The Easiest Ways to Make Money and XP in Gran Turismo Sport

[LeGeNd-1]

Correct, I want the rear to unlock easily under deceleration, that way the back end tends not to try to slide so much going thru corner 3. It is especially problematic when going for clean race bonuses and AI slides up in the middle of the T3. I noticed the way my XBow is set up it did not slide the rear as much when I went numerically lower on the diff adjustments. The decel diff number is the one that seems to make the biggest difference on my XBow, the other 2 not so noticeable when I adjust them.

Well you must have some weird other suspension settings going on then. In my experience lower numbers of LSD Decel always makes the rear end more lively under braking and deceleration. LSD Initial no one can agree what it does. LSD Accel's effect is dependent on drivetrain and whether the driven wheels are losing traction or not. But LSD Decel is the most clear cut of the three. If it works for you though, by all means keep doing what you're doing.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

EDIT: For the RX500's notes, it should be Super Soft Racing Tires for Front and Back tires. I'll put the new version in the morning.. or when I have the time tomorrow.
Updated with corrections.

Now that things are FINALLY slowing down at work, I had the time to grind credits to get the Mark IV and test it out on Nostalgic 1979. Here's an updated chart with said car and the 250 GTO, a car that I forgot to test a while back. I also added more detailed notes, if that suits anyone's fancy.

Now, I need to grind some credits to get the Shelby Daytona.

 

[bmxmitch]

For me, the only option to grind for money are the Super GT races!
With a clean race bonus, youre sitting at around 300k.

I simply prefer them, because theyre actually fun to race and not too hard.
Blue moon melts my brain and I cant do more than 2 of those races in a row. And sadly, I still havent gotten a 20Mio car to do the nostalgic races.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

EDIT: For the RX500's notes, it should be Super Soft Racing Tires for Front and Back tires. I'll put the new version in the morning.. or when I have the time tomorrow.
Updated with corrections.

Now that things are FINALLY slowing down at work, I had the time to grind credits to get the Mark IV and test it out on Nostalgic 1979. Here's an updated chart with said car and the 250 GTO, a car that I forgot to test a while back. I also added more detailed notes, if that suits anyone's fancy.

Now, I need to grind some credits to get the Shelby Daytona.

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You CAN win with the Alfa if you cut Dunlop, Tetre Rouge and the Ford chicanes. Still not a good idea because you will lose the clean race bonus and it's still the slowest laptime wise.

Should also add Ford GT40 for BMB. It runs slightly slower laptimes at N300 but much more stable and some people prefer it over the XBOW.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

You CAN win with the Alfa if you cut Dunlop, Tetre Rouge and the Ford chicanes. Still not a good idea because you will lose the clean race bonus and it's still the slowest laptime wise.

Should also add Ford GT40 for BMB. It runs slightly slower laptimes at N300 but much more stable and some people prefer it over the XBOW.

Never knew that about the Alfa, but I don't think it's worth it to forfeit the Clean Race Bonus (and spend more time in the race). In terms of trying to get the Clean Race Bonus, I'll still say it's impossible to do it.

I'm more than happy to give BMB with the GT40 a go. I'm pretty tired of doing Nostalgic 1979 for now.
I should make a multi-page PDF of a Fast Credits Guide, but fully fleshed out... and finally make use of my design skills ffs lol.

 

[Greycap]

For me, the only option to grind for money are the Super GT races!
With a clean race bonus, youre sitting at around 440k..

How on earth? 200.000 Cr for winning, +50% for the clean race bonus and no chance to use a lower class car to increase the payout unless I've seriously missed something.

 

[bmxmitch]

How on earth? 200.000 Cr for winning, +50% for the clean race bonus and no chance to use a lower class car to increase the payout unless I've seriously missed something.

I'm sorry, its 300k of course! Dont know why I had 440k in mind (maybe from the endurance races!? idk)

Fixed it now

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Never knew that about the Alfa, but I don't think it's worth it to forfeit the Clean Race Bonus (and spend more time in the race). In terms of trying to get the Clean Race Bonus, I'll still say it's impossible to do it.

I'm more than happy to give BMB with the GT40 a go. I'm pretty tired of doing Nostalgic 1979 for now.
I should make a multi-page PDF of a Fast Credits Guide, but fully fleshed out... and finally make use of my design skills ffs lol.

