I'm through. And I'm very pleased honestly. It's been a wonderful batch of challenges, great tracks, and I'm super content with my car selection. Nothing too slow, nothing too fast ( except the Skyline which was kind of a CE-3 experience anyway ) and very enjoyable all around.
In general, I had a different approach this time trying to get the perfect run ( within my abilities of course ) right from the start. This meant quite a couple of restarts at each event, a mix of time trialing aspects and GT mission driving aka finding the best way to pass road blocking AI, and patiently improving my own performance. On the flip side, whenever I finished a run it's been a P1 with CRB.
And here's the cars I used :
Race 1 - Porsche 356 Speedster '56
From the very first time I drove this car, I loved it. I used the stock setup here ( forget about the roll cage ) with CM tires for 363 PP. You always need to pay attention to the lift off oversteer, the biggest challenge however was to find a way past the Demio twins.
Race 2 - Mazda Eunos Roadster '89
The car I built last week. And it made this event to be a real challenge. The Roadster's great handling wise but it simply lacks power on the straights. I had won the race already but decided to finally slap on RH tires for 561 PP. Not much of a difference regarding lap times but enough to consistently catch the leading car well before the final straight.
Race 3 - BAC Mono '16
It's been A. Eriksson. It's always been A. Eriksson. He's a nightmare. Did anyone try to battle this guy ? I was close to destroying expensive hardware ... Needed a walk in the park to cool down before finishing this race successfully. Did I mention : stock setup on the BAC except SS tires for 663 PP.
Race 4 - Nissan Skyline 2000 '70 ( engine-swapped )
LOL. I mentioned recently I hadn't used engine-swapped cars so far, so this was very very new to me. Guess it's been the all or nothing approach but my Skyline is equipped to the max. Brutal power, no downforce. So you can imagine a lot of UH and AH and monster fun on my side. If you don't learn about throttle control here you'll never learn ...
Now the race hasn't been a challenge, I'd still like to ask for some advice though : Whenever I get to the compression / left kink after the downhill section leading to the main straight, the car massively pulls to the left inside and it's hard to get by there. Any ideas how to solve this ?
Race 5 - Lamborghini Gallardo '08
Now this car's a piece of art setup wise. It's not an all intuitive drive but if you once get the hang of it it will take you anywhere. Awesome !
As for the race strategy, I used RM tires, FM 6 and short shifting for one stop halfway through the race. Finished first with a comfortable 25 sec gap to the second place car.
On my bucket list now : Running races 1, 2 and 4 with the Skyline.
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@rheinaoi :
Great that you accepted my Broad Bean Bonus challenge.
