Italian meets Irish with my Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm livery design in Gran Turismo 7

Inishmore Island - Aran Islands, Ireland

Ashford Castle - Galway, Ireland

Lettermullan - Galway, Ireland

Ballydavock - Aran Islands, Ireland

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Milan, Italy

The Grand Canal - Venice, Italy

Piazza San Marco - Venice, Italy

Lingotto - Torino, Italy

The Colosseum - Rome, Italy

Village - Alberobello, Italy

Gran Turismo 7 is constantly adding new cars to the game. One of the latest additions is the 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm.

If you are familiar with this Italian luxury automaker, you may have heard of their Quadrifoglio lineup, aka the sportier versions of their cars. The one to keep in mind to compare to the Giulia GTAm is the Giulia Quadrifoglio.

The Quadrifoglio is already a beast in itself, but it is geared towards also being a daily driver. You can easily notice the difference between the Quadrifoglio and base models by the signature four-leaf clover badge on the front fender. The GTA and GTAm are more focused on legitimate racing. The GTA sheds a few hundred pounds, gets a few body changes for aerodynamics, and an increase in horsepower and torque.

The top-of-the-line model in the Giulia lineup celebrated 110 years of Alfa
Romeo, say hello to the GTAm created by the Sauber racing team in collaboration with Alfa.

If you are wondering what GTAm stands for, it is the Italian phrase Gran Turismo Alleggerita modificata, which translates to Lightened Grand Tourer modified in English.

Some more info about the car itself...

In 2020, special editions of the Alfa Romeo Giulia were introduced to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the historic company. The cars were called the Giulia GTA and GTAm, which were based on the high-performance
Quadrifoglio model.

For these cars, the power output of the twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter V-6 was increased to 533 HP, while curb weight was reduced by 220 lbs. Also, the front and rear track were widened by 2.0 inches to enhance the car's stability, while the cars' aerodynamics were significantly enhanced in the form of new front and rear fenders, as well as other redesigned body parts, thanks to help from Alfa Romeo's Formula 1 partner, Sauber. The GTAm offers a more hardcore setup designed for circuit use. In addition to a larger front splitter and carbon fiber rear wing, a roll-cage was installed and the rear seats were removed.

The GTAm is already ready to be driven hard right out of the in-game dealership. That still wasn't enough for me however, I wanted to add more mods and create a unique livery design to help my ride stand out even more.

Here is a look at what about $100k worth of mods did to the performance numbers...

Starting stats:
532 HP
442 ft-lb torque
3483 lbs

Stats after modifications:
726 HP
541 ft-lb torque
2577 lbs

I shed a ton of weight and added quite a bit of power too. Luckily this car is AWD, so it still handles like a dream and boy is it fast.

Next was my livery design. Luckily now that GT7 has been out for almost a year, there are all sorts of good designs that have been uploaded by the community. I used a combination of Irish-themed decals to create a one-of-a-kind livery.

Although the car is manufactured in Italy, I can't help but think Irish due to the four-leaf clover badges. This is what inspired my design.

I combined several Irish brands with a few Irish-like images. You'll see Jameson whiskey, Bailey's Irish Cream, Irish Death from USA-based Iron Horse Brewery, O'Malleys Irish Cream Liqueur, Guinness, and the famous Notre Dame Fighting Irish mascot. All of that is paired with the stock wheels, except I had them painted gold.

I totally love this design and it reminds me of a similar design I made a few years back on NFS Heat. If you want to see that one, check it out here. I'm curious to know which one you like better.

I of course had to head over to the Scapes photo mode to capture some stellar photographs of this thing after I completed it. I kept all photo locations either in Italy or Ireland, to stay in line with the feel of the car. You will notice each image has a caption of the exact location in either country.

The last thing to do was take this thing out for a spin. I loaded up one of the many available race tracks in GT7 and I hit a few laps in my Irish GTAm. I absolutely love how it drives and look forward to getting behind the wheel of it again soon.

Let me know what you think of the design. Thanks for checking out my photos.

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