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sell? you wish.
What did you do in GT7 today?
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I decided to check trophy requirements for the game and went and bought the BMW Z4 GT3 '11 to take the glamour shot on the Nurburgring Scape. No sense buying a car without driving it, so I did. I found my new fave Group 3 car. Looks cool and handles like it's on rails. Pushes hard too.
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I decided to take my Veneno to both Sardegna and Daytona for the WTC800 events and easily won both (in the case of Daytona, too easily thanks to its superior straight-line speed). Some weight reduction, racing hard tires, racing muffler and exhaust, and a racing transmission, and I was set
I am fully prepared for the car drop in tomorrow’s update. My main hope, however, is the ability to FINALLY sell cars. They promised this months ago in the “near-term”, so they damn well better implement this feature in this or the next update. It’s hard enough for most players to earn credits quickly without grinding the same races over and over for hours. Not everyone has the free time. The ability to sell cars will be heavily welcomed.
I am fully prepared for the car drop in tomorrow’s update. My main hope, however, is the ability to FINALLY sell cars. They promised this months ago in the “near-term”, so they damn well better implement this feature in this or the next update. It’s hard enough for most players to earn credits quickly without grinding the same races over and over for hours. Not everyone has the free time. The ability to sell cars will be heavily welcomed.
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Went on and did a few Group 1 and 4 custom races which were pretty fun. Went back to the usual Sardenga and Watkins Glen grind to get back to 10 million credits. Although the last 6 times I raced against the AI one of them pits and doesn’t take fuel then hobbles around really slowly and causes a road block, not sure what that’s about. Never happened before.
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Got back to gt7 after a few days off. Started up sport mode and got dissapointed, so back to grinding for credits it was. Did spa with my 780pp murcielago and Sarthe with an old Jag. Bought the alfa from Hagerty and considering the gto, but not convinced yet. The booted up my new laptop for the first time and downloaded FH7, for a bit of arcade fun. That game looks stunning!!
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On the GTP account, after collecting my 500,000 Cr. from the croupier after being shocked, SHOCKED there's gambling going on in GT, I took the Tomahawk S to Sardegna for the grind and the low-cash 10,000-Cr. prize from the 3-star marathon Wheel of Despair.
On the Plus account, where I didn't gamble, I golded the St. Croix CE, and got a worse-than-worthless Citroen invite (extending the one I got 2 weeks ago) on the cashless 5-star marathon Wheel of Despair. I almost got through the M's in the 450,000 Cr. bracket (just have the Mitsubishi rally car), and prepped the worksheet for PP adjustments as part of the overnight game update.
On the Plus account, where I didn't gamble, I golded the St. Croix CE, and got a worse-than-worthless Citroen invite (extending the one I got 2 weeks ago) on the cashless 5-star marathon Wheel of Despair. I almost got through the M's in the 450,000 Cr. bracket (just have the Mitsubishi rally car), and prepped the worksheet for PP adjustments as part of the overnight game update.
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Started the day in the Maserati Gran Turismo. Brakes are not good, at 700 at least, and the fuel economy was just short of the 3-lap mark with an AT. Other than that things were going well, until the rain showed up in L6. It is simply impossible to properly evaluate a hot-lap time with a car limited to 2 laps with regards to fuel economy under those conditions. The 7th lap is required for the Best Lap time, but when I’m regulated to IM’s slogging on a drying track, I’d venture a guess that it cost 8-10 seconds on my lap time, probably more.
Into the RX500 and damn was I impressed. Its one of those cars that’s just fun to drive, pity the game wouldn’t let me have too much fun and hit me with the worst rain I’ve ever seen. I easily could’ve lapped half the field. I’m really looking forward to driving this one again. Now if they would just release a U Turbo for this car…
Dialed up the McLaren 650S up and had a blast, dream of a car. Plagued by poor fuel economy unfortuately, but does everything else so well it didn’t really matter. Fully dry race…one race too late and one race too soon.
