Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Gran Turismo 7?

The game is going to last a lot longer than a third week scandal. I am looking forward to seeing some new tracks and cars coming in, even if I can't afford any of them. 😅

My favourite is still PSP GT but still gave it a 9. Still MTX should be kept to a minimum

Still a 9/10, but this kinda crap only happens under Jimbo Ryan. Getting sick and tired of PS going this direction

@kyleforrester87 Well Polyphony kind of circumvented the negative press by postponing these economy changes until after the metacritic scores and initial sales had come in (this looks totally pre-meditated in my book), so I see these scores as something of an equaliser, at least a way for those consumers who already bought the game to get their voices heard. Dirty tactics on dirty tactics.

Metacritic user scores are still a terrible way to decide if you want to buy a game though.

I'd give it around an 8 or 9. The economy might bother me more if all cars didn't look the same to me. As long as it goes vroom vroom, I'm happy.

Haven't played it, waiting for PSVR2 version... hope all wrinkles (in time) have been ironed out by then.

I play racing games occasionally and not into sims but this game FEELS so good with gyro controls and Dualsense features, that I recommend to all. It’s glorious. I’m nearing the backend of the campaign and have not felt any desire spend money on micro transactions. That might change at some point but not necessary atm.

10’s, 10’s, 10’s across the board! 💅

Or 1 if you haven’t played it and are taking a stand against MTX or something 👀🤣

I would call it a good/great driving game but a bad racing game. AI problems from previous games persist. Penalties don't exist in the story content and are all over the place online. The base license test, circuit experience and mission mode missions are excellent. As is the roster of cars and the way the cars look. Even the new weather feature is pretty great. But the game hasn't really fixed any of the problems the old Gran Turismo games had and added more with aggressive microtransactions, the always online aspect and the crashes that have caused me to lose a decent amount of license test progress (Losing gold trophies on the v.hard super license tests will never not burn). I'd still give it a 6 but it just could have been so much more. I had to reinstall F1 2021 because this just wasn't what I wanted it to be.

There's no 0/10 option in the poll for the emotional clowns? This is an outrage!

Any game which is unplayable even on campaign if not connected to online servers and forces micro transactions by dirty tactics like credit nerfing, gets an instant 0/1000 in my books.

I'd give it an 8. The game is really fun to play, makes great use of the DualSense and has plenty of tasks to keep you busy. However it has the issues of being online only and microtransactions. I've never felt persuaded to purchase any myself but the fact they've lowered the amount of credits per win is scummy and both of these need to be fixed asap. This is a great return to form for the series ruined by some horrible business choices that I don't know how got approved which I hope are addressed.

Agree with others that this is a 6/7 - and not just because of the micro transactions and online stuff - but it all feels very average to me. Cars look fantastic but environments look kinda bad for a PS5 game. Gameplay is decent but nothing that groundbreaking from previous iterations. Menus are clunky and slow, especially when you have to go in and out to the cafe, etc. DualSense is it’s saving grace. But I feel like the 9s it got where through rose colored glasses just because it’s Gran Turismo. I expected to wow me after all the reviews it got. It didn’t.

It’s, well, fine.

Great game. Hopefully they finish it soon by having rotating events and such so people can stop complaining about having to grind for those unnecessary cars they want so much, and can instead enjoy the game for what it is and go back to getting credits naturally.

Honeslty, I expected a lot more. Everyone seems to talking about how great the game is (apart from the economy side) but I beg to differ. Compared to GT Sport this feels more like a great DLC rather than a great sequel. The visuals are better but not ground breaking, so is the sound (tbh even PC2 still looks and sounds better at most times and that game is kinda old by now) the physics are improved but still have some problems like unrealistic driving on gravel. There aren't that many new cars or tracks. I mean even GT4 had way more cars and I think even more tracks than GT7 has now. The AI also seems to be improved but only in a minor way, nothing groundbreaking.
The single player part is a lot better. I like the new modes and challenges but as I said already this part feels more like a great dlc and not really worth a full price game.
And on top of all that they still require you to be always online and now they ***** up the economy as well. This is only my opinion but I was expecting A LOT more from this game. I've played every game since GT2 and this just feels like the worst sequel in the series.

@Anke
"There are much better driving and racing games out there."

Really? What racing games are better?

