Sport Mode (GT7)

The Sport Mode (スポーツモード) is one of the multiplayer modes available in Gran Turismo 7, consisting of online races in predetermined stipulations. Unlike its previous appearance in Gran Turismo Sport, Sport Mode is less emphasized as the game's main mode.
Sport Mode unlocks when the player completes GT Café's Menu Book No. 9, "Tokyo Highway Parade". An active PlayStation Plus subscription and registration of the player's current email address and residence location with Sony Interactive Entertainment is also required for participation in online races, but are not required for time trials of any kind.
==Daily Races==
Daily Races are online race events that can be played at any time. The races are updated weekly each Monday (at 07:00 am UTC). There are three levels of Daily Races:
*Daily Race A: Intended for beginner level players, starts every 20 even (:00, :20, :40) minutes. Consists of short-distance races, usually using low-power vehicles, including karts. Since May 30, 2022, races in this slot are unranked, in which DR or SR are not affected by finishing (although ranked races returned for the week of September 12-18, 2022, as well as a race where only SR is affected for the week of March 6-12, 2023, as well from late 2023); variety races are often held in this slot.
*Daily Race B: Intended for intermediate level players, starts every 20 odd (:10, :30, :50) minutes. Consists of short-distance races, usually involving Gr.4/Gr.3 race cars.
*Daily Race C: Intended for advanced level players, starts every 30 minutes (can also start every hour instead when that week's race is especially long). Consists of longer races using race cars from the racing categories. Because the distance is longer, fuel and tire wear are often set to other than 1x; mandatory tire compound rules may also appear. 
For the first two weeks of the game's life, only Races A and B were available; the inaugural Race C began on March 14, 2022.Sport Mode Upcoming Events Notice - gran-turismo.com
Unlike in GT Sport, Livery Editor number boxes are no longer affixed if the player does not have one set. This also applied to championship races prior to the official 2023 season. From the 2023 official season onwards, championship races had number boxes automatically affixed to cars again.
Starting from version 1.13, the player can loan cars provided for the event for both daily races and championship events, except for events allowing tuning. (Inversely, for events with pre-configured loanable cars, the player may not use their own cars).
==Lap Time Challenges==
Lap Time Challenges were added to the game in the 1.15 update. A rebranding of Time Trials from GT Sport's Sport Mode, these are (typically) two-week long events where the player aims to set the fastest lap time possible around a given track, either with a provided car or a car selected from a specified group, for example Gr.3. Update 1.17 added credit rewards for completing these events - normally 2,000,000 credits for coming within 3% of the world record time, 1,000,000 for coming within 5%, and 200,000 for coming within 10%. Additionally, update 1.32 increased the number of events active at a time to 2, offset so that one event finishes each week.
Special events hosted at the behest of third parties, such as online qualifiers for the Olympic Esports Series, Japan National Sports Week, Porsche USA Esports Challenge, and Honda Racing eMS Fastest Attack, as well as a special time trial commemorating the release of the Gran Turismo film, are also occasionally found in the Lap Time Challenge menu. Starting from the 2024 season, time trials tied in to GTWS live events also become a common fixture.
==Championships==
Online championship events also make their appearance in GT7, with addition of league system that determines where the player will race against. There are three league divisions for championships that use the league system:
*GT1, if the player begins the season with DR A or higher
*GT2, if the player begins the season with DR B
*GT3, if the player begins the season with DR C or lower
These league classifications apply for the entirety of the season. Additionally, players will only race against, and scored with (in the championship standings) drivers from the same league as the player is currently in the beginning of the season. Only GT1 League drivers can qualify for live events. For 2023, an additional change was made where GT1 League races were set to have longer races and less time slots while lower leagues have shorter races and more time slots available to them. (Some races may have the same length for both GT1 and lower leagues.) The 2023/2024 Exhibition Season 1 also introduced heavy damage setting for those in GT1 League (except for the fourth round of Nations Cup, held at Special Stage Route X), as well as different car class settings for Manufacturers Cup, where GT1 League drivers will only use Gr.3 cars, while lower league players will use Gr.4 cars on alternating rounds (even-numbered in case of 2023/2024 Exhibition Season 1).Opening of the 'Gran Turismo World Series' Nations Cup 2023/24 Exhibition Series - gran-turismo.comOpening of the 'Gran Turismo World Series' Manufacturers Cup 2023/24 Exhibition Series - gran-turismo.com Some later Manufacturers Cup exhibition seasons were held with Gr.3 cars exclusively regardless of the league.