Then I got side-tracked by a question regarding the Giulia’s viability at Sarthe. Got her up to 640 and started off on a test lap that was pretty rough, so I went for a second lap and by that point I was hooked. After L3, I had convinced myself of a win in spite of pretty rough weather. Made it through L5 and took the IM’s off, only to come out to a second unanticipated rain storm. Well, frustrations got the better of me and I quickly became my own worst enemy and finished a disappointing 8th and no CRB for a BS pass on a Yellow Flag that I couldn’t avoid. Still a cool car and I may give it another try on another day.
Oops, completely ruined a perfectly good tune from Praiano for the SLR McLaren. I can not in good faith publish the tuning sheet (I deleted it, don’t even have it anymore) it was so bad. That car looks better with a higher ride height and performs miles better.
Final spin in…well, you know how they say a picture’s worth a 1,000 words? Here’s 2,000 for y’all.
And THAT’S how I like to end my days!
Into the RX500 and damn was I impressed. Its one of those cars that’s just fun to drive, pity the game wouldn’t let me have too much fun and hit me with the worst rain I’ve ever seen. I easily could’ve lapped half the field. I’m really looking forward to driving this one again. Now if they would just release a U Turbo for this car…
Dialed up the McLaren 650S up and had a blast, dream of a car. Plagued by poor fuel economy unfortuately, but does everything else so well it didn’t really matter. Fully dry race…one race too late and one race too soon.
Then I got side-tracked by a question regarding the Giulia’s viability at Sarthe. Got her up to 640 and started off on a test lap that was pretty rough, so I went for a second lap and by that point I was hooked. After L3, I had convinced myself of a win in spite of pretty rough weather. Made it through L5 and took the IM’s off, only to come out to a second unanticipated rain storm. Well, frustrations got the better of me and I quickly became my own worst enemy and finished a disappointing 8th and no CRB for a BS pass on a Yellow Flag that I couldn’t avoid. Still a cool car and I may give it another try on another day.
Oops, completely ruined a perfectly good tune from Praiano for the SLR McLaren. I can not in good faith publish the tuning sheet (I deleted it, don’t even have it anymore) it was so bad. That car looks better with a higher ride height and performs miles better.
Final spin in…well, you know how they say a picture’s worth a 1,000 words? Here’s 2,000 for y’all.
And THAT’S how I like to end my days!
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Z4 ? Wasn't it supposed to be the M6 ?
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Bought the Castrol TOMs and completed the WTC800 at Catalunya.
Had been putting off completing the Spa 1hr but did it this morning in the Hyundai Gr.3 with a 30 second lead. Got lucky with the rain. Anytime I had previously done it (other Bonanza account) it would be carnage with Green/Pink rain followed by another bout of Intermediate requiring rain. This time the first shower barely worsened more than baseline light blue with isolated dark spots, and even throughout there were breaks in the radar forecast - it did rain, lightly, with breaks. Still required IMs which coincided perfectly with the need to pit for fuel.
Second shower... well... it was literally 2 or 3 spots on the radar that arrived and passed with inconsequential effect on the track.
Nice and easy.
Had been putting off completing the Spa 1hr but did it this morning in the Hyundai Gr.3 with a 30 second lead. Got lucky with the rain. Anytime I had previously done it (other Bonanza account) it would be carnage with Green/Pink rain followed by another bout of Intermediate requiring rain. This time the first shower barely worsened more than baseline light blue with isolated dark spots, and even throughout there were breaks in the radar forecast - it did rain, lightly, with breaks. Still required IMs which coincided perfectly with the need to pit for fuel.
Second shower... well... it was literally 2 or 3 spots on the radar that arrived and passed with inconsequential effect on the track.
Nice and easy.
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Completed all of the new Menu Books and Extra Menus introduced in the new update (which once again left out the ability to sell cars…). All done on hard difficulty
The Hypercar Parade was easy as hell. I cheesed it initially with the Tomahawk S on racing softs. I ended up winning the races easily with other cars as well. Trial Mountain was a breeze with the new 918 Spyder, and Le Mans was easily done with the Veyron.
The Neoclassical Challenge…different beast. I had a hard time beating the races, but wound up getting first at Willow Springs in the Nissan R92CP and Fuji Speedway in the Gr.2 McLaren F1 GTR (with a bit of luck thanks to rain). Only managed second at the RBR with the Porsche 962C. It was enough to get the roulette ticket reward. I am sure someone will recommend the perfect car and setup for these races soon to make it easier.
