Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.36 Now Available: Adds Four Cars Including GR Corolla
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Hi, here's an audio/video mp4 link (audio files are not supported on GtPlanet): that's from the patch notes and the World Series Showdown Viewers Campaign page.
The Toyota Ambulance Himedic '21 will be received early as a gift by entering the Gift Viewers Campaign banner at the top right of the World Map and watching the Nations Cup broadcast of the World Series Showdown 2023 Amsterdam, which takes place on August 11 and 12. The car will be delivered on either August 14 or August 21, depending on when you view the broadcast. It will also be available for purchase from Brand Central in late September. (Various sounds have been added to the Toyota Ambulance Himedic '21.)
Users who watched the stream by 23:59 UTC on 13 August will receive their rewards on 14 August. For everybody else, the rewards will be delivered on 21 August.
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My thoughts on this update. Sorry for the long post.
The Maserati MC20 was a very interesting addition, much more than I thought. Already in its stock form, it has excellent handling, always predictable, just a little understeer. I then tried to elaborate it as a GT3, with a very basic setup, yet with 510 hp x 1,310 kg (a sort of BoP comparable to that of the Ferrari 296 GT3 IRL) it does not go beyond 695.xx PP, even on RM tyres. At that point I tested it in the WTC700 Le Mans event, and it was a killer. Very easy win. The only small problem, even on fuel map 6 it's not easy to complete 3 laps per stint. Maybe with less hp, preparing it more like a Gr. 4, it would be better. On the other hand, it is very kind to the tyres. I still want to prepare it as a GT3 anyway, I'll still work on it.
The GR Corolla would probably be a great car with a setup, as it stands it seemed to me very nervous in terms of rear axle, when cornering it tends to point a lot at the apex... it's strange. But as I said it's not bad, with a little practice you "understand" and adapt to it.
The Corvette is not really my thing, I like vintage cars but this is also a roadster... I can't deny that for me Gran Turismo is a racing game more than a driving game, so I don't really like cars like this. But I admit that it is sooo iconic and therefore I understand who appreciates it.
The Toyota HiMedic, well... I prefer not to comment. I repeat, in a game that for me is above all a racing game, I would have preferred other additions. Seems like a bit of a waste of time and resources.
On the lack of a new track, what can I say... It's very disappointing, not because there aren't enough tracks, but because there are so many others, sometimes already present in the series, real or fictional, that I would like to return. I mean: am I the only one who thinks that creating Silverstone just for GT6 was a waste, for example? Or upgrade, again only for GT6, Midfield and Apricot Hill?
The Maserati MC20 was a very interesting addition, much more than I thought. Already in its stock form, it has excellent handling, always predictable, just a little understeer. I then tried to elaborate it as a GT3, with a very basic setup, yet with 510 hp x 1,310 kg (a sort of BoP comparable to that of the Ferrari 296 GT3 IRL) it does not go beyond 695.xx PP, even on RM tyres. At that point I tested it in the WTC700 Le Mans event, and it was a killer. Very easy win. The only small problem, even on fuel map 6 it's not easy to complete 3 laps per stint. Maybe with less hp, preparing it more like a Gr. 4, it would be better. On the other hand, it is very kind to the tyres. I still want to prepare it as a GT3 anyway, I'll still work on it.
The GR Corolla would probably be a great car with a setup, as it stands it seemed to me very nervous in terms of rear axle, when cornering it tends to point a lot at the apex... it's strange. But as I said it's not bad, with a little practice you "understand" and adapt to it.
The Corvette is not really my thing, I like vintage cars but this is also a roadster... I can't deny that for me Gran Turismo is a racing game more than a driving game, so I don't really like cars like this. But I admit that it is sooo iconic and therefore I understand who appreciates it.
The Toyota HiMedic, well... I prefer not to comment. I repeat, in a game that for me is above all a racing game, I would have preferred other additions. Seems like a bit of a waste of time and resources.
On the lack of a new track, what can I say... It's very disappointing, not because there aren't enough tracks, but because there are so many others, sometimes already present in the series, real or fictional, that I would like to return. I mean: am I the only one who thinks that creating Silverstone just for GT6 was a waste, for example? Or upgrade, again only for GT6, Midfield and Apricot Hill?
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Yes, I can. The purpose is to find out what people's favourite is, not who doesn't like any of them. If it's too difficult to choose, don't. It's not a compulsory poll.
If I wanted to know what everyone's favourite is from what they bought I'd have said that and not included the two cars you can't buy.
The question very clearly states "by any criteria you wish", because that's the point of it.
It's not a discussion; the poll is exactly how I want it to be.
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My answer to the poll is the Corvette C1 the MC20 did nothing for me.
And I haven't driven the other 2 so I cant pick them yet.
And I haven't driven the other 2 so I cant pick them yet.
As mentioned previously, we can only comment month-to-month. We have no idea what PD & Sony’s wider marketing and DLC plans are. I don’t believe for one minute PD aren’t acutely aware of everything the community is saying.
If I was planning out PD’s DLC for the year. I wouldn’t bother with anything significant during the summer as it’s a very quiet time for gaming. The movie is doing the heavy lifting to bring new players to the game.
For the hardcore fanbase I’d use GTWS for a significant reveal. Be it a car, track, feature.
September is a bit of an odd month as we could get something early. I’d ensure there’s a significant update for Sep/Oct, to counter Forza’s Oct 10th release.
Nov/Dec are the big Holiday sales months. So once again you’d like to have something of note. A bigger implementation of Sophy would be ideal.
