A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday, November 9.
Race C is the headline event, with 11 laps of Watkins Glen’s Long Course in Gr.4 cars. Fuel use is at 3x and tire wear at 5x, and both the Racing Hard and Racing Medium compounds must be used during the race, so while there’s no formal mandatory stop listed, a trip down the pit lane is unavoidable. It’s a rolling start under BOP (M) with brake balance the only adjustable setting.
For two months after the physics overhaul and BoP changes in Update 1.71, the Hyundai Elantra N TC was so far ahead of the rest of the field that category races became one-makes in all but name.
Last month’s 1.72 update revised the BoP, and the Audi TT Cup ’16 appears to have stepped into the Elantra’s shoes. It was the a popular pick at Willow Springs last week, with the Lamborghini Huracán Gr.4 the only other car with a serious shot at the pointy end of competitive grids.
There’s a bit of a controversial wrinkle, though. ASM (Active Stability Management, the game’s stability-control assist) is permitted in Race C, and the conventional wisdom is that it costs you lap time.
With the current crop of front-wheel-drive Gr.4 cars, though, players have found the opposite. Top replays from last week’s race had it switched on, and plenty of drivers reported quicker qualifying laps with the aid enabled than without.
The working theory is that a stable FWD car gives ASM very little to intervene on, so rather than scrubbing speed it just smooths out the lap. Not everyone gets the same result, but it has been enough to spark a fair amount of grumbling in our forums about an assist becoming part of the fast setup in a ranked race. Whether Polyphony Digital addresses it in a future BoP pass remains to be seen.
The other two events are more conventional. Race A is a five-lap one-make in the Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (C3) ’69 at Dragon Trail – Gardens on Comfort Soft tires, with a grid start, the false-start check active, and settings fully fixed. Race B heads to Grand Valley Highway 1 for six laps in Gr.3 cars on Racing Mediums. It’s a rolling start under BOP (M), with brake balance adjustable and no pit stop requirement.
GT7 Daily Races (November 2): Race A
- Track: Dragon Trail – Gardens (5 laps)
- Car: Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (C3) ’69 — Event-Specified
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Comfort Soft
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Grid Start (False Start Check)
- Mandatory Pit Stop: –
- Fuel Multiplier: 1x
- Tire Multiplier: 1x
GT7 Daily Races (November 2): Race B
- Track: Grand Valley Highway 1 (6 laps)
- Car: Gr.3 — Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Racing Medium
- Settings: Partially Allowed (Brake Balance)
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: –
- Fuel Multiplier: 1x
- Tire Multiplier: 1x
GT7 Daily Races (November 2): Race C
- Track: Watkins Glen Long Course (11 laps)
- Car: Gr.4 — 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: –
- Fuel Multiplier: 3x
- Tire Multiplier: 5x
Daily Races are the main ranked multiplayer events in Gran Turismo 7. Your Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR) are updated after every race based on how you perform, and they determine your seeding for the game’s flagship esports series each season.
To get into Sport Mode in the first place, you’ll need to unlock it by clearing Menu Book 9 (“Championship: Tokyo Highway Parade”) in the GT Cafe, and a PlayStation Plus subscription is required to race online.
With GT7’s Daily Races rolling over every Monday, the next new set should land on Monday, November 9.
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