What did you do in GT7 today?

[Wilsonson]

Anyone ever managed an exactly identical lap time?? 1st time it ever happened to me!

I did too

Me too. Quick (and very dirty) math says that it should be more likely than not after about 1400 laps which is roughly 35 hours of seat time. After 6000 laps the probability of never having two duplicate lap times after another is less than 5%.

The big caveat here is the assumption that there is an equal chance of getting a lap time anywhere within +/- 1 second (2 second total window) of the previous one every single time. In reality this relationship is probably normally distributed with times closer to the last lap being more likely than times which deviate more strongly. But that calculation would take me some time to research. I think my assumptions are reasonable. It of course also depends on skill level because better drivers have a higher chance of getting an equally good time next lap because they don't deviate that much. The true numbers will probably be somewhere between 800 and 2000 laps for more likely than not. Unless we're talking Daytona for which it could be even less. The math also depends on the difficulty and lenght of the track.

Edit: +/- 1 second
Edit2: clarified what I mean with +/- 1 second

 

[kjb]

I did a run at Sardegna with the 962 then I took the Vanquish to LeMans to get some credits. Bought 4 Bugs, and a MR2. I painted the MR2 gold chrome and decided to save it so I could put a livery on it later. Bought another 69 Mangusta from the Legends dealer.

 

[Everpure]

Had the ****tiest of **** shows ever in my GT7 life, driving the ‘22 911 GT3 RS on 24 hours at Spa. Started last, went up to 4th and ended 17th. This car is basically impossible to drive in a serious race. Even on a dry track racing hards are like soap. And yes, I also made a bunch of boo-boos on the way, but I must admit this is the first time I got annoyed with a Porsche. A total waste of 60 minutes of my life and gameplay! 🤯

On the plus side, I discovered that the BMW M3 GT ‘11 is a beast! I’m so much in the Porsche camp, that I always frowned upon BMW… But today changed my mind. I will definitely drive this one a lot more in the future. 😃

 

[Fuz_Belvedere]

Hooked on the Radical SR3 SL 🎮😎👍

 

[MineralBlurb7]

Spent 20 minutes in the NGP TT and managed to make the same mistake of getting in the power too late at the final LR section…over and over and over.

I don’t mind the frustration - trying to perfect a sector is pretty much why I have kept the game.

 

[Snake55wildcat]

Did two laps of nurb enduro in PSVR2 using the Gr3 GTbyCitroën (essentially a time trial with botched tomahawk's for money)

 

[Katnomad]

First check the new 3 race of the week and did a few lap on each to have an Idea of what it will be .

Then i decide i will first have a go on A with the spider , did 4 through the day was fun .

As i noticed gt40 was going out of sale at haggerty and had 4M decide to race Spa one hour twice to be able to buy it.
Took the 787 to have really easy race more a ''balade'' drive .
Well that is what i would like 🤣 , i encounter my first pink meteo radar , all good as i was already on intermediate even if rain one had been better at this moment.
Around 10 mn before race ending track was dry and i decide without looking long range radar to switch back to hard tyre .
Well error then 30sec later meteo radar went orange , and there on fourth trying to get to thé Pit lane few km away , all car passing me 🤣🤣 . In the end i managed to get to put to put back intermediate tyre , but third and second pass while i was doing so with less than 5mn on clock.
Finally passed the line first but second and third just few second behind me .
Yes easy race i thought 🤣🤣, i can't remember who the other day told me he did not even bother to change tyre under rain well i'm not skilled enough 😉✌️

But then it's not finish later i did a second run same car . This time believe me i had an eye on meteo radar at all distances .
Just a few lap after start radar was already full green with some blue spot far away , ok let put intermediate tyre , you know what all the race long radar hold like that me cautious with my intermediate tyre , rain never came and i almost lost race with all my Pit stop 🤣🤣🤣

Well at the end had enough to buy the gt 40

This morning was broke with only 3k left , ok let's go for spa with the Porsche this time.
Well weather this time was heavy rain for almost 40 mn meteo radar almost full orange a long time , really love this dynamic weather feature .

