My situation

[Ericmos822]

I know there is many threads about the Gran Turismo World Championship but I wanted to explain the situation I was in first and have people give me suggestions about what to do.

Right now I am trying to beat the World Championship and the only LMP cars I have are the Mercedes CLK GTR and the Jaguar LMP car.

I tryed racing with the Mercedes with all different tire combinations and just got completely owned in the first race. I havent tryed the Jaguar yet but should I even bother??? Which ones the better car for this championship???

Has anyone ever won this chamionship using either on of these cars???

Right now I have no money and saving to 3,500,000 to 4,500,000 will take forever. I also just passed day 1400 so Ill have to wait another 700 days to get any of the black cars. I really dont feel like doing any of the Endurance races because they also take forever.

What do you guys suggest is the best thing for me to do???

 

[TuneRVisioN]

The Jaguar is a purple tire eater, and the Mercedes does not have the adequate downforce. You have to be a good driver in order to win with those, and of course good setup. Just do the DTM and sell the Mercedes CLK GT-R's, as doing that will get you 900,000Cr in about 20 minutes in B-Spec or so, if your DTM is tuned.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=86704 There is a source of information I got when I started on GTP.

 

[BobK]

The El Capitan enduro only takes about two hours to drive. If that is still too long, it can be B-specced in about 42 minutes. Either way, that'll give you the Toyota 88C-V Race Car. If you still can't win with that car then you need to improve your driving and come back to the race later.

There is a wealth of information available here on this race in particular, just do a search or two.

 

[Ericmos822]

So TuneRVisioN what would you choose if you had to the Mercedes or the Jaguar??? Also could someone give me a good setup for the Mercedes???

If I still dont come close after that I probably will get the Toyota Minolta like BobK mentioned

 

[TuneRVisioN]

The Jaguar of course, as it has enough downforce and HP to crush, kill and destroy... The mercedes wouldn't be all that great with a setup, it would drive like a 1000HP DTM fully modded, since the downforce is lower. You are better off buying the Nissan R390 GT1 Road car, tune it to 870HP, add a wing, raise the downforce, and you got a Road car with slightly more downforce than a race car. Plus you save up to 3.25 mill... Trust me, you need settings for that car, which I will post tomorrow or something.

 

[Duke]

But really, you're best off doing just what BobK said: run the El Capitan Enduro, enjoy it, and walk away with extra cash and a free car easily capable of winning the GTWC. That's exactly what I did. The 88C-V is fun to drive and is competitive with the GTWC field. I won from last place in all races except Paris Opera in my stock prize car.

 

[TuneRVisioN]

That car cooks rear tires too much IMO. And it is very unstable, better off with a Mazda 787B with turbo, since it has more even tire wear, the Toyota 88-CV is so rattly... That is why a Pescarolo is best, especially for other races if you are B-Spec-ing them.