engage with two of the game's best modes (Sport and Lobbies).

Most players on PS5 and PS4 didn't touch those "best modes".

 

[Techlet]

Most players on PS5 and PS4 didn't touch those "best modes".

Can't blame them when the "best modes" are locked behind a subscription.

 

[sswishbone]

Ah you can always trust gamers on the internet to be relentlessly negative.

Personally I love GT7 very much. I only bought the game a few months ago but I can't imagine getting bored any time soon, there aren't enough hours in the day for everything I want to do and I'm nowhere near completing the collection. I still haven't managed gold on all the S licence tests and I've not even tried the Human Comedy races yet.

I do think it's a game where the right mindset is needed. There's really no need to grind the same 3 events all day every day in order to buy every car as quickly as possible, why not take your time to enjoy the cars that you do have and build the collection slowly? Paint them, tune them, test them, race them. Then buy another one if you have the credits. Yesterday all I did was spend some time with some neglected cars in my garage, it was wonderful, and I'm looking forward to taking them into the lobbies and trying them against other people.

It's not really the fault of the game if you refuse to engage with two of the game's best modes (Sport and Lobbies).

Of course, it's not perfect. The credit payouts for Daily Races are far too low, and I would certainly love some more tracks and more viable grind events. These problems do not at all detract from my enjoyment of the game though, can't wait for tonight where I plan to work on my 450pp collection, it needs some attention.

PSVR2 helps of course, if you've not tried that then you should, I could spend hours simply driving the same car around the same track, it doesn't get boring!

It is the game developer's fault for trying to shoehorn everyone into one mode. Don't be an apologist.

 

[PlanetJanet]

Most players on PS5 and PS4 didn't touch those "best modes".

Well, that's on them.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

I do think it's a game where the right mindset is needed. There's really no need to grind the same 3 events all day every day in order to buy every car as quickly as possible, why not take your time to enjoy the cars that you do have and build the collection slowly? Paint them, tune them, test them, race them. Then buy another one if you have the credits. Yesterday all I did was spend some time with some neglected cars in my garage, it was wonderful, and I'm looking forward to taking them into the lobbies and trying them against other people.

It's not really the fault of the game if you refuse to engage with two of the game's best modes (Sport and Lobbies).

1 thing I love about GT7 is the fact we all play it differently if I wanna grind those same 3 races then I can, If I wanna grind 100M credits in 5 days(which I have) I will.👍

Grinding to have 100M credits the fastest I can so I can continue buying as many more colors/livery or X more of my favorites cars from the LCD is one of my favorite things to do in GT7 and I don't get bored of doing it.

Also I don't play sport mode cause I don't feel comfortable doing so, the 2 times I did race in sport mode I got really nervous and my hands start to shake and believe me its not fun playing when you can barely hold the DS5.

 

[PlanetJanet]

1 thing I love about GT7 is the fact we all play it differently if I wanna grind those same 3 races then I can, If I wanna grind 100M credits in 5 days(which I have) I will.👍

Grinding to have 100M credits the fastest I can so I can continue buying as many more colors/livery or X more of my favorites cars from the LCD is one of my favorite things to do in GT7 and I don't get bored of doing it.

Also I don't play sport mode cause I don't feel comfortable doing so, the 2 times I did race in sport mode I got really nervous and my hands start to shake and believe me its not fun playing when you can barely hold the DS5.


As for what I think of GT7 I'll let my stats speak for themselves.👍
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Yes, I probably should have said that too really, there's something for everyone. If you enjoy grinding that much in order to get as many cars as possible then more power to you, I love to hear it!

 

[Coiler]

Single player feels somehow worse than GT Sport. Huge let down and wasted potential.

 

[hyperspeed980]

The singleplayer is still a bit of a let-down, even now. I've heard from quite a few people that the menu book format is excellent for newcomers to the franchise, but it offers very little for series veterans - especially when only about 10 events (the chilli races) are actually fulfilling.

However, online lobbies are where this game truly shines. Whether it's shuffles, spec racing or something else entirely, I've had more fun in lobbies over the past month or two than I could ever have in GT7's singleplayer. I understand why so many people are bitter about this game, but trust me - with a decent group of mates and a solid lobby to bring you together, all of that will fly out the window.

 

[HarVee]

Well, that's on them.

