Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 7’s Spec II Update ‘Doubled Active Users’

The latest free update for Sony’s idiosyncratic racing game has helped the Gran Turismo series continue its popularity, according to its lead, Kazunori Yamauchi.

[eagle21]

Love it, love it, love it. (Did I say I love it?) :)

[Babadook7]

Sophy is wonderful. I hope they can just turn it on for all races though.

[Plague-Doctor27]

This is somehow the game I have put the most time into on my ps5 so far. It also convinced me to add a psvr2 and wheel, which I am both happy I have and angry I bought at the same time lol

[outsider1624]

Same here. Just finished a race a few mins ago and came here lol. I came 6th and even then such a fantastic race. Except for 1 or 2 most racers were really clean and respectful.
Planning to get the wheel (sold it to a friend) again along with psvr2.

[Ironmike]

Being tempted to get this

[Zenzuu]

Good stuff.

[Deeeeznuuuts]

Well deserved, hopefully they manage to get the FIA license back soon

[Solitariussaint]

If they made GT7 offline playable, it'd be far more popular.

GT7 being online-only really hurts its sales potential. I certainly cannot buy it because of this reason.

[mandf]

That's like saying cod only sells because of the single player campaign

[phoenixwing]

The only reason I used to buy cod was for the campaign

[Solitariussaint]

I actually only ever purchased COD for its campaign.

[TheColbertinator]

If the new COD has no campaign I dont buy it.

[RupeeHoarder]

I don’t think this is much of a detriment at this point going into 2024. Having internet is like having working water for most people nowadays.

[Solitariussaint]

Always-online is a cancer to videogames, especially when Gran Turismo 1-6 never needed it. It's a good thing I don't buy GaaS.

[jukins]

Imagine not buying a game because it needs online, complaining while being online, and having a console literally connected online 24/7
...

[recoctimocassirnff]

Imagine being someone that still doesn't understand basic concepts.

[Solitariussaint]

I don't buy any online-only games because I keep my PS5 totally offline.

I'm not "complaining" either, I'm simply stating a fact that GT7 sales would be higher if Polyphony didn't try to force an always-online connection for a series that is traditionally very offline friendly.

I've always posted on online forums and websites, but posting comments online on PC or my phone is not the same as playing videogames on my offline PS5 console lol.

Those of us with functioning spines and brains understand that always-online GaaS is an attack on traditional videogames and their campaigns.

Once the online service for GT7 is inevitably shutdown, that means the money you spent on GT7 will also be worthless.

I refuse to buy any always-online game or console, and anyone with integrity and good sense will do the same.

[FyBy]

Exactly. In the end, they will unlock it for offline as well. For that price especially on sale it is really worth it even if you are online 50% of time only.

[jukins]

What basic concepts? Ppl crying about needing internet while on the internet and 100% already having a console connected to the internet?
@Solitariussaint youre a 100% fraud who just pretends to be offline....you have multiple comments talking about psvr2...hyped to play re4 on psvr2? How you gonna do that offline? Hyped for Arizona sunshine 2 how you gonna play that...offline? Let me hear you say "im gonna go online to download then back offline. Lol do you also turn your mobile data off when youre done virtue signaling on n4g?

[neutralgamer1992]

This is how you take the community feedback and make improvements

[Abear21]

Best racer this Gen so far

[EazyC]

That is fantastic. I would love if they started adding weather/nighttime to Sport Mode races though, it's always boggled me that they haven't utilised it more in online races

[ferhound]

I love Gran Turismo.

[shadowT]

awesome update support after GT7 launch! Really a great game now.

[FyBy]

For me, weekly challenges were my point of return. Thank you!

[boing1]

There is no coming back after I tried it in VR. Amazing!