Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi has teased “a big update” is coming for Gran Turismo 7 this coming week, and revealed the biggest ever vehicle content drop as a part of it.
With seven vehicles shown in the traditional pre-update silhouette teaser, there’s at least two more cars in what we’ll tentatively call 1.40 than any previous GT7 update. It’ll beat the previous record of five held by 1.27, 1.29, and 1.31 in that deluge of updates from December 2022 to March 2023.
The teaser has sparked the usual community guessing game for the cars’ identities, as they appear — as usual — heavily disguised in shadow. However they are, for the most part, not tremendously tricky to determine:
Starting with the front row we see two returning cars — one of which is among the most-requested vehicles for the game (usually after an update teaser not containing it) — along with an all-new machine.
We’ll begin with that in-demand car, the Lexus LFA. This screaming V10 came out of almost nowhere; it had been in development for almost a decade and largely flagged as a new Toyota Supra before it landed with a Lexus badge — and a horrifying sticker price of $375,000. One, purportedly, remains unsold.
It was a fan favorite car in Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6 but, despite being a “Premium” machine, it never made it into Sport. GT7 will thus be its first appearance in the series since 2013.
The other returnee has a considerable GT history, having appeared in the very first game and every subsequent numbered title — so it fulfils its destiny by being added to GT7. That’s the Nismo 400R, a 400hp version of the R33 Skyline GT-R built by Nissan’s racing arm.
Completing the front row is an all-new vehicle which actually made its Gran Turismo debut in the recent movie. Briefly driven by the film’s hero, Jann Mardenborough, the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is the latest model atop the naturally aspirated 911 range.
The back row contains an interesting mix, including three interpretations of American muscle, starting with the classic flavor of the second-gen Dodge Charger.
This too is a car that has been in Gran Turismo before in three different forms, so it’s tricky to say exactly what version it will be. The most common of these — appearing in Gran Turismo 4–6 — is the R/T 440 from 1970, and the fact it has previously been a part-Premium car suggests it could be this vehicle again.
Alongside that is a much more modern version of the same theme, by way of the Dodge Challenger Demon. This is loosely related to the Charger Hellcat we already have in the game, but with everything turned up to 11. That includes an updated version of the Hellcat’s 6.2-liter Hemi, which enjoys a 2.7-liter supercharger…
One step along we find the Tesla Model 3, which was teased before the game’s launch back in February 2022. It’s likely the Performance model, which sports a 450hp dual-motor setup, although we will have to wait and see.
Finally there’s another possible returnee, which is easy to identify in broad strokes but a little bit of a head-scratcher. It is quite clearly a W201 Mercedes-Benz 190E, but which of the models is a mystery for now.
The famous Evo II DTM homologation model which has been in previous GT games is most likely, but the image doesn’t clearly show the enormous rear wing. It could therefore be the Evo I, or even the more sensible 2.5-16 Cosworth, although the front end suggests the deeper dam of the Evo cars.
As ever, the social media post from Kazunori Yamauchi only teases the new vehicle content coming for an update, so we don’t know what else — track content, features, other changes — will be part of the update.
However it’s well worth noting the specific choice of words in the Tweet, as Yamauchi refers to 1.40 as “a big update”. The last time we saw this phrase was back in February 2023 ahead of the 1.29 update, and it’s fair to say that update was massive.
It contained not only five new cars (the most to that point in time) but a new circuit, the addition of full-game PlayStation VR2 support, and the limited-time Gran Turismo Sophy mode which allowed players to race against the new machine-learning AI.
On this basis, players may well have some considerable expectation for what 1.40 may contain in terms of new features and modes. Of course many have been clamoring for the inclusion of longer, better-paying races in the game, including endurance races, and this is something that had been flagged by Yamauchi as coming in the future back in March 2022.
There’s no date announced for the update yet, but PD has favored Thursdays — usually the final Thursday of a month — in the past. That suggests Thursday November 2 as the most likely day, although it could be at any point during the week. Watch this space for more information as we get it!
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