What did you do in GT7 today?

[TFSI400]

Struggled in the Sauber C9 at Suzuka in the new Cafe races. Turbo (medium or high RPM, can’t remember) so over 900BHP, with Nitrous, and I only managed 6th.

Got a 5 star from the marathon! And won a GT500 NSX… which I already own 🙄

I think I need a new plan of attack for the group 1 races.

 

[MIE1992]

Struggled in the Sauber C9 at Suzuka in the new Cafe races. Turbo (medium or high RPM, can’t remember) so over 900BHP, with Nitrous, and I only managed 6th.

Got a 5 star from the marathon! And won a GT500 NSX… which I already own 🙄

I think I need a new plan of attack for the group 1 races.

I’m personally planning to wait until they nerf the AI a bit for those races. I recall PD doing something similar for some of The Human Comedy missions. As it stands, I think any Gr.1 car that’s over 930 PP should have a solid shot at winning. I’ve never struggled with the AI like this before, either, as my best finish at both Daytona and Suzuka is 7th.

In the meantime, there’s still quite a bit I can do. Like the six remaining endurances in The Human Comedy, a bunch of races remaining in the WTC 800, and a sizable number of Circuit Experiences. Though for that last one, I’ve already completed the courses in the Americas - at least for now, until they potentially add more - so I’ve been doing more of the tracks in EMEA.

I still don’t really get why, for Circuit Experience, they have all six layouts of Tokyo Expressway, but only one layout each for St. Croix and the Sardegna Road Track. They could at least feature all three for each of those two venues. Hopefully they’ll come in an update.

EDIT: It’d also be potentially neat to get a Circuit Experience for the new Alsace Test Course, even if it ends up being one of the lowest-paying ones in the game. Look, if we can have Circuit Experiences for Northern Isle Speedway and Kyoto Driving Park - Miyabi, I don’t see why we can’t have one for the Alsace Test Course. But if we truly cannot get one, I’d really at least hope we get Circuit Experiences for the other St. Croix and Sardegna Road Track layouts.

 

[kjb]

I finally did the LeMans race. I used the Mazda Vison Stealth model on RH map 6. The first lap was bright and sunny but towards the end of the 2nd lap it started getting dark. I was in 7th place at the time but I went ahead and pitted and switched to IM tires. 4 other cars pitted as well but I dropped to last place. By the end of the 4th lap I was in first place because none of the other AI pitted at all. It started to dry up around lap 5 and it was completely dry by lap 6. I slowed down enough on lap 6 that by the time I finished lap 6 the race was over. I finished 24 seconds ahead of 2nd place. I feel like I was gifted that race because only five cars including me pitted while the rest of the AI stayed out on RH tires. But the game paid me back for that by giving me a 1star ticket and 5K credits

 

[SPL170db]

I wasted more time on the Group 1 races in the 919. I attempted a few races on Daytona with different setups but couldn't win so I decided to give St Croix another crack with a different setup. Won it easily. I then went back to Daytona after my learnings from St Croix but I still couldn't win it. Closest I came to winning was 3.8 seconds.

If you happen to have the Tomahawk road car, give it a try for Daytona. Worked for me pretty easily since you can gear it up to hit mid-200's on the highbank and plentiful use of the overtake button.

 

[seadog777]

What I didn't do today was try Suzaka Gr.1 again - I didn't have my "good driving" hat on. Not that it's helped so far......

Tried the Jag at LeMans again, after buying a set of wets, just in case. Again decided to keep on FM1 to start - tried adjusting to 6 later in the race and it didn't seem to make any difference to range - weird! So stuck it back to 1 and left it there. As you'll just squeeze 2 laps out of the Jag on FM1, it was a three-stopper so didn't fancy my chances. Just wanted to try it.

Was in the lead before end of lap 1, pitted end lap 2, no rain. Didn't change tyres. Came out 5th. Drizzled on lap 3 only, no worries.
Pitted again end lap 4, can't remember position when coming out, but by end of lap 6 I was only 15 seconds in the lead. Pitted, thinking the 50 seconds pit time had probably lost me the race - when, blow me down with a feather, the Viper and Corvette pitted behind me!

