News Gran Turismo Sport’s update adds 12 cars, new track layouts & more
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Game: Gran Turismo Sport
Platform: PS4
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Release Date: 17/10/2017
Gran Turismo Sport continues to evolve and improve with the release of the major February (free) update which brings a dozen cars to the online-focused title along with new layouts for the Blue Moon Bay Speedway and more.
The twelve new cars in question include a good mix of American muscle and Japanese sports cars with a few other modern classics thrown in for good measure including the Alpine A110 and De Tomaso Pantera (!) from the seventies. You'll also notice the open-wheeled formula racer known as the Gran Turismo F1500T-A which could be a fan-favourite in the making. You can view the full list of new additions below.
・Alpine A110 1600S ’72 (N100)
・Alpine A110 Première Édition ’17 (N300)
・Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic ‘07 (N400)
・De Tomaso Pantera ’71 (N300)
・Dodge Challenger R/T ’70 (N400)
・Ford Mustang Mach 1 ’71(N300)
・Gran Turismo F1500T-A (Gr.X)
・Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 ’11 (N700)
・Subaru WRX STI Isle of Man Time Attack Car ‘16 (Gr.X)
・Subaru Falken Tire / Turn 14 Distribution BRZ ’17 (Gr.X)
・Toyota Supra 3.0GT Turbo A ’88 (N300)
・Toyota MR2 GT-S ’97 (N200)
Besides the new cars, Polyphony has added an additional three events to the single-player GT League campaign as seen below.
Stars & Stripes (Beginner League)
The race to find the fastest, most powerful American Sports car. Can you handle the power?
Vision Gran Turismo Trophy (Armature League)
The competition of the Vision Gran Turismo's, personifying ideal technology and design.
F1500 Championship (Professional League)
A race limited to an old-school formula car, the F1500T-A, with fat slick tyres and unruly high power engines.
Finally, new infield layouts for the Blue Moon Speedway have been added which can be seen below.
- 'Blue Moon Bay Speedway – Infield A' Layout (Reverse: 'Infield A II' Layout)
(Total Length: 3,350m / Total elevation difference: 0m / Number of corners: 10 / Longest straight: 890m)
- 'Blue Moon Bay Speedway – Infield B' Layout (Reverse: 'Infield B II' Layout)
(Total Length: 2,860m / Total elevation difference: 0m / Number of corners: 5 /Longest straight: 890m)
Polyphony has also stated that there are numerous other features, improvements, and fixes implemented in this update.
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