Gran Turismo 7

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Update Notice (1.11) - Update - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com

A new update for Gran Turismo 7 has been released. The following is a list of the main features introduced.

Improvements and Adjustments

1.World Circuits
- The amount of rewards for events in the latter half of the World Circuit has been increased.
- New race events have been added to the World Circuit. The new events are as follows:
 ・World Touring Car 600 Tokyo Expressway East Clockwise
 ・World Touring Car 700 24 Heures du Mans Racing Circuit
 ・World Touring Car 800 Sardegna Road Track A
- Adjusted the rewards for Arcade races and Custom Races

2.Circuit Experience
- Rewards are now provided when clearing all layouts of circuits in Gold or Bronze results. If you have already achieved these results, going into the sector selection screen and exiting with the Exit button will award the prize.

3.Lobby / Sports Mode
- The amount of rewards in Lobbies and Daily Races has been increased.
- Corrected an issue where spectating while entered in a race in the Lobby did not allow you to switch to the spectator camera.
- Changed the Nations Cup and Manufacturer Cup so that the Helmet thumbnail specific to the championship is displayed.
- When the room mode is set to ‘Practice/Endurance Race’, adjusted the finish timing when the course setting is set to ‘Time limit’.
- Changed the camera movements before races start in Daily Races when the starting method is set to Formation.

4.Mission
- Added ‘The Human Comedy’ to Missions, containing 1-hour endurance races. ‘The Human Comedy’ will become playable when the player’s Collector’s Level is 23. Each endurance race event will award up to 1.2 million Cr. per event.
- Race information such as the Starting Grid, number of laps or time limit, starting method, etc. are now displayed in the Race event Quick Menu of Missions.
- Best records for time limit events and Friend Ranking Records are now saved and displayed in the format of [Ranking/Number of Laps]
- Rankings have been reset for the following Time Limit events*
 ・Gone With the Wind - High Speed Ring 30 min.
 ・The Sun Also Rises - Le Mans 24 min.
 ・The Sun Also Rises - Bathurst Gr. 3 Battle

*Already existing best records will only display the ‘Ranking’. Once the same or better result record has been set, it will be saved in the format of ‘Ranking/Number of laps’. For Friend Rankings, if a Bronze or better result is set, it will be saved even if the result is lower than the best record.

5.Game Progression
- Raised the maximum cap for earned in-game credits to 100 million Cr.
- New ‘Invitations’ received hereafter will have a time limit of 30 days, instead of 14 days.

6.Used Cars / Legendary Cars
- The number of cars listed in the lineup at the same time is now increased.

7.Cars
- Mazda RX-7 GT-X (FC) '90: Corrected the position and shape of the roll cage installed in ‘GT Auto’.
- Toyota Sprinter Trueno 1600GT APEX (S.Shigeno Version): Corrected a part of the rear wheel design.

8.Livery Editor
- Corrected livery display issues for the following cars. If the car you are currently using is subject to this, it will be fixed when you go to [GT Auto] -> [Car Customization] -> [Save Style]
 ・Subaru WRX Gr.B Road Car
 ・Ferrari F430 '06
 ・Ferrari F8 Tributo '19

9. Car Physics Simulation
- Improved physics when landing from a jump, mainly on dirt tracks.
- Corrected an issue where the value of the vehicle speed displayed on the speedometer of other players in online races sometimes differed from the actual vehicle speed.
- Corrected an issue where after-fire would not stop during certain operations after tuning the muffler of a Toyota Prius G '09 and Toyota Aqua S '11.

10.Car Settings
- Changed the anti-lag system setting from ON/OFF to 3 settings, OFF/Weak/Strong.
- Corrected an issue where if you open the car settings after selecting a part in the Tuning Shop but cancelling without purchasing it, it would blank out the created setting sheet name and the settings would be reset.

11.Race
- Corrected an issue where time penalties were not being issued properly when short distance short cuts were made or successive short cuts were made.
- Corrected an issue where a penalty would always be issued for cutting the white line at Goodwood.
- Adjusted the pit stop starting position for the Daytona International Speedway tri-oval.

12.Custom Races
- Changed so that Balance of Performance (BoP) setting can be turned on/off when the player’s cars are Gr.1, Gr.2, Gr.3, Gr.4, and Gr.B categories.

13.Rival Cars (AI)
- Corrected an issue where rival cars that changed to rain tires in wet condition races after a pit stop would have slow acceleration coming out of the pits.
- In online races, applied measures for some cars starting earlier or later during a rolling start due to network issues.