Left the pit in first place and won the race by about 20 seconds. Not a huge margin but chuffed to bits the Jag did it on a 3 stopper! That high top end speed really helps.

4 star ticket wheel was all gold again, 10 bars, 5 bars and 3 piles of coins. I got the middle pile today, which was Cr. 30,000 - at least that paid for the wet tyres!

Also had a few fun races with the AMG GT Black - I love that car!

 

[SPL170db]

Struggled in the Sauber C9 at Suzuka in the new Cafe races. Turbo (medium or high RPM, can’t remember) so over 900BHP, with Nitrous, and I only managed 6th.

Got a 5 star from the marathon! And won a GT500 NSX… which I already own 🙄

I think I need a new plan of attack for the group 1 races.

-Try the Super Formula (or maybe it was Redbull X2019) for Suzuka is you have them
-Peugeot VGT for St Croix
-Tomahawk Road Car for Daytona

I found these were easiest to to use to gold all three (on hard BTW).

 

[GTvsForza]

I did this:

 

[gnorman]

Had one of my most fun close races yet. Custom race against my garage (of course) in a 350z with just weight1 and brakes at the short Kyoto track for 20 mins. Got to the front about half way through getting past the Camaro SS and ZL1 and thought it would be the usual coast to finish, but the SS kept getting me on the home straight and making it hard to make it past on the rest of the lap. The ZL1 was near standard like the 350z but the Camaro had far more mods on it, though despite not having everything money could buy on it, it has proved in other races that it is quicker than the ZL1 everywhere other than large ovals.

Heavy damage being on meant I’d picked up a bit of suspension and aero damage when my kids distracted me but it evened the race to a real cat and mouse battle lap after lap.

Crap AI takes so much out of the opposition, I shouldn’t have been able to finish top 10 with a 350Z but I takes my gun where I can find it in GT games so I make the races as much of an achievable challenge as possible.

It was clear neither of us would get away so it came down to having a clean last chicane and not getting caught before the line which I managed by half a length as it came surging past. Very satisfying.

 

[Touring Mars]

Had another go at trying to beat the VGT races with the BMW. It's not happening. Since the Porsche VGT appears to be quite OP, I thought I'd buy one and give it a go. Left it on RH tyres, but man, is that a horrible car to drive! Going to try it with RS later, but for now, I can't even match my BMW VGT lap times despite the Porsche being a missile on the straights!

Yeh, I can't say I enjoyed using the Porsche VGT very much. You get used to it, but it's another example of GT trying to be more like WipEout, which started with the farcical Red Bull events in GT6.

I played for a bit last night, and tried the Cafe book 42 event using the Veyron VGT Gr.1 car, and got absolutely creamed. Could only finish 13th - admittedly with some pretty horrible driving to begin with - but my fastest lap was a good 10s off the pace. And that was with the car already near the max PP.

I also did the Spa 1 hr race again, and won that again. Got my tyre change to inters bang-on, and won the race pretty comfortably, although I did lose it completely at Blanchemont (again) during my final stint as the track dried out... I usually use the NSX JGTC car on RH tyres, and it is very easy to lose it there (as I have proved many times already).

I had to stay up until midnight for work reasons last night, so I also created a fictional livery, plus a variant that I was planning to post as well until I noticed a horrible error with the depth of a decal, so I'll hopefully post that tonight.

 

[CoenRSD]

Cars bought today;

• Renault R.S.01 GT3 '16

Events raced today;

• Circuit Experience; Nürburgring GP. All gold achieved. When i started on Sector 1 i was a bit worried about the behavior from that Mercedes-AMG. Took me a long, long time to get full control over it. Pretty satisfied about the full lap time now, but i think i can do much better in sector 3. Definitely coming back one day. Full Lap: 1:57,975.

• Circuit Experience; Sainte-Croix. All gold achieved. Nothing much to say about this one. Good time overall and fast sector times. Just can't put a perfect lap in so every attempt i lose so time somewhere. Not planning to come back to this one in a while. Full Lap: 2:54,242.

