Gran Turismo 7 - Weekly Challenges Guide - January Week 1 2026

Welcome to my guide to winning the Weekly Challenge Races for January Week 1 2026 on Gran Turismo 7.

All THE RACES WERE COMPLETED ON HARD DIFFICULTY

In this video I show you every race in this week’s Weekly Challenge for January Week 1 2026. I will show you my car setups, strategies and any notes I have for each race.

Rewards for this week are:
1 event: Credit Ticket: Cr. 100,000
3 events: Credit Ticket: Cr. 200,000
5 events: Credit Ticket: Cr. 500,000

Races, Car Setups & Strategies for this week are:

European Sunday Cup 400: Grand Valley South Reverse
Car Choice: Renault Clio R.S. 220 Trophy ‘16
Car is completely stock with Comfort Soft Tyres.
NOTE: The car’s PP (Performance Points) is over the suggested PP Limit. However, it is only suggested and not required and using comfort hard tyres makes this race more difficult than it needs to be.
NOTE: I do have a power restrictor installed however I don’t recommend dropping the power of the car just to make the event more of a challenge when the lead cars are using setups above the suggested performance points.
Strategy: No strategy required.

American Clubman Cup 700: Daytona Road Course
Car Choice: Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car
Items bought in the Tuning Shop:
Supercharger: High-End Torque
Fully Customisable Racing Transmission
Racing Brake System (Slotted Discs)
Racing Soft Tyres
Strategy: No strategy required.

Porsche Cup: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP Layout No-Chicane
Car Choice: Porsche 911 GT3 RS (992) ‘22
Items bought in the Tuning shop
Fully Customisable ECU
Ballast
Power Restrictor
Racing Hard Tyres
Strategy: No strategy required.

Nissan GT-R Cup: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
Car Choice: Nissan GT-R NISMO ‘17
Items bought in the Tuning Shop:
Racing Brake System (Slotted Discs)
Racing Brake Pads
Brake Balance Controller
Weight Reduction: Stage 1
Sports Soft Tyres
My Brake Balance set to -2, this is personal preference but not required.
Strategy: No strategy required.

F3500 One Make - Yas Marina Circuit
This is a one make race featuring the F3500, you can use the F3500-A or the F3500-B. You can do this race with either car. If you already own the F3500-A and you haven’t purchased the new F3500-B then I recommend saving your credits and trying the race with F3500-A. The only reason I chose the F3500-B was because before doing this race I hadn’t tried the car yet.
My car choice for this race: Gran Turismo F3500-B
Items purchased in the Tuning Shop:Racing Soft Tyres
My Brake Balance is set to -2 for this race, this is personal preference and not required.
Strategy: No strategy required.


Here are some timestamps to find each race if you’re looking for a specific race:

Intro: 0:00

European Sunday Cup 400: Grand Valley South Reverse - 0:15
American Clubman Cup 700: Daytona Road Course - 5:17
Porsche Cup: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP Layout No-Chicane - 13:31
Nissan GT-R Cup: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve - 23:26
F3500 One Make - Yas Marina Circuit - 32:48

Rewards - 41:23
Thanks for Watching! - 41:40

My Settings / Equipment

Settings Used:

Manual Transmission
ABS - Default
TCS - 0 (Unless specified above)
Counter-steer Assist - Strong
Steering Sensitivity- 0
Steering Force Feedback Max. Torque - 5
Force Feedback Sensitivity - 5

Equipment Used:

Fanatec Gran Turismo DD Pro
Fanatec Clubsport Steering Wheel Formula 2.5X
Podium Advanced Paddle Module
Fanatec Clubsport Pedals V3
Next Level Racing GTTrack Racing Cockpit PS Edition
Samsung 32inch Curved Monitor

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