The Hypercar Parade was easy as hell. I cheesed it initially with the Tomahawk S on racing softs. I ended up winning the races easily with other cars as well. Trial Mountain was a breeze with the new 918 Spyder, and Le Mans was easily done with the Veyron.
The Neoclassical Challenge…different beast. I had a hard time beating the races, but wound up getting first at Willow Springs in the Nissan R92CP and Fuji Speedway in the Gr.2 McLaren F1 GTR (with a bit of luck thanks to rain). Only managed second at the RBR with the Porsche 962C. It was enough to get the roulette ticket reward. I am sure someone will recommend the perfect car and setup for these races soon to make it easier.
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Had limited time this morning, but won the first two Neoclassical events with my C9 tuned for WTC800. Got a Pagani Invitation from a 4 Star. Will try to get the rest of the books done tomorrow. Currently at 2.5 mil, but I know I need more to buy the Silhouette and Maserati. Not worried about the 918, just a good run at Spa will basically get me to it.
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Grinded out 3.5 million for the Super Silhouette just to be cock blocked by PD releasing it tomorrow :/ Had my decals and everything ready to go...
Spun the wheel of disappointment and got yet another engine, the SC300 GT500, my fourth now.
Smh
Spun the wheel of disappointment and got yet another engine, the SC300 GT500, my fourth now.
Smh
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This morning did the Neoclassic races with a detuned but otherwise stock 787B, FM1 all three races, never had to stop, won easily. The Hypercar was with an almost fully upgraded 918, blind-tuned with a quasi-generic suspension settings, full downforce and won all three races too. Car was understeering but drivable, will fine-tune later. Won the Rampage LS7 engine and immediately installed it in a stock DeLorean, full upgrades with just Stage 1 weight reduction. And later when I finish working (WFH for me) will test and tune, rinse and repeat.
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Loaded up for the update. Checked out the new menus. Cleared the Z and Viper books. Started spot checking swaps and discovered the coyote/Pantera. Pulled up GTplanet to see other swaps and noted the Focus which is unfortunately tied to a new engine and there for at the mercy of the roulette gods so I did my miles and the hyper car book but no new engine yet. Updated my swapped collection to organize what I have and what I still need(Deloreon and Focus). Took a look at the new scape and kinda wish it was a new fantasy track just for fun. Started the Neo menu book but decided to work on it later as I'm not sure what car I want to use.
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So, updated GT7. Completed Neoclassical using the Merc CLK-LM at Willow Springs, Porsche 962 at Fuji and the Nissan 92CP at RBR. This is where it gets interesting. 3 star Daily workout ticket revealed 10000 credits. 5 star completed menu reveals high lift camshaft for a Bmw M4 safety car 😒 and a 6 star ticket revealed stage 5 weight reduction for an Enzo Ferrari. ( hateful brand IMHO). So onto the Hyper car Parade. Completed Trial Mountain with the Nissan VGT, LeMans with the Aston Martin Vulcan (FL 3.55.8** stock set up other than RH tyres 😀) what a drive & Kyoto with the Lambo Veneno but only 2nd to the Vulcan. Go figure. 6 star ticket revealed a Rampage Roadster engine. Today wasn't exactly Christmas was it? Quite underwhelmed.
Purchased the Porsche Spider, all Aston Martin that I didn't have & cleared outstanding invites from Citroen and Bugatti.
So, all in all, decent races added. Pity about the payouts though.
I hear that the rain at Spa is now invisible to radar?. That'll make it interesting, won't it..
Wonder what the new glitch will be?
Stay tuned folks.. Don't touch that dial..
Purchased the Porsche Spider, all Aston Martin that I didn't have & cleared outstanding invites from Citroen and Bugatti.
So, all in all, decent races added. Pity about the payouts though.
I hear that the rain at Spa is now invisible to radar?. That'll make it interesting, won't it..
Wonder what the new glitch will be?
Stay tuned folks.. Don't touch that dial..
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On the GTP account, I first did a bit of housekeeping, verifying the PP of the cars in the dealers and in the garage against what I previously put down (there were a couple changes), and checking the widths of the widebody cars as almost all of those changed. The funny thing is, the PP of the widebody cars didn't change.
I then looked at the new engine swaps found so far, saw the 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL is currently in the UCD, saw I had a bunch of Z4 engines, and fitted 4 of the engines to newly-bought 3.0 CSLs, widening the body on 2 of them. I then hit up Luca for a GReddy Fugu Z as I had all the Fairladys, and further drained the bank account buying up the three Vipers to get a 6-star parts Wheel of Despair, which gave me yet another Stroke Up S for the DeLorean (3 total, at least 1 more than needed). After handing me my Wheel of Despair, Luca ran away.
I activated the Neoclassical Challenge menu book before reading @TRB1999's post above. I also saw that the competition brought some Gr.2 and detuned Gr.1 firepower, and my collection of 1980s/1990s Gr.3 and above cars is a bit thin because all of them are only in Hagerty's. As I use that account to keep track of any PP changes in Hagerty's/UCD cars, I didn't want to alter a car I only have one of. The only serious possiblility that I had more than one of was the 962 C, and not only is that a straight-line sled not well-suited for Willow Springs, the second one I own was tuned up to 950 PP. Fortunately, the Supra GT500 just got back into the dealer (for an inflated 1.8 million Cr.), Praiano has a fresh 800 PP tune for it (for Watkins Glen), and I still had 3.1 million Cr. I bit the bullet, bought a second Supra GT500, applied my standard blackout livery, and brought it up to snuff.
At Willow Springs, I had to do a 1-stop strategy, using FM2 and some fuel saving. On the usual normal difficulty, I finished a disappointing 3rd at Willow Springs, behind the R92CP and the Sauber C9. I then did what I should have done - detune the 962 C to cruise to win. The base tune I used at Willow Springs is essentially Exeter's 915 PP tune, with the power turned down enough to get it under 800 PP. (75% ECU/75% power restrictor), RH tires, and the transmission turned down a bit (a very unoptimized 3.721 final, with 5th an indicated 310 km/h). On a no-stop no-stress FM1 strategy, I won by 30 seconds, in 11:52., so it should be doable on hard.
The high-downforce setup wasn't suited for Red Bull Ring, so I decided to try Praiano's 800 PP tune there, running FM3 for a no-stop strategy. That turned into a wet laugher as I came down for full wet tires on lap 3 (the top 7 didn't come down for intermediates until lap 4, and nobody thought to put on full wets), and won by 40 seconds in 17:08.
Fuji was no match for the Praiano tune, though I had to turn down the fuel map a bit further for a no-stop run (I settled on FM5, which was probably a bit too conservative). 16:52 later, I had a 53-second win. On consideration, I could have easily used Praiano's tune at Willow Springs. At that point, I decided to grab my Wheels of Despair - the 4-star cashless marathon gave a worse-than-worthless Bugatti invite, while the cashless 5-star from the menu book gave some titanium connecting rods/pistons for the 2011 Renault Megane R.S. Trophy.
For the Hypercar menu book, I took a slightly-detuned Ferrari FXX K (detuned to 800 PP by Exeter) out of storage and stomped the competition. I got another Hellcat engine out of the deal.
I might hit the Plus account later.
I then looked at the new engine swaps found so far, saw the 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL is currently in the UCD, saw I had a bunch of Z4 engines, and fitted 4 of the engines to newly-bought 3.0 CSLs, widening the body on 2 of them. I then hit up Luca for a GReddy Fugu Z as I had all the Fairladys, and further drained the bank account buying up the three Vipers to get a 6-star parts Wheel of Despair, which gave me yet another Stroke Up S for the DeLorean (3 total, at least 1 more than needed). After handing me my Wheel of Despair, Luca ran away.
I activated the Neoclassical Challenge menu book before reading @TRB1999's post above. I also saw that the competition brought some Gr.2 and detuned Gr.1 firepower, and my collection of 1980s/1990s Gr.3 and above cars is a bit thin because all of them are only in Hagerty's. As I use that account to keep track of any PP changes in Hagerty's/UCD cars, I didn't want to alter a car I only have one of. The only serious possiblility that I had more than one of was the 962 C, and not only is that a straight-line sled not well-suited for Willow Springs, the second one I own was tuned up to 950 PP. Fortunately, the Supra GT500 just got back into the dealer (for an inflated 1.8 million Cr.), Praiano has a fresh 800 PP tune for it (for Watkins Glen), and I still had 3.1 million Cr. I bit the bullet, bought a second Supra GT500, applied my standard blackout livery, and brought it up to snuff.
