Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Cerebral303]

Just failed the F1 race, was up to 3rd with FM1 so pitted and went from RH to RS and there was so much traffic I couldn't get past so finished 9th. I'll have to check the difficulty I have it on.

 

[05XR8]

PD having a big laugh. I won on my third start FM3 until lap 6 and then FM1 & FM2 for the final laps. Finished with .3 laps in the tank.

First race, I was up P6(on lap one!) until the exit of the third chicane, when I spun after a tank slapper. Thing is, AI were so slow(Hard difficulty). Braking way before the corners. I picked up four places before T1 with no touching. Then, each corner was more early braking by AI. That was soon to end.

Started the second attempt and AI weren’t having it. I spun again at the third chicane, on lap 6, but on worn tyres. Was only P9.

Last race had me up to P8 for the majority. The FM3 was killing me. AI pit with 23 second lead. I slotted between P1 and P2 as the AI exited the pits(didn’t realise the AI were on RS). I got the lead when AI slowed for the second chicane. From there, I was able to manage the gap each chicane the AI braked. Close finish.

Cr. 500,000 for my ticket

 

[Pigems]

I thought this one was gonna be a lot harder for some reason. No stop on Mediums, BB-3 and TCS1, just shift at half bar to save the fuel.

 

[2cam16]

Decent week it was.
Monza-I no shamed it and went straight to Easy. RM on FM3 for more than half then went to FM1. I was in 5th chasing Valerio on lap 7 when all four in front pitted. I was no -pitting so had a decent 3-4 second lead until took a pen at (of course) T1 and that got me scrambling. Got overtaken my Kylian after taking the pen but was able to hold on to second. I'm done. lol
Autodromo Nazionale Monza_ (7) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Lake Louise in the car I've won this race in when it first came out, AE86. Easy win.
Lake Louise Long Track_ (2) by 2cam16, on Flickr
St. Croix in my swapped 991. Another easy win.
Circuit de Sainte-Croix - B_ (9) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Watkins Glen was my chance to showcase a livery I made for one of my Sierra Cosworths. I didn't have a decent suggested pp car so this was it at 647pp. Easy peasy.
Watkins Glen Short Course_ (6) by 2cam16, on Flickr
HSR was my chance too to drive a van I haven't used yet. Modded Hi-Ace. It didn't have to guts on the straights to only placed 3rd. Went back and won it in my LC500.
High Speed Ring Reverse_ (4) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Ticket got me 500k.

 

[Thorson1987]

Bit of squeaky bum time that last lap.

 

[ZEE]

Some snaps post race of the weekly F3500 race, my video is on the other thread, I really liked that race, did it on RS tyres and had 1 pitstop and just ran out of fuel near the end. Very fun and engaging race.

 

[A1an]

I passed the event with the following setup (that normally I don't use at all, meaning much less control activated):

Difficult = Easy
TC = 5
ASM = On
Counter-steering assistance = Strong
Tyre = HARD
Fuel = 6 after 1 lap 5 and after one lap 4 and set 3 and only last lap 4 again

Strategy = no pit and hoping the others will do it.

2nd position and with some less mistake here and there could do 1st without big issues.

I think that I could start with fuel at 4 and kept till the end.

Thank you, I will give this a go later.

I thought this one was gonna be a lot harder for some reason. No stop on Mediums, BB-3 and TCS1, just shift at half bar to save the fuel.
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Thank you!

This is an excellent tune.

The F1 now handles as it should do!

I used fuel 3 and moved the brake bias back one and TCS 4, won the race on Easy mode.

My weekly cars, all new cars except the F1.
I won £500,000 from the Six star ticket.

 

[KamyKaze1098]

Weeklies done

Stock BRZ with aero parts for race 1

Mustang Boss for race 2

My 996 911 which I used for the WTC 600 championship for race 3. Handles so well

Used the Focus for the snow race

And finally the “Ferrari”, changed difficulty to easy to just get it done

Got an Enzo from the 6* ticket

 

[staticguy]

I thought this one was gonna be a lot harder for some reason. No stop on Mediums, BB-3 and TCS1, just shift at half bar to save the fuel.
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This worked for me, thanks man!!!!

 

[Thorson1987]

Sometimes for the first 2 races of the challenge I say stuff it and use an extremely overpowered car.



This was fun. Alot easier than the one on High Speed Ring.

 

[Tommy_D]

First race at HSR reverse I did in a stock Skyline 2000GT-R ‘70. Had first place for a while but the Silvia just had a bit more horsepower and was able to out accelerate me on the long straight. Lost by .084 seconds. But I only had 400pp. That Silvia is 485pp stock.

The second race at Watkins Glen was in my “John Wick” Boss 429. 502pp in a 550pp race. Got second place because the stock 4 speed transmission unfortunately makes the car top out at 120mph. Fun car though with some really basic bolt-on mods done to it.

The third race in the snow race was laughably easy. Won by 25 seconds over the AI in a stock Focus.

Fourth race at St Croix was done in a stock RUF RGT 4.2. I tried a stock Audi R8 v10 at first but that car sucks. It may be one of the worst driving cars in the game. So the RUF fit the bill at 650pp. Got first with an 8 second lead. Down tuning this car with SH tires makes it 628pp but I could only get 2nd about 10 seconds behind the AMG Black. He just took off on the last lap.

Fifth race at Monza in the F-3500 was actually pretty easy. RM tires with short shifting and TC2 made it a first try win for me. 2.5 seconds ahead of 2nd place. Kept the same suspension and aero setup as I used for the HSR race a couple weeks back but shortened the transmission gearing since the top speed wasn’t going to be so high.

6 star ticket gave me a Genesis Gran Racer VGT which I sold for 502k credits.