Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[bluealpine]

The Alfa is still the meta. With the same weight/power ratio it's 1s faster on quarter mile than the bmw!
Fortunatly, you can beat the weekly challenge with others cars like the bmw or, more difficult, with the merc 190. I don't like the sierra hanling and the old volvo 240 is under powered to win.

 

[lilcat89]

2) Schwarzwald League @ Nurburgring Nordschleife

Always love to drive in the Green Hell! Rando sent me here with the 996 GT3, and since I had one that I randomly widened some time ago for apparently no reason I decided to give it the 700pp Praiano setup. It was based on RH tires, but around sector 3 it started to rain and the map showed dark blue clouds as well. So I quit the race, switched to inters, and had a wonderful dry race. Go figure. Car is wonderful to drive though, gonna bring it to LM for some money grind as well.

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I hate to break it to you, but the 996 GT3 is too thirsty to be good at Le Mans 700. It can win on Easy, but you have to pit every other lap, even on FM6. There needs to be an engine swap from the 911 RSR for it pronto.

 

[benjoi84]

Thinking it would be appropriate given the presence of the Group 4 Alfa, and not feeling like spending the time tuning any of my cars, I tried the DTM race using the stock Group 4 AMG SLS. I didn't expect it to be quite so underpowered against these Touring Cars as I finished 13th!

Thankfully, it's a really engaging and fun contest and I'll be speccing-up a more appropriate car soon to repeat.

 

[CommanderBond]

The Alfa is still the meta. With the same weight/power ratio it's 1s faster on quarter mile than the bmw!
Fortunatly, you can beat the weekly challenge with others cars like the bmw or, more difficult, with the merc 190. I don't like the sierra hanling and the old volvo 240 is under powered to win.

I discovered yesterday that you can also cheat a little and use the Audi RS5 DTM as well.

 

[bluealpine]

I discovered yesterday that you can also cheat a little and use the Audi RS5 DTM as well.

I have not tried the RS5 yet. It seems like using a machine gun to kill a fly.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I give up. I don't get to grips with the M3 ... at all. I fiddled with suspension, diff and downforce - no matter what I do : the car stays too unstable ( under braking mainly ) for my driving skill / style. 🤷‍♂️ Respect to everyone achieving decent laps / races with the Beemer.

 

[2cam16]

I give up. I don't get to grips with the M3 ... at all. I fiddled with suspension, diff and downforce - no matter what I do : the car stays too unstable ( under braking mainly ) for my driving skill / style. 🤷‍♂️ Respect to everyone achieving decent laps / races with the Beemer.

I briefly tried my M3 and I was slipping and sliding all over the place under braking. I gave up.

 

[bluealpine]

@ROCKET JOE and @2cam16 , have you tried with all aerodynamics parts, front and lateral spoiler and rear diffuser?
my M3 was very slippy under braking without these parts too. With it, I put the aero specs on 150 and 150 and the handling was better, but not quite good as the meta 4rm Alfa.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

@ROCKET JOE and @2cam16 , have you tried with all aerodynamics parts, front and lateral spoiler and rear diffuser?
my M3 was very slippy under braking without these parts too. With it, I put the aero specs on 150 and 150 and the handling was better, but not quite good as the meta 4rm Alfa.
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Yeah, I used this exact setup. Widebody car, wide rims, aero parts from GT Auto, RM tires !!! and everything. Had high hopes but the car was horrible in my hands.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

I haven’t bothered doing the Weekly Challenges for the past several weeks due to how underwhelming the chosen races were, especially with how frequently Eiger kept coming up. But the DTM race for this week immediately caught my eye and is probably my favorite special event. Hope PD can keep giving us more like it.

 

[2cam16]

@ROCKET JOE and @2cam16 , have you tried with all aerodynamics parts, front and lateral spoiler and rear diffuser?
my M3 was very slippy under braking without these parts too. With it, I put the aero specs on 150 and 150 and the handling was better, but not quite good as the meta 4rm Alfa.

Thanks, I'll try the 150/150

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Quite enjoyed the races this week - if anyone wants to try something from left field, I used the TVR Tuscan completely stock for the Brands Hatch race an ld had a blast. Don’t think I’ve drive one in game since GT4 (yes I’m old), but it’s a really fun drive!