Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[jlbmel]

Sorry for what must be a normal question, but is completion of all challenges more efficient than grinding Sardegna or Le Mans?

No.
Edit: I may have spoke too soon in regards to this week's races.
If you win all the races with CRB you get 577,500 credits. The big factor is what you get with the 6* ticket. I got 500,00 credits. With the other two tickets being 300,000, the total would be 1,377,500 credits for about 1 hour that it took to complete. Two LeMans races will net you more.
There is a very slight chance to get 1,000,000 credits from the 6* ticket which would boost the total to 1,877,500.
In summary, you would need to get the CRB in all the races (not very likely with Mt. Panorama) and get the 1,000,000 credits from the 6* ticket to make it more efficient than LeMans.
I was correct with my initial answer.

 

[mastretta_mx]

This week selection:

1.- BMW M2 Competition for European Clubman 600 race in Deep Forest; P1 at lap 4 but lost the CRB on lap 5 on the curve after the second tunnel exit.

2.- Ferrari 500 Mondiale for Classic Sundsy cup in Laguna Seca; easy win with CRB, took P1 before the corkscrew on lap 1.

3.- Honda Civic SiR EG for the special event in Tokyo; challenging race, took P1 at the middle of lap 5, got CRB but not sure why because I crashed with the barrier while overtaking lol.

4.- Porsche Cayman GT4 for Porsche cup on Kyoto; P1 on lap 3, but lost the CRB after an incident with a Porsche 964.

5.-Mazda3 Gr4 for WTC 700 on Barhurst; easy win with fuel map 6 and medium racing tyres, had to do a quick pit stop on lap 6 to change tyes but still winning by 10 seconds, as expected on this track no CRB 😂😂.

Daily Ticket: 3 starts and got 10k credits.
From 6 star ticket I got 500K credits.

 

[jesse100190]

for the Bathurst race had a caution on the 1st lap due to an ai turning too far to the right at the 2nd checkpoint i had a few mistakes but it lasted 5 laps on fuel map 1 with the potential to do a no pitter.
the Porsche was fun had a sub 1:50 lap at the end
the civic one make race had a perfect lap with a sub 1:20.
the classic and euro races had a mistake but did not matter at the end.

 

[RACECAR]

I know I said Spoon Civic but had a change of plan after seeing there is already an AI Spoon Civic in the field. So I instead went with the Gathers livery and this is my lineup for the races.

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European Clubman Cup 600: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4. Been a while since I had my Super Leggera Build and with my GT3 build underway, thought I'd give it one last go.
Sunday Cup Classic: Peugeot 205. My Rallye returns for a 2 lap stroll and it does so easily in stock setup form.
Porsche Cup: Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997). My Cup car returns for the first time in a long while. Another easy win, though that downhill left me abit unsure at times.
World Touring Car 700: Ford Mustang GR.4. Another challenge I wanted to do and for the first time, Hards were actually worth trying. Also managed to fuel save in a Mustang.
Honda Civic One-Make: Was abit intimidated due to the repeated License test fails, but eventually figured it out.

 

[skydragon49]

That was a genuinely good selection of races.

My picks:

• VW Golf '83 (hot hatch wise, this Golf is better than the Peugeot 205) - Sunday Cup
• Porsche 911 GT3 RS (this car feels like a game cheat. It is soooo good) - Porsche Cup
• Mustang Gr4 (because I like it) - WTC 700
• Ruf CTR3 '07 (a fav of mine since Driveclub days) - European Clubman 600
• Civic '93 (it's the Civic I have put more time behind the wheel) - Special event

The final ticket gave me 500K.

No pictures today. Only driving.

 

[2cam16]

Decent races. Nothing really stood out to me except for the Civic race as I've already done those others awhile back.
Bathurst was in the Gr.4 Lambo. RH, FM3, one stop for a splash after lap 5. Won by over 30 seconds.
Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit_ (12) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Civic race was the most challenging for me. I wasn't expecting a couple of the AI cars to be that fast. Took one of my Kanjo liveried EF's. 200hp and I slapped on some RM's. Took the lead on lap 4 and won by only 3 seconds.
Tokyo Expressway - Central Counterclockwise_ (2) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Porsche Cup in a stock 992 on SM. Easy win.
Kyoto Driving Park - Yamagiwa_ (12) by 2cam16, on Flickr
The Deep Forest race was a coin toss for me. Decided to drive a car I haven't used in awhile, Volvo V40. Modded and on RS brought it to 614pp. Obnoxious car of Valerio was no match. lol It was Beauvais in his usual MB that was a challenge. Won though by about 10 seconds.
Deep Forest Raceway Reverse_ (6) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Took my stock Renault on SS. Boring race. lol
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca_ (16) by 2cam16, on Flickr
Won an Audi VGT with the ticket which I sold as I already had one.

