So now we can "bribe our way to victory"? (PRICES REVEALED, SEE OP)

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They aint getting a penny out of me for this ****, already paying a big amount for the game and will probably buy the DLC when available (and depending on what it is). If they lower payouts for say seasonal races to try and force people to buy this, the game will be going bye bye's, or i'll just wait for the hackers to tear it up.
 
Most people who play the game are casual users. I have friends I race with that play for an hour before work or right before going to bed. These people have very little time to grind for cars or fresh cars once their cars start losing permanent hp which can't be recovered because God only knows why... I see this as an option for them to get up and racing quickly. They would only buy into it if the fee was minimal though. I have a feeling that this is nothing more than a money grab so I don't see many people using this "feature".

TBH, IF the fees were very cheap I would buy a 2013 NASCAR day one to take it online just to mess around. Why should I have to play A Spec again when I did it in GT5? It wouldn't be so bad if the AI is decent but I suspect they will suck considering what little info have been put out by PD.

People shouldn't have to play the game for years just to get a full garage. If people have more cars available early on I think they would be more likely to play more instead of giving up because they have no cool cars.
 
If a person plays 24 hours straight to get a certain car or shortcuts this by paying, it doesn't matter at the end.

If they use ridiculously high prices to expedite this, that's another story.
 
KWZX10
We have a lot of post here that explain why there's a big chance that this will be impossible to ignore
It's not like dlc cars or track, that's something you can ignore. Don't like, don't buy.
With micro transaction you have to touch the core of the game and adapt it to this concept somehow.
They don't put something like this just as ''an option'', if they want to make good money implementing this.
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Then the people who don't ignore it will obviously use it. I won't and I am sure 90% of people here won't.
 
Müle
People whined and cried that they had to grind for days for credits.

Now the same people whine and cry after PD offer them a service so they no longer have to grind. lol.
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You have bought this game. In order to receive a car, you will be punched in the head.

Don't like that? Fear not! We now have our new feature, Punched-in-the-Balls!

For all you people who don't like head punching, you can enjoy your game more now with ball punching! Never have to be punched in the head again!


I'm sorry, taking the pain in a different form doesn't change a thing. Either I have to grind at the game to afford cars, or grind at work to get money to afford cars. Same thing, different place.

Just like the balls.
 
Imari
You have bought this game. In order to receive a car, you will be punched in the head.

Don't like that? Fear not! We now have our new feature, Punched-in-the-Balls!

For all you people who don't like head punching, you can enjoy your game more now with ball punching! Never have to be punched in the head again!


I'm sorry, taking the pain in a different form doesn't change a thing. Either I have to grind at the game to afford cars, or grind at work to get money to afford cars. Same thing, different place.

Just like the balls.
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It is a bit of a shame though, that many of the players are not even allowed to have jobs (because of age)
or
Can't have jobs (like me, being on a militiary dissability pension) for instance.

If they don't have "global ratings" or a "hall of fame" it doesn't matter that much.

But it's clearly p2w if there is a HoF and they do use ratings...
 
HuskyGT
Not very impressed by this. But I guess I'm no one to tell people what to do with their money. But yeah... I never expected PD to go this low.
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And recycling content from a previous generation game isn't?

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Jeez, everyone getting mad about this must only play GT5 and GT5 only. This sort of time-saver deal is in pretty much every game on sale now and it hardly affects gameplay - especially with the newly-restricted career events. That multi-million credit hypercar is a fat lot of good in the 380PP Sunday Cup.
 
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In theory the micro payments are a good thing, especially for (racing) simulators. Many people just like to drive their favorite cars around a track (or race them online) without all the hassle of grinding the money. Giving them the option to buy them with real money (either directly or indirectly through credit packs) is not a bad thing.
I am a huge supporter of 'unlock everything'-DLC for simulators.

As long as the game itself isn't crippled to promote the use of credit packs I see no harm done (except of course to the egos of our dear elitist boys and girls).
 

Like I said in my follow up post, if they have ratings and halls of fame, it's a ****** option (and P2W)

otherwise, disregard my comment
 
I won't ever buy in-game credits with real money, but I completely fail to see how this would affect me, if other people do (or have the possibility to).

I suspect the ones ranting about it are the same people who always dream of being amongst "a chosen few" that get access to some exclusive content.
 
iLex
In theory the micro payments are a good thing, especially for (racing) simulators. Many people just like to drive their favorite cars around a track (or race them online) without all the hassle of grinding the money. Giving them the option to buy them with real money (either directly or indirectly through credit packs) is not a bad thing.
I am a huge supporter of 'unlock everything'-DLC for simulators.

As long as the game itself isn't crippled to promote the use of credit packs I see no harm done (except of course to the egos of our dear elitist boys and girls).
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I have to disagree with this. I think the A-Spec grind is what makes Gran Turismo unique (although I know Forza has a similar career mode). I personally feel that starting from the bottom and working up to bigger and better cars is more rewarding for the player than being presented everything on a platter from day one. The argument could be made that people are sick of doing this after 6 games and 15 years but to them I say go play something else.
 
iLex
In theory the micro payments are a good thing, especially for (racing) simulators. Many people just like to drive their favorite cars around a track (or race them online) without all the hassle of grinding the money. Giving them the option to buy them with real money (either directly or indirectly through credit packs) is not a bad thing.
I am a huge supporter of 'unlock everything'-DLC for simulators.

