What did you do in GT7 today?
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- Pennybridge
- Enthero
Had a good couple of initial runs right off the bat at Deep Forest CE sector 2 this time around and after the fifth attempt or so I bagged the gold. Sector 3 was just the one turn so no worries there, and the full lap was done on the third attempt, the second attempt I restarted after messing up the first turn eh.
Now for the Alfa at Lago Maggiore. I don't have much experience with the track nor the car so this one might be a tad difficult, but I gave up soon after a couple of silver attempts at the first sector. More runs later tonight.
Now for the Alfa at Lago Maggiore. I don't have much experience with the track nor the car so this one might be a tad difficult, but I gave up soon after a couple of silver attempts at the first sector. More runs later tonight.
Did more VR grinding, during which my cat kept jumping into my lap and holding on with her claws when I couldn’t see her which caused a few minor crashes but no losses thankfully since I play on Easy anyway. I got a 5-star ticket that gave me my first million credit prize. Not that I really need it since I ended the night with 98.5 million credits, although I do plan on buying 2 of the 911 GT1 Strassenversion that are supposed to appear in the LCD very soon.
- 2,352
- Germany
Engine swapped a VW Bug, tested around to fill the daily ticket needs.
I havent really noticed I had both things available until I looked through my garage of low PP cars that I never touched yet.
Conclussion: havent invested enough time yet to create a setup I am fine with, limited by the few minutes it only took to satisfy the inner urge of recieving my next roulette ticket.
I havent really noticed I had both things available until I looked through my garage of low PP cars that I never touched yet.
Conclussion: havent invested enough time yet to create a setup I am fine with, limited by the few minutes it only took to satisfy the inner urge of recieving my next roulette ticket.
A cat person without scratches is not a cat person. In fact I am more similar to a scratchpost at times.
- 1,818
- Nurburgring, Germany
Today was interesting, was trying to raise some dough to get the Honda RA272 and the Citreon in one go. Was gonna buy 'em yesterday but now they out of stock which sucks.
I dont understand you update the game with new cars then limit them in time to be purchased, anyone got an idea of how long it may take to come back?
I dont understand you update the game with new cars then limit them in time to be purchased, anyone got an idea of how long it may take to come back?
- I did a few races, nailed all gold on the tokyo expressway (think counter-clockwise track) CE last one with the Supra racing concept '18 and netted 1millCR, so that was great.
- Tried my damnest to net the Peugeot 908 lemans CE, but I couldnt quite nail that time on that one, but geting closer.
- Did a few races on sophy, still thinks it behaves very odd on the 1to1 races, as if it inhumaely believes to hit each corner perfectly and doesn't feel human at all, too robotic for my liking, despite the silly facial reactions.
- Put some time in on Deep forest doing gr.2 races in my Lambo GT3, then switched to my Skyline GT500 as it lighter and more powerful, PD biased to Nissans lol, so got a good race in with Boost "ON" and it was much more engaging race. Crashed at turn 1 on lap 6 of 8 and had to claw it back to win, which is always fun.
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- Austria
I grinded the same race 15 times in a row to buy a car in the legends dealership that just sits in the garage because there are no races to use it in. Fantastic game design.
- 2,352
- Germany
You knew this before you got the car, yet you do the suffering just to have a somewhat valid reason to complain?
- 6,702
- Mexico City
- MoLieG
So, I bought the new Nissan Z and started to drop some parts on it... and I realized that it lost a ton of PP when some of them where installed. Like, A LOT. 
It should be nearing 700 if I'm not mistaken... but somehow is way, waaaaay below 600.
I think I'm gonna just do all the 600pp events I'm missing with it before PD realize they have to patch that.
It should be nearing 700 if I'm not mistaken... but somehow is way, waaaaay below 600.
I think I'm gonna just do all the 600pp events I'm missing with it before PD realize they have to patch that.
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- London
- DEAD_DULLAH123
- hyperspeed980
Post the tune to one of the Tokyo 600 threads if you can. Might become a viable grinding car.So, I bought the new Nissan Z and started to drop some parts on it... and I realized that it lost a ton of PP when some of them where installed. Like, A LOT.
It should be nearing 700 if I'm not mistaken... but somehow is way, waaaaay below 600.
I think I'm gonna just do all the 600pp events I'm missing with it before PD realize they have to patch that.
