Gran Turismo 7 v1.17 Released, Adds Watkins Glen, Pikes Peak Car – No Pikes Peak

As previewed last week, Polyphony Digital have released v1.17 also late last week, adding Watkins Glen and the SUZUKI V6 Escudo Pikes Peak Special.

You can check out the full release notes below, but before that let’s talk about the fact that Sony own the exclusive license to Pikes Peak, which just happened this past weekend, and aren’t doing anything with it. DIRT Rally had Pikes Peak, DIRT Rally 2.0 did not, because Sony grabbed the license. The fact they would release a Pikes Peak car for the weekend of the event but not deploy Pikes Peak content despite owning the exclusive license that prevents anyone else from releasing it just annoys me.

Maybe it’s just me, but I consider this to be something to get annoyed about. I sort of hoped for a surprise over the weekend… But, no.

Release notes:

The following is a list of the main features and adjustments introduced in the latest update for Gran Turismo 7.
Main Features Implemented

1. Cars
　- The following three new cars have been added:
　　・1932 Ford Roadster ‘63 (available for purchase at Legend Cars on June 24).
　　・Suzuki V6 ESCUDO Pikes Peak Special ’98 (available for purchase at Legend Cars from June 24).
　　・Suzuki Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.3 Version).

2. Tracks
　- Watkins Glen International race track has been added with two different layouts:
　　・Watkins Glen Long Course
　　・Watkins Glen Short Course

3. World Circuits
　- “Circuit Experience” has been added to the Watkins Glen International track in the “Americas” section.
　- The following new events have been added to World Circuits:
　　・Watkins Glen International
　　　- American FR Challenge 550
　　　- American Clubman Cup 700
　　　- World Touring Car 800

These new events will become available at Collector Level 17.

4. Scapes
　- Watkins Glen International has been added as a featured Curation in Scapes.
　- A new spot has been added to the Scapes demo roll.

5. Café
　- An additional 41 sets of new conversations with the characters appearing in the Café have been added. These new conversations can be accessed by changing cars in Garage and speaking with the character in the Café.
　- New Extra Menus have been introduced. These menus provide opportunities to complete new car collections and are accessible after a certain Collector Level has been reached. In Update 1.17, the following three Extra Menus have been added:
　　・Extra Menu No. 1: Collection: Toyota 86
　　・Extra Menu No. 2: Collection: Honda Type R
　　・Extra Menu No. 3: Collection: Rotary Engine

The new Extra Menus will appear after clearing Menu Book No. 39 (Championship: World GT Series) and after watching the ending, with a player’s Collector Level of at least 20 for Extra Menu Nos. 1 and 2, and a Collector Level of at least 32 for Extra Menu No. 3.

6. GT Auto
　- The following four new paint colors have been added:
　　・Ford Roadster Black
　　・Suzuki Escudo Pikespeak Red
　　・Suzuki VGT Gr3 Blue
　　・Suzuki VGT Gr3 Black

7. Options
　- The “Horn” command can now be assigned to a button in the controller configuration menu. Horn is not available for racecars and certain other cars.
　- In-game Notifications settings for Now Playing are now stored in the Save Data.
　- An option for Steering Controller Settings has been added to the Controllers menu. This menu can be used to check connected steering wheel controllers and adjust related input values. Pedal sensitivity can also be adjusted from Pedal Calibration.
Other Improvements and Adjustments

1. Multiplayer
　- Event Settings can now be changed after a room has been created in Lobby.
　- The Variable Time Speed Rate in Time/Water Settings can now be changed from 10x to 30x.

2. Race
　- Refueling Speed option to Race Settings in Lobby and Custom Races has been added.
　- Load Ghost has been added to the Ghost Settings menu from [Quick Menu] > [Settings].
　- The correct road wetness will now be automatically applied if Custom Weather is selected from Time/Weather options in Lobby.
　- We addressed an issue where the rewards at the end of a race did not match the adjusted values following a change in the Event Settings in Race Settings from the Quick Menu.
　- We changed the number of laps set for each course in [Arcade] > [Single Race] when in Offline Mode.

3. Sport
　- Gold, Silver, and Bronze target times rewards to Online Time Trial has been added. It is now possible to obtain those rewards by re-entering Sport after an Online Time Trial ranking registration period has ended.
　- The following game stats are now displayed at the top of the screen in Sport:
　　・Races
　　・Victories
　　・No. of Top 5 Finishes
　　・No. of Gold Record Finishes (Online Time Trial)
　　・No. of Silver Record Finishes (Online Time Trial)
　　・No. of Bronze Record Finishes (Online Time Trial)

4. My Page
　- The following items have been added to Profile in My Page:
　　・No. of Top 5 Finishes
　　・No. of Gold Record Finishes (Online Time Trial)
　　・No. of Silver Record Finishes (Online Time Trial)
　　・No. of Bronze Record Finishes (Online Time Trial

　- The calculation method has been repaired for the following stats under the Sport category in Profile in My Page:
　　・Pole Positions
　　・Races
　　・Victories

5. Physics Simulation Model
　- The speed of certain hybrid cars when they ran out of fuel has been adjusted.

6. Sound
　- An issue with the Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II engine sound has been addressed.

7. GT Auto
　- An issue where a livery data error occurred when transferring liveries from Gran Turismo Sport has been addressed for the following cars:
　　・Toyota 86 GT ’15
　　・Toyota 86 GRMN ’16
　　・Honda Civic Type R (EK) ’98

8. Others
　- Various other issues have been addressed.