Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges Guide: March – Week 3

Today, we are taking you through the ultimate guide to the Weekly Challenges in Gran Turismo 7 for March – Week 3. Gran Turismo 7 has Weekly Challenges to give dedicated players fresh challenges with a chance to earn additional credits or roulette tickets. This guide will cover all five races and give you some tips on the quickest or most enjoyable way to complete each challenge.

What Are Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges? 

Gran Turismo introduced Weekly Challenges to encourage GT7 players to revisit a number of events they may not have taken part in since the first playthrough. It’s a set of five races you can complete in any order to get three different rewards. 

You are gifted credits or roulette tickets for completing 1, 3, or all 5 of the set challenges for the week. Sometimes, there are 6-star car roulette tickets up for grabs, making these easy races well worth your time.

I love this addition from Gran Turismo. It not only gives us an option to easily collect additional credits but also gives us small, achievable challenges. Although we have a whole week to complete the challenges, you could easily knock them out in an hour or two. 

To complete each event, you only need to place third or higher, so it’s not challenging. You will get the normal amount of credits for each race in addition to the extra credits the Weekly Challenges give you. 

The Weekly Challenges are only unlocked once you have completed the GT Cafe Menu Book 39 and have received the ending movie for GT7. After, you will see a green icon next to World Circuits where you can access the Weekly Challenges section. From here, you can see all the information and quick travel to each specific event. 

Weekly Challenges March – Week 3 

Now, let’s guide you through all the races and rewards for this week’s challenges. We will recommend the best ways to approach each event for the quickest and most fun options. 

Rewards 

Complete 1 Event: Credit Ticket for 100,000 Cr. 
Complete 3 Events: Credit Ticket for 200,000 Cr. 
Complete 5 Events: 6-Star Roulette Ticket

Race Events 

Race 1

Event Type: European Sunday Cup 400
Track: Grand Valley Highway – South Reverse 
No. of Laps: 3 
Car Type: Road Car
Country: European
Suggested PP: 400 PP 
Car Restrictions: None 
Penalties: Off

For the first Weekly Challenge this week, we are taking our European cars to the far side of the states. Here, we will take on the Grand Valley Highway in reverse. GT7 suggests we take on this race in a 400PP car, which is the best way to take in the spectacular views around the circuit, especially over the bridge. There is no PP limit, though, so you can smash this race out in a couple of minutes. 

The main rivals are the Alfa Romeo MiTo, Peugeot RCZ GT Line, Mini Cooper S, and the VW Polo GTI. Although the suggested PP is 400, I took the race on with my stock Maserati Merak and found it didn’t have the pace to take all the cars in three laps. Rival cars like the Alfa Romeo MiTo have a stock PP of 426, so choose a car with around 450 PP to make the race challenging but not frustrating. 

Grand Valley Highway is one of the tracks people love or hate. The corners seem nonsensical, and plenty of small elements will ruin your Clean Race Bonus quickly. Luckily, this track is much more fun in a slow car. This race was the most fun I have had on this track. The fact it’s in reverse makes it more enjoyable as well.  

Race 2 

Event Type: Pickup Truck Race
Track: Lake Louise Tri-Oval Reverse 
No. of Laps: 5
Car Type: Road Car
Specified Car: Toyota Tundra TRD Pro/ Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
Tires: Snow
Suggested PP: 480 PP 
Car Restrictions: None 
Penalties: Off

From the sun to the snow, we now head to Canada to tackle a pickup truck race in the snow. I am a huge fan of snow races and prefer them an infinite amount to dirt races in GT7. There is no PP limit for this race, but you can use only two cars. Although the race recommends 480 PP, I used my partially tuned Raptor at 470 PP and managed to take on almost all the cars in the first lap. 

You can only use the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro and the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. You should have one of these pickup trucks from a previous challenge in the main campaign. You likely won’t have brought snow tires for these cars, so you must pick some up from the Race Shop beforehand. You could probably win the race with the stock car, but additional tuning will make it much easier. 