Funny to deal with traffic while it's rainy and some Ai did not change tyre.

 

[Pesselles]

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This morning was broke with only 3k left , ok let's go for spa with the Porsche this time.
Well weather this Time hat heavy rain for almost 40 mn meteo radar almost full orange a long time , really love this dynamic weather feature .
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Funny to deal with traffic while it's rainy and some Ai did not change tyre.

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I can't explain why but I'm in love with the night atmosphere in Spa... (even more when it's raining).

I've noticed an amazing detail about this race.
I'm an amateur astronomer and I was able to identify some consellations depicted in the night sky of Spa.
And based on their positions in the sky, It could be possible to guess when this race took place.

 

[Badstdad]

Myself, I swapped into Fanatec gear from G923. 1st drive today and it sucks!!! I'm dead-dog slow! Aggghhh!!! I know it's just a matter of getting used to it and getting everything calibrated/dialed-in. Not dissing the gear, mind you. Just the transition. It SUCKS, lol

Myself, I swapped into Fanatec gear from G923. 1st drive today and it sucks!!! I'm dead-dog slow! Aggghhh!!! I know it's just a matter of getting used to it and getting everything calibrated/dialed-in. Not dissing the gear, mind you. Just the transition. It SUCKS, lol

Weird, I know, but I swear the cars sound different, even have different torque curves, by alot. Does that make any sense?

 

[mcsqueegy]

Finally tried one of those glitchy top speed setups in the engine swapped Corvette... it's good for over 380mph without nitrous

 

[ZevZoq]

I won the Ferrari invite with my DW ticket a few days back. Had enough in the bank to buy the LaFerrari and I'm grinding for the other two. Ran Sardegna twice this morning and bought the big dawg so three more Sardegnas and I'll have the last one.

 

[Touring Mars]

I completed the WCs by winning the Super Formula race at Watkins Glen.

It's one of my favourite events - WG is one of my favourite tracks, and the Super Formula race is tight and exciting.

I won it pretty easily despite the AI not pitting at all - a bit too easily infact, and so I checked that the game was on Hard difficulty... it wasn't Somehow (probably due to switching to PS5), it was on Easy difficulty - so I've been playing on Easy for the last three weeks without knowing it.

I switched to Hard and adopted a zero-stop/RH tyre strategy - I could only get 3rd, but it was pretty close.

I got a Ferrari VGT from the resulting 6* ticket - again, slightly underwhelming/disappointed as I already have one.

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I also got yet another Aston Martin invite from the DM ticket, which almost sent me into a rage. Seriously, I've played the game for 574 days thus far and I've not had a single Ferrari or Bugatti invite. Meanwhile, I have had so many useless invites (Pagani, AM, Citreon) that it isn't funny any more.

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I also managed to gold the Viper drift mission at long last - I was nowhere near it, but then figured out how to do it, and scored 7,482 - agonisingly short of the 7,500 pts required. However it wasn't too long until I nailed it. The drift missions are especially difficult as there's no demo to watch, albeit there are some videos on YT, I managed to figure this one out myself - eventually.

 

[kjb]

I took the LaFerrari to LeSarthe. I have been trying to use cars that I haven't either used in awhile or never used before at LeMans. Before I took it LeMans I wanted to add a livery. I painted it a nice dark green and created a basic livery for it. I tuned it a little bit to get it under 700 pp ran it. Got 3 laps on FM6. Got 10K cr from a 🌟 🌟 🌟 🎫

 

[Pesselles]

As I wasn't in a mood to visit Lago Maggiore today, I've spend my time elsewhere...

1. Silvered some lap attacks in Tokyo (I don't like these urban tracks).

2. Then, I've visited the californian desert at Willow Springs. First, I've improved the sectors at Big Willow (just in case....) and then, golded the lap attack at Streets of Willow Springs

The replay with the 'Stang is available in game

Speaking about CEs, you can check my progression with the link in my signature. Feel free to save a copy of the Spreadsheet in your Google Drive, if needed (the colors of the cells change automatically based on your scores).