An 8 because of nostalgia feels but with how things are going 7 (also MTX increase - in comparison GT Sport- x7 is crazy).

@TheCollector316 It should lose a point for the horrible mtx and always online. But whatever just as long as Sony keeps those greedy anti consumer practices confined to this particular series all will be good for me at least.

@Anke Lol I've always wondered about the "catch-up" scripted gameplay...you start from the bottom positions and then boom past all other cars before the final lap, and then try to catch-up with the number 1, rinse and repeat.

9 out of 10 for me.

The single player is not finished as evidenced by the lack of endurance racing and end game content but overall it's been the best GT in a long while.

Add in Sport mode and it's a game that will get a lot of playtime for many years to come.

The always online requirement is a bit of a downer but I can accept that, so long as the outage doesn't happen again.

It is a shame though in terms of game preservation as I was playing GT 3 before launch and know that won't be possible for this in 20 years time.

Wow you guys really like to pound gt7 with these articles. Just fuel the drama. Let PD fix this issue, at least give them a few weeks

@Yaycandy Seriously, people act like these things can't be changed and that won't be adjusted. This is a game that's going to be supported for years and people are talking like everything is set in stone.

As it stands, 6.

It's a good racer, graphics are decent. It's far from a sim IMO.

It would have been higher but you f... about with a major part of the mechanics after the review period and well, it deserves a point deducted.

Maybe it will be amended again, maybe more tracks/races/events will be added to make it feel less samey, I would adjust my score based on that.

But as it stands, a 6 for me.

And then there’s people that don’t think there are any other reasons to have opinions on this game regardless of the micro transactions.

I was going to give it a 9, but with all the suspicious hate for an Olympic esport game (governed by the fia) being always online and non intrusive mtxs now becoming a problem, im giving it a 10!

Was my first Gran Turismo game. Put in about 10-15 hours. Got gold in all the first 2 licenses. About menu 20ish in the "story" and tried out sport mode a few times. I gave it a 7 but really don't have much context in what makes a great racing sim. The cars feel good. I absolutely hate the decision for the single player races to be rolling starts instead of on a start line. With there being 15 or so other racers the person in first could have a solid 1km headscarf which makes the game feel more like a chasing game rather than a racing one.

@Jayslow with a ‘solid 1km headscarf’ I don’t imagine they’d be in first place for long 😂

Agree with you about the rolling starts. I don’t think I even realised this until you just mentioned it.

Gave it a 6.5
lost a star for stupid implementation of MTX/credits
lost a star for being unfinished - and knowing how long it'll take PD to get there
lost a star for offroad physics - they're as bad as paved is good
lost .5 star for losing ability to save photos to USB

everything else.... kiss kiss kiss

A solid 9/10. It just feels so good on a quick circuit with a fast car using a racing wheel.

@mucc People can't act disappointed when a game that has been in development for years by a major team launches with a flawed experience with a truly catastrophic patch soon after?

So when would it be okay to fairly evaluate this game, after how many years? What are we even doing here if we can't expect a better product at launch and have to wait for years for it to be in a state which we'd like it to be?

Take away Polyphony's greediness and attempts to "force" you to pay to win, I'd give the game an 8. Currently, it sits at a 7 for me. Add end game content, endurance racing and always online requirement: 9 or 10.

Positives: Fantastic gameplay, license tests are relevant and serve as great tutorials, overabundance of cars
Negatives: Game seems bland and generic, Cafe detracts from the game, lack of end game content and endurance races, always online requirement (even MK11 allows you to play arcade towers, local multiplayer and story mode)

Then again, I sold my copy and will probably play it once the payouts are fixed

It might have its flaws but it’s easily the best racing game on PS5 right now

A solid 8 from me. The gameplay is great but I feel the GT cafe was too easy/short to complete the menus and gave cars out at a ridiculous rate. Needs more longer events/championships for my liking and some of the menus aren't very well though out.

@get2sammyb those 2 paragraphs about review bombs and online issues were not planned “ages” ago. Review bombing just happened recently for an example. The game can be fixed. Give PD a chance

Easily a 9. A lot of people seem to forget that there's some amazing visuals and handling model buried under all the outrage?

I'm never going to play it unless they patch it so it can be played offline which I don't see happening because then they'd be admitting that theres no good reason the game needs an online requirement

@Anke
I wouldn't agree with you there. Your trophy collection is very impressive.

