Gran Turismo 7 Spec III Lands This December, Adds Two New Tracks, New Cars, and New Features

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BEBOP_Bill
This! I can finally replicate the FTO LM from Gran Tourismo 1. Lets go!
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When 187,500 credits could buy you a top winning car.
 
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Wait, What??

1999 / 12
Officially certified in the Guinness World Records for a 2,000km drive in 24 hours by its electric vehicle.

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Mitsubishi Motors jointly developed a manganese lithium-ion battery with Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (currently GS Yuasa Corporation). The Mitsubishi FTO-EV (prototype) equipped with this battery ran 899 laps around the high-speed test track (2.4 km), 2,142.3 km in total, at the Okazaki Plant over the 24 hours from 8:00 am on December 19, 1999 to 8:00 am on the 20th, becoming the world’s first electric vehicle (EV) to have successfully run 2,000 km in 24 hours.
This isrecord was achieved by a significant reduction in recharging time and improvement in driving range per charge (battery capacity) through the use of a newly developed manganese-based lithium-ion battery as well as a thorough reduction of air resistance in the vehicle itself.
This world record at the time was officially recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records.
 
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Zenwarrior
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Wait, What??

1999 / 12
Officially certified in the Guinness World Records for a 2,000km drive in 24 hours by its electric vehicle.

1999_06.jpg

Mitsubishi Motors jointly developed a manganese lithium-ion battery with Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (currently GS Yuasa Corporation). The Mitsubishi FTO-EV (prototype) equipped with this battery ran 899 laps around the high-speed test track (2.4 km), 2,142.3 km in total, at the Okazaki Plant over the 24 hours from 8:00 am on December 19, 1999 to 8:00 am on the 20th, becoming the world’s first electric vehicle (EV) to have successfully run 2,000 km in 24 hours.
This isrecord was achieved by a significant reduction in recharging time and improvement in driving range per charge (battery capacity) through the use of a newly developed manganese-based lithium-ion battery as well as a thorough reduction of air resistance in the vehicle itself.
This world record at the time was officially recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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We need that livery!

EDIT: We know what year is the FTO of the trailer?
 
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I wonder if Pont Champlain or maybe even the La Tour Verdun will be seeable from the track!

Pont Champlain uses to make me panic back then. Probably still would nowadays!! La Tour Verdun is where 96.9 CKOI is broadcasted from. It's my childhood radio that I still listen from sometimes from Alberta! :D
 
At first glance, it's a nice update.
Especially because of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. I'm really looking forward to it (shouldn't it have been released last year?).

But upon closer inspection, it's not worthy of a Spec 3. A long-overdue higher level cap, just one new mechanic, the data logger, and the removal of a really annoying feature (car invitations).
The rest is included in the regular updates.
I'm missing more depth and, above all, content here.
  • Real endurance races (the classic)
  • Brand races (there are special races, but only for a limited time)
  • B-Spec Mode
  • Removal of the PP requirements for races I've already won 3 to 5 times (that would be nice)
  • An info display indicating when you've made a mistake in a race, so you know there's no more extra money
  • A ****ing home button to go straight from the races to the map would also be nice
  • A general overhaul of the GUI or user-friendliness would also be nice

Something like that would be a Spec 3 in my opinion.
 
Eunos_Cosmo
I really hope that F1 car is a V10. :drool:

I suspect that the other 4 cars won't be pedestrian either. Hopefully there are some unannounced new features as well.
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I could see the 8 additions being split 50:50 between racing and road cars. Just pray the other road cars are not SUVs!

As for possible unannounced new features - Could we finally see endurance races arrive alongside an updated Sophy?
 
Johnny Caisse
I wonder if Pont Champlain or maybe even the La Tour Verdun will be seeable from the track!

Pont Champlain uses to make me panic back then. Probably still would nowadays!! La Tour Verdun is where 96.9 CKOI is broadcasted from. It's my childhood radio that I still listen from sometimes from Alberta! :D
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I've been to the F1 race a bunch of times and I don't recall ever seeing Champlain in the distance, but you should definitely see Jacques-Cartier and Victoria at either ends (one of the pictures actually shows the J-C Bridge fairly well). If there's dynamic TOD you could probably see the Place Ville-Marie searchlight, as well as Mount Royal and La Ronde all lit up, which would honestly be pretty damn cool.
 