===Gran Turismo World Series===
Gran Turismo World Series is the continuation of the former FIA Gran Turismo Championship, now entirely organized by Polyphony Digital. Three test seasons of the World Series were started starting on March 21 and the inaugural full season began on May 27-28, 2022. As with the GT Sport iteration, it is divided into two series: the Nations Cup where drivers compete for themselves representing a country, and the Manufacturers Cup (formerly the Manufacturers Series), where the player represent one of the participating manufacturers.
* For 2022, Nations and Manufacturers Cups were held back-to-back each Friday and Saturday and divided into two seasons, with the first season (May to June) determining the entry to the Showdown and the second season (August to September) determining the entry to the World Finals. (One pre-taped race were also held before the Showdown and two pre-taped races were held before the World Finals to determine points standings for the live events.) Players may switch leagues if their DR changes at the end of the season, but for Manufacturers Cup, drivers may not switch manufacturers between seasons.
* For 2023, Nations and Manufacturers Cups were no longer held back-to-back and in two seasons; instead, the Nations portion began first, from May 13 to June 3, followed by the Manufacturers portion on June 7 to July 1. Races are usually held every Wednesday and Saturday. While the Manufacturers format remained the same, the Nations Cup qualification format for the live events were changed so that it is no longer on per-player basis, but rather a team representing specific countries (consisting of top three drivers of each country's GT1 League standings), with the country selection process decided by the country's top driver position in the overall GT1 League standings.
* For 2024, the format remained the same as with 2023 (Nations Cup held first between April 17 to May 4, then Manufacturers Cup from May 8 to May 25), but the Nations Cup format reverted to individual drivers, in which specified top number of drivers from GT1 League (five in EMEA, two each in North America, Central/South Americas, and Asia, and one in Oceania) makes it to Nations Cup live events. The Manufacturers Cup format also changed where each live event serves as points races involving only one driver from each region.
Several caveats apply with regards to qualification criteria:
* Should an underage player reach a position that would result in them qualifying for World Series events (18 years old, except for drivers from South Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, or United Arab Emirates, which has higher minimum age of 19 for South Korea/21 for aforementioned Middle East countries), they will be replaced with the highest-placing driver of legal age. (For 2024, players must be of minimum age before the first live event.) This has occurred to three drivers:
** Pol Urra of Spain finished ahead of Nicholas Romero in the European GT1 League standings, as well as top BMW driver in the EMEA region entering the 2022 World Finals. Urra was substituted by Romero for Nations Cup and Jose Brea took over his Manufacturers Cup seat.
** Calen Roach of the United States finished second in the American GT1 League standings in 2022, for which he was replaced by Robert Heck. The following year, he was the third highest-ranked US-based player and the top BMW driver in the Americas entering the 2023 Showdown, for which he was replaced by fourth-place Randall Haywood for the Nations Cup and Peruvian driver Rodrigo Regalado for the Manufacturers Cup.
** Antonio Santos of France was the top scoring driver for Chevrolet in the EMEA region entering the 2024 GTWS live event season. Rayan Derrouiche took over his seat for 2024 Gran Turismo World Series Round 2, however Santos is scheduled to participate in the World Finals, with both Santos' and Derrouiche' names being present on the car's roof rails.
* If a driver withdraws after they confirmed their participation, their slots usually will not be replaced. This occurred to Takuma Miyazono, Arnoldo Daetz, and Andrew Brooks after all three tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the 2022 Showdown (as well as Andrew Lee, who withdrawn with an unspecified health issue, although Manuel Rodriguez did serve as substitute for Nicolas Romero - both of which drove for Genesis - who had also withdrawn due to COVID-19), as well to Angel Inostroza entering the 2023 Showdown after he suffered a traffic accident a month before the event.
