With timing a little earlier than usual, we’ve now got confirmation that the next game update for Gran Turismo 7 will be arriving in a week’s time and brings with it three new vehicles.
Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, who looks to be at the Nurburgring 24 Hours this weekend following an attendance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Gran Turismo World Series in London, tweeted out his regular teaser but on Thursday morning European time rather than the more common time over a weekend.
Packing a little more detail than usual too, the Tweet highlights three new cars and an approximate timing for the update of “next week” — which we’re expecting to mean June 26 — although any other contents are still under wraps as is always the case.
It’s looking to be an entirely European selection of vehicles — something we’ve never seen before — with a classic road car, legendary race car, and something a little more to modern tastes. Not only are they all European, they’re all now from the same parent brand.
Starting with that last vehicle, and on the left-hand side of the image, we see a crossover which fits in with recent additions like the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-30, and Toyota C-HR. It’s not, as many expected, the Nissan Qashqai (though that’s made in Europe), but the smaller, B-segment Peugeot 2008.
Despite the more detailed image than the usual silhouette it’s pretty tricky to tell which specification is in the picture, but we can say it’s the pre-facelift current generation model. In its native Europe the 2008 comes in three basic grades — Active, Allure, and GT — and it’s most likely using the 1.2-liter “PureTech” gasoline engine with around 128hp. However it could also be the all-electric e-2008 too.
A Stellantis sibling sits over on the right-hand side of the image, and it’s a fine piece of 80s’ family and executive motoring. The Citroen BX was the quirkiest D-segment vehicle of all, flowing from the pen of Marcello Gandini at Bertone, and famously sporting hydropneumatic suspension which saw the car drop onto its haunches when the ignition was switched off.
Again, about all we can say here is that it’s the hatchback model and either the Phase II or facelift thereof which arrived in the mid-80s, due to the change in headlight/indicator cluster at the front. It’s not one of the wilder variants, like the GTi or 4TC, and could sport virtually any engine from 1.1- to 1.9-liter gas units to 1.7 or 1.9 diesels. We’ll have to wait and see.
The car at the front is much easier to make a positive identification for: a rally specification Lancia Delta HF Integrale. Arguably the single most successful model in the history of the World Rally Championship, the Delta won an unequalled six manufacturers titles in a row and delivered four driver titles in that time too.
Over the six seasons, the Delta went through a few changes and it’s a bit tricky to say which of the various iterations it would be. Any of them would be a champion though, and the car will obviously slot into Gran Turismo 7’s “Gr.B” — though the car is from the Group A era.
As ever, these pre-update teasers from Yamauchi only ever highlight the upcoming new vehicle content, and they’re merely the usual first step in the timeline for revealing an update. We’re not likely to hear much more until the middle of next week when the official GT site blog post pops up, and even then that won’t be a complete picture until the update itself actually lands.
While there’s no specific date posted for the update, we’ve been expecting it to be Thursday June 26 for a little while now — and that fits into the normal schedule for updates arriving on the final Thursday of a month.
Watch this space for all the latest information as we get it.
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