zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Gran Turismo 7 Looks Set to Add the GOAT, Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4/4
Gran Turismo 7 Looks Set to Add the GOAT, Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4/4-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:04

Image for article titled Gran Turismo 7 Looks Set to Add the GOAT, Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4/4

adds a trio of new cars for free around the end of every month, and August won’t be any different. In the days leading up to each update, series producer Kazunori Yamauchi teases the upcoming additions on Twitter with shadowy silhouettes. Sometimes these silhouettes can be difficult to identify, but that’s not a problem for this week’s new cars — one of which is likely to be the most dominant Formula 1 machine of all time.

The consensus is pretty solid on these, for reasons I’ll explain. Up top, we have the Pontiac GTO “Judge,” then below that is a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 — a road-going version of the Clubsport race car already in the game. The final shadowed figure has been pegged as the 1988 McLaren MP4/4 in which Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won 15 out of 16 races, and Senna his first drivers’ title. That’s quite the get.

Now, the MP4/4 has turned up in other video games before, but never Gran Turismo. On an official basis, anyway. As longtime fans will note, the MP4/4 appeared in unlicensed guise in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec as the F688/S. Devoid of McLaren colors or Marlboro sponsorship, “F688/S” was code for the car’s number of cylinders, year of competition and the driver’s last name.

Gran Turismo has shown Senna love in other ways, too — most notably with the Ayrton Senna Tribute content that was added to Gran Turismo 6 in May of 2014, on the 20-year anniversary of Senna’s death. GT6 included the Brazilian champ’s Team DAP kart and West Surrey Racing Formula 3 chassis that he steered to the 1983 British F3 title. It also included his 1985 Lotus 97T, which lives on in Gran Turismo Sport and GT7 as the unlicensed F1500T-A. That means the MP4/4 should have some semi-period appropriate competition upon its arrival.

All three of August’s additions correspond to a that emerged earlier this year. It’s important to stipulate that not all of the cars present on that list are bona fide DLC inclusions; their existence merely suggests that they were in development at one time or another. It’s also possible that cars not present in the game data eventually make it into GT7 as well.

Here’s another one of Senna in the MP4/4, just because Getty Images has a bunch.

That said, we’ve already received as DLC since GT7 released in March. The three new ones scheduled to arrive in a few days are on that list as well — so things are looking good for the GOAT, the MP4/4. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get a new track, too.

If I have one fear, it’s that Senna’s McLaren will go for 20 million credits in the Hagerty-branded legendary car dealership. In other words, it’s probably best that you start grinding now. You don’t have long — GT7 updates typically arrive on Thursdays at 2 a.m. Eastern.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, , lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates itself. And now...
Jul 1, 2025
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I love tiny, of . I have a that is roughly half the size of a normal cat, and she’s perfect. I own a 2013 , which is like the miniature version of a normal-sized vehicle (at least here in Texas) — but beyond that, I also own a Hot...
Jul 1, 2025
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
At long last, we are about to get behind the wheel of for the first time. Sure, , and sure, , and sure , but hey — what can you do? Anyway, before we get behind the wheel of this three-row electric beast, we want to know what you...
Jul 1, 2025
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I have two automotive loves: The first is the Miata, the second is off-road racing. For a while I raced air-cooled Volkswagens in the deserts of California and Nevada and I was lucky enough to co-drive in a class 11 stock bug in the Baja 1000 a few years...
Jul 1, 2025
Subaru Had It Right All Along
Subaru Had It Right All Along
When first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of...
Jul 1, 2025
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
MotorWeek’s is some of the on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the or a ? MotorWeek’s recent Retro Review upload is...
Jul 1, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved