A new working week means another new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races awaits us, bringing three more events to tackle in this core ranked multiplayer mode.
We begin with the regular one-make road car race in the first event, Race A, although it does mark the unusual appearance of an electric car in the event — and one which makes engine sounds into the bargain.
You’ll need a Hyundai Ioniq 5N for this event, although if you’ve already visited the far reaches of the car customization menus and given your own example the full Time Attack look then you’ll need either a fresh example or to borrow one as wide body cars are not permitted.
However you get there, it’s a six-lap race for the 5N at the Watkins Glen Short Course on Sports Soft tires — and even then you’re going to need a few days’ notice for some of the braking zones. You’re also going to want to make sure you have a button mapped for the “overtake” feature, and have it taped down to unleash the extra 40hp it gives.
False Start Check is in effect here too. You’ll need to hold the car on the brakes or handbrake when the final start light comes on and until they all go out to start the race, or you’ll get an on-the-spot torque cut penalty which lasts as long after the start as the amount by which you jumped it. That may also cause a bit of a pile-up if you’re high up the grid.
As usual, Driver Rating (DR) updates are switched off for this race, but Sportsmanship Rating (SR) updates remain turned on. You’ll neither gain nor lose DR no matter how well or badly you do, but too much contact and off-track shenanigans will impact your SR (which may, if it falls far enough, drag your DR down with it).
Race B is its usual simple affair this week, comprising a classic current-era combination of the Gr.4 cars at Dragon Trail Seaside. You can select from any Gr.4 car this week — AWD again proving the drivetrain of choice — with Racing Hard tires required for this straightforward five-lap race.
There’s a few complicating factors in Race C this week, which is a bit of an “any-racing-game” staple of the GT3-like Gr.3 cars at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
Car choice is quite open at the moment, but whatever you go for you’ll need to be aware of the required tire regulations. You must use the Racing Hard and Racing Soft tire for at least one lap each in the ten-lap race, coming in anywhere between the end of lap one and the start of lap ten to swap from a complete set of one to a complete set of the other.
Additionally, and somewhat unusually, there’s also a mandatory pit stop in effect. We’re not quite sure what this seemingly superfluous spot of extra regulation achieves, as you’ll need to stop for tires anyway. Nonetheless, should you somehow miss the pits that means you’ll earn a one-minute penalty added to your race time — as you would if you don’t use the two grades of tire.
It’s also worth noting that there’s a middling tire wear multiplier of 5x, meaning that your rubber will have to endure the equivalent of 50 laps. That’s going to shred the Softs pretty quickly, so the goal is to maximize the time you have on this faster tire without pushing it so far it expires entirely.
Take care in Spa’s pits too, as cutting the entry is very easy to do — not least as cars jockey for position in the Bus Stop, trying to cross paths as some enter the pits and some don’t — and will score you a three-second, on-track penalty if you touch the track-side solid white lines on entry or exit.
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, May 5.
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races April 28: Race A
- Track: Watkins Glen Short Course – 6 laps
- Car: Hyundai Ioniq 5N ’24 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Sports Soft
- Settings: Specified
- Start Type: Grid Start with False Start Check
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 0
- Fuel use: 1x
- Tire use: 1x
Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races April 28: Race B
- Track: Dragon Trail Seaside – 5 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 April 28: Race C
- Track: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – 10 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage/Specified Car
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (H)
- Tires: Racing Hard†, Racing Soft†
- Settings: Partially Allowed – Brake Balance
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Mandatory Pit Stop: 1
- Fuel use: 2x
- Tire use: 5x
† denotes mandatory tire
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