After a slightly earlier than usual pre-update teaser, Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has revealed the identities of the new cars coming to GT7 and confirmed the date for the update’s arrival.
Following on from May’s unusually timed update, likely caused by the online portion of the Gran Turismo World Series, we had confirmation over the weekend that the next GT7 update would be back in its usual slot of the final week of the month. We’ve been expecting June 26 to be the precise date for a while, and that’s now confirmed.
The update will be preceded by the usual game maintenance window, running for around two hours in the morning — from 0600-0800 UTC — which will see the game taken offline, making the majority of features unavailable until after the update is installed and the maintenance window ends.
With the full update teaser subsequently released, we’ve updated the article below to reflect the latest information:
Table of Contents
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Cars
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Races & Events
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Scapes & Other Changes
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Cars
Along with confirming the date for the update Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi also confirmed the three new cars. This all has come a little earlier than usual, probably as he has been in Europe between visits to London for the GTWS live event and then the 24-hour races at Le Mans and Nurburgring.
The “silhouette” teaser was a little less disguised than usual, which allowed us to hone in on the cars’ identities a little quicker and with more precision. As is usually the case though (except for the leaked 1.59 update), it’s only now that the veil is lifted that we can get more information and the cars are now confirmed as:
- Citroen BX19 TRS 1987 – Used Cars
- Lancia Delta HF Integrale WRC 1992 – Legends Cars
- Peugeot 2008 Allure 2021 – Brand Central
It’s a pretty unusual mix, even by Gran Turismo standards, as the update features not only the first all-European selection of cars but also the first to entirely come from the same parent company with all the vehicles now falling under the Stellantis umbrella.
That’s even more interesting given the relatively recent events that saw Stellantis vehicles become significantly less common in racing games, leading to speculation about the company’s approach to video game licensing — now seemingly resolved.
Leading the line is probably the 1992 Lancia Delta HF Integrale World Rally Championship car, the last Lancia to claim a WRC title and the last of a record six-in-a-row manufacturer’s title run that’s never been equalled.
While the car couldn’t deliver a driver’s title that same season, Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol did finish second and third — and alongside the 1986 Peugeot 205 T16 and 1995 Toyota Celica GT-Four, this would be a third Kankkunen-driven WRC vehicle in the game. However the model wears the #3 and a 36° Tour de Corse banner, which would be Auriol’s car. Not to mention the Tricolore on the roof…
One we didn’t see coming is the 1987 Citroen BX. We’re pretty sure this is the first time a fully drivable, regular BX — aside from the 4TC Group B car — has been standard content in any game at all with the exception of The Getaway: Black Monday…
With its hydropneumatic suspension, the Gandini-designed BX was the very oddest of D-segment sedans of the mid-80s and is presented here as a Phase 2 facelifted car in “Tres Riche” TRS specification with the larger 1.9-liter engine. This single-carbed unit produced around 100hp in stock form, but that was enough in a car that weighs about as much as a second-gen Lotus Elise.
That leaves the latest entry in the expanding crossover SUV sector that’s seen some recent additions in GT7 — and led some predictions astray. Following on from the C-segment Toyota C-HR, Mazda CX-30, and Honda CR-V, we’d been expecting the similar Nissan Qashqai/Rogue Sport, but instead it’s the smaller, B-segment Peugeot 2008.
This is a pre-facelift, second-generation car based on the same CMP underpinnings as the 208 — though not the older, PF1-based 208 in the game — and it looks to be the mid-range Allure model. As standard this packs the three-cylinder 1.2-liter PureTech engine with 128hp. With regular six-speed manual and eight-speed auto options, it should be ripe for an engine swap at some point.
We don’t yet know what the pricings for the vehicles will be, but we’re expecting the Lancia to be mid-six figures and the other two to come in at around 50,000cr between them — for another inexpensive update!
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Races & Events
The 1.59 update added neither Bonus nor Extra Menu books, but we do have a collection-based Extra Menu this time round, as well as some new races and new events for GT Sophy.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: Extra Menu Book 46
Extra Menu Book 46 will focus on Mercedes-Benz, and it’s set to be a bit of an expensive and tricky one as all three cars are confined to the Legends Cars dealership. That’ll mean some waiting unless the cars are added as Special Picks tomorrow, but you’ll need to save up quite a bit if you don’t already have the three cars.
While the Unimog isn’t a bank-breaker, and the 300SL is a bit of a bargain at 1.7m credits, you’ll also need the W196R Monoposto which maxes out the car value slider at 20,000,000cr. We can only hope that the bonus reward for completing your collection is appropriately high-value and not the usual Five-Star Roulette Ticket…
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Races
As usual there’s three new race events, each keyed to one of the three new cars, expanding the existing race series in the game. We don’t yet know the distances or rewards involved though, only the combinations.
They’ll consist of a Sunday Cup race at the Streets of Willow Springs Reverse, and a European Sunday Cup 400 race at Watkins Glen Short Course, either of which could suit either of the French cars, and the obvious event for the Lancia in the World Rally Challenge Gr.B at Colorado Springs Lake.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: GT Sophy
The advanced GT Sophy AI has learned another new track since May, and will become available at the Alsace Village course for a new dedicated event and selection for custom races.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.60: New Scapes & Other Changes
A brand new set of Scapes is also coming along in this update, with 30 spots in Scotland, home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the entire United Kindom. Only a handful are visible in this teaser, but they seem to major on rural locations and include some of its famous lochs.
Any other changes are kept under wraps for the patch notes, which arrive alongside the update when it lands at about 0600 UTC on Thursday June 26. However a new circuit is incredibly unlikely, as it would have been teased by now, making it a full year without any new tracks. We’re also now approaching two years since the Suzuka Circuit updated signage was revealed without an appearance in the public version in the game.
Other features likely include a range of new engine swaps, and we’ve got our fingers crossed for the long-awaited Fanatec FullForce, as iRacing recently saw an update to include it.
Watch this space for all the latest over the next couple of days!
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