Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Moose78]

Tried them all but haven't won all the tickets... yet. (Hard difficulty)

Grand Valley - Volvo 240 SE Estate '93 - This took a few attempts. I tried and failed with a couple tunes that respected the suggested 400PP. Best I could manage was P6. In the end, I went overboard (mid-RPM turbo, bored cylinders, and high-compression pistons, all the sports-level upgrades, SS tires). That brought the PP up to 520, which made for an easy win. First ticket obtained.

Lake Louise - Toyota Tundra TRD Pro '19 - I've driven this truck before and I don't remember if I'd upgraded it back then. Just threw on the snow tires today and went. Easy -- but not at all clean -- win. Second box checked.

Suzuka East - Hyundai IONIQ 5 N '24 - The only upgrade I made was SS tires. That was plenty. Made a few mistakes along the way, but I was still able to get the win. Second ticket obtained.

Road Atlanta - Lexus LC500 '17 - These WTC 600 races are challenging to do in an untuned car. All I did was upgrade the tires to SS. That was good enough for P3, but I was 11 seconds off the lead. Good enough to check the fourth box.

Suzuka - Audi VGT - No luck with this car. I started on RS tires, thinking the rain would come before they wore out. No rain came. The tires were done after 4 laps. I pitted for RMs and fuel. I was able to work my way up to P6 before running out of fuel on the final straight, losing a couple spots as I puttered to the finish for P8. I'm feeling like this might not be the car for me in this race. Might try again later in something else.

 

[sirjim73]

Isn't this the second Ioniq event?
If so, @Famine really missed one in the news title, not including Bi-Ioniq ...

 

[Carpocalypse]

1. To begin the week, I decided to use my "M3 GTR" (AKA the M3 '03 with the Z4 GT3 swap, and bodykit), as I didn't get to use it last week, when I built it. it beat the race pretty easily.
2. Next, I decided to use a stock SVT Raptor for the next race, it was pretty difficult, as the car was approximately 30 PP lower than the suggested amount, but I just about managed to get a win.
3. Next, I could only use the Ioniq 5 N, but I decided to use the "Pikes Peak" build. It worked great, but it did like to understeer.
4. For WTC600, I used the Countach 25th Anniversary. Through some "Creative" and "Close" racing, I managed to get first, beating more modern Lamborghini cars.

 

[jesse100190]

that is what we call a Oprah meme lap

 

[RACECAR]

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[RACECAR]

European Sunday Cup 400: Peugeot 205 GTI. Took using the Racing Mediums (and some really close moments), but was doable.
Pickup Truck Race: Ford F-150 Raptor. Pure fun, not some super tune but fine time regardless.
World Touring Car 600: Lexus LFA. Had to buy a power restrictor to get the power down, but got it. Might have an Idea..
Gr.1 Prototype Series: Toyota TS030. No-Stopped AND tip toe'd just enough to NOT spin despite not taking wets. Had 4 laps worth by the last lap.
Hyundai Ioniq One-Make: Abit tricky (and again, on a short configuration of a circuit for some reason), but did it.

 

[smoothbore12]

As usual Friday is weekly races time.
Did first the Suzuka using thr new F1 to clear it as painless as i could.
Rain hit track at second lap !!? Nobody changed tyres and i did the same which was the right choice.
Proceed to easier ones and leave Glen for the end and i will stay on that one.
Don't know why but am sure that this race has two " speeds " !!!!
If Baylees start in front i couldn't even catch him .
I was with a Porsche RS 22 detune and couldn't even see him 😂
I try again with more power and SM tyres ......again second with Baylees.
Change car ,Alfa gr 3 road car on SS .
Laps under 30's ( 29'- 27' ) and catch him on last lap 😵‍💫 to take the win.!!!!

After couple hours brake i try it again .
I use Subaru WRX on SS tyres and i took the win without even go down from 30's but Baylees wasn't in front.

Anyway i try it again till get CRB and i did it twice ,with the Subaru and Alfa again .

The sound of Subaru was in another level and with SS tyres is very enjoyable.
I'll try it again since there isn't something else that can keep my interest high.

The IRONIK 😂 rides more like a truck than a car ,need to brake yesterday to stop today and the front end always seeking path outside of the track.
It's unique car for ......real estate activities 🤣.

The 6* ticket brought a mini VGT sold for 633k which was better than the half million brick .

 

[A1an]

What I used for the weekly, all new cars except the Toyota Tundra and Hyundai.
What I won from the reward ticket.

