- Autumn Ring and Sugo coming in GT 7’s Spec IV Replace
- 12 new automobiles arriving throughout two builds: one in October, one in December
- New Household Mode, Shuffle Mode and On-line Drift Trials additionally teased
It’s sufficient to deliver a tear to the attention of Gran Turismo gamers of a sure age.
As revealed throughout Sony’s State of Play presentation at this time (third September, 2026), the legendary Autumn Ring is about to return to the collection in Gran Turismo 7, with Polyphony Digital set to launch an enormous Spec IV replace later this yr.
Intriguingly, it will likely be launched in two elements: the primary in October and the second in December. Two tracks have been unveiled for the replace, with the real-world Sugo circuit additionally set to make an look, with 12 new automobiles and new recreation modes additionally on the way in which.
Take a look at every part we learn about GT 7’s Spec IV replace under.
New Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV tracks
Autumn Ring
Showing within the very first GT again in 1997 (1998 outdoors of Japan), Autumn Ring hasn’t been seen in a mainline GT recreation since GT 6, however that’s set to alter very quickly.
Nevertheless, whereas the monitor will largely comply with the unique format, it will likely be expanded and barely up to date for GT 7, maybe alongside comparable traces to how Grand Valley Speedway was applied in 2023, that includes two configurations.
Sugo
Sportsland Sugo is about to make its debut within the GT collection, with the two.3-mile-long monitor repeatedly internet hosting real-world Tremendous GT and Tremendous Formulation races.
Like Autumn Ring, Sugo is crammed with cambered corners and unforgiving run-off areas, making it one thing of an outlier in trendy motorsport phrases.
Opened in 1975, the monitor is known for its ultimate nook bridge (adorned with Dunlop signage for GT 7), and regardless of its size, the whole Sugo complicated represents Japan’s largest motorsport venue, primarily because of its karting and motocross services (plus a complete host of different leisure actions).
New Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV automobiles
12 new automobiles are set to seem throughout Spec IV’s two elements, with six identifiable in the course of the State of Play trailer. Highlights embody the third-gen Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Automobile (final GT 6), the Citroën 2CV and the V10-powered E60 BMW M5.
In typical Polyphony type, there’s additionally the Honda Stepwgn MPV and two Imaginative and prescient GT automobiles: the not too long ago revealed Mazda RX-Imaginative and prescient GT3 Evo and the Xiaomi Imaginative and prescient GT, as debuted on the MWC expo in Barcelona earlier this year.
- BMW M5 E60
- Honda MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC Si Race Automobile (final GT6)
- Citroen 2CV
- Honda Stepwgn
- Mazda RX-Imaginative and prescient GT3 Evo
- Xiaomi Imaginative and prescient GT
On-line Drift Trials and Shuffle Races
On-line Drift Trials will kind a part of GT 7’s ‘On-line Trial’ mode. It will sit alongside the sport’s ordinary Lap Time Challenges, which supply Credit payouts to gamers in trade for getting inside a share of the quickest driver on the leaderboard. It’s thought Drift Trials will work in a similar way, however based mostly on scores.
Shuffle Races, nevertheless, are a returning function within the GT collection, and have been final seen in GT 5. These allowed a foyer host to pick out a car class, whereas the sport randomly assigned automobiles to every participant of comparable efficiency, serving to boost multiplayer racing.
Household mode and Automobile Concierge
Polyphony can be set to implement Household Mode, a brand new technique to play the sport that’s extra accessible to youthful relations.
Particulars are sketchy, however Household Mode seems like an approachable set of driving challenges separate from the principle recreation grind.
A brand new Concierge service seems to be a extra important addition, nevertheless, making it simpler to supply and buy the sport’s intermittently obtainable ‘Legend Automobiles’, with the sport’s degree cap elevated from 70.
On face worth, gamers obtain three concierge request tokens (based mostly on Collector Degree) and should wait a set variety of days earlier than they’ll buy their desired car. Presumably the service has a charge, however it’s unclear at this stage,
Extra data on the contents of GT 7’s Spec IV replace can be revealed throughout Spherical 3 of the Gran Turismo World Sequence occasion in Singapore on third October.
The complete up-to-date listing of Spec IV’s evolving automobile line-up will be discovered here.