Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[05XR8]

Just went with the RB25. No conserving. Pit end of Lap 5.

 

[sirjim73]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges: N It to Win It​

The penultimate set of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges for January 2026 are upon us, arriving on your consoles as the clock ticks past midnight into Friday morning...

This week's challenges feel like a lottery...

 

[Islaygaz]

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This is amazing! The livery, the feel of the picture and the fact it’s 2 wheels off the ground! Very 90s Touring Car feel!

 

[Akers]

More enjoyable than I was expecting this week. All completed on Hard difficulty without too much trouble...

This week's eclectic bunch:

Sunday Cup: Toyota S-FR '15 - CS Tyres, Aero, Mid Turbo, Custom Suspension. Tried first with a tuned Beetle, didn't go well. Then I remembered the S-FR, which I'd just built for some lobby racing, was quite nippy. Won with ease on its 1st attempt.

Euro FR 550: Detuned DTM BMW M3 Evo '89 on SS tyres. Tried the Heavy but powerful route with a Stock Z8, but couldn't get within a couple of seconds of 1st place. Pulled the pin on this favourite, and won on 1st attempt, though only by 0.14 seconds!

Elantra 'One-Make': Mid Turbo, SS tyres, weight reduction. Haven't used this since it's last Weekly Challenge 'One Make' outing, soon remembered why. The chronic wheelspin is hilarious, wouldn't want to own one! Dull race, easy win.

American Clubman 700: RS Rampage - RM tyres, Race brakes, Fully Custom G'Box and Diff. Tried first with the Ford GT '17 on SS tyres and max aero. Won, but only after an unfortunate crash at the end of the final lap, with the ridiculously fast C8, which left them in the gravel. Wanting to win fair, I had another go in the Rampage. Caught and passed the C8 on lap 3 and maintained a 3-4 second lap to the end.

GR1 Prototype: RB X2019 Comp - Stock +60kg ballast. FM3 all the way for an easy win. Pitted at end on lap 4, cruised home after taking lead on lap 8

6 Star Car Roulette won a black La Ferrari
4 Star Daily Marathon won Cr.500,000

Not a bad week!!

 

[johnson_57]

You see, I do not feel any hint of remorse whenever I encounter an overpowered AI and smash it to smithereens.

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TGIF.

Nice ! I (more or less) Did the same. That C8 got some suspicious horses in the back.

 

[Lunard]

More enjoyable than I was expecting this week. All completed on Hard difficulty without too much trouble...

This week's eclectic bunch:
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Sunday Cup: Toyota S-FR '15 - CS Tyres, Aero, Mid Turbo, Custom Suspension. Tried first with a tuned Beetle, didn't go well. Then I remembered the S-FR, which I'd just built for some lobby racing, was quite nippy. Won with ease on its 1st attempt.

Euro FR 550: Detuned DTM BMW M3 Evo '89 on SS tyres. Tried the Heavy but powerful route with a Stock Z8, but couldn't get within a couple of seconds of 1st place. Pulled the pin on this favourite, and won on 1st attempt, though only by 0.14 seconds!

Elantra 'One-Make': Mid Turbo, SS tyres, weight reduction. Haven't used this since it's last Weekly Challenge 'One Make' outing, soon remembered why. The chronic wheelspin is hilarious, wouldn't want to own one! Dull race, easy win.

American Clubman 700: RS Rampage - RM tyres, Race brakes, Fully Custom G'Box and Diff. Tried first with the Ford GT '17 on SS tyres and max aero. Won, but only after an unfortunate crash at the end of the final lap, with the ridiculously fast C8, which left them in the gravel. Wanting to win fair, I had another go in the Rampage. Caught and passed the C8 on lap 3 and maintained a 3-4 second lap to the end.

GR1 Prototype: RB X2019 Comp - Stock +60kg ballast. FM3 all the way for an easy win. Pitted at end on lap 4, cruised home after taking lead on lap 8

6 Star Car Roulette won a black La Ferrari
4 Star Daily Marathon won Cr.500,000

Not a bad week!!

You used the Toyota FR-S Concept.
I always forgot that car is available in GT7.
I had played a lot with this car and also the Racing version in GT Sport.
Serious, I had never touched this car in GT7.

 

[CTRL Garage]

Used the Copen Speed 12 for race 1

Race 2 was nice in a stock e36(only had a livery applied)

Race 3 as @jad_morffier mentioned, that yellow car is super quick, couldn’t catch it with a stock car once it got to the front

Race 4… Seranno’s C8 is mega quick in a straight line, but good thing my C1 tune handles well up the mountain to take a clean victory

Race 5, I quite like this track, there’s a great flow to it once you know what to use for your track references. Used my Dodge 900pp tune on RM for a no stop strat and got the win! Was a fun race against the AI throughout, I’d repeat this with other car choices but think keeping it under 900pp makes it more fun

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Quite nice, this week !

