IFRL Winter 2026/27
The Circuits
16 maps this season: 13 tarmac tracks that host the Gr.4 and the Main, and the three places the Opener goes off-script — dirt, snow, and a drift trial. Suzuka’s guide stays; it is not on this season’s calendar.
How our night works
Race 1, the Opener: 15 minutes, one spec road car for everybody, stock plus racing mediums, reverse grid from the standings. Race 2, the Gr.4: 20 minutes, 675 PP, grid from Saturday qualifying. Race 3, the Main: 30 minutes in Gr.3 at 775 PP, tire wear 5x, fuel 6x, refueling 10 L/s, mandatory tire types 2 (two compounds, so at least one stop), random weather where the game allows it, grid from the Gr.4 finish. Fuel, tires, and weather only matter in the Main. Full tuning is in play for Gr.4 and Gr.3.
Rain
Gran Turismo 7 only supports rain on some circuits. On our calendar that means Red Bull Ring, Fuji, Nürburgring GP, Tsukuba, and Spa. Everywhere else, "random weather" changes the clouds and the light, not the grip. Each track below says which.
Car picks
Every car named is from our pools. Weeks 1 to 5: Porsche 911 RSR, Audi R8 LMS Evo, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept, Mercedes-AMG GT3 '20. Weeks 6 to 10: McLaren 650S GT3, Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, Lamborghini Huracán GT3, BMW M6 GT3, Lexus RC F GT3. Gr.4 sets rotate the same way. The garage notes are starting points at 775 and 675 PP, not gospel; the fast guys will tune past them and that’s fine.
All 17 · season order · this week first
Dragon Trail Seaside
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Honda Civic Type R (FK8)
Anyone can send the Chicane of Death. Getting sixteen Civics through it is the actual trick.
Autodrome Lago Maggiore GP
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: BMW M3 (E46)
I didn’t just take the bank at Turn 11; I made a full withdrawal of three positions.
Interlagos
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Honda S660
If you cannot pass at the Senna S, you cannot pass.
Fisherman’s Ranch
Opener here · Opener car: Toyota 86 Gr.B Rally Car
I would have nailed that apex if the car had been on the ground.
Red Bull Ring
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Toyota 86 Gr.B Rally Car
Ten corners, and somehow I found eleven ways to exceed track limits.
Watkins Glen Long
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Porsche 911 GT3 (997)
The Boot kicked me, but I finished with matching front fenders.
Fuji Speedway
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1
Fuji has one corner that matters, and we will still find a way to crash at the other ten.
Lake Louise Long
Opener here · Opener car: Subaru WRX Gr.B Rally Car
Sixteen Minnesotans, and somehow nobody remembered how to drive in snow.
Brands Hatch GP
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Subaru WRX Gr.B Rally Car
Paddock Hill has been sending people into the gravel since before any of us had a PlayStation.
Nürburgring GP
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Mazda RX-7 Spirit R
Senna beat Lauda, Prost, and Hunt here in a taxi. We will try to beat each other in an RX-7.
Tsukuba
Opener here · Opener car: Nissan Silvia S15 Spec R, fixed drift tune
For once, pointing the wrong way was part of the plan.
Laguna Seca
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Nissan Silvia S15 Spec R, fixed drift tune
Zanardi passed Herta at the Corkscrew. You should probably just hit the apex.
Trial Mountain
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
My childhood racing line has been rejected by modern infrastructure.
Grand Valley Highway 1
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Dodge Viper SRT10
Grand Valley used to have runoff. Now it has an ocean and a concrete opinion.
Mount Panorama
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
If you lift at Skyline, nobody needs to know. If you do not lift and you crash, everybody knows.
Spa-Francorchamps
Gr.4 + Main · Opener car: Ferrari F40
We came for Eau Rouge. We stay for the group chat after La Source.
Suzuka
Guide only this season
I survived the Esses with all four tires and most of my friendships.