Gran Turismo 7’s latest Daily Races are now available, with a laser focus on some of the fastest ways to get around a race track.
The events this week will see players again visiting three of the game’s real-world locations, with Brazil, Japan, and the United Kingdom hosting the events.
Race A remains a “No DR/SR” event, so players will neither gain nor lose Driver or Sportsmanship Rating points. That means it’s effectively a region-limited public lobby race, on the same schedule as other Daily Races.
Given the potential to lose SR hand over fist with the combination that’s a good thing as, the week after the real Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, you’re heading to Suzuka in F1-type vehicles. It’s not modern-day machinery either, but the peaky mid-80s turbo F1500T-A — a close facsimile of the Lotus 97T.
Despite its apparent age you can pick the Lo… F1500T-A up in the Gran Turismo dealer in Brand Central for a cool million credits. You’ll then also need to spend money on Racing Soft tires for the race, which also features a standing grid start with a false start check. That aside it should be an engaging five-lap blast.
Race B this week features the slowest cars of the set, but it’s still a race for Gr.3 cars — Gran Turismo’s GT3/GTE-like category.
There’s not much by way of complexity for the seven-lap race of the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, so just pick your preferred machine and get racing. The standard Racing Hard tires are the only available choice and there’s no wear to worry about.
It’s 2016 all over again in Race C, with a 14-lap tour of the Autodromo de Interlagos in Brazil using a specific suite of Gr.1 cars.
You can take your pick of the game’s real-world contenders for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season, with the Audi R18 ’16, Porsche 919 Hybrid ’16, and Toyota TS050 Hybrid ’16 all available.
There’s one additional choice, if you happen to be brave, foolhardy, and have little regard for your peripherals, with the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO ’15 also permitted as it would have been in the real world if not for being shelved after its one and only race, at Le Mans in 2015. You can, of course, borrow any of the cars for the race if you wish.
Players must use both the Racing Soft and Racing Medium tires during the race, and with a 5x tire wear multipler — so one lap equals five laps’ worth of wear — there’ll be some strategy at play. Fuel consumption is at 1x and won’t be a factor.
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 updating every Monday thus far, the next new set should arrive on Monday October 17.
Race A
- Track: Suzuka Circuit, 5 laps
- Car: Gran Turismo F1500T/A – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Racing Soft
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Grid Start with False Start Check
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Race B
- Track: Brands Hatch – Grand Prix Circuit, 7 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (L)
- Tires: Racing Hard, Racing Inter/Wet
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Race C
- Track: Autodromo de Interlagos, 14 laps
- Car: Audi R18, Nissan GT-R LM, Porsche 919, Toyota TS050 – Garage/Rental Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Racing Medium*, Racing Soft*, Racing Inter/Wet
- Settings: Fixed
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 5x
*denotes mandatory tire
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