Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[ROCKET JOE]

Now that I've seen, bought and tried most of the new toys the update brought, I got myself ready for the next Weekly Challenges. Here's the ( randomizer ) cars I'll go with :

The Nissan is dialed in for roughly 390 km/h top end ...

 

[B80]

Just as I thought I was done with the oscillation issue. Propably have to skip the group c as I really dont want to break my wheel..

Assume you've turned down in game ffb?

I usually run 10 ffb (8 for gt3 cars and above).

Forgot about this earlier when my first attempt at this race was cheesing it with 900pp 16 audi (yeah I know). Felt like the wheel was going to smash itself to pieces/fire itself through the ceiling!,

Had to go down to ffb2 for it to be just about OK.

I use fanatec dd pro 8nm.

Great race btw. Can't recall driving cars like this on le man's before. Speed you can carry round turns, compared to the 30 min 700pp race.

Can see this circuit was made for group 1/c etc. Really comes to life.

Rarely do the 30 min 700pp race as feels like I'm going to fall asleep (quite literally a few times !) Difficult to remain engaged, with such long, wide straights in lesser powered cars... even with the chicanes.

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Really enjoyed this week, great selection of races and tracks with a bunch of different cars you can use, topped off with a fantastic race at Le Mans. Jimny cup was my least favourite just because I hate the GT7 version of Grand Valley, even more so having been playing Spec II for GT4. Japanese Clubman Cup was great and is on my favourite layout of Tokyo, AI isn't super fast so there's a lot of either stock or slightly modified road cars you can run. Rallycross is a nice change, I don't like the cutting rules at the chicane as they seem rather arbitrary and pointless when there's immovable tyre stacks anyway but the Impreza Rally Car did the job easily. Porsche Cup again is on a great track, cars are just the right speed for it and I used the new 911 Turbo S which was a bunch of fun to drive, really can feel the weight of it. Final race at Le Mans was absolutely great too, lots of classic liveries and that first lap at night was really immersive going down the Mulsanne. I wish it got light a bit slower, more of that sunrise light would've been really nice to race in and honestly this could be a 10 lap race with weather and I'd love it even more. Used the R92CP on RH, think I was on 800/1300 downforce which meant it was >370 km/h in the draft and it was just a ton of fun to drive. One complaint is that I would like to have a wider brake bias adjustment range as even on +5 I sometimes find it hard to modulate without locking the fronts on a controller at low speed.

This weeks cars:

Little video clip of the first lap:

 

[Theufcveteran]

I appreciate that we have even 1 special event, but I would much prefer 5 per week. And please for god’s sake bring the grid close and try a grid start or at least a close rolling start. I am sick to death of chase the rabbit.

I’ll preface by saying that I haven’t done a special event since the Gallardo one but each one I’d played until then, and including the Gallardo race, had you starting from the back.

Just mix it up guys. Please. Bring the grid closer and mix up the starting positions. Make it feel like a real racing event and not GT7 single player part 2. That they’re still doing it this way, shows that they don’t see an issue with this format.

It’s terrible, and the only saving grace is that it’s a new event. The Group C one is particularly cool because it’s Group C - but it’s more of the same going off @Fuzzi0n’s video above.

I’m glad they exist rather than have nothing but please, PD, actually make it feel like a real race.

 

[Strax]

I appreciate that we have even 1 special event, but I would much prefer 5 per week. And please for god’s sake bring the grid close and try a grid start or at least a close rolling start. I am sick to death of chase the rabbit.

I’ll preface by saying that I haven’t done a special event since the Gallardo one but each one I’d played until then, and including the Gallardo race, had you starting from the back.

Just mix it up guys. Please. Bring the grid closer and mix up the starting positions. Make it feel like a real racing event and not GT7 single player part 2. That they’re still doing it this way, shows that they don’t see an issue with this format.

It’s terrible, and the only saving grace is that it’s a new event. The Group C one is particularly cool because it’s Group C - but it’s more of the same going off @Fuzzi0n’s video above.

I’m glad they exist rather than have nothing but please, PD, actually make it feel like a real race.

Civic EK Touring Car one make was one of the most fun with a close grid rolling start, I agree. Chase the rabbit gets boring after a while.

 

[rmac923]

I loved the Group C event and used the (non Group C) Toyota GT-One. Though it did make me wish we had one of the Group C Toyotas.

 

[Theufcveteran]

Civic EK Touring Car one make was one of the most fun with a close grid rolling start, I agree. Chase the rabbit gets boring after a while.

Oh yeah I remember that one! I enjoyed it a lot. Need more like that or a grid start.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

Did the last race with the 919 with the Medium TB and on easy and even with the 919 having better handling I only won by 15 seconds.

Hey that brings up a challenge can this race be won with the 919 with the Medium TB which brings the 919 hp up to 590 on hard mode?

And you have to follow the rules so no cutting.

I personally think its not possible not on this version of le man those group c cars are just to fast down the straight.

 

[benjoi84]

Civic EK Touring Car one make was one of the most fun with a close grid rolling start, I agree. Chase the rabbit gets boring after a while.

