Engine Swaps in Gran Turismo 7? New Screenshots Raise New Questions

[MadMax97]

Are there also engine overhaul/engine blows?

 

[Islaygaz]

Wonder what cars I can stick the 787b engine in?!

 

[Roflmaot]

Wonder what cars I can stick the 787b engine in?!

That's what I'm sayin! Fav swap in Gran Turismo 5 was 787b engine in the GT1 corvette 😎

 

[JoaoSilva]

Wonder what cars I can stick the 787b engine in?!

A Miata hopefully 😅

 

[GreatGrump]

Seeing as they show you the specific engine I think that means we'll only be able to swap engines that are part of the same manufacturer group, so Porsche and VW being under the VW Group makes sense. Would also mean that Lambo; Audi; and Bugatti would be included in that. W16 Golf anyone!?
Realistically though they will probably also take into account engine bay sizes to might need to temper that expectation.
So I'll have to assume we'll get no V8 Miata's or rotary Fiat 500's sadly.
BUT regardless I am super excited about this!

 

[Famine]

Realistically though they will probably also take into account engine bay sizes

The Beetle alone suggests otherwise. You can't fit a Porsche flat-six into a Beetle's engine bay. The only way to keep it entirely inside the body is to remove the back seats and put an engine cradle in.

Yes, this has been done in the real world

 

[TheCracker]

Seeing as they show you the specific engine I think that means we'll only be able to swap engines that are part of the same manufacturer group, so Porsche and VW being under the VW Group makes sense. Would also mean that Lambo; Audi; and Bugatti would be included in that. W16 Golf anyone!?
Realistically though they will probably also take into account engine bay sizes to might need to temper that expectation.
So I'll have to assume we'll get no V8 Miata's or rotary Fiat 500's sadly.
BUT regardless I am super excited about this!

My take on it is that they'll follow popular engine swap choices, based on engines that appear in other cars featured in the game.

911 engine in a Beetle, Skyline and Supra engines in various smaller JDM cars, small block Fords and Chevys in many different front-engined vehicles, etc etc. Keeping swops to engines that already exist in the game means those tuning options can be carried over as well.

But i guess we'll see!

 

[GreatGrump]

The Beetle alone suggests otherwise. You can't fit a Porsche flat-six into a Beetle's engine bay. The only way to keep it entirely inside the body is to remove the back seats and put an engine cradle in.

Yes, this has been done in the real world

Maybe that's why they allowed it then? That definitely opens up way more possibilities, I didn't think I could be more hyped about it but here we are!

My take on it is that they'll follow popular engine swap choices, based on engines that appear in other cars featured in the game.

911 engine in a Beetle, Skyline and Supra engines in various smaller JDM cars, small block Fords and Chevys in many different front-engined vehicles, etc etc. But i guess we'll see!

I hope you're right, Kaz did say this game is a celebration of car culture and what is bigger cliche in car culture than LS swapping anything with four wheels and a seat!

 

[ThePotatoKing]

Knowing PD they'll probably only allow "appropriate" swaps, like this, maybe something like a Supra engine in a GR86, but probably not a wild west like Forza. Good step forward and a nice new option.

That would be a shame, i always wanted to try putting a Viper V10 into a Fiat 500

 

[CodeRedR51]

Hopefully they limit it to realistic examples.

 

[jimihemmy]

This also sounds like a reason to keep duplicate cars now. You can have one with the stock engine and one or more with a swapped engine.

 

[dacc10]

They will probably go with what is "realistic". Maybe with brand/group limitations as it was mentioned by someone else. Without any limitation, and we can slap the same engine on every car, we will see a meta being created, with a few engines reigning supreme, while the rest become useless. I want to see unique combos, and not the same OP setup on every car.

Even somewhat limited engine swaps open up the possibilities for us. Imagine getting Pikes Peak eventually, and being able to set times with a Beetle with a Porsche engine. Some pretty interesting hillclimb monsters could be created.

 

[kjb]

I am anxiously awaiting the cahnce to drop an NSX engine in a Civic. ( That has been done in real life took a lot of work though). Or a Viper V10 in a 70s Cuda 🙂

 

[XSquareStickIt]

Me before State of Play: PS5s are expensive, GT games have terrible launches, the AI still looks dumb, and the PS4 version is going to be like Cyberpunk.

Me after State of Play: I am going to throw away my family, my friends, my house, my job, MY ENTIRE LIFE, just so I can swap in a R26B 4 Rotor into an RX-8!

 

[Aloha62_2]

A lot of folk setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment. This is a feature made by PD, so expect it to be half-hearted, quickly abandoned, and to make no sense.

It's entirely possible that the example Beetle is the only car in with an engine swap.

 

[JoaoSilva]

A lot of folk setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment. This is a feature made by PD, so expect it to be half-hearted, quickly abandoned, and to make no sense.

It's entirely possible that the example Beetle is the only car in with an engine swap.

It's also entirely possible that you can do engine swaps in many other cars, let's wait and see instead of being debbie downers.

 

[CodeRedR51]

A lot of folk setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment. This is a feature made by PD, so expect it to be half-hearted, quickly abandoned, and to make no sense.

It's entirely possible that the example Beetle is the only car in with an engine swap.

Highly doubt it.

 

[JC_Dude]

A lot of folk setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment. This is a feature made by PD, so expect it to be half-hearted, quickly abandoned, and to make no sense.

It's entirely possible that the example Beetle is the only car in with an engine swap.

Or quite the opposite. It could be a well though through feature, taking into account engine dimensions, layouts, brand connections as opposed to 6.5l V12 AWD swap everything. The fact that they went as far as having proper names of the engines is promising.

 

[p78]

That Pontiac with a nice LS3, seems appealing too.

 

[Pennzoil23]

**** balls, K swap Mx-5 anyone?? EJ into the VW as well. man this is going to be epic.

but now still no any honda K engine on the list ,DC5 , FD2 ,EP3 etc.

 

[DefNotJake]

Not that this needed any further confirmation (it's actually in the game), but Kaz retweeted this japanese post talking about it.



Could be limited to certain brands, but they're allowing exclusive brand/model paintjobs for every car, so who knows.

It's comforting to know this wasn't just some weird UI bug/placement holder or something like we saw in the announcement trailers.

 

[Veinz]

A lot of folk setting themselves up for a lot of disappointment. This is a feature made by PD, so expect it to be half-hearted, quickly abandoned, and to make no sense.

It's entirely possible that the example Beetle is the only car in with an engine swap.

Why would the Beetle of all things be the only car with engine swaps? That makes no sense.

 

[Keef]

but now still no any honda K engine on the list ,DC5 , FD2 ,EP3 etc.

The FK2 Type R is in the game but that's got the first turbo K20C1.

Hopefully they limit it to realistic examples.

The problem is everything is realistic these days. Beyond swaps, people are literally building engines from scratch, especially rotaries that have never existed. Drivetribe is working on a miniature V10 Miata.

 

[Famine]

The FK2 Type R is in the game but that's got the first turbo K20C1.

There's also three EKs and two DC2s, so you won't be hunting for Ks.

 

[Aloha62_2]

Why would the Beetle of all things be the only car with engine swaps? That makes no sense.

Why do only some tracks have day to night transition while only a few others have night to day?

Because this is PD and they have been half-arseing features for years.

 

[JDMKING13]

There's also three EKs and two DC2s, so you won't be hunting for Ks.

Those are B’s😉… I’m sorry I got what you meant

 

[Pennzoil23]

The FK2 Type R is in the game but that's got the first turbo K20C1.


The problem is everything is realistic these days. Beyond swaps, people are literally building engines from scratch, especially rotaries that have never existed. Drivetribe is working on a miniature V10 Miata.

sorry ,i should mention NA k-series

There's also three EKs and two DC2s, so you won't be hunting for Ks.

those 3 ek are racing mod EK9 , 96 spec ek9 , and 98/00 spec ek9
dc2 also 96 spec and 98/00 spec

 

[HarVee]

Hopefully they limit it to realistic examples.

Why though? I was only half-joking when I said I wanted to put an Tomahawk X engine into every car of mine. Half a joke because it's such an OP engine, the other half not a joke because I think players should be given freedom to do so if they wanted to.

 

[parriehunter]

I want to make Lincoln Whiddett's mx5.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Why though? I was only half-joking when I said I wanted to put an Tomahawk X engine into every car of mine. Half a joke because it's such an OP engine, the other half not a joke because I think players should be given freedom to do so if they wanted to.

This is Gran Turismo, I'd prefer it stay somewhat believable.