Well yeah it's not ideal for grinding. But for those who have accidentally bought it, I'm just saying it's possible to win the race, if that's your goal instead of grinding.

 

[the_greeze]

For me, the only option to grind for money are the Super GT races!
With a clean race bonus, youre sitting at around 300k.

I simply prefer them, because theyre actually fun to race and not too hard.
Blue moon melts my brain and I cant do more than 2 of those races in a row. And sadly, I still havent gotten a 20Mio car to do the nostalgic races.

^^ This ^^ is exactly what I was/am doing. Did Super GT at Fuji 'til I got the 20m, then bought the Jag for the Nostalgia race at Le Mans. Still do the Super GT race as well though, for the reasons above; it's fun. I normally just put on a podcast and drive (or grind, however you see it ) for a hour or so each day.

 

[svenvangent]

GT League ; F1 RBR 12laps around 15min 240.000 + 120.000 clean = 360.000 .

But the most fun I have is with the Nostalgic cars , you don't earn so much but I like those old cars on Sainte Croix B2 .
Take the Pantera don't boost it up leave it at standard except for the gears , anti-roll bars and springs you can just win whit some luck and if you drive clean you will have a total of 95.000 .

Another one are the Gr1 cars at Tokyo Express-way Outer loupe 8 laps around 13min 220.000 +100.000 clean =320.000 .

 

[Famine]

Now, I need to grind some credits to get the Shelby Daytona.

I'm mucking about with that right now and... hmm.

You can do the race in 7'35 without much bother - 7'30 is doable for me - but that will always put you a few seconds behind a P4 if one starts in the top 3. No P4 on the front row makes it more simple, but getting the clean race bonus for me has so far proven insanely difficult. The only race I've picked up the bonus so far I was actively avoiding all of the kerbs, and lightly clipped two - one at one of the kinks on Pierre Baude and one entering the Porsche Curves. I tiptoed round the Ford Chicane and didn't even come close to max chat at Tertre Rouge.

No other race has given me the bonus, even knowing that Indianapolis is one to give a huge, wide berth to and doing so every lap. I've no idea where the limits are any more!

 

[coryclifford]

Four tires in. No contact. It is a whole new skill set to learn. And if my times are any proof, you will be slower.

 

[Famine]

Four tires in. No contact. It is a whole new skill set to learn.

Not for me, it's not!

So after a couple of runs of treating every corner like Indianapolis, I've found some kerbs you can hit, but I've yet to find what the problem parts of the track are. The second Ford chicane will allow two wheels on the kerb, which is a surprise, and it looks like you can run very wide leaving the Porsche Curves. Still curious just how much of the margins down the straight are "track"...

And if my times are any proof, you will be slower.

Oh yeah. 7'37 is my best kid gloves run so far.

 

[MMX]

Yeah, the boundaries at Le Sarthe are very frustrating. I can't tell you how many times I've run a super "safe" race, and not gotten the clean race bonus. With that said, I bought the 20 million Ferrari 250, Nov 8th, and I'm already back up over 11 million.

 

[coryclifford]

What seems to throw things off a bit is where the white lines are compared to the curbs.

Hence, four tires in.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Sometimes I wish PD would add a "clean" detector to the HUD. A simple red/green light would suffice. That way you don't need to second guess yourself whether to restart the race or not to preserve the clean race bonus. Often times if I'm pretty certain that I've dirtied the lap, I would just cut the rest of the chicanes to save time.

In my experience, the corners that you can reliably go over the white lines without voiding clean race is the exit of Arnage and the last left hander of Porsche Curves. Everything else, better be safe than sorry.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

Happy December! I decided to move the Fastest Ways to Make Credits from Illustrator to Google Sheets.
I was trying to add some more slots on the Illustrator file and it completely messed everything up. Rest In Pepperoni.
Here's the link to the Sheets file. There's a few things left that need some updating, but for the most part, the file has the main things it needs. Enjoy!

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I've done a few runs with it, and I've hit 7:23-7:30. Basically performs similar to the 250 GTO in this event.

I've noticed there are some turns that you can really take advantage of. I ride the kerbs on the Ford and Dunlop Chicanes.
The one turn that I try to be really careful on is Corvette. I know there's the runoff with the yellow stripe things on them and it's possible to run over those and still get Clean Race Bonus, but I feel that it's inconsistent. In some races, I'd run over them and not get the bonus, whereas other races, I do get them.
I can probably get a video later to show the line I take and still get the bonus.