 

[2cam16]

Pretty decent week except for the Gr.1 which I opted to skip as I haven't won this race yet. I'm sure I've tried it before and gave up. Life of a controller. lol
Anyway to the races......
Suzuka in the Hyundai was an easy win with this set-up on SS.
Suzuka Circuit East Course_ (5) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Lake Louise saw my Raptor obliterate the field by half a lap and even lapped a couple of backmarkers.
Lake Louise Tri-Oval Reverse_ by 2cam16, on Flickr
Since a lot were saying it's hard to keep the 400pp at Grand Valley, I went with this Clio which has no mechanical mods, just aero and on SS which brought it up to 525. Won on the last segment after overtaking the M3.
Grand Valley - South Reverse_ (5) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Road Atlanta was an iffy as I don't remember how I had won this race before. So I grabbed this Civic which only had aero on it and threw on some RS right under the 600pp. It was a battle with the Lambo on the last lap. Had to do some blocking on the long straight and won it by a couple.
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta _ (14) by 2cam16, on Flickr

 

[bluealpine]

Special event done, second place and post traumIONIK disorder here.
The weight transfer with the fat IONIQ is a cruel joke, specially on a curvy track like Suzuka. The tires loud is a nightmare here.
After the formula TT on the same track, It looks like PD has demonstrated the IRONIQ is not a real sport car 😅.
A wise man said : Light is right...

 

[Greycap]

Laps under 30's ( 29'- 27' ) and catch him on last lap 😵‍💫 to take the win.!!!!

Good for you, in my case three 1'28 and two 1'26 laps were good for an eight second loss at the end. Classic PD, a 650PP car into a 600PP restricted race on a track of which a good three quarters is full throttle.

 

[05XR8]

Did the Suzuka race in the RB25. Sprinkles of rain, but nothing accumulated. Won by 40 seconds.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

This week was fun for sure.

Race 1 - Mercedes 190E. Tuned to 500PP and sporting an opponent-style version of A$AP Rocky's 190E design, I overtook the Carrera on lap 2 and drove away.

Race 2 - Ford Raptor. Only upgrades were the mandatory snow tires, a high-speed close ratio gearbox, and a high-lift cam shaft, to balance it with the AI trucks which are lightly upgraded. Halfway through lap 3, I took the lead and held it to the finish.

Race 3 - IONIQ 5 N. Bone stock except for a brake balance controller, sports suspension, the obvious pikes peak widebody and a simple design to blend in with the opponents. Got the lead on lap 5 after a few mistakes, and never looked back.

Race 4 - Impreza WRX Sti Coupe Type R '99. If the AI wanna cheat, I will too. I brought my Tokyo 600 workhorse sporting the brutally overpowered EJ20-Rally swap to this race. 788HP and a super stable setup allowed me to destroy that RGT and Gallardo. Fastest lap was in the 1:23 bracket.

Race 5 - RCF GT500. With a high-rpm turbo and good gearing, I challenged myself to win this race with a Gr.2 machine. The rain played into my plan perfectly, as the L750R and XJR-9 got caught on slicks in a downpour, slowing up the entire field. In the end, I chased down the lead McLaren Ultimate Gr1 and pulled away to win by over 15 seconds. Mission complete!

 

[Moose78]

All done.

Suzuka - Audi VGT - I decided to give the Audi another try. This time there was rain, and that made all the difference. Started on RSs and pitted on lap 3 for IMs and fuel, just as the rain hit. Carefully picked my way through the field on the out lap. They all pitted, giving me a huge lead, which I easily held to the end. Final ticket obtained.

Added: The roulette ticket gave me 500,000 Cr.

 

[smoothbore12]

Good for you, in my case three 1'28 and two 1'26 laps were good for an eight second loss at the end. Classic PD, a 650PP car into a 600PP restricted race on a track of which a good three quarters is full throttle.

And i was referring to the normal mod, perhaps you was at hard ( i guess ).
But definitely isn't a proper race ( at least some times ) that allows you do run different cars without the need to use a highly pushed car .

 

[Greycap]

And i was referring to the normal mod, perhaps you was at hard ( i guess ).

It was on hard yes, but there's generally so much rubberbanding going on that I've seen in some cases the normal AI being faster than hard depending on what (and how) you're driving. I eventually won it but the difference was that the RGT started eighth, not second, and got stuck in the traffic long enough. It's not like it isn't possible to be faster than it, no problem there, but being five seconds faster on every lap while getting through traffic just doesn't happen especially when you're going for the CRB.

