Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[AlexWilmot]

Got to stay in the slip for this one

 

[GlamFM]

Got to stay in the slip for this one
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Have not done it yet. Any fuel / Tire strat necessary?

 

[symustafa1996]

Another week of challenges, I enjoyed it a lot more than last week. Actually challenged myself a bit this time.

The Barker Mercedes is so much fun. I finally got it last week and been finding excuses to drive it.

Thought I would drive a Toyota at Fuji. I'm a fan of the Crown. Lowered and a little tune just makes a fun drive.

I souped up this Mini a while ago and never really drove it much. It handles terribly. Maybe needs a better tune. Still won with it, though.

I love love love older Porsches. I have a couple 993s alone just for the sake of having them. They handle like a dream. Especially at Spa.

The special event this week was quite a challenge, I had to give it three tries to win. That said, I love it. I only got the lead near the end, made for an intense race. Might up the difficulty for another go.

 

[Moose78]

That F3500-A race is tough. At first, I tried it on hard difficulty. RS tires. The other cars just took off on me. By lap 5, it was obvious I wasn't going to catch anybody.

So I quit and tried again on normal difficulty, RS tires. At least I could keep up. I managed to work my way up to P6 mid-way through the race, but got pit-maneuvered on the long straight by the AI and couldn't recover. Finished 10 seconds back in P9.

That's does it! I'm dropping to easy.

Easy win. Even on RM tires. Took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back.

I still had time to do the other races, so I ran through them again. They pretty much went like my practice runs last night, except I won at Brands Hatch because I forgot to set the difficulty back up to hard. I also tuned up the Porsche for a win at Spa. Fun week. All tickets obtained. Real ones, even.

 

[Carpocalypse]

1. European Sunday Cup 400 - Used the Abarth 500 here, a decent handling vehicle, and able to keep up with some of the more high end hot hatches. 1st.
2. Japanese Clubman Cup 550 - Decided to try a car I don't usually use, the Evo Final GR.B Road, it's alright, but a bit understeery at times. 1st
3. WTC 600 - Decided to try the new Ioniq 5 N, but was disappointed to see that the virtual gearbox didn't make it over... Again. But, at least it has the engine noise, unlike FH5. 1st
4. Porsche Cup - I first tried with the Cayman GT4 Clubsport, but rain+slick racing tyres = crash, so I used the 991 GT3 RS '16, which worked well, until the rain came and grip became limited, but I still won. 1st.
5. Special Event - Geez. This was tough. At first, I believed it to be similar to one of those group C or JTCC events, but no, they did do a one-make limit, and I believe this to be the first fuel consuming special event, and what a event to start with, huh? I stuck the car into fuel map mode 2, which made fuel a non-issue. This car is grippy and fast, at times, too fast. I did spin on lap 6, due to my overconfidence and remembered why I don't typically race these sorts of cars, but I managed to still get first, somehow.


A pretty fun week, overall.

 

[AlexWilmot]

Have not done it yet. Any fuel / Tire strat necessary?

None, just changed tyres to RM along with different gears from my tune.
Put on the radar and watch out for the AI for their slower exit in Turn 2 and the final turn