The online is pretty stingy with money rewards. 2 Laps on the 24h Nurb, place 4th, I get 15k with the 200% bonus. That's not even half a set of racing tires.
The online doesn't seem improved at all, apart from a few extra information screens. There are still no useful car restrictions so you still get shouted at for not picking the right kind of car. Instead of simply disabling driving aids like traction control it won't let you enter until you go into the options to disable it yourself. You still can't enter the options, garage, car settings etc while the room is loading, or when the current race is busy finishing which makes no sense at all. No practice mode while a race is underway, still laggy cars jumping about. No way to adjust the speech volume from within a lobby, or a simple mute all. And why did they axe the friend list where you could simply join their lobby.
It's functional, but GT7 better overhaul the online portion of the game. Online racing is still good, but the online interface is a 5/10 experience.