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I'm planning on doing the 1 hour Endurance Race on Lake Maggiore tonight with the Renault. That's why i bought it. When I'm finishing of that race i will edit it in here or make a new post with the results.

 

[Touring Mars]

Cars bought today;

• Renault R.S.01 GT3 '16

Events raced today;

• Circuit Experience; Nürburgring GP. All gold achieved. When i started on Sector 1 i was a bit worried about the behavior from that Mercedes-AMG. Took me a long, long time to get full control over it. Pretty satisfied about the full lap time now, but i think i can do much better in sector 3. Definitely coming back one day. Full Lap: 1:57,975.

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• Circuit Experience; Sainte-Croix. All gold achieved. Nothing much to say about this one. Good time overall and fast sector times. Just can't put a perfect lap in so every attempt i lose so time somewhere. Not planning to come back to this one in a while. Full Lap: 2:54,242.

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I'm planning on doing the 1 hour Endurance Race on Lake Maggiore tonight with the Renault. That's why i bought it. When I'm finishing of that race i will edit it in here or make a new post with the results.

I also got sub 1:58 at Nurburgring CE the other day... 1:57.999

 

[MidnightRun85]

Last night I spent about 90 mins on my alt (drift) account building two drift cars and giving them relevant liveries, then sliding them around Tsukuba and Fuji.

First build was a Jaguar F-Type. I did a bit of research to find out who tunes and builds cool Jags in the UK and found out Swallows has a Racing division building some cool race cars, plus they're partnered with PVE, AVO UK, Pipercross and Tarox - so all of those brands went into the livery. The livery is based on PVE (Performance Vehicle Engineering) being the primary sponsor and therefore the colour is based on their logo which has a red gradient across the main lettering, lending itself well to the main background. An urban camo overlay with light opacity gives the front end some texture. I then did a bit of a look around at other parts of the car and decided to add some Eaton (superchargers), NGK, plus a bunch of other drift and motorsport-related decals around the car. It turns out it's a pretty lively drift chassis and with a few small upgrades it drifts like a beast! That minion loved getting sideways around Tsukuba!

I then jumped into the S2000 I had bought recently and started working on a grungy Red Bull livery, with a yellow gloss base, semi-gloss black urban camo overlay, with white sponsor decals around the car. This livery is going to change - I think it looks a bit too hectic and a number of the decals get a bit lost, so there'll be some fairly big changes... It's a really fun car to drive but needs quite a few power gains to make it a reliable slider. I also need to get the tune perfected but it's definitely going to get a fair bit of sideways use from me!

I then jumped onto my primary account and got a quick couple laps of SSRX in my Carrera GT to tick over the daily roulette distance (and to spend some time in my favourite car). Nothing much to show there, just a 30k roulette ticket that's gone back into the prize pool until we have an update!

 

[atfmarko]

AGAIN IT WAS HOTLAP DAY
919 HYBRID - NORDSCHLEIFE - 5:11:145


thanks to AK AK youtuber for making my life hard 🤣🤣🤣
I REALLY HOPE WE WILL GET
2018 919 EVO TRIBUTE UNRESTRICTED INTO GT7

 

[sixty4half]

Is this the human comedy mission? Coz I'm struggling badly with this race

I just did that race too. Used the Gr3 Mustang starting with Mediums. FM1 for about a lap and a half till you get to P6 then FM6. Once you see rain on the edge of radar switch to FM1 and pit asap. I only had 2 laps fuel left anyways so I pit 1 lap early. Switch to Softs and fill er up. I shaved about 2-3 secs a lap off the leader during this stint. Pit once for Wet tyres. Leaders will pit for Inters, then pit 2-3 laps later for wets. That is where you pass him, his 2nd Pit.

The hard part is once the rain stops. The track doesnt dry completely like in Sarthe 30-min or Spa 60-min. Only the racing line drys. You can go 2 ways, pit for Inters and nurse worn tyres at end of race or go straight to Mediums and risk wiping out on the wet track. I went with Mediums and wiped out twice, almost losing. The curbs do not dry so do not use the curb or you will wipe out. The final turn of the race NEVER completely drys and must be taken about 15-20 mph slower than normal, this means your straight line speed is compromised but so is the AI leaders.