 

[smoothbore12]

Clear the races yesterday.
Get 4 CRB and lost one ( guess where 🤣 ).
Gallo runs is at another level at Deep forest .
No way to win it at 600pp car at least clean .
One second try with 600pp car this time just bring me to podium last place .
6* brought 500k which is ok .
Since am busy with our event at Titans group i might try Panorama from Monday just to get the CRB if i have the patience first and luck second 😂 .

 

[mindseye]

Sorry for what must be a normal question, but is completion of all challenges more efficient than grinding Sardegna or Le Mans?

Probably not, I've never thought about it. I do them for the challenge and fun.

 

[CTRL Garage]

Race 1: 2nd in a stock 911 GT3 (997) '09. That Guilia was too fast in a straight line.

Race 2: 1st at Laguna with a Golf I GTI '83 as per recommended car but was on the leaders tail by the end of lap 1.

Race 3: this is a fun race where you can try stick civics and tuned up civics. Felt like Tokyo extreme for a moment. Used my new EF tune but damn had to brake soo early for T1. Got the win but think the AI are too easy here.

Race 4: used the Cayman GT4 '16 and got 2nd, Carraza suddenly gained speed when I caught but but the last lap was fun anyway.

Race 5: 1st place with a one stop strategy, Mazda Atenza with tuned gearbox and Turbo upgrade(overkill) in a HKS Opel livery.

 

[Met Entso]

Sorry for what must be a normal question, but is completion of all challenges more efficient than grinding Sardegna or Le Mans?

Took me yesterday 75 minutes to complete the challenges, to get 300.000 and one vgt car worth 1 million. Le Mans would've given in that time around 1.2 million, pretty much the same value, if you didn't have that car, or can sell it.

 

[makeover]

Here are my reccomandations:
European Clubman Cup: BAC Mono
Sunday Cup Classic: Nissan Silvia K's Dia S13
Special Event: Or Civic FK2 or 1998 Civic Type R
WTC 700: Genesis G70
Porsche Cup: Cayman GT4, 911 Turbo, 911 GT3 RS (or 991, or 992)
I hope you like my reccomandations.
As of 6 star roulette, I got Lexus LF-LC VGT.

 

[stpatty]

It's really nice how PD do these limited time events, make a bunch of liveries for the cars then never share them in game again. A real neat way of showing off your game's capabilities.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

Fun week. Easy, but fun nonetheless.

Race 1 - Volvo 240 Estate.
Knowing that Gallo would be present in his brutally fast Giulia, I hopped in the turbo V8 grocery getter. Detuned to 507HP and Sports Softs (bringing it right to 600PP), I took the fight to him and Beauvois. In the end, I secured a 3 second victory over a very aggressive Gallo.

Race 2 - Mercedes Unimog.
How this truck's engine didn't split in half from the torque of the low rpm turbo is beyond me. Equipped with Comfort Medium tires, this behemoth actually adapted to the track quite nicely! And...well that's all I have to say. This race was a walkover.

Race 3 - Civic Type-R EK '98.
I tried my best to tune and design my Civic to match the AI ones. They're putting down about 220HP and are on Sports Hards. Caught the lead EF on the final lap and it was a hard-fought duel to the end. Thankfully, yours truly emerged victorious.

Race 4 - 911 Carrera RS '73.
With a 959 Flat-6 crammed in to the bay, and a lore-friendly version of Magnus Walker's design on it, I had a close race with Carrazza's 911. But he just couldn't match my raw speed. Fun time!

Race 5 - Garage RCR Civic.
My trusty Civic Gr4 wannabe does it again, no-stopping this race and winning by nearly 10 seconds over Blazsan's Swift.

6-star reward:

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Here's a bit more about this week's races :

Deep Forest Raceway - Audi TTS Coupe '14 - 610 PP - 8:18.295 - 🔰
The only race that took more than one attempt and a good amount of upgrades for my car. Came in P10 with the stock car first, added a couple power parts and grippier tires and got the first podium right at Buhdeima's rear. The third attempt brought the win and sweaty hands with Gallo in my rear view mirror for the the biggest part of the race.

Laguna Seca Raceway - Citroen DS 21 Pallas '70 - stock 330 PP - 4:03.903 - 🔰
An uncle of mine owned a Pallas in the early 70s and the car always appeared weird to me back in the days. I'd never have thought it's such a nice drive honestly.

Tokyo Expressway Central - Honda Civic Type R Touring Car - stock 545 PP - 7:39.176 - 🔰
The most fun race this week imo. Regarding my own skill limits, it's a perfect car with the perfect speed to run it close to these Tokyo track walls.

K.D.P. Yamagiwa - Porsche 911 GT3 RS '22 - stock 645 PP - 8:44.963 - 🔰
Not much to say here - this car is too good. I've read someone was using the old 550 Spider and I'll possibly try this some time soon. Sounds like fun to me.

