The latest set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, with a fresh trio of ranked, online events running at regular intervals over the next seven days.
It’s set to be an interesting week for GT7 with an update on the way, and the game’s third anniversary arriving just as this set of races ends. That doesn’t entirely translate into the races this week though, all three of which are sprint events.
The action does begin at the Nurburgring Nordschleife though, with a one-lap, one-make race for the 2004 Subaru Impreza. You can borrow or buy one — it’s hardly breaking the bank at 50,000cr — for the race, though bear in mind that if you do take a loaner you’re limited to stock colors.
Either way, you’ll need Comfort Soft (rather than the standard Sports Hard) tires for this time-trial-with-traffic, and as usual the Driver Rating updates are switched off for this race. That means that, no matter what your finishing position, you won’t see any changes to your DR. Sportsmanship Rating updates remain switched on, so watch out for unwise overtakes on this often-narrow circuit.
Race B is as boilerplate as it gets for the current era of GT games, comprising a Gr.3 event at Dragon Trail Seaside — a standard combination since the days of the GT Sport Beta.
You can use any car from the Gr.3 class for this five-lap race, with Racing Medium tires required, and it’s currently looking like a bit of a Supra-fest. Just about 70% of the top 100 times on the leaderboard use the GR Supra Racing Concept, so you can probably expect more than a few of them in every race this week.
It’s worth noting that, for a second week, this race has returned to the Rolling Start format previously preferred rather than the Grid Start we’ve seen in a few recent weeks as well as the upcoming Exhibition Season — as has Race C.
As you may expect, Race C is a Gr.4 challenge. This week that’s hosted by the Watkins Glen Long Course, for a ten-lap scrap.
There’s no restriction on car choice from this category, though again it’s looking like the AWD cars are heavily favored — and the NSX and GT-R particularly — for this strategy-free event. You have one tire option, with the Racing Hard tires, no mandatory stop, and the tire wear multiplier is a mere 2x. That means it’s a straightforward, ten-lap sprint.
Daily Races are the main ranked multiplayer events in GT7. Your Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR) are determined by your performances, updating after 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, March 3.
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races February 24: Race A
- Track: Nurburgring Nordschleife – 1 lap
- Car: Subaru Impreza WRX STI ’04 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (H)
- Tires: Comfort Soft
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races February 24: Race B
- Track: Dragon Trail Seaside – 5 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: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races February 24: Race C
- Track: Watkins Glen Long Course – 10 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: 2x
- Tire use: 2x
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