Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Nakano219]

First-off, thanks for doing this. Very awesome and super appreciated given you don't have to do it at all.👍

Second, any opportunities for automation? If not that, getting it down to little more than a copy/paste exercise when new values are released? I ask because it looks like basic spreadsheet/db stuff when posted. Trying to solution now...pretty confident it's not really a matter of IF they will update them again.😁

I appreciate the thought, but once I have the PP numbers everything is pretty slick and automated, it's just literally going through the car collection to look up the numbers.

Even if someone else had a list of the numbers, I don't think I'd use it - taking someone else's collation work and presenting it as your own just doesn't sit right with me.

 

[05XR8]

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[symustafa1996]

Another fun week. Some of the races, anyways. The hypercar one was pretty bleh, and the High Speed Ring got boring pretty quick. 20 laps! I love the track since the GT2 days but come on.

Bought the Intergra Type R in the used dealership and raced it immediately with no modifications. All my other Type Rs are modded to hell and back, figured a stock one could be nice. And yes, it handles amazing. Makes the race somewhat challenging too.

Got to use one of my many many Evos! I love the TM, a few little mods and it just cruises. No need to go crazy with it. Another easy win.

Hypercar parade was meh. I forgot to stiffen the suspension for this while tuning it, as a result it handles like a really fast and unpredictable boat. Seriously, it felt like I was driving a beanbag. Not to mention Kyoto is a track that could really benefit from a stable car. Nonetheless, I got to create a decent lead with it.

Got to go to Daytona with a car that raced there in real life. The opponents were actually somewhat competitive, surprisingly. I only won by a close ish margin. I only got to pull away at the chicane.

The first track I ever raced in in GT2, I love it. That said, its a pretty simple track and 20 laps of it is pretty dull. I decided to just get it over with the McLaren F1 GTR. Pretty cool to get to 325kph by the second corner. Pitted once with RS tires with fuel map around 3-4. Lapped everyone.

Was hoping for some more interesting races this week with interesting prizes, but can't have it all sometimes.

 

[Carpocalypse]

A pretty fun week.

1. Began the week with the "New" civic, it's pretty fun to drive, especially with sport soft tyres.
2. For the second race, I used the Nissan GT-R T-Spec. It handles the same as most GT-R cars in my opinion.
3. For hypercar parade, I used the AMG GT Black series (But in green), it's alright but understeers in most corners. That or the tyres can't cope.
4. This was the only real downer of an event, I first tried with the Viper GR4, but found it to be slow, so I used the SRT-10 Coupe (modified to look like the ACR), but even then I struggled to catch up, only getting to pole position on the final lap.
5. I expected this one to be the difficult one, and was contemplating not doing it at all. I set the detuned 787B to fuel map 6 (Before changing to 4) and found that I only needed to change intermediate tyres every 4 - 5 laps.

 

[TheCracker]

Did the WTC800 at HSR in the 799pp Gr.2 Lexus LC430 i've been grinding Sardegna A in this week. A lazy choice really, but familiarity wins out when you don't know how the event is likely to pan out.

Turned out to be an easy win compared to the WTC800 at Sardegna. Single pitstop for fuel at the end of lap10 keeping the same RH tyres throughout. Think i used fuel map 4 but still had a fair bit left after pitting at half way. Wonder if its possible to not pit at all? Should still be quick enough on map 6 and may need some lift and coast and reduced downforce, but it might be possible. Anyone tried it?

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Went shopping yesterday, came back with four new cars and got them ready for this week's challenges.
Afraid my Viper doesn't cut it after what you guys reported here.

Leaving for Sardegna now with my slightly de-tuned Integra ...

 

[SSfox]

I'm struggling with the Viper event, those car are rough yo take turn. Any good tune recommendations for this one?

 

[AXL_EXE]

I'm struggling with the Viper event, those car are rough yo take turn. Any good tune recommendations for this one?

Can't say I've found a good setup besides high rear and low front downforce.
In earlier games I found the LSD was useful for stopping wheelspin but it just doesn't work the same here.

 

[Reeneman]

Don’t like to drive the Viper in the game

 

[Vitesh Patel]

I'm struggling with the Viper event, those car are rough yo take turn. Any good tune recommendations for this one?

I used the Gr3 Viper. I found you have to get the car slowed down a heck of a lot before you turn in. Shift down to an even lower gear than normal to get the car to rotate, then short-shift back up before you get back on the loud pedal.

Take a breath off the throttle going through the kink in the in-field to carry the speed through.

When you're getting on the power, be gentle until you're pointing straight. The back end will step out and you'll lose so much time.