Mt. Panorama M.R.C. - GT by Citroen Gr.4 - stock 655 PP - 16:27.047 - 🚫
Both Citroens were first time drives and this one here was another pleasant surprise. Used FM 3 most of the time, pitted after 5 laps for tires and fuel and had a nail biting finish against McEwen who suddenly must have found a boost button in his Corvette.
I love Mt. Panorama and it would have been a perfectly clean run but ...

There goes the bonus !

Cheers.

 

[TurismoValor]

This was my first weekly challenge. Unfortunately I got the short end of the stick in rewards with only 800k prize money.

 

[smoothbore12]

Bathurst and CRB are officially in divorce 😂 .
I try two times yesterday with a RB junior to go at easy non stop but didn't make it to enter 3rd lap.
I was like :
Easy,easy ,calm down , wait , wait , not there , wait ....bang .
I won't try it again, unless if i reach this level of calmness .

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Bathurst and CRB are officially in divorce 😂 .
I try two times yesterday with a RB junior to go at easy non stop but didn't make it to enter 3rd lap.
I was like :
Easy,easy ,calm down , wait , wait , not there , wait ....bang .
I won't try it again, unless if i reach this level of calmness .
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So what you're trying to say is you'd like to tackle Mt. Panorama with a bunch of these >>> ?

 

[jlbmel]

This was my first weekly challenge. Unfortunately I got the short end of the stick in rewards with only 800k prize money.

You also earned a minimum of 385,000 credits if you won all the races with no CRB.

 

[rheinaoi]

An uncle of mine owned a Pallas in the early 70s and the car always appeared weird to me back in the days. I'd never have thought it's such a nice drive honestly.

I adore the DS! Perhaps, because I am almost as odd at it is.

I had this car in a Matchbox set when I was much much younger. I remember it stood out as a favorite - amongst all the 3-box designs, here was this speeding raindrop!! Now that I'm much, much older ( 🫠), I appreciate the engineering and all the unique / bizarre design choices. If I had to drive IRL, my dream choice would be a DS Pallas with an electric motor - Sunday cruising perfection every day. I saw a real one on the road once; it was a smile on four wheels!

In GT7, I agree with you on the handling. The DS is a joy to throw into corners, even fully tuned, The engine swap is nice too, traction issues notwithstanding. Once again, it's GT7's fault for nudging me past the point of no return in my love of quirky French cars [also... vans].

Your closeup shots are awesome too!

 

[Greycap]

While we don't know what has been done to Gallo's Giulia, I tried to figure it out from its acceleration. It seems to do 120-250 km/h in roughly ten seconds even with traction issues, a figure comparable to my own ~600 bhp ~1200 kg 700PP cars. The stock figures are 532 bhp 1580 kg, with which it's already beyond the suggested 600PP limit, and I'd say it's safe to assume that it's somewhere near 650PP on those sports hards it's running. The power to weight ratio is around 1:2 in any case regardless of how it gets there.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

... I saw a real one on the road once; it was a smile on four wheels! ...

They're still on the road. I saw one today, didn't believe my eyes ...

 

[05XR8]

Someone regularly brings theirs in to their workplace by me.

 

[GTvsForza]

Loved the Civic race!

• European Clubman Cup - BVLGARI VGT 🔰
• Sunday Cup Classic - 240ZG 🔰
• Civic One-Make - Si Extra 🔰
• Porsche Cup - Taycan 🚫
• WTC700 - 458 Gr 4 🚫

Rewards:

• Pagani Invitation from 4⭐️ daily (yesterday)
• 30k from 4⭐️ daily (today)
• Dupe NSX-GT Concept from 6⭐️ Ticket

 

[05XR8]

Races 1&2

Race3

Race 4

Race 5

6*=

 

[jrbabbitt]

Well hello again after a small hiatus...
This week's races caught my imagination when I realized I can do 4 of the 5 races with the same car, the Porsche 918. (With slight adjustments in the tuning)
The following are pictures of the races in reverse order. (all but the WTC700 garnered the CRB)
WTC700 Bathurst 🚫

Porsche cup Yamagiwa 🔰

Honda one make at Tokyo🔰

Sunday Cup at Laguna Seca 🔰

European Sunday Cup at Deep Forrest 🔰

 

[smoothbore12]

Didn't try again to get CRB at Bathurst but i find the perfect training method that will help me to keep the AI away from my nose especially at downhill sector.

 

[TurismoValor]

You also earned a minimum of 385,000 credits if you won all the races with no CRB.

Yes and it was nice, but there was also an Enzo in that 6* ticket….

 

[Sir Crashalot]

Haven't done weeklies for some time so I thought it's time again. Hard mode and fair play was my plan.

