What did you do in GT7 today?

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Made the mistake of buying the Porsche 917K. Had accumulated 29 million so I figured why not. Now I know why not. Handles like one of these when you’re trying to push it across a greasy fast food restaurant kitchen floor with worn out shoes that have no tread.
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After 3 laps of spinning out at Sardegna I quit, grabbed the GT-R GT500 and got my miles in. Proceeded to win a whopping 5,000(!) credits from roulette to start rebuilding my bank.
 
Decided to try out Meeting Place and surprised to find people actually using it! Was fun to use cockpit view, wobble cam 2 and have real player traffic about Mt. Panorama!
 
Yesterday I had a day dream about b-spec and saving custom championship race schedules with an included point system. I was enjoying myself there, having a lot of fun during my home office day.

What really happened: I went to the work place and would only login later to find used cars I already have and new cars I can’t afford. Talking to you Porsche and McLaren.

I actually screwed around at the Glen at nightfall using only modern cars with great interior to get rid of the HUD at all.

I ended the session with creating a new livery which turned out pretty awesome. Could be a new base for a new custom race grid I plan to do.
 
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This was last night but all I did was this, as requested by my son 😊

Today will do a few more, and one thing leads to another…

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/show-off-your-customized-cars.404914/post-13814663
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That looks sick!

Sunzi
More failed attempts to Gold the Nordschleife lap attack CE - best remains a second out.

Got a 6* for my daily roulette which awarded me a Berlina Black NA2 NSX Type-R.

Wanted one, so glad to get it. Had held off buying as Champ White is the Type-R colour but I've always had hankering for a Black NSX so I never pulled the trigger on actually buying one; kinda glad the decision was made for me and saved me credits in the process. Think its 500K in Brand Central so I'll take that!
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You'll get it :D

Arnie777
Played FH5 all day for some arcade fun. Need about 8 million for the McLaren f1 ive seen at hagertys. 10 le mans races should do the trick. Will start tomorrow
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Man I miss Forza Horizon. The soundtrack got me into electronic music
 
I haven't really been racing the last couple of days ( at least not in GT7) so I finished off the extra menus and I downloaded 18-20 liveries for kei cars. I actually applied those liveries to said cars then set about trying to race them at Laguna Seca. Unfortunately for me the Cappuccino I was using decided that it was a Suzuki Samurai and kept flipping about every 5 minutes or so. I tried to fix that but I didn't feel like fiddling with it settings so I quit and started playing Spiderman Remastered
 
I did my first race of the 1/4 distance 1999 JGTC championship today...

It was a great race, but there's still a few kinks in the AI/rubberbanding to sort out... my nearest competitor, the Raybrig NSX of Kunimitsu Takahashi stopped for his only pit stop at the start of the final lap of the race, which ruined any chance of a close finish. Hisashi Wada in the JLOC Diablo took a shock 2nd place, plus Fastest Lap (an incredible 9 seconds faster than my PB), but the Lambo pitted FOUR times (in a 14 lap race)... it was ridiculously quick on the straights, but uses too much fuel - apparently.

Erik Comas was looking strong and we both passed each other for the lead at Degner, but Comas had to pit a second time after colliding with a back marker and damaging the front of his car. I had to check the replay, but I was quite glad to see that his second stop was a genuine incident and not some rubberbanding phoney stop.

Hideshi Matsuda in the Team Taisan Viper was also looking very strong and led the race for a while, but rather incredibly ran out of fuel on Lap 11 from the lead of the race, and ended up finishing in a lowly 8th place. He would likely not have won anyway as he had to stop twice for fuel.

One last ingredient that was missing from my plan to recreate the full season was the scoring, so I looked up the Wikipedia entry for the 1999 JGTC season and figured out the scoring as 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1... however this led me to spot several arithmetical errors on the page, and so I've since updated the page with the proper points totals, meaning a swap in position for Darren Manning and Anders Olofsson. Cross-referencing with the official SuperGT results archive and this great JGTC results resource here showed that the Wiki page was indeed wrong, even getting the Championship winner, Erik Comas' results wrong...

