Gran Turismo 7 “Power Pack” Paid DLC Now Available: New Races Including Endurance Events, Qualifying, and “Sophy 3.0”

[Gunma36]

So, is it worth buying or not?

 

[JDMKING13]

Did anyone try the Power Pack races yet? One thing I wonder about... is a qualification lap ruined by colliding or going off track and are any errors penalized during the main race?

So far no.. however you don’t want to mess up your time and start in the back.

 

[DS13_supergt]

So, is it worth buying or not?

If you like playing in single player absolutely yes.

 

[TurboTech2K]

Guys, what about the penalties in the power pack races? is there a b-spec mode? I haven't played yet, and I won't be able to soon. I'm sorry if you've already written about this.

 

[SimTourist]

Seems a bit stupid that there are no penalties for collisions and track cuts, you can literally go across entire chicanes and cut half a track with no problems

 

[GlamFM]

Seems a bit stupid that there are no penalties for collisions and track cuts, you can literally go across entire chicanes and cut half a track with no problems

1. I agree
2. this will save me 😂😂

 

[nonloso17]

honestly, the addition of a 5M credit package (ignoring the fact that the mtx credits are laughably over-priced to begin with) at exactly the same time as the DLC that includes 5M credits releases is some pretty ****ing cynical and scammy marketing. You won't be the only person that makes that mistake I can assure you.

Oh yeah the 5M weren‘t even an option before, right?? I just noticed that after reading your reply… I think 2M was the max amount before..?

Thb yes it does feel a bit strange… And the option was right on the home screen when before you boot up the game…

What I also found a bit strange is the fact that it says „Add-On“ on the 5M credit thingy I bought… Now english isn‘t my first language as one might be able to tell from my writing, but to me in-game currency isn‘t really an „Add-On“..?!?

Yea it sucks, but I guess I just should‘ve paid better attention🫤

 

[ElectricNaz]

Real Racing Is Here! New Paid 'Power Pack' DLC Brings 50 New Races Across 20 Themed Categories! - Gran Turismo™ 7 - gran-turismo.com

On 4 December 2025, the highly anticipated 'Power Pack' DLC arrives for the PlayStation 5 version of Gran Turismo 7 as a paid Add-On, delivering a brand-new game mode based around the theme of real racing, as well as 5,000,000 in-game Credits.

www.gran-turismo.com

My point was it doesn't seem very realistic. Or nose to tail. 4 laps of Laguna Seca in the weakest of the 3 car options. After 12 laps at Daytona I won by 35 seconds in the 2nd of the 3 car choices. I fell for the marketing and believed that these races would actually be fun.

Am I going crazy or does your last sentence completely contradict the stuff you said before it? Anyway, the product information clearly states Sophy 3.0 is used in the power pack races.

No, not contradictory. Setting up a Sophy race in world circuits is challenging, most races are actually really good, and close.

From a small sample of 3 power pack races, I don't really see any difference in difficulty between these and the old event races against AI prior to this update. Aside from now you can just start on pole and pull away from the start rather than chasing the rabbit through all the traffic.

 

[Keef]

Apparently GT7 has sold about 14 million copies but judging "active" players is a lot harder. Who knows how many GT7 owners will be buying the Power Pack on Day 1? Even if there are 100,000 players globally who buy it that's $3 million in revenue in a single day which I imagine for a company the size of PD is not a lot. Do we think 1 million GT7 owners around the world will eventually buy this? $30 million in revenue is a lot more substantial.

In today's world, this amount of content is perfectly reasonable for $30, especially considering all the free updates we've had. I was hoping for a different type of content, or type-specific DLCs rather than a broad one like this, but this is pretty satisfying and will get me back into the game especially considering winter has arrived. I haven't been attached to any video games for almost a year now.

 

[tonderai]

$30 for content that should have been in the game for free from the start.

Actually, you can see that the game wouldn't have been released in time if we' d waitrd for all this stuff. With the care and attention PD puts into their modelling...you only need to look at other simulators and the trouble they are having by rushing content. Noone is forced to buy the DLC. Just stick to the base game if it's a problem for you.

 

[Fezzik]

Has anyone done or seen these races yet?

 

[PaMu1337]

I don't see any reference in the online manual to mid race saves for 24hr races, or anything like that. Really curious how that will work.

Surely they haven't gone back to having to keep your console on for the entire race?

 

[Famine]

Surely they haven't gone back to having to keep your console on for the entire race?

