The latest Gran Turismo 7 game update, 1.56, is now available for players across the PlayStation family, bringing a selection of new content ahead of the game’s third birthday.
It comes in at relatively compact 1.31GB on PlayStation 5 and 1.41GB on PlayStation 4, reflecting the slightly smaller fleet of new cars than the last couple of most recent updates and fewer big changes elsewhere.
As usual with the updates, we already knew quite a bit about what was coming, but only now with the update being available do we have a full picture courtesy of the patch notes — so read on to find out everything that’s in store.
Table of Contents
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Cars
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Events & Menus
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Engine Swaps
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: Scapes and Other Changes
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Cars
We’d already got a decent bead on the cars from the traditional pre-update teaser, and had more specific confirmation earlier in the week. However it’s only now that we know what the pricing of the fleet is — and it’s about as inexpensive as we guessed:
- BMW Z4 3.0i 2003 – Brand Central/Used Cars – 60,000cr
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog Type 411 1962 – Legends Cars – 46,000cr
- Peugeot 205 GTI 1988 – Used Cars – 61,600cr
The quite unexpected Unimog turns out to be the least expensive car here, at just 46,000cr. That’s going to place it as the cheapest car in the entire Legends Cars dealership: you can buy 435 of them for every one of the seven 20,000,000cr vehicles available there…
Meanwhile the Peugeot 205 GTI is the most expensive, with the current price of the Rouge Vallelunga example in Used cars coming in at a pretty steep 61,600cr. We know 205 GTI prices have jumped in recent years, but even so that’s pretty dear compared to the real world.
That leaves the BMW Z4 3.0i, which returns from previous Gran Turismo games. As a 2001-2009 vehicle it’s available in Brand Central at 60,000cr and also as a second-hand example in the Used Car dealer rotation. The current listing is at 44,600cr, though when it moves back out of stock in a couple of weeks’ time it’ll only be available new until its next appearance.
All in, 1.56 takes the crown as the update with the smallest amount of cash required to pick up all of the new vehicles, beating 1.43 by 25,000cr (or 41,000cr at the Z4’s used price).
There is one more vehicle change in the update though, by way of a new livery for the Mazda 3 Gr.4 race car. That’s going to be one for those who have to every color of car in the game (which can’t be done anyway due to garage limitations), and picking it up will set you back 350,000cr.
For those who are counting, that’s more than twice as much as the rest of the new cars combined…
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Events & Menus
There’s three new races in the World Circuits area, each centered on one of the three new cars in the update. Yes, even the Unimog…
You won’t need to concern yourself with PP limits in any of the three — which is good news as tuning the Unimog up to be viable in the Sunday Cup Classic will take quite a bit, given its stock rating of 32PP — but beware that the rewards are all relatively low if you’re looking to spend a lot to take part.
That Sunday Cup Classic race is three laps of Red Bull Ring Short, for 25,000cr, with a European Sunday Cup 400 race at Grand Valley South Reverse — with the 205 in the thumbnail — is another three-lapper for 35,000cr. The highest-paying race is also comfortably the longest, comprising five laps of the Autodrome Lago Maggiore East (not East End) circuit in the European FR Challenge 550 for 40,000cr.
- Autodrome Lago Maggiore East (5 laps) – European FR Challenge 550 – 40,000cr
- Grand Valley South Reverse (3 laps) – European Sunday Cup 400 – 35,000cr
- Red Bull Ring Short (3 laps) – Sunday Cup Classic – 25,000cr
Extra Menu Book 44 – Peugeot
Extra Menu Book 44, Peugeot, is a collection challenge for the aforementioned marque. The newly added 205 GTI is one of the three cars required, along with its mid-engined, rally monster sibling the 205 T16 Evo II — a Legends Cars vehicle not available at time of writing.
The last vehicle you’ll need to pick up is the 908 HDI FAP race car, at a fixed, 1,000,000cr cost. As usual, the reward for collecting the cars doesn’t offset the cost of buying them, with a Five-Star Roulette ticket offered.
Gran Turismo Sophy
Support for Gran Turismo Sophy has now been extended to a further two additional circuits, increasing the number of options again for players who want to race against the advanced AI. That brings Sophy to the halfway point, at 19 of the 39 circuit locations, although only at one variant of each.
The two new circuits are Monza — at the full GP layout only — and the B course of Sardegna Road Track. As usual, do note that GT Sophy is exclusive to PlayStation 5 consoles and not available to PS4 players. As Sophy might say, 😠.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: New Engine Swaps
For the second update in a row, we don’t have either five or ten engine swaps. Last time out it was nine, this time it’s six — bringing the average back up!
The two Cossies both get a swap in this update, both taking the engine from their stablemate Focus Gr.B rally car. Similarly there’s one rally engine for the two classic Imprezas — the ’99 Type R and the 22B — in the shape of the Impreza WRC’s unit.
Things get a little bit crazier after that, as another rally engine — this time the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Final Gr.B’s — goes into the dinky Mazda Demio XD Touring in place of the diesel lump, and the 2017 Suzuki Swift Sport earns Suzuki Vision GT power. That’s a V8 derived from a pair of Hayabusa engines, abusing the front tires.
You’ll need to be Collector Level 50 to buy the engines directly from GT Auto, though they can be quite expensive. Engines are also available as prizes in some Roulette Tickets — including Six-Star (Engine) tickets — at any level and can be swapped in your garage for free.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.56: Scapes and Other Changes
The new Scapes curation is “Panning”, with 13 spots from around the world that feature impressive backgrounds that serve as great backdrops for high-speed panning shots.
These locations are on three continents, covering Canada, France, Italy, Japan, and the USA, comprising road and track locations.
We only have a handful of other notable changes, which includes some changes to the force feedback effects on some steering wheels that GTPlanet players had flagged (once their eyes had stopped vibrating) on the forums since 1.55.
A couple of subtle changes to physics, not requiring a leaderboard wipe again (thankfully), have also been implemented. That includes one where cars would “move erratically” in non-gameplay scenes, and some changes in low-speed physics on cambered road surfaces and heavy braking.
There’s also the traditional, mysterious note that “various other issues have been addressed”. Generally these could be anything from new paints to subtle changes in car descriptions, and our community will be uncovering further details over the coming days in a dedicated Undocumented Changes thread. Suzuka’s circuit decor and signage update is not among them, still…
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