A-spec American Racing and Non-Racing Car Expert Challenge: Death Valley original course

[demonchilde]

I used my GT69RC and had little problems with the race, but didn't finnish. We had a damn power outage on my street and I lost power in my house when I was on lap 8, lol.
I was not happy.
The car however handled great, you actually have to race though. As in, be good at planning your pits, ect. I didn't want it to be a 2J event where I won and never looked back after, lol, I actually wanted to have some fun. Going to restart after work tonight.

 

[2cam16]

Why is it that these AI cars slide over to the right after the last turn, AND THEN slow down to enter the pits, two lanes over? Stupid moves.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

Lap 9 of 10.
Nearing the front straight, passing the pit entry.
3rd place. In front of me is the ford gt LM II test car.
Coming up on lapped traffic. Lapped car is in right lane, the ford gt passes, then the lapped car cuts across to enter the pits and just obliterates me.
23 minutes in to this 25 minute race I get taken out by the AI. This was my 3rd attempt of the race as well. I can't even. I just can't.



Video of the tragic event.
Warning: video may encite anger and hatred toward AI.

This exact thing happened to me too. I had just taken the lead, and was about to start my final lap.

 

[Draggon]

Why is it that these AI cars slide over to the right after the last turn, AND THEN slow down to enter the pits, two lanes over? Stupid moves.

Because PD. I'm getting pretty fed up with a lot of GT6. I'm not sure if I still love the game, or have a case of OCD.

 

[Moon_k]

It was a bit worrying to race with that car because I had to drive with a good racing pace but not too much to wear the tires too fast. I think my best lap in that race was a 2 : 20.940 ( I had 610pp on that car )

 

[ddrjay]

Lap 9 of 10.
Nearing the front straight, passing the pit entry.
3rd place. In front of me is the ford gt LM II test car.
Coming up on lapped traffic. Lapped car is in right lane, the ford gt passes, then the lapped car cuts across to enter the pits and just obliterates me.
23 minutes in to this 25 minute race I get taken out by the AI. This was my 3rd attempt of the race as well. I can't even. I just can't.



Video of the tragic event.
Warning: video may encite anger and hatred toward AI.

As angry I was when this happened, I will definitely do this race again for first place. I like the track. And the race has some decent difficulty with certain cars. I like high grip cars vs straight speed. Something about the AI catching up on straights just grabs me.

 

[Dylan]

Used the 2j and took the lead on the final lap because of a lap to spin. So much fun! Going to do it again. The track is terrible but it has some fun corners and the AI is actually challenging!

 

[Nihamavasa72]

What a fun race!
ok barriers are little mystic for they seem to be more close on the inside than on curveoutside (outline of the curve may hit the whitline of the track ... sometime)
this little jump around the second half of the track is a bit of a gamble. Either everything is fine and go straight away or you simple get a hit from the track for doing nothing different and slide around towards the following combination.

at least it is as expected a more or less easy win with a 2J going on RH tyres and online on pitstop.
all other cars as usual are way harder to win with.
nevertheless with the 2J i get the understeering agin. Although i used the overall stable tune from @coryclifford from the 600PP seasonal race. may be i find little more tracktion on the front somehow. For example in the first long right i can hardly manage to hold throttle down all the way through the whole curve.

What realy is annoying to me is the behavior of the panaltiy system for contac with other cars.
sometimes you ran into them, going inside for a blockpass for example and nothing happens.
then you do a clean overtake without any contact, you get halfway in front of them and they suddenly turn in and hit your back. 5 Seconds Panalty ! for ME . what for ... not looking in a mirror not using turnsign ?? what for. how could i avoid it ?

but over all its still a funny race.

Try to do it with some other cars next time.
Any suggestions what work best on this track.

 

[SirBerra]

another "2J" Event i guess. Had a quick sighting-lap this morning and was wondering about bumping from left to right and back again at the invisible barriers...

I would like to handle this event with some different car.
Any suggestion was will do best on this track ?

If you want to really humiliate the competition, use the Chaparral 2D. So fast. So easy on tires and gas because it's very light. You don't need much downforce on this course. I used RH on the fronts and RM on the rears for even wear. Plenty of rubber left when taking the one pit stop at the end of the 5th lap. I added a few more units of gas and finished about 20 seconds ahead of the next place Viper. I didn't even break a sweat because the 2D was that good. It makes all the other cars (excepting the 2J) look absolutely feeble. The 2D makes it a fun race. I tried a couple of Racing Fords GTs and a couple of racing Vettes and they ate tires too quickly as far as I was concerned. I'm going to try some Vipers when I get the chance. I doubt anything will compare to the 2D. It doesn't have any weak spots in this race that I can tell.

