There’s a bit of a shake-up in the Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races this week, beginning today, with a new event that looks to pick up where a fan-favorite Weekly Challenge event left off and a rejig of some regulations.
We’re still seeing a one-make race in Race A and events for track machinery in Races B and C (well, sort of), but it’s not exactly as straightforward as that.
For Race A you’ll be taking out the Honda Civic (EK) Touring Car for a four-lap sprint race at a rarely used circuit in Sport Mode: Tokyo Expressway South Clockwise. This is the variant without the cargo container section, but includes a nasty final chicane that will likely be the location of many divebombs.
You’ll need Sports Medium tires for your Civic, and if you don’t currently have one — it’s not in the Used Car Dealership at the moment either — you can borrow an example in any of its dozen standard colorways with the appropriate tires already fitted.
One significant difference this week in Race A is that both Sportsmanship Rating (SR) and Driver Rating (DR) updates are enabled, so your results will affect both of these ranking factors.
Race B is its usual format, comprising a quick sprint race for a racing car category. This week it’s the turn of Gr.3, and the host will be the 24h layout of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps — with the original start line after La Source, but the current finish line.
You’ll need Racing Hard tires for the car of your choice in this event, which runs over four laps of the famous circuit that recently hosted its annual 24hr race. There’s no unusual rules or requirements, and while Gr.3 is generally well-balanced it looks like a lot of the top qualifying times are using the 2018 Nissan GT-R.
This week’s Race C is a wild one, comprising a ten-lap race of Suzuka for a specific set of pre-tuned and pre-liveried vehicles. The theme is Super GT, borrowing from a three-race series used in the Weekly Challenges earlier this year.
You can only pick the cars from the list, which consist of two liveries for an R32 Skyline GT-R, one for a 993 911 Carrera RS, two for a Diablo GT, one for an F40, two for the GT-R GT500 ’99, three each for the NSX GT500 and Supra GT500, and one each for the 1995 and 1997 McLaren F1s.
It’s a surprisingly even field, with no one car dominating the top 100 leaderboard. Currently there’s a few drivers favoring the GT-R GT500, but the top qualifying times are in the Diablo and even the older Skyline and 993 are represented in the top 20.
As usual there’s a mandatory pit stop during this race, but you don’t need to take on fuel or swap tires. Simply heading down the pit lane at any point between the end of lap one and the start of lap ten is enough and it’ll prevent you picking up a one-minute post-race penalty. Take care with the pit entry and exit as well, as crossing the lines even slightly will gift you a three-second penalty to be served on track.
While you don’t need to change tires and the Racing Hards fitted will easily last the race, there’s one additional factor here: weather. This event can be rain-affected, which may throw a spanner in the works.
If that wasn’t quite enough, the switching-off of DR updates we normally see in Race A is in fact applied to Race C this week. That is a bit of a pity, but it does mean that you can enjoy the race no matter the result — though take care not to be involved in too much rough stuff as your SR can still be affected.
Daily Races are the main ranked multiplayer events in GT7. Your Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR) are determined by your performances, updating after each race, and these are used to set your ranking and league for the game’s flagship esports series each season.
In order to access the Daily Races, you’ll need to unlock Sport Mode, by completing Menu Book 9 (“Championship: Tokyo Highway Parade”) in the GT Cafe single player hub. A PlayStation Plus subscription is required to take part.
With GT7’s Daily Races updating every Monday across the game’s life to date, the next new set should arrive on Monday, July 7.
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races June 30: Race A
- Track: Tokyo Expressway South Clockwise – 4 laps
- Car: Honda Civic (EK) Type R Touring Car – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (H)
- Tires: Sports Medium
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races June 30: Race B
- Track: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24h – 4 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (H)
- Tires: Racing Hard
- Settings: Partially Allowed – Brake Balance
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races June 30: Race C
- Track: Suzuka Circuit – 10 laps
- Car: Specified Car List
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: –
- Tires: Racing Hard
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 1
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
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