GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

Xtremrider591 · Apr 19, 2026

Hello everybody !
It's my turn to post my weekly challenge review.
All gold was done on Hard difficulties with TC1 or without and ABS weak.
Barcelona : Peugeot 205 GTI "Griffe", 150ch/815kg, Sport medium, 495pp, livery by me
Road Atlanta : Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V , 423ch/1230kg, Sport medium, 618,37pp, livery by O_MOK_1988
High Speed Ring : Chevrolet Corvette C8 , 674ch/1361kg, Sport medium, 699,74pp, livery by "the great" Azabear
Laguna Seca : Hyundai Elantra TC, 355ch/1265kg, Race medium, 637,71pp, livery by Mad_Sone1964
Maggiore : McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Gr2 , 784ch/960 kg, Race hard, 799,97pp, livery by Azabear . Fm4, 6 laps for the stint, fuel and tyres for the end . Win by 1m20s .
Six Stars Ticket : Bugatti Veyron, on orange/white !
After customisation, it's look good !
Well done !

RCKakashi14 · Apr 20, 2026

Can slip past 1:55s, on stock HP. 296 GT3 pace with AMG GT3 stability.

- Racing Mediums, Fuel Map 1.

- Lift and coast on Lap 1.

- Short shift to 8000 rpm.

- Pit at Lap 5. Swap to new Mediums and lift and coast once more on Lap 6.

- Flying laps afterwards.

rikunarok · Apr 20, 2026

[European Sunday Cup 500]
Don't expect "Safety" when you're driving.
Do you call it danger? Or do you call it adventure?

[Japanese 4WD Challenge 600]
In short, this is a long goodbye
to unexpecting you.

[American Clubman Cup 700]
It didn't rain, that's all.

[Special Race]
I failed to adjust the difficulty, and the second half of the race turned into a battle against boredom and sleepiness.

[WTC800]
This time I made a good car choice.

I got a Genesis X Gran Berlinetta VGT Concept from the 6-star roulette ticket.

Lunard · Apr 20, 2026

Hello everyone.
My picks.

DDK-Racing · Apr 21, 2026

My cars for this week
Hard difficulty, PS4, controller, manual, no driver aids except ABS weak

European Sunday Cup 500: Stock BMW M3 '97, CS, 496PP. Easy win. CRB ✅
Japanese 4WD Challenge 600: Swapped Jimny Sierra JC '18. Tuned with RH to 595PP. Walk in the park. Won by around 20s. CRB✅
American Clubman Cup 700: Gr.3 C5.R wannebee Corvette Z06 (C5) '01 tuned to 699PP. Great car, ran circles round the opposition... CRB✅
World Touring Car 800: Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) '22. Stock, RM. 6 lap and 4 lap stints. Finished under 20min and with roughly half a minute lead. No CRB after some rubbing and going wide in T1 once. CRB🚩
Special Event: Great fun car. Not the most tense race, gaining the lead lap 3 going into lap 4. CRB✅

Got the Bugatti VGT Gr.1 for the ticket, sold for 480K.

CostaCorsa · Apr 22, 2026

April – Week 4
I missed last week's challenges, but I've had a good ride this week. Races were quite interesting and I used:
Gamepad | Automatic transmission | Race Difficulty – Hard

#5 | WTC800 | Autodrome Lago Maggiore
Mazda LM55 VGT (Gr.1) | PP 800 | RM tyres | FM 6 | no pit

I decided to choose a tactic without a pit stop with RM tyres. It's bad that I overtook all the leaders when they were in the pits. On the last lap, I was afraid that I would leave the track due to tire wear. But careful driving allowed me to finish the first.

#4 Special Race – Hyundai Elantra N TC – One Make | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Hyundai Elantra N TC ‘24 | PP 689 | RS tyres

I never drove Elantra before and the 1st lap was spent to learn how to use the break and acceleration. Despite my power advantage, I finished with a lead of only 4 seconds. Perhaps Elantra needs to be adjusted more precisely, but I absolutely agree with RandomGuy18 - "they constantly invent events with crappy cars".

#3 American Clubman Cup 700 | High Speed Ring Reverse
Chevrolet Camaro ‘69 Race-Mod | PP 700 | IM tyres | NOS

It's funny that the last 3 races followed the same scenario. I would overtake everyone, and then one of the pursuers would start approaching me.
For this race, I choose Camaro ‘69 Race-Mod – very fast and stable car. On the last lap, I saw the GAC Maveric catching up with me and I had to press the boost button.

#2 Japanese 4WD Challenge 600 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta
Nissan R32 GT-R V-spec II ‘94 | PP 600 | SS tyres | NOS

The same race as the previous one, but instead of the GAC was AFEELA.

#1 European Sunday Cup 500 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
VW Scirocco R ’10 | PP 500 | CS tyres | NOS

Two laps are not enough to create a big lead, but nevertheless I won with an advantage of 4 seconds.

I got a Ford GT Race Car ‘18 from the 6-star roulette ticket.

benjoi84 · Apr 22, 2026

Quick off the top of my head summary of what my randomiser threw in my direction:

Euro Sunday 500: K20-swapped Fiat 500 SS. (Quick, but not fun to drive, does anyone have a workable tune for this swap?). Scraped 3rd place.

Japan 4WD 600: Toyota Corolla Morizo Edition. Just about beat the looming AFEELA.

US Clubman 700: Mustang Group 3 Road Car. Struggled on the straights, but just enough ooomph around the bends to end up in 3rd behind two rockets. Retried using the Maverick-swapped version just to get my revenge

WTC 800: Tuned Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren with RH and aero parts. This one I'm pretty happy with. It took me four attempts in order to get the fuel economy in order. Now that I have the win, I have renewed confidence to try out more road cars in these events.

Dan_Tes · Apr 22, 2026

Kamikaze opponents aside this one was quite fun!

Famine · Apr 23, 2026

Insta-Twingo!

jad_morffier · Apr 23, 2026

Will the new Weekly Challenges in the Power Pack be here as well or will there be a new thread for that?

sirjim73 · Apr 23, 2026

Famine
Insta-Twingo!

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Title of the news article should be easy this week.
Twingo Bingo!
You've been Twingo'd!
Etc etc

Famine · Apr 23, 2026

jad_morffier
Will the new Weekly Challenges in the Power Pack be here as well or will there be a new thread for that?

It's not quite the same format. They're just "complete any 1/2/3 races", with no curation.

RCKakashi14 · Apr 23, 2026

My initial run on this. Hard difficulty.

Chances of rain are high, so Inters will do.

On dry, Mediums are your best bet. Autopolis loves to eat tires, so Softs are out of the question.

I will try running this tomorrow with the SF23, on higher downforce. 🤔

jesse100190 · Apr 23, 2026

Will use the Toyota for the sf race, the 959 '87 for the German and the Sunday races and the r33 for the gre race

GTvsForza · Apr 23, 2026

sirjim73
Title of the news article should be easy this week.
Twingo Bingo!
You've been Twingo'd!
Etc etc

Totally Twingo!

RACECAR · Apr 23, 2026

Famine
Insta-Twingo!

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You'll never believe what the video I recorded was last night :lol:

Well that's two cars figured out for tonight. Also, its that rare time of the year where PD times an event with real world one.

jrbabbitt · Apr 23, 2026

Famine
Insta-Twingo!

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Is this a sign that you are back writing the articles?

A1an · Apr 23, 2026

Ugh Twingo event.
Everyone seems hyped for the Twingo, I'm not.

lilcat89 · Apr 23, 2026

A1an
Ugh Twingo event.
Everyone seems hyped for the Twingo, I'm not.

I'm not particularly hyped for the Twingo, but I can be persuaded.

ROCKET JOE · Apr 23, 2026

With the exception of the new Nürburgring CE everything update-related is done, even re-structured my garage puh ... :cool:

More than a thousand cars now ! And here's my quint-essence of racing for tomorrow's challenges :

RACECAR · Apr 23, 2026

RACECAR
You'll never believe what the video I recorded was last night

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Well that's two cars figured out for tonight. Also, its that rare time of the year where PD times an event with real world one.

Video in question:

So I guess there's a strat you can glean for this race in particular if you're up for it.

Jordan · Apr 23, 2026

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges: Twingo, Twingo, Little Star

A fresh set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges lights up this Thursday, April 23, landing alongside today’s GT7 1.69 update and running through next Thursday, April 30. Five new events, seven days on the clock, and this week there’s a brand-new, beloved car headlining the action...

jrbabbitt
Is this a sign that you are back writing the articles?