** During the 2024 season, several drivers had their live event participation swapped due to visa-related issues, however. For instance, Honda's Americas driver Mateo Estevez and EMEA driver Valerio Gallo swapped rounds (Gallo did Round 1 at Montreal and Estevez raced at Round 2 in Prague) as Estevez was unable to obtain a Canadian visa.Mateo Estevez statement before GTWS 2024 Round 1Valerio Gallo statement before GTWS 2024 Round 1 Inversely, two Brazilian Manufacturers Cup players competed in Round 3 at Tokyo instead of Montreal for possibly similar issues.
====Nations Cup====
In Nations Cup, the player races for their country (as registered on PlayStation Network ID). Like in GT Sport, all car classes are used, as well as uncategorized vehicles, whether as one-make event or as multi-car event. There are no restrictions on the country of origin of the car the player can drive; the player is also not obliged to use their current Manufacturers Cup "loan" car, if the player has any, for Gr.4 or Gr.3 races. As of version 1.13, the player can also rent a courtesy car (also applicable to Daily Races) instead of using a garage car.
The live event qualification format for Nations Cup has changed three times throughout the history of GT7:
* For 2022, players qualify and compete on "every player for themselves" basis much like in GT Sport. Each region is allocated a number of qualifying drivers, with a limit of two drivers per country, for a total of 16 players (Showdown)/18 players (World Finals) making it to each live events (plus "legacy" competitors - previous season's World Finals competitors in the Showdown, and the Showdown competitors in the World Finals).Gran Turismo World Series 2022 Overview - gran-turismo.com
* For 2023, players represent their country on a team basis, similar to Manufacturers Cup. Each region is allocated a specific number of countries that qualifies to the live events, decided by the country's top driver in the GT1 League standings; for instance, if Driver_A from Country A is placed first, Driver_B from Country B places third, and Driver_C from Country C is in fifth in the regional GT1 League standings, the overall placement of Driver_B and Driver_C will decide which country makes it to the live events (by rule, the driver from the country leading the table will have their country automatically qualify as well).The country's contingent for the live events is decided by top three drivers of that country's GT1 League standings, regardless of their placement in the regional standings. For instance, if Driver_A from Country A leads both regional and per-country table while Player_A and Racer_A is in fourth and sixth in the regional standings, but is in second and third in the per-country standings, these drivers will join Driver_A in the live events.Gran Turismo World Series 2023 Overview - gran-turismo.com
* For 2024, the rules reverted to the 2022 rules, but without a country cap or participation of "legacy" drivers from previous World Finals; a total of 12 drivers (with allotment of five drivers from EMEA, two each from North America, Central/South Americas, and Asia, plus one from Oceania) competing in Nations Cup live events. There is also no per-region driver nationality limit.Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Overview - gran-turismo.com These changes were noticeably met with negative reactions from GTWS veterans ahead of the season's announcement.
====Manufacturers Cup====
In the Manufacturers Cup, the player signs with a manufacturer that has at least one Gr.4 and Gr.3 car and compete with aim of bringing the chosen manufacturer as the season's champion. As such, competition is done with Gr.4 and Gr.3 cars only; however unlike in GT Sport, the player can use any of the race cars belonging to their signed manufacturer (for instance, a Nissan driver may elect to use their loaned Nissan GT-R Gr.4 or their own Nissan SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) Touring Car for Gr.4 races).
A contract with a qualifying manufacturer is valid for one season. The player retains the car until a new contract is signed with the same or different manufacturer. Loaned cars can be used in any other mode, but cars belonging to an expired season cannot be used in a Manufacturer Cup race; a new contract must be signed and thus new instances of the cars. Because the cars are considered as loaned, if the player does not previously own the car, the "sponsored" cars (as the game calls it in the car selection screen), marked with green checkered flag on the car selection screen, will not appear in the Car Index, nor it will be considered as acquired. (For the 2022 season, Season 1 and Season 2 are considered the same season for Manufacturer Cup contract purposes; players are not allowed to switch manufacturers between seasons).