Haven’t seen this comment anywhere, but I’m really frustrated with that he framerates on trial mountain, deep forest and Daytona. Have a ps5 and have got used to things running well. Hope that this can be fixed!

@bozz Where did I say people couldn't be disappointed or show their displeasure? I just said acting like the game is ruined forever is straight up idiotic. Also the patch is FAR from catastrophic. 16 races had their rewards lowered (most of them reduced 20-40%) and 2 increased massively by 1400%. Really the only race that had it's reward reduced by a major amount is Clubman Cup Plus: Goodwood which went from 35k to 12k. Most people playing the game seem to not have a major issue with credits, its those that just want to grind and unlock everything insanely quick are complaining. That and people who don't even have the game. There will be adjustments made, it's not the end of the world.

9/10 after about 30 hours. Amazing game.

7. It is still pretty good but the lowering of some rewards was petty, the roulette token RNG is horrendous and sometimes the AI is a bit finicky.

• As a car/racing fan having a blast playing it
• It reminds me playing with my cousins as a kid after school

Whatever number that is.

I have not spent a dime on micro-transactions, so not my problem. No videogame has ever been able to "make me" buy them. That is nonsense.

@BritneyfR_ee oooof lol. Autocarrot wins again.

8. Definitely some pain points but overall it's a fantastic racer and return to form. I'm sure it will improve over time.

Ive given it a 9 simply because the racing feels fantastic and i dont give 2 hoots abouts the mtx in the game that i wont be touching anyway. I think id actually drop it to an 8 on reflection as...
1, the rolling starts are turd and should have been outed apart from on the high speed ring. It really does feel like playing catch up and csn be frustrating when you need to drive a perfect race to come 1st on a 2 lap race.
2, lack of pre race weather forecast is an absolute fail in my oppinion, especially when one of the main bragging points for PD was its adaptive weather. The ammount of races ive been in when it starts out sunny so you run on softs and turns to rain without the option to pit is rediculous. Too much guessing involved resulting in quitting and restarting hoping the right tires are fitted.
3, the engines and ambient sounds feel flat. Listen to assetto corsa competizione in cockpit then come back and tell me im wrong... I dare ya.
4, i feel there could have been some direction in the tuning menu like bullet points telling you what effect things will do to help even novices get a respectable tune.
5,would have liked to have been able to extend the single player races, either doubling or trebling thelap counter.
Overall these are minor gripes for me and im still really enjoying the racing this game has to offer.

The game is an absolute joy to play, using the motion controls in the dualsense, it's my first GT game and I'm very happy with it.

@Anke Lol yea but quite fun, I think the visuals make up for it.

0/10 sending a version for review then patching it after the reviews to make it more dependent on micro transactions is just unethetical

8.5 from me.

The graphics are good, an incremental improvement over GT Sport. For some reason I expected the graphics to be slightly better, though. Maybe I was expecting a little too much. Some of the reflections on the car during racing are just off, kind of jerky.

Sound, quite disappointed though I'm beginning to think it's a problem with my surround sound setup and not the game! Need to investigate.

Handling is great. Maybe not a real hardcore simulator but close enough for me, a good compromise between true sim and arcade I think. Weather affects the handling, tuning can make a huge difference. Feedback through the controller is great. Loving it so far.

Content-wise no complaints and I expect plenty more to come. I don't blitz games for hours on end when I get them, so plenty still for me to do. Playing on normal level, seems about right for me.

Progression seems fine, the only thing holding me back has been skill, not credits.

'Roulette' game is, well, just a bonus. I have won three cars and a couple of tuning parts so far, though usually it's just a few credits. I'm sure this'll get tweaked over time.

I'm not a car fanatic so some of the extra content is wasted on me. I'm sure some will appreciate it, though, it's well done.

Yeah same as most, loved it to start and then the changes they brought in really soured that for me. Down from a 10 to a 5.

Also everyone seems to be forgetting about their Tyre f-up on the dirt tracks. I tried for hours to gold those levels and it was a big bug!

@Anke
I didn't play ACC but I'd did play AC and wasn't impressed, I deleted it from my PS4 pro. I played PC2 on Xbox one x and thought it was rough as hell and sold it the same week. For me I think GT7 is a pretty fine car lovers racing game. I also really enjoyed dirt rally, dirt rally 2.0 and dirt 4.