14.Graphics
- Improved the image quality of smoke in Race Photos
- Corrected an issue where debris during crashes while in cockpit view would enter inside of the car.
- Corrected the graphics drawing of smoke when seen through car windows

15.Replays
- Until now, the control menu appeared using any button on the controller, but this has been changed so that it will now only appear when using the confirm and cancel buttons.

16.Sound
- Music will now be played back in Surround Sound when the audio output mode is set to ‘7.1 ch Surround’ output.
 ・On PlayStation®4, this playback will apply when the connected device is 5.1 ch or 7.1 ch compatible and the ‘Audio Output Mode’ in ‘Options’ is set to ‘7.1 Surround’.
 ・On PlayStation®5 this playback will apply when the connected device is 5.1 h or 7.1 ch compatible and the ‘HDMI Device Type’ on the console is set to ‘AV Amplifier’, and the ‘Number of Channels’ is set to ‘5.1 ch’ or ‘7.1 ch’.
- Added [Music Replay Volume Balance] and [Music Replay Master Volume] options to the Sound Volume and the replay options for the Music Replay Playback.
- The Music Replay Options can now be closed with the cancel button.

17.Settings
- Changed so that [Display Demonstration Ghost] setting inside [Ghost Settings] is displayed only in Licenses and the Circuit Experience.
- Added a [Temporary Exposure Setting] to the Quick Menu settings. The [Temporary Exposure Settings] allows you to temporarily adjust the brightness of the screen in races. Exiting the quick menu will return the game to the original exposure setting.

18.Car Collection
- Added 3 new features for moving the cursor.
 ・The △ button will now move the cursor to your current car.
 ・The L2 button or R2 will move the cursor to the next car already acquired.
 ・The □ button will move the cursor to cars with ‘NEW’ labels.

19.GT Auto
- Unified the brightness of replacement light bulbs under [GT Auto] > [Customize Cars] > [Other Parts] > [Lightbulb]

20.Trophy
- Corrected the text for the trophy ‘Wheely Good Fun’ to ‘Bought 10 sets of wheels at GT AUTO’

21.Title Screen
- Divided the thumbnail image and title text of news so that they are displayed separately.

22.Steering Controllers
- Allocated features to extra buttons that become available when attaching replacement wheels such as the Fanatec Club Sport Steering Wheel Formula V2 on the Fanatec GT DD Pro*.
 ・Assigned the upper right / left paddles on the Fanatec Podium Advanced Paddle Module to turn signals
 ・Assigned the left/right toggle switch to MFD toggle and change features
 ・Assigned the analog stick to head turning
* Extra button assignment is only available when the compatible steering wheel is attached.
- When attaching a replacement steering wheel such as the Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Formula V2 on the Fanatec CSL Elite and Fanatec Podium, changed the ‘MFD Change’ function assigned to both left and right toggle switches so that the left toggle switch is assigned to the ‘Switch MFD’ feature.
- Various other issues have been addressed.

Thank you for your continued support and please continue to enjoy Gran Turismo 7!
 

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Got a used PS4 the other day and am really tempted to pick this up. I have never been in the PS ecosystem but played a few way back in the day and am a huge car guy/forza fan.

Reading all this stuff on the micro transactions is kinda turning me off though. I actually think a bit of a grind is good, forza games can almost throw too many cars at you, but GT7 sounds absurd.

Really ambivalent on it right now.
New patch just came out with way better credit rewards. The single player experience is one to be desired but can be challenging. Online is where its at for me. Overall, a good game. I would recommend.
 
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New patch just came out with way better credit rewards. The single player experience is one to be desired but can be challenging. Online is where its at for me. Overall, a good game. I would recommend.
Does online have the rolling starts as well? A grid with qualifying or random positions?
 

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Does online have the rolling starts as well? A grid with qualifying or random positions?
Yeah some races have grid starts. It varies week to week in the dailies or week to week in the championship races. The rolling starts online are also actually competitive, they're not spread out by 30/40 seconds the way the offline ones are.
 

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Yeah some races have grid starts. It varies week to week in the dailies or week to week in the championship races. The rolling starts online are also actually competitive, they're not spread out by 30/40 seconds the way the offline ones are.
you got any twitch/youtube races of yourself?
 

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you got any twitch/youtube races of yourself?
Nah. I feature in a Super GT video where he's fighting for the lead and I'm in 12th or something. I went through all of my saved replays from GT Sport taking video of them with the idea of putting together a compilation video of all my best bits.... I thought I'd do about 3 minutes or so per race. I ended up with about 25gb of video. It was hours' worth.

I also still haven't really felt like wanting to spend a lot of time in Sport Mode in GT7. The online is just not appealing to me the way it used to be.
 

