GT7 Daily Races 1 July: Hot hatch season

June is behind us and a new set of Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races has landed. The Sport Mode cycle continues this week with a new trio of races to challenge players.

This week takes players to a pair of European tracks before making a leap across to America to tackle a legendary circuit in a tuning challenge! With big rewards up for grabs this week as well it's a great time to be a Sport Mode racer.

Race A

Sardegna - Road Track B - 5 laps

The first race this week takes players to the Sardegna Road Track B layout for five laps of racing in the Ford Focus RS '18. This hot hatch will use Sports Hard tyre for the race, which has 1x fuel consumption and tyre wear.

The 12-car field will use a grid start to begin this race.

Each car will use a low-speed BoP, with no further adjustments allowed. SR is on for this race, but DR is not tracking your performance.

There is light mechanical damage along with light shortcut penalties. There are also penalties for collisions with other cars.

Race B

Lago Maggiore - Full Course - 5 laps

Next up is a trip to Lago Maggiore for a five-lap race around the full layout in Gr.3 cars.

Each car will use the Racing Hard tyre for this event, with 1x fuel consumption and tyre wear making it a straight run from lights to flag. The 16-car field will use a rolling start, so qualifying is crucial or you will end up way behind the leader when the race begins.

Everyone will use a mid-speed BoP for this race, with only brake balance adjustments permitted.

Both DR and SR will be tracking your performance in this race. There is light mechanical damage along with light shortcut penalties. There are also penalties for collisions with other cars.

Race C

Watkins Glen - Long Course - 7 laps

The final race carries a 600% boost to rewards this week, so it is well worth running multiple times if you can. This race is seven laps of the full Watkins Glen course in one of 12 cars:

• Chevrolet Corvette C7 '14
• Ford GT '06
• Mazda RX-Vision '15
• Lexus LFA '10
• Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren '09

• Jaguar XJ220 '92
• Porsche 911 GT3 (997)
• Lamborghini Diablo GT'00
• Ferrari F40 '92
• Nissan Fairlady Z Version S (Z33) '07
• Toyota Supra RZ '97
• Honda NSX Type R '92

Players are also free to tune their chosen car to suit the track. Making this one of the most challenging races to compete in. Each car must use the Racing Medium tyre and there is just 1x fuel consumption and tyre wear in this race.

Both DR and SR will be tracking your performance in this race. There is light mechanical damage along with light shortcut penalties. There are also penalties for collisions with other cars. There are also light penalties for wall collisions so stay off the barriers!

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