Gran Turismo 7 update 1.69 adds 3 cars, 3 races, Nurburgring reverse Circuit Experience, and Power Pack challenge changes
GT7 patch 1.69 introduces three new cars, three World Circuits events, a new Circuit Experience on Nurburgring Endurance II reverse, and feature updates including Power Pack Challenges, a new Extra Menu, a returning Seasonal Menu, new engine swaps, and a Scapes vertical camera adjustment curation.
Gran Turismo 7 update 1.69 is now live, bringing new content and feature changes across cars, events, and paid DLC systems. Full details are outlined in the officially reported update coverage.
What changed
Cars
- Added three cars:
- Porsche 911 (964) Turbo S Leichtbau 1993
- Renault Twingo 1993
- Yangwang U9 2024
Tracks and events
- Added three World Circuits races:
- World Touring Car 900 – Interlagos
- Hypercar Parade – Yas Marina
- Schwarzwald League – Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
- Added a new Circuit Experience for Nurburgring Endurance II in reverse.
Features
- Added a new Extra Menu Book.
- The Seasonal Menu returns.
- Power Pack DLC gains a new Challenges section. This follows the Weekly Challenges timing format and requires completion of three Power Pack races for bonus rewards.
- Added ten new engine swaps.
- Added a new Scapes curation with vertical camera adjustment using existing locations.
We should update our league docs for newly eligible cars, check whether any planned combo overlaps with the new Circuit Experience layout, and confirm whether Power Pack-required content affects participation rules.
From the changelog
Structured change list parsed from the official notes.
cars
- Gran Turismo 7 continues to evolve, with a new content update available today that brings not only new cars from across the automotive spectrum but a handful of some pretty esoteric changes to the title too.
- Coming in at around 1GB — a little under on PlayStation 5, a little over on PlayStation 4 — the 1.69 update is pretty average in terms of size, but has a couple of surprises even above and beyond those already detailed in the regular pre-update tease yesterday . Let’s dig in and see what’s on offer:
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Cars
- The cars are the least surprising part here, as we’ve effectively know what they are for much of a week. There were some unexpected details, but all that’s left now is pricing:
- Porsche 911 (964) Turbo S Leichtbau 1993 – Legends Cars – 1,200,000cr*
- Renault Twingo 1993 – Used Cars – 14,000cr*
- Yangwang U9 2024 – Brand Central – 350,000cr
- Everything’s about where we expected, with the rare 911 comfortably the most expensive at 1.2m credits, about the dollar value of the cars when they come up for auction every now and then. The U9 is also getting on for its real-world value, while the Twingo slots in as one of the cheaper cars in the game.
- All tallied, the current outlay (as cars in Used and Legends cars may change value) puts 1.69 in as the 21st most-expensive update in car value terms thus far — though there’s a lot more expense buried a bit deeper.
- World Touring Car 900 – Interlagos (12 laps) – 170,000cr
- Although it has a decent reward for victory, at 170,000cr, the new World Touring Car 900 race at Interlagos is a pretty milquetoast affair comprising a 12-lap race at the Brazilian F1 circuit with Gr.2 rivals.
- The U9 is pressed into immediate action (twice, as it features in the new Time Trial event too) in the Hypercar Parade race at Yas Marina, over five laps with a 90,000cr prize for victory. That leaves the Schwarzwald League race, starring the Leichtbau and offering 56,000cr (quite a bit less than the car will cost you) for the win.
tracks
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Races & Events Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New World Circuits Races
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Circuit Experience
- Along with the three new races — none of which star the Twingo, sadly — there’s a new collection-based Extra Menu Book, and the time-limited Seasonal Menu returns too. There’s also some headlining changes to the Power Pack DLC and a fourth new Circuit Experience in four updates, but this one is wild .
- Hypercar Parade – Yas Marina (5 laps) – 90,000cr
- Schwarzwald League – Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (4 laps) – 56,000cr
- The fourth new Circuit Experience in a row whips us over to the Nurburgring for a third such event there to join the GP circuit and the Nordschleife. With plenty of remaining layouts to pick from, PD has of course selected the Endurance II track. For those not keeping up, that’s the reverse course.
- Added in Spec III , for some reason, this layout takes you all the way around the Endurance layout the wrong way, in the 911 RSR. There’s 11 sectors, each worth up to 6,000cr, and the full lap at 60,000cr, but the bonuses make it all worthwhile.
- Pass everything and you get 1,000,000cr, with another 5,000,000cr on top of that for hitting a gold time in every sector.
features
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Extra Menu
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Seasonal Menu
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: Power Pack Changes
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: New Engine Swaps
- Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.69: Other Changes
- We already heard from the pre-update teaser that a new Challenges section was being added to the paid DLC Power Pack. This follows the Weekly Challenges format in being available at midnight local time, but rather than preselected events it’ll only require you to complete three Power Pack races for bonus rewards.
- We’ve got a wild batch of ten new swaps, some of which feature a new engine that is by far the most expensive to buy on an individual basis.
- There’s a new Scapes curation offering vertical camera adjustment, comprising the third such set and using locations already available.
Official sources
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