Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Timm Sheehan]

Ran the last 3 weekly challenges a few times on each account.

NA account the first time I ran the WTC800 I picked the McLaren and did OK with P4 but ran it again using the Honda finishing P1 for the 100K ticket. For EMEA, ran the Honda but finished P4 so ran it again with a P3 to get the 100K ticket.

2nd race was the V40 Special Event which went OK on both accounts, nothing special for me P4 then P2.

3rd race today was the Historic Sports Car Masters. Started on NA account using the Renault R5 Turbo which ended P4, ran a 2nd race with the RS 500 for a P1. On the EMEA account, ran the RS 500 with a P4. 2nd attempt gave me P1. One thing I noticed during 4 races was my braking stinks. Hit the brakes, slid\steering hooked to the right. It seems every time I run Cx or Sx tires this occurs.

 

[jrbabbitt]

Here are my entries to the weekly races, I am happy that I can drive the same car in different venues, especially if it's one of my classics.
Subaru Impreza 22-B in the Japanese 4WD🔰

My Ferrari in the European Sunday cup.🔰

The one make Volvo..🔰

This is what Goodwood is known for, the Classics. Just my Ferrari again. 🔰

Please accept my apologies for I had forgotten to get a snapshot of my 917 Living Legend at Tokyo. 🔰

 

[kjb]

Did the WC earlier this morning.
I used the Mitsubishi GTO, Valkyrie, Ferrari GTO at Goodwood. I might go back and do that race as I only came in 2nd. Fun race great car though. Finally I used the Tomahawk GR.1 at Tokyo. Got 1 million cr from the ticket

 

[MidnightRun85]

I'm a bit late in reporting back on my Weekly Challenge attempts (all done last week in two hits (Friday/Saturday) but here goes...

Japanese 4WD Challenge at Trial Mountain - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV GSR '96

I started this one with a stock Evo IV and proceeded to give it a mild tune to bring it up near 550PP (including removing the rear wing!) and gave it a livery based on this Sprite livery by Davide Virdis - I'll post a pic later. I found this an absolute gem to drive, with perfectly balanced handling on SS tyres. Easily swept through for a CRB win with a few seconds of margin over 2nd place.

Historic Sports Car Masters at Goodwood - Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX '89 / Porsche 959

I felt like giving this week a Davide Virdis vibe, so I adorned my 300ZX with an adaptation of this Rainbow livery - again, pic to come later. However, it turned out my engine-swapped 300ZX with wide body and max weight saving, even with computer tuned down to 70% and power limiter at 70% was far too high PP rating, so I switched over to a recently completed widebody Porsche 959 with this Fujifilm livery by 811 Design. It was messy at the chicane on lap 2 and I smacked into the Maserati that bounced off the left wall in front of me as I was lining up for a pass towards the start/finish line, so I missed the CRB, but I easily won by 3s.

European Clubman Cup 600 at Sardegna - Porsche 911 Carrera RS (901) '73

Another Davide Virdis livery, this time a green Benetton Tyrell style. With another mild tune, this was a pretty simple race, comfortably sneaking past on the final lap to take the win. PP was around 560, so I still had to work pretty hard at keeping my momentum and keeping things clean, but it was a really fun race.

Phase 1 complete : 100k ticket, 200k ticket, and 4-star workout ticket.

Volvo V40 One-Make at Lago Maggiore - Volvo V40

To get this one done and dusted quickly, I opted for my widebody, moderately tuned matte black V40. Needless to say, this was a cakewalk, and I won by well over 15s. In the lead on lap 2 and happily collected the CRB. Nice pay-out for a short race!

WTC 800 at Tokyo - Audi R8 LMS Evolution '19

This one took a couple of attempts / restarts. First time I hopped into the race and the heavens opened at the end of lap 2 - rain radar was almost completely dark blue - and I had no wet weather tyres at all! So I bailed out, went to the race shop and bought some IM tyres. On the restart, I wanted to pre-empt the on-coming rain, so I started on the IM tyres. At the end of lap one the rears were over 50% worn!!! So I bailed out of that, and restarted with RH tyres fitted again. This time there was zero rain. FM6 and 50% shift the whole way through the race and I managed a win by 15s or so. No CRB because I'm awful on city circuits (always clip a wall somewhere!) and the AI were terrible at taking the chicane in the middle of the circuit.

Phase 2 complete : 6-star roulette paid out 1 million and 5-star daily workout paid out 500k!

This was a decent credits haul for me, over 2 million credits from five fairly straightforward races! Happy days.

*Will get pics of those aforementioned liveries when I'm on next.

 

[MidnightRun85]

I'm a bit late in reporting back on my Weekly Challenge attempts (all done last week in two hits (Friday/Saturday) but here goes...

Japanese 4WD Challenge at Trial Mountain - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV GSR '96

I started this one with a stock Evo IV and proceeded to give it a mild tune to bring it up near 550PP (including removing the rear wing!) and gave it a livery based on this Sprite livery by Davide Virdis - I'll post a pic later. I found this an absolute gem to drive, with perfectly balanced handling on SS tyres. Easily swept through for a CRB win with a few seconds of margin over 2nd place.

