The August 2025 update for Gran Turismo 7 is now available to all players, with the 1.62 version up and running following this morning’s server maintenance window.
With a slightly increased four-car offering, 1.62 is a little bulkier than the previous update, coming in at just over 1.2GB on PlayStation 5 and 1.1GB on PlayStation 4. However this does hint that, aside from the cars, there’s not a big list of additional content or features packed into it.
While the update also brings along the full patch notes, giving us the final bits of information about the update following an almost week-long tease, there’s always some details that don’t make it into the list; read on to find out everything you need to know!
Of course we already knew what the four cars were, courtesy of some good guesswork on the silhouettes and their identities being confirmed with the final pre-update trailer yesterday. However it’s not until the update arrives that we get the full picture on availability and pricing:
Naturally, as with all Vision Gran Turismo cars, the Corvette CX.R VGT comes in at the expected 1,000,000cr pricing and, despite the potential to be much higher-priced, it’s joined at that value by its regular concept CX sibling.
The Renault Avantime comes bang on our estimated 50,000cr in Brand Central, but given its age it’s also available as a Used Car with higher miles and a lower price from time to time. It’s been slotted into the current listings as a Hot Pick, as we usually see with used cars coming in updates, with a discount to 39,000cr.
That leaves the Afeela 1 as the surprise of the bunch, as rather than the 100,000cr or so we were expecting — the approximate dollar value of the Signature model in the real world, when it launches — it actually joins the Prototype in being a freebie. As we’ve seen with previous free cars, that means you don’t really buy it, so it can’t be sold through the Car Valuation Service and doesn’t count towards car purchase trophies.
All-in then, this update will cost you 2,050,000cr to buy all four cars, making it the 16th most-expensive update from the 32 so far — bringing the combined total of all updates to 99m credits.
We’ve got a bit of a curveball this month with the new races, although once again there are only three new events across World Circuits despite there being four new cars. While they’re usually directly keyed to one of the new cars, featuring it in the thumbnail, that’s only the case for two of the events this month.
Disappointingly, after being ever-present in updates for months, there’s no expansion to GT Sophy’s capabilities this time round, with no new circuits added to its repertoire. That does at least mean feature parity this update for PS4 and PS5 players.
The two lower-tier races are the ones linked to the new vehicles. As we were expecting, the new Avantime features as the star of the European Sunday Cup 400 series at Circuit de Sainte-Croix B Reverse. It’s a two-lap race for any road car from Europe, with 48,000cr on offer for victory.
Road Atlanta’s round of the Japanese 4WD Challenge 600 is a three-lap affair worth up to 50,000cr. Any all-wheel drive road car from Japan is eligible here, including the new Afeela 1 which features on the thumbnail.
The exception this time round is the World Touring Car 900 event at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It’s a ten-lap race of the track, with 300,000cr for victory — one of the highest single payouts in the game — but the thumbnail features a regular Gr.2/Gr.3 lineup found in the series.
That means that neither Corvette concept has an associated new race, though at over 900PP and over 1000PP for the CX and CX.R respectively it’s not a surprise that they don’t fit into the WTC900. Even so, a round of Hypercar Parade and Vision Gran Turismo Trophy, in that order, would seem to suit them but haven’t been added.
Extra Menu Books have been skipped in some recent updates, missing out in both 1.59 and 1.61, but 1.62 sees a new collection task added.
This time the focus is on “Japanese Racing Pioneers”, comprising the Honda S800 ’66, Nissan Skyline GT-R ’70, and Toyota 2000GT ’67. It’s not an expensive set, at least in Gran Turismo 7, with the Honda added to the Used Car dealer as a Special Pick today for 58,000cr, and the Skyline and 2000GT similarly selected in Legends Cars for 194,000cr and 982,000cr respectively.
Your reward for completing the collection is a Six-Star ticket, but an Engine-only variant of it. That means you’re effectively buying a random engine swap for 1.2m credits — which could turn out to be an expensive engine if it’s a relatively common variant. We’d recommend only collecting the ticket when the next game update is due and retaining it after opening (with the shut-down technique) if it’s a cheaper one to re-roll after the next update with a chance of it changing to a pricier one.
This month is a bumper crop of engine swaps, with ten new ways to rip out the old power unit and stuff in something new. These are spread across a range of new and existing engine options and new and existing vehicles, bringing the total to 210 swaps across 192 vehicles.
The new engine this time round is the fictional Volkswagen GTI Vision GT Gr.3’s racing unit. Identical in specification to the original Roadster VGT’s engine, this 550hp unit is now available to be swapped into the regular, front-wheel drive Golf VII GTI. Unusually, and unexpectedly, it’s also an option for a brand new car too, slotting into the nose of the also FWD Renault Avantime.
Three more racing engines find new homes in 1.62 too. The Honda NSX GT500’s powerplant can now go into not one but two different Civics as both the FK8 and FL5 Type R models gain Super GT power. Meanwhile the Mercedes-AMG GT3’s engine can find a new application in the Mercedes A45 hatchback, and that quad-rotor R26B finally gets a go in the RE Amemiya FD3S.
This month’s other swaps include two new cars for the GAC Maverick’s Windsor V8, as a second swap for the regular 2015 Mustang and — oddly — the Genesis G70 road car. That just leaves a classic swap for the S14 Silvia K’s Aero, which gains an R34 RB26DETT in addition to its existing LT5 swap.
You can buy engines directly from GT Auto if you are Collector Level 50, although some of them may be quite expensive. Engines are also available as prizes in some Roulette Tickets — including Six-Star (Engine) tickets like the one in this month’s Extra Menu Book — at any level, and can be swapped in your garage for free.
Japan gains another selection of 24 Scapes locations in this update, with the set based around the 80-mile shoreline of Tokyo Bay. And actually within Tokyo Bay itself.
The locations spread from Shinagawa City to Chiba, including several on artificial islands and reclaimed land around the north-west edge of the Bay, as well as the unusual Umihotaru Parking Area. This comprises an artificial island with rest stop amenities virtually in the middle of the bay, marking the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line’s transition from a bridge over to a tunnel under the bay.
Aside from some new character conversations in GT Cafe, there’s no other specifics in the patch notes this month, just “various other issues” and some text localization. The GTPlanet community will be uncovering anything not mentioned over the coming days in a dedicated Undocumented Changes thread.
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