Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[AlexWilmot]

Got to stay in the slip for this one

 

[GlamFM]

Got to stay in the slip for this one
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Have not done it yet. Any fuel / Tire strat necessary?

 

[symustafa1996]

Another week of challenges, I enjoyed it a lot more than last week. Actually challenged myself a bit this time.

The Barker Mercedes is so much fun. I finally got it last week and been finding excuses to drive it.

Thought I would drive a Toyota at Fuji. I'm a fan of the Crown. Lowered and a little tune just makes a fun drive.

I souped up this Mini a while ago and never really drove it much. It handles terribly. Maybe needs a better tune. Still won with it, though.

I love love love older Porsches. I have a couple 993s alone just for the sake of having them. They handle like a dream. Especially at Spa.

The special event this week was quite a challenge, I had to give it three tries to win. That said, I love it. I only got the lead near the end, made for an intense race. Might up the difficulty for another go.

 

[Moose78]

That F3500-A race is tough. At first, I tried it on hard difficulty. RS tires. The other cars just took off on me. By lap 5, it was obvious I wasn't going to catch anybody.

So I quit and tried again on normal difficulty, RS tires. At least I could keep up. I managed to work my way up to P6 mid-way through the race, but got pit-maneuvered on the long straight by the AI and couldn't recover. Finished 10 seconds back in P9.

That's does it! I'm dropping to easy.

Easy win. Even on RM tires. Took the lead on lap 3 and never looked back.

I still had time to do the other races, so I ran through them again. They pretty much went like my practice runs last night, except I won at Brands Hatch because I forgot to set the difficulty back up to hard. I also tuned up the Porsche for a win at Spa. Fun week. All tickets obtained. Real ones, even.

 

[Carpocalypse]

1. European Sunday Cup 400 - Used the Abarth 500 here, a decent handling vehicle, and able to keep up with some of the more high end hot hatches. 1st.
2. Japanese Clubman Cup 550 - Decided to try a car I don't usually use, the Evo Final GR.B Road, it's alright, but a bit understeery at times. 1st
3. WTC 600 - Decided to try the new Ioniq 5 N, but was disappointed to see that the virtual gearbox didn't make it over... Again. But, at least it has the engine noise, unlike FH5. 1st
4. Porsche Cup - I first tried with the Cayman GT4 Clubsport, but rain+slick racing tyres = crash, so I used the 991 GT3 RS '16, which worked well, until the rain came and grip became limited, but I still won. 1st.
5. Special Event - Geez. This was tough. At first, I believed it to be similar to one of those group C or JTCC events, but no, they did do a one-make limit, and I believe this to be the first fuel consuming special event, and what a event to start with, huh? I stuck the car into fuel map mode 2, which made fuel a non-issue. This car is grippy and fast, at times, too fast. I did spin on lap 6, due to my overconfidence and remembered why I don't typically race these sorts of cars, but I managed to still get first, somehow.


A pretty fun week, overall.

 

[AlexWilmot]

Have not done it yet. Any fuel / Tire strat necessary?

None, just changed tyres to RM along with different gears from my tune.
Put on the radar and watch out for the AI for their slower exit in Turn 2 and the final turn

 

[Reeneman]

The F1 event is so good. Really took me to the limit of my GT skills to win this race honestly, but I did it.
Polyphony why not implementing a championship event with races like this into the game, with a qualifying, settings of the car… the features are all there but without a real event including all of it

 

[2cam16]

After all these stories, I'm not looking forward to the F1 event. lol

 

[TheNormsk]

Did the same, nice 1:34.9XX ! Used FM6 and lowered it a bit very quickly as soon as I had a clear estimate of the fuel consumption. No stop for me.

Do you remember your best lap time ?

Alas no. I did a one stop, lap 6 on FM1 with a short stint (2 laps ?) on FM2. I did not change tires.

For the 950pp tune I left it on RM, did not do anything with suspension or diff or downforce and only changed output adjustment to 93, ballast 19, -50 to the front and power restrictor to 90. I ran TCS2 with this but could probably run TCS1. This was very drivable and I am sure if I played with suspension and diff it would be even faster/easier.

 

[smoothbore12]

One race left to go , the Porsche cup at SPA .
The F1 done first after selecting easy difficulty and not shame at all about it.
Won't bust my nuts for this one , I'll leave the glory to the others,after all laps at 56 ( best 55 high )won't lead anywhere to have a podium finish.
I'll just put later @AlexWilmot tune just to see the difference and have it just in case at the future.

