After a little lull in communication from Polyphony Digital, studio head Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that the expected November update for Gran Turismo 7 will be hitting consoles soon.
In his now-traditional “silhouette” teaser on social media, Yamauchi revealed that the update is on its way “next week”, as well as revealing some hints of the vehicle content that players will be able to enjoy once the update is downloaded and installed.
It’s set to be a relatively large set of cars, with five vehicles appearing in the image in their heavily disguised forms and from what we can tell it looks like an interesting mix:
Our eyes are drawn immediately to the top-left vehicle, which bears the unmistakable boxy shape and roof lines of a car we actually already have in the game. That’s the current-generation of Suzuki Jimny, added back in January’s 1.42 update. It seems likely then that this will be the “world” model, or “Sierra” body vehicle, in contrast to the kei variant we have already.
Moving clockwise we have one of the most-requested vehicles in Gran Turismo’s history, easily identified by the absurd rear wing. That’s the Ford Escort RS Cosworth, and the apparent presence of the sunroof indicates it’s the road car and not a rally variant.
It’s a bit trickier to pin the next car down exactly, but in general terms it’s a 992-generation Porsche 911. We reckon, from the rear wing, it’s a Turbo or Turbo S model, but we’ll have to wait and see for more specifics on that front.
Another Porsche sits next to it, in the shape of the company’s next-generation halo product. That’s the Porsche Mission X Concept, which Porsche presented to itself as a 75th birthday present back in 2023, and the all-electric hypercar is set to preview a range-topping performance model that’s coming soon.
Finally we have one that’s pretty hard to guess right away. It has a classic sports car shape, and a whole load of bulges going on — particularly the fairing ahead of the driver — which we think closely matches the Mercedes-Benz W196 Monoposto. This was raced in the 1955 Formula One World Championship by drivers like Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, winning five of six races that year (Indy 500 aside).
Of course this only refers to the vehicle content of the update, and any other contents are unknown at this time. Should the update follow the usual schedule we’ll find out more on Wednesday November 20, ahead of its arrival on the following day and the more detailed patch notes that accompany it.
One thing we’re very firmly expecting in the update though is official support for the PlayStation 5 Pro through a “Pro Enhanced” patch. This will add the new graphics modes for the game which we’ve seen previewed, although it remains to be seen if the improved capabilities that players are already experiencing will be removed at the same time.
As noted above, we’re expecting this update to arrive on Thursday November 21, and watch this space for all the latest information as we get it.
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