Gran Turismo 7's Next Update Arrives April 25

[Mister_XFR]

Dropped the ball on this one. Let’s hope this update has more features to make up for the lackluster car additions… I do like the Cappuccino tho.

 

[Ryan81]

Pretty much what I was expecting. A few cars to whet the appetite as the first DLC. The Cappuccino is a nice little 90s Kei car with nimble handling. Hope to see more of them in the future.
The BRZ 2022 doesn't make me wet my pants I gotta say but the BRZ GT300 isn't a bad addition. All in all, kept my expectations low and haven't been particularly disappointed.
Kaz did say that he wants people to look at GT7 as a game for the long term and not just what it contains in the here and now.

 

[Bosozoku]

Is this the first GT300 car in the game? We desperately need more concentration of certain race car classes, instead of bits here and there of different series.

 

[Keef]

Haven't you just proved my point? I never said nobody liked it, I said it appealed to a small minority, and your example just shows that.

No, his post proves the opposite. People are interested in seeing rare things that are not accessible, thus why all the people who showed up driving Ferraris aren't looking at their own car, they're looking at the Cap. All the Ferraris may as well be Camrys. The same goes for shows elsewhere in the US, like here in the Midwest. Exotics are the boring choice for people with too much money and too little imagination. The cars that gather interest are the genuinely rare ones that are not accessible, usually the imports or other oddball cars. That has been the charm of GT and one thing that has separated it from its competitors.

 

[Foffy]

If I remember correctly there were new races with every update since the single player „campaign“ got added, often with events using the recently added new cars.

I hope so. Not playing a GT game since 5 and this feels like an early access campaign with the amount of races on offer. I'm surprised this is considered a "full" release, and I can only imagine how empty Sport was seeing how so much of the game is "Sport 2" in the eyes of some. This is only made worse with dozens of cars that essentially have no use in the "campaign" mode, and maybe, at best, a use in some of the missions. Any car seemingly famous for endurance races like a Le Mans car are by default already at higher PP than literally every World Circuit race in the game. It's nuts that even cars with stock settings have no use at present.

None of these cars seemingly coming tomorrow are Gr. 1 or 2, right? 😳

 

[05XR8]

Is this the first GT300 car in the game? We desperately need more concentration of certain race car classes, instead of bits here and there of different series.

JAF GT300 for sure. I’m buying it, but still haven’t bought the 2016 GT500s. I’ll save my money in case we get the new cars.

 

[Benny44]

Very excited for the Cappuccino! The other two are just sorta meh, especially the BRZ since we already have the GR86.

Now, I think it's safe to assume the track will be, not a layout but a new location. For sure it'll be Grindelwald, right?

 

[HyperlaneGT]

Track lines obviously being exposed on social media, any ideas which track it could be?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Kaz did say that he wants people to look at GT7 as a game for the long term

Honestly this could be the last Gran Turismo ever made and if they just keep adding on to it with updates it wouldn't hurt my feelings.

 

[Stakado]

Is this the first GT300 car in the game? We desperately need more concentration of certain race car classes, instead of bits here and there of different series.

Yes and no. The Silvia touring car is an old gt300 car

 

[Manbearpig666]

Cant wait for the update.

I can't wait for you

 

[StealthVel]

I can't wait for you

Luckily he's already in the game

 

[GTxForza]

Now, I'm hoping the Toyota GR Supra GT500, Honda NSX GT500 (2021 Model) and Nissan Z GT500 will join this game's roster via future updates.

 

[Nielsen]

Honestly this could be the last Gran Turismo ever made and if they just keep adding on to it with updates it wouldn't hurt my feelings.

If PD wants to steer toward bankruptcy, sure.

 

[1thing]

The BRZ GT300 and Capuccino are very welcome. The GT300 will, unfortunately be another Gr.3 car, but hey, at least it's a real life car that exists and not some PD modified base car.
The Capuccino has been a classic in the Kei car world, I was surprised that it took them this long to put it in the game. However, it's yet another car that has no events to be plained on, other than maybe one of the 1hr endurances.

Hey, everything that isn't: Fake GR. cars / Fictional VGT and Dupes are very welcome to the game.

With that said, if it turns out to be the new 2022 BRZ, I'll obvious be disappointed because we already have the Toyota GR86 which is literally the same car with a different manufacturer symbol on it. Come on PD, don't start following old tendencies now.


I'm not disappointed... Wasn't expecting more than 2 or 3 cars anyway and was also expecting them to be mostly japanese. I am expecting newer content though. More missions and championships please? Gr.1 and Gr.2 if it's not too much to ask please??? Pretty please????

For now, I would say it's a meh update. and will keep saying it until the game reaches propper "80€ full price" content, which is still faaaaar away from it.

