The next batch of Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges is starting to become available to players over the next few hours, unlocking as local clocks tick past midnight.
Weekly Challenges comprise five events which refresh each week, with four selected from existing World Circuits events and a fifth Special Event that is created just for the week. And we’d like to see most of those coming back as Bonus Menu Books! Completing the events — by finishing third or better — earns you bonus rewards as well as the credits for your results.
This week’s starter race is a three-lap amble around the Suzuka Circuit East Short Course in the Japanese FF Challenge 450. The “450” of the name is a suggested Performance Point (PP) value for a competitive race, but not a hard limit. All you need is a front-wheel drive road car from Japan for the event, which is worth 7,000cr for victory.
The second of this week’s three road car races comes in the European FR Challenge 550 at the Red Bull Ring. Again, 550PP is just a suggestion, but you’ll need a front-engined, rear-wheel drive road car from European manufacturer for this three-lap race that can earn you 25,000cr for the win.
Another, similar event comes in the American Clubman Cup 700. That’s another suggested PP value, with the event only requiring a road or professionally tuned (such as the SEMA-winning cars) vehicle from the USA. It’s a five-lap race of Watkins Glen, with 70,000cr up for grabs.
You might need to unlock the fourth race, as it appears as part of the Bonus Menu Books. That’s the Vision Gran Turismo Trophy (Book 41), and as you’d expect you’ll need an eligible car from the unique concept car program to take part. Not only that, there’s a hard limit of 850PP for this seven-lap race around the reverse version of Deep Forest, with an 81,000cr prize for finishing first.
Our final race is the Special Event which takes the form of an additional race in the Ferrari Circuit Challenge. While not the first time we’ve seen a temporary extra race in an existing event series, it’s pretty unusual. The requirements are the same as the permanent one, with any Ferrari car up to a 700PP limit eligible — even racing cars. Winning the eight-lap race at the full Fuji Speedway will land you 90,000cr.
After a few weeks of all-credit rewards we’re seeing a return to more regular bonuses this week. There’s a Six-Star (Parts) ticket for clearing any one event, a 150,000cr ticket (which you’ll need to redeem from your Garage’s Gifts section) for finishing any three, and the rare Six-Star (Car) ticket if you finish all five. That can reward you with any car from Brand Central worth 500,000cr or more — including the Invitation cars.
You’ll need to have completed GT Cafe Menu Book 39 and watched the ending movie in order to have access to the Weekly Challenges. The events update at midnight local time on Thursday evenings/Friday mornings, so we’d expect the next set on the morning of Friday January 17.
Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges – January Week 2:
- Deep Forest Reverse – Vision GT Trophy
- Number of Laps: 7
- Restrictions: Vision GT, ≤850PP
- Win Reward: 81,000cr
- Fuji International Speedway – Special Event
- Number of Laps: 8
- Restrictions: Ferrari, ≤700PP
- Win Reward: 90,000cr
- Red Bull Ring – European FR Challenge 550
- Number of Laps: 3
- Restrictions: Road Car, Europe, FR
- Win Reward: 25,000cr
- Suzuka East – Japanese FF Challenge 450
- Number of Laps: 3
- Restrictions: Road Car, Japan, FF
- Win Reward: 7,000cr
- Watkins Glen Long – American Clubman Cup 700
- Number of Laps: 5
- Restrictions: Road/Tuned Car, USA
- Win Reward: 70,000cr
Rewards
- Complete 1 event: Six-Star (Parts) Ticket
- Complete 3 events: 150,000cr Ticket
- Complete 5 events: Six-Star (Car) Ticket
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