Console not connecting

GT7 constantly broadcasts what your car is doing over your home network. That stream is what GT Coach listens for, and it finds your console on its own, so there is nothing to type in.

If the Start Practice button still reads LAUNCH GT7 TO START while GT7 is running, work down this page in order. GT7 broadcasts telemetry in the menus as well as on track, so you can go through these checks without starting a race.

Are they on the same network?

Your PlayStation and your computer have to be on the same local network. WiFi or Ethernet both work, and mixing them is fine (e.g. the PS5 on WiFi and the PC/Mac on Ethernet, as long as both are connected to the same home router).

Some of the usual culprits:

• Having a guest network at home, with one of your devices (PS5 or PC) connected to it and not the other.
• Having a router with AP isolation enabled (typically not a default setting): this prevents GT Coach from finding your PlayStation on your network.
• Having a VPN active on either the PS5 or the PC/Mac.

Is a firewall in the way?

Two ports are involved, and GT Coach needs both.

• It listens for telemetry on UDP 33740.
• It sends a heartbeat on UDP 33739.

Those ports are automatically requested on the first launch of GT Coach by Windows or macOS, so you shouldn’t have to troubleshoot this yourself. In case you denied the request or have a specific setup at home, you might need to allow GT Coach through the firewall yourself (how to on Windows).

Is something else holding the port?

Other telemetry tools use 33740 as well, SimHub among them. If one has the port already, GT Coach tells you so:

Telemetry port 33740 is already in use. Close the app using this UDP port, such as SimHub, or choose a different telemetry port in Settings.

You do not have to pick one app over the other. Open Settings, go to Telemetry, and set a Forward port. GT Coach passes every packet it receives on to that port untouched, so pointing the other app at the same number keeps both running.

For instance, a valid setup is:

• GT Coach Telemetry Port: 33740
• GT Coach Forward Port: 33741
• SimHub Telemetry Port: 33741

Another valid setup is:

• SimHub Telemetry Port: 33740
• SimHub Forward Port: 33741
• GT Coach Telemetry Port: 33741

Finally, if you have more than two telemetry apps (e.g. Coach Dave Delta), below is another valid setup chaining all those apps together:

• SimHub Telemetry Port: 33740
• SimHub Forward Port: 33741, 33742
• GT Coach Telemetry Port: 33741
• Coach Dave Delta Port: 33742

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