My biggest gripe with chase the rabbit is that whether you can win the race or not feels predetermined depending on which car you use.

Of course, with GT7's AI, you'd probably be able to park an Abarth in front of the Group C's and still win. With a 30-million-credit traffic queue behind you.

 

[suomi1]

Good ideas from Poly with DTM races, Group C races, etc. But what about their posterity?

If they keep the best stuff for one-off events that disappear every week, then hopes about new championships or cool events that will stay in the game are over. They just keep them in stock to please their "conected players" stats.

It's interesting at the time, but I can't help but be frustrated by this choice. All of this ends up disappearing quickly without leaving a trace.

 

[MoLiEG]

The Special Event looks fantastic. Can't wait to try it once I get home.

 

[Batschisane52]

Good ideas from Poly with DTM races, Group C races, etc. But what about their posterity?

If they keep the best stuff for one-off events that disappear every week, then hopes about new championships or cool events that will stay in the game are over. They just keep them in stock to please their "conected players" stats.

It's interesting at the time, but I can't help but be frustrated by this choice. All of this ends up disappearing quickly without leaving a trace.

The DTM are JGTC races are easy to recreate with the custom race editor and you get even better AI when you do that(and better liveries if you do them yourself or if you search for community made liveries) and you can apply fuel consumption and tyre wear if you like...
The Group C race is a bit expensive to recreate, but it is still possible...

 

[suomi1]

The DTM are JGTC races are easy to recreate with the custom race editor and you get even better AI when you do that(and better liveries if you do them yourself or if you search for community made liveries) and you can apply fuel consumption and tyre wear if you like...
The Group C race is a bit expensive to recreate, but it is still possible...

Of course I always need someone to told me about this because I have zero imagination.

Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

Looks like fun gonna give it a try. The viper and lambo are fully tune right? What BOP are you running with the cars cause the F1 GTR has 600hp. Game bop. Lambo and Viper are around 696pp. Still trying to figure out how to make the Lambo competitive. At Fuji it destroys the grid. At Autopolis...

www.gtplanet.net

Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

Maybe Sophy is breaking from it's Quick Race cell to other modes? :D Typical AI 😂

www.gtplanet.net

Custom race mode is poisoned by rubber banding and other bad design decisions, just like they are making bad design decisions with Weekly Challenges. Not that Weekly Challenge is bad in itself, simply that it would be better if they permanently kept the best of what they can do.

 

[benjoi84]

@suomi1

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/bored-of-gt7-three-new-custom-races-every-weekday.428780/

The 96% Power Restriction seems to have mitigated the Custom Race throttle issue.

Shame that nothing can (easily) be done to counter the tyre problem, however.

 

[Sgueji]

I remember in the early days of the game that PD made the liveries used by CPU drivers available in several main mode events via their profile called Sagittarius, I wonder why they can't do the same now, damn laziness...

 

[suomi1]

The 96% Power Restriction seems to have mitigated the Custom Race throttle issue.

Nah, AI can still break physics to set improbable lap times despite the throttle issue.

 

[benjoi84]

Nah, AI can still break physics to set improbable lap times despite the throttle issue.

Agreed.

 

[NTGSruler]

Good ideas from Poly with DTM races, Group C races, etc. But what about their posterity?

If they keep the best stuff for one-off events that disappear every week, then hopes about new championships or cool events that will stay in the game are over. They just keep them in stock to please their "conected players" stats.

It's interesting at the time, but I can't help but be frustrated by this choice. All of this ends up disappearing quickly without leaving a trace.

I have to say i feel the same way. Made a post about it in the 1.54 update topic.

This Le Mans event this week throws me back so hard to the older GT games. With each update and Special Event we are getting, the more i realize how much they took away from us with GT7. Those Special Events were just the main bulk of events in older GT games. Now they appear once if we are lucky and that's it.

Why can't they make it so that after the weekly events are done, the Special Events become available in the main game? Or add them with the next update maybe? I would be so happy if we got the DTM races as a championship for example.

 

[benjoi84]

I've got a really bad feeling that we'll only get these Special Events as a permanent fixture when the servers are closed and we receive the final offline patch.

 

[NTGSruler]

I've got a really bad feeling that we'll only get these Special Events as a permanent fixture when the servers are closed and we receive the final offline patch.

Even that i don't really see it that way.

And let's hope the final patch is still some time away

 

[2cam16]

Another decent week.
GV-Funny I just did this race yesterday after the update so I used the same Jimny. 10 second win.
Grand Valley - South_ (2) by 2cam16, on Flickr
I just grabbed one of my Civics and finished off Tokyo by around 8 seconds.
Tokyo Expressway - South Counterclockwise_ by 2cam16, on Flickr
Lago in my mildly modified 992 on SM to drop below the PP. Easy win by around 12 seconds.
Autodrome Lago Maggiore - Full Course_ (6) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Catalunya was my chance to test this car with livery I did last night. Just didn't have enough ooomph and finished 3rd. I'm done.
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Rallycross Layout_ by 2cam16, on Flickr
LeMans was easy with the Nissan. Took the lead on the 3rd lap and never looked back. I'll run this again with some other cars.
24 Heures du Mans race track, no chicane_ by 2cam16, on Flickr

 

[kjb]

I love the last pic LeMans at night is awesome

 

[GTvsForza]

I guess it's a normal thing for me to have a clean sweep one week, and just flop the next...