 

[DivitLad]

Got fed up of how weak the engine sounds are, 787B is lame, give you no buzz at all

 

[MIE1992]

I ended up doing the Circuit Experience for Alsace - Village and Brands Hatch. I've almost gotten all golds on Mt. Panorama, too, so I'm hoping to finish that up next.

I also bought a spare Alpine A110 '72 to customize. Plus, the LCD finally had a Nissan Skyline GT-R (KPGC10) in silver, so I bought that, too.

EDIT: I'm hoping to get to 20m credits, and then never let my credits get below that. (I'm quite over halfway there, at the moment.) Basically, 20m will be my fund for when I see the McLaren F1 in either Dark Green XP Metallic, Base Silver, or Historic Orange. Otherwise, I think I have all the cars I need for now, especially since we can rent cars in Sport Mode. Heck, I think I'll just keep earning credits naturally, meaning that I don't plan to grind.

 

[Marts]

I just did that race too. Used the Gr3 Mustang starting with Mediums. FM1 for about a lap and a half till you get to P6 then FM6. Once you see rain on the edge of radar switch to FM1 and pit asap. I only had 2 laps fuel left anyways so I pit 1 lap early. Switch to Softs and fill er up. I shaved about 2-3 secs a lap off the leader during this stint. Pit once for Wet tyres. Leaders will pit for Inters, then pit 2-3 laps later for wets. That is where you pass him, his 2nd Pit.

The hard part is once the rain stops. The track doesnt dry completely like in Sarthe 30-min or Spa 60-min. Only the racing line drys. You can go 2 ways, pit for Inters and nurse worn tyres at end of race or go straight to Mediums and risk wiping out on the wet track. I went with Mediums and wiped out twice, almost losing. The curbs do not dry so do not use the curb or you will wipe out. The final turn of the race NEVER completely drys and must be taken about 15-20 mph slower than normal, this means your straight line speed is compromised but so is the AI leaders.

Tried again today and got my best result, 2nd, with the Genesis. The thinking behind that was that if Genesis are now a partner of PD, maybe they bugged the BoP on the Genesis, (good car BTW), but still 43 seconds off the leader. Went RS until the end of lap 10 on FM1. Pitted for RS and Fuel to the end of lap 19 when I pitted for Wets and fuel. I'm 4th at this point. Went FM2 until the rain stopped on lap 25, so pitted for RS and fuel to the end. I'm still 4th, but catching 3rd. 3rd and 2nd pit on lap 33 so I inherit 2nd for the last 2 laps, but no chance of catching up. The FL is around 1:30*. My fastest lap was 1:32*. I just can't seem to get close to that lap time.
A little more practice with the new wheel methinks..

 

[Zero2Oblivion]

Got screwed by the penalty system.

Race B. Going into the hairpin before the death chicane the person infront of me went too deep, I hit the corner perfectly and flawed it, leaving them enough room on the outside. Approaching the first right/entry to the first chicane the other driver had his nose alongside my rear door. I have the apex so if anyone should pull out, it's them, but knowing they don't have to I aim to use all of the curb and give them space on the left, meaning we'd go side-by-side.

Nope. The other driver turned in hard, aiming for the curb as if I wasn't there. This forced me wider and unable to avoid the barrier on exit, they bounced off me. I got a nice 2 second penalty. To add insult to injury, their bounce was so small that they didn't appear to lose any speed and just carried on.

 

[sixty4half]

Tried again today and got my best result, 2nd, with the Genesis. The thinking behind that was that if Genesis are now a partner of PD, maybe they bugged the BoP on the Genesis, (good car BTW), but still 43 seconds off the leader. Went RS until the end of lap 10 on FM1. Pitted for RS and Fuel to the end of lap 19 when I pitted for Wets and fuel. I'm 4th at this point. Went FM2 until the rain stopped on lap 25, so pitted for RS and fuel to the end. I'm still 4th, but catching 3rd. 3rd and 2nd pit on lap 33 so I inherit 2nd for the last 2 laps, but no chance of catching up. The FL is around 1:30*. My fastest lap was 1:32*. I just can't seem to get close to that lap time.
A little more practice with the new wheel methinks..

