Chocobo GP Update Introduces New Midgar Course, Here Are The Patch Notes

@Drac_Mazoku UK, hun ?

Whatever interest I had in this game was killed by the awful launch and the MK8DX Booster Course Pass.

This game was kind of fun but their season pass practices were super predatory. Even once you paid, you had to grind hundreds of races to unlock the time-exclusive character like Cloud or Squall. It felt more like work than any fun, lots of anxiety and fomo. Sorry but this game isn't THAT fun to waste so much of my life. And I usually love the chocobo series.

Edit: People say this has been fixed with updates. I haven't played in a while but even after they made it less grindy, it was still WAY more time than I wanted to waste. Nothing fundamentally changed. I felt obligated to grind these characters before they were unavailable, so I wasn't having fun with the game, just frustrated at losing online matches due to bad connectivity. If things have significantly changed since then, please let me know.

@Drac_Mazoku I'm with you. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game. Another new course is a welcome addition which will bring me back to the game again along with the 7 new series to play.
The game has been a solid buy..

Still no way to change the awful menu music and no mention of if Cloud is rejoining the shop to align with the Midgar course (but here's hoping that he does)...

We need a "blue shell" item. There are instances when myself or other person is in 1st place and nobody can catch on them because they are so far ahead that nothing you do will reduce the distance gap. Again, this sometimes works for or against you and needs to be addressed.

Also, I would like to be able to select a song for each track every time. Going to the sound menu to select the ONE song that will play in ALL stages is absurd (and I love some of the dlc tracks).

my internet sucks so I never had a chance at cloud and now I cant earn coins to get squall, good to hear a new track is coming

I'm a bit surprised they actually updated it, as minor as it may be. I was thinking about finally getting MK8DX but this is pretty cool too.

I'm in that part of the Final Fantasy fandom where I've only played games from the FFVII series so the addition of Midgar makes it tempting. I'm pretty sure this went on sale for half off a couple months ago, so maybe it'll go on sale again for the anniversary. Wish I could actually unlock Cloud though, as it looks like he was a limited character.

@Drac_Mazoku Tbh the only thing I really miss is the drift-cancel mechanic. Although it was a glitch/exploit, it really added so much depth to the game, like removing wavedash from Melee. Not the same... Still enjoying the game to this day nevertheless!

Cool! I love Final Fantasy and always wanted to play that PS1 Chocobo Racing game. I am so happy there's a new one.

Off-topic: I hope that ESRB stuff with the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are true because they are easy downloads for me as a Final Fantasy fan. Always gets me that Final Fantasy VII (I don't count the Legends games because they are localized versions of the Game Boy SaGa games in case you somehow don't know) is the earliest game in the series to be on newer consoles, yet the first 6 are only available on PC and mobile even though they are the games that started it all and especially the original. Online-only games I understand, but the first six not on newer consoles? Hell, characters from the first six Final Fantasies even appeared in World of Final Fantasy and the Dissidia games. I hope that's true and it also gets an Xbox release and maybe Switch and Xbox ports of Dissidia and a port of the XIII trilogy to PS4 and Switch (Positive that the Switch can handle them. Not too sure about Xbox because backwards compatibility) then we are on a roll.

Maybe I'll get the game one day if it ever ends up in the bargain bin for a few bucks. Even if it's "fixed", I still despise microtransactions with a passion especially in retail games. Microtransactions are slowly ruining a fun hobby, and I do not wish to be a part of that problem.

And I was really hoping for this game to be good too, which it looked to be until they unveiled this awful predatory practice to be a part of it. No matter how playable a game with microtransactions is, it's still a game with microtransactions and therefor, in my opinion, by definition, awful. If the game is fully free and well playable still then sure, okay, still rather not but can check it out, but if an up front payment is necessary on top of microtransactions, then that just doesn't fly for me.

Until they patch this awful practice out of the game entirely, I just can't bring myself to have overly much interest in this game, despite being super excited for it at its announcement. :/

@Drac_Mazoku Finally, someone other than myself that actually appreciates this game.

@Drac_Mazoku I appreciate that. I was literally coming down here to ask about mtx.
I'll check it out. Was super bummed reading about the mtx at release.

@Drac_Mazoku ok

@Drac_Mazoku I'd by lying if I said I'd unlocked everything but I can confirm I've not spent a penny outside of the base price.

@Drac_Mazoku I spent some cash on mythril but then regret it since a couple weeks later they start giving it, at least enough for the season pass and some cosmetics.

Yay for a new track, being set in Midgar is pretty cool. I’ve had a lot of fun with this game. Also, have not spent any additional money and never would.