Why is the game unreachable? Explanations

Released March 4th, Grand Touring 7 It is the latest in the series of driving simulation games. But here, while the title itself grants critics favours, and players seem to be having excellent moments there, it has been unplayable since yesterday. Players all over the world can no longer access the single player mode or the online mode. what’s going on ?

GT7’s first outing

Just 24 hours ago, Polyphony Digital released a title update, aimed at fixing some bugs, but above all removing music at certain points in the game to avoid any copyright issues during reboots. If it’s usually a trivial process, version 1.07 has put a lot of speakers on the studio wheels.

In fact, on Twitter, the company announces that an update Grand Touring 7 It caused more problems than it solved and thus forced the studio to carry out emergency maintenance. Polyphony Digital explains in its letter: “Due to an issue discovered in update 1.07, we will extend the server maintenance period. We will let everyone know as soon as possible when this period is likely to be over.. “

Due to an issue with update 1.07, we will extend the server maintenance period. We will notify everyone as soon as possible when this is likely to be completed. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you be patient while we work to resolve the issue. #GT7

– Grand Tours (thegranturismo) March 17, 2022

Maintenance mainly affects all network functions of Grand Touring 7, thus preventing access to many game modes, including the single player mode that also requires a connection to the server. Thus, players are completely banned, and they can no longer play the title until the issue is resolved.

In this regard, the studio has not provided details about the issue encountered during the rollout of update 1.07 and has not given a deadline for addressing it. If this isn’t the only game in this case, it’s still a blow to the studio and to players, who can’t catch up with any offline game mode.