Gran Turismo 7 is going through fan backlash over the sport’s newest patch which considerably reduces the credit score payout for finishing races. Many followers discover this transfer to be a blunt technique to power folks into buying microtransactions for in-game forex so as to gather highly-priced and highly-prized vehicles which can be out there just for a restricted time.
The rationale behind the Gran Turismo 7 fan backlash
In response to a Discord consumer named ddm (through Reddit), whereas the v1.07 patch has fastened the payouts for just a few World Touring Automotive 800 races, it has slashed many others that had been getting used to grind credit (it caused servers to crash too). The total breakdown of adjustments to credit score payouts will be seen within the picture under.
Picture Credit score: ddm (on Discord)
Sometimes in Gran Turismo titles, you have to grind races to earn sufficient credit to afford among the exorbitant worth tags for vehicles, particularly those the sport marks as “legendary” vehicles.
Nevertheless, in Gran Turismo 7 the grind has been made even steeper than it was initially. Many legendary vehicles rotate out and in of the store to create a FOMO impact to encourage gamers to buy credit via microtransactions. Additionally word that gamers are unable to promote any vehicles they earn for credit as in previous Gran Turismo titles.
At present, there are 4 credit score packs out there for buy, with 100k credit being $2.49 and 2m credit being $19.99. In comparison with the vehicles in Gran Turismo Sport, the real-world worth for a similar automobile in Gran Turismo 7 is extraordinarily excessive. As an illustration, a McLaren P1 GTR’16 prices solely about $5 in GT Sport however $40 in GT7.
Multiple Reddit users have lambasted the developer for the nerf to credit score payouts:
– How tf are we presupposed to get 12 tens of millions for a automobile with these funds.
– This have to be a f***ing joke proper? Solely 2 races give sufficient cash to purchase a set of tires now.
– Man I actually paid £70 for a supposedly AAA sport with the identical base construction as a Chinese language FTP cell sport.
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