Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.67 Now Available: Three New Cars, New Races & Circuit Experience, Engine Swaps and More

[mastretta_mx]

Yeah shame there is no Small SUV with a CVT gearbox.

Yeah you know, is only 3 SUV with CVTs, but there are other daily cars/SUVs that had provided me fun and lots of Crs, bad of us for want and have fun with something different to the other 2,000 "true sims" out there

 

[RaY29rus]

Yeah shame there is no Small SUV with a CVT gearbox.

Well, can't say I miss those a lot, but if that's what you enjoy then sure, I have no problems with people enjoying cars I personally don't like that much!

 

[BGreenFace]

I don’t know if it was pointed out yet but in the trailer we can see the gt3 R have red front LED light (like the launch model). Maybe we will get different colours for them like the one in the second picture has part of front part or light bulb colour? (second option less likely)

 

[Old_Setzer]

Events: OK, but i would like to see more variation (EV only, Italian only, Asian, …)

Yeah, I always happy with new events but I would like new specific ones, like you said, more mono manufacturers (like we have with Ferrari & Porsche) etc

 

[CinnamonOD]

This is the "livery" from the Unveiling of the model back in 2022. PDI purism at its best (and worst).

Debut for the newest generation of the Porsche 911 GT3 R

The new Porsche 911 GT3 R will be unveiled to the public at this year’s 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. From the 2023 season, Porsche customer teams can campaign the new racing vehicle in worldwide motorsport events that adhere to the GT3 regulations. The vehicle is based on the latest...

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It is a livery nonetheless, if you want any in particular, you have the necessary tools at your disposal

 

[Crona08]

I don’t know if it was pointed out yet but in the trailer we can see the gt3 R have red positions light in at the front (like the launch model). Maybe we will get different colours for them?

Those aren't position lights they're pit leds here's rexy with green ones

 

[BGreenFace]

Those aren't position lights they're pit leds here's rexy with green onesView attachment 1509523

Yeah sorry my mistake.
Position lights are the one on the side 🤦‍♂️

 

[TomBrady]

They're still missing hypercars

Yea. I just want a McLaren Senna. Maybe a Gordon Murray T.50 while theyre at it

 

[symaski62]

hi

 

[RACECAR]

That sure is a funky looking Lotus.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

That sure is a funky looking Lotus.

But are we sure it is a Xiaomi?

 

[MSZ]

That sure is a funky looking Lotus.

They're all Chinese cars.

Speaking of which, it would be nice if PD adds some newer Lotus models to the game.

 

[ruestchiva]

No one said remove or forget family-oriented economy cars. It's just the shift in focus towards racing cars is welcome and has increased positivity around this game.

 

[Mister_XFR]

Hopefully some more tracks get added to Sophy or maybe there are some more interesting engine swaps… I like the 911 and Elantra but I don’t bother with Sport Mode very often. I’ll try the Xiaomi but I doubt I’ll care for it after a few drives.

 

[SoulSilvera]

Events: OK, but i would like to see more variation (EV only, Italian only, Asian, …)

While a greater variety of events would be amazing, I don't see how they could make a "EV Only" type of event that isn't one-make, at least for now.

Unless you apply some heavy form of BoP to some of them, almost none of the EVs we have are close to each other. Only the Model S and the Afeelas are somewhat close and wouldn't need much balancing*, but at that point you would have a 2/3 car race.

Spoiler: An EV laptime test I did in Autopolis

• Porsche Taycan Turbo S: 1:58.875
• Tesla Model 3 Performance: 2:00.708
• Polestar 5 Performance: 2:01.651
• Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: 2:02.146
• Tesla Model S Signature Performance: 2:05.596
• Afeela Prototype: 2:05.618
• Afeela 1: 2:06.123
• BMW i3: Didn't bother, but would be way slower than the other EVs.

Note: All cars on Sport Hards.

Of course, this "problem" could be fixed if PD added more EVs that are close to the ones we currently have (Renault 5 E-Tech or Audi e-tron instead of the Xiaomi and the upcoming Yangwang, for example). We know how well adding more EVs would go down with most players.

*Heavily depends on the racetrack, because the Model S has a lower top speed.

 

[HadenGTracer]

Hope that member does read about the countless classic race cars and road cars added to the game that were death traps for drivers around the globe.

Just putting it out there guys, relax. Chinese cars and electronics have been known to be dangerous and poor quality, as many manufacturers use manufacturing sweatshops to create products, moreover some have put in littlle research and just copy from western technology.

 

[Quakebass]

Guys, I’m still not sure that that’s the SU7, the shape doesn’t look right!!

 

[Mike Hamilton]

While a greater variety of events would be amazing, I don't see how they could make a "EV Only" type of event that isn't one-make, at least for now.