- 6,702
- Mexico City
- MoLieG
Sure mate
once I get home I'll extract the info and post it.
Lomic
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- Concarneau
- Lomic2
maybe the car was needed for a café menu, and maybe he wants to catch them all, as the game seems to be heavily aimed at (not that you HAVE to finish the café menus or collect all cars)
I think, outside of the completionnist aspect of it, that buying cars for millions that are completely useless in the game after that (useless in the sense that there is not playable content in which you would need or want to use the car), is a missed opportunity to give those cars any value
- 1,192
- United States
You can take almost any car in the game on a lot of races. Sure there are PP limits on some races, but that is what tuning is for. Others have restrictions on the "type" of car, rwd, awd, fwd race car, road car, manufacturer, continent, etc. But there are still a bunch of completely open races where the limitations are only suggestions. Basically "run what ya brung" type races. You can have a Fiat 500 go up against a Dodge Tomahawk if you want.
- 1,192
- United States
Actually you said,
"buying cars for millions that are completely useless in the game after that (useless in the sense that there is not playable content in which you would need or want to use the car), is a missed opportunity"
But there is usable content where you can drive these cars in a competitive manner. You simply choose not to do that. It's not PD's fault for you to not have the imagination to figure out how to use these cars in the already created races. Take a look at JaK's YouTube channel for a bunch of crazy races with cars you wouldn't even think to consider trying: https://www.youtube.com/@JaK_nz/featured You may think they are weird choices but seeing how those races pan out, they look to be very competative and like a lot of fun.
- 1,914
- London
- DEAD_DULLAH123
- hyperspeed980
"Flipped" a few cars from the UCD today. Basically, I bought the S13 K's, MX-5, Mach 1, Beat and Beetle, swapped each one with engines from the bonanza (which adds 30k to the car's value), then sold them for a pretty decent profit - around 60k.
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Chikane_GTR
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- Heaven
Today thanks to the McLaren VGT car I learned to love grinding Sardegna again.
My setup with it is not fast in fact its slower then any of those pesky gt cars but it does have 2 huge advantage over those gt cars.
1. It corners like a f1-pr car so you can always out break and out corner the AI cars.
2. You can do the 15 laps without ever pitting and still have around 8% fuel left and around 5% tries life.
I also learned why doing Sardegna without pitting is so important it doesn't break the flow and that makes the 26 minutes fly by so fast.
Plus you have this amazing interior view with the McLaren VGT car.
And that's what I did today.
My setup with it is not fast in fact its slower then any of those pesky gt cars but it does have 2 huge advantage over those gt cars.
1. It corners like a f1-pr car so you can always out break and out corner the AI cars.
2. You can do the 15 laps without ever pitting and still have around 8% fuel left and around 5% tries life.
I also learned why doing Sardegna without pitting is so important it doesn't break the flow and that makes the 26 minutes fly by so fast.
Plus you have this amazing interior view with the McLaren VGT car.
And that's what I did today.
- 1,950
- A field in England
Recently started a new account, and a new playthrough. Remembered how flat and empty the cafe felt, then tried the missions. The Veyron slipstream challenge is horrifying. If the car truly handled like that at high speed, James May would indeed be dead. This game has some serious issues replicating high-speed stability, or a lack thereof.
/rant
/rant
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- Turin
- Falken-N7
- N7Falken
Today was the day I decided to get a WTC800 full season up and running as if it was a custom championship (PD what are you waiting for), so I set up a proper Google Sheet with all the required sections and hit the road. First and last race are fixed (1st is Sardegna and last is Spa 1h), rest were randomised, and the car that I decided to use for this experiment is the 800pp Ferrari Enzo.
No race restarts, the first try is good no matter how many mistakes. Took on the first three races of this season: Sardegna, Lago Maggiore and Watkins Glen; the Enzo is so dominant that I easily won all of them, unbelievable how good of a car this is!
Wheel of (Mis)Fortune was a 4* that once again surprised me by giving me an engine instead of the low 10k that was there, but said engine turned out to be the Drift BRZ one which is utterly useless. Would've rather received the 10k this time.
No race restarts, the first try is good no matter how many mistakes. Took on the first three races of this season: Sardegna, Lago Maggiore and Watkins Glen; the Enzo is so dominant that I easily won all of them, unbelievable how good of a car this is!
Wheel of (Mis)Fortune was a 4* that once again surprised me by giving me an engine instead of the low 10k that was there, but said engine turned out to be the Drift BRZ one which is utterly useless. Would've rather received the 10k this time.
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- Druids Bend
- Z4E_Midnight85
Three runs at Sardegna, plus one abandoned attempt.
First up, the GT-R GT500 '16. Love this machine, and running my 80s style Mobil livery (check out the current LEC over in the Livery Editor forums) it looks bad ass and sticks to the ground like mad with all that downforce! Easy win by 59s.
Then I hopped into the Escudo, having not driven it in months. And after half a lap I have up. The turbo lag is ridiculous and once in 5th gear it just bogs down and you sit at 230kph and watch the other cars just drive off into the distance...
So I thought I'd try something different: the 918 Spyder. Love this car, but it's a bit of a pig here. The opening 4 laps were rapid, but once the hybrid ran out, it got pretty slow. In the end I took a slim 9s win.
That gave me enough to finally purchase the first of the Ferrari invitational cars: the FXX K!
Naturally, seeing as it has over 1000hp and comes on RH tyres, I took it to Sardegna where I dropped power slightly to get it under 800PP. It's a really nice car to drive, handling much better than the 918, but also suffers from the same issue with the hybrid power. Made a massive mistake on one lap and lost 7s, but in the end took a 9s victory, 3s quicker than the Porsche overall. Needs some fine tuning but was actually pretty fun to race. Might have to buy a second one...
First up, the GT-R GT500 '16. Love this machine, and running my 80s style Mobil livery (check out the current LEC over in the Livery Editor forums) it looks bad ass and sticks to the ground like mad with all that downforce! Easy win by 59s.
Then I hopped into the Escudo, having not driven it in months. And after half a lap I have up. The turbo lag is ridiculous and once in 5th gear it just bogs down and you sit at 230kph and watch the other cars just drive off into the distance...
So I thought I'd try something different: the 918 Spyder. Love this car, but it's a bit of a pig here. The opening 4 laps were rapid, but once the hybrid ran out, it got pretty slow. In the end I took a slim 9s win.
That gave me enough to finally purchase the first of the Ferrari invitational cars: the FXX K!
Naturally, seeing as it has over 1000hp and comes on RH tyres, I took it to Sardegna where I dropped power slightly to get it under 800PP. It's a really nice car to drive, handling much better than the 918, but also suffers from the same issue with the hybrid power. Made a massive mistake on one lap and lost 7s, but in the end took a 9s victory, 3s quicker than the Porsche overall. Needs some fine tuning but was actually pretty fun to race. Might have to buy a second one...
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Widebodied one of my ‘73 Carreras, gave it an STP livery, tuned it up to 550pp and ran the Clubman races with it. Fun if a bit underpowered compared to the AI cars in the Clubman+ races.
Messed around at Road Atlanta in a couple of my slower cars.
Got a million credits(!) from a 6-star ticket! The game has never given me a six star ticket for anything less than a cafe menu. Not that I’m complaining.
Messed around at Road Atlanta in a couple of my slower cars.
Got a million credits(!) from a 6-star ticket! The game has never given me a six star ticket for anything less than a cafe menu. Not that I’m complaining.
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- Netherlands
Did a 4mln credit grind today, saved a race to get the daily mileage with. The Daily Wheel of Devoted Insult granted me a solid 5,000 credits.....
- 4,088
- Wisconsin
- GTP_Eggstor
On the GTP account, after the car switch for this week's WRS time trial (the oldest 911 RS disappeared from Hagerty's just as the post went up), I took a second 2001 911 GT3 to the Nurburgring GP for way too many laps. I finally got a good one down, and promptly got insulted by the 3-star Wheel of Despair, to the tune of the lowest-possible 5,000 Cr.
For cash, I took the Ford GT Race Car to Sardegna for the usual win.
On the Plus account, it was the Mazda Atenza's turn in the Grindy Double. The Gr.3 is almost efficient enough to do 6 laps, yet can turn sub-1:43 laps. That was good enough for a win and a cash-less 4-star Wheel of Despair that gave me an invite (first one since 1/22).
After seeing the R33 back in the UCD, I bought 4 of them for future engine purposes, widening 2 of them.
