This continues to be one of the most blatantly ignorant suggestions in the history of GT5 forums.
Contrary to popular misconception, the Toyota 7 isn't a winning car for B-Spec at Cote de Azure for all players. Many players have experienced troubles with Bob's programming, whereby he repeatedly insists on driving the Toyota 7 right into the armco at the Nouvelle Chicane. For these players it doesn't matter how much they upgrade the Toyota 7, how wonderful their tuning setup, what level Bob is on, or what instructions they give Bob. He just keeps eating the armco with the Toyota 7. For any player experiencing this problem, the only solution is to give him the Chaparral 2J instead.
Some players managing it with the Toyota 7 doesn't mean all players can do it. You know those commercials that put a disclaimer that "results may vary"? Well, that's definitely the case here. Results experienced by some players aren't options for other players in this case.
Not necessarily. It might have to do with the experience, or learning level of the BOB.
When I first tried b-spec, I was frustrated with BOB, with him hitting the armco, so I exited out of the race before completion.
Went on to complete the rest of b-spec, finally got back to this race, the only race in b-spec I hadn't won yet.
Luckily, one of my level 24 tickets got me a second Toyota-7.
Regardless, now with racing softs, I decided to try again, wiht BOB at class 40.
First lap, BOB gets himself up into decent position, I want to say second or third place, but he runs into the armco.
Drops back to about 7th, but gets going, taking care of business, passing the cars that got by due to his crash.
Second lap, he's almost on the leader's tail, hits the armco again.
I'm cussing, you dumb ________ ________. But he only falls to 5th this time.
Gets back up to the leader, hasn't passed him yet, but on the third lap, for the third time, into the armco.
But due to the distance between himself and the rest of the pack, manages to remain in 2nd place.
Catches the leader, and then passes to take first place.
Fourth lap, you can guess...
But he manages to maintain 1st place.
Fifth lap. What? No armco? You don't say? BOB finally learned. Or finally pulled his head out of his arse.
Won pulling away.
I don't know what made me let him continue the race after the first armco experience, but he finally learned something.