When Gran Turismo 7 comes out, it marks the release Another great entry in the long-running simulation racing series. However, after a while, players began to realize that cars in GT7 have a lot higher in-game credit prices than in previous games.
Furthermore, after an update that reduces credits and rewards earned for some races has put the game offline for more than 24 hours, players were even more frustrated with some of the decisions developer Polyphony Digital made. So much so that the president of Polyphony Digital Kazunori Yamauchi has released an apology containing promises to fix the game’s economy in regards to credits, rewards, and more. He said that the fixes will come in the April update and it looks like that update is currently living.
Released today, Update 1.11 contains many improvements and adjustments to the GT7’s economy and more.
Here’s a full look at what happens after installing Update 1.11:
first. World circuit
- The number of rewards for events in the second half of the World Circuit has been increased.
- New racing events have been added to the World Circuit. The new events are as follows:
- World travel car 600 Tokyo Expressway clockwise
- World Touring Car 700 24 Heures du Mans Racing Circuit
- World Touring Car 800 Sardegna Road Track A
- Adjusted rewards for Arcade races and custom races
2. Circuit experience
- Bonuses are now provided for clearing all circuit layouts in a Gold or Bronze result. If you have achieved these results, entering the industry selection screen and exiting with the Exit button will award the prize.
3． Lobby / Sports mode
- The number of rewards in the Daily Hobby and Race has been increased.
- Fixed an issue where tracking while racing in the Lobby wouldn’t let you switch to the tracking camera.
- Changed the National Cup and Producer Cup so that the Championship-specific Helmet thumbnail is displayed.
- When room mode was set to ‘Practice / Endurance Race’, adjusted finish time when the course setting was set to ‘Time Limit’.
- Changed the camera movement before the race started in the Daily Race when the start method was set to Form.
4. Mission
- Added ‘The Human Comedy’ to Missions, containing 1-hour endurance races. ‘The Human Comedy’ will be playable when the player’s Collect Level is 23. Each endurance event will award up to 1.2 million Cr. each event.
- Race information such as Start Grid, number of laps or time limit, starting method, etc. is now displayed in the Race event Quick Menu.
- Best records for limited time events and Friend Ratings Recordings are now saved and displayed in the format [Ranking/Number of Laps]
- Ratings have been reset for the following Limited Time events *
- Gone with the Wind – 30-minute high-speed ringing.
- The sun also rises – Le Mans 24 min.
- The sun also rises – Bathurst Gr. 3 battles
* The best records available will only show ‘Ranking.’ Once a similar or better result has been established, it will be saved in the format ‘Ranking / Round Number.’ For Friend Ratings, if a Bronze or better result is set, it will be saved even if the result falls below the best record.
5． Game progress
- Increased the maximum limit for in-game earned credits to Cr 100 million.
- The following newly received ‘invitation’ will be valid for 30 days instead of 14 days.
6． Used Cars / Legendary Cars
- The number of vehicles listed in the lineup at the same time has now increased.
7． Car
- Mazda RX-7 GT-X (FC) ’90: Corrected the position and shape of the roll cage installed in ‘GT Auto’.
- Toyota Sprinter Trueno 1600GT APEX (S.Shigeno Version): Partially modified rear wheel design.
No. 8. Livery Editor
- Fixed livery display issue for the following cars. If the car you are using has this problem, it will be fixed when you arrive [GT Auto] -> [Car Customization] -> [Save Style]
- Road car Subaru WRX Gr.B
- Ferrari F430 ’06
- Ferrari F8 Tributo ’19
9． Car physics simulation
- Improved physics when landing from a jump, mainly on dirt roads.
- Fixed an issue where the vehicle speed values displayed on other players’ speedometers in online races would sometimes differ from the actual vehicle speed.
- Fixed an issue where the fire would not stop during certain operations after adjusting the silencers of the Toyota Prius G ’09 and Toyota Aqua S ’11.
ten. Car installation
- Changed anti-lag system setting from ON/OFF to 3 settings, OFF/Weak/Strong.
- Fixed an issue where if you open the car settings after selecting a part in the Tuning Store but cancel without purchasing it, it will delete the created settings panel name and the settings will be reset.
11． Race
- Fixed an issue where the time penalty was not properly given when short-range shortcuts or consecutive shortcuts were taken.
- Fixed an issue where a penalty would always be given for cutting the white line in Goodwood.
- Adjusted the pit stop start position for the three oval Daytona International Speedway.
twelfth. Custom races
- Changed to enable/disable the Balance of Performance (BoP) setting when the player’s vehicle is Gr.1, Gr.2, Gr.3, Gr.4 and Gr.B
13． Rival car (AI)
- Fixed an issue where rival cars that changed their rain tires in wet racing conditions after a pit stop would slow down when coming out of the pit.
- In online races, measures apply to some vehicles that start earlier or later than the starting time due to a network issue.
14． Graphics
- Improved image quality of smoke in Race Photos
- Fixed an issue where debris during a crash when in cockpit view would get inside the car.
- Fixed the smoke graphic when looking through the car window
15． Replay
- Up until now, the controls menu had appeared using any button on the controller, but this has been changed so that it will now only appear when using the confirm and cancel buttons.
16． Sound
- Music will now be played back in Surround Sound when the audio output mode is set to ‘7.1 Surround Sound’ output.
- On PlayStation®4, this playback applies when the connected device is 5.1 ch or 7.1 ch compatible and the ‘Audio Out Mode’ in ‘Preferences’ is set to ‘7.1 Surround Sound. ‘
- On PlayStation®5, this playback applies when the connected device is 5.1 hour or 7.1 ch compatible and the ‘HDMI Device Type’ on the console is set to ‘AV Amplifier’ and ‘No. channel’ is set to ‘5.1 ch’ or ‘7.1 ch’.
- More [Music Replay Volume Balance] and [Music Replay Master Volume] Audio Volume options and playback options for Track Playback.
- You can now close Music Playback Options with the cancel button.
17． Setting
- Changed to [Display Demonstration Ghost] set inside [Ghost Settings] shown only in License and Circuit Experience.
- Added a [Temporary Exposure Setting] go to Quick Menu settings. The [Temporary Exposure Settings] Allows you to temporarily adjust the screen’s brightness during races. Exiting the quick menu returns the game to its original exposure settings.
18． Car collection
- Added three new features to move the cursor.
- The △ button will now move the cursor to your current car.
- The L2 or R2 button will move the cursor to the next car purchased.
- The □ button will move the cursor to the car labeled ‘NEW’.
19． GT Auto
- Unify the brightness of the replacement bulb under [GT Auto] > [Customize Cars] > [Other Parts] > [Lightbulb]
20． Cup
- Fixed text for ‘Wheely Good Fun’ title to ‘Buy 10 sets of wheels at GT AUTO’
21． Title screen
- Split the news thumbnail image and headline text so that they are displayed separately.
22． Steering controller
- Allotted features to the additional buttons available when mounting replacement wheels, such as the Fanatec Club Sport V2 Formula Steering Wheel on the Fanatec GT DD Pro*.
- Specified upper right/left paddles on the Fanatec Podium Advanced Paddle Module for signal transfer
- Specified left/right toggle switch to MFD conversion and changed features
- Assign analog stick to turn head
* Specify an additional button when a compatible steering wheel is attached.
- When attaching a replacement steering wheel like the Fanatec ClubSport Formula V2 Steering Wheel on the Fanatec CSL Elite and Fanatec Podium, changed the ‘Change MFD’ function assigned to both the left and right toggle switches so that the side toggle switches left is specified for ‘ MFD feature conversion ‘.
- Many other problems have been resolved.
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