I think I was averaging 1.32-1.34 on Mediums in FM1 in the Mustang. I forgot one part of my race. While in FM6 I came up on Fraga and the guy before him. They were slow thru corner and would take off in straight, so I switched to FM1 for a half lap each so i could get past them cuz they were slowing me down at corners.

Beuvaoius (or whatever) is faster than you most of the race. He pits for inters and wets so he wastes a pit. After rain clears, he goes back to Inters and stays, so if you switch to Mediums or Hards you will be faster. Beware the wet spots.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

I already completed the new menu books but raced Daytona again as previously came 2nd. Now I got all 3 wins so my ADHD isn't flaring from seeing a single silver trophy next to all the gold ones 🤣

 

[Raceface1959]

I only have the Gr 1 cafe to do so jumped into Daytona as a "look see" with the only car I had, which is the Veyron. Quickly saw that a one stop isnt in the cards so did an unplanned two stop with all the wrong timing involved lol, and walked away with 7th. It looks like shopping for some more Gr 1 cars might be in the cards.

 

[CoenRSD]

Cars bought today;

• Renault R.S.01 GT3 '16

Events raced today;

• Circuit Experience; Nürburgring GP. All gold achieved. When i started on Sector 1 i was a bit worried about the behavior from that Mercedes-AMG. Took me a long, long time to get full control over it. Pretty satisfied about the full lap time now, but i think i can do much better in sector 3. Definitely coming back one day. Full Lap: 1:57,975.

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• Circuit Experience; Sainte-Croix. All gold achieved. Nothing much to say about this one. Good time overall and fast sector times. Just can't put a perfect lap in so every attempt i lose so time somewhere. Not planning to come back to this one in a while. Full Lap: 2:54,242.

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I'm planning on doing the 1 hour Endurance Race on Lake Maggiore tonight with the Renault. That's why i bought it. When I'm finishing of that race i will edit it in here or make a new post with the results.

So, a couple of hours later. Three attempts on Lake Maggiore further. Still no first place achieved. I need to learn this track better as i can not drive any faster at the moment. Consistently driving 1:58/59 on hards sometimes even 56/57 on mediums. Sometimes 2 minutes + when i make stupid mistakes or when my tires are dead. First two attempts ; 1 stop strategy on racing hards and fuel. Not fast enough. Third attempt; 2 stop strategy on racing mediums and fuel. Any tips, guys? Different car maybe?

I did make some stupid mistakes as you can see in the below video. Not once, no. TWICE ...







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[Veinz]

Reached for my beer, hit the wall then just went with it.

 

[Razamataz]

Deleted the game . Took a break from it about a month ago and dabbled with the DLC recently for a few days. Not much to keep me entertained. Which kills me because the 20 hour Cafe missions were genuinely fun whilst it lasted. Lack of endgame content has killed any motivation right now.

it's not you Polyphony, it's me. Wait hold on... no it's definitely you.

I'll be back again in another few months to see what's new. Fingers crossed for Nostalgic 1979!

 

[MIE1992]

I did play a bit more today. Finished up the Circuit Experience for Mt. Panorama, then did them for the Nurburgring GP, Monza, Le Mans, and St. Croix. Definitely making tons of credits - I'm up to almost 19m now, though I just plan to keep saving credits for now. Especially since we can rent cars in Sport Mode.

 

[LSFDRX]

Sheeesh... did my first attempt at the pre-'79 Alsace 1hr today. It was fun, but had some moments of AI frustration for sure.

I've read about it and knew there was a certain amount of strategy that went into it, that the bus is gonna be chugging along pulling off fastest laps, that there are many cars that don't work well for this race, and there are OP cars like the Chaparral... but I don't care for the meta or OP way of things, so I tested out a couple cars.

First off I tuned up a Gordini and hated it. Incredibly oversteery, and you just have to be all over it white knuckle at all times. No thanks. Put that one away for a while, and I'll see if it can't be made better or just fun to toss around.