Not really. As said before, the online modes are locked behind a pricey PS+ subscription. If you don't have the dough, you can't really enjoy those modes now, can you? It's a Sony greed issue not a player issue.

 

[TypeRDC5]

GT7 still has potential. I'd go as far as to say it has always had potential. But PD aren't exactly addressing the community complaints and pushing 7 to its fullest potential. One of the common complaints is the lack of events. Instead of adding a plethora of events for a variety of cars they add 2 or 3 per update that seemingly follow the same tired old format. Half of the car list goes unused because there is no use for them in the career. A glaring omission is an event series for MR drivetrain cars. That was in every main numbered entry prior, but not in 7?

I had thought about this a lot actually since returning to Sport (on occasion), but GT7 doesn't encourage you to drive the cars you collect whereas Sport did. And if there is no incentive to drive the cars you've collected, then a game based around collecting all falls apart.

This!

I had a few months with no PS5 and therefore no GT7, it was the first game i fired up since and i expected at least a few new events to play.

There were 3, and nothing that i hadnt done before, i navigated around the menus for a few minutes and turned it off without even doing 1 race.

The cars are there, the tracks are there, just no events or championships in which to enjoy them with after a while.

For me GT7 is great until you reach a point and then it becomes a grind which is no fun in racing games, it is definately a missed opportunity considered the great car and track content in it.

 

[H1s6n]

its already a full game since lanuch

 

[Voodoovaj]

Everytime I play GT7 I cannot help feel depressed.

I wonder myself what do I do? Literally nothing to do.

That's why there's Sport Mode. And why there needs to be more emphasis or growth in Sport Mode.


You can see that they started thinking about it by added the meeting places, but those need to be full on multiplayer events or co-op (multiplayer with AI). With all the manufacturers and cars, there's no reason to NOT have a multiplayer series for everything. If they add a co-op component, the game will never end.

 

[PlanetJanet]

Not really. As said before, the online modes are locked behind a pricey PS+ subscription. If you don't have the dough, you can't really enjoy those modes now, can you? It's a Sony greed issue not a player issue.

I accept this may be an issue for some, and it's a real shame, but you'd have to assume that anyone in that situation thinks very carefully before buying a new game, and probably avoids games with a significant multiplayer component. Besides, this is not really a legitimate criticism of GT7 specifically but rather about gaming in 2023. I agree with this criticism up to a point but we've been heading this way for 20 years, it's not going to change. Can you imagine the uproar if GT7 didn't have multiplayer?

Ultimately, if you choose to buy GT7, you are choosing to buy a modern game with multiplayer modes that require development time and support. If you can't afford PS+ then you have chosen to buy the game anyway, accepting that you miss a big part of its content. If you can afford PS+ then you're choosing to miss parts of the game.

 

[Veinz]

There are a lot of missed opportunities with this game, it’s pretty mediocre as a result imo.

 

[Famine]

Hello, to all admins who read this, please don't delete this.

 

[SestoScudo]

That's why there's Sport Mode. And why there needs to be more emphasis or growth in Sport Mode.


You can see that they started thinking about it by added the meeting places, but those need to be full on multiplayer events or co-op (multiplayer with AI). With all the manufacturers and cars, there's no reason to NOT have a multiplayer series for everything. If they add a co-op component, the game will never end.

Sport mode is always the same races. Always gr3 or gr4.

Always the same tracks.

Not enough variety.

 

[sswishbone]

I accept this may be an issue for some, and it's a real shame, but you'd have to assume that anyone in that situation thinks very carefully before buying a new game, and probably avoids games with a significant multiplayer component. Besides, this is not really a legitimate criticism of GT7 specifically but rather about gaming in 2023. I agree with this criticism up to a point but we've been heading this way for 20 years, it's not going to change. Can you imagine the uproar if GT7 didn't have multiplayer?

Ultimately, if you choose to buy GT7, you are choosing to buy a modern game with multiplayer modes that require development time and support. If you can't afford PS+ then you have chosen to buy the game anyway, accepting that you miss a big part of its content. If you can afford PS+ then you're choosing to miss parts of the game.

Polyphony Digital said "Gran Turismo is back." Not "Gran Turismo Sport is back"

 

[PlanetJanet]

Polyphony Digital said "Gran Turismo is back." Not "Gran Turismo Sport is back"

They also didn't say "Gran Turismo 4 is back"