At Willow Springs, I had to do a 1-stop strategy, using FM2 and some fuel saving. On the usual normal difficulty, I finished a disappointing 3rd at Willow Springs, behind the R92CP and the Sauber C9. I then did what I should have done - detune the 962 C to cruise to win. The base tune I used at Willow Springs is essentially Exeter's 915 PP tune, with the power turned down enough to get it under 800 PP. (75% ECU/75% power restrictor), RH tires, and the transmission turned down a bit (a very unoptimized 3.721 final, with 5th an indicated 310 km/h). On a no-stop no-stress FM1 strategy, I won by 30 seconds, in 11:52., so it should be doable on hard.
The high-downforce setup wasn't suited for Red Bull Ring, so I decided to try Praiano's 800 PP tune there, running FM3 for a no-stop strategy. That turned into a wet laugher as I came down for full wet tires on lap 3 (the top 7 didn't come down for intermediates until lap 4, and nobody thought to put on full wets), and won by 40 seconds in 17:08.
Fuji was no match for the Praiano tune, though I had to turn down the fuel map a bit further for a no-stop run (I settled on FM5, which was probably a bit too conservative). 16:52 later, I had a 53-second win. On consideration, I could have easily used Praiano's tune at Willow Springs. At that point, I decided to grab my Wheels of Despair - the 4-star cashless marathon gave a worse-than-worthless Bugatti invite, while the cashless 5-star from the menu book gave some titanium connecting rods/pistons for the 2011 Renault Megane R.S. Trophy.
For the Hypercar menu book, I took a slightly-detuned Ferrari FXX K (detuned to 800 PP by Exeter) out of storage and stomped the competition. I got another Hellcat engine out of the deal.
I might hit the Plus account later.
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In my third attempt at the Red Bull Ring Neo-Classic Competition race, using the Gr.2 McLaren F1 GTR, I got lucky with a downpour right as my fuel nearly ran out at the end of lap six. Slapped on the inters, fueled up, and overtook the lead Jaguar XJR-9 on the final lap, mainly due to being held by backmarkers like the 155 DTM and Pennzoil Skyline.
Still, a win is a win, and I am happy with having wins in all three Neo-Classic races on hard difficulty. The McLaren can churn out very quick laps with the proper tune. I got consistent 1:24s on the hard racing slicks, on par with or faster than the lead Group C cars. The main issue is fuel consumption. I had to get lucky and find a race where a shower came through
Still, a win is a win, and I am happy with having wins in all three Neo-Classic races on hard difficulty. The McLaren can churn out very quick laps with the proper tune. I got consistent 1:24s on the hard racing slicks, on par with or faster than the lead Group C cars. The main issue is fuel consumption. I had to get lucky and find a race where a shower came through
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Used the R92CP for all 3 Neoclassical Races. Pretty straightforward. It's fast and doesn't need to pit on RHs.
Overestimated the Hypercar parade and used the best road car I had, a Jaguar VGT roulette prize, which won the first two events easily. At Kyoto, a track I love, I switched to my Tokyo 600PP F40 for the twisities and got 2nd, 4 secs behind.
Derestricted the F40 a bit and brought home the Kyoto win.
Bought the 3 Vipers and got an AMG A45 Bore Up S. Not really a Viper fan, so it's par for the course that they'll repay the debt with a run out at Tokyo before being shelved.
Overestimated the Hypercar parade and used the best road car I had, a Jaguar VGT roulette prize, which won the first two events easily. At Kyoto, a track I love, I switched to my Tokyo 600PP F40 for the twisities and got 2nd, 4 secs behind.
Derestricted the F40 a bit and brought home the Kyoto win.
Bought the 3 Vipers and got an AMG A45 Bore Up S. Not really a Viper fan, so it's par for the course that they'll repay the debt with a run out at Tokyo before being shelved.
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I used the 787 for NEOS'S, all 1st try, 1st place. Easier was the FFX in the HYPERS. Next...
