Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges Guide August Week 3 2025

Welcome to my guide to winning the Weekly Challenge Races for August Week 3 2025 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 August Week 3 2025. I will show you my car setups, strategies and any notes I have for each race.

Rewards for this week are:
1 event: 6-Star Roulette Ticket (Parts)
3 events: Credit Ticket: Cr. 150,000
5 events: 6-Star Roulette Ticket (Car)

Races, Car Setups & Strategies for this week are:

Japanese FR Challenge 450: Autodromo Lago Maggiore West
Car Choice: Subaru BRZ S ‘15
Items bought in the Tuning Shop:
Comfort Soft Tyres
Strategy: No strategy required.

Citroen BX One Make: Circuit de Sainte-Croix A
This is a one make race featuring the Citroen BX 19 TRS ’87
You can purchased the car from ‘Used Cars”.
Items purchased in the Tuning Shop:
Weight Reduction: Stage 1
Weight Reduction: Stage 2
Low-RPM Turbocharger
Racing Hard Tyres
Strategy: No strategy required.

Lightweight K-Cup: Nurburgring Nordschliefe
Car Choice: Honda S660 ‘15
Items I bought for the car from the Tuning Shop:
Fully Customisable Suspension
Fully Customisable Differential
Fully Customisable ECU
Ballast
Power Restrictor
Fully Customisable Racing Transmission
Medium-RPM Turbocharger
Racing Intercooler
Racing Air Cleaner
Racing Silencer
Racing Exhaust Manifold
Racing (Slotted Disc) Braking System
Racing Brake Pads
Brake Controller
Racing Clutch & Flywheel
Bore Up
Stroke Up
Engine Balance Tuning
Polish Ports
High Lift Camshaft
Racing Cranksaft
Weight Reduction: Stage 1
Weight Reduction: Stage 2
Weight Reduction: Stage 3
Increase Body Rigidity
Comfort Soft Tyres

Items I bought from GT Auto:
Custom Front Wing
Custom Rear Wing
Wide Body Kit
Buy these items allows us to change the Downforce settings in the car setup

My Brake Balance is set to -2 for this race, this is personal preference and not required.
Strategy; No strategy required.

Ferrari Circuit Challenge: Dragon Trail Seaside
Car Choice: Ferrari 458 Italia Gr.4
Items bought in the Tuning Shop:
High-RPM Turbocharger
Racing Soft Tyres
Strategy: No strategy required.

World Rally Challenge Gr.B: Trial Mountain
Car Choice: Toyota 86 Gr.B Rally Car
Items purchased in the tuning shop:
Racing Hard Tyres
My Brake Balance is set to -5, this is personal preference and not required.
Strategy: Start the race on racing hard tyres, keep the fuel at level 1 the entire race. Pit at the end of lap 7 and add 3 laps of fuel only. However if you’re struggling with tyre wear you should have enough of a lead to change tyres as well without losing too much time.

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

Intro: 0:00

Japanese FR Challenge 450: Autodromo Lago Maggiore West - 0:15
Citroen BX One Make: Circuit de Sainte-Croix A - 6:42
Lightweight K-Cup: Nurburgring Nordschliefe - 11:36
Ferrari Circuit Challenge: Dragon Trail Seaside - 22:22
World Rally Challenge Gr.B: Trial Mountain - 31:50

Rewards - 52:33
Thanks for Watching! - 53:21

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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