{"id":531773,"date":"2026-03-12T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531773\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:36:09","slug":"new-cars-events-engine-swaps-power-pack-tweaks-gtplanet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531773\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cars & Events, Engine Swaps, & Power Pack Tweaks \u2013 GTPlanet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A first Gran Turismo 7 content update in the game\u2019s fifth year of active support<\/a> is now available, with the PlayStation 4 and 5 players now able to get their hands on the 1.68 version of the title.<\/p>\n

For the most part this update is as regular as it gets, with this three-car offering coming in almost bang on the 1GB average at 1.045GB on the PlayStation 5. It\u2019s a little more compact at around 848MB on the eighth-gen console.<\/p>\n

Regulars will know that we already learned quite a bit about the update thanks to the usual day-before information dump<\/a>, but that it\u2019s never the whole picture until we can get our hands on the update and its patch notes (and usually not even that is comprehensive). Read on then to find out everything we know.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/p>\n

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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: New Cars<\/p>\n

We already knew the identities of the three cars, being the major part of the update, but it\u2019s only now that we get the last bit of salient information on them: how much they cost. Our estimations were close, although there is one surprise in there too.<\/p>\n

Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1969 Race-Mod \u2013 Brand Central \u2013 1,500,000cr<\/p>\n

Mazda RX-7 Type R 1991 \u2013 Used Cars \u2013 80,000cr*<\/p>\n

Renault Captur S Edition TCe140 2021 \u2013 Brand Central \u2013 30,000cr<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Camaro that\u2019s caught us out a bit, as we were expecting something similar to the 850,000cr required for the Power Pack\u2019s Mustang American Racer. In fact it comes in almost twice that, at 1,500,000cr, making it almost nine times the cost of the other two cars put together.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, the little 138hp Captur crossover will set you back just 30,000cr. Only the Kangoo is cheaper in the Renault dealer in Brand Central.<\/p>\n

With the RX-7 being a 1991 car, it heads into the Used Car Dealer. As is usual for cars added in updates into these rotating stock lists, it\u2019s available right away as a \u201cHot\u201d vehicle (not in the regular sense of a used car dealer\u2019s stock) for 80,000cr. This price will vary with subsequent appearances, and of course the car will only be available some of the time.<\/p>\n

Combined that\u2019s a total spend of 1,610,000cr (of which the Camaro is 93%), replacing the last update as the 20th most-expensive in the 36 updates in the last four years since launch.<\/p>\n

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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: New Races & Events<\/p>\n

We have slightly more in terms of new races than usual, along with a third new Circuit Experience in a row. However there\u2019s neither a new Bonus Menu Book nor even a collection-based Extra Menu Book, and there\u2019s no expansion of GT Sophy support \u2014 leaving 19 locations (although five are dirt or oval tracks) still without any support for Sophy to date.<\/p>\n

Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: New World Circuits Races<\/p>\n

Four new races await in World Circuits, with one for each of the new cars and a surprise additional World Touring Car 800 event.<\/p>\n

Although usually pretty decent in monetary terms, the new WTC800 race is a 12-lap run around Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve for a middling 170,000cr reward. There\u2019s the usual high tire wear to contend with too, but no weather changes unlike some of the European rounds of this Gr.3-focused series.<\/p>\n

The Camaro is the cover star for the American Clubman Cup 700 event at Road Atlanta. This is a quick, seven-lap blast with 90,000cr on offer \u2014 so you\u2019ll need to win it 17 times to offset the cost of the car. Handily there\u2019s also a new Time Trial with it this week, so the 2,000,000cr possible prize should help.<\/p>\n

Kyoto Driving Park\u2019s Yamagiwa course hosts a new Japanese Clubman Cup 550 race, over three laps. The RX-7 is the hero car for this one, and there\u2019s 60,000cr for taking the win. That just leaves the Captur in the European Sunday Cup 400 at Dragon Trail Gardens Reverse, in a two-lap race with a 38,000cr reward.<\/p>\n

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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: New Circuit Experience<\/p>\n