Lake Louise Tri-Oval is an easy and fun track that is even easier in reverse. The fun aspect of racing in snow is that you barely have to brake. Instead, brake before the corner and turn in while putting your foot down on the accelerator. This feels like a long drift and will give you great control if you get it right. 

Race 3 

Event Type: Special Event
Track: Suzuka Circuit East Course 
No. of Laps: 8
Specified Car: Hyundai IONIQ 5 N
Car Restrictions: None 
Penalties: Off

If you don’t already have it, you will have to pick up the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N for the Special Event race this week. You can pick this up from the Hyundai showroom for 85,000 credits. The Special Event race will have us take this Korean car around the short circuit on this Japanese track. 

I didn’t have this car before, so I had to purchase it and wondered if the race was doable with the stock car. The answer is yes. It did come down to the last lap, but it did make for an exciting race that requires minimal mistakes. You can see that a range of cars have tuning. Extra tuning would be handy and would make this race much easier. One point to note about the Hyundai IONIQ 5 N is that it is an electric and automatic car. I had fun driving it, but it feels a bit like a boat, so that can be tricky for technical consecutive corners. 

The Suzuka Circuit East Course is a challenging track for any car at any speed. These consecutive corners test your restraint when racing under pressure. If you hit one of the apexes wrong, you likely won’t be set up for the following corners. Watch out for the last corner before the straight as well. You want to come out with a lot of speed, but early acceleration can cost you the race. 

Race 4 

Event Type: World Touring Car 600 
Track: Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta 
No. of Laps: 5
PP: 600 or less
Car Restrictions: None 
Penalties: Off

This is the first race in this week’s Weekly Challenges with a PP restriction. You can use any car you like as long as it’s under 600 PP. This gives you the flexibility to use your favorite cars and also allows you to tune down cars to have the fastest option. Placing in the top three is easy, but coming first is a different story as this is one of the races where second—and first-place cars are miles ahead. 

The main rivals in this race are the Honda NSX, Toyota Supra, Subaru WRX, and the RE Amemiya FD3S RX-7. Any car just below the 600 PP mark can take most of the pack in the first lap. But the trick is fighting for first place. I used my stock Nissan GT-R ’17 to see if I could take it but just fell short on the last lap (I did drive horribly, though, so it’s probably doable).

The Michelin Raceway track is a fun mix of technical corners and long straights. Some corners are deceiving, so you must be careful with the brakes and accelerating. The first section can be done fast with a lot of coasting instead of heavy braking, but be careful not to push it too hard. The mid-section corners and the corner at the end of the straight require heavy braking. The final corner can be taken fast but not at full throttle, so be careful when trying to finish your lap on a high. 

Race 5 

Event Type: Gr.1 Prototype Series
Track: Suzuka Circuit
No. of Laps: 10
Fuel Consumption Rate: 8x
Tire Wear Rate: 6x
PP: 950 or less
Car Restrictions: None 
Penalties: Shortcut 

Did you think this week’s challenges were a breeze? Well, this last race really makes you sweat for your 6-star roulette ticket. This race takes us back to the Suzuka Circuit, but this time, we are doing the full track in our fastest cars. If you don’t have a good Gr.1 car, you will struggle to make it to a podium position, but by this point, you should have a couple of different options to choose from. 

Your main rivals are the Toyota GR010 Hybrid, Audi VGT, Peugeot L750R VGT, and the Alpine VGT. This race isn’t doable in a standard Gr.1 car. You must put extra tuning in the car to get it as close as possible to the 950 PP mark. You will be ready to take on this race when you get your car to this stage. 

Getting your car sorted is the first hurdle. The next and more challenging hurdle is taming the Suzuka Circuit with your rocket of a car. This will push your driving skills to the limit as it’s a very technical track, especially with a 950 PP car. The first section won’t feel like Challenge 3 at all, and this is the hardest section of the entire track, even the first corner. After this, you must manage the corners at speed, which is just as hard. It doesn’t ease up for the end. On top of all this, you have to manage your fuel and tires. You should do this race on Racing Hards, and you can do a one-stop race on Fuel Map. You could possibly do a no-stop race on Fuel Map 6.