Our final set of Gran Turismo Sport Daily Races for 2021 is here, with three new races to carry players over through until the New Year festivities have died down.
This week’s collection of events centers on Japan, with three circuits — two real, one fictional — all set in Polyphony Digital’s home country, and a one-make race featuring arguably Japan’s first true supercar.
That is, of course, the Honda NSX which you’ll be driving at Honda’s home circuit of Suzuka. It’s the full track this week rather than the shorter East version that usually shows up in Race A, but the longer version certainly suits the all-aluminum, mid-engined, V6 supercar, especially in the lightweight Type R flavor you’ll be racing this week.
It’s only a three-lap event, but on the Sports Medium tires it should be a pretty engaging drive.
Race B meanwhile takes you to the fictional Kyoto Driving Park location. You’ll be racing your choice of Gr.3 machinery — essentially GT3 cars featuring heavily modified road cars that often share only a handful of parts with their production siblings — for a five-lap race of the long Yamagiwa layout, running the reverse track this week.
That means plenty of medium-to-quick, long right-handed corners, which can be a terror in tire-wear races, but you won’t have to worry about your Racing Medium rubber this week. Just pick a car and go racing.
The pace picks up somewhat in Race C, with the Gr.1 cars up for an outing. This category contains everything from old Group C cars to modern LMP1-H vehicles, and even the occasional concept machine from the Vision GT stable.
Generally speaking, it’s the LMP1-H cars that rule the class, but this week you’ll be racing at Fuji International Speedway. The circuit has one of the longest straights used in world motorsport, and that might open the door to some of the more overpowered Group Cs, capable of 210mph+ before braking for turn one.
However, there is also a tire consideration this week. The 13-lap race will run a 7x tire wear multiplier — so each mile will generate the equivalent of seven miles of wear, and the race will feel 91 laps long for your rubber.
In addition, you are required to use both Racing Soft and Racing Medium tires during the race. That means you’ll need to make a stop for new tires whether you can make them last to the end or not — and failing to do so will garnish your race time with a one-minute penalty. Note that you can’t get away with pitting on the final lap of the race, or — if you’re far enough down the grid — before reaching the start line for the first time.
The three races will run through to Monday January 3, when another set will replace them.
Race A
- Track: Suzuka Circuit, 3 laps
- Car: Honda NSX Type R ’92 – Provided Car
- Tires: Sports Medium
- Start Type: Grid Start
- Fuel use: Off
- Tire use: Off
Race B
- Track: Kyoto Driving Park – Yamagiwa II, 5 laps
- Car: Gr.3 – Garage Car
- Tires: Racing Medium
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: Off
- Tire use: Off
Race C
- Track: Fuji International Speedway, 13 laps
- Car: Gr.1 – Garage Car
- Tires: Racing Soft*, Racing Medium*
- Start Type: Rolling Start
- Fuel use: 2x
- Tire use: 7x
*denotes mandatory tire
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