For the third update in a row now we\u2019ve got a surprise new Circuit Experience at an existing track \u2014 following on from the Eiger Nordwand Reverse and Circuit de Sainte-Croix A events added in Spec III and 1.67. We\u2019d suggested this might be the case, so perhaps it\u2019s not so much of a surprise now!<\/p>\n

This time it\u2019s a Gran Turismo classic of sorts, as the Grand Valley South course \u2014 GT7\u2019s replacement for the East course, thanks to the reorientiation required to fit the track to the scenery of Big Sur \u2014 hosts the challenge. You\u2019ll be driving the Mine\u2019s Skyline R34 for this pretty frantic event.<\/p>\n

Each of the three sectors awards just 3,000cr for passing the gold time, with another 15,000cr for completing the full lap at gold. If you clear every stage you\u2019ll land a 200,000cr bonus, and the \u201call-gold\u201d prize is a further 1,000,000cr for what should be a couple of minutes\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also been expecting another new Seasonal Menu, since they were introduced in Spec III. As is now the norm, you\u2019ll need to pick up the three new cars from the update within the next two and a bit weeks \u2014 it only runs until a second before midnight on the evening of Sunday March 29 \u2014 and there\u2019s a Five-Star Roulette ticket as a reward.<\/p>\n

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Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: New Engine Swaps<\/p>\n

Ten new engine swaps are available this time round, and with some pretty crazy new options \u2014 as well as a few more rotary-and-V8-all-the-things.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to start with one of the maddest of all, which sees the RX-7\u2019s rotary engine (the game\u2019s existing Spirit R swap) go into the Daihatsu Copen kei car. A rotary kei swap already exists, with the Suzuki Cappuccino being a grind favorite, but this is the first front-wheel drive rotary in the game.<\/p>\n

Two more small, front-wheel drive cars get some decent bumps this month, with the B18 engine from the Integra Type R heading into the 2008 FIAT 500 (a sibling for the Panda last time out) and the Abarth version of the car getting the more modern K24A Civic Type R unit.<\/p>\n

The new-old RX-7 \u2014 the \u025b\u0303fini Type R \u2014 is straight in for a swap, gaining the 787B\u2019s quad-rotor R26B, although this is the only car added in this update to get a swap immediately despite the obviousness of a Clio RS engine for the Captur. Maybe next month\u2026<\/p>\n

Another highlight is the addition of a Huayra swap for the Mercedes-AMG C63. Bringing the AMG-built V12, based on the engine from top-end Mercedes S\/CL\/G models (and Maybachs), to the C should provide some thrills.<\/p>\n

That leaves us with two new hosts for the Dodge Challenger Demon engine and three for the Rampage Camaro\u2019s LS7. Mostly these are as you\u2019d expect \u2014 the 1970 Chevelle and 1969 GTO \u201cThe Judge\u201d get the LS7, and the 1970 Super Bee gains the Demon unit \u2014 but we didn\u2019t see the GReddy Fugu Z gaining LS7 power nor the Demon for the Maserati Gran Turismo S\u2026<\/p>\n

Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68: Other Changes<\/p>\n

Very surprisingly there\u2019s no new Scapes or Scapes curations this month, for the first time in a long while. In fact we can\u2019t even remember the last Scapesless update.<\/p>\n

However the sparse patch notes do have some other details. There\u2019s a welcome fix for the Ferrari 296 GT3\u2019s steering animation, and a new BOP option for solo Time Trial modes that allow you to practice in a car without having to manually set the appropriate power and weight.<\/p>\n

A new \u201cDrift Analyzer\u201d view has been added to the Data Logger too, while the Power Pack sees some changes that gives you a ghost to chase during Practice sessions and a \u201cRetry\u201d option for the final race. That does somewhat take away from the \u201ccompetition weekend\u201d ethos of the mode though\u2026<\/p>\n

As ever, there\u2019s some changes in the update not specifically mentioned in the patch notes, including new \u201cReal Car\u201d paint. You\u2019ll be able to read about these on GTPlanet as they\u2019re uncovered over the next few days in our regular Undocumented Changes thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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