Gran Turismo 7 PSN ID's on front page

So have you had GT3 races and stuff then?

Yeah that's what I meant, is there any GT3 type stuff in the menus.

Guess it's the chilli pepper races and stuff that make up the bulk of it after the menus are done.

Oh, I've just got to the last championship in the menus and that is literally the first one to let you use GR3 stuff.

So finishing the menu has unlocked a bunch of stuff on a lot of tracks. There's some world touring car Gr3 stuff but nothing that goes beyond 10 lap races yet. Endurance races and such must be behind another gate of progression once I've done some of this stuff I guess.

I am a long way behind you lot with this, but God this annoys me.

Used to love that daily with the pitstops.

I just spunked all my money on the 25th anniversary Countach. With some tyres I’ve got 395 credits left. I feel a bit sick. I’m tighter with money in games than I am with actual real life purchases.

I’m sure there must be a trick to it, but how the hell are you supposed to see that full pelt corner at Mount Panorama in the dark?!

Held my breath, took a guess and am still travelling somewhere across the outback at speed.

I see it by remembering the 14 times I went flying off there on my first visits to the track.

Really enjoy that circuit tbf. Nice mix of twisty street type stuff and flat out sections.

I'll fanboy with you, I really like it. That twisty section has a lovely flow to it.

I even uploaded it so I could watch it again at work. Love the lighting at the start.

I’ve always loved the track since I first came across it in in Toca Race Driver. Just a very cool track all round, elevation changes, twisty technical sections and balls out straights.

The lighting is very atmospheric. At night, the way headlamps from other cars create shadows through the spoilers etc from the car in front is exceptional.

Yeah, a fair amount of 10-lap high performance races unlock around the world map after you do the last menu, and they all seem to have fuel and tyre scaling so they will each need pit stops and stuff. Few more chilli pepper races have opened up and I'm expecting more to unlock when I pass the higher level licenses. I've only unlocked whatever they asked me to do in the menus (National A?) and everything that's unlocked seems to have done so at my license level.

From what I can tell the menu books seem to have been basically the tutorial getting you used to different levels of cars/drivetrains/surfaces, and the real Gran Turismo starts now.