This guide provides updated settings for Gran Turismo 7 to help you achieve faster times, improve in Sport mode, minimize mistakes, and enhance your overall enjoyment of the game. It covers controller settings, assists, and visual aids, catering to both beginners and experienced players using wheels or controllers.
Introduction
Chris Doughty (Doughtonator) shares his expertise from over 30 years of sim racing and over 1,000 hours in Gran Turismo 7. He is an A+ rated driver and has achieved gold in every time trial, circuit experience, and license test. This guide revisits previous settings due to significant physics changes introduced in recent updates.
Assist Settings
To access the assist settings, navigate from the pre-driving menu to settings, and then click on "Assists."
Assist Preset Selection
Avoid using the beginner, intermediate, or expert presets. Instead, choose "Custom" to fine-tune each setting individually for optimal performance.
Visual Driving Aids
These aids provide visual cues without affecting the car's physics.
Corner Indicators
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Function: Yellow waypoint markers indicating clipping points, apexes, and exit points.
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Benefit: Helps learn track layouts and ideal racing lines. Prevents early turn-ins and apexes.
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Recommendation: Useful for learning tracks but can limit potential.
Driving Line Assist
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Function: A predicted optimal driving line displayed on the track.
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Benefit: Assists in learning new tracks.
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Drawback: Can be conservative and not represent optimal track limits.
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Recommendation: Good for learning, but don't rely on it exclusively.
Braking Indicator
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Function: On-screen hood display that blends to red and flashes when braking is needed.
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Benefit: Dynamic and adjusts based on speed.
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Drawback: N/A.
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Recommendation: Useful, non-distracting feature.
Braking Area
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Function: A dynamically operating braking zone painted on the track.
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Benefit: Helps identify braking points.
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Drawback: Can be too early for some cars.
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Recommendation: Use with caution.
General Recommendation for Visual Aids: Use these when learning a new track, but disable them as soon as possible to improve immersion and exploit track limits. The braking indicator is the least intrusive and most functional.
Assists Affecting Car Dynamics
These settings directly influence the car's handling.
Transmission (Manual vs. Automatic)
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Automatic: Works well in Gran Turismo 7; the AI handles shifts effectively.
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Manual:
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Benefits: Allows precise gear selection for each corner. Enables short shifting for fuel conservation and managing low-power band cars. Improves rotation in slow corners.
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Drawbacks: N/A
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Recommendation: Manual is typically faster, especially for specific cars, and can aid in fuel saving.
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Traction Control
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Function: Limits wheelspin. Adjustable via the MFD while driving.
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Impact: The fastest way is with no traction control, but can be used for car control.
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Adjustability: Levels range from 0 to 5.
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Recommendation: Use it as a tuning aid based on the car, track, and weather. Fast drivers may use it in wet conditions.
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
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Off: Very difficult to drive. Locking tyres is prevalent.
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Default: Recommended for most situations. Will not limit gold times.
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Weak: Less intrusive than "Default." Can amplify a car's oversteer or understeer characteristics, potentially offering a slight advantage in specific situations.
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Recommendation: Leave ABS on "Default" for consistent performance.
Auto-Drive
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Function: Provides brake and steering assistance.
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Recommendation: Turn off immediately and learn basic sim racing.
Replace Car After Leaving Track
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Function: Returns the car to the track after going off-track.
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Recommendation: Generally not useful, except on tracks like Willow Springs where getting lost is common. Personal preference.
Active Stability Management (ASM) and Counter-Steer Assist
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Function: Provides stability assistance.
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Recommendation: Turn off as soon as possible, as these settings can limit future potential.
Controller Settings (PS5/PS4)
These settings are accessible from the pause menu or the pre-driving menu.
Button Configuration
Customize button assignments based on personal preference.
Controller Steering Sensitivity
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Range: -2 to 10
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-2: Smoothest transition, but the car feels lazy.
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10: Car is more responsive and keen to turn in.
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Recommendation: Start at 10. If it feels too sensitive, reduce the value.
Trigger Effect (PS5 Adaptive Triggers)
- Recommendation: Turn both trigger effects off. This allows for a more consistent and predictable driving experience. Adaptive triggers can interfere with precise brake and throttle modulation.
VR Settings
Vibration settings during collisions. Personal Preference.
Force Feedback Settings (Wheel Users)
These settings only affect force feedback wheels. For detailed information, refer to the dedicated video guide.
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Force Feedback Sensitivity: Feel of wheel forces
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Force Feedback Maximum Torque: Strength of wheel forces