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Nah. I feature in a Super GT video where he's fighting for the lead and I'm in 12th or something. I went through all of my saved replays from GT Sport taking video of them with the idea of putting together a compilation video of all my best bits.... I thought I'd do about 3 minutes or so per race. I ended up with about 25gb of video. It was hours' worth.

I also still haven't really felt like wanting to spend a lot of time in Sport Mode in GT7. The online is just not appealing to me the way it used to be.
whats the link to the vid. love me some Super GT vids
 

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So I ended up buying it. Enjoying it quite a bit so far. Couple questions.

Is there a way to toggle the minimap that's bottom center? Sometimes it's a split time counter and other times a map. I definitely prefer the map.

Any site or YouTube that does car tunes? I feel like there's a lot of weak spots in the system to exploit.

Really am enjoying it, though I find some aspects a bit frustrating. The tuning, particularly trying to remove parts, is pretty baffling at first. The always online feature is just stupid, no clue why some developers are so insistent on this as a model. I was playing last night only to be kicked off and out of my single player game.
 

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So I ended up buying it. Enjoying it quite a bit so far. Couple questions.

Is there a way to toggle the minimap that's bottom center? Sometimes it's a split time counter and other times a map. I definitely prefer the map.

Any site or YouTube that does car tunes? I feel like there's a lot of weak spots in the system to exploit.

Really am enjoying it, though I find some aspects a bit frustrating. The tuning, particularly trying to remove parts, is pretty baffling at first. The always online feature is just stupid, no clue why some developers are so insistent on this as a model. I was playing last night only to be kicked off and out of my single player game.
You can change the MFD using the d-pad. Left/right cycles through the different functions, up/down changes the settings (traction control, brake balance, torque distribution, fuel map, weather radar)

For tuning, best forum for tunes is here: GT7 Car Tuning
Any time I've tuned in this or GT Sport I've just copied the smart people in my discord server, I'll ask and see if they recommend anywhere else.
 
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So I've been racing a bit online. Decided to host a room of practice Laguna Seca. I set it to a 500 pp limit but there were way higher cars in the lobby. How does the limit work, or does it work at all? There didn't seem to be any other limiting options. I'm also positive they were higher pp because I was racing a stock scirocco against a 911 gt3.
 

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So I've been racing a bit online. Decided to host a room of practice Laguna Seca. I set it to a 500 pp limit but there were way higher cars in the lobby. How does the limit work, or does it work at all? There didn't seem to be any other limiting options. I'm also positive they were higher pp because I was racing a stock scirocco against a 911 gt3.
You can buy ballast and power limiters in the tuning shop which gets PP down. There's currently a way of detuning one of the Dodge Tomahawk VGT cars from something like 1300 to under 600 to get it into one of the offline races to grind for credits.

I remember going online for the first time in GT5 all happy with my cars and thinking I was good at driving and getting ruined without knowing what was going on. If you go into lobbies even if there's a PP or power limit, you're almost certainly going to go up against people who have cars better than you thought possible. Sport Mode is where you want to go for racing on an equal playing field.
 
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@PeakMcOil this is the channel you're after for tuning: https://youtube.com/c/Harmonic14

There's also an in-game guide if you go to the options menu on the top left. If it's the same as previous Gran Turismos it'll be very straightforward and detailed, but the only time I could ever really make that work was in GT5 when I was old enough to understand what I was reading but still had enough free time to experiment and play around with it and actually understand what was going on.

It's also worth remembering that in Sport Mode races where tuning is enabled, there will almost certainly be a meta tune/car going round which has settings which are completely unrealistic and broken, so bear that in mind if you do start spending time there.
 
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You can buy ballast and power limiters in the tuning shop which gets PP down. There's currently a way of detuning one of the Dodge Tomahawk VGT cars from something like 1300 to under 600 to get it into one of the offline races to grind for credits.

I remember going online for the first time in GT5 all happy with my cars and thinking I was good at driving and getting ruined without knowing what was going on. If you go into lobbies even if there's a PP or power limit, you're almost certainly going to go up against people who have cars better than you thought possible. Sport Mode is where you want to go for racing on an equal playing field.
Maybe, their car was absurdly fast compared to mine. I'll start doing mods off in that case.

When I was playing with tuning it certainly seemed a bit nonsensical at times. Sometimes increasing power decreases pp, removing hundreds of pounds only adds a few points etc. So I can definitely see some OP tunes and such.
 

Ceremony

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CSL Elite Wheelbase + (the Playstation version), CSL Elite McLaren GT3 V2 Wheel, CSL Pedals. Waiting on the GT Omega Apex to get back in stock.
My condolences to your bank balance. Make sure you put it to good use.
 

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