Unless you apply some heavy form of BoP to some of them, almost none of the EVs we have are close to each other. Only the Model S and the Afeelas are somewhat close and wouldn't need much balancing*, but at that point you would have a 2/3 car race.

Spoiler: An EV laptime test I did in Autopolis

• Porsche Taycan Turbo S: 1:58.875
• Tesla Model 3 Performance: 2:00.708
• Polestar 5 Performance: 2:01.651
• Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: 2:02.146
• Tesla Model S Signature Performance: 2:05.596
• Afeela Prototype: 2:05.618
• Afeela 1: 2:06.123
• BMW i3: Didn't bother, but would be way slower than the other EVs.

Note: All cars on Sport Hards.

Of course, this "problem" could be fixed if PD added more EVs that are close to the ones we currently have (Renault 5 E-Tech or Audi e-tron instead of the Xiaomi and the upcoming Yangwang, for example). We know how well adding more EVs would go down with most players.

*Heavily depends on the racetrack, because the Model S has a lower top speed.

Good point, I understand. However a PP limit might help with balancing? Example: An Ioniq with Racing Tires might be able to compete with a Taycan (depends on the track of course). Higher top speed and acceleration vs better cornering speed.

 

[Ryan81]

I think it's great we're finally getting our first Chinese brand in GT7. First we had a few in Forza and now a totally new brand in GT 😁

 

[danimac]

I wish Bathurst got a money grind race. But I bet it’s probably between 100 and 300K payout. Wish dynamic weather could come to Bathurst.

 

[WiseGuyTM]

Good point, I understand. However a PP limit might help with balancing? Example: An Ioniq with Racing Tires might be able to compete with a Taycan (depends on the track of course). Higher top speed and acceleration vs better cornering speed.

I would hope that in an update, but more realistically the next game, we get more expansive EV performance customization. Either in the form of motor swaps, or battery upgrades, or something. But as they are in the game now, I feel a EV event would end up very similar to the current VGT events, where, due to the wide performance spread of vehicles, many would just end up having to be heavily detuned or just straight up are too slow to stand a chance.

While it is a small thing, and was discussed earlier, I do wish they would attach a particular race livery to the GT3 cars, rather than the default reveal livery. To me, it makes the cars feel more significant and substantial, and gives the cars a little bit of lore. For example, the 2018 Ford GT Race car is the Rolex 24 winning car, which makes it feel far more like an icon, and far more timeless than a default livery GT3 (GTLM) machine, which will likely be abandoned and replaced as soon as a newer version comes out. At GT7's launch they did this half way, with some GT3 cars getting updated liveries that are based on real cars, but that didn't really have the same effect, at least for me. And of course, the livery creator takes away an objective benefit to going through the extra licensing hassle to do so, but its a little detail that I didn't know I cared about until it started to go away.

 

[AceMoosh]

Didn’t we already have WTC 800 on Mount Panorama??

Maybe we are getting endurance one like we did get on Spa?

only 700 currently

 

[ZEE]

I just noticed while gaming today, that in the game CGV race with the Elantra N cup race is already available but you cant do it because the car hasnt updated in-game lol!

 

[Famine]

I just noticed while gaming today, that in the game CGV race with the Elantra N cup race is already available but you cant do it because the car hasnt updated in-game lol!

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The race has been available for almost a week and uses the Elantra N added to the game in September.

Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.63 Now Available: New Cars, Ten Engine Swaps, New Races, and More

Running a day early than we'd been expecting, the September 2025 update for Gran Turismo 7 is now available to all players following the server maintenance period. The update, dubbed 1.63, is quite a bit weightier than usual, perhaps reflecting the additional vehicle content that it brings. On Pl

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Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges: N It to Win It

The penultimate set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges for January 2026 are upon us, arriving on your consoles as the clock ticks past midnight into Friday morning. Weekly Challenges is a special bonus event for players who've finished the main GT Cafe mode, which features five different challen

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I've done it twice.

I am curious if the N TC will be added to the eligible cars for the race, which I guess we'll have a few hours to find out.


I'm also curious if, now we have three countries in Asia with cars, the "Japanese [Race Type] [Recommended PP]" events will be aligned with the European one (and technically American one; we don't have any Canadian or Mexican cars yet, much less any from anywhere else on the continent, but "American" is the region rather than specifically USian/Statesian even if often used that way) to represent the region.

It probably doesn't affect the Xiaomi much (although that 600PP suggestion may mean it can fit it), but there's Korean road cars without regional events already.

 

[kjb]

The 296 is more a reflection of its actual price. Modern GT3 cars have started to get increasingly more and more expensive, in part because there’s no more upper GT categories for R&D to go into, so manufacturers shifted from GT1, to GT2/GTE, and now GT3 for a lot of maximization and innovation.