Regretted it right at the first race! I like Deep Forest but I'm not a huge fan of the reverse layout. Tried some cars at (or at least very close to) 600 like the X-Bow, the Tuscan, a tuned Polo, the Guilia, the F430 Scuderia, but couldn't get a podium. Yeah, I'm not the best driver😟😄
So no more fair play. I tried cars above 600, like the BAC Mono, the 650S and the XJ220, but none of them felt good on this track for me.
So a very common phrase, that I'm afraid I can't quote here, crossed my mind and I jumped into my tuned A110 on SM tires, 660PP and good handling. A bit overkill, therefore a easy win.

Sunday Cup at Laguna was back to fair play. I first was unsure if the Kangoo fits a classic race but hey, it's 24 years old! Unfortunately, while pretty good around corners, it just lacks power for the uphill parts. Finished 3rd which is ok.

For the third race I was unsure which car to choose 'cause for those special events PD doesn't give you a clue about how strong the competition is.
So I went middle of the road, with a EK and a mid range turbo. Wasn't enough to win but enough to get a podium.

For the Porsche cup I made the obvious choice, the GT3RS. Easy win

For the last race at Mount Panorama I first tried the Suzuki VGT Gr.3 but it was sipping too much fuel and the reflection of the cockpit is quite annoying.
So I hopped into my swapped, detuned R34 and did a nonstop race for a pretty easy win.

Ticket gave me 500k🥱

 

[A1an]

What I used for the weekly, all new cars to me except the 911.

What I won from the Six star ticket.

 

[rheinaoi]

RACE 5 – WTC700 at BATHTUB BATHURST
The Ford GT Green Bandits heard that @smoothbore12 was getting bullied here. For that, there will be... consequences

Ford GT40 MKIV – The slowest; The meanest

Big engined, awkward, thirsty and prone to the nastiest wobble when it tried to attack the curbs. But it was undeterred. It’ll be back wiser and faster.

Ford GT40 MKI – Never, EVER, underestimate the short elder

A relic with a grizzled, chipped hammer of an engine note and the oddest understeery walk. What can that one possibly hope to accomplish?

The old GT40 just walked past the the competition with the highest top speed and fastest lap times.

Ford GT ‘06 – The Loud, the Wild, the Brutally Competent

Everyone expected this one to be tough. It was tougher. Powerful, quick and steady. Untouchable in its ability, and promising even more for next time...

Ford GT '17 – Time, though it approaches gradually, comes for everyone

At first, everyone thought the Ford GT '17 held itself back out a mocking sense of (700pp) fair play, but it was merely observing. And despite its smaller heart, this Ford had the biggest thirst.

It cornered with so much controlled brute force, that the display everyone saw looked more like grace.

RACE 4 – PORSCHE CUP at KYOTO YAMAGIWA
The opponents sat electrified at what I brought…

The 650pp restriction will forever be odd. Thankfully, this was an older race, so we need not worry about the magic 992 GT3 that ascends past the aliens and nudges the Yellow 997 to go even faster. Though significantly less magical [and even less so here], the yellow 997 GT3 will always be magical enough to surprise the unaware and the bold.

I brought a Taycan on Racing Soft tires that had braved the AI Den of Porsche Wolves back at Lake Magiorre. We were ready for this.

The Taycan hummed and whooshed its way to an easy victory. With much more grip than power, the Taycan felt so utterly neutral, that driving it was a Zen, mind-emptying, experience. I still love it, but I understand why others would not.

SPECIAL EVENT – HONDA CIVICS at TOKYO CENTRAL COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Addicted to Time Trial runs in a 550pp EK

I dug a preliminary 550pp Sport Soft Tsukuba grip build out of my garage and thought to just run this event several times to lock in the tune...

The competition seemed to have more power / less weight and better brakes, but I carried sooooooooooooo much more speed through the corners that I hit higher top speeds than them.

550pp proved too spicy for this group, even when the leaders decide to finish 10 seconds faster at random.

The handling of the Civics, pinning that 4 cylinder to redline all through the night, the music, the lights and the flowing high speed corners were quintessential Gran Turismo. It brought me back to when I ran “Vroom” in the Music Rally for the first time. I heard echoes of my past self: “This is IT! This is Gran Turismo!!

...Vroom, vroom, indeed.

RACE 2 – SUNDAY CUP CLASSIC at LAGUNA SECA
I ran out of ideas so I picked the first [550pp, French] thing that came to mind

Uneventful, but WOW the Peugeot 208 GTi sounded and felt amazing.

RACE 1 – EURO CLUBMAN CUP “600” at DEEP FOREST REVERSE
Do not ask me if the "600pp" Giulia annoys me. Ask, how much it annoys me.

This much?

No.
More.


This much?

Dramatic re-enactment of the spool-up sequence of the turbo that I bolted onto the Valkyrie:

No.
More.

This much?

No,

This much:

Perhaps the results would have been different if the Giulia had simply used a more optimized 600pp tune