Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

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Custom Race
 - Rival cars selected via 'Rivals Settings' > 'Rivals Selection' > 'Select from Garage' will now use the appropriate tyres as per the Race Settings, regardless of whether you own the tyres for that car.
Sorry but what does “appropriate tyres as per the race settings” mean. There is no race settings for tyre allocation is there?
 
Sorry but what does “appropriate tyres as per the race settings” mean. There is no race settings for tyre allocation is there?
I assume that it might be referring to the glitches where you could race Gr.2 cars and super/hypercars on dirt but I could be wrong. Hopefully it makes cars use the tires that are fitted on them as custom races would be much better without having to put every non Gr.2-Gr-1 car in RH tires just to make them competitive.
 
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I assume that it might be referring to the glitches where you could race Gr.2 cars and super/hypercars on dirt but I could be wrong. Hopefully it makes cars use the tires that are fitted on them as custom races would be much better without having to put every non Gr.2-Gr-1 car in RH tires just to make them competitive.
I don’t think it suggests it will use the tyre that’s already fitted though. Quite the opposite actually. “regardless of whether you actually own the tyre for that car” would seem to indicate it is some kind of pre-allocated tyre?
 
Sorry but what does “appropriate tyres as per the race settings” mean. There is no race settings for tyre allocation is there?
We’ll know exactly when the servers are up. I read it as AI will run on the same tyres as what you’re using on the user car.
 
We’ll know exactly when the servers are up. I read it as AI will run on the same tyres as what you’re using on the user car.
Agreed. It must either be that or they have added some kind of tyre choice setting into the race settings.
 
The AI still uses the default tire when bought from dealers.


This is me, the AE86 in SS tires:

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And the AI:

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Have I missed something? I don't even see a tire choice when prepping the race settings.
 
That’s sad to hear. I was really hoping we could actually choose which tyres the AI would use. Just give us the option to choose mandatory tyres like in lobbies ffs. The human comedy races were fine so Idk what’s preventing them to add this option. Could it be that the AI is not functioning properly on all track/tyres combination?

Sophy couldn’t come soon enough 😞
 
I have no idea.

Do you have a race car that had default RM and you fitted RH to it? If you do, does that car default to the RMs? Can’t check for myself at the moment.
I equipped the same AE86 with RH, and the AI are still using their default tires.

So, it's back to the usual purchasing of Race tires for each individual car for the AI to use RH as default (which I do ever since in order to make the races more challenging and fair)
 
I equipped the same AE86 with RH, and the AI are still using their default tires.

So, it's back to the usual purchasing of Race tires for each individual car for the AI to use RH as default (which I do ever since in order to make the races more challenging and fair)
Can you explain that again please? I want to do gt3/gt4 races and choose the AI tyres. Is there a way/workaround to do this? With any race tyres or only RH tyres?
 
Can you explain that again please? I want to do gt3/gt4 races and choose the AI tyres. Is there a way/workaround to do this? With any race tyres or only RH tyres?
What I do when I want a custom race with my tuned road cars:

- each car is equipped with all the available Racing tire (Hard to Heavy Wets). That means you have to spend a lot for each car. And multiply that to 20 for a full grid. :lol:

- AI will use the RH tire as default, then will switch to Heavy Wets when it rains. If it stops, they will switch to RS tires and do the usual rubberbanding which makes them record a lap much faster than me. :lol:

- Alternatively, you can only equip the car with the RH tire and the AI will still use other racing tire compounds during the race once they pit in.
 
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What I do when I want a custom race with my tuned road cars:

- each car is equipped with all the available Racing tire (Hard to Heavy Wets). That means you have to spend a lot for each car. And multiply that to 20 for a full grid. :lol:

- AI will use the RH tire as default, then will switch to Heavy Wets when it rains. If it stops, they will switch to RS tires and do the usual rubberbanding which makes them record a lap much faster than me. :lol:

- Alternatively, you can only equip the car with the RH tire and the AI will still use other racing tire compounds during the race once they pit in.
Correct. So, nothing has changed. Jimini cricket.
 
What I do when I want a custom race with my tuned road cars:

- each car is equipped with all the available Racing tire (Hard to Heavy Wets). That means you have to spend a lot for each car. And multiply that to 20 for a full grid. :lol:

- AI will use the RH tire as default, then will switch to Heavy Wets when it rains. If it stops, they will switch to RS tires and do the usual rubberbanding which makes them record a lap much faster than me. :lol:

- Alternatively, you can only equip the car with the RH tire and the AI will still use other racing tire compounds during the race once they pit in.
Ok, so you need to buy the tyres for the cars in your garage and select the cars from your garage. I wouldn’t mind doing that, I can do a full grid of gt3 cars from my garage already. But there’s no way for the AI to use RS from start and if I only have RH on those cars there’s no way they can pit into RS/RM. Is this what you’re saying?
 