Results:

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* 2nd stop for damage repair
^ Ran out of fuel in P1 on lap 11

Race length: 14 laps; 31:25.325
Winning margin: +21.335
Lap record: T. Wada - JLOC Diablo 2:00.530; My PB: 2:09.428

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A few things to iron out for the next race: The JLOC Lambo and the Viper are too fast, so I'll detune them a bit - the Diablo finished 2nd even though it stopped FOUR TIMES.

There was some poor rubberbanding though - the NSX of Takahashi, which only needed to stop for fuel at the start of the last lap, did a ridiculously slow lap while in the lead of the race on Lap 8, clocking an incredible 2:35.xxx, the same as an average in-lap, but the car didn't pit. On review of the replay, the NSX was going quite slow but then inexplicably tucked in behind a GT300 back-marker until it lost the lead of the race... very strange. Without this extra time, Takahashi probably would have won the race, even with the last lap pit stop.

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edit: I just found out why the JLOC Diablo was so fast... I had tuned it to 700 PP not realising that was with Wet tyres equipped... meanwhile, back on RH tyres, it was 750 PP - racing against a field tuned to 700 PP...

Season 3 Wall GIF by The Simpsons
 
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First thing I decided to do today in GT7 was the Dragon Trail Gr.4 online time trial. Of course, one car dominates with the broken BoP: the chunky GT-R. I managed to get a gold lap in (I am in the 1:46s) on my pad. I knew I could be a bit faster, but I didn’t have too much time. I would’ve much rather used the Alfa 155, but it isn’t quick enough with the “BoP”.

I had an Aston Martin invitation again, so I bought another Vulcan, this time in white. This car sucked balls in GT Sport and basically had little to none of the downforce it generated in real life. It feels much more realistic in GT7 and I love driving it in the game.
 
On the GTP account, I decided the classics are the best, and sent the R33 to Tokyo for almost its usual Godzilla performance. The engine and body went down to normal wear after 3100 miles (the oil was still "excellent" as I change that every time it gets down to "normal"), which cost me 0.1 ft-lb of torque. The 4-star Wheel of Despair gave the low-showing 30,000 Cr., which was almost enough to pay for an engine overhaul and a rigidity refresh, and I got my 0.1 ft-lb of torque back.

The theme continued on the Plus account, as I used the (almost-)identically tuned R32 for another Godzilla-like performance. The 4-star Wheel of Despair was the same low-showing 30,000 Cr., which left me short of what I need to start the 1,000,000-Cr. Brand Central spending spree and still have enough for the remaining UCD/Hagerty's cars at or under that price.
 
Early morning jaunt.

Got in to the Gold time on the Dragon Trail Time Trial.

Picked up the 288 GTO - I don't want to entertain the idea, but I think I prefer the drive over the F40. It's very much like the F40 but not as unruly. Set of SMs (from the default CS) raising PP to around 580 and it took care of the 700PP recommended Turbo Sports events with ease.
 
Wiped some more dust off the game cover and put it back on the shelf to play Forza Horizon 5 and Grid Legends instead.
 
Tried the Mercedes Gr4 at Le Mans WTC700. Came 10th. Can only manage 2 laps at FM3, so three stops needed. Was in the lead for a bit but the third stop on lap 6 was a stop too many. Its top-end isn't that great either.

3 star ticket gave Cr. 10k..... just enough for one racing soft tyre, with a bit of change.
 
Today, I broke into gold range for the online time trial, using the Nissan GT-R Gr.4 like most of the leaderboard. I'm now only off by 2.85%, too. I won a three-star ticket which only netted me 5000 credits, but I can't say I mind since I haven't seen any one or two-star tickets in a while now. It's been entirely just three-stars or more, so I gotta admit I'm glad about occasionally winning engine and parts tickets from my daily workouts.
 
