I know this is a forum mainly focused on Animal Crossing, but I need to vent about Gran Turismo 7 right now. I'll try my best to keep things simple. An update came out recently where they've deliberately nerfed the payouts you get from winning races after people discovered the optimal grinding method. It was already horrible to begin with and it's made even worse, most likely to push people into paying for microtransactions. For other games, server maintenance results the online aspects unavailable for some time. For Gran Turismo 7? It heavily requires an internet connection just to be able to play single player content. With the servers down for hours way beyond what was planned, the game has literally become unplayable. This is something you'd hear in a free to play game. Not a full priced game that I paid $90 Canadian for. There's many more problems I'd like to mention, but I'll leave it here for now.
I pretty much grew up playing Gran Turismo. This series is the whole reason why I like cars so much. This series is the whole reason why I'm able to identify numerous cars on the road based on their appearance, whether it's a supercar or an every day grocery getter. This series is the whole reason why I listen to so much jazzy music. Heck, I'd even go as far to say that it saved me from getting into an accident when locking up my brakes would lose my ability to steer during the first snowfall of last year.
I can't describe in words of how disappointed I am right now as Sony and the devs butchered this game to the ground. Of all games that gotten tainted with the gripes of modern gaming today, it had to be this one. I was so excited leading up to the release. I waited so long for this game. I was so happy thinking it would return to what the older Gran Turismo's were best known for. But no, it had to be tarnished really badly by shoving microtransactions and altering game mechanics to make people buy it.
Unless there's a significant change for the better, I'm not talking about Gran Turismo 7 ever again from this point on. In fact, I might not touch the game at all or even considering returning it, and that shatters my heart. Never had I taken out a game from the now playing section of my signature so quickly. I'd rather play GT Sport and set up my PS3 and PS2 again to play the older games, assuming the latter console still works. What a sad day for me.
TL;DR: Gran Turismo 7 is ruined and has possibly sent the series downhill real quick.