 

[SirBerra]

It's always fun learning a new course.

Despite some wall contact and penalties, I was able to win easily with a 2J on medium tires, pitting end of lap 4 for new mediums and 37 liters, and end of lap 8 for softs and 37 liters for a strong final stint. My 2J has autoset 211 mph, PL of 84% and 78 kgs ballast.

It wears out the front tires first, but I guess that is a problem for me to work on.

Just try the 2D, you'll like it. It turns on a dime and accelerates like crazy. No ballast used. The lowest amount of horsepower will easily beat the competition.

 

[demonchilde]

Congratulations Moon_k for getting 1st without the 2/D-j easy wins !!
You used the Corvette z06 RC.

Who else got 1st so far without the 2/D-j cars?

 

[UltimateLurker]

I used the toaster here as well, but only ran the race 6 times, there's a LOT left on the table. Sub 24-second times should be easy with the right set-up (Yeah, I'm talking to you CoryClifford lol).

 

[UltimateLurker]

If you want to really humiliate the competition, use the Chaparral 2D. So fast. So easy on tires and gas because it's very light.

I want to try this car tonight, but I need the right tune. Which are you using?

 

[DisabledRacer]

Looking to win with a non race car? Try the Saleen S7. I had a 10 second lead on lap 9..... But unfortunately I burned up the tires and ended up losing. I don't get the chance to race nearly as much as I used to, mostly due to pain, so by posting this, maybe one of you will see this as a challenge and smoke the competition and not the tires!

 

[demonchilde]

That's awesome man, never would have thought to try the saleen.
Another friend of mine said he won with the gt40 racecar, not the 20mil one, the 3.5mil one. And he said he went RH tires, pitted twice. That's not the weird part though. He said he pitted on lap 4,changed to RS tires, and then lap 6, back to RH. Yeah, I thought he was nuts too, but he said he saw 4 or 5 cars that were ahead of him pit on 6 as well first, and he gained quite a few spots on the 2 laps he had RS on. He said the wind pit was fast, as only a little fuel was all he waited for.
Anyway, so that's 2 cars so far with wins that weren't 2d/j.
And possibly the saleen being a third.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

I used the Z06 LM tuned to 620pp. Took the lead at the end of lap 9, and drove very conservatively on lap 10 to preserve fuel. Won by 4s.
Two pitstops - lap 4 and lap 8. Started on RH, then RH again, and ended on RS. Could've gone with RM on the rears for the first stints, since this car mainly burns the fronts. With my drivingstyle and setup, 5 laps would've been impossible. Best lap on RH 2:21.xxx.

 

[Alexony]

Got 25:22.160 using the Ford GT LM Race Car with 4 stops, only using RS tires. It was hard to mantain the RSs for three laps with enough grip before doing the first two pitstops in 6 laps (I did four stops in total). For the last 4 laps I joined the pitstop for two times and I pushed my lines and the car to get as far as I could to the car in 2nd. Probably not the smartest strat but it worked for me.

 

[SVPSkins]

I can't do this race to save my life. I've tried 4 cars.

1. Ford GT40 MkIV (best i could get was 11th)
2. Shelby Daytona Coupe (was in 8th but ended up 12th after being taken out by the Art Morrison Corvette)

3. Chaparral 2D (7th is the best i can get 1m:06 seconds behind)
4. Chaparral 2J (again 7th 45 seconds behind leader)

I got to say the AI is awful, the track is dreadful and what's with the penalty? seriously? It's not bad enough the lead AI is like half a lap ahead, they hat to throw in this Joker? Come on PD, surely hitting the barrier is bad enough but 5 second for clipping it?

I'm done with this one.

 

[photonrider]

The extra parts are the only parts you can buy ( i think)
All sets of tires are added to the tankcar.
You can still buy/improve at the pitstop (oil, rigidity etc.)

Thanks, triple-D. 👍 Has anybody actually compared one fresh from the dealer against the one that could be won? Any changes in set-up?
I am so detached from my console that I haven't even done the last update.
Waiting for the holidays . . .

One more thing, i added the pricemoney/credits at 200% bonus and should get 3.42million
but i really got 5.58 million??? (only lost 300k)View attachment 493014

Is it possible that you topped off? Reached the 50 mil mark and the rest was held back?

 

[demonchilde]

I can't do this race to save my life. I've tried 4 cars.