He's writing update articles, but I'm afraid you're stuck with me and my puns for now.

05XR8 · Apr 23, 2026

Aww, I want to hug the Twingo now.

Theufcveteran · Apr 23, 2026

ROCKET JOE
I didn't have anything better to do on this Easter Monday, so I spent the whole day at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
I give you three photos first :

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It all began when I read @Fuzzi0n 's post about him running the race and winning it with the stock Porsche 911 GT3 R on RH tires.
Honestly, I was really impressed ... and yesterday night I decided to try myself. Thanks for your help btw @Fuzzi0n .
So that's what I did all day long. I was having a hard time ( at times ) and it's been a hard lesson about what it means to do 12 laps on the very edge. Because I've been driving at my very limit. Gazillions of attempts, shaving away tenths of seconds, improving consistency, trying to get the next chicane right ... And of course, although it wasn't my main focus at all, win the race maybe.
I tell you, it actually took six hours until I found that grid with a chance to win. And I did :

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And I'm proud !

Compared to the Porsche, the Pagani's a killer and delivered a safe win. My cool down laps ! I had built the car recently and I found one of these 2d effect liveries that really fascinate me. And the Nissan run ? Well, that's been the icing on my Easter cake after a long and hard racing day. The car's fast, just fast ...

The Zonda livery is really cool.

RCKakashi14
Maggiore race is a walk in the park... or lake.

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Stock horsepower GT3R with uprated downforce. Started in FM1 on Mediums then Softs during pit stop on Lap 5.

AI cars do pit, but will not change tires. They use Hards. Overall a very easy race, as they will become turtles at final leg with worn out tires.

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Which I regret.

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Spun out on the final corner, hence:

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Great pictures!

TAU_GTP · Apr 24, 2026

Here's my starting point for the Power Pack challenges. Since you can choose any race and do repeats I did "Bump Draft" at Daytona.

Took this leftover car used for farming Tokyo ages ago and maxed it out. Stay in 5th and it will go around the oval in under 38 seconds.

Widebody, type A aero parts, custom wing, wide wheels and offset.

I'm sure people who actually have a clue will find cars and setups that will enable you to do this race way quicker still since the only requirements are RH tyres and 720pp max.

RCKakashi14 · Apr 24, 2026

Easy but also fun week.

All done on Hard difficulty.

Fell in love with the 964 Turbo. Reminded me the legacy of the Porsche brand.

Twingoat will always live in my memories.

Made a quick work on the GT-R event with the R35.

GT3 RS with a 911 turbo engine is the best engine swap in my opinion.

No clipping, no mushrooms eaten, just pure Formula racing.

SF23 with high downforce, Medium tires. Overtook the entire grid by Lap 5 then it started raining. Switched to Inters and stayed out after AI pit in once again at Lap 7. Lap 8 was when I boxed in for a fresh set of Mediums.

No tire whispering done. More like tire shouting. :lol:

Profit.

Prize car from the ticket:

RACECAR · Apr 24, 2026

My choices for tonight. Been abit since I last used the old Merc GT4 build.

2cam16 · Apr 24, 2026

I may just have to no-shame it to Easy for that SF race if I even attempt it. lol

Fuzzi0n · Apr 24, 2026

Not the most interesting week but I still had fun with a few races. Sunday Cup is a breeze, you can be under the suggested PP and win no problem. Twingo one-make is possible with a stock car, took me a couple of tries because the first time I got pit moved by the AI and lost 3 seconds, if you can avoid them holding you up it's a decent challenge but fun. GT-R Cup was fun even though I prefer that track in the other direction, 400R was a good pick given the AI wasn't that fast. Schwarzwald League embodies everything wrong with these kind of events, over 30 second gap to make up in 4 laps while one AI pulls 20 seconds on the rest of the field. Had to run 1:38-1:39 laps to win, even then I only passed the leader on the brakes into the last corner, rest of them drive so slow you have to take evasive action to not get held up. Shame they didn't close the field up and run some slower cars for a longer race to showcase the new 964. Super Formula is like most of the others, AI isn't fast although I think in the dry most won't pit. If you run RM/RM you'll easily win even without rain, my race only had two laps of IM then back to RM, some of the AI just stayed out given the track barely got wet enough.

Cars for this week: