Instead of running the races in reverse order as I usually do, I chose the last race at Autopolis and the first race at Fisherman's Ranch.
Because I don't care for either of them.
WTC900 at Autopolis
Cars: Alpine VGT '17 and Mazda LM55
Difficulty Setting: Hard
Mods: Turbos, tires and aero adjustments to bring both in line with PP restrictions
First attempts were in the Alpine VGT '17. Monstrous straight line speed / acceleration with the Medium Speed Turbo, good fuel economy, good aero grip, good traction for a rear wheel drive car, but average / poor low and mid speed cornering. I obliterated the cheater VGTs in last week's race at Kyoto. This week, though, was... disappointing.
Pushing, pushing on Racing Mediums with a 1-stop strategy, short shifting on FM1. This car and I DO NOT get alone with this track. The AI, however, loves it. I was in 4th place when I pit in for tires and some fuel at the end of lap 5. As usual, the AI, gave me the race with the leaders pitting around lap 9.
Fun Fact: Even though the Alpine is rear engine, rear wheel drive, it still manages to have significantly worse
front tire wear than the Mazda LM55, despite the LM55 being AWD.
I re-ran the race in the LM55 because I was feeling vindictive. I achieved a much faster time, but...
Behold the power of GT7 AI rubber-banding:
Japanese AWD 600 at Fisherman's Ranch
Cars: GTR R32 (R92CP swapped), Toyota Tundra
Difficulty Setting: Hard
Mods: Fulls mods to bring cars in line with PP restrictions - Racing Transmissions work better here, IMO
I dug out a tune for my swapped R32 GTR and realized why I haven't revisited this race. I ran my old tune several times and couldn't manage better than 3rd.
I jumped into the Tundra with a tune slapped together - yes I have a 600pp tarmac track Tundra, doesn't everyone? - and won on the first try. The Tundra felt dumber to drive, but was somehow much faster. Maybe the low end torque from the supercharger and the high ride height.
I revisited my swapped R32, raised the ride height to the stars, softened the suspension until it was warm cheese and went to work. Several runs later, I got first and beat the Tundra time, but it cost me a chunk of my sanity.
This event made me miss the Urus
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And I will probably try the Alphard because I hate myself.
After that, I'd had it with AI, and went to bed. I'm looking forward to the rest of the races though.
@RCKakashi14 your GTR looks amazing and I want it. I will build one later.
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