 

[GTvsForza]

Thought I'd take my (sort of) IRL truck out for this week.

• European Sunday Cup - DS 3 Racing 🚫
• Sport Trucks - F-150 Raptor 🔰
• IONIQ 5 N One-Make - 🚫
• WTC600 - RCZ Gr 3 Road Car 🔰
• Gr 1 Prototypes - Tomahawk VGT Gr 1 🚫

Awesome rewards:

• Aston Martin Invitation from 4⭐️ Daily (yesterday)
• Dupe 650S GT3 from 4⭐️ Daily (today)
• 500k from 6⭐️ Ticket

 

[smoothbore12]

I did one race on hard at Atlanta 600 and won catching the GTR on 4th lap winning about
7 seconds.

After that i try to find a field with Bayless in front at normal level.
Same car ( Alfa gr3 road ) with Bayless ( RUF ) starting 3rd and taking the lead at third lap and i won less than 6 seconds 🤣 while pass him starting 5th lap !!
Although except first lap all others was at 28, 27's and faster at 26 while on hard level i was slower everywhere and total time of course.
I guess if Bayless start in front at hard level there's no chance - for me at least - to win it .
With the Ruf in front, add two chili peppers at once 😂

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Hey guys, I've tried the Road Atlanta race with three different cars ( F. Roadster / Viper / LFA ) so far with varying success. Although I've won a couple times already I'm not really happy with how the races went. Are there cars that you would highly recommend or even something like a 600 PP meta car ?

@smoothbore12
Were you talking about the WRX Gr.B road car ?

 

[05XR8]

I used a Gr.4 M4 car on SM. Drops PP just below 600. The SH made the car too slow. Couldn’t catch the R8 ‘16 my first try.

 

[Moose78]

Hey guys, I've tried the Road Atlanta race with three different cars ( F. Roadster / Viper / LFA ) so far with varying success. Although I've won a couple times already I'm not really happy with how the races went. Are there cars that you would highly recommend or even something like a 600 PP meta car ?

I feel like those WTC 600 events are geared towards highly tuned road cars. I used a Praiano-tuned Audi TT for most of those events when I first did them, but that was on normal difficulty. I'll bet there are some really good engine-swapped options out there, but that's not really my thing, so I can't make any specific recommendations.

 

[RACECAR]

 

[jesse100190]

it took me 2 tries to win at Atlanta falling short by less then a second to heywood the 1st time.

 

[Akers]

I’m struggling a bit this week. So far

Hey guys, I've tried the Road Atlanta race with three different cars ( F. Roadster / Viper / LFA ) so far with varying success. Although I've won a couple times already I'm not really happy with how the races went. Are there cars that you would highly recommend or even something like a 600 PP meta car ?

@smoothbore12
Were you talking about the WRX Gr.B road car ?

Took me attempts with 4 different cars to win. Nismo 400R, Mazda RX-8, 288-GTO, were all unsuccessful. Finally won, with Porsche Cayman GT4 road car, on SS tyres, took the lead at start of last lap.

Has anyone managed to legitimately win the Grand Valley race on Hard difficulty with a car below 400PP? If so how?
I can’t get anywhere near winning with any vehicle below 450PP…

 

[smoothbore12]

Hey guys, I've tried the Road Atlanta race with three different cars ( F. Roadster / Viper / LFA ) so far with varying success. Although I've won a couple times already I'm not really happy with how the races went. Are there cars that you would highly recommend or even something like a 600 PP meta car ?

@smoothbore12
Were you talking about the WRX Gr.B road car ?

Rally car 98 SS tyres

 

[TheCracker]

Been trying to do this weeks events in cars i've never used. There's no point spending the credits only to have them as garage queens.

Two of the events i couldn't as they're car specific, or two car specific for the Pick Up race. My Iconiq 5N was mechanically upgraded but visually stock but it was still an easy win. Used a totally stock, aside from snow tyres, F150 for the Pick Up event but that was still an easy win too.

For the Grand Valley one i picked out the 959. Well over the suggested PP, but as it too was stock i thought i may have been a bit of a challenge - i've not run this GV layout, in GT7 at least, and none there in reverse so there was little familiarity to help. Still a pretty easy win even with a well dented 959 from a few early visits to the barriers. So far, so good.

