Summary
Gran Turismo 7developer Polyphony Digital has confirmed that the game’s next content update will be announced on July 6 during a big in-person event. While Polyphony has added new content toGran Turismo 7almost every month since its launch, fans speculate that the upcoming update’s more grandiose announcement could hint to it being more ambitious than anticipated.
A standardGT7content update usually comprises a collection of new cars alongside new World Circuit missions, GT Café menus, Scapes locations, etc. Polyphony occasionally introduces a new track or more layouts for existing circuits in the game, but this has been quite far and few between for players, with no discernible cadence to expect them either. The studio has explained thatmodeling assets forGT7takes a long time, but with only four unique tracks being added to the game in over two years, many fans desire more clarity.
Thankfully, after a somewhat lengthy spell of smaller content updates, it appears the nextGT7update might be the one players have been waiting for. Over on its official Twitter account, Polyphony Digital recently announced that it will reveal update 1.49 forGT7at the opening round of the Gran Turismo World Series 2024, which will supposedly be a huge in-person esports event held in Montreal, Canada on July 6. ConsideringpriorGT7content updateswere always announced on Twitter a few days before release, update 1.49 may be packing a lot more content for it to warrant such a grand announcement.
Next Gran Turismo 7 Update Will Be Revealed on July 6, And It May Be a Big One
The last big content addition forGT7was its SPEC 2 update in November 2023, which introduced seven new cars, the Lake Louise track with three layouts, the Gran Turismo Sophy AI Driver Agent, an updated main menu, four-player split-screen functionality, 50 new License challenges, and much more. Polyphony hasn’t hinted towards the scope of update 1.49 forGT7yet, but many fans wonder if it could be even more ambitious than SPEC 2, bearing in mind the eight-month release gap between them.
It’s too early to assume how big the nextGT7update will be, and there’s also the remote possibility of it just being a regular-sized update that Polyphony may have wanted to advertise at its Gran Turismo World Series event. However, the studio has been quite careful with managing expectations so far, and the uncharacteristic week-in-advance announcement likely alludes to update 1.49 being special in some way.GT7is already regarded as one of thebest racing games on PS5, and its next update is set to make it even better.