Ported a GTS livery, made a livery for the R34. Did my daily hotlapping daytona road course. 4-star ticket, High Cam S thing for 2020 Civic. I might use this part, might not. Depends on if I ever get around to doing a livery for that car.
 
I wasted the afternoon trying to get my wife online, I have a PSPlus acc. on this ps4, but it asks for a new subscription for her to race online, like, how are people creating burner accounts even? Help, feeling a bit thick now!!
 
First, a little bit of grinding in preparation for the next update.
Tried The Human Comedy again, placed 12th in the Deep Forest event. Tried the Miata Roadster event again but quit after getting lapped by 1st and 2nd place on lap 9.
Modified some liveries the cashed in my 3rd consecutive 3 star ticket for 10k.
 
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I wasted the afternoon trying to get my wife online, I have a PSPlus acc. on this ps4, but it asks for a new subscription for her to race online, like, how are people creating burner accounts even? Help, feeling a bit thick now!!
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Have you Activated the console as the Primary PS4 for the account with PS Plus?

(the answer to this will be no)

Activate as Your Primary PS4 | PlayStation®4 User's Guide

PlayStation®4 Official User's Guide. Explains how to use the PS4™ system.
manuals.playstation.net manuals.playstation.net
 
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On the Plus account, I took the Cayman GT4 to Sarthe (after buying some rain tires). It probably is fast enough to do it in the dry, but it wasn't quite dry. It started raining on lap 3, so I decided to grab some intermediate tires when I came down for fuel on that lap. The rain just kept coming, and the other cars that came down on lap 3 for fuel also grabbed intermediates, while Haywood for some reason stayed on RH tires (he came down lap 5 for intermediates). It got almost wet enough to justify full wets during lap 6, but the rain stopped, and I started saving fuel. It turned into an easy 1-stop 7-lap win.

I then decided to experiment at Sardegna to see what low-PP Gr.3 cars could handle things. The Suzuki VGT Gr.3 is as useless as its pure VGT counterpart - too slow and can't do 5 laps on FM1. The Volkswagen GTI VGT is just too slow, though it can do 5 laps on FM1. The Z4 GT3 almost did it on a 2-stop strategy; I caught up to Portilla, but cooked it in the first intersection each of the last 2 laps. The 911 RSR broke the ice on a 1-stop strategy with a tire change. I had to short-shift at about 8300 rpm to make FM3 last 8 laps, but I hounded Portilla into running out of gas, while I had enough to switch to FM2 on lap 15 and have enough speed and fuel to pass him even if he didn't run out.

The 3-star Wheel of Despair gave the low-showing 10,000 Cr., which didn't really help in allowing me to get the two Alpine VGTs I didn't have (I previously won the race version).

On the GTP account, I dragged an older-tune R32 (based on a Praiano tune) out of retirement for a 2-stop semi-wet run (on FM6) at Sarthe. I felt it wet enough to put intermediates on lap 3, but nobody else did. Turning a pair of sub-4:17 laps helped me overcome the tire miscues.

I hadn't tried the AMG Mercedes VGT Racing Series yet, so I dug that out for Sardegna. Like the Suzuki, it was too slow and fuel-efficient. Instead, I grabbed a stock Supra GT500 for an easy 2-stop win.

The no-cash 4-star Wheel of Despair gave a custom ECU for the GranTurismo S. At least I won enough cash to get the 787B out of Hagerty's if it shows up tonight.
 
Been trying to improve my Daily B qualifying time for the whole week. Now finally managed to go under 1:29 (1:28.983). Not fast but it was a nice progression experience. 😁
 
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Did another run of the Le Mans WTC700 Race. I've used my tuned GTO Twin Turbo '91 the past few runs. that thing is awesome, both in the dry and wet. That 4WD comes in handy when it gets slippery on the track. I also made 3 liveries for it (1 of them is a tribute to the FTO LM from GT1 and GT2).
 

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