It's the last Thursday of the month, which more often than not means it’s Gran Turismo 7 update time. Right on cue, following full details being announced yesterday, Update 1.60 is now available, bringing three new cars and a few other changes.
The featured cars are pretty much exactly what we expected based on the original teaser. Front and centre, and undoubtedly the most exciting inclusion, is the Lancia Delta Integrale – but not another version of the roadgoing one that’s already in the game.
Instead, it’s the Integrale in Group A rally guise, in which it racked up six straight World Rally Championship titles between 1987 and 1992. In fact, it’s the ’92-spec car that features – if we’re being really specific, the number 3 machine used by Didier Auriol to win that year’s Tour de Corse.
Next up comes another boxy European hatch of a similar vintage, albeit a lot more pedestrian than the rally Lancia. It’s the 1987 Citroen BX, a car notable for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it was designed by Marcello Gandini, the same man who penned the Lamborghini Miura and Countach, and secondly, it featured Citroen’s signature self-levelling hydropneumatic suspension.
The one featuring in the game isn’t in homologation special 4TC or even sporty GTi form, but the mid-range BX 19 TRS. That '19' denotes that it has a 1.9-litre engine making around 104bhp.
Finally, the theme of the last few updates adding a very pedestrian family crossover continues. Following the Toyota C-HR, Mazda CX-30 and Honda CR-V, the Peugeot 2008 is joining the game’s ranks.
It’s the current-generation version of the compact crossover, albeit in pre-facelift guise from 2021, and in Allure trim. It arrives in the game in 1.2-litre petrol form, with a turbocharged three-cylinder making 128bhp.
Elsewhere, there's a new Mercedes-Benz-focused Menu Book, and three new events in the World Circuits portion of the game, tailored to each of the new cars: a Sunday Cup race at Willow Springs' Streets of Willow layout, a European Sunday Cup 400 event at Watkins Glen and a Gr. B World Rally Challenge race at Colorado Springs.
Elsewhere, the Alsace - Village circuit is now compatible with GT7's proprietary 'Sophy' AI, and a host of new Scapes locations in Scotland have been added. Still notable in their absence, though, are any new tracks, and the Xiaomi SU7, which was confirmed to be coming to the game earlier this month.
As usual, undocumented in the patch notes but now available in the game are a selection of new engine swaps, too. The Lexus RC-F and S13 Nissan Silvia both gain the option of the legendary 2JZ straight-six from the Toyota Supra, while the later S14 Silvia can have the Nissan GT-R Nismo's VR38 V6 dropped into it.
Meanwhile, the second-generation Subaru BRZ's flat-four can be swapped out for the twin-turbo flat-six from 992 Porsche 911 Turbo S, and the Z32 Nissan 300ZX rather unexpectedly gains the swap of the 748bhp LS7 V8 from the Roadster Shop Rampage Camaro.