I'm not a hardcore racer but I know what I like. I had a G29 wheel but I sold it as it took up too much space. However using the wheel really improved my lap times.

This is a designed free to play game where you need to pay 70€. It’s crazy that you need to have constant connection in single player, after you are paying full price. I’m glad they had those problems so everyone could see what scam it is. How it is possible that all the reviews for this game were positive? I just don’t get it.

I'd give it a score at a real-world equivalent rate of 1000 points per percentage. Points can be purchased in packs, $3 per point, or 100 for $250.

Easy 9, very addictive to play.

A generous 3. Micro transactions rubbish aside, the game is just boring as F and more stale than a 25 year old loaf. There's just no content, after spending more time in the cafe then the cast of EastEnders you feel like the game will kick on but it just doesn't.

It's really hard to believe this came from people that had anything to do with any of the previous games. For years we've heard people want a return to classic single player rather than the Sport release but Sport has far more content to keep you occupied. There's no decent Gr championships, no endurance it's just all missing.

Even if these GT7 news are unnecessary, I still give it 9/10

From someone who bought it and played only the 3 music rally things before deciding to return it, If I could rate each thing separately, I’d give it:
9/10 on graphics
Not enough experience to rate sound
9/10 presentation
3/10 execution
10/10 control

Should have a before and after the update vote

It's the best GT game yet, end of. I have clocked over 25 hours since its launch day and the micro transactions have not got in the way, for me.

My biggest issue is DRM. My campaign is rendered useless if the servers are down....that is ridiculous for a solo player part of the package...

10/10! But I wish it had a bit more microtransactions in it.

Also, I would have liked it if it checked to make sure I was online after every activity completed instead of just at the start.

@ChromaticDracula you my friend have missed out on so much...what a shame..

Would rate it a did-not-play, but didn't bother.

I don't want to spend $70 on a game just to turn around and spend more to unlock cars. Wake me when they've had a year of updates, more game modes and tracks have been added, and I can get more content than is available today for half the price.

But wait, there's the inevitable day when they'll retire this game - and we've already seen what happens when they shut down the servers. Give me the "play offline" patch before I spend real money.

I can afford to wait - I'm more a fan of arcade racers over simulators, but your mileage may vary.

@DualWielding
Yes that was not cool. I hope they learn from this but i feel its from Playstation management that pressured PD into doing it. Not a good start to this console gen. Dont fix what aint broke. Ps4 console gen sony hit everything just right

Putting in micro transactions after reviews are out deserves a 0/10. Reviews should be able to alter their review scores if developers can defile their game like that

Happy to wait until it drops in price, in the hope they remove the online requirement (my internet is too patchy), and that MTX get toned down. If not, I’ll stick with my Dirt racers

8

Not a bad year for Sony so far. We only need BOY SoP

• Short cafe campaign - should be much longer.
• FFB with wheel is extremely basic, even compared to GT Sport
• Microtransactions should not be that high in a full priced game. One all missions, cafe tasks, tracks mastered etc are complete, there is a massive grind to get a single car, let alone attempt to get them all. There may be more stuff coming, but we’ve already paid full price.
• lack of single player offline modes. Even if you’ve spent hundreds of dollars on MTX, you can’t access things you’ve bought if the servers are down. WTF.
• Inability to sell cars & parts with this overpriced grind economy is just terrible.
• Rally physics are terrible (always have been) but seem worse in this version.
  Still a fun & beautiful game, but let down horribly by these business decisions

@Abarth_71 I didn't know that. Fair enough, still a stupid ass move on their part. Hope they backtrack soon

Not going to vote on it since I have not played this one. Last one I played was on the PS3. However I always found them boring to play. I admit I was not really interested in this one, but with how things have turned out, it just reinforces my thoughts on ignoring it completely.

@kyleforrester87 For me, an online requirement automatically makes it a 0/10. It can be the absolute most flawless and perfect game imaginable in every other aspect but if it has online DRM, none of that matters.

Gran Turismo 7 was a huge selling point for the PS5 for me. I've had my PS5 for a year waiting for it. But I don't pre-order any game because I'm 34 and know better.

