With a new GT World Series Exhibition Season almost upon us, there’s also a fresh set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races available that offer a chance to boost your Driver Rating and get into a higher-scoring League with bigger rewards on offer.
It’s the usual format, and in its most common form, bringing a one-make road car event for Race A and placing the Gr.4 and Gr.3 categories in the Race B sprint and tactical Race C event in that order. However there is a little bit of a twist in that all three races are fully ranked this week, with Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR) affected across the board.
That’s going to make Race A bit of a beast, with a short track, off-camber corners, slippery tires, and a wide, relatively powerful, mid-engined car all adding up to make a bit of a combative ten minutes.
You’ll be racing at the truncated Autopolis International Short Course in this event. It effectively comprises the first and second sectors of the circuit, with the hairpin left swapped for a hairpin right, bringing you back onto the main course at the kink before the final straight.
We normally see the “Toyobaru” twins — the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 models — in a road car race at Autopolis, but this week’s challenge steps the power up quite a bit with the Ferrari Testarossa the required vehicle. You can enter with your own or borrow one, but either way it’s 384hp going to the rear wheels via Sports Hard tires.
One thing to watch out for this week, along with a lot of understeer, is the False Start Check on the grid. You’ll need to hold the car on the brakes or handbrake from the moment the final start light goes on and until they go off to start the race. Jumping the start results in a short but instant penalty, which cuts engine torque for as long after the start as the amount by which you “anticipated” it, and if you’re high up the grid you’ll probably be collected from behind.
Race B is a simple sprint event for the Gr.4s this week, over a five-lap stretch at the full Autodrome Lago Maggiore circuit.
A staple since its introduction in GT Sport, and one of the best new fictional circuits for actual racing, it’s a track that should need little familiarization. You can use any of the Gr.4 cars for this event, although the Balance of Performance (BOP) usually spits out one car that’s obviously better than the others in this class.
This week it looks like that’s the fictional Citroen GT by Citroen Gr.4, with a significant proportion of the top 100 using the car to set their fastest laps. Without enhanced tire wear, and with Racing Hard tires the only choice, it’s likely that this will be the most popular choice in the races too.
Finally we have Race C, with a tactical spin thrown into the mix as usual, which places you in your choice of Gr.3 car at the Big Willow layout of Willow Springs.
It’s one of the highest lap-counts we’ve seen in a Race C, with the event taking place over 17 laps of the rather high-speed Californian circuit. That means 17 opportunities to muck up the final corner and head off into the Mojave Desert.
You’ll be required to head into the pits at least once during this race, in order to change tires. There’s not actually a mandatory stop in effect, but since you need to use a full set of the Racing Hard and Racing Medium tires at least once each during the race, you will need to make a stop.
Don’t be tempted to head in before the race actually starts, or at the end of your final lap either; you can only make the stop between the end of lap one and the start of lap 17. It doesn’t matter which way round you elect to use the tires, though with the 3x tire wear and 2x fuel consumption multipliers you might see more life from the Mediums in the second half of the race with a lighter car.
Failing to use both tire grades will earn you a one-minute penalty, which is added to your race time at the end. Crossing the solid lines at pit lane entry or exit also garnishes you with three-second penalty each time, to be served on the circuit at the penalty zone.
Daily Races are the main ranked multiplayer events in Gran Turismo 7. Your Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR) are determined by your performances, updating at the end of 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, October 20.
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races October 13: Race A
- Track: Autopolis International Short – 7 laps
- Car: Ferrari Testarossa ’91 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Sports Hard
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Grid Start with False Start Check
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races October 13: Race B
- Track: Autodrome Lago Maggiore Full – 5 laps
- Car: Gr.4 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- 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 October 13: Race C
- Track: Willow Springs Big Willow – 17 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Racing Hard†, Racing Medium†
- Settings: Partially Allowed – Brake Balance
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 2x
- Tire use: 3x
† Denotes mandatory tire
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