While i was working on my Renault R5 Turbo Europacup-grid(more about that once the PS4 allows me, to make goog photos), I needed some distraction...and since it was almost x-mas then and there was snow outside(pretty rare this times in eastern Austria) I thought i give Lake Louise a try with some custom races...and i had fun
Did the same at the Sardegna rally track...and I had more fun
So I started to make a full grid. The Idea was to use only cars from the pre-4WD aera...once i had the grid together one thing lead to another, I made fitting liveries(or reused and altered already existing liveries), and came up with this:
The Playboy Rallycross Classics Championship(or How to have fun with GT7s rally tracks)
Basic Idea: only classic cars without 4WD, races on dirt tracks, snow and tarmac, one basic tune, only the tyres change accordingly...since i started this whole thing on snow, the basic tune was around 470PP with snow tires
I used very different cars, and after some test races i decided to make it a two class championship, group A (901kg and more) and a group B(less than 900kg)
The Cars used:
Group A:Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911 Turbo '81, VW Sambabus(swapped), Mustang Mach1, VW Beetle(swapped), Nissan Skyline GT-R '71, Shelby GT350, Camaro Z28 '69, Pontiac GTO, Citroen DS
Group B: Nissan Fairlady Z '70, Alfa Giulia Sprint GTV, Renault R5 Turbo, Honda S800(swapped), Alpine A110, Renault Gordini, VW Golf I GTI, Mini Cooper, Toyota Sports 800, Autobianchi A112 Abarth
The Tracks/Races:
Fishermans Ranch(10laps)
Colorado(13laps)
Horsethief Mile(33laps)
Tsukuba(rain!23 laps)
Sardegna (23laps)
Sardegna(13laps)
Catalunya Rallycross(40 minutes)
Lake Louise short(13laps)
Lake Louise tri oval(13laps)
Lake Louise long(26laps)
After the second race in Sardegna there was a cut and the 4 worst cars in the championship had to split(because Catalunya RC and lake Louise only can take 16 cars), the first ten per race get points(15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, plus an extra point for fastest lap), the two races on tarmac hat 10/10 for fuel and tyre-wear and full damage...I was always driving the worst car in the overall classement(ore the next worse, when I have already used that car)
For the two tarmac races, the cars used their default tyres (which was a big advatage for the 911, because it was the only one with CS tyres)
Starting order:first race random, any other race reverse finishing order from last race with my car coming last)
And I know, we are supposed to hate the rally tracks in GT7, but I was rarely having that much fun with custom races before...from driving them, but also and even more from watching the replays...
One of the best thing about it: the whole field sticks together more and longer than in "normal" races...
Another postive point: the difference between the differnt drive trains(FF, FR, RR, MR) and differnt cars with the same drive train(heavy muscle vs light sports car)is much more pronounced than on tarmac, and there was hardly a car that was equally good on each surface, so the overall championship was rally exiting, two races before the end there were stiill four cars that could win...
So here are the results and some picture-because the PS4 was kind to me and didn't crash every time I tried to save a picture...(the names a pure fantasy, but many of them used in other custom races I do, so quite familar for me...)
The overall winner(winning LL tri oval and landing on the podium in 3 more races): Gustavo Frankone(ITA)/Lancia Stratos
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Finishing 2nd overall (dominating both tarmac races and finishing 4 times on the podium): Kai Altschul(D) with the 911 Turbo
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Overall 3rd place and winnig Group B (and the only car that scored points in any race!,3 podiums):
Andy Sniffer(AUS) in the Fairlady Z
Also on the picture:
Carlo Bialetti(ITA) in the Alfa(2nd place Group B, overall 6th, winning the second race in Sardegna and making one more Podium)
Maurice Tresor(FRA) in the R5 Turbo(3rd Group B,2 podiums, overall 10th)
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4th place overall(winning Colorado, Catalunya and LL long, only car with podiums on all surfaces...but not very good when starting from the back...Peter Waechter(D) in the engine swapped Sambabus
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5th place, dominating car on mud, winning Fisherman's, 3 podiums: Jay Richard(CAN) with the Mustang Mach1
(in the back, Ragnotti/Renault Gordini and Sakamoto in the Honda S800...both made it to the final 16)
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The whole grid:
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Some action
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All I can say, even if you share the opinion that rally sucks in GT7, give it a try, you will not regret it...I also think, that those non 4WD cars are better for a goog and more rewarding driving experience on mud and snow in GT7 than 4WD cars...