So, the task here is to find a car and setup where you can create a “low” sheet that is below the 200pp payout threshold, but also create a “high pp” sheet that allows for very fast lap times (I.e high top speed, if we’re committed to oval tracks).
I’ve tried over a dozen candidates so far. Oh also I should mention I’m driving manually, not AFKing.
My notes:
1. The above requirements mean the low and high configuration pages must share any modifications that cannot be removed via the config sheet. This includes custom wings/aero, weight reduction, tire offset, and non-removable engine upgrades such as engine swap or port polish., etc.
2. There are a few cars you can cripple to be below even the 100pp threshold, which would enable even greater payout potential, but they’re all too slow in their high-pp configuration to make it worthwhile. (And the HIMEC only lets you race against other HIMECS anyway).
3. For most cars, using the “close” gear ratio transmission yields the lowest PP, as does the full custom LSD and enabling torque vectoring, if the car allows it.
4. Sometimes you can drop the PP by using mismatched tires, such comfort-hard on the front and heavy-wet on the rear, but usually comfort-hard all around is the lowest PP.
4. Cars from the legend dealership are generally bad candidates because they have few if any custom parts available.
5. Lightweight cars are generally bad candidates because to get them below the 200pp threshold, you have to detune them to like 50hp, foregoing any “permanent” upgrades and making their “high pp” sheet too slow.
So far, the best car I’ve found is the Toyota Atenza, the street version not the Gr.3. It can be de-tuned below 200pp while having tuned sheet over 600pp, with a top speed over 330kph. Nitrous only lasts 8 laps, though. Getting very roughly about 2 million credits per hour with it.
Demio is second place. Similarly, its low pp sheet is just below 200 and high is around 600, with a similar top speed, but it’s a lot less stable at those speeds, and has less torque so it loses more speed through corners.
There very well may be better cars out there I haven’t found yet. I’ll probably keep trying. The biggest hindrance is how random cars are in terms of what parts are actually available to them. Why can the Atenza buy a close-ratio trans but the Athlete cannot? Who knows. Seems completely arbitrary.