Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.71 arrives on August 20 with four cars, three new World Circuits race events and Whistler added to Scapes. The car list mixes two late-1990s Toyota sports sedans with the lightweight Caterham Seven Superlight R500 and Hyundai’s newer IONIQ 6 N.
Sony groups the four cars as “Street Icon,” “Sleeper Pick,” “Pure Driver” and “Next Gen Performance,” which is a more useful summary of the mix than the model years alone. The update itself is free, but Sony notes that credits earned through progression or purchased separately are required to buy the cars. The 1997 Toyota Chaser Tourer V and 1997 Toyota Mark II Tourer V will appear in Used Cars, while the 2008 Caterham Seven Superlight R500 and 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 6 N are sold through Brand Central.
Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.71 adds four cars
The Chaser Tourer V and Mark II Tourer V are the closest pair in the update. Both are 1997 Toyota models and both are tied to the Used Cars dealership, but they arrive as separate additions to the GT7 roster. For players who spend time building and tuning older Japanese road cars, they are likely to be the most familiar part of the update.
The Caterham is the lightweight option. Sony describes the Seven Superlight R500 as the “Pure Driver” pick and suggests taking it to a technical circuit such as Deep Forest Raceway, where its low weight and direct responses should be easier to feel than on a flat-out speed run.
The IONIQ 6 N sits at the other end of the car list. It is the newest model of the four and the only EV, giving players a current Hyundai performance car alongside three machines from earlier eras. Both the Caterham and Hyundai can be bought through Brand Central when the update is live.
Update 1.71 adds three races, not three new tracks
Update 1.71 also adds three races to World Circuits. Japanese FR Challenge 450 comes to Kyoto Driving Park – Yamagiwa, European Clubman Cup 600 is added at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP Layout No Chicane, and World Touring Car 600 gets a new race at Suzuka Circuit.
Polyphony Digital’s dedicated update page removes an ambiguity in the PlayStation Blog announcement: these are three new events on existing circuits, not three newly added track locations. Players expecting three completely new circuits will not find them in Update 1.71.
Scapes gets one addition as well. Whistler, the mountain resort town in British Columbia, becomes a featured curation for photographing cars outside the circuit.
Update 1.71 goes live on August 20
Polyphony Digital dates Update 1.71 for August 20, 2026. Sony lists the rollout for 11:00 PM PDT on August 19, 7:00 AM BST on August 20 and 3:00 PM JST on August 20, so the calendar date depends on where players are located. We also track the August 20 release in our 2026 Game Release Calendar.
That timing also explains why the PlayStation Blog describes the update as arriving “today” even though August 20 is the practical release date across Europe and Japan. The dedicated Gran Turismo announcement uses August 20 as the update date.
There is no new circuit location in this release, but the combination of four cars and three additional races gives players several immediate places to start. The two Toyotas are the obvious picks for older Japanese-car fans, while the Caterham and IONIQ 6 N make the car list much less uniform than a four-car count might suggest.
Sources: Gran Turismo and PlayStation Blog.