All drivers' points for each manufacturer will count towards the Global Manufacturer Ranking; the top 12 manufacturers will qualify to the live events, with the representative driver chosen by each manufacturer's top driver in the GT1 League for each three regions. Should a partner manufacturer (Toyota, Mazda, and/or Genesis) fell out of top 12, they will replace the lowest performing non-partner manufacturer(s) that would have otherwise qualified. This occurred for the first time in the 2023 season; Genesis finished 13th in the standings behind Ferrari, who finished 12th; Genesis' partner status effectively bumped out Ferrari from the live events that year.GTWS - Manufacturers Cup – 2023 Series, Global Manufacturer Ranking Results - gran-turismo.com
The following is a list of eligible manufacturers for Manufacturers Cup, along with cars that can be loaned from them (only the most recent car can be loaned; currently, three manufacturers, AMG, Nissan, and Subaru had their loan Gr.3 cars changed throughout the game's life, and no manufacturer had their loanable Gr.4 car changed, even with the addition of the Mazda3 Gr.4). The Bugatti Veyron Gr.4 is currently ineligible to compete due to Bugatti not having a Gr.3 car. Suzuki became eligible for participation starting from the season 2 of 2022 Manufacturers Cup with the addition of Suzuki Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.3 Version).
In the table below, (P) indicates a partner manufacturer.
Manufacturer 	Loanable Gr.4 car(s) 	Loanable Gr.3 car(s)
Alfa Romeo 	Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.4 	Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3
AMGEntry transferred from Mercedes-Benz in GT Sport due to their Gr.3 and Gr.4 cars being rebranded as AMG. The marque is otherwise referred as "Mercedes-AMG" by live event commentators, as well on GTWS live event-related pages on the Gran Turismo website. 	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gr.4 	Mercedes-AMG GT3 '16 (2022)Mercedes-AMG GT3 '20 (2023-present)
Aston Martin 	Aston Martin Vantage Gr.4 	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 '12
Audi 	Audi TT Cup '16 	Audi R8 LMS Evo '19
BMW 	BMW M4 Gr.4 	BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16
Citroën 	GT by Citroën Gr.4 	GT by Citroën Race Car Gr.3
Chevrolet 	Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.4 	Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3
Dodge 	Dodge Viper Gr.4 	Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R '15
Ferrari 	Ferrari 458 Italia Gr.4 	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 '13
Ford 	Ford Mustang Gr.4 	Ford GT Race Car '18
Genesis (P) 	Genesis G70 GR4 	Genesis X GR3
Honda 	Honda NSX Gr.4 	Honda NSX Gr.3
Hyundai 	Hyundai Genesis Gr.4 	Hyundai Genesis Gr.3
Jaguar 	Jaguar F-type Gr.4 	Jaguar F-type Gr.3
Lamborghini 	Lamborghini Huracán Gr.4 	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 '15
Lexus 	Lexus RC F Gr.4 	Lexus RC F GT3 '17
Mazda (P) 	Mazda Atenza Gr.4 	Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept
McLaren 	McLaren 650S Gr.4 	McLaren 650S GT3 '15
Mitsubishi 	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition Gr.4	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition Gr.3
Nissan 	Nissan GT-R Gr.4 	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '13 (2022)Nissan used the 2013 GT-R NISMO GT3 until the 2022 Gran Turismo World Series Round 3, which was recorded before the update that added the car. Nissan switched to the 2018 car for the 2022 World Finals.Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '18 (2022 World Finals Exhibition-present)
Peugeot 	Peugeot RCZ Gr.4 	Peugeot RCZ Gr.3
Porsche 	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport '16 	Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17
RenaultEntry transferred from Renault Sport in GT Sport due to Renault retiring the brand, which meant all Renault Sport cars were merged back with the main Renault brand. 	Renault Sport Mégane Trophy '11 	Renault Sport R.S.01 GT3 '16
Subaru 	Subaru WRX Gr.4 	Subaru WRX Gr.3 (2022)For 2022 live events and pre-recorded races, the BRZ GT300 was used instead of the WRX Gr.3.Subaru BRZ GT300 '21 (2022 World Finals Exhibition-present)
SuzukiEligible starting from season 2 of the 2022 Manufacturers Cup. Only drivers who did not have any manufacturer affiliation during that year's season 1 of Manufacturers Cup can sign with them that year, as drivers already signed with another manufacturer are not permitted to switch manufacturers between seasons.	Suzuki Swift Sport KATANA Edition Gr.4 	Suzuki Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.3 Version)
Toyota (P) 	Toyota GR Supra Race Car '19 	Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18
Volkswagen 	Volkswagen Scirocco Gr.4 	Volkswagen Beetle Gr.3
=====Manufacturers Cup notes=====
===Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup===
The Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup also returned to GT7. Initially held without the league system above, the league system was also extended to the TGR GT Cup starting in 2023. Several races also began to feature non-Toyota vehicles, usually in Gr.3/Gr.4 races, with the Honda version of the Dallara SF19 Super Formula '19 being allowed at the eleventh hour for the second SF19 races in the 2022 season.
