A new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races is now available, ushering the game into its fourth year with a racy triplet of events.

All three of this week’s challenges feature racing cars of one stripe or another, although the three races are really rather different from one another — not least in terms of grip.

We begin with Race A, which sees the return of the almost one-make race for the Super Formula SF23 cars and mirroring — as we see fairly often — the real world Super Formula series as it heads to Suzuka this coming weekend.

That race will see Igor Fraga making his debut, so we’re expecting to see a few Ponos Nakajima Racing livery replicas in among a few F1-a-likes on the Race A grid!

It’s a pretty brisk sprint race, with the SF23 using Racing Soft tires whether you use your own or borrow a rental, and either of the Honda and Toyota machines are eligible. The six laps will whisk by, but don’t forget to have a button mapped for the car’s “overtake” boost feature.

Race B brings us the Gr.4 cars for a short sprint race at Trial Mountain. This one is just four laps long so will be over and done with before you know it, even in these slower, road car-based machines.

You’ll need Racing Hard tires on whatever your choice of vehicle is, although it does again look like the all-wheel drive cars have the advantage this week. Just five of the top 100 qualifying times right now avoid driving all four wheels…

This week’s Race C has a strategy twist to it, as the Gr.3 cars visit Laguna Seca for a bit of a challenging event.

As usual you can select any of the Gr.3 cars for this 14-lap race, though it looks like the Subaru BRZ GT300 is pretty heavily favored this week. The reason for that is pretty obvious: it’s a tire wear demon, and the multiplier this week is pretty high.

Your tires will degrade at nine-times the standard rate this week, but you’ll also find the need to head into the pits anyway as you are required to use both the Racing Hard and Racing Medium tires in the race. The trick will be to use the Mediums as long as possible without wearing them down so far that they’re slower than new Hards.

Failing to make the swap — which you’ll need to do between the end of lap one and the start of lap 14 — will earn you a one-minute penalty applied to the end of the race.

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 10.

Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races March 3: Race A

Track: Suzuka Circuit – 6 laps
Car: Super Formula SF23 – Garage/Specified Car
Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
Tires: Racing Soft
Settings: Specified
Start Type: Rolling Start
Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
Fuel use: 1x
Tire use: 1x

Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races March 3: Race B

Track: Trial Mountain – 4 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: 1x
Tire use: 1x

Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races March 3: Race C

Track: Laguna Seca – 14 laps
Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Specified Car
Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (L)
Tires: Racing Hard†, Racing Medium†
Settings: Partially Allowed – Brake Balance
Start Type: Rolling Start
Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
Fuel use: 3x
Tire use: 9x

† denotes mandatory tire

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