Another Legendary Record-Setting '90s Supercar Is Coming to Gran Turismo 7

After February’s Gran Turismo 7 update brought Honda’s first Grand Prix-winner and the return of Grand Valley, and last month’s patch added five cars including the Porsche 959 and Toyota Alphard, April’s slate of new content has finally been teased. And while it looks to be a bit smaller on the surface compared to the last two, we already know that one of the inclusions is a big deal.

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Alongside the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and Toyota- and Honda-powered variants of the latest spec chassis in Japan’s Super Formula open-wheel series, the update slated for this coming Thursday will bring the Jaguar XJ220 to Gran Turismo for the first time since GT6. Considering GT7 already has the Ferrari F40 and McLaren F1 and just got the aforementioned 959, the XJ220 is another member of the late-20th century record-setting supercar family to join the party. Here’s hoping the Bugatti EB110 SS and Ruf CTR “Yellow Bird” aren’t terribly far behind.

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The XJ220 is no stranger to video games of course; it even had its own Sega CD and Amiga title made by the same folks who gave us Tomb Raider. But it’s a little different when Polyphony Digital immortalizes a particular car in Gran Turismo. The studio’s artists have a way of capturing the idiosyncrasies of every vehicle with unmatched detail, from the nuances of their interior lighting to their particular exhaust notes.