Then tried out the '71 Z for it... and basically same thing, very oversteery, and I didn't put too much time into tuning it because it was already close enough to the 450PP cut off that there wasn't much wiggle room for power and handling, so that one went back in the garage too.

Then I gave the Challenger a shot, detuned to 289hp, stock otherwise. It was comfortable enough to drive, could turn 2:28s with little fuss, and the open diff made for not having to manage oversteer a bunch so off I went to the races, fully intending to lose by a few positions. I just wanted to give the race a shot.

I was in third place by the end of the first lap, a good sign, but then the bus came along (which I expected) and then I found that me and him were pitting on the same laps, so I figured the race was a bust and I'd be losing out by pitting often. But when I came out I was only down about 20sec to the lead, and was gaining quickly, so there was light at the end of the tunnel. I took fuel only the first time, tires with fuel on the second, and just enough fuel to finish on the third, pitting with the bus every time.

I ended up spinning all by myself in the last hairpin on lap 19, stock brakes were very wiggly and I pitched it just enough to send me sideways...

Then, in typical GT7 AI fashion, Hizal in his 20 million dollar missile decided to weave around before pitting... right into my quarter panel, spinning me into the wall. Lovely. Thought I was definitely screwed by this point.

Took my last pit, fuel only for three laps, and came out right behind the Benz and the bus. Overtook the Benz in the final chicane, and then overtook the bus in the same spot... squeezing inside him on the last corner of the last lap. Never thought I would pull this mission off on the first try!

Was a good race, and I'm happy to be done with it considering the troubles that many have had with it. I'd definitely recommend the Challenger as an "easier" car to drive for the hour, but beware the pitchy brakes, open diff that will let the inside rear spin up a lot if you let it, and somewhat thirsty fuel consumption, but it definitely made for a fun race, and I could have done much better if I hadn't spun, and I was out of the way of Hizal and his BS.

Another good day in GT7 for sure. And man, I write too much. Ha ha.

 

[Sunzi]

Sheeesh... did my first attempt at the pre-'79 Alsace 1hr today. It was fun, but had some moments of AI frustration for sure.

I've read about it and knew there was a certain amount of strategy that went into it, that the bus is gonna be chugging along pulling off fastest laps, that there are many cars that don't work well for this race, and there are OP cars like the Chaparral... but I don't care for the meta or OP way of things, so I tested out a couple cars.

First off I tuned up a Gordini and hated it. Incredibly oversteery, and you just have to be all over it white knuckle at all times. No thanks. Put that one away for a while, and I'll see if it can't be made better or just fun to toss around.

Then tried out the '71 Z for it... and basically same thing, very oversteery, and I didn't put too much time into tuning it because it was already close enough to the 450PP cut off that there wasn't much wiggle room for power and handling, so that one went back in the garage too.

Then I gave the Challenger a shot, detuned to 289hp, stock otherwise. It was comfortable enough to drive, could turn 2:28s with little fuss, and the open diff made for not having to manage oversteer a bunch so off I went to the races, fully intending to lose by a few positions. I just wanted to give the race a shot.

I was in third place by the end of the first lap, a good sign, but then the bus came along (which I expected) and then I found that me and him were pitting on the same laps, so I figured the race was a bust and I'd be losing out by pitting often. But when I came out I was only down about 20sec to the lead, and was gaining quickly, so there was light at the end of the tunnel. I took fuel only the first time, tires with fuel on the second, and just enough fuel to finish on the third, pitting with the bus every time.

I ended up spinning all by myself in the last hairpin on lap 19, stock brakes were very wiggly and I pitched it just enough to send me sideways...

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Then, in typical GT7 AI fashion, Hizal in his 20 million dollar missile decided to weave around before pitting... right into my quarter panel, spinning me into the wall. Lovely. Thought I was definitely screwed by this point.

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Took my last pit, fuel only for three laps, and came out right behind the Benz and the bus. Overtook the Benz in the final chicane, and then overtook the bus in the same spot... squeezing inside him on the last corner of the last lap. Never thought