• Jimny Cup - Jimny XC 🚫
• Japanese Clubman Cup - Honda Sports VGT 🚫
• Porsche Cup - GT4 Clubsport 🚫
• WTC600 - Escort RS Cosworth 🚫
• Group C Special Event - 787B 🚫

Only 30k from the 4⭐️ Daily. I think this weekend I'll work on getting the Mercedes, just a few million short.

 

[Batschisane52]

Of course I always need someone to told me about this because I have zero imagination.

Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

Looks like fun gonna give it a try. The viper and lambo are fully tune right? What BOP are you running with the cars cause the F1 GTR has 600hp. Game bop. Lambo and Viper are around 696pp. Still trying to figure out how to make the Lambo competitive. At Fuji it destroys the grid. At Autopolis...

www.gtplanet.net

Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

Maybe Sophy is breaking from it's Quick Race cell to other modes? :D Typical AI 😂

www.gtplanet.net

Custom race mode is poisoned by rubber banding and other bad design decisions, just like they are making bad design decisions with Weekly Challenges. Not that Weekly Challenge is bad in itself, simply that it would be better if they permanently kept the best of what they can do.

If you take your time with the settings for each car and do some test-runs, AI in custom races is still better and more realistic than AI in the regular races...

 

[kjb]

I started the WC last night I did the Group C race 1st. Since there was no pp límit I used the 962C with a tune that I use at LeMans when I am hot lapping. It was a fun race .

I started the Porsche cup race but I wasn't feeling it so I quit the game.

 

[TylerGT]

The cars I used in this week's weekly challenges:

Suzuki Jimny Sierra JC '18 (Jimny Cup):

Nissan Fairlady Z Version S (Z33) '07 (Gran Turismo 350Z RS) (Japanese Clubman Cup 550):

Ford Escort RS Cosworth '92 (Ford Escort Rally Car '98) (World Touring Car 600): (Also got a clean race bonus here, it was challenging)

Porsche 911 GT3 (996) '01 (Porsche 911 GT3 RSR '06 From Race Driver Grid in the #76 livery; fictionalized) (Porsche Cup):

Nissan R92CP '92 (The World Group C Racing Championship): (This was unnecessarily difficult; I barely got 3rd place even with Racing Softs)

 

[kjb]

The Mercs are fast in the Group C race. I am thinking of trying all of my Group C cars in that race.

 

[MIE1992]

My likely picks for this week:

Jimny Cup: Suzuki Jimny XC

Japanese Clubman Cup 550: Toyota GR Yaris (Assuming I can de-tune a swapped one to get it to 550PP!)

WTC 600: Toyota GR Yaris (The same car as above, as it has a 2JZ!)

Porsche Cup: Porsche Tacyan

Special Event: Mercedes-Benz Sauber C9

 

[2cam16]

The cars I used in this week's weekly challenges:


Nissan R92CP '92 (The World Group C Racing Championship): (This was unnecessarily difficult; I barely got 3rd place even with Racing Softs)

What difficulty settings are you on? I'm on normal and in a stock R92 on RS it was an easy win.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Hey everyone, here's my cars and results from this week's races :

1
Jimny XC '18
Couldn't get anywhere with the stock car so I used my standard power package which is the high range turbo, race ECU and race exhaust system. The car was still on comfort tires though for a final 385 PP. That's been quite an easy win with CRB but I don't like the car in its stock setup and I wouldn't call it a smooth drive. Far from enjoyable ...

2
Crown Safety Car '13
Same story here, the stock car didn't really cut it so what I did was building a wide body on wide wheels and a bit of aero, mounting a race exhaust system and SH tires to be on par with the grid. To be honest ... this was the most fun race this week. A close win, no CRB but very satisfying.

3
Evo Final B Road Car '17
Mentioned it many times I think I love that track and I love handling these different surfaces but I don't necessarily like racing there.
Trading paint is not for me and I haven't found a way avoiding it, at that race pace at least. The stock Evo on dirt tires sits at 557 PP, plenty enough for a win. I don't believe I will ever receive a CRB though.

4
911 GT3 RS '22
The 2022 911 has become my go to car when it comes to Porsche Cup events and the likes. Even in full stock setup it's such a wonderful and fast car - I've never needed much more in all these races. No wonder I snatched an easy win with CRB again here at Lake Maggiore.

5
R92CP '92
Yee-haw I now have a great > 800 PP car in my Special Event car roster. Since I was a bit afraid of racing at night I put in the big turbo for 872 PP which turned out to be too much : Easy win with CRB. Well, I tried with the full stock car a few minutes ago and couldn't quite reach the two fast leading Porsches doing the race sub 15:40. CU later Abt and Gentile.