For cash, I took the Ford GT Race Car to Sardegna for the usual win.
On the Plus account, it was the Mazda Atenza's turn in the Grindy Double. The Gr.3 is almost efficient enough to do 6 laps, yet can turn sub-1:43 laps. That was good enough for a win and a cash-less 4-star Wheel of Despair that gave me an invite (first one since 1/22).
After seeing the R33 back in the UCD, I bought 4 of them for future engine purposes, widening 2 of them.
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I bought the 911 GT1 Strassenversion and I tried to use the Praiano tune but the PP didn’t work out and I had to reduce the power a lot more and I took off the racing transmission to save PP but I did manage to win LM 30 minutes quite easily still. I figured with the higher PP that perhaps it could be a good Sardegna car so I slapped on racing mediums and a high RPM turbo without any of the permanent engine upgrades but I had to short shift too much for a comfortable 2 stopper so I guess it will be a 700pp grind car. Still my favorite Porsche road car so I might buy a second before it goes out of stock. I did a few other grind races, got a 3-star ticket worth 10k, and end the night with 90.9 million credits total.
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- Turin
- Falken-N7
- N7Falken
That's the problem with any hybrid in this game except the 919, once the battery runs dry they get really slow. I've built the 918 for Le Mans 700pp and after one and a half laps it becomes incredibly slow, had to give up the race by how slow it was...
As for the Escudo, I can easily win Sardegna with mine, I'll send you the tune I'm using if you're interested.
- 1,950
- A field in England
For the Escudo, try this;
Minimum front downforce, maximum rear
1150bhp
RM tyres
gear ratios set to roughly 200mph/330kph
fuel map 4 or 5
Pit on lap 5 and 10.
Laps most of the field.
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- Druids Bend
- Z4E_Midnight85
Yes please! Otherwise it's relegated to the pile of unused metal. Or should I say, pixels?
Theres a couple of hybrids which are actually okay in the longer races. I often use the Lexus LF-LC GT VGT and it runs out of hybrid around lap 9/10 but still puts in 1:38/1:39 laps.
Nice one, thanks, I'll give that a shot.
EDIT: @lbpmog95 used your tune and it's a weapon! Actually got 1189hp...
Downforce set to 200kg F, 700kg R, gearbox set to 320kph (200mph), on RM tyres, with approx. 797 PP. By contrast, before I had the front downforce at 500kg and I couldn't get more than 750hp but 799.90 PP!
I set FM on 5, short shifted (slightly) to extend fuel range. I think the gearbox needs some adjustment, but straight out the box I was passing cars up to 10th by the end of lap 1.
I pitted on lap 5 for fuel only, filling to 92%, then pitted again lap 9 for tyres and to top up to 100% which gave me 6.1 laps range. Ran until the end and started lapping cars on lap 10. Lapped Beauvois in the final sector on lap 15, so lapped every other car! I made numerous mistakes, so I know this thing can run much faster overall, and I think with a bit of practice I'll be able to get it turning constant 1:32 laps!
This is by far my fastest time at Sardegna, but almost felt too easy! I'll be running it again to see what sort of time I can get in the end...
I set FM on 5, short shifted (slightly) to extend fuel range. I think the gearbox needs some adjustment, but straight out the box I was passing cars up to 10th by the end of lap 1.
I pitted on lap 5 for fuel only, filling to 92%, then pitted again lap 9 for tyres and to top up to 100% which gave me 6.1 laps range. Ran until the end and started lapping cars on lap 10. Lapped Beauvois in the final sector on lap 15, so lapped every other car! I made numerous mistakes, so I know this thing can run much faster overall, and I think with a bit of practice I'll be able to get it turning constant 1:32 laps!
This is by far my fastest time at Sardegna, but almost felt too easy! I'll be running it again to see what sort of time I can get in the end...
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- 1,950
- A field in England
Glad it helped. Having fairly close ratios for 1st and 2nd helps for low speed corners where the lag is worse. I found getting fresh tyres on both stops made me faster overall as you're pitting in twice anyway, may as well get new tyres. It does make the race very easy, but then that doesn't make much difference to me - I find chase the rabbit to be utterly boring.
The point of this set-up is basically to earn money faster than the Tokyo 600pp whilst having a generally much more relaxed race. Words cannot describe how much I hate the Tokyo race.