 

[svenvangent]

Another one to have a bit of diversity when grinding is in Premium Sport Lounge , do it with the N400 Porsche 09 on race normal tyres put the car as light as possible and the HP you can leave on 434HP .
It takes you around 16 min and if you drive clean plus handicap it will give you 343.000 in your pocket .

 

[Loverson]

Alright to add some variety:
Gr.1 Cup either Lago Maggiore or Tokyo. Both are 8 laps and both don't take too long plus it's a good way to test Gr.1 cars (Lago Maggiore works well with Hybrids LMP1 since you can have a better time on corners) and Tokyo you pick straight up top speed cars from Group C cars to VGT but i don't like Tokyo just because touching wall can easily lose your clean bonus.
x2014 Nations Either Red Bull Ring or Catalunya. Red Bull can get you a minute or so per lap, quite fast. Catalunya takes less than a minute and half per lap and you only have to do 8 laps compared to SuperGT races (10 laps)
AMG F1 You can do Red Bull Ring once again or Fuji Speedway. 10 laps of Fuji but you're using a F1 car which is way faster and reliable than a Gr.1
SuperGT Either Lago Maggiore or Catalunya. The laps are longer and the car is not faster than those listed above but they're still fun to use.

These are at least for the fastest races but it's fine doing others. Of course you need some credits for the x2014 and F1 but the payoff works.

 

[fastone371]

I was grinding with the W08 Merc and doing all of the races just because it was fun to drive and challenging to collect the clean race bonus with AI on the track. They always brake check you mid-apex when you are close to them.

 

[OJT6627]

Not for me, it's not!

So after a couple of runs of treating every corner like Indianapolis, I've found some kerbs you can hit, but I've yet to find what the problem parts of the track are. The second Ford chicane will allow two wheels on the kerb, which is a surprise, and it looks like you can run very wide leaving the Porsche Curves. Still curious just how much of the margins down the straight are "track"...

Oh yeah. 7'37 is my best kid gloves run so far.

To everyone that wonders about the track limits on the LeMans

Go into race settings and set the Track aids on "Cones on" or however it is called

Cones are usually positioned on the "game-detectable" track limit. As long as you're not cutting narrower/going wider than where the cones are positioned on the corners, you should be able to keep the Clean Race bonus

Thing with the LeMans is, some of the cones are placed way wider than you think they should be placed, which allows for different "clean" racing line.
For example, you can exit quite wide on "Corvette" turn and still keep the Clean Race bonus. Not like you should do it, but it gives you some sort of safe space if you accidentally went too fast into the corner and went wide.

But there is one corner on LeMans where this "cone rule" doesn't apply: the "Arnage" turn. Especially the exit of the corner (picture from YouTube video)

Arnage line

• OJT6627
• Dec 2, 2018

See the white line next to the outside curb that i marked with arrows? NEVER go over it. Even if the curb and cones suggest otherwise. If you cross it - you lose the Clean Race. I lost the Clean race every time i went outside of the line

TL;DR: set the Track Assists to "Cones on", go as wide/narrow as you can while not crossing over the cones and do not go wide at the Arnage exit

 

[MMX]

I tried running a TT in arcade at Le Sarthe, with the penalties, and anything else set as strict as possible. I ran a couple laps, pushing different boundaries, looking for a penalty, reset, or invalid time. I couldn't get any of that until totally cutting a corner, so apparently the TT's track limits are very different than the Nostalgia race.

Ran a couple races, and just made sure I stay away from track edges, and got the bonus both times. Unfortunately doing so, slows the lap times.

 

[fastone371]

I tried running a TT in arcade at Le Sarthe, with the penalties, and anything else set as strict as possible. I ran a couple laps, pushing different boundaries, looking for a penalty, reset, or invalid time. I couldn't get any of that until totally cutting a corner, so apparently the TT's track limits are very different than the Nostalgia race.

Ran a couple races, and just made sure I stay away from track edges, and got the bonus both times. Unfortunately doing so, slows the lap times.

I think the only way to really find the track limits is to set up a lobby at Sarthe and put penalties on strong. You must get some other people in the lobby with you so you can start an actual race though, I can promise you that for some reason the race penalties are more strict than during practice, I have no idea why. I did about 70 laps there yesterday in a combination of practice and race lobbies.

