Why They Broke Gran Turismo 7 @WritingOnGames

Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video is a follow up on my initial review of Gran Turismo 7—what I initially thought of as one of the best racing games of all time, only for the game to actually release and suddenly its hellish microtransaction/always online nature was revealed to everyone (pre-release critics included), in a way that catapulted any goodwill they'd built up into the sun. That said, given the statements made by the game's director, combined with the game's obsessive dedication to every aspect of the car ownership experience, there is a throughline to be drawn to where the game currently is now. To be clear, this is not a defence of this exceedingly stupid, broken economy, but to say the situation emerged from sheer money-grabbing malice might not be telling the whole story.

Review copy of Gran Turismo 7 provided for PS5 by PlayStation.

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