Japanese FR Challenge 450

"Practice your power slides in this event against 450 PP-class Japanese sports cars with an FR layout!"

―In-game text

The Japanese FR Challenge 450 is a 5 race event that appears in Gran Turismo 7. The races are located at the World Circuits menu and the tracks are unlocked by progressing through the GT Café. However, there are multiple variations of the FR Challenge events, which focus on cars from specific countries including American FR Challenge and European FR Challenge.

Event Restrictions

• Car Type - Road Car
• Country - Japan
• Drivetrain - FR

Races

Circuit	Race length	Credits (1st)	Credits (2nd)	Credits (3rd)	Update added
High Speed Ring Reverse	2 laps	10,000	6,000	4,000	v1.00
Tokyo Expressway - Central Clockwise	2 laps	10,000	6,000	4,000	v1.00
Tsukuba Circuit	3 laps	10,000	6,000	4,000	v1.00
Autopolis International Racing Course	2 laps	23,000	13,800	9,200	v1.23
Autodrome Lago Maggiore - West	3 laps	40,000	24,000	16,000	v1.48

Typical Opponents

These are the typical opponents of this event:
Note: Opponents highlight in bold are marked World Series drivers.

Driver	Car	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5
J. Jenkins	Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA Special Package) '89	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
S. Namiki	Mazda Eunos Roadster (NA Special Package) '89	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
M. Izumitani	Mazda Roadster S (ND) '15	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
V. Scott	Mazda Roadster S (ND) '15	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
N. Brown	Mazda Roadster NR-A (ND) '22	Yes	No	No	No	No
G. Ernst	Mazda Roadster NR-A (ND) '22	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
K. Kijima	Mazda Roadster NR-A (ND) '22	No	No	Yes	No	No
T. Kimura	Mazda Roadster NR-A (ND) '22	No	Yes	No	No	No
C. Ando	Mazda RX-7 GT-X (FC) '90	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
T. Zhao	Mazda RX-7 GT-X (FC) '90	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
P. Lenoir	Nissan Fairlady Z 432 '69	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
W. Santana	Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX TwinTurbo 2seater (Z32) '89	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
M. Simmons	Nissan Silvia K's Dia Selection (S13) '90	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R. Blom	Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
T. Hendrix	Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94	No	Yes	No	No	No
J. Imai	Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
T. Hashimoto	Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94	No	No	Yes	No	No
D. Melis	Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94	Yes	No	No	No	No
S. Claes	Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14) '96	No	No	Yes	No	No
N. Moysov	Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14) '96	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
N. White	Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14) '96	No	Yes	No	No	No
J. Sano	Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14) '96	Yes	No	No	No	No
J. Sato	Nissan 180SX Type X '96	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
E. Miyazono	Nissan Sileighty '98	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
K. Sasaki	Nissan Sileighty '98	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
A. Bermudez	Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (KPGC110) '73	No	Yes	No	No	No
P. Lemoine	Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (KPGC110) '73	Yes	No	No	No	No
M. Romano	Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (KPGC110) '73	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
S. Yamaguchi	Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (KPGC110) '73	No	No	Yes	No	No
J. Jenkins	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31) '87	No	No	No	No	Yes
Y. Kodaka	Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31) '87	No	No	No	No	Yes
G. Eggers	Subaru BRZ S '15	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
G. Athanasiadis	Subaru BRZ S '21	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
F. Klein	Subaru BRZ S '21	No	Yes	No	No	No
S. Kuparinen	Subaru BRZ S '21	No	No	Yes	No	No
D. Matsuda	Subaru BRZ S '21	Yes	No	No	No	No
I. Fraga	Toyota 2000GT '67	No	No	No	Yes	No
M. Takagi	Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86) '83	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R. Derrouiche	Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) '83	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
V. Gallo	Toyota 86 GT '15	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
R. Kevelham	Toyota 86 GT '15	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
N. Ortega	Toyota 86 GT '15	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
T. Ashizawa	Toyota Crown Athlete G '13	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
S. Fitzpatrick	Toyota Supra 3.0GT Turbo A '88	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Trivia

• In update v1.23, there was a mistake in the AI listings for the Autopolis race that would cause an S14 Silvia Type S from the Silvia Sisters event to appear as an opponent. This was most evident in how it was visually styled and by how much of a performance advantage it had over the rest of the field. Not only this oversight has yet to be patched out, but the opponent would also later appear in the Maggiore West End event.

• 

  AI 'Driver' from the Japanese FR Challenge 450.

  Prior to update v1.42, the opponent driving the 1996 S14 Silvia K's Aero at High Speed Ring used a placeholder name of 'Driver' along with the Polyphony flag. This is most likely an oversight by the developers.