 

[kowalski__1]

To everyone that wonders about the track limits on the LeMans

Go into race settings and set the Track aids on "Cones on" or however it is called

Cones are usually positioned on the "game-detectable" track limit. As long as you're not cutting narrower/going wider than where the cones are positioned on the corners, you should be able to keep the Clean Race bonus

Thing with the LeMans is, some of the cones are placed way wider than you think they should be placed, which allows for different "clean" racing line.
For example, you can exit quite wide on "Corvette" turn and still keep the Clean Race bonus. Not like you should do it, but it gives you some sort of safe space if you accidentally went too fast into the corner and went wide.

But there is one corner on LeMans where this "cone rule" doesn't apply: the "Arnage" turn. Especially the exit of the corner (picture from YouTube video)

Arnage line

• OJT6627
• Dec 2, 2018

See the white line next to the outside curb that i marked with arrows? NEVER go over it. Even if the curb and cones suggest otherwise. If you cross it - you lose the Clean Race. I lost the Clean race every time i went outside of the line

TL;DR: set the Track Assists to "Cones on", go as wide/narrow as you can while not crossing over the cones and do not go wide at the Arnage exit

Hate to tell ya but you are not losing your clean race bonus there.
I put my whole car on the other side of that line and got the clean race bonus and i use cones.

 

[p78]

I prefer the RX500 as an n300, it's an easy win on BMB even with the laFerrari as an opponent, it nets 375K, but a much nicer drive then the Xbow. To me the extra a20K isn't worth the hassle.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Not much use at the moment as it's still very much a WIP, however I thought I'd post it for interest to show the evolution of payouts through GT League.

I'm logging my race times for each race in GTL, the graph represents the base credit earnings per second (i.e. before bonuses).

I am logging what level of car I'm competing in too, so I'll also be able to adjust it to show Cr/Sec inc. car handicap bonus. Still got about 80 races to add.

 

[gtuned]

If you're looking for something fun, and a bit different, the Group 1 challenge is a fun way to make a decent amount.

It's not as quick as the Xbow, but racing softs on the Toyota LMP and you can easily win 220k, plus the extra 50% if you can dodge the AI constantly blocking your line for a good 330k for some hot lapping more or less.

Lago is the quickest, usually about 12 1/2 min to complete it, and imo, is the most fun to drive.

 

[Brzlav]

Alright to add some variety:
Gr.1 Cup either Lago Maggiore or Tokyo. Both are 8 laps and both don't take too long plus it's a good way to test Gr.1 cars (Lago Maggiore works well with Hybrids LMP1 since you can have a better time on corners) and Tokyo you pick straight up top speed cars from Group C cars to VGT but i don't like Tokyo just because touching wall can easily lose your clean bonus.
x2014 Nations Either Red Bull Ring or Catalunya. Red Bull can get you a minute or so per lap, quite fast. Catalunya takes less than a minute and half per lap and you only have to do 8 laps compared to SuperGT races (10 laps)
AMG F1 You can do Red Bull Ring once again or Fuji Speedway. 10 laps of Fuji but you're using a F1 car which is way faster and reliable than a Gr.1
SuperGT Either Lago Maggiore or Catalunya. The laps are longer and the car is not faster than those listed above but they're still fun to use.

These are at least for the fastest races but it's fine doing others. Of course you need some credits for the x2014 and F1 but the payoff works.

That's cool. If I have too much time and just want to drive, I'll do all of these in a row.

 

[fastone371]

I have done exactly the same thing. It will help get you used to driving GR1 cars without TC. I started out playing GTS with TC and automatic transmission, now I never use TC or automatic, doing so feels very wrong.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

With the new update, a new event was added to the X2014 Nations Cup (Professional League). For the event on Circuit de la Sarthe, I was able to complete it in about 9:30 and earned 345,000 credits (with Clean Race Bonus). If I'm doing my math right at 2:20AM, you can get:

1m credits in 28.5 minutes (3rd run),
5m in 2hr 23 min (15th run),
10m in 4hr 36 min (29th run),
15m in 6hr 58 min (44th run),
20m in 9hr 11 min (58th run).

Looks like we might have a new fastest way to earn credits!

E: Updated my "Fastest Ways to Make Credits" Sheets with the new event.