A decades-long exclusive deal with Electronic Arts resulted in Porsche being largely absent from more serious driving simulators, but that ended for good in 2017.Īfter its debut in sports, it is clear that Porsche will play a major role in GT7, and the inclusion of the 917 Living Legend in the pre-order content pack is proof of that.

As franchise creator Kazunori Yamauchi told us in our interview last week, he wants players to “remember the feeling they had when they first started playing these games,” and the return of that legend will surely help with that.Īs much as the Castrol Tom’s Supra looks to the past of the series, the Porsche 917 Living Legend seems to look to the future.Īlthough most of us take Porsche for granted in GT racing today, the famous brand from Stuttgart was little more than a pipe dream for Gran Turismo players just a few years ago. It was the 97 model that was used in GT5 and GT6, but was missing in GT Sport, so the triumphant return of the car in GT7 is an important milestone in the series’s 25th anniversary. The 96 model was actually in those first two games and – although it wasn’t as successful in the JGTC as the 97 version – it formed the basis of Toyota’s JGTC program and established the Castrol Tom’s Supra prominently in racing game history. Oddly enough, technically the masterful ’97 model is not the same car that was featured in GT1 or GT2. The 1997 car first became famous for beating the dominant Nissan GT-R that year in the JGTC, but its striking looks and performance quickly made it an international favorite when it debuted in the original Gran Turismo.

The Castrol Tom’s Supra is arguably one of the most iconic vehicles to emerge from the franchise’s original games – alongside other legends like the Suzuki Escudo and the Daihatsu Midget II – the Castrol Toms Supra will flood any old-school Gran Turismo fan with nostalgia.

We publish them here in full resolution for you: Simply click on an image to download it in a larger size for closer inspection!įor most of our readers, this car doesn’t need an introduction.

The official announcement included screenshots of the cars, but our friends at Sony have sent in an additional content pack of high-resolution 4K screenshots – captured on PS5 – that are definitely worth a closer look. The pre-orders for Gran Turismo 7 officially opened on Tuesday), Porsche 917 Living Legend and Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth model.

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