Correct. So, nothing has changed. Jimini cricket.
Nothing at all. PD didn't elaborate on the said change.

Me in the Huracan:

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The AI:

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Ok, so you need to buy the tyres for the cars in your garage and select the cars from your garage. I wouldn’t mind doing that, I can do a full grid of gt3 cars from my garage already. But there’s no way for the AI to use RS from start and if I only have RH on those cars there’s no way they can pit into RS/RM. Is this what you’re saying?
They will always start with RH (RM for Gr. 2 and 1 cars) Even if you don't buy other race tire compounds, they can still change into RM, RS, IM or W in pit stops.
 
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So you only to buy tyres for road cars?
Yep, I buy them for the road cars since they come with either Sport or Comfort tires as default, and I want a fair race and I discovered that Racing tire trick a few months back.

Though, kinda feels weird to use slicks on road cars. I want a more authentic, road feel. Hence why I find it weird for PD not to implement the same system on Sport compounds.
 
The tires also have to be applied to the car while it's in your garage aswell or the car will not start with them.
I tested a custom race with a bunch of roadcars with RH tires, and a Diablo GT that I purchased RH tires for but had SH applied when it was in my garage ran the race with the SH tires even though I owned the RH tires for it. Gr.2 cars also start in RH tires even though I did not purchase RH tires for none except 2 of them and I started the race in RM tires.
 
The tires also have to be applied to the car while it's in your garage aswell or the car will not start with them.
I tested a custom race with a bunch of roadcars with RH tires, and a Diablo GT that I purchased RH tires for but had SH applied when it was in my garage ran the race with the SH tires even though I owned the RH tires for it. Gr.2 cars also start in RH tires even though I did not purchase RH tires for none except 2 of them and I started the race in RM tires.
Yep, I forgot to mention that the cars MUST be equipped with the RH tire.
 
on AI road cars providing I did buy for instance SS and pre-equipped on garage can I get cars to use those or am I just limited to default and RH choice
 
on AI road cars providing I did buy for instance SS and pre-equipped on garage can I get cars to use those or am I just limited to default and RH choice
It seems to be default and RH but if you have Gr.2 or Gr.1 cars that come in RS or RM they will have RH tires applied automatically for some reason. I haven't tested a race with just those but that's what it seems like.
 
Ooops...that's what i meant, race settings not difficulty...my mistake!


Ok, now I did one race with that M3 grid where my car had the Praiano tune...what a difference!

Started last of 20 as usual, using professional AI and finished 5th...was a tough race with all 20 cars pretty close together...

Now I have to start thinking and experimenting:should I use the Praiano tune on all AI cars(will they all gonna beat me like before), should I use it for some AI cars or should I use it just on my car(might be unfair, but if the races turn out like that one, it'll provide more fun for me)

I'll keep you posted...

PS:would love to share some photos, but game always crashes while rendering the photos nowadays on my PS4
Just wondering if you just used the Praiano tune on just yours or did it to all the ai cars? Thinking about doing this as well.
 
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Just wondering if you just used the Praiano tune on just yours or did it to all the ai cars? Thinking about doing this as well.
Used it just on my car...
That is still the hardest custom race for, I still can't beat the AI on most tracks, even medium strenght in the race settings..
 
Used it just on my car...
That is still the hardest custom race for, I still can't beat the AI on most tracks, even medium strenght in the race settings..
Thanks for the info!!! I have a Mazda Miata group of 20 cars but was wanting something different.
 
Thanks for the info!!! I have a Mazda Miata group of 20 cars but was wanting something different.
If yo make a race with the '89 M3s please share your experiences...

I am still wondering,if it is the AI that is quicker an better with that specific car, or if my bad driving skills are the reason, why I can hardly keep up with the AI in custom races with that car...(did 2 races in Spa last night an finished 18th out of 20 once and 14th the other...with rival setting on medium difficulty)
There are no other custom races so far that I have tried out where the AI is so hard to beat...
 
If you keep the cars that come with RM as stock, they will use the RM. Once you purchase the RH, it will be applied automatically.
This is true but the other cars which were 2 F1 GTRs and CLK-LMs that I know for a fact that I did not purchase RH tires for were also racing in RH; I only purchased RH for 1 F1 GTR 1997 and 1 CLK-LM for use on Sardegna yet all 6 were on RH tires even though I had RM applied to mine and on the Gr.2 cars in the garage.
 
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