Gran Turismo 7 players fight unpopular nerf by ‘grinding currency without playing the game’

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Gran Turismo 7 players have responded to a controversial update that saw rewards dramatically reduced, by developing a script that allows them to grind currency without having to play the game.

Using the Remote Play feature on PlayStation and a simple script, it’s reportedly possible to have the game run the same race over and over, generating millions of credits, all without the player having to touch the controller.

One user who claims to have used the exploit has claimed that the script is generating him “15 million credits per day” which, if purchased from Gran Turismo 7’s controversial microtransaction store, would cost around $120/£120.

First posted to the PSNProfiles forum by user Septomor, the script, which is currently only compatible with Windows machines running the PlayStation Remote Play app, repeatedly enters inputs into the game in order for it to essentially run laps of the same track over and over, gaining credits each time.

At the time of publishing, there’s no evidence of Sony acting against those who choose to use such methods to farm currency.

The script, which was according to users was specifically developed in response to last week’s reduction of in-game payouts, follows a challenging week for the iconic racing franchise.

Last week sawGran Turismo 7’s servers go offline for 30 hours, meaning that players were left only able to play the reduced arcade portion of the game, due to its requirement for players to be connected to the internet to play single-player content.

The same day developer Polyphony Digital released a controversial patch drastically reducing payouts from the game’s races, thus making it harder to unlock new cars without spending on microtransactions.

The server outage, combined with the