Pay-to-Play Weekly Challenges now?

[Badstdad]

This may not be the 1st or the only time we've been forced to purchase a car to compete in and/or complete the Weekly Challenges, but I can't remember having to before. What's up with that, PD? Is it because nobody playing gt7 wants or would otherwise EVER buy a Volvo? I know I don't. And in protest I will not complete ANY challenges this week. PD, you seem to be running out of iconic cars? I can understand that. But instead of forcing us to buy our grandmother's Volvo in another update, how about some NEW TRACKS? I realize my opinion re: Volvo may not be universal, there's not 1 GT7 player who would complain about new venues. There are dozens of possible candidates, including off-road (hint, hint). What say, PD?

 

[PlanetJanet]

And in protest I will not complete ANY challenges this week.

That'll teach 'em!

 

[watto79]

Every single race (outside of missions and licenses) requires you to purchase a car so you can actually do the race. Shocking stuff.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

This can't be a serious post can it.

 

[RobertHammer]

Buying new car = pay to win 🤔

 

[OJBrit]

Every single race (outside of missions and licenses) requires you to purchase a car so you can actually do the race. Shocking stuff.

I've been doing it wrong this whole time!

In all seriousness it's not an expensive car and I got tickets for completing the 5 events. If you don't want to race then that's fine, just don't moan on here about it. They're showcasing a new car.

 

[HarVee]

I'd buy the Volvo 240 regardless of whether it was used in a weekly challenge. The Volvo has potential to be a great driver's car. Sad that some can't see that.

 

[eran0004]

This may not be the 1st or the only time we've been forced to purchase a car to compete in and/or complete the Weekly Challenges, but I can't remember having to before. What's up with that, PD?

That has been the basic formula of Gran Turismo since 1997. You buy cars and then you race them.

 

[Nismonath5]

So, you'd actually rather that a car was added into a racing game, and then never utilized or featured whatsoever?

 

[sswishbone]

So, you'd actually rather that a car was added into a racing game, and then never utilized or featured whatsoever?

To be honest, this has happened multiple times lol Perhaps PD could add a lot more races to the game?

 

[Ande3200]

Hard to take this post serious.
I think you dont really know what pay to win really means.

 

[kjb]

Normally folks complain when PD adds cars and we don't have anywhere to race them. But you're complaining that we have to actually buy a car and use it in a race? How dare PD do something like that? Making us spend hard credits on a car for race. I think I'm going to uninstall it now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mudda Chod]

I do agree with the general distaste of the concept. It seems a bit forced/naff, and there are better options...

For example if the new car was used in the Time Trials, at least then you could try it (rent) for free. I think this has been done several times. And/or add a normal event featuring the car, with good (or excellent) payout, which also expands the content of the game. Also I don't understand why PD don't modify the payouts of the events in every update, to change the best grinds to something different (for example to a newly added car). Surely that would be good businesses for PD to promote with the car manufacturers i.e. seeing immediate massive gameplay hours attributed to their car (rather than a one off small event)

Conversely it's assumed that most people want to (eventually) get all the cars anyway, so why not just buy it (with credits obtained from grinding). Yawn

 

[jrbabbitt]

This may not be the 1st or the only time we've been forced to purchase a car to compete in and/or complete the Weekly Challenges, but I can't remember having to before. What's up with that, PD? Is it because nobody playing gt7 wants or would otherwise EVER buy a Volvo? I know I don't. And in protest I will not complete ANY challenges this week. PD, you seem to be running out of iconic cars? I can understand that. But instead of forcing us to buy our grandmother's Volvo in another update, how about some NEW TRACKS? I realize my opinion re: Volvo may not be universal, there's not 1 GT7 player who would complain about new venues. There are dozens of possible candidates, including off-road (hint, hint). What say, PD?

You PAID for this game, why stop now?

 

[TumeK5]

So um, what about the Audi TT, Radical, Honda Civic, Tesla, Superbird or Renault R4 races?

