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Gran Turismo 7 (2022)

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Gran Turismo 7 has brought back several iconic race cars from GT 1-6 after their absence in GT Sport, like the legendary Mercedes CLK-LM from the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1998. However, there are many other Le Mans Legends from GT 1-6 that have not returned to GT7 thus far. Here you can see 10 of those cars in action on 26 different tracks and also their showcases at the car dealers in all of the different games. Almost all of these cars were able to get a podium finish at Le Mans at some point and 6 of them were overall winners.

Timeline:
0:00 Toyota GT-One
2:02 Nissan R390 GT1
4:13 Panoz Esperante GTR-1
6:06 BMW V12 LMR
7:26 Audi R8 (LMP)
8:53 Bentley Speed 8
10:10 Peugeot 905
11:21 Audi R10 TDI
12:20 Pescarolo C60
13:38 Ford GT40 Race Car

Each car is shown at the dealer or garage in every main GT game that featured it and also on track in every unique-looking game, so for the track footage I am treating GT5 and GT6 as one game, since they both look the same when driving. As usual GT 2-4 are played on emulator and GT 5-6 on original hardware.

The Toyota GT-One competed at Le Mans in 1998 and 1999 and it was one of the fastest cars in both years but due to various incidents only 1 of 6 entries got a good result, finishing 2nd in 1999. The '99 car is featured in GT 2-6 and GT2 also features the '98 car. GT2 and GT3 also feature the road version of the car.

The Nissan R390 GT1 competed in 1997 and 1998. After poor results in 1997 the car showed great reliability in 1998, finishing in the top 10 with all 4 cars and getting a podium finish. The '98 car is featured in GT 2-6 and GT2 also features the '97 car. For each year there is also a road version that is featured in the same games.

The Panoz Esperante GTR-1 was not as successful at Le Mans as the other cars in this video but it did get a top 10 finish in the highly stacked 1998 race. The car is featured in GT 3-6.

The BMW V12 LMR was able to get first place at Le Mans 1999 and it is featured in GT 4-6.

The Audi R8 LMP car is one of the most successful Le Mans cars of all time, getting 5 overall wins between 2000 and 2005. The '01 car in red and yellow is featured in GT 4-6. In GT 5-6 there is also the '05 car with the PlayStation Oreca livery.

The Bentley Speed 8 competed from 2001 to 2003 and it got the overall win in 2003, being the only car to defeat the Audi R8. It is featured in GT 4-6 as the only Bentley that ever appeared in Gran Turismo so far.

The Peugeot 905 competed from 1991 to 1993 and it got the overall win in both 1992 and 1993, claiming 5 of the 6 podium spots in those year. The car is featured in GT 4-6.

The Audi R10 TDI replaced the Audi R8 and it won at Le Mans 3 times in a row, from 2006 to 2008, being the first Diesel-powered car to win the race. It is featured in GT5 and GT6.

Pescarolo is a private team by 4-time Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo that competed at Le Mans for many years. With a car based on the Courage C60 the team was able to get a podium finish in both 2005 and 2006, being a serious competitor for Audi. The '03 and '04 cars are featured in GT 4-6 and the '05 car is featured in GT5 and GT6.

The Ford GT40 Mk I race car won at Le Mans in both 1968 and 1969. GT7 features a GT40 road car and the Mk IV race car from 1967 but the iconic Mk I race car is only featured in GT 2-6.

Which of these cars did you guys enjoy driving back in GT 2-6? Which of them would you like to see return first with one of the updates for GT7?

This video took me several weeks of work, involving research, planning, hours of grinding for money in GT6, hours of cycling the used car dealer in GT5 and hours of recording and editing. Now the video is finally complete though and I am very happy with how it turned out. I even used a different track for every single clip of driving to make the video as interesting as possible. Hopefully other people will enjoy the video as much as I do. :)

If this video ends up being very popular, then I might make several more videos about things from GT 1-6 that have not returned to GT7 so far, featuring other categories of cars and also different types of tracks. I already have several other videos in mind in this regard.

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