3. And finally, I came back in France where I visited Le Mans for credits reasons

 

[Katnomad]

So this afternoon i did not play on gt7, but went to find my G25.
Once i find it went on pc to try out if it's still in order as it's been really long i played a driving game.
And hourra it still work perfectly so that is the good news.
Now trouble is do i go for a drive hub , or a ras1lution or try

Hi guys, long time no see.

Based on some awesome recent work in the GP2040-CE project I made an adapter that lets you use older Logitech wheels like the Driving Force Pro in PS5 games. It is very cheap and easy to make, but requires using an additional PS4-licensed controller for authentication (I used a Razer Raion).

I only tested with a DFP, but I think all wheels that have a Driving Force compatibility mode should work (so DFGT, G25, G27).

GitHub - jfedor2/wheel-adapter: PS5 adapter for old Logitech wheels

PS5 adapter for old Logitech wheels. Contribute to jfedor2/wheel-adapter development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

And there is also the solution using a pc gimx.
Well going to dig internet to be sure it works well.
All that because i don't want at the moment to spend 300 € in a wheel .

So after wreckfest going to grind at Le Mans some credit.

 

[SteelPantha]

Last night I had one of the best GT7 days since the game was released. It's a long post but thought I'd share my experience anyway....I haven't played GT7 or any PS game since late November so I was fully expecting to be rusty and off my game but I managed to complete some uber frustrating tests and races that had pissed me off last year!

Licence Tests (master set):
A-4: Ferrari on urban tracks. Gold time: 0.27.830.
I had previously set a 0:28:300 and given up as I was finding this too challenging to not touch the wall while going fast. This time, after a few attempts, I hit a 0.27.900 before a few attempts later hitting a 0.27.663! I was so happy and relieved. I figured it out - this test is all about letting the car coast through the corners and throttle control - kinda pumping it every few seconds and letting the car just glide through the corners. Nailed the final corner with speed which really helped and I knew my ghost was left in the dust.

IB-4: NSX on Suzuka. Gold time: 0:29:640.
Another infuriating test with a pretty high bar for gold time. Why? Who knows? I've found every test in higher licences easier!
Last year I set a 0:29:672 and just could NOT shave any more tenths off....it was so frustrating!
This year I watched the demonstration again and didn't really notice anything special but decided to give it a crack. Took the corners cleanly and on the long right-hander, hugged the rumble strip before getting on the throttle. Managed to 0:29:627!

World Circuit races:

• Won all 3 X2019 Red Bull races
• Won all 3 World Touring Car 900 races with the Aston Martin Valkyrie (really awesome car!)
• Won the Clubman Cup Plus (4 chili) on Watkins Glen (I used a Peugeot which was quick and handled beautifully)
• Won the GT Cup Gr3 race (3 chili) on Deep Forest (Nissan GTR is freaking brilliant!)
• Won the Clubman Cup Plus (3 chili) on Monza (Ferrari Italia was too good and was an easy race)

Super proud moment: last year I could not for the life of me win the Mount Panorama GT Cup Gr3 race (4 chilis) as I found the AI too fast and I struggle with the middle section on the hill. I picked the Nissan GTR again as I found it had the highest BHP out of the Gr3 cars even after BoP. I started off ok but then dropped down to 7th and knew I had a real battle on my hands. I fought hard and got up to 2nd before needing to pit. I started setting faster times and getting better on the top hill section of the track by letting the car coast through the corners and eventually catching up and overtaking the leader. The car had a tendency to understeer a bit when I had speed so I put TCS up to 2 and it worked much better before I took TCS off for all the straights. The BMW AI overtook the Viper and ran me very close at the end so I only won by 2 seconds but it was awesome. I thought I had set some quite fast laps but the AI just kept beating my best times haha....bastards.

Anyway, it was a pretty awesome return to GT7 after a few months away from the game (and the forum).

I only have one more event in the career mode: Clubman Cup Plus (5 chili) on Fuji. Does anyone have any tips for this? The AI are ridiculously quick and I've tried a bunch of cars to no avail!

I have the first four licences of the master set golded so now I try and finish the remaining 6 S-Licence tests to gold....S-1, S-4, S-5, S-7, S-8 and S-10. I've already got the original licence set to gold level so getting both sets to gold would be a great achievement.

 

[SteelPantha]

OMFG I did it! Clubman Cup Plus at Fuji win! Screw this 5 chili pepper race!! The AI are such cheats with rubberbanding speed, amazing control through corners and seemingly bump you outta the way with crazy divebombs!

I used the GT-R NISMO GT3 '13 and had a final time of 8:39:570....I think my best lap was 1:42:000 with another lap 1:42:300...rest were slower due to having to defend etc....I was even defending vs two cars on the final straight!! Fastest lap was set by the Corvette AI - a 1:40:0! A whole two seconds faster than me! Crazy....

Final result:
1st: 8:39:570
2nd: +00.157 - XJ220 '92
3rd: +00.231 - Crown Athlete G '13
4th: +00.420 - Corvette ZR-1 (C4) '89

Good riddance you crappy race! 100% World Circuits again! Woo hoo!

EDIT:
S-4 Master test - Jag XJ220 on Grand Valley done to gold! 2:03:115 after about 15 min! Woo hoo!
S-5 Master test - Peugeot 205 Rally Car on Lake Louise done to gold! 1.41.645 woo hoo!

 

[Eggstor]

I also got yet another Aston Martin invite from the DM ticket, which almost sent me into a rage. Seriously, I've played the game for 574 days thus far and I've not had a single Ferrari or Bugatti invite. Meanwhile, I have had so many useless invites (Pagani, AM, Citreon) that it isn't funny any more.

You missed out on April 2022's "auto-invite", done after PD caused a bunch of invites to expire early. It is painful to find that 4 of the 7 invite-only cars are, thus far, unavailable.

I'm not convinced that "re-rolling" an invite after a content update (quitting immediately after seeing an invite pop up on the Wheel, and then re-opening the ticket after a content update...before said ticket expires) actually works, but you could try that.

 

[skydragon49]

Today I hit a 1-2 at Sardegna and Lemans, for the usual money. The Viper was the car for Sardegna and the 458 Italia for Lemans. Safe choices since I was up for a lazy drive.

Golded master license A3, spent lots of time trying the A4 with no gold sucess for now.

Viaited the LCD and bought a Alpine 220 race car, a Citroen DS Pallas, a blue Merak, a black Mangusta and the Shelby GT 350.

 

[MineralBlurb7]

20 minutes split between the TTs. Gold with the EKTC and high silver with the RX8. Not sure I’ll be able to try for gold again before it concludes.

Really great circuit and car selection these two. PD finally got that right.

 

[05XR8]

Road testing the latest model cars in the game.

Not a bad representation of what‘s on the market today.
I’d say the Tesla is pretty much as popular, forward thinking and an all-rounder to represent the USA. It’s does the straightline acceleration thing USA cars are known for. Sure the not-so-little red Corvette or a Mustang or a Hellcat screams muscular V8 prowess. Thing is, the youth don’t care. This plug and play society, are shelling out that money for the sounds of silence.

New(old) Z, a cool Genesis that reminds me of the first Audi S8, the tried and true smiles for miles MX-5 Roadster, a super fast new version of the most sold car ever and the latest CTR that looks like it’ll knock you out, because it’s Great to the eleventh power generation old-grandmama said knock you out.

I guess, from Europe, the ultimate European car can be narrowed down a base Porsche 911. If there were a new Golf in the game, maybe that would suffice. However, PD blessed us with the freakin’ 992 GT3 RS!

No doubt it would be great to have more new model year 2022, 2023 and 2024 cars. The ones we can use in the game, right now, pretty much cover all the bases from EV to luxury to low horsepower open top fun to traditional FF and AWD row-your-own hot hatches to more than adequate pedigreed high performance sports cars.

