Getting back on track.
It’s safe to say that Gran Turismo 7 had a bumpy launch. And, aside from the fact that you have to be connected online just to play the damn game, there were other problems; namely, the fact that some of the credit prices for certain cars wee kind of ridiculous given how the purses from many races were actually reduced after server downtime brought a lot of these issues to the fore.
Well, GT7 devs Polyphony Digital plans to make, well, some of it all right. From a PlayStation Blog post by Polyphony Digital’s president, Kazunori Yamauchi, apologized for the flawed launch of the game. Notably, he touched on how the reduced rewards seemingly drove players to pay for microtransactions just to get the cars they want. By the way, said microtransactions could easily crest $40 for a single car.
Thank you for your continued support and feedback on Gran Turismo 7, your voices have not gone unheard. I would like to apologize for the frustration and confusion caused last week with our patch updates which resulted in, not only a server outage but also adjustments to the in-game economy which were made without a clear explanation to our community.
We know that this is not the Gran Turismo experience you expect and we will be making a goodwill gesture in the form of a non-paid credit pack of 1 million Cr. available to those players who may have been affected*. You will see this hit your accounts shortly. Make sure you log into the game before April 25 to claim the credits.
The patch update previously deployed was intended to rectify an issue with inconsistent reward payouts within a part of the World Circuit Events. But, to re-establish the intended equilibrium and provide more accurate rewards based on time investment and completion, it was necessary to recalculate the rewards system as a whole.
Kazunori Yamauchi
In addition, a patch will be introduced in early April to accomplish the following:
- 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.
They’re also working on more fixes to be added at an unspecified date in the future (likely a bit later than the previously mentioned patch):
- Increase the payout 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.
Source: IGN
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