Aaah, the Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II. A confusing title for a fictional race car version of the second-generation Ford GT. Special in the hearts of those of a certain age as it was the pin-up car for Gran Turismo 4 – seen by many as Polyphony Digital’s peak.
In the latest Gran Turismo 7 trailer, entitled ‘Racer’ and part of the Behind The Scenes video series, we see the Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II brought back in stunning 4K for the first time since GT6.
Gran Turismo series producer Kazunori Yamauchi is famed for his Ford GT fandom, having owned at least two in real life. The GT LM Race Car Spec II takes the road-going version and tunes it for motorsport use.
Balance of Performance
In the trailer, we can see it sharing the track with an eclectic mix of race cars – the Toyota Castrol TOM’S SUPRA ’97, the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B ’91 and Nissan R92CP ’92. It remains to be seen what class this is included in, especially with the knowledge that Groups (Gr.) and Performance Points (PP) are mixed together in GT7.
The Mazda, in particular, is in Gr.1 within GT Sport, so has it been re-classified or simply massively down-tuned?
It’s also worth considering that in GT Sport, there was the Gr.3 Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car. So, will the Spec II be in Gr.4 and the Test Car in Gr.3? We’ll hopefully find out soon enough.
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