As long as the game itself isn't crippled to promote the use of credit packs I see no harm done (except of course to the egos of our dear elitist boys and girls).
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I agree completely.

@invetedevo, having an unlock available doesn't mean that YOU can't play through the career mode in the fashion that you want to. It simply means that others don't HAVE to.

Forcing your gameplay style on others rarely charms them, especially when it's totally unnecessary.
 
invetedevo
I have to disagree with this. I think the A-Spec grind is what makes Gran Turismo unique (although I know Forza has a similar career mode). I personally feel that starting from the bottom and working up to bigger and better cars is more rewarding for the player than being presented everything on a platter from day one. The argument could be made that people are sick of doing this after 6 games and 15 years but to them I say go play something else.
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From a personal standpoint I agree with you. I will be doing the A-spec grind too.

However, there are many people who wish to enjoy the game in a different way and who don't want to (or don't have the time to) do the grind. I see no harm in giving them the option to skip that grind.
 
iLex
From a personal standpoint I agree with you. I will be doing the A-spec grind too.

However, there are many people who wish to enjoy the game in a different way and who don't want to (or don't have the time to) do the grind. I see no harm in giving them the option to skip that grind.
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Absolutely, if someone finds a benefit in skipping the grind due to their own personal time constraints then more power to them I suppose, I just feel that by skipping that, they missing out on a large part of the content they are paying for, with the need for them to also pay more on top.
 
invetedevo
Absolutely, if someone finds a benefit in skipping the grind due to their own personal time constraints then more power to them I suppose, I just feel that by skipping that, they missing out on a large part of the content they are paying for, with the need for them to also pay more on top.
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Well, I'd be all for a free 'unlock all' but I doubt we'd get developers to do that :)
 
invetedevo
Absolutely, if someone finds a benefit in skipping the grind due to their own personal time constraints then more power to them I suppose, I just feel that by skipping that, they missing out on a large part of the content they are paying for, with the need for them to also pay more on top.
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Correction, "A large part of the content you are looking for". I'm not looking for the same races and offline experience I had when I played the first 4 iterations of this game. Pandora's Box was opened with online racing and that's where the game is at for me and surely I'm not the only one. If I never raced in ASpec or Special Events or anything else offline, I would be very happy.
 
Nice to know that PD do follow what other game designers do.
Just wish it was a livery editor not this.

Am I right in Thunking that the awful experience points are now banished? So all cars are available?
 
iLex
In theory the micro payments are a good thing, especially for (racing) simulators. Many people just like to drive their favorite cars around a track (or race them online) without all the hassle of grinding the money. Giving them the option to buy them with real money (either directly or indirectly through credit packs) is not a bad thing.
I am a huge supporter of 'unlock everything'-DLC for simulators.

As long as the game itself isn't crippled to promote the use of credit packs I see no harm done (except of course to the egos of our dear elitist boys and girls).
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I don't get how people think it is a good idea. I don't get the desire to pay for something you already bought. Why not have everything unlocked for free? Career mode and an arcade mode with all cars available.
 
I have not read all 16 pages of replies, so this has probably been touched on already, but how is people buying credits with cash and thus "cheating into better cars" any different that people getting better cars due to the preorder bonus cars?

Other than the fact you can do it multiple times, I fail to see the difference.

edit: If payouts of races are about the same as when GT5 launched, and the cars cost about the same, and even if the seasonals (which were not around at the start of GT5) payouts are reduced to a sane amount, if we get the Daily Logon Bonus, I do not see how this is FORCING anyone to buy the "credit packs".

We'll have to do the math when the game releases to see where we stand before we decide whether we are being forced to do anything.

By the way, I like having the option... As an event organizer, I like having access to any car at anytime. This will help sometimes.
 
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pyrates
I don't get how people think it is a good idea. I don't get the desire to pay for something you already bought. Why not have everything unlocked for free? Career mode and an arcade mode with all cars available.
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As I said in a later post: Free would be best, but ehh.... Good luck with that :)

Remember that back in the old days you had to do it all through grinding. There was neither a paid nor a free option. This at least gives people an option.
 
This really isn't any different to GTA Online in my opinion.

It's purely for people who want to drive a top-tier car without having to spend hours working through GT Mode. I doubt you will be forced to spend any extra money in order to complete the game. The option is simply there if you want it.
 
dQuim
This really isn't any different to GTA Online in my opinion.

It's purely for people who want to drive a top-tier car without having to spend hours working through GT Mode. I doubt you will be forced to spend any extra money in order to complete the game. The option is simply there if you want it.
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The fact that it is optional is still not confirmed. I hope that it is, in which case all this discussion is moot.
 

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