This week’s Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races visit three Formula 1-grade venues – two in Europe and one in Asia.
Race A once again gives GT7 players a chance to tweak and tune their car’s set-up with a slight twist – their car must be mid-engined.
The standard Gr.3 and Gr.4 races have been a little stale in terms of car choice recently, however, but a new challenger emerges in Gr.3 this week. On the other hand, Gr.4 is dominated by the same car yet again…
As of the 30th of May, Race A’s performance will not affect players’ Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR), so feel free to race as hard as you like…
RACE A
Race A proves to be a real head-scratcher. Players need to pick a mid-engined car weighing less than 1,250Kg with less than 295bhp, then have a blast around the open expanses of Fuji International Raceway’s Grand Prix layout.
Our first choice is the Porsche Cayman GT4. Released in 2015, the Cayman GT4 was the first time the ‘GT’ moniker was given to a Cayman and it was also the first time a Cayman was designed and built at Porsche’s motorsport-focused base in Weissach.
And it shows, with the GT4 having near-perfect driving dynamics. It even sold out before the car was officially announced, thanks to low production numbers and carefully selected clients. As a result, used prices far surpass its original retail value – even today.
The Cayman GT4 came with 385bhp as standard, so requires a little visit to the Tuning Shop to comply with Race A’s 295bhp limit. Purchase all available upgrades, including ballast and a power restrictor, before bringing its weight back up to 1,250kg.
The GT4 is widely seen as one of Porsche’s finest cars, a fact you’ll quickly realise through Fuji’s combination of medium and slow-speed turns.
Race C sees the dominant return of the Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 V6 TI. A permanently quick fixture in Gr.4 races since the inception of GT7’s Daily Races format, the beautiful Alfa has been the car to beat recently.
This week, however, Subaru’s Gr.4 WRX challenger comes closest to dethroning our reigning champ, although the WRX saw itself dominating Gr.4 for a long spell too.
Although Barcelona is generally a high-speed track that favours the nimbleness of mid-engined vehicles, the four-wheel-drive Alfa and Subaru come into their own on the exit of slow corners like La Caixa, Banc Sabadell and the RACC chicane at the end of the lap.
It’s also a bit of a tyre-wrecker, but with tyre wear set at 1x this shouldn’t be a concern (make sure you have Racing: Hard tyres, however, as these are mandatory for Race C). Fuel consumption is set to 7x though, so this will require constant monitoring throughout the event. Race C uses the Mid-speed (M) BoP format.
The current Lap Time Challenge features the Nissan R34 GT-R V-Spec II Nür ’02 at Brazil’s Interlagos. Do well here and you could walk away with 2,000,000 Credits. Nice.
A new Lap Time Challenge will become available on the 24th of November at 9am GMT.
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