Not bad at all a nice Friday million .
Next Friday,new fruits and perhaps tickets so we don't be spoil kids with clean credits.

 

[lilcat89]

I did all five this morning in two run throughs on easy. I am really enjoying the races this week. The first time through was driving some cars that I had been neglecting and some of the new update cars. The Ioniq drives like a 60s muscle car with drum brakes, but it does like to slide surprisingly well. My second walkthrough was only using cars that weighed under a metric ton, in order to incorporate the F3500-A. The classic race cars featured heavily at the specified PP levels. I will probably go back and tune some cars newer than 1980 to do another run through.

-Euro Sunday Cup: 356 Speedster, stock
-Japanese Clubman Cup: Fairlady Z432, 546pp
-WTC600: Alpine A220, stock, CS tires
-Porsche Cup: 904 Carrera GTS, highly tuned, 645pp
-Special Event: F3500-A, trimmed most of the downforce out of the wings, but stock otherwise.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I was able to win the F1 race on easy by fitting a racing exhaust and setting downforce to minimum. Fastest lap was 55.500

 

[RACECAR]

European Sunday Cup 400: Ferrari 500 Mondial. Essentially "Hey, I forgot I had this. Wonder what its like". Feels nice to me. Also, easy win.
Japanese Clubman Cup 550: Toyota GR Supra RZ. Car I hadn't driven on GT7 so decided to give it a go, that and its not everyday you see a random Robotech livery (Reference picture for said livery). Another winner.
World Touring Car 600: Lexus LF A. Not only yet another car I hadn't driven, but an attempt to repeat the WTC 600 Tokyo tire Trick I did with the LC500. Sadly, the game was not having it Still won though on Sports hards so eh.
Porsche Cup: Porsche 911 GT3 RS. You know the drill: Domination. Appropreate too since I have a League race this weekend at Spa.
F3500 One-Make: A wild one. Hell of a way to learn this car on the fly if you haven't already given it a spin. Had to go down a difficulty because it just felt like I wasn't gaining much at all.

Video to follow.

 

[Greycap]

Has anyone tried, or even better managed, to win the formula race with a CRB on at least normal difficulty? Because I tried, and "only" 480 km later did it. The problem wasn't being fast enough but getting through the field when every corner is a Schumacher-Villeneuve Jerez '97 situation between at least some cars and the most murderous ones put you in the armco at 350 km/h without asking twice at the first sweeper exit.

 

[RACECAR]

Has anyone tried, or even better managed, to win the formula race with a CRB on at least normal difficulty? Because I tried, and "only" 480 km later did it. The problem wasn't being fast enough but getting through the field when every corner is a Schumacher-Villeneuve Jerez '97 situation between at least some cars and the most murderous ones put you in the armco at 350 km/h without asking twice at the first sweeper exit.

Had a similar issue. Its bad enough trying to keep up but then trying to pull off the outside run they just knock you in the guardrail with no hesitation.

 

[MIE1992]

I think at the very minimum, I'm gonna do that newly-added WTC 600 round at Interlagos. Furthermore, I'll also see if I can get my swapped Honda S800 close to the 600 PP limit. If I can't get it reasonably close to there, I might instead go for using an Aston Martin DB11 on Sport Softs and appropriate ballast/power settings.

 

[Fezzik]

Tried the F1 race. Didn’t even get within 2 secs of the car in front. Way too quick and twitchy for my old reflexes. I’ll pass on this one.

 

[AlexWilmot]

Had a similar issue. It’s bad enough trying to keep up but then trying to pull off the outside run they just knock you in the guardrail with no hesitation.

F1 race you should be able to go flat out in the last turn, but yeah turn 4 getting on the gas too early you can get the back end out a bit

 

[leggy2fast]

The Special Event this one is a banger. Also a pretty good reminder for folks that staying on the high line and keeping steering input to a minimum will do wonders to your tire wear and speed. Try to avoid overdriving into the corners.

 

[RCKakashi14]

That F1 race is a blast, indeed.