For both PS4 and PS5 you can suspend and resume, rather than keeping them on the whole time. That's a possibility.

Also worth noting that there's four races missing from the PP overview screen...

 

[jonoholland29]

So far there isn’t any 24h races. They must unlock after a certain number of events have been completed. We may have to wait a few days for someone to unlock them

 

[PaMu1337]

For both PS4 and PS5 you can suspend and resume, rather than keeping them on the whole time. That's a possibility.

Also worth noting that there's four races missing from the PP overview screen...

True. But it would still be a stupid setup.
Especially if you can't join any GTWS sport mode races in the meantime.

 

[Famine]

True. But it would still be a stupid setup.
Especially if you can't join any GTWS sport mode races in the meantime.

Or anything else. You can only exit PP races by retiring from them.

 

[PaMu1337]

Or anything else. You can only exit PP races by retiring from them.

Yes, I pointed out the GTWS races specifically as they only are available for short timeslots, and matter for championship standings to qualify for real world events.

 

[Alfa Romeo GT]

I think it's a shame that the races are so rigid.

You can't change the qualifying times or the length of the races.

Because doing practice/qualifying for three laps is overkill.

 

[Bojador]

I think it's a shame that the races are so rigid.

You can't change the qualifying times or the length of the races.

Because doing practice/qualifying for three laps is overkill.

Can't you just quit and advance to next session?

 

[Famine]

I think it's a shame that the races are so rigid.

You can't change the qualifying times or the length of the races.

Because doing practice/qualifying for three laps is overkill.

Can't you just quit and advance to next session?

Yes, you can.

There's also a time-advance button in the pits which speeds it up by what looks like a factor of ten...

 

[SuperSportX]

Has anyone done or seen these races yet?

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I haven't gotten that far yet but those races are indeed available.

 

[PaMu1337]

Yes, you can.

There's also a time-advance button in the pits which speeds it up by what looks like a factor of ten...

You can't skip qualifying though, can you? Only practice.
In qualy there's only a button which says it will also retire you from the race.

 

[JDMKING13]

You can't skip qualifying though, can you? Only practice.
In qualy there's only a button which says it will also retire you from the race.

You can skip qualifying you don’t have to set a time.. Just fast-forward the session.I set one lap and fastward the rest of the session.. if you don’t set a time it can be challenging to be the stage.

 

[Alfa Romeo GT]

You can't skip qualifying though, can you? Only practice.
In qualy there's only a button which says it will also retire you from the race.

Yes you can't skip qualifying.
No doubt to enable the simulation of AI times rather than inventing them.


Well, I can confirm that Sophy 3.0 unfortunately does not support custom races...

You can skip qualifying you don’t have to set a time.

My bad.

 

[PaMu1337]

You can skip qualifying you don’t have to set a time.

But only by fast forwarding right? You can't skip to the end of the session as in practice, as far as I could tell.

 

[JDMKING13]

But only by fast forwarding right? You can't skip to the end of the session as in practice, as far as I could tell.

Yes.. I can understand skipping Practice but the qualifying is what makes the races no? I tried to start from the back and could catch up to 5 lol.

 

[RACECAR]

Lol, the first thing you hear/see in the Power Pack DLC is @Tom saying "The Power Pack is an attempt".

Apparently the 930 Turbo Rallye is based on a real car campaigned by Tuthill UK that's racing at East African Safari Rally this weekend! (Slide 5)

That would explain things. Gonna be honest tohugh: It is strange seeing "Compact Disc" in the year 2025.

 

[breyzipp]

Completed 3 races and got the Skyline unlocked. Absolutely loving the DLC so far! I could write an essay of what’s great on it but sorry, I got another race to go to!

 

[PaMu1337]

Yes.. I can understand skipping Practice but the qualifying is what makes the races no? I tried to start from the back and could catch up to 5 lol.

The original question was "Can't you just quit and advance to next session?", so I was responding to that.

But even then, I think it's reasonable to do 1 quick lap, and then just wanting to skip to the end instead of waiting it out.

What's especially annoying is that after the time is up, there's some extra time for drivers to finish their lap, regardless of anyone actually being on a lap. If everyone is in the pitlane, you still have to wait. If all drivers on track have finished their lap, you still have to wait.

 

[GlamFM]

The tuned cars are amazing.

Too bad we get only 6 of them.

Having a blast with this DLC.