Seeing the nonsense going on with it, I will never buy it. And unless Kojima makes another Metal Gear, I'll only buy Nintendo systems.

I can understand why some from the online sim racing still can like it. It's similar to GT Sport. But for others who just liked the single player experience GT1-6 it lacks so much. Where is all the original circuits like Grand Valley or Autumn Ring? We only get Deep Forest and Trial Mountain.

And yeah online requirement when I don't really care about online rankings, nations cup, and only really are interested in maybe custom lobbies occasionally. Build some integrity checks in and stop being lazy PD if you care so much.

@RubyCarbuncle exactly. Well said

@GKT You don't pre order games but no problem pre ordering a console to hopefully play a game you like but only if it reviews well. Very strange indeed!

@GKT as if Nintendo don't have any shady practices. the irony

An absolute 10. Haven't played a racing game in a while and this one gives me that nostalgic feeling of the good old gt1 days. Plus it look goooood! I see some complain about a lack of innovation. What innovation? It is a racing sim on circuits. What more do you need.

@Slippship yeah its a great racing game. Maybe too hardcore for anyone that thinks GT7 is a sim tho 😂. ACC just sounds so good. By far the best audio in any racing game ive played, especially on console. The throaty notes of the engine, the bangs and knocks as you change gear, the stones and rubble bouncing off the chassis of the car and around the arches.. Nothing comes close . Ive been so tempted to grab it on ps5 but as F1 is only £12 on the store at the moment i dont want to have 3 different racing games on the go at the same time lol.

I’ve played every gran turismo and this is the first one I haven’t gotten as soon as I could. I still want it eventually but I know im going to be just as disappointed as I was with the previous entry.

I don’t give scores and if I did I’d like some method for it. There’s no difference to me (to qualify a games quality) between great, excellent and outstanding. It’s ridiculous semantic based number scale translating ‘better than good’

As a racing game fan I've played all the GT games over the years as well as other racers and I just feel that although the driving is good and the graphics are great the game is average to be honest. The push to complete menus and the conversations with stock images are really poor to be honest. Yes I don't mind the licences and the racing from the back but the always online nature of the single player and the dodgy roulette mechanics (never won a car yet) really sour the experience to be honest.

For me the game is a 6/10 because there are much better options available.

Played them all and this one is back to it's best for me hence I gave it a 9.
Constantly getting new cars, great tracks with favourites returning & I love the the used car garages

Remember back in the day scores were split into different categories?
Graphics, Story, Gameplay, Controls, etc?! I firmly believe that system was far far superior to the single score we (unfortunately) use today. That way each game should have a Progress/Unlocks/Grind or something like that and leave the decision to the players based on their own priorities.
@get2sammyb

i have brought a steering wheel to play this game i think the gameplay gets a 9(actually on track) visuals get a 8 (great cars great replays but a bit more could be done with the scenery ) 2 for the way it is presented ( the mxt and price of cars is a joke )
i have given up trying to get cars i buy the odd one if i earn enough credits. the multiplayer pay outs are a joke !

I haven't played much, I am too busy getting my last 12 wins so that I can platinum GTSport (finally), but from the litle I tried, the controll of the cars seem harder than Sport. Which is not necessary a good thing, since I played all GT with a controller, and we are suppose to be able to use one, and this one seems to be way much oriented for a wheel. At this moment mixed feelings I guess.

Only 19% played all GTs? we are getting old...

9/10, simply the best GT to date.

Yes, the online DRM is bad, even if it mostly does not affect me, but i'm not going to score this masterpiece of a game on that alone.

The only minor thing i would love to see added is being able so sell duplicate cars to the garage.

Technically - 9/10 > Found a lot to be excellent as one would expect from PD but thought the collision mechanics and AI behaviour could better

Overall - 6/10 > the issues with DRM, predatory MTX implementation for a full 79.99€ game, somewhat lack of content at launch (i.e. singleplayer races and cups).

@LowTech haha yeah I definitely feel old. Though I've played all the GTs bar the ones during the PS3 era. Cause I just didn't have a PS3 😅

@BRT15 Oh, really? that's too bad because Gt5 was not bad at all. I think because it was the first I ever played online, I spent so much time with it.
But nothing gets that feeling from the first one. And gt2, when it came out, with the number of cars just, ridiculous and amazing..

