Tourist Trophy has 4 licenses to acquire with 10 tests each. They are used to unlock higher level challenges in Challenge Mode to obtain better performing motorcycles, and to unlock new riding gear. Unlike any Gran Turismo game, they are not needed to enter any events, and are also not needed to obtain 100% completion. Each level becomes more difficult as you advance. The minimum passing requirement is a bronze trophy, with each minimum result (all-bronze, all-silver, and all-gold) having their set of exclusive riding gears. Completion of a license with all gold trophies will award the player with a prize motorcycle. The licenses in Tourist Trophy are:
The cheat codes to pass a license test in GT4 also works in Tourist Trophy, with the same 365 in-game day requirement and while on the license test screen:
- Passing any license test (bare minimum): Select, R1, Select, R1, Select, L2, L2, R2, R2, L1, Select, L1, Select
- Getting gold on any individual license test: Select, Select, R1, R2, L2, L2, Select, L1, R1, Select, R2, L1, Select