Gran Turismo Sport Trophy Guide & Roadmap

After having finished the Etiquette Lessons, you are able to participate in online races against up to 23 other players. Usually, the grid is very full and you will seldom race against less than 20 others players.

There are “Daily Races” every 5 to 10 minutes which you can sign up to. For now (at release date), there is a section of three different races (A, B and C) which are held four times per hour each and are about five to fifteen minutes long in total. The three “Daily Races” change to three new ones usually around afternoon time (Europe). There are also other tournament-like, which started in early November 2017. You can play either for your country or the Brand of your choice and can compete in a series of races, just like a real championship with different amounts of points for your position.

You can – and should – do some qualifying laps on the track to get a good position on the starting grid. Your best time will always be saved and you don’t have to qualify for the same track over and over again. If you have a good time that you are pleased with, you can just jump right into the race, maybe even with the pole position, depending on how good the other players were (if they did a qualifying lap at all).

Obviously, getting a good starting position is very helpful for winning – and so is knowing the track layout very well. Some races can be done with different cars, so you should familiarise yourself with your car and its handling by doing a few qualifying and warm-up laps with it.

Fair Play is important in Online-Racing, and breaking certain rules will be punished with time-penalties, which are added to the total race time. Racing fair and not racking up penalties might be beneficial in the end because the same obviously also applies to your opponents. If you come in second in the race but whoever came in first had a lot of bad driving maneuvers, he will be punished with additional time and you might end up winning the race in the end.

There are “Daily Races” every 5 to 10 minutes which you can sign up to. For now (at release date), there is a section of three different races (A, B and C) which are held four times per hour each and are about five to fifteen minutes long in total. The three “Daily Races” change to three new ones usually around afternoon time (Europe). There are also other tournament-like, which started in early November 2017. You can play either for your country or the Brand of your choice and can compete in a series of races, just like a real championship with different amounts of points for your position.

For this trophy, it is enough “just” to finish 322 online races. Even if you take the shorter five-minutes-races, this will take you about 30 hours. You probably want to aim for winning 91 games for the aforementioned trophy. Depending on your skill level and luck, even 322 races might be not enough to win that often – so you probably don’t have to worry about this trophy, but rather the 91 wins and 65 pole positions.

There are “Daily Races” every 5 to 10 minutes which you can sign up to. For now (at release date), there is a section of three different races (A, B and C) which are held four times per hour each and are about five to fifteen minutes long in total. The three “Daily Races” change to three new ones usually around afternoon time (Europe). There are also other tournament-like, which started in early November 2017. You can play either for your country or the Brand of your choice and can compete in a series of races, just like a real championship with different amounts of points for your position.

Before actually starting any online-race you can – and should – do some qualifying laps on whatever track you are going to race on. This will help you get familiar with the track and a better starting position on the grid will improve your chances of winning significantly.

First of all the good news: Your best lap-time will always be remembered, so you don’t have to do it again for the same track over and over. So if you do have a lap-time you are pleased with, simply enter the race itself.

The not so good news: You don’t know if your time is actually the pole. Let’s say 240 people enter the same race at the same time. The game will randomly split it up into ten races with 24 participants each. So maybe you are lucky and will be first, maybe you won’t. While match-making you will see a driver sitting on the ground in a garage. His number on the helmet will be your position.

Please note that you actually have to finish the race for the pole position to be counted in the statistics.

• all 48 Driving School Lessons. You have to get at least Bronze to unlock each next Lesson.
• all 64 Mission Challenges. You can start any of the first eight Challenges; once you have Bronze in all of them, the next set of eight will unlock.
• all 105 Circuit Experience Challenges. They are all available from the start.

In these Circuit Experiences, you will be taught how to master individual sectors of all the games’ tracks. Most tracks have between three and six different Challenges for you, however, the small oval track Northern Isle Speedway only has one, while the Nordschleife has a total of 12 Challenges due to its length. Once you have finished all trials for the same track, you will be awarded a random car.

As mentioned, the first set of Challenges features basics like accelerating and stopping, overtaking and some easier turns.

The second tier features some more advanced maneuvers like hairpin-turns and handling at higher speeds. Sometimes you have to handle extra conditions like worn-down tires, which makes controlling your car way harder.

There are ten pyramids with ten cones each located on the track and you have to hit all 100 in the time-frame of 27 seconds.