@LowTech i remember the first time i went round my friends house as a kid and his dad has just got GT1 as he was a car nut. Id never seen anything so good in my life. Begged my dad to get it for me and just lived on it. GT1-4 were incredibe games imo. I always used to buy the Eunos roadster as my first car and milk the Sunday cup just to tune it. Loved that feeling back then.

@LowTech yeah I heard 5 was quite good.

Oh by golly slaps knee the first 2 though, I remember the days of "farming" the Suzuki Escudo and selling it to get them credits.

8 / 10

POSITIVES
Great gameplay
Cool progression
Loads of modes
Great looking cars
Amazing customisation
Wet racing
Tracks are brilliant
Scrapes are ultra realistic

NEGATIVES
Foliage doesn't move
Some rubbish off track graphics
Always online
Nerfed monetary rewards
Upgrades locked behind a lottery
Needs another dirt track (only 2 ATM)

@Resurrected-X460 great idea man you should @ the Pushsquare team.

@themcnoisy Thanks man! Sure will do

Love it. A good 8.5/10 from me and I fully expect to play this for a good couple of years like its predecessors before it.

The format is pure GT, and this might confuse players newer to the series and wandering about its quirks. It would be fair to say it has not reinvented its format and sticks very much the progression and racing format of the older games, which may not appeal to everyone, particularly newcomers.

The core gameplay mechanic of securing a car to enter the race , and then improving it so you can eventually pass the other 16 competitors to take the flag, makes the 'races' much more enjoyable to me than a standard racing format where I might qualy first and barely see another driver. In GT I have a few laps and I have 16 cars to pass, which makes each course an exciting race for me involving not just staying on line, but finding the lines to pass the others. This is what I'm into this game for, but for people who want a more traditional race, I can see why they might find it a turn off.

Whilst mtx is unwelcome, I'll simply not use it like I don't in all the other mtx titles that proliferate in this time. ditto always online - its not a big deal for me as I'm only likely to play this for a couple of years and I'd expect there to be very few server outages like the unfortunate recent screw up. Appreciate that for others this is the be all and end all, but neither of these issues are a big concern for myself and would not affect my score.

@Anke the chase "races" really bothers me.
I am not that good to play online and this super boring career is even worse than I thought it would be
same 6/10 from me...

@BRT15 The Suzuki Escudo, how could I forget about that. Just stick to the wall and win... =D

@Kidfunkadelic83 oh, the memories... Mine was always a civic in second hand.. I would tune it at maximum and just "farming" with it until I could have a way better car..

The release of the game is unacceptable. Microtransactions are just horrid.

@Jeanhenry I didn't preorder the PS5, and I didn't buy it just to play one game. But, you know, take what I said and turn it into whatever you'd like lol

@Resurrected-X460 I've been saying that reviews scores should be broken up and treated more professionally and objectively like this for a while. The response is always that reviews scores are "just a personal opinion".

@Richnj Yeah I believe they should be this way as well! I take broken personal opinion rather than a single digit summarizing the whole experience.
That's why we have split community around some games like Death Stranding.

@kyleforrester87 Please watch new reviews on Youtube. The game costs 70-100 dollars / euros depending on the country. So, they updated the game economy AFTER people bought it and expected all included features (cars). They reduced the total reward to 30-50 thousand credits. Now the player needs to win ten races to get that money (in other words, to drive dozens of times to win it). The result is that people can't afford nice cars in the game. Most of it costs from a couple thousand to a few million. End goal? After taking 70-100 dollars / euros, they updated the game and offered players to buy 100,000 credits for 3-4 real dollars / euros. So, Polyphony purposely made it incredibly hard for players to force them to pay cars around 10 dollars / euros per item. That deserves an enormously low rating. Not to mention that I am one of the guys who were eager to buy and play GT7 on PS5, and not their greed ruined it for me.

The real question is why have you, PUSHSQUARE, not changed your score based on the actual game at release and post nerf. Both of which are different versions you were given access to pre release. You literally got played and stand by it. Why because just like with this trash release, it's all about money....

Take the lead, take a stand, relinquish the shackles, and speak truth. Don't just passively comment on the controversy you helped slap such high overall critical reviews on.

Bruh this game is basically gt soort with dynamic weather and horrible replay cams....
This game is a rip off and only has like 3 new tracks...if you have gt sport dont buy this