Sony has garnered reactions with the latest Gran Turismo 7 update. After the reactions of the players, Kazunori Yamauchi, the creative producer of the GTR7 game, published a statement on the PlayStation blog for the Gran Turismo 7 April update. According to the statement, 1 million credit surprises are also coming for Gran Turismo 7 players.
Gran Turismo 7 disappointed players with its latest update. Accordingly, there was a large gap between the Gran Turismo 7 Metacritic score and the first-time user and Metascore scores of a game on Metacritic. Gran Turismo 7 Metacritic has a Metascore score of 87, with a user rating of 1.5, which is quite low. In the latest update of Gran Turismo 7, the credit rewards players get from races have been significantly reduced and vehicle maintenance has been extended to two full days.
Gran Turismo 7, April update and 1 million credits surprise
Kazunori Yamauchi made a surprise statement for Gran Turismo 7 players on his Play Station blog. First of all, Yamauchi apologized to the players for this bad experience, and promised that the in-game economy would improve with the April update. Announcing that the two-day periods have been shortened, especially in vehicle maintenance periods, the game maker promised 1 million credits to all players.
Gran Turismo using PS4 and PS5 to get 1 million credits award accordingly 7 players just need to log into the game before April 25th. This amount of credit is enough to buy a good vehicle and service for the GTR7. What’s new with the Gran Turismo April 7 update are as follows:
- Increase rewards by an average of 100 percent at events in the second half of the World Circuits
- Adding high rewards to clear Circuit Experience on All Gold/All Bronze results
- Increasing rewards in Online Races
- A total of eight new one-hour Endurance Race events will be added to Missions. They will also have higher reward settings
- Increase the cap on outstanding credits in player wallets from 20M Cr. to 100M Cr
- Increase the amount of Used and Legendary cars offered at any given time
No exact date has been given for the update, which will take place in early April. However, the arrival of the update in the first week is among the expectations. Sony shared the planned innovations for the upcoming GTR 7 updates with the players in this article.
- Increase the payout value of limited-time rewards as we develop them as a live service
- Adds more World Circuit events
- Adds Endurance Races to Missions, including 24-hour races.
- Adding Online Time Trials and awarding rewards based on player’s difference to top ranked time.
- The possibility of modifying the cars to be sold
However, it is not yet clear when these announced features will come with which update.
Although PlayStation 5 has been appreciated with its features and performance since its first release, console-specific games are still in the spotlight. it was the target of criticism with its scarcity. In this sense, Gran Turismo 7 was one of the important steps for PS5 players. However, the policies for credit and in-game purchases, which were criticized even when it was first released, became much more prominent with the last update.
It became almost impossible for players to earn credits by winning races. Again, post-race vehicle maintenance extended up to two days without credit. After these negativities, Gran Turismo 7 Metacritic score was also negatively affected by the user.
Gran Turismo 7, do you think the April update will fix all the problems? You can share your views in the comments section or on the SDN Forum.