The latest set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, taking in three of the game’s European circuits — and one of the continent’s finest performance cars.
All three races use the Balance of Performance (BOP) system to equalize vehicle performance within a specific category, which also prevents players from tuning and tweaking their own cars. You can also rent a vehicle in standard livery for each race if you feel like trying something else out or keeping the miles off your own cars.
Race A again has nothing riding on it; since the v1.15 update, it has become an unranked race, with players neither gaining nor losing Driver or Sportsmanship Rating points. That means it has effectively become a scheduled open lobby race.
This week it’s a seven-lap race around the new-for-GT7 East End layout of Autodrome Lago Maggiore, using the 2001 Porsche 911 GT3. Aside from the grid start, there’s no other special concerns so just strap on some Sports Hard tires and go racing.
For Race B you’ll be driving the GT3-alike Gr.3 category of vehicle. These pure racing machines are very loosely based on road cars, sharing a general body shape and engine layout and position, but are all rear-wheel drive and packing around 600hp.
It’s a four-lap race this week around the Sardegna Road Track A course. This fictional circuit heads out into the countryside of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, but you’ll be too busy with the sprint race, on Racing Hard tires, to take in the views.
That leaves Race C, which takes you to the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife. This ribbon of asphalt through the German Eifel hills is well known for its challenging corners and elevation changes, and you’ll be driving road-car based Gr.4 racing machines there this week.
Effectively stripped-back street cars with some race-grade components, there’s lots of variety on offer in this class, with front-, rear-, and four-wheel drive all available. However the class BOP tends to favor four-wheel drive these days if there’s no significant tire wear and, for this race, there isn’t.
You won’t have any strategy concerns for this two-lap race, so be sure to qualify well — sensible overtaking spots are at a minimum here — and simply go flat out the whole way.
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.
With GT7’s Daily Races so far updating to the same weekly schedule as that of most of GT Sport’s life, we’d expect the next new set to arrive on Monday July 25.
Race A
- Track: Autodrome Lago Maggiore – East End, 7 laps
- Car: Porsche 911 996 GT3 ’01 – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP
- Tires: Sports Hard
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Race B
- Track: Sardegna Road Track A, 5 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP
- Tires: Racing Hard, Racing Inter/Wet
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Race C
- Track: Nurburgring Nordschleife, 2 laps
- Car: Gr.4 – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP
- Tires: Racing Hard, Racing Inter/Wet
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
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