Gran Turismo 7 Players Fight Back Against Microtransactions
A Gran Turismo 7 player has developed a script that allows them to grind in-game currency without playing the game, allowing fans to fight back against microtransactions. Gran Turismo 7 received positive reviews at launch, but following the title's store going live, players have become wary of its in-game purchases.
Gran Turismo 7 released earlier this month and has quickly become the lowest user-rated PlayStation published title on Metacritic, with a shockingly low user score of 1.7, despite critics being more favorable. The main criticism from users is in-game purchases. Microtransactions within AAA games are often criticized, as fans feel they have already paid enough for the base game, especially with the increasing prices for current-gen console games. Although players can grind and be offered a moderate payout per race at launch, a patch on March 18 saw Gran Turismo 7 drastically reduce its payouts for these races, leading players to turn to Gran Turismo 7's expensive microtransactions.
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Of course, when fans aren't pleased with something, they either make their voices heard loud enough to try to get it changed, or they find a way to hack the system. In this case, it's the latter with Septomor (via VGC), a premium member of the PSN Profiles forum, sharing a script that allows players to farm Gran Turismo 7 credits without playing the game. The script repeatedly enters inputs into the game to make it run laps of the same track over and over, gaining credits each time. It is currently only compatible with Windows, so gamers would have to run Gran Turismo 7 via the PlayStation Remote Play app for PC in order for it to work. Septomor claims it
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