Le Mans Is Back In The Latest Gran Turismo Sport Update

The skeletal amount of content GT Sport launched with is now a distant memory as Polyphony Digital has been unleashing a constant stream of updates, fleshing out the car and track lists a treat.

The latest update is one of the biggest yet and ties-in nicely to the Le Mans 24 Hours, which takes place later this month. The fabled French circuit is back with two layouts - the standard one, plus the version without those pesky chicanes on the Mulsanne straight, allowing you ample opportunity to reach serious speeds.

There’s already a good selection of modern Le Mans prototypes in the game, but PD has upped the ante by including three classic Group C monsters. The 1988 and 1989 race winners are here in the form of the Jaguar XJR-9 and Sauber-Mercedes C9, and they are joined by the Nissan R92CP. The Nissan never raced at Le Mans, but it dominated the Japanese Sports Prototype Championship and is a bit of a Gran Turismo classic, so it’s good to see it making a return.

Le Mans not your thing? Then don’t worry, because there’s a slew of other cars also tagging along as part of the update.

A brace of classic Italian models from the 1960s make an appearance in the form of the Lamborghini Miura and the Fiat 500. But if you’re after something a bit racier than a 16bhp Fiat, then a couple of hot Renaults should do the trick. The Renault Sport Megane Trophy will no doubt make for some superb one-make racing, and the Clio RS 220 should be great fun around some of the game’s tighter circuits.

It wouldn’t be a Gran Turismo update without a classic 90s Japanese car returning to the fold and this time it’s perhaps the coolest Evo of them all (and you can fight me on this) - the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV. Rounding out the list the Subaru BRZ S, but given the selection of cars in the rest of the update, we’re finding it really hard to care about that.

Here’s the full list:

• 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype CN.0706
• 1968 Fiat 500 F
• 1988 Jaguar XJR-9
• 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9
• 1992 Nissan R92CP
• 1996 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV GSR
• 2011 Renault Sport Megane Trophy
• 2015 Subaru BRZ S
• 2016 Renault Sport Clio R.S. 220 EDC Trophy

As usual, it’s not just some cars and a track that come with the update. There are also some new single-player GT League events, as well as some additions to existing events. There are also some new ‘Scapes’ locations for taking photos and some new entries in the game’s museum section, as well as a whole host of other minor improvements, adjustments, and bug fixes.

Update 1.19 weighs in at a relatively hefty 3.6GB, but that’s a small price to pay for those cars and 8.47 miles of the glorious La Sarthe circuit, right?