What do you mean with dupes

I was thinking about potential World circuit alternate layouts that we could get. I only considered those that are possible without too much work (i.e. as much as the pit straight and first few turns of Le Mans Bugatti is modelled, it would basically be a brand new track).

There's at least 2 decent layouts that are possible at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - a "pre 1994" layout using the remaining sections of track, and the National layout (as seen in Forza, for example). I suspect the historic Barcelona layout would be popular, given the fast Nissan right-left flick and the very fast downhill double left in the last 2 corners. Not usable for safety reasons IRL, but that's okay in GT7!

Slightly less interesting are Suzuka West (last seen in GT4) and Monza Junior - the latter is perhaps the definition of a "beginner circuit".

Finally, this one would require a bit more modelling work - an alternate Daytona Road Course layout but I do think it would make an interesting technical track. (This layout was used by Motorcycles in the early 2000s) Another alternative would be a Daytona Road Course without the Bus Stop.

What I suspect we'll see - is none of the above, and it will be a new layout of one of Original courses!

you forgot catalunya rallycross track

There is also a very easy extra short layout at Red Bull Ring. They had it in GT6, don't know why it never returned.

Nurburgring also has a couple

The red bull ring short track are in the game

 

[Megabytesize]

With that said, if it turns out to be the new 2022 BRZ, I'll obvious be disappointed because we already have the Toyota GR86 which is literally the same car with a different manufacturer symbol on it. Come on PD, don't start following old tendencies now.

I guess it's safe to say you don't own either car in real life then. Lol

Anyway, as a 2022 BRZ owner I am happy to see it finally join the game instead of only seeing the Toyota version all the time.

And, for us who host and set up league races having both cars in game from the same generation make it great for setting up spec league series and races.

Now if only PD would fix the private lobby issues and give us back everything we had in GTS lobbies. That would be way better than any content update for the time being.

 

[05XR8]

Yep. Some of us can replicate the 2022 Gazoo Racing 86/BRZ Cup properly now.

 

[mwoodski]

Very excited about the Cappuccino and GT300 car.

 

[ScottPuss20]

The new cars are nice but I'm in no rush to try them out. They aren't that exciting to be honest.

 

[05XR8]

427 cars total now. With two of the three being brand new to the series. May see the GR010 next month, since that car will have to be used June 5.

 

[RaY29rus]

Experience completely new for GT is not only expecting the cars but also wondering what modifications they will have. Maybe to make BRZ a bit different you will be able to apply some different bodykit, like they did with two Integras.

 

[Tmo343]

Looking at the three images we've got so far, I think that's the first 3 corners of Streets of Willow in the 908 image with the one in the camaros being the final turns through the skid pad. Can't quite make out the lines in the 2J tweet but it's clear they are teasing a track layout with these tweets

 

[Volksauto]

Me reading all the comments of the last five pages of this thread:

 

[Artremis]

Looking at the three images we've got so far, I think that's the first 3 corners of Streets of Willow in the 908 image with the one in the camaros being the final turns through the skid pad. Can't quite make out the lines in the 2J tweet but it's clear they are teasing a track layout with these tweetsView attachment 1142170View attachment 1142171

Isn't Streets of Willow already in GT7 though? Feels like it'd be a pretty random tease.

 

[StealthVel]

Most of the time I expect these lines are just there because it adds nice motion and visuals.

 

[McLaren]

No, his post proves the opposite. People are interested in seeing rare things that are not accessible, thus why all the people who showed up driving Ferraris aren't looking at their own car, they're looking at the Cap. All the Ferraris may as well be Camrys. The same goes for shows elsewhere in the US, like here in the Midwest. Exotics are the boring choice for people with too much money and too little imagination. The cars that gather interest are the genuinely rare ones that are not accessible, usually the imports or other oddball cars. That has been the charm of GT and one thing that has separated it from its competitors.

The problem here is @Samus already made the distinction of who the Cap. attracts & you're proving his point; it's car guys.

In the wider world away from dedicated car nuts like this, It certainly is. Whether we like it or not the most popular cars in the world are always going to be performance cars of one sort of another, sports cars and supercars.

People at car shows are very much a large grouping of dedicated car nuts. Take the car out in the real world away from the gatherings, & most folks will probably continue to give glances at a pretty red Ferrari over anything else.

 

[KAlex122]

So, the Update is already running, right?

 

[SSQES]

So, the Update is already running, right?

Maintenance start in about 20min

 

[RACECAR]

Genuinely curious at where people had these expectations that the first content update was gonna be huge and have a crap ton of shiny cars when that was never promised. Multiple patches and game fixes, obviously (Literally the very thing they promised) but nowhere did I see that typical fast cars that appear in a crap ton of other games (nor there being more then 3 cars) were promised.

 

[Matt atkins]

Maintenance start in about 20min

We have 50 minutes in the uk before the maintenance starts