Sony is once again asking Gran Turismo 7 players what they think of the game, with a new PlayStation survey landing in select players’ inboxes on Friday, July 3.
The survey, first reported by Traxion, digs into nearly every corner of the game before finishing with open-ended questions about what players want from future updates.
As with previous surveys of this kind, this one is invitation-only. It arrives by email and there’s no public link you can visit to fill it out yourself; if you didn’t get the email, you can’t take part (but you can certainly let your voice be heard in our forums!).
What the Survey Asks
From screenshots of the survey, we can see the following questions:
Q: Overall, how fun is the following content in Gran Turismo 7?
Each area of the game is rated on a five-point scale, from “1 – Not fun at all” up to “5 – Extremely fun”, including World Circuits Races, License Tests (Bronze), Circuit Experience, Missions, and Music Rally.
Q: What areas of Gran Turismo 7 would you say you enjoy the most (pick all that apply):
- Collecting cars
- Offline racing (World Circuits, Missions, Circuit Experience, License Center, Music Rally)
- Online racing (‘Sport’ mode)
- Livery creation & customisation (GT Auto)
- Taking race photos (Race Photos)
- Taking scenery photos (Scapes)
- Car tuning & customisation (one or 2 favourite cars, in the ‘Tuning Shop’)
- Car tuning & customisation (many different cars, in the ‘Tuning Shop’)
Q: Overall, how do you feel about the progression in the following areas of the game:
Answered with “Needs improvement!”, “It’s fine.”, or “It’s great!” for each of several areas, including:
- Overall single player progression
- Overall multiplayer progression
- World Circuits races
Q: Approximately, how many cars have you collected in Gran Turismo 7? (You can check this in your in-game garage)
- 0-10
- 11-30
- 31-50
- 51-100
- 101-200
- 200+
Q: Please explain what makes you enjoy the following:
This is a set of free-text follow-ups tied to the areas of the game selected above, with individual boxes for topics including:
- Collecting cars
- Offline Racing – License Centre
- Offline Racing – Missions
- Online Racing – ‘Sport’ Mode
- Online Racing – Lobbies (casual custom racing)
Q: Please let us know how much you agree / disagree with the following statements:
Each statement is rated from “1 – Strongly disagree” to “5 – Strongly agree”:
- “The monthly updates encourage me to keep playing Gran Turismo 7”
- “The monthly updates are important to keep Gran Turismo 7 in my game rotation”
- “I feel like the monthly updates are giving the community exactly what they want”
- “The content in the monthly updates make me confident that the developers are listening to the community”
Q: Thinking about potential future updates for Gran Turismo 7…
The survey wraps up with a pair of open-ended text boxes:
- What would you like to see in it: [open-ended response]
- What would you not like to see in it: [open-ended response]
A Familiar Pattern
If this all sounds familiar, it should.
This is the second GT7 survey Sony has circulated in the space of three months, following another invitation-only survey in April which made waves by explicitly name-dropping a potential “Spec 4” update and asking about interest in another Power Pack-style paid expansion.
The two surveys share some DNA (the April questionnaire also asked which areas of the game players enjoy most and how many cars they’ve collected), but this one goes considerably deeper on progression, the structure of the single-player game, and how players feel about the monthly update cadence.
Notably, this survey avoids any mention of “Spec 4” or paid DLC, instead framing its final questions around “potential future updates” in general.
Sony has a long history with this kind of research. The company was running invite-only surveys about Gran Turismo 5 all the way back in 2011.
The Usual Caveats Apply
As always, it’s worth remembering that a question in a survey is not a roadmap. This survey in particular seems to be very specific in asking exactly how players feel about what’s already in GT7.
Sony has asked players about plenty of things that never came to pass; the most famous example is the 2012 survey which gauged interest in a Gran Turismo title for the PlayStation Vita, a game that never materialized before the handheld was discontinued.
That said, two detailed surveys in three months suggests Sony is taking a serious interest in where Gran Turismo 7 goes from here. With the game still pulling in over two million monthly players more than four years after launch, there’s clearly an audience worth listening to.
If you received the survey, or want to weigh in on what you’d like to see in a future update, join the discussion in our GT7 forums!
