Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races: Payday on the Expressway - GTPlanet

A new week brings a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races, with three fresh events now live and running through next Monday. The most peculiar wrinkle this week is bolted to Race B, which carries a “Reward Increased +1000%” bonus. In other words, the credit payouts here are far higher than a normal Daily Race. (Update: the 1000% bonus has since been removed.) Expect these lobbies to be busy as players pile in chasing the incentive, and don’t be surprised to see even more aggressive driving than usual down in the lower-ranked rooms. The good news is that it’s a solid combination on its own merits: five laps of the Tokyo Expressway South layout (running counterclockwise) in Gr.3 machinery on Racing Mediums. BOP is set to (H), it’s a rolling start, and brake balance is the only setting left open. Payout aside, you should have fun with it. Race A is the timely one. It takes you to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on its full GP layout without the chicane, the same week the real circuit hosted its Formula 1 grand prix where Lewis Hamilton took his first race victory in a Ferrari. You’ll be going quite a bit slower here in the Alpine A110 ’17, a featherweight French coupe that rewards momentum rather than muscle, but you’ll arguably be having more fun with it. It’s five laps, a rolling start on Sports Mediums, with BOP (M) and settings specified. Race C is the week’s endurance-flavored closer: 15 laps of Sardegna’s Road Track B in Gr.4 cars. The multipliers do the heavy lifting, with fuel use doubled (2x) and tire wear cranked up to 4x, and there’s a single mandatory pit stop to factor in. BOP sits at (L), the tires are Racing Hards, and brake balance is again the only open setting off a rolling start. Daily Races are the main ranked multiplayer events in Gran Turismo 7. Your DR and SR ratings update after every race based on how you finish, and they feed into your seeding for the game’s flagship esports series each season. To get into Sport Mode in the first place you’ll need to unlock it by clearing Menu Book 9 (“Championship: Tokyo Highway Parade”) in the GT Cafe, and a PlayStation Plus subscription is required to race online. With GT7’s Daily Races rolling over every Monday, the next new set should land on Monday, June 22. See more articles on Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races.