Race 1 Brands Hatch
After the Sunday Cup Classics two weeks ago I had my rusty Benz Barker Tourer still located at the BH paddock. So I decided to just take it to track again for another glorious victory.
Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer '29 - CM / 168 hp / 995 kg / 391,30 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Brands Hatch

Race 2 Red Bull Ring
Think there's no need to mention how much I love my old souped up ... . I really enjoyed making my way through the field little by little step by step - slowly but unstoppable.
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce '67 - SS / 217 hp / 887 kg / 550,60 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Red Bull Ring

Race 3 CGV
I didn't like it ! Although it's doable of course. After 20 years of playing GT, cars like the yellow Kang car still annoy me. It's not as obvious as with Gallo's GTAm or Serrano's C8, but it's the same pattern. Stupid ...
Hyundai Elantra N '23 - SH / 400 hp / 1.450 kg / 545,75 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result CGV

Race 4 Mt. Panorama
I had run this race coincidentally three days ago in a C8 gift car ( 650 PP upgraded ) without the slightest chance of catching up to Serrano. Today was payback day ! No merci, no Chase to hide for the man !
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon '18 - RS / 1.185 hp / 1.344 kg / 813,95 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Mt. Panorama

Race 5 St. Croix
I had my LM55 VGT set up already but decided to follow that suggest above to use the Hyundai EV VGT car. Curiosity ! A first time drive for me and for sure a pleasant one. Now, that's enough Hyundai for today though ...
Hyundai N 2025 VGT '25 - RM / 870 hp / 977 kg / 928,60 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result St. Croix

My feel is Mt. Panorama's gonna be Race of the Week !

 

[RACECAR]

My choices for this week.



Sunday Cup: Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 GT Sprint Veloce. Piece of cake as usual
European FR Challenge 550: BMW 3.0 CSL. Abit tricky, but doable.
American Clubman Cup 700: Ford Shelby GT350. Not even Serrano could escape me.
GR.1 Prototype Series: Peugeot 908 HDI FAP. So unbothered, I did this on easy JUST to get it over with. NEXT.
Special Event: Might be the car I had THE most fun with around this track.

 

[Greycap]

The dumbest possible way to break a three CRB row in the fourth race - someone puts a car into the kitty litter when I'm half a car length behind another, already hard on the brakes with a 30 km/h or so speed difference, and no chance to avoid passing it just as the yellow flag comes out. An immediate three second penalty, 🤬 the AI once again.

 

[jad_morffier]

Another challenging race at Red Bull in a stock M3 '07. Lopez in the M4 '14 is a tough one to catch up to and overtake.

 

[RACECAR]

Anyone else notice the European FR Challenge 550 is abit...BMW heavy? Surely that's more European cars that are at or slightly below 550 PP?

 

[jad_morffier]

Anyone else notice the European FR Challenge 550 is abit...BMW heavy? Surely that's more European cars that are at or slightly below 550 PP?

Yes! I tried several stock cars under 550 PP and the only two I could find that had a chance to get in front of Lopez was the M3 '07 and the Maserati Gran Turismo S

 

[rheinaoi]

GR1 PROTOTYPE SERIES
My bad driving habit is I restart races... a lot. I wanted to try a different approach.

For this week's Gr1 race, I went with the slow, but my old favorite Alpine VGT. The first race was me trying to remember where everything was and to build speed. I flip flopped between a No Stop and 1 One Stop strategy. My blown out Racing Mediums made the decision for me:

Then came the improvement. No Stop, Racing Mediums, FM3, short shifting at half the rev bar - sometimes going to FM1 on the straightaway after the bridge.

Finally, 1 Stop, FM1, short shifting at half the rev bar. Racing Mediums

Assumption: In spite of the track length, this race is more suited to sprint builds. When I tried to fuel save, the loooooooooonnnnnnnngggggg straightaways were agony. My Alpine had terrible tire wear, but I aim to revisit this with Racing Softs. The pit stops were short too - perhaps under 30 seconds.

I suspect the Diesel Torque Monsters and the LM55 can ignore this and be fast regardless of strategy.

USA CLUBMAN 700PP
I knew about the C8 - who probably is the only one actually tuned to 700pp, albeit a very, very silly build.

As always, I chose grip over power. I stayed at 700pp... for this time.

I fully tuned and then detuned my Ford GT '06 for the 700pp Clubman nightmare race at Fuji. Victory was mine here, but the tune bothered me. I wondered if the Racing Brakes were worth the PP cost in ballast, ballast positioning and lower power.

No, they were not.

The car that had brakes was 1 second a lap slower. So either the PP system punishes brakes too much, or I just suck at braking and have been covering it up with tuning.

No, do not tell me the answer

Settings below for the morbidly curious

Spoiler: Ford GT '06 700pp - No Brakes!!

Looking forward to the Elantra race!

 

[2cam16]

Pretty straightforward week.
Started with the Elantra race for a warm-up. Went in with one of my trusty ones, 318hp on SS. Easy win and a CRB.
For the Gr.1 I went with my usual that has won this race, the LM55. No stops on RM. Easy 30 second win.
The Bathurst race called for one of my older go-tos, my Camaro with old SGV livery. 706pp on SS. Easy win over Josette.
For the Euro I drove a car I haven't used in months, '03 M3 on RH. It was over by lap 3.
Brands Hatch I just wanted to get it over with. Nations Cup Valkyrie was called up. Lapped them all once. lol
Won the Lambo VGT which I hadn't owned yet.