In an ideal world, for the remainder of the year, I’d like two new tracks. Sophy’s return, Endurance races, Missions, and half a dozen race cars. These could be a mix of new & classic, ie the Ferrari 499P, Toyota GT-ONE, BMW M4 GT3, R32 GT-R Touring Car, Lancia Delta S4, Toyota Supra GT500.
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I agree, to a point. In the older games, you would go through several used car cyles in one sitting, so if there was a car you specifically wanted, you could cycle the days to get to it pretty quickly just by playing the game.
In GT7 with it being real time tied to actual real days the gaps between cars showing up are long and the wait is tedious.
They should have based in on an offline counter like with older games, same with the LCD. I like the ideas in principal, but I dislike the application of them in GT7.
I don't believe in PD updates. Gamers and PD have different opinion about GT7 future. PD are interested in GT8, and gamers want to play right now. I don't believe that PD doesn't understand that players want to get content, but there are only 4 events for 1 hour game! And all we can get it's 1-2 hour game content every month.
We won't get a lot of interesting content till GT8 will release. I prefer to wait for Forza Motorsport 2023, cos it's the only hope to get 20+ fun this year. And PD will give me +3 hour with 12 events in 3 next months. Thx, it's not enough.
We won't get a lot of interesting content till GT8 will release. I prefer to wait for Forza Motorsport 2023, cos it's the only hope to get 20+ fun this year. And PD will give me +3 hour with 12 events in 3 next months. Thx, it's not enough.
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Yeah that is true. The world does cycle (too much in my opinion) and it would be good if game hours would be equal to GT world hours. Rather than linked to real time.
This would make you play it more too as if you knew you needed to play x amount of hours to cycle through the UCD and Legends you’d combine it with money making… like the old games
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Not much of an update with this one. Thats okay, I guess. I know I'm not alone in this, but I would like to see PD implement qualifying in to the single player game. They already have the programming to run qualifying from the Sport side of the game. The AI is already programmed to run specific lap times (within a small range of time) that would give them the proper qualifying order, then its just a matter of having your car slip in to the game.
With the current chase the leader events, the user is incentivized to use a car with WAAAAAYYYYYYY more power than the competition because they need to make up 25-30 seconds in a 5 lap race. PD knows this so they only put a "suggested PP" rating on the race but keep it open to using pretty much any car in the game. Sure, I'll take a Super Formula car up against a bunch of Mini's and Mitos. Why not? The game allows it.
The only races I have found exciting lately are the GR.1 and Super Formula races. Even then, those are still a chase the leader race so you have to build up your car to be far more dominant than the competition in order to win. You need a car that runs 3-4 seconds faster per lap in order to win, which in the real world would NEVER happen. If it did, the car would likely be banned from competition.
So, I'm not looking for it to happen immediately, but I really think PD needs to implement qualifying in to the single player game. You want to call this "The Real Driving Simulator", then make it more real. Real races have pretty equal competition among cars and drivers. Real races have qualifying. Stop adding more cars, stop adding more tracks, stop adding more scenes, start implementing more realism to the game.
With the current chase the leader events, the user is incentivized to use a car with WAAAAAYYYYYYY more power than the competition because they need to make up 25-30 seconds in a 5 lap race. PD knows this so they only put a "suggested PP" rating on the race but keep it open to using pretty much any car in the game. Sure, I'll take a Super Formula car up against a bunch of Mini's and Mitos. Why not? The game allows it.
The only races I have found exciting lately are the GR.1 and Super Formula races. Even then, those are still a chase the leader race so you have to build up your car to be far more dominant than the competition in order to win. You need a car that runs 3-4 seconds faster per lap in order to win, which in the real world would NEVER happen. If it did, the car would likely be banned from competition.
So, I'm not looking for it to happen immediately, but I really think PD needs to implement qualifying in to the single player game. You want to call this "The Real Driving Simulator", then make it more real. Real races have pretty equal competition among cars and drivers. Real races have qualifying. Stop adding more cars, stop adding more tracks, stop adding more scenes, start implementing more realism to the game.
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Nope.
You need to have entered - even if you score zero - a race at any round of the Toyota GR GT Cup at all. If you haven't done that yet, you'll need to enter a race in round seven.
If you're registered on the points ranking on the official site, in ANY round, you'll get the car.
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There have been six rounds of the championship so far; it started in April.
Anyone who has entered any race in any of those rounds already will have a points ranking and receive the car. If you haven't done that and want to win the car for free you'll have to enter a race in round seven, which is the one that actually uses the GR Corolla itself. This takes place on August 27th.
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Best response everSounds like my ex-wife.
I've already completed the new 4 races, here are my thoughts:
HSR: It is indeed way too long. Either 15 laps or at least 200k in rewards (300K with the clean race bonus) would have made it better. For the 20+ minutes it takes to complete this one, just keep doing Sardegna. It gets boring really fast.
Dragon Trail: Very good one, but apparently you can get rain conditions. Watch out for that.
Red Bull Ring: Same as Dragon Trail. And watch out for the Aston Martins, too.
Road Atlanta: Short but fun, as I expected. This one actually gives me a reason to use many of my not super modified Muscle cars that are just collecting dust in the garage.
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I mean, even if you don't like any of the cars... you have to dislike one of them the least so that would be your favorite of the options.
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Indeed it ain't compulsory (why I haven't voted) it's, to me, a rather bland poll. Still, it does its job I guess. Better question, why do you like them? That could be interesting.
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Technically you can't say "what is your favourite?" And not have an option for people who don't like any of them. Maybe phrase the question as "those who've bought, which are your favourite?"
I mean, even if you don't like any of the cars... you have to dislike one of them the least so that would be your favorite of the options.
I'm not that interested in any of them to be honest. Don't hate, don't like them, just, meh.
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