This week’s new Online Time Trial digs out one of Toyota’s rarest modern cars. Gran Turismo 7 sends the Toyota 86 GRMN ’16 around Deep Forest Raceway in reverse, running on Comfort Medium tires.
The GRMN badge stands for “Gazoo Racing tuned by the Meister of the Nürburgring,” a nod to Toyota’s Nürburgring‑honed development culture and the master test drivers who shaped its modern performance cars.
A “GRMN”, then, is the most hardcore version of a Toyota model, developed with heavy Nürburgring influence and built in tiny numbers, like the GRMN Yaris/Vitz, Mark X GRMN, or the newer GRMN Corolla. The 86 GRMN fits the pattern exactly: a Japan‑only run of roughly 100 cars, with more power than the standard 86 and chassis and suspension changes to go with it.
The Comfort Medium tires are the one curveball: road rubber on a coupe this sharp means it’ll slide around, and that’s a choice some players will enjoy more than others.
The weekly events aren’t the only thing on the clock right now, either. Time Trials have been busy for a few weeks, and the PlayStation Days of Play challenge that put a real-world hardware prize pool on the line at Laguna Seca is still live through June 10. That one runs in parallel with the regular schedule rather than in place of it, so there’s plenty to keep you in the Sport pavilion this week.
One Week Left at Eiger
The continuing event has a week left to run. The Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125 Shifter stays at Eiger Nordwand on Sports Soft tires, and it closes on June 11. If you’ve not set a lap yet, last week’s write-up has the full details.
GT7 Lap Time Challenge June 4
- Track: Deep Forest Raceway Reverse
- Car: Toyota 86 GRMN ’16
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (M)
- Tires: Comfort Medium
- Settings: Fixed
GT7 Lap Time Challenge May 28
- Track: Eiger Nordwand
- Car: Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125 Shifter
- Power/Weight/PP Limit: BOP (L)
- Tires: Sports Soft
- Settings: Fixed
Accessing Online Time Trials
To access the Online Time Trials, you’ll need to unlock Sport Mode by completing Menu Book 9 (“Championship: Tokyo Highway Parade”) in the GT Cafe. PlayStation Plus is not required. Once an event closes, gold goes to players within 3% of the fastest time (2m credits), silver within 5% (1m credits), and bronze within 10% (250,000cr).
Events update every Thursday, with each challenge running for two weeks and the oldest being replaced. The next new Time Trial arrives on June 11.
