Had some time this morning to run some of the weeklies and take the Chevelle out at the American 550. Last night I fired up the PS5 to get all the update stuff squared away and couldn't help but make a '70's style street machine out of the Chevelle, and
attempt to modify the Afeela.
BMW M2 - Red Bull Ring
This is a fine race, but I thought it would have rained more. It began light and tapered off but I wanted a downpour and slides... oh well. The M2 is always a competent and fun little scoot, and it made quick work of the field in stock form on SH tires.
Civic Touring - Suzuka
As
@Nebuc72 stated above, these Civic Touring races are always a treat. They are so different in the way the field is arranged and how the AI pilot them that it feels like a completely new game mode. Almost Sophy like. Everyone should do themselves a favor and use the
stock Touring here because it makes for a super fun and close race as there aren't a bunch of variables making the race lopsided in favor of anyone. The stock car makes for some really great, door banging racing that is very hard to come by in GT7.
Every race should try to emulate these Civic events.
Afeela - Alsace
Ok, now anyone who has followed me here knows I'm a fan of good handling electric cars like the Model 3P and Taycan, but this Afeela isn't either one of those. It's like purgatory... it doesn't really do
anything. It's not bad, it's not good, it doesn't oversteer, it doesn't dance around, it will barely spin a tire... it just
is. It's plenty quick, but it doesn't inspire me to drive it again unless I have to.
I'm surprised that GT doesn't allow for
any modification of this thing. I "bought" a few to make into varying types of car, but learned after the fact that you can't do
anything to them. What a waste of an opportunity... you're not going to see many people putting any time into this car.
I figured since the performance side is what it is, I planned on making it into a "lowrider" of sorts with candy paint and overlaid designs, but you can't lower it, and the transparent layers over a metallic base just don't work in GT7. They either obscure the underlying color, or just look muddy and wrong. So I gave up... my Afeela is extra ugly, and it will probably sit in the back corner of the garage until GT7 goes dark. Regardless, here it is at Alsace.
Chevelle street machine - Trial Mountain
Now back to cars that are actually fun. I had to get a few of these Chevelles, and the first to get modified is done so in a '70s style street machine look with flames (that took an inordinate amount of time to blend right) and centerlines. I wish we could do staggered wheel fitments, white letter tires and some traction bars, but we can't have it all, haha.
In stock form the Chevelle model is a little wonky. The wheels look too small and narrow in their super bulgy tires, and they seem offset in too far. For the car I'm keeping stock I still put the American Racing version of the factory wheel on it in a 15in. and offset them out, which I think looks more befitting of how they do in the real world.
This thing handles
terribly, but in a good way! I added the requisite "bolt-ons" (I/H/E, clutch, diff, suspension, brake pads, CS tires) but it still needs a bunch of tuning to make it handle well. As it is, it's looong braking zones, understeer, then tons of oversteer, which makes for a pretty good time actually. It is still a 3-speed for the moment, but it worked well enough to take the win here, and looks amazing doing so. Lot's of useless sliding in this one!
I did the Jimny race this morning too, but forgot to record it. It was another fun one, but you're not missing much!
There's a N2O system mounted on the car but I didn't touch it in this race. Got into the lead at the end of lap 3 and brought it home easily including a CRB. Did I mention that I'm a huge fan of Willow Springs ?
Guess it would have been even greater in VR ...
