Gran Turismo 7 players are not happy with the racing series' latest release, and they are making their voices heard. In response to a maintenance outage lasting almost two days, as well as complaints about aggressive microtransactions, players have review bombed Gran Turismo 7 on Metacritic, pushing its user score to a dismal 1.8 at the time of writing.

When reported by Kotaku, the game's user score was sitting at 2.8, and has only been pushed lower since then. Reviewers cite complaints such as not being able to resell cars on the marketplace, developer Polyphony Digital cutting the amount of in-game currency earned by racing, long maintenance periods, the game's always-online playstyle, and more.

While many of the negative reviews were posted during the game's extended downtime, which Polyphony Digital attributed to a "rare" startup issue on the PS4 and PS5, negative reviews have continued since the game's servers were brought back online.