Historic Sports Car Masters at Goodwood - Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX '89 / Porsche 959

I felt like giving this week a Davide Virdis vibe, so I adorned my 300ZX with an adaptation of this Rainbow livery - again, pic to come later. However, it turned out my engine-swapped 300ZX with wide body and max weight saving, even with computer tuned down to 70% and power limiter at 70% was far too high PP rating, so I switched over to a recently completed widebody Porsche 959 with this Fujifilm livery by 811 Design. It was messy at the chicane on lap 2 and I smacked into the Maserati that bounced off the left wall in front of me as I was lining up for a pass towards the start/finish line, so I missed the CRB, but I easily won by 3s.

European Clubman Cup 600 at Sardegna - Porsche 911 Carrera RS (901) '73

Another Davide Virdis livery, this time a green Benetton Tyrell style. With another mild tune, this was a pretty simple race, comfortably sneaking past on the final lap to take the win. PP was around 560, so I still had to work pretty hard at keeping my momentum and keeping things clean, but it was a really fun race.

Phase 1 complete : 100k ticket, 200k ticket, and 4-star workout ticket.

Volvo V40 One-Make at Lago Maggiore - Volvo V40

To get this one done and dusted quickly, I opted for my widebody, moderately tuned matte black V40. Needless to say, this was a cakewalk, and I won by well over 15s. In the lead on lap 2 and happily collected the CRB. Nice pay-out for a short race!

WTC 800 at Tokyo - Audi R8 LMS Evolution '19

This one took a couple of attempts / restarts. First time I hopped into the race and the heavens opened at the end of lap 2 - rain radar was almost completely dark blue - and I had no wet weather tyres at all! So I bailed out, went to the race shop and bought some IM tyres. On the restart, I wanted to pre-empt the on-coming rain, so I started on the IM tyres. At the end of lap one the rears were over 50% worn!!! So I bailed out of that, and restarted with RH tyres fitted again. This time there was zero rain. FM6 and 50% shift the whole way through the race and I managed a win by 15s or so. No CRB because I'm awful on city circuits (always clip a wall somewhere!) and the AI were terrible at taking the chicane in the middle of the circuit.

Phase 2 complete : 6-star roulette paid out 1 million and 5-star daily workout paid out 500k!

This was a decent credits haul for me, over 2 million credits from five fairly straightforward races! Happy days.

*Will get pics of those aforementioned liveries when I'm on next.

Here's the three Davide Virdis concept replicas I made (including the unused 300ZX)...

 

[VincentVendetta]

1. Japanese 4WD Challenge 600: Toyota GR Corolla MORIZO Edition '22
2. European Clubman Cup 600: Ferrari 365 GTB4 '71
3. Special Event: Volvo V40 T5 R-Design '13
4. Historic Sports Car Masters: Ferrari 365 GTB4 '71
5. World Touring Car 800: Audi R8 LMS Evo '19 (RM double stint/RS)

 

[ROCKET JOE]

First of all let me say sry for rushing in rushing out - short of time all the time !

All the races have been pretty much straight forward this time imo. I've run them all with widely stock cars except Tokyo. And I've enjoyed them all with Goodwood being the absolute gem.

1 Lancer IX

La Furia Roja's been spotted at Trial Mountain.

2 911 RS CS

It's Swabia vs Bavaria, Porsche vs BMW, Maultasche vs Weisswurst.

3 V40 T5

You needn't necessarily dive-bomb with Swedish dynamite.

4 512 BB

Drive a Chevy to the levy, a Ferrari cross the line.

5 GT LM RC

Everything's been going fine. So far ...

CU all, have fun !

 

[jrbabbitt]

2 911 RS CS

It's Swabia vs Bavaria, Porsche vs BMW, Maultasche vs Weisswurst.

Wow, great picture!

 

[sirjim73]

I've run the first 4 races.

For the Goodwood race I thought I'd try some different cars out. So, first up was the Jaguar E Type. Body roll causes havoc on the corners, still looks stunning though...

Up next was the Aston Martin DB5. This thing is a dream to drive, throw it into the corners, till you reach the edge of grip, then hit the throttle and the car instantly regains its perfect balance as you accelerate away...

Last up, the Ford GT40. Now this thing is a beast, one I struggled to tame...

Just the Tokyo race left to do tomorrow, if I can find the time...

 

[DanteRaiden]

I've run the first 4 races.

For the Goodwood race I thought I'd try some different cars out. So, first up was the Jaguar E Type. Body roll causes havoc on the corners, still looks stunning though...
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Up next was the Aston Martin DB5. This thing is a dream to drive, throw it into the corners, till you reach the edge of grip, then hit the throttle and the car instantly regains its perfect balance as you accelerate away...
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Last up, the Ford GT40. Now this thing is a beast, one I struggled to tame...
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Just the Tokyo race left to do tomorrow, if I can find the time...
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Oh man. You did the weekly challenge in real life. LoL

 

[jrbabbitt]

I've run the first 4 races.

