Spa is actually best track in GT7, so I usually hop in when it shows up. Anyone familiar with SCUD Race or Super GT would have recognized my McLaren just after midnight GMT -6. I didn't do too well in that race, as the F1 is a tad temperamental. I switched to the special pink livery 911 RSR I was given last year and made the podium in the next race.
If you're having trouble with this track, grind the 1 hour race here. On Easy you should be able to win with just about any 700pp car. On hard you should be able to win with 770pp or less.
Here are my thoughts, written with the 911 RSR and RM tires in mind. If possible soften the suspension a bit and/or fit smaller diameter rims. Rim width is up to you, but I'm not sure you have a choice in a Group 3 car. Wider rims hydroplane easier but have more grip in the dry. Larger rims mean the car stays less but can't hop curbs as well, smaller rims do the opposite.
From Le Source, the hairpin at the start...
Floor it and fade to the right as close to the wall as possible. You will remain at full throttle from here to Les Combes. As you get close to Eau Rouge, cut the car hard left and try to get almost onto and parrallel the left curb. Now cut to the right, aiming for the curb. Your goal here is to keep just the left tires inside the track lines and NOT slide into the parking area to the left. Cut back to the left and graze the curb again going into the Kemmel straight. If you did this right your speed as you enter the Kemmel should be at least 242 kph. Next depending on tires and conditions you will usually fade to the left. If there are other cars to draft, draft them. If the track is drying out and you're still on rain tires, fade to the right at first, crossing over only once you get to Les Combes.
At Les Combes the braking zone displayed is usually too long. Wait a split second to brake, then once you do, aim for the right hand curb between the first two turns here. Cut hard left going into the third turn, Malmedy, aim for the left curb, then take Malmedy under full throttle in the typical out in out fashion. The next turn is Bruxelles, the hairpin. Try to apex this turn a smidge early and carefully get back on the gas. Again, out in out, then fade right and repeat this on Ickx / Speaker's Curve. Stay straight after Ickx Curve, don't fade left unless necessary to pass or to save tires. The braking zone to Pouhon is also usually too long. You can brake deep into it, downshift, rotate the car, and get on the gas well before the first apex. The car should begin to understeer a bit as you round that apex, so let off the throttle a bit (or press harder) with the wheel at full lock to control where the car exits this curve. Depending on the car, you need to throttle to either the point of controller vibration or to the point of actual understeer. The Porsche wears its front tires out faster, so throttle to the point of vibrations. If done correctly you should exit Pouhon at close to your maximum speed. Fade left and aim to take the first bend of College and exit on the right hand curb. Cut hard left and accelerate gently, aiming to exit in the left curb, this gives you half a second more on the throttle than the marked line does. Fade left and brake moderately for Friere. As you apex Friere, get back on the throttle and to the left curb, then aim for the post at the apex of Stavelot. Hit the gas hard enough so you slip to the left of the post, then adjust the throttle to keep from sliding into the grass at full steering wheel lock to the right. From there unless the track is wet you will stay at full throttle until you get to the chicane. Fade right and take your right hand tires onto the green paved area to the right if the track. Cut the long left hard on Blanchimont and aim for the inside curb. Left the car slip back to the right and I to the green pavement. The braking zone for the chicane often seems too short. Brake early, downshift, and exit the whole thing on the right. Slowly fade left into Le Source. Here and early and a mid apex work equally well.
) and you get this weird feeling that the car takes ages to settle again 🤷♂️
