Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

[Bojador]

Insert "I used to pray for times like this" memo below

 

[GTP_reddevil]

Looks like now I can properly relaunch my Alfa Giulia Touring Championship with Sophy AI - cannot wait!

 

[wowbaggerBR]

I am dreading being too optimistic with this. I did make 10 sets of liveries for a Porsche endurance cup around the 1995 911 CS, but ultimatelly dropped it altogether after the insane rubberbanding. If they finally fixed the custom race feature, I might go back to it.

 

[Theufcveteran]

Amazing to get this so late into GT7's life, if Sophy rolls out to all tracks by the end of the lifecycle it would sustain it for so many years assuming an offline patch like GTS.

 

[05XR8]

Now, imagine if this is a soft B-Spec and we can fill the entire grid of SOPHY and spectate.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

This is gonna be awesome! Looking forward to this tomorrow!

I wonder if the players will be able to select between a set of tempers and skill levels for the Sophy AI drivers apart from the difficulty.

Would add even more spice!

 

[05XR8]

Also, how will this change payout?
If we don’t need Boost and can have competitive battles for a full session of racing, might give some World Tour races a run for their credits.

 

[05XR8]

Here’s the SOPHY trailer.


Couldn’t see much of any other tuning in the trailer.

Hope it’s not limited to what parts can be used. However, going back to that initial tandem video, those cars looked to be tuned like the WTC600 Tokyo cars.

 

[ice311man]

um… clear your schedules? color me excited for this week’s sophy custom race and expanded race settings update!

Let’s see how it goes. The AI pit strategy needs to be better for a true competitive race. I’ve seen replays of cars going in before the last lap and not changing tires or fueling. Just in and out.

 

[suomi1]

I will remain skeptical until I test this with my own hands. We alreday know PD's version of Sophy is rubber banded, and if it is in custom race mode, there will be no point to me.

 

[pritchyTim]

Yeah I think those of us in the highest tier of skepticism will not be much happier - I think it will purely replace the wheel-to-wheel moments with better AI.

I have a shred of hope for throttle fix, less so for tires. I have no expectation of pit strategy or loosening of the rubber band, but those don’t presently bother me too much as I do 1x fuel/tires and just kind of grind down to the bone like the AI if I’m driving for long enough. I suppose I am ‘fine’ with the current situation of not having to restart if I spin out, or having to pit early for repairs, since my competitors won’t completely and unilaterally dust me like competent human opponents would. Just another way to encourage my staying on the track!

I think the biggest anticipation for me is having P2 actually challenge for the lead. They follow me very dutifully at the moment, and rarely go for outside overtakes - some circuits may support just sandbagging the inside line to never lose P1 (i don’t actually know for certain). Having Sophy nip at and overtake me would be a huge step up…I’ve learned to ignore strategy and throttle/tire issues. Just cross that off my list!

 

[Bojador]

I agree with the skepticism. I'm happy it's 2.1 Sophy and I hope we get to see a 2.2, 2.3...

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

I'm hoping this means that by enabling Sophy in a custom race at Nurburgring, it gets rid of the "tourist" behavior where they signal and yield.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I'm more hyped for this update than any other. Hopefully they'll fix boost off as well.

 

[05XR8]

I guess now we can have one car from each Gr. and PP range, run a race at N24 and hopefully simulate a track day with non of the cars sandbagging.

 

[pritchyTim]

So… which of your custom grids gets the first look at/from Sophy?

I’ll have to roll dice, myself!

 

[05XR8]

So… which of your custom grids gets the first look at/from Sophy?

I’ll have to roll dice, myself!

I guess it’s car dependent.

Edit: Edit2. False alarm.

Edit3:
From 2023 SOPHY learned 340 cars. SOPHY has learned 19 circuit locations as of last month’s update.

Once I build two Vantage GT4 to complete my grid, I’ll see if SOPHY can use my GT4 grid as my first test. I’d like to use my Group A cars, but I’ll have to see how the tuning works for SOPHY.

 

[DapperDan07]

I’m intrigued to see what they have in store for us

 

[Theufcveteran]

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I’m intrigued to see what they have in store for us

I assume this means the current custom race settings are now available for GT Sophy. The wording seems like there are new settings in general but I wonder if it means that the existing settings now support Sophy.

 

[DapperDan07]

I assume this means the current custom race settings are now available for GT Sophy. The wording seems like there are new settings in general but I wonder if it means that the existing settings now support Sophy.

Yeah you’re probably right. Would be nice if they added some new options but i’m not getting my hopes up. I’m just glad sophy is coming to custom races as this is something i’ve been hoping for

 

[05XR8]

I assume this means the current custom race settings are now available for GT Sophy. The wording seems like there are new settings in general but I wonder if it means that the existing settings now support Sophy.

Exactly what I was thinking after I calmed down.

 

[RSF_5]

Exactly what I was thinking after I calmed down.

Think so too ... just imagine if we'd get a qualifying mode

 

[dimassa19]

Here’s the SOPHY trailer.

An exclusive trailer sounds good... sounds very good...
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I hope Sophy has learned the correct lines at the Nürburgring.

 

[FluxWildly]

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I’m intrigued to see what they have in store for us

I assume this means the current custom race settings are now available for GT Sophy. The wording seems like there are new settings in general but I wonder if it means that the existing settings now support Sophy.

Yeah I agree, I feel like this is slightly false advertising.
I got excited at first because I was thinking they would add new settings like dictating mandatory tyre compounds or mandatory pit stops but yes I think it will only be the current settings being applied to Sophy...

 

[CodeRedR51]

For some reason there’s a lack of gt4 liveries for the audi r8. I struggled to find many, and some are wide bodied which i wanted to avoid

I made one for the Team Speedcar R8 that runs in Euro GT4.

 

[suomi1]

So… which of your custom grids gets the first look at/from Sophy?

I’ll have to roll dice, myself!

GT1 98x95 at Le Mans. The perfect track to gauge if rubber banding is active or not.

I will test both Sophy and the regular AI because who knows, we may have a good surprise. If both are still plagued, the PS5 will be gathering dust for few more months.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I'm hoping the none chicaned version of Le Mans get added as a Sophy track. I've got a whole bunch of 917's ready to race but hopefully on the right version of the track.

 

[05XR8]

Same set up. Same Reward. Oh well.

 

[Nebuc72]

Only done one Sophy race so far as a test but I didn't win, the AI didn't set an ungodly fast lap towards the end of the race, and they use full throttle - so there's some solid omens.

 

[05XR8]

Yeah, I got waxed. No jamming on the brakes from the Cutting through Forest’s Elbow. All good. Boost Weak

The first race I quit start of Lap 3, because the leaders just slowed down half a second per second. Boost Off. The second race, as seen above, SOPHY said, “Nite nite”.
The RS 500s were burning through the rear tyres due to 540BHP+skinny tyres. Plus, SOPHY only used ABS. No other AIDS. Nice! Turbo lag is high with the Gr.B swap Sierras. So, cars were trying to be controlled all over the track.

Switching to the GT4 cars at Sardegna Layout B, 10 minutes.

Edit: SOPHY can’t use the Vantage ‘18 yet so that’s out.