Additionally, separate championships are also organized in Southeast Asia and Middle East by respective Toyota branches in order to provide additional chances to players from regions that would have reduced chance from qualifying to the live finals from the in-game event alone. Drivers who won their way into the World Finals this way are considered as part of the TGR Slot.
Unlike GTWS events, the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup also allows for underage players to compete in live events with parental consent, but only for Asian finalists except for South Korea.The 'TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup' Returns! Join the Action to Receive the GR010 HYBRID (2024 Livery) and Win In-game Credits! - NEWS - gran-turismo.com This occurred for the first time in the 2024 World Finals, which featured Ryunosuke Hayashi (17 at the time of competition) and Koki Ishino (14 at the time).Gran Turismo World Series 2024 World Finals - Amsterdam - Competitors - gran-turismo.com (Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup section)
==Ratings==
Each player is rated by two ratings: Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR), also referred as "safety rating". How it works is largely unchanged from how it was in GT Sport.
For players who played both GT Sport and GT7, these ratings are carried over during transition between both games, using ratings captured as of February 15-16, 2022.Notice: Data Transfer From "Gran Turismo Sport" to "Gran Turismo 7" - gran-turismo.com
Beginning from the 2025 pre-season Nations Cup Exhibition Series (held between January 25 to February 1, 2025), championship races reward (or deducts) higher DR points compared to championship races. Additionally, the update releasing that month increase maximum DR rating score from 100,000 points to 150,000.Notice: Gran Turismo 7, Changes to Sport Mode - gran-turismo.com
==Matchmaking==
Matchmaking method is largely unchanged from how it was in GT Sport, with one addition: players are also separated on per-console basis, where PlayStation 4 players will only race against other PS4-bound players, and the same for PlayStation 5 players.
Additionally, in 2025, there was one country that switched region matching (for Nations Cup purposes): Mexico switched from Central/South America region to North America.
==Trivia==
*The Sport Mode's menu background is based on PlayStation 5's system menu.
*There is an error in Manufacturers Cup race intro where some cars (namely the Mercedes-AMG GT3 '16, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 '15, and Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R '15 appear with regular liveries, but with the base color of the variation counterparts. A similar bug previously appeared in the Daily Workout screen whenever a variation livery version of certain Gr.3 cars appeared in the screen (although it has been since been fixed), as well in the Racing Etiquette video (for the AMG GT3 only, in one of the scenes).
*The Racing Etiquette video also contains segments of various road cars racing against each other, despite in practice road car racing in Sport Mode tend to be one-make races.
==References==
==External links==
*Sport Mode on gran-turismo.com: 
** EMEA region
** North America region
** Central/South Americas region (Brazilian Portuguese)
** Asian region
** Oceania region
* GTWS World Finals Beginners Guide (2023 season) on gran-turismo.com
* GTWS Live Event Viewer's Guide on gran-turismo.com
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