I'd just bought the F40 from Hagerty so was itching to use it. Too much PP for the WTC600 at Road Atlanta so added ballest and power restrictor to creep under the bar. Again, not a circuit i've ever run on so took me two or three attempts to get some familiarity - with both the car and the track, but could feel it was never going to happen. Managed a 3rd place but was still about 14 seconds off the winning time. Got creative with settings, adding more weight, trying to reduce turbo lag with the anti-lag, but still couldn't get below a 1.30 lap with it. It's quick in a straight line but it struggles to carry any speed through or get out of the slow corners. Give it softer tyres and it's better, but you have to reduce the power (or add weight) so much to do so that you end up slow on the straights. Had to give up on it in the end. Changed to a Impreza STi '99(?) that i'd modified early game for some of the Japanese championships and was immediately quicker. Down to 1.29/1.28s, but could still do no better than 2nd.

I think this event really comes down to how the field is set. If the quicker RUF and Lambos start at the sharp end, you're going to struggle no matter what, but if they get stuck in traffic, you've got a chance. My STi has all the bits on it, but the tune is stock, so there's still time there to extract from it. Will have to have a search for a decent set-up.

Not yet attempted the Gr.1 at Suzuka event, but sticking with the not-yet-driven theme i have several Gr.1s to try out. I won the Nissan GT-R LM from a daily marathon ticket yesterday so that's top of my list, once i get the WTC600 win out of the way.

 

[MIE1992]

Did the European Sunday Cup 400 using a Renault 5 Turbo that had an engine swap and Sports Hard tires, plus some aero parts, but otherwise had nothing else done to it - not even a widebody!

Next was the Pickup Truck Race at Lake Louise, wherein I easily won using an entirely stock Toyota Tundra TRD Pro.

Then I found out that I hadn’t actually done the WTC 600 round at Road Atlanta yet, so I picked my swapped Honda S800 and had a blast! The thing only has around 222 HP but it feels so much faster than that, likely since it’s so lightweight.

I might do the other two races at this point, too, especially since I’m likely going to skip this week’s daily races. For the Ioniq 5 N one-make, I’m going to use the Ioniq 5 N that I got via the viewer’s campaign, with Sport Softs and a removal of the front license plate, but otherwise nothing else done to it.

Then, for the Gr.1 Prototype Series race at Suzuka, I do believe I’ll go with the Gr.1-spec Hyundai N2025 VGT that I’ve typically gone with.

 

[Greycap]

I think this event really comes down to how the field is set. If the quicker RUF and Lambos start at the sharp end, you're going to struggle no matter what, but if they get stuck in traffic, you've got a chance.

Extremely so. On Hard all the quick ones - Hizal in the 22B, Bayless in the RGT, and both Lambos - run 1'30s on a clear track. You start about 25 seconds back which means you'll have to put in a straight row of 1'25s if one of them starts from pole and that's deep in alien territory at least with a "normal" 600PP car. Some oddball Tokyo specials with the straightline speed of a Saturn V may work better but that's about it.

 

[Tommy_D]

Mostly an unmemorable week. The race and Grand Vally reverse is almost impossible to win in a 400pp car. Maybe if you add nitrous (which doesn't add any PP value to your car) you could win. I don't even remember what I used to win the race.

Snow race was dumb. Took the lead at the end of lap 1 and drove alone for the rest of the race.

Road Atlanta has actually grown on me. I did not like it when they first introduced it in the game, but it's gotten more fun as more events get put on it. I don't remember what car I took to win.

I know there was a 4th race, but I can't remember what it was.

I won the Gr.1 race at Suzuka with the Audi RS5 DTM Gr.2 car. Had a good downpour between laps 4-6. I didn't pit for rain tires and put on fresh RM tires at the end of lap 6 as the rain stopped. That got me the win as the AI had to pit on lap 8 and 9 to swap out their intermediates for dry tires.

Extremely so. On Hard all the quick ones - Hizal in the 22B, Bayless in the RGT, and both Lambos - run 1'30s on a clear track. You start about 25 seconds back which means you'll have to put in a straight row of 1'25s if one of them starts from pole and that's deep in alien territory at least with a "normal" 600PP car. Some oddball Tokyo specials with the straightline speed of a Saturn V may work better but that's about it.

A 600PP tuned Boss 429 dominates races even at the 700pp level. Such a good car.

 

[smoothbore12]

Did few races today at Atlanta.
What impressed me the most was the Toyota with the less power from all .
Ok ,it was on Racing tyres but Soft ones was only 2 pp lower 😂 .
Normal level ,zero CRB for various reasons.