Races go the usual Gran Turismo way. You start at the back and fight your way to the front. Races have a recommended PP (Performance Point) rating to let you know how competitive your car needs to be. By sending whichever car you've chosen to race to Understeer and buying choice toys, you can comically overpower your ride and pick off most of the field on the first lap. It’s an old-school GT trick, and something that, as you advance, becomes trickier to do as your competitors advance with you. Like GT games of old, the pack at the rear is easy to take, a small gap leads you to another set, after another gap you'll encounter the front runners, before having a mildly troubling fight for first. Why Gran Turismo insists on starting you at the back of the pack for each race is baffling, but for a one-off race, it's understandable. However, for the occasional championships, no matter if you win, or place highly, in a previous race you'll still start at the back, which is perplexing–surely you'd start at the front if you were in the lead of a multi-race championship? It mocks your effort a touch.
