Gran Turismo 7’s Spec IV update drops October 15 with a six-car content haul headlined by the 1994 Ferrari F355 and a 1987 Honda Civic Si Group A race car that veterans of the franchise haven’t seen since GT4. The update also brings Sugo, a tight, old-school Japanese circuit that already made its presence felt during the GT World Series esports round in Singapore this weekend.
Sugo is a track with deep roots in both real motorsport and gaming history. Sega built an entire arcade cabinet around the F355 thrashing its way through those corners in Ferrari F355 Challenge. Now Polyphony Digital is reuniting car and track in its own ecosystem, and for longtime players, that pairing alone justifies the download.
The Civic might be the sleeper of the bunch. Wearing its period-correct Motul livery, the Group A car won its class in the 1987 All-Japan Touring Car Championship. At 220 horsepower and under 2,000 pounds, it should be a scalpel on a track like Sugo. Anyone who spent hours hot-lapping it in GT4 knows exactly what to expect.
Rounding out the car list: a 2023 Honda Step Wgn (yes, spelled that way), a 1986 Citroën 2CV6 Charleston representing the tail end of France’s most beloved economy car, an evolved Mazda RX Vision GT3, and the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo concept that was revealed ages ago but has been sitting in limbo until now.
Beyond the metal, update 1.72 introduces two features that reflect Polyphony’s obsessive attention to car culture simulation. The Car Viewer lets players stage any vehicle from their garage against curated backgrounds for photo ops, accessible straight from the menu. It is the kind of feature nobody asked for but everyone will use.
More consequential is the Car Concierge. Previously, acquiring rare machines in GT7 meant stalking the used car lot and Legends dealership, waiting for specific vehicles to rotate into stock. The Concierge lets you order what you want, when you want it. You can even choose mileage and color.
The catch is pure Gran Turismo. A 1955 Mercedes W196 that normally costs 20 million credits through the Legends lot runs 20,780,000 through the Concierge, and you wait seven days for delivery. Polyphony is simulating the luxury car buying experience down to the dealer markup and the wait time, which is either admirably committed worldbuilding or an unnecessary friction layer depending on your patience.
This is only phase one. December brings phase two of Spec IV, including a rebuilt Autumn Ring, the beloved fictional circuit that has appeared in nearly every mainline Gran Turismo title. Polyphony’s track record with legacy circuits in GT7 has been mixed. Deep Forest and Trial Mountain got tasteful refreshes, while Grand Valley Speedway was overhauled so aggressively it barely resembled its former self.
Five years after launch, GT7 continues to receive content drops substantial enough to keep its community engaged while Sony preps whatever comes next. Whether the drip feed is generosity or a holding pattern depends entirely on how long the wait for a true sequel stretches. Polyphony has not said a word about that timeline, and the Spec IV rollout suggests they are in no hurry.
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