 

[smoothbore12]

Took my LM55 gr1 at La Sarthe for a lazy non stop grinding.
Bought another merak and ride it at historical race at GV.
Did some TT laps with NSX for the upcoming Turtle race and get disappointed with the result since sm one second or even more behind GOD @Pesselles 😂 .
I guess nobody can " steal " my third place since we are ....... 3 participants.

 

[Pesselles]

Did some TT laps with NSX for the upcoming Turtle race and get disappointed with the result since sm one second or even more behind GOD @Pesselles 😂 .
I guess nobody can " steal " my third place since we are ....... 3 participants.

 

[GlockPants]

You missed out on April 2022's "auto-invite", done after PD caused a bunch of invites to expire early. It is painful to find that 4 of the 7 invite-only cars are, thus far, unavailable.

I'm not convinced that "re-rolling" an invite after a content update (quitting immediately after seeing an invite pop up on the Wheel, and then re-opening the ticket after a content update...before said ticket expires) actually works, but you could try that.

@Touring Mars

Rerolling the invite tickets does work sometimes.

I've done it, either the Spec II update or the one prior. But you're just as likely to get the same brand that it was before, or one you already had.

 

[Wilsonson]

@Touring Mars

Rerolling the invite tickets does work sometimes.

I've done it, either the Spec II update or the one prior. But you're just as likely to get the same brand that it was before, or one you already had.

My understanding is that it only works if there is a new update before the ticket expires. You need to shut down the game before accepting the unwanted invitation and then after restarting let the ticket sit until the next update. When opening the ticket after the update it will still be an invitation as prize but the brand might be a different one.

I have 4 tickets with invitations saved and will report back after Thursday's update whether it worked or not.

 

[GlockPants]

My understanding is that it only works if there is a new update before the ticket expires. You need to shut down the game before accepting the unwanted invitation and then after restarting let the ticket sit until the next update. When opening the ticket after the update it will still be an invitation as prize but the brand might be a different one.

I have 4 tickets with invitations saved and will report back after Thursday's update whether it worked or not.

This is correct.

 

[Katnomad]

Connect to find DS was on sale at Haggerty so of course bought one.

Did twice Le Mans then bought Ford GT '17 to complete menu , 6* ticket gave me 500k.
Then went to buy a few other car for menu need .
Then went to Tokyo Wtc600 to try the Alpine 220 , not a win but really enjoy this drive as i took it full stock will work out to get a better set up on it , i think it's a wtc600 winner .

And now i'm going to cruise in the Ds , because you know what i'm a Citroën lover 😉✌️
Edit: and this afternoon had a try a the human comedy first racing with the mazda roadster end second should have save just a bit more fuel , next time 😉✌️

 

[Pesselles]

Connect to find DS was on sale at Haggerty so of course bought one.

Did twice Le Mans then bought Ford GT '17 to complete menu , 6* ticket gave me 500k.
Then went to buy a few other car for menu need .
Then went to Tokyo Wtc600 to try the Alpine 220 , not a win but really enjoy this drive as i took it full stock will work out to get a better set up on it , i think it's a wtc600 winner .

And now i'm going to cruise in the Ds , because you know what i'm a Citroën lover 😉✌️

Cadeau: DS Coupé by H. Chapron 🎁

 

[kjb]

I took a slightly modified 992 to LeMans. Got 3 laps on FM6. Made a big mistake trying to do a 6 lap race and ended up in 5th. Got like 200K from the race 🤣 Got a Honda 2-4engine (or whatever that car is called)

 

[Pesselles]

For no reason except having fun, I've created a Gozilla Day and played only with my Beast!!

1. Golded the Grand Valley CE and I dedicace this gold reward to the GT-R dynasty !

To gold this CE, you don't need to drive the GT-R brutally but if you enchain curves ones after the others naturally, then this fantastic machine be much faster than you imagine. As usual, my replay is available in game.

2. and then, I've visited Le Mans (for credits reasons) with the same GT-R but with my special livery ♥

I have wonderful souvenirs on track with the R35 GT-R, but also on GT7.
TBH, Godzilla deserves my tribute ♥