Gran Turismo 7: first part of Spec IV arrives October 15 — Sugo track and 6 cars

Gran Turismo 7 is getting ready to welcome Spec IV — an update of this scale is a first for the series, and this time it has been unusually split into two parts. The first arrives on October 15, the second is planned for December. It is the first part that will be the subject of the discussion below.

Track: Sportsland Sugo

Major locations in GT7 are added at roughly two per year, so every track is a notable event. Only one will appear in the first part: Sportsland Sugo, well known to the Japanese domestic calendar — Super GT and Super Formula race here. The circuit is laid out among the hills of Miyagi Prefecture; over its 2.3-mile distance the elevation change reaches 70 meters, and there are a couple of high-speed straights too. A separate detail: Sugo will become the first track added after the game's release with rainy weather support. The second location, Autumn Ring in two configurations, will arrive in the second part.

Six new cars

The lineup of the first part was already known from the teaser shown in Singapore. One model returns from past games, the rest make their debut in the series.

• Ferrari F355 Berlinetta — the nineties icon appears in Gran Turismo for the first time; according to GTPlanet, it is the most requested Ferrari in fan suggestions on the publication's forum.
• Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Evo — the first "evo" update for a fictional Gr.3 car, with the design agreed with Mazda itself.
• Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo — the brand joins the Vision Gran Turismo program.
• Citroen 2CV Charleston — the late version of the legendary model, the final stage of its long history.
• Honda Stepwgn Spada — a modern family minivan; bodies of this type are rare in the series.
• Honda (formerly Honda Mugen Motul Civic Si) — the return of the front-wheel-drive racing Civic from GT4–GT6, now without the sponsor prefix in its name.

Car Concierge and Legacy Cars

One of the main novelties appears to be Car Concierge: the feature lets you order a car that is not currently on sale and pay for it upon receipt. This solves the long-standing problem with rare cars that appear at the dealer once every couple of months. The mechanic unlocks after completing the GT Cafe career and watching the final cutscene: the first order slot is granted immediately, the rest as your collector level grows. A commission is provided for the service, which is why some cars priced at 20,000,000 credits will become more expensive for the first time in GT history.

In the Brand Central section, a Legacy Cars tab will appear with cars from brands that were produced before the modern model lineup. Having selected a car, you can go to the corresponding dealer and buy it if it is in stock.

Car Viewer and Experience

The new Car Viewer will let you examine your own car up close: seven backgrounds are provided, along with changing angles, adjusting the wheel turn angle and lighting, as well as shooting in photo mode. In spirit the mode is closer to Scapes, but the focus is on the car itself.

The Experience section will add challenges for individual brands, modeled on similar modes from past entries in the series. At launch, Hyundai, Polestar, Xiaomi and Yangwang are available. The specific tasks have not yet been revealed.

Collector level cap — CL90

If Spec III raised the maximum from 50 to 70, now the bar rises to CL90. The increased level unlocks additional Extra Menu Books and new Car Concierge slots, and the figure itself will be recalculated automatically when update 1.72 is released. According to GTPlanet's calculations, the CL90 bar will be reached immediately by those who have cars worth more than 187,450,000 credits in their garage.

Races, menus and Scapes

Content for the game has also been delivered:

• 6 new races — one for each new car. Some of the events will take place at Sugo (the WTC600, WTC800 and European Sunday Cup 400 series), and several more will be added at Autopolis, Spa and Dragon Trail.
• 3 new Extra Menu Books — themed collections "High-Performance EVs", "Tuned GT-Rs" and "Le Mans Winners", each requiring three cars to be collected.
• 2 new Scapes locations — Angeles Crest Highway and Sportsland Sugo.
• A new intro video — the traditional part of "Spec" updates.

What is known about the second part

About two months remain until the December release, and there is no exact date yet. It has already been confirmed that the second part will feature Autumn Ring with two configurations, and that Shuffle races will return.

👉 Source: GTPlanet

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