 

[Islaygaz]

Loved the Viper race! Used the 2013 viper RS, racing silencer, filter and brakes and high rpm SC! Found that quite consistent, in fact…

 

[Tommy_D]

Fairly easy set of races this week.

I took the Jeremy Clarkson approach for the Viper race and went with POWER!!! vs handling. So my Chiron engine swapped Viper came out swinging with every bolt on installed (no permanent mods). 1851hp and Racing Soft tires. It actually does pretty well on the infield. It’s a monster on the banking. Gets a bit squirrelly above ~210mph and the braking zone in to turn 1 can be quite dicey. Other than that it was an easy race. Got the CRB.

The others were all simple. Loved the Hypercar race because I get to use my GT2RS. It has quickly become my favorite car in the game. Such a good car.

The Gr.3 race was easy. BRZ GT300 with a medium turbo and RM tires. Ran FM6 most of the way and won by 42 seconds.

 

[BLACK86]

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Viper event is a really welcome and unexpected race, gonna love this! And for the first time a custom tune shows up in the Randomizer, interested in seeing how it will perform against the Hypercars.

Hello. So am I just supposed to mod my cars to those exact pp points? or does the place where you got the list tell you what parts to put on to make that pp?

 

[Strax]

Hello. So am I just supposed to mod my cars to those exact pp points? or does the place where you got the list tell you what parts to put on to make that pp?

Those are the stock PP values of those cars.

 

[TheCracker]

Did the WTC800 at HSR in the 799pp Gr.2 Lexus SC430…

….Wonder if it’s possible to not pit at all? Should still be quick enough on map 6 and may need some lift and coast and reduced downforce, but it might be possible. Anyone tried it?

Turns out you can’t. Not in the SC430 anyway. Managed a little over 18.5 laps before running dry. Not enough opportunities to lift and coast and running fuel map 6 doesn’t allow you to lift enough to make it worthwhile drafting, even running with a reduced wing. Perhaps something more frugal could manage?

 

[BLACK86]

Those are the stock PP values of those cars.

Thanks, i was looking at Rocket Joes list above lol. The nsx in your list is 700 but stock nsx is in the 500's. The 700 is in orange so maybe that means you can tune it?

 

[A1an]

What I used for the weeklies, all new cars to me, except the Viper.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

A car I can absolutely recommend for HSR WTC800 is the Pagani Zonda R. Used it after failing with the Gallardo. RH tires, max DF, high range turbo in an otherwise stock setup on FM6 - a dream to drive. It's not that overkill car so there's even close racing every now and then. Couldn't avoid the second pitstop but was still fast enough for a 20 sec lead at the line.

 

[Strax]

Thanks, i was looking at Rocket Joes list above lol. The nsx in your list is 700 but stock nsx is in the 500's. The 700 is in orange so maybe that means you can tune it?

Ah you're right, I forgot about the NSX. The Randomizer was recently upgraded with a feature to include custom tunes, as I do have a 700pp NSX I've added it. All the remaining cars are indicated at stock PP values.

 

[equalitus]

The viper event was frustrating because even on RS both the SRT 10 and Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R '15 and the GR4 was almost equally difficult to drive, but I used RH on one of the cars, extremely bad grip without assists.

 

[2cam16]

Another fun set (some) of races.
Daytona-That was a tough one! Is it me or did the AI seem more aggressive than normal? I used a tune from Exeter but bumped up the hp. Everything on it but all NA. RS. I got them in the straights but in the tech it was tough. Only took first in the last lap right before the bus stop. I braked late and he braked even LATER. He missed the apex, went off as I overtook him. And I was thinking his rejoin was going to be bad so I braced for it. Sure enough he hits me but I was ready. Pulled away from that point and took the W.
Daytona Road Course_ (5) by 2cam16, on Flickr
HSR-I haven't done this race in probably over a year and forgot of that quick rain period. Took my trusty WTC800 entry Audi. Was in first on lap 11 and pitted for fuel. Went out and saw the rain coming and stupidly went back in for IM's. Came out in 5th. Took first a couple of laps later and hung in there on the worn IM's for the win. lol
High Speed Ring_ (4) by 2cam16, on Flickr
When you say Hyper car I always say FXXK so here it was in flight. lol Race was over even before the end of the 1st.
Kyoto Driving Park - Yamagiwa+Miyabi_ by 2cam16, on Flickr
Tokyo I took the EVO Final which was 23pp over the suggested. Easy win.
Tokyo Expressway - East Clockwise_ (4) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Sardegna-Didn't we just race this a few weeks ago? Anyway used the same car I ran in that race, this abomination of a car. lol Won it by about 5 seconds.
Sardegna - Road Track - C_ (3) by 2cam16, on Flickr

 

[RACECAR]

Japanese FF Challenge 450: Honda Integra Type R. Another case of "Hadn't driven this so lets give it a go. Easy win, Although the Ai did give me a heart attack in the final corner multiple times.

