The official Super Formula race series Twitter account just potentially teased the arrival of the latest version of their spec race car - the Dallara SF23 - in Gran Turismo 7, in a pretty unexpected fashion.
Everything started on january 9th when the community manager asked followers what they'd like to happen if they could have a wish granted related to Super Formula in 2023. One user replied they'd like to see the SF23 be included in GT7, and that reply has been quote retweeted by Super Formula, while tagging the official Gran Turismo account.
While this could just be a cheeky poke from one community manager to another, chances are this is less innocent than it appears when you consider Gran Turismo star Igor Fraga has been appointed as an ambassador for the series and has recently been testing the main series and junior series cars at Suzuka. Both companies also have pretty tight relationships with mutual sponsoring and Gran Turismo having hosted special events in Japan related to Super Formula. Additionally, the SF19 chassis has been included in GT Sport on its release year and has just been retired at the end of 2022, so everything points towards the tweet being quite possibly serious.
For those unfamiliar with the series, Super Formula is Japan's flagship open wheel single seater race series, with a spec chassis and a choice between Toyota or Honda turbo 2.0 inline 4 engines. The cars are faster than F2s or Indycars, which makes them the second fastest open wheelers in activity around the world. The SF23 features a new aero package made of bio-composite materials to get closer to carbon neutrality, but also to promote close racing and overtakes - which were already helped with a pus to pass function that increases max RPM and turbo pressure, with limited time of use per race. New tyres engineered by Yokohama will also be produced with 33% of recycled and renewable raw materials for more environmental friendliness.
Everything started on january 9th when the community manager asked followers what they'd like to happen if they could have a wish granted related to Super Formula in 2023. One user replied they'd like to see the SF23 be included in GT7, and that reply has been quote retweeted by Super Formula, while tagging the official Gran Turismo account.
While this could just be a cheeky poke from one community manager to another, chances are this is less innocent than it appears when you consider Gran Turismo star Igor Fraga has been appointed as an ambassador for the series and has recently been testing the main series and junior series cars at Suzuka. Both companies also have pretty tight relationships with mutual sponsoring and Gran Turismo having hosted special events in Japan related to Super Formula. Additionally, the SF19 chassis has been included in GT Sport on its release year and has just been retired at the end of 2022, so everything points towards the tweet being quite possibly serious.
For those unfamiliar with the series, Super Formula is Japan's flagship open wheel single seater race series, with a spec chassis and a choice between Toyota or Honda turbo 2.0 inline 4 engines. The cars are faster than F2s or Indycars, which makes them the second fastest open wheelers in activity around the world. The SF23 features a new aero package made of bio-composite materials to get closer to carbon neutrality, but also to promote close racing and overtakes - which were already helped with a pus to pass function that increases max RPM and turbo pressure, with limited time of use per race. New tyres engineered by Yokohama will also be produced with 33% of recycled and renewable raw materials for more environmental friendliness.