For the Goodwood race I thought I'd try some different cars out. So, first up was the Jaguar E Type. Body roll causes havoc on the corners, still looks stunning though...
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Up next was the Aston Martin DB5. This thing is a dream to drive, throw it into the corners, till you reach the edge of grip, then hit the throttle and the car instantly regains its perfect balance as you accelerate away...
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Last up, the Ford GT40. Now this thing is a beast, one I struggled to tame...
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Just the Tokyo race left to do tomorrow, if I can find the time...
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Wishing I was there....

 

[Famine]

Busy one for Bonus Menu Books this week...

 

[MroczMR]

Busy one for Bonus Menu Books this week...

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All Japan GT <3 !!!

 

[Lomic]

All Japan GT <3 !!!

I hope they turn it into a permanent championship.

 

[Snake55wildcat]

Busy one for Bonus Menu Books this week...

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Oh my god I just realised, this the first time a weekly can be done with ONE CAR, finally lmao, ill let you all work out what is eligible for all events

 

[KAlex122]

Thanks for the weekly info! As i just turned back to an early 2022 account I don't even have a VGT or something i want to tune to hypercar-level. So i will only take part in 3 races. The Classic Sunday Cup at Monza in a BMW M3 '89, the American Sunday Cup in a Ford Focus RS '18 and the Japanese GT Series in a Gr.2 Nissan GTR GT500 '08.

 

[Strax]

Yes yes yes yes the Special JGTC is back and this time at Suzuka! 😍😍😍😍

Had to reroll race 1 since it originally gave me the S Barker which I don't have (and I don't have the money to buy it either). Definitely going to do the JGTC with various cars anyways!

 

[Lomic]

Oh my god I just realised, this the first time a weekly can be done with ONE CAR, finally lmao, ill let you all work out what is eligible for all events

even the VGT one ?

 

[MroczMR]

even the VGT one ?

Probably it is VGT car

 

[KAlex122]

Thanks for the weekly info! As i just turned back to an early 2022 account I don't even have a VGT or something i want to tune to hypercar-level. So i will only take part in 3 races. The Classic Sunday Cup at Monza in a BMW M3 '89, the American Sunday Cup in a Ford Focus RS '18 and the Japanese GT Series in a Gr.2 Nissan GTR GT500 '08.

Oh, I'm still missing the VGT cafe menu as well. Ok, so let's buy a versatile VGT. Is the Mazda 55 VGT (gr1) still a good choice?

 

[Snake55wildcat]

Look closely at the restrictions of the events, that will help you out with this Then look at the tags of the cars that are allowed

 

[Strax]

Probably it is VGT car

Don't believe a VGT can be eligible for the Classic Sunday Cup, unless I remember badly and said event doesn't have an year limitation.

 

[Snake55wildcat]

Oh, I'm still missing the VGT cafe menu as well. Ok, so let's buy a versatile VGT. Is the Mazda 55 VGT (gr1) still a good choice?

The Gr1 is a good all-rounder for Gr1, the non gr1 is basically a cheat car 🤣 it's so good on tyres, even better than the best Gr1 car for tyres (Bugatti VGT Gr1)

 

[KAlex122]

The Gr1 is a good all-rounder for Gr1, the non gr1 is basically a cheat car 🤣 it's so good on tyres, even better than the best Gr1 car for tyres (Bugatti VGT Gr1)

Thanks. In this case I'll take the non-gr1 car as i have the Nissan R92CP for Gr1.

 

[2cam16]

Good stuff for tomorrow but ehhhh,VGT.

 

[Lomic]

Look closely at the restrictions of the events, that will help you out with this Then look at the tags of the cars that are allowed

Not in front of the PS5 right now, I'll check later. I've always wanted to do all events with the less cars possible so it could be fun. But Sunday Cup + VGT + Hyper Parade + JGTCC seems a bit streched out at first glance.

 

[Snake55wildcat]

Not in front of the PS5 right now, I'll check later. I've always wanted to do all events with the less cars possible so it could be fun. But Sunday Cup + VGT + Hyper Parade + JGTCC seems a bit streched out at first glance.

Okay here's a hint:

The JGTC event has ZERO restrictions, this will be the only clue I give out as that event won't help you in guessing what car is eligible for all events

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Okay here's a hint:

The JGTC event has ZERO restrictions, this will be the only clue I give out as that event won't help you in guessing what car is eligible fornall events

Is it the Tomahawk S ? 🤔

 

[floydant]

Oh my god I just realised, this the first time a weekly can be done with ONE CAR, finally lmao, ill let you all work out what is eligible for all events

Tomahawk?

There's actually no enforced age restriction in the Sunday Cup classic.
So it's got to be an American VGT

Edit:
Just noticed Rocket joe beat me to it 😂

 

[Famine]

It's no great mystery surely? A Vision GT (required for VGT Trophy) from the USA (required for US Sunday Cup 600) that's a road car (required for all except the Special Event) is eligible for all five...

And there's actually two cars that fit that description... One comes in purple