It would appear that Polyphony have listened to the criticism that Gran Turismo 7 has received and they are taking action. They are paying out 1 million credits to players who have been affected, rectifying many issues highlighted by players, and providing additional races and cars.
Kazunori Yamauchi - President of Polyphony Digital wrote a recent post on the Official PlayStation Blog. He wrote that the GT7 feedback had been heard and that he apologized for the frustration and confusion that was caused last week. The confusion and frustration that he referred to was a player reaction to extended server outage and a change to the in-game economy.
The blog post continued to state that this is not the Gran Turismo experience players should expect and as a goodwill gesture, players will receive a non-paid credit pack of 1 million credits, which will be made available to those who have been affected. This goodwill gesture will be made available to players shortly and must be claimed April 25th.
According to Kazunori Yamauchi, the change to the in-game economy was to rectify an issue with inconsistent reward pay-outs. The whole of the rewards system received a recalculation to accurately reward players based on time investment and completion. However, players can expect a considerable patch early April, where the number of events will increase, and where the reward system will have a greater balance throughout the game.
Kazunori Yamauchi - President of Polyphony Digital wrote a recent post on the Official PlayStation Blog. He wrote that the GT7 feedback had been heard and that he apologized for the frustration and confusion that was caused last week. The confusion and frustration that he referred to was a player reaction to extended server outage and a change to the in-game economy.
The blog post continued to state that this is not the Gran Turismo experience players should expect and as a goodwill gesture, players will receive a non-paid credit pack of 1 million credits, which will be made available to those who have been affected. This goodwill gesture will be made available to players shortly and must be claimed April 25th.
According to Kazunori Yamauchi, the change to the in-game economy was to rectify an issue with inconsistent reward pay-outs. The whole of the rewards system received a recalculation to accurately reward players based on time investment and completion. However, players can expect a considerable patch early April, where the number of events will increase, and where the reward system will have a greater balance throughout the game.
Updates
Updates that will come into effect at the beginning of April:- Increase rewards in the events in the latter half of the World Circuits by approximately 100% on average.
- Addition of high rewards for clearing the Circuit Experience in all Gold/All Bronze results.
- Increase of rewards in Online Races.
- Include a total of eight new one-hour Endurance Race events to Missions. These will also have higher reward settings.
- Increase the upper limit of non-paid credits in player wallets from 20M Cr. to 100M Cr.
- Increase the quantity of Used and Legend cars on offer at any given time.
Patches
Additionally, there will be more patches deployed throughout April which will add new cars, course layouts, and fix other issues. Looking further ahead with no confirmed dates, players can expect:- Increase the pay-out value of limited time rewards as we develop as a live service.
- Further World Circuit event additions.
- Addition of Endurance Races to Missions including 24-hour races.
- Addition of Online Time Trials and awarding of rewards according to the player’s difference with the top ranked time.
- Make it so cars can be sold.
