A latest Gran Turismo 7 replace sparked outrage, not simply because it raised the costs of in-game automobiles, but in addition as a result of it led to a server outage than lasted for over a day. Now Polyphony Digital President Kazunori Yamauchi has issued an apology “for the frustration and confusion” brought on by the patch, together with the announcement of a giant replace rolling out in early April to “improve player experience.” 

Players complained that the presence of microtransactions and better automobile costs made it tougher to acquire new autos and upgrades with out paying actual cash and spending a whole lot of time grinding for in-game forex. Yamauchi said again then that he believes it is vital for the automobiles’ costs to be linked with their real-world counterparts to convey their “value and rarity.” 

That clearly did not go over nicely with followers, who additionally needed to take care of downtime as a result of the replace got here with a problem that prevented the sport from beginning correctly on the PS4 and the PS5. The recreation ended up being evaluate bombed on Metacritic, the place it presently has a rating of 1.5 that interprets to “overwhelming dislike.”

The updates coming in early April embody increased rewards for occasions, in addition to extra occasions and alternatives to earn in-game forex. Polyphony can also be engaged on extra further options that do not have a launch date but, comparable to the power to promote automobiles. At the second, there is not any means to take action in GT7, although its predecessors had the function. 

Unfortunately, Yamauchi did not point out whether or not the corporate is exploring the potential for making the sport obtainable to play offline, so it should possible proceed requiring an web connection for the foreseeable future. He did say, nevertheless, that Polyphony is giving gamers who might have been affected by the server outage a credit score pack of 1 million Cr. Only those that already personal the sport earlier than his put up had been printed and who log in between March twenty fifth and April twenty fifth will get the free credit score pack.