Japanese 4WD Challenge 600: Suzuki Vision VGT. Not only did forget I had this, but forgot it was 4WD. Needless to say, holy crap is it a cheat code for this race and possibly ANY Japanese 4WD Challenge 600 event.

Hypercar Parade: Ferrari FXX K. As per Usual, domination. That said, that Hill before entering the Miyabi portion nearly destroyed me on Lap 1.

World Touring Car 800: BMW Mclaren F1 GTR. Was shocked when I looked and saw this car was underneith the 800 PP Limit without any changes. So naturally, a no brainer and there was never really enough rain to warrant even Inters, let alone wets.

Dodge Viper One-Make: Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R. So yeah, they knew Had to spend some coin for this but even with how much this snake wiggled, Suddenly the race was pure easy mode for me.

 

[GTvsForza]

Not a bad set, the Viper race was cool.

• Japanese FF Challenge - Civic Si Extra w/Integra swap 🔰
• Japanese 4WD Challenge - Tundra w/SC430 swap 🔰
• Hypercar Parade - Valkyrie 🚫
• Viper One-Make - GT3-R 🚫
• WTC800 - LF-LC VGT 🔰

Just 30k from a 4⭐️ daily.

 

[venom85]

For those who have trouble racing the Viper, use the Viper GTS 02 with the Bugatti engine.

With it you can easily achieve times under 1 minute 40 seconds.

But install racing brakes and racing chassis, otherwise it drives like a ship.

 

[Moose78]

Made some picks for the week, but still have a couple races left to do. Trying them all on hard difficulty.

Sardegna - Honda Civic Type R (EK) '97 - Only added some aero parts. Otherwise stock. I don't remember ever running the layout of the track -- and it showed. It took me a couple of attempts to get the win, after giving up the lead on the first attempt because of a stupid mistake that took me off the track. First ticket obtained.

Tokyo Expressway - Toyota GR Corolla MORIZO Edition - Put on some SS tires to get it a little closer to the PP limit. Made for an easy win. Second box checked.

Kyoto - Skoda VGT - No modifications at all on this one. I've driven all 4 cars in the Hyper Car category, so I picked the Skoda because I hadn't driven it yet and it seemed like it was in the right PP range. Too easy. As far as EVs go, it is a fun car to drive, though. Second ticket obtained.

 

[lilcat89]

Finished all 5 last night. The first 4 races were quite fun. For the first time in a while, the “cars with a rear hatch” theme I chose applied to all 5 races.

• Japanese FF Challenge: B18-swapped EG Civic, fun race, CRB
• Japanese 4WD Challenge: GR Corolla, forgot how much I love this car, CRB
• Hypercar Parade: Corvette C6 ZR1, tuned to C6.R specs, very fun, but felt like the AI were in a parade, CRB
• Viper One-Make: Viper GTS’02, tuned to GTS-R specs, race is very fun and I love the Daytona Road Course, no CRB but will be replaying this one more
• WTC800: Mercedes AMG GT3’20, 20 laps are too many personally, easy race, no CRB, might rerun it to get CRB

 

[Greycap]

In earlier games I found the LSD was useful for stopping wheelspin but it just doesn't work the same here.

The LSD helps when you've got enough power to spin one wheel but not two. When the latter happens only a lighter right foot or traction control will fix it.

 

[Rossell2]

The HSR race was actually easy in the end I used my Mazda 787b tuned for Sardegna. Made a good move of getting wet tyres and a refill on lap 5 ready for some rain which lasted til near the end. Finished two laps up.

The Viper race was more difficult. The Gr3 didn't make as massive progress as I expected, but still made it in the end.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Race 1
Honda Integra Type R '95 - 449 PP
Integra FWD excellence at Sardegna ...

Race 2
Subaru Impreza 22B '98 - 568 PP
Making a low bow at Tokyo ...

Race 3
Ferrari 430 Scuderia '07 - 650 PP
Triumph of the underdog at Kyoto ...

Race 4
Dodge Viper GTS '13 - 718 PP
Adrenaline at Daytona ...

Race 5
Pagani Zonda R '09 - 794 PP
Argentina's finest at High Speed Ring ...