Gran Turismo 7 pre-orders ship early for some lucky racing fans
Amazon US has seemingly started shipping Gran Turismo 7 ahead of its street date – although its "always online" connection means few players will get much of a head start on the racer.
Shipping a full week ahead of its formal release date, March 4, the racing sim is already in the hands of eager fans, and whilst online activities are restricted, presumably until servers go live next week, players are already feeding back on their experiences.
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"Been playing all morning. Just can’t redeem any codes or do anything online," explained one happy player.
"Game's gorgeous. Great soundtrack. No B-spec mode, but that always seems to come later anyway. They set it up as a career mode, so you level up and open up new things like races and new parts in the tuning shop by collecting cars."
Not everyone's happy, though.
"It's amazing how many times I preordered games through Amazon only to have them arrive the following Monday, I stopped preordering through then because of this," added another Redditor. "Now they're getting sh*t delivered a week early??? Ffs…"
As for why there's an always-on connection? Although this isn't unique to the franchise – predecessor GT Sport also required an internet connection – Sport was slightly different in that it had been positioned as a competitive racer from the outset. Gran Turismo veterans, however, may have been expecting to access the single-player campaign offline, which has not traditionally required an always-on connection. The reason there's one now, apparently, is to help combat cheating and stop less scrupulous players
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