Canada_25
Wow!! I didn't expect that!! Can't wait to drive Montreal! This track is 2 hours away from home and I attended this race like 20 times in the V12-V10-V8 and V6 eras and still going. It means a lot to me.
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Sincerely happy for you. I know exactly how you feel. Waited 25 years for "my" track to be added...Watkins Glen. Spent 50+ weekends there over the past 30 years, so many that I know which trees are not accurate in GT lol. Enjoy.
 
venom85
At first glance, it's a nice update.
Especially because of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. I'm really looking forward to it (shouldn't it have been released last year?).

But upon closer inspection, it's not worthy of a Spec 3. A long-overdue higher level cap, just one new mechanic, the data logger, and the removal of a really annoying feature (car invitations).
The rest is included in the regular updates.
I'm missing more depth and, above all, content here.
  • Real endurance races (the classic)
  • Brand races (there are special races, but only for a limited time)
  • B-Spec Mode
  • Removal of the PP requirements for races I've already won 3 to 5 times (that would be nice)
  • An info display indicating when you've made a mistake in a race, so you know there's no more extra money
  • A ****ing home button to go straight from the races to the map would also be nice
  • A general overhaul of the GUI or user-friendliness would also be nice

Something like that would be a Spec 3 in my opinion.
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I totally agree. It's nowhere near a spec III release. People are too satisfied too easy with the 500th car and a single track or two added. There's no real overhaul. B-SPEC, career mode, qualifying sessions and endurance races would be a true game changer.

What will be the reward for the upgraded collection points cap ?

There I said it, this update is already over hyped before it got released.

It also means GT8 is still a long wait.
 
-Fred-
I've been to the F1 race a bunch of times and I don't recall ever seeing Champlain in the distance, but you should definitely see Jacques-Cartier and Victoria at either ends (one of the pictures actually shows the J-C Bridge fairly well). If there's dynamic TOD you could probably see the Place Ville-Marie searchlight, as well as Mount Royal and La Ronde all lit up, which would honestly be pretty damn cool.
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Ah yes!! These are the ones I meant! Oh and yes, I got big hopes for a circuit from the city of the first elementary school I went! Centre de L'Enseignement Vivant!! Life was rough at this School due to me messing around all the time and the bullies but oh well. I forgive 'em. Many of my friends are still living in North Shore/South Shore/Montreal! Sometimes I wonder how Mascouche, Terrebonne, L'Épiphanie, and Laval and Longueuil!! I miss Québec sometimes.
05XR8
Will my Collector Level carry over to GT8? 🤔

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Impressive amount of collection points IMO!! I salute your passion!!
 
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venom85
At first glance, it's a nice update.
Especially because of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. I'm really looking forward to it (shouldn't it have been released last year?).

But upon closer inspection, it's not worthy of a Spec 3. A long-overdue higher level cap, just one new mechanic, the data logger, and the removal of a really annoying feature (car invitations).
The rest is included in the regular updates.
I'm missing more depth and, above all, content here.
  • Real endurance races (the classic)
  • Brand races (there are special races, but only for a limited time)
  • B-Spec Mode
  • Removal of the PP requirements for races I've already won 3 to 5 times (that would be nice)
  • An info display indicating when you've made a mistake in a race, so you know there's no more extra money
  • A ****ing home button to go straight from the races to the map would also be nice
  • A general overhaul of the GUI or user-friendliness would also be nice

Something like that would be a Spec 3 in my opinion.
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Only the headlines have been revealed, so maybe the second half of those bullet points might still show up. I doubt you'll see B Spec or classic endurance races until GT8 for sure, but there may well be some quality of life improvements we don't know about yet. If they could just let me go into a sport mode race without faffing with the tyres would be a nice start. Let's see what happens eh.
 
Holy moly... 🤯 YAS MARINA!!! This track is so good and so beautiful. And Ferrari 296 GT3! 🤯 And even more F1 vibe with new car and Montreal!!!! 🤯🤯🤯 And even DATA LOGGER!
This is not happening, they took much criticism for poor updates, but when they drop they drop HUGE... Nice.
I haven't play GT for almost half year, because LMU got me totally but it seems we gonna have some winter sessions again.
 
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So, we'll be getting barely if any new stuff added in after Spec III update starting next year.
This is a bookend of steady free cars that GT7 getting they'll winding it down to a car or two to no new cars and mostly just patch fixes and QoL updates, well we're kind of already in this phase for a while now with the exception of September 2025 update.
Then they'd have to reveal the sequel next year.
And I'm really wanted to be proven wrong.
Still can't wait to see what else they'll be reveal for Spec III update.
 

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