 

[2cam16]

Well that was a fun week.
So I tried the F1 in my usual Normal level. Was doing ok and my laps were going down. Was at 55secs by lap 7 I think and caught up with this big batch of cars which were in about 8th place and up. Got pushed onto the grass after T1 and that ended that. So decided to man up and level down to Easy which I never do but oh well, do as the Joneses do. Won by 15 seconds.
High Speed Ring_ (3) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Interlagos was fun. SM on the Ionique. What a boat! Took awhile to get used to and overtook Yamanaka for first at the end of 4 and held on for the win.
Autódromo de Interlagos_ (3) by 2cam16, on Flickr
I thought Spa was going to be a walk as I usually have it easy in this series. Took one of my usual picks for this race,no rain. I had a nice 9 second lead but by the start of the last lap Inostroza all of a sudden started catching up and dropped my lead down to 5 secs. Glad I was able to hold that gap.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps_ (13) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Fuji was another good one. Decided to take my stock LC500 which I used for that Tokyo race a few weeks ago. Below the suggested PP.
Close one and only won by 2.5 seconds.
Fuji International Speedway_ (7) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Brands was another good one in my underpowered and under the suggested PP Mini. Took the lead by the end of the second lap and held on.
Brands Hatch Indy Circuit_ (3) by 2cam16, on Flickr

 

[GTvsForza]

I liked the F3500 event, gives off GT4 vibes.

• European Sunday Cup - Golf GTI I 🔰
• Japanese Clubman Cup - S2000 🚫
• WTC600 - IONIQ 5 N 🔰
• Porsche Cup - VGT Spyder 🚫
• F3500-A Special Event - 🚫

Got an extra 100k from a 5⭐️ daily.

 

[Tommy_D]

Sunday cup 400: Stock A112 Abarth ‘85. Took a few tries but I got 3rd. I’m happy with that considering my car only had 315pp.

Clubman cup 550: Stock Honda CTR ‘15. Got 3rd on my first try. I was surprised at how well it kept up with much faster cars on the long straight. Not bad but could probably get 2nd if I ran it again.

WTC600: Tuned NA Eunos Roadster on RH tires. Took a couple tries but got 1st. Kind of a David vs Goliath race because you don’t have a lot of power but you can slip and slide through the turns a heck of a lot faster than the AI. This is a fun car at 600pp

Porsche Cup: Cayman GT4 tuned to 600pp. Got 3rd place. Just 1 second behind the leader. Very good race. The last 2 laps was me and the top 2 drivers battling it out. The AI actually drove really well. They carried good corner speed, they didn’t brake early. We all had really similar power and speed on the straights. Just good wheel to wheel racing.

F3500 one make: Ha! I can’t even catch up to the pack to get in the slipstream. I can run high 54’s/low 55’s running around the track by myself, but that can only get me in to 11th place. The pack is still 7-8 seconds ahead of me and only getting further and further away as they run low 54’s.

Edit: Okay, dropped to normal difficulty on the F3500 race. Caught up to the pack in a few laps and got through them in 2-3 laps. Lead the race the rest of the way.

 

[GlockPants]

Yesterday I had some trouble with the Special Event. But I made a modest tune and managed a win with the CRB on hard.

The race was done with FM1 and no pit stop. Tires were about half red at the end but no real sign of degradation in the fast corners. The middle sector I found that being in 2nd gear on a tight line helped me keep up against the enemy cars. Just be careful on exit and make sure you're pointed straight before you go full throttle.

 

[Force-Feedback]

I struggled with the F1 event, right till I let Senna drive instead:

 

[KinLM]

Just completed the F3500 challenge on the first try using this tune I put together, and it looks like the 13:27 time isn’t too bad based on what I’ve seen here so I’m including it in case anyone is struggling.

Stock trans, at that too. Possibly more time to be found with a custom setup but I can’t be bothered.

 

[sirjim73]

Sees all the posts above with people winning the F1 race by 0.5 seconds or less...

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

Finally won the F3500 race last night on hard. After 14 tries, I found out that wallriding turn 2 is actually faster than trying to dive it. It's not the coolest solution but hey, do what you gotta do.

 

[b_u_r_z_a]

Another F-1 race
Still no true endurance events.

 

[crooky369]

The F1 race is difficult..

No chance on the mediums as you lose too much time around the esses about half way through the lap.

Tried softs plus a new gearbox tuned to 360kph and 2 notches of traction control but could only manage 7th.

I was placed nicely in 4th at one point and just went a bit too aggressive on tyre management and lost the slipstream from the front pack. Then because my tyres were gone I lost a few positions by the end.

Definitely going to be a fine balance between pushing to get to the front pack but also leaving enough tyre to have a enough to fight at the end.