1. Ford GT40 MkIV (best i could get was 11th)
2. Shelby Daytona Coupe (was in 8th but ended up 12th after being taken out by the Art Morrison Corvette)

3. Chaparral 2D (7th is the best i can get 1m:06 seconds behind)
4. Chaparral 2J (again 7th 45 seconds behind leader)

I got to say the AI is awful, the track is dreadful and what's with the penalty? seriously? It's not bad enough the lead AI is like half a lap ahead, they hat to throw in this Joker? Come on PD, surely hitting the barrier is bad enough but 5 second for clipping it?

I'm done with this one.

Did you possibly forget to turn off the auto drive settings from when you first buy the cars?
I think they set one of them to 5 automatically until you change it. The 2d and 2J should have gotten you easily to 3rd even if you banged off the walls like pinball, lol.

 

[Dotini]

I was able to make considerable progress tuning my 2J, finishing an easy 56 seconds ahead of 2nd place with "3"s on all 4 tires. I used a one pit stop strategy on RH/RM tires.

Next I will try the 2D!

 

[dddsprayshop]

Is it possible that you topped off? Reached the 50 mil mark and the rest was held back?

Anything is possible, but like the picture shows, that's what i got, i only lost around 300K.
I noticed in another account that i got more credits then the info said. i only got silver but still more then bronze and silver credits together
maybe a little christmass bonus surprise from PD..
If you add the gold, silver and bronze together, it does not add up to the 5.5mil that the race gave me.

I liked the race on death valley.

 

[Polsixe]

Yeah, the Shelby has a bad habit of slowing and veering into you near the pit entry. The black Ford GT is a black hat menace out there, he rammed me once as I was leaving the pits and I saw him spinning and crashing on one of the tight right handlers. But anyway. Deltawing was too slow, Oreca Viper needed two stops, 609 PP 2D just didn't have the beans, Ford GT LM Spec two was maybe fast but needed two stops. I blew 3.2 mil credits plus tires on those experiments. So 2J it was, 2:21 laps 2 and 3, early, into the lead after first round of stops, rammed by black hat, coasted and rubber banded the AI last four laps with 2:30 laps. They sort of give up the chase early.

 

[demonchilde]

Usually these seasonal have 1 or 2 rabbits as we all well know, that if you leave and come back in a hundred times you can get rid of them from the line up.
Is this the case here?
I only ran this twice, so not enough to know who the real evil rabbits would be.
Anyone run this enough to know if this trick is possible, or is it just not possible?

 

[Dotini]

Just try the 2D, you'll like it. It turns on a dime and accelerates like crazy. No ballast used. The lowest amount of horsepower will easily beat the competition.

Tried it, and liked it. Straightforward win easy enough, but not as dominant as the 2J.

Used a slightly altered Priano tune, 620 PP, Hi-rpm turbo, PL 61.6, autoset 193 mph, RH/RM, pit lap 5.

 

[Harsk100]

I can't win this race with Corvette Z06 LM Race Car '06. I'll earn money to buy a Chaparral 2D or use another car. 👍

 

[Thomas2012]

Lap 9 of 10.
Nearing the front straight, passing the pit entry.
3rd place. In front of me is the ford gt LM II test car.
Coming up on lapped traffic. Lapped car is in right lane, the ford gt passes, then the lapped car cuts across to enter the pits and just obliterates me.
23 minutes in to this 25 minute race I get taken out by the AI. This was my 3rd attempt of the race as well. I can't even. I just can't.



Video of the tragic event.
Warning: video may encite anger and hatred toward AI.

Without you I would of gone for an overtake, thank you. You've sacrificed yourself to show the dirty plot of the AI.

I used the 2J for an easy win pitting on lap 4 and 7 and with no tune my fastest lap was 2:20.09

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Car I wanted to use (Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car), that the AI is allowed to, apparently isn't allowed when I want to drive it. Ended up going with the 2J instead with the power turned down to get it to 620PP and the camber turned down from the stock settings. Ran on RM/RM/RH and could run 2:15's without really trying, won with an overall time of 24:24. Plenty left in it as well with a decent setup, not sure I'll bother trying again as while the track is quite a nice layout, the bumps and the silly chicane really ruin it. All of the cambers and elevation changes feel really rough too, which upsets a lot of different cars. The events last year for the holiday season were a lot more fun for me, not sure if that reflects on PD paying less attention to the game or maybe it's not my cup of tea.

 

[cdmark19701]

used the 2j and can't even break the top 10 how are you guys doing it?

 

[Thomas2012]

used the 2j and can't even break the top 10 how are you guys doing it?

With minimal penalties, lap times around 2:20 and for my stratergy with the 2J I pitted lap 4 and 7. Had the win by 34s. I was using stock suspension but I recommend finding a tune because a lot more time can be found.

Don't worry everyone I can do it without the 2J as well. I finished with very low fuel and tires all on 3

I was dissapointed that the money only pays once :/