 

[Pigems]

This may not be the 1st or the only time we've been forced to purchase a car to compete in and/or complete the Weekly Challenges, but I can't remember having to before. What's up with that, PD? Is it because nobody playing gt7 wants or would otherwise EVER buy a Volvo? I know I don't. And in protest I will not complete ANY challenges this week. PD, you seem to be running out of iconic cars? I can understand that. But instead of forcing us to buy our grandmother's Volvo in another update, how about some NEW TRACKS? I realize my opinion re: Volvo may not be universal, there's not 1 GT7 player who would complain about new venues. There are dozens of possible candidates, including off-road (hint, hint). What say, PD?

Complains about new cars, but then wants more off road stuff…. 🤣

 

[StealthVel]

Every single race (outside of missions and licenses) requires you to purchase a car so you can actually do the race. Shocking stuff.

Even worse, Polyphony had the audacity to make us buy a console to play the game! Down with pay to play 😤

 

[Eggstor]

This can't be a serious post can it.

I think I saw Shirley up above.

 

[Talon16]

I........... never mind.

 

[OldandSlow]

I think I saw Shirley up above.

 

[eran0004]

Has there ever been a weekly challenge event you could complete without owning an eligible car?

 

[RX8 Racer]

Has there ever been a weekly challenge event you could complete without owning an eligible car?

Nope. The only single player modes that loan you a car to use are Circuit Experiences and most non-endurance Missions.

 

[MIE1992]

I, for one, think it's great to see new races that feature newly-added machines, even if they're the temporary events like with this current Volvo V40 one-make at the Red Bull Ring, or the events featuring the Lamborghini Urus or Renault 4. For what it's worth, I'd like to see even more classic events from previous events being realized in this way if they cannot be added to World Circuits permanently. For example, we've had the Tourist Trophy return like this - why not the Type R Meeting, Evolution Meeting, or perhaps Boxer Spirit?

Even if not, I'm still down to see these one-make events. My bet is that the next special event could again feature the V40, but maybe this time at a dirt/snow course such as Fisherman's Ranch. Alternatively, I could totally see a one-make race for the EG-generation Civic that we just got, especially since it'd be ineligible for a hypothetical return of the Type R Meeting. I can see it now - especially at either version of Suzuka.

 

[MatskiMonk]

#300 on my ignore list though... congrats.

 

[TumeK5]

#300 on my ignore list though... congrats.

Weird flex, but okay.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Weird flex, but okay.

Weirder than boycotting weekly races because you had to buy a car?

 

[mynameis66]

This may not be the 1st or the only time we've been forced to purchase a car to compete in and/or complete the Weekly Challenges, but I can't remember having to before. What's up with that, PD? Is it because nobody playing gt7 wants or would otherwise EVER buy a Volvo? I know I don't. And in protest I will not complete ANY challenges this week. PD, you seem to be running out of iconic cars? I can understand that. But instead of forcing us to buy our grandmother's Volvo in another update, how about some NEW TRACKS? I realize my opinion re: Volvo may not be universal, there's not 1 GT7 player who would complain about new venues. There are dozens of possible candidates, including off-road (hint, hint). What say, PD?

Wow. Hopefully PD wont do down the pan due to his`protest`.

 

[HarVee]

I, for one, think it's great to see new races that feature newly-added machines, even if they're the temporary events like with this current Volvo V40 one-make at the Red Bull Ring, or the events featuring the Lamborghini Urus or Renault 4. For what it's worth, I'd like to see even more classic events from previous events being realized in this way if they cannot be added to World Circuits permanently. For example, we've had the Tourist Trophy return like this - why not the Type R Meeting, Evolution Meeting, or perhaps Boxer Spirit?

My only concern with that is when the servers go offline we'd lose access to all those unique events. I'm fine with the one-off one makes, but I think it'd better serve the player if events like the ones I bolded were added to world circuits.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I wouldn't call it pay to play but I'm not a fan of needing to modify the car for these races, it's a event designed to showcase a new car and you have to pimp it up to have the pace to close the 12 odd seconds on the leaders, it doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[bluealpine]

I am waiting for a weekly challenge with the mclaren p1 which cost 3.6M.
Or, more funny, with any 20M car from the LCD 😆.
In that case, and only that, i will be agree with this pay to play theory.