In a Time Rally, you have to take a race for usually two laps. You start with a certain amount of time, which is obviously running down. Whenever you hit a checkpoint on the track (which usually corresponds with the three sectors of the track), additional time will be added to your timer, allowing you to continue the race. Just like any other Race or Challenge, there will be the three medal tiers Gold, Silver, and Bronze. If you finish the race by the skin of your teeth with one second left on the clock, you will be given the Bronze medal. If you have a comfortable amount of time like 15 seconds left on the clock, you will be given the Gold medal (obviously the times are different from track to track).

The easiest way is to do it in the Mission Challenge 3-5. For the Gold Medal of this particular one, you are required to hit 300 km/h or more.

You start the game with 50,000 Credits and could get this trophy out of the way easily, as there are a few cars which are cheaper. I wouldn’t advise buying anything early on because you will also start with a random gift-car and anything you can buy with 50,000 Credits is hardly better than your first ride. Better save it up a bit for something nicer.

Please note that for this trophy you actually have to buy a car with Credits. Gifted cars do not count towards this, neither do cars which are bought with Mileage Points, which is like a second currency for certain objects.

Every second you are on the track will cumulatively count towards the total time. Races, Missions or Driving School Tests – everything will count. To check your current progress, take a look at you personal in-game achievements in the bottom right corner of the main menu.

The Bronze times are actually quite fair. Bronze Medals will also be enough for winning new random prize cars (for each row of eight Challenges). There also is a trophy for getting all Gold Medal’s on these – check  No Longer a Novice for this.

Once you have completed your first lap in any race- or qualifying-mode, this trophy will unlock, even if it is just the first “Out Lap”.

For your own custom races, you need to be Level 20 to use this track, but there are other ways of taking a spin on this track:

The easiest would be to go in the Lobby-Menu and set the filter just to the track Nordschleife. There are always several people playing this track and there should be a few lobbies with no restrictions in terms of HP, Grade of your car or your skill/license-level. Simply join any lobby and take a spin on this 20 km long track.

See Top-Drawer Drifter for more info.

Nearly all racing activities will net you XP, no matter if it is just a Driving School Test or a long online-race. Obviously, the XP granted will be different and reflect the difficulty of the task you have completed. A second source of XP is to finish the tiers of the in-game achievements for different driving milestones.

So far it is unknown if Sony will give us special events like double-XP-weekends in the future or implement the Daily-Login-Bonus, like in GT5 and GT6 with an upcoming patch.

As of Patch 1.05, there is a neat way to obtain some very quick XP and Money.

The Scape mode can be chosen from the top of the main screen. Pick any place you like and start to fill the scene with at least one of your cars. Once you are set, switch to the camera and start taking pictures. If you don’t want to create a hundred different pictures, you can also shoot the same motive over and over again. To quickly do so, press , , , one hundred times.

In order to participate in Online Races, you have to complete the Etiquette Lessons, which just consists of two videos that you have to watch. Both videos are about two minutes long each – you will get the trophy after having finished the second video.

A good choice for this trophy would be Driving School Challenge 24, which is the final event of the first tier. It is a full lap race with the target time of 47 seconds for gold. With a bit of practice, a time of 45,5 seconds is doable. Do yourself a favor: even if you realize that your current lap won’t be good enough, simply finish it. The more practice you have with the later sections and turns, the better.

To tune a car, go to your garage, select a car and then choose settings. At the top of the screen, there should be an option called “quick tune”. Depending on the value of the car, the two options Power and Weight will have a certain amount of tiers. You should use whatever car you start with, as the cheaper ones only have a total of four upgrades to buy, while high-end race cars will be very expensive to fully upgrade. For your cheap car, you will need roughly 1,500 Mileage Points to buy all upgrades, which you will easily obtain within a few races or tests.

The car can be obtained in three different ways:

• You can buy it for 1,000,000 Credits from the Brand Central.
• You might randomly win it.
• If you have preordered the game, there should be a download-code for some Credits and cars – amongst them this particular one.

Once you have loaded any scene from the Circuit de la Sarthe, simply place your Audi R18 anywhere, switch to the camera and press for a photo.

A valid car can be obtained in two different ways:

• You can buy one for 450,000 Credits from the Brand Central.
• You might randomly win it.

Once you have loaded any scene from the Nürburgring, simply place your BMW anywhere, switch to the camera and press for a photo.