Increasingly less and less is shared between a road car and its GT3 race car counterpart, or manufacturers are going for designs that are intended to be race cars first, but still able to be sold in a similar road-going variety, like the Mustang GTD and upcoming GR GT from Toyota.

The 296 GT3 has more in common with a prototype race car than a GT car, it basically has 3 or 4 panels on each end of the car, and the engine and gearbox can be pulled out after undoing 4-6 bolts. The chassis itself was redesigned and built by Oreca, who built the old Viper GT2s, currently makes the dominant and preferred LMP2 platform, and the customer LMDh chassis/tubs for Acura, Alpine, Genesis, and soon Ford in GTP/Hypercar classes. An insane amount of development went into its redesign to simplify and shorten mechanic labor at the race track for simple and easy repairs or component replacement, and that’s reflected in the price. Depending on who’s buying and what spares packages you order with it it actually has been hitting that 1.2mil mark, but it’s trended around 800-900k as far as I’m aware. Older GT3 platforms have sat around 400-500k, but all the new Evo packs and new models have been 600-750k, and it’s looking like costs are gonna keep going up now that manufacturers have found new ways to squeeze innovation into the class.

I just want to provide some examples, as I was at Daytona for the last two weekends and got to see a lot of car teardowns in the garages.

Lexus RCF, who’s design is from 2017:

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Has a whole bunch of mounts, joints, and structure bars, and a complicated set of paneling for radiators and aero bits.

Compare it to the Ford Mustang, which debuted in 2024 and got an Evo kit this year:

Launch GT3:

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2026 Evo kit:

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The engine literally mounts directly to the chassis and firewall as a structured member, and the fenders and bumpers just clip together in 3 parts, with the hood also being able to just clip on to those pieces, and be carried or stacked efficiently as a front end unit. This is how modern GT3s have been getting built and what’s making them cost more.

BMW’s 2022 M4 has similar panel structuring:

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Mercedes’s platform is also pretty old and has more similarities to the Lexus as far as inefficient/high quantities of body/panel packaging:

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Now compare to how the 296 comes apart:

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Unbelievably simple car to work on. Compare it to an Oreca 07 LMP2:

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Basically a carbon cage mounted to an engine and then some clip-on aero paneling. This is a Dallara LMDh, but it functions similarly:

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And as you say, the R8 is fairly pricey, but that too was a redesigned platform for GT3, in fact the R8 and Huracan shared carbon tubs and used the same race engines, just had different mountings for panels, it may have been one of the early innovators to this trend:

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TL;DR, this is all to say many of the modern race car prices aren’t too disconnected from reality. GT3s vary wildly in price depending on their age and amount of development/chassis restructuring.

This is particularly why I’m interested in the TCR’s pricing, cuz it’s the first time we’ll have gotten something from that category. I’m a little interested in the Porsche’s price too, but it should allign more with other Group 3 cars since it isn’t the new-new evo model, tho it may have the evo parts in GT Auto like the 296 did.

Thanks for sharing that information it was very informative and a good read

 

[05XR8]

 

[rsspyder21]

That sure is a funky looking Lotus.

But are we sure it is a Xiaomi?

Guys, I’m still not sure that that’s the SU7, the shape doesn’t look right!!

I still don't believe it's the SU7. Will find out what it really is tonight when I download the update.

 

[AmyUD06]

Would you've had it rather that they kept adding commuter suvs und mom vans?

Honestly, yes. I started with the original GT on PSX at launch, and the series has always been more about taking regular everyday street cars and tuning them up into performance vehicles than it has ever been about dedicated race cars.

You can absolutely tune out the Gr cars. What are you on about?

Not if you want to use them that way in the events they're made for (Sport Mode).

 

[Talon16]

Honestly, yes. I started with the original GT on PSX at launch, and the series has always been more about taking regular everyday street cars and tuning them up into performance vehicles than it has ever been about dedicated race cars.

Not if you want to use them that way in the events they're made for (Sport Mode).

Well of course if BoP is applied... that's the whole point of the BALANCING the PERFORMANCE. Sport Mode with road cars also have a BoP applied to them (unless it's specifically a tuning race which Gr cars have had those as well). Figured that went without saying.

What I was replying to was the Gr cars are not "locked-to-spec" if you choose for them not to be.

 

[hyperspeed980]

Well of course if BoP is applied... that's the whole point of the BALANCING the PERFORMANCE. Sport Mode with road cars also have a BoP applied to them (unless it's specifically a tuning race which Gr cars have had those as well). Figured that went without saying.

What I was replying to was the Gr cars are not "locked-to-spec" if you choose for them not to be.

The only reason I would ever willingly use a Gr.3 car (besides stuff like the Silhouette and older GT500s) is if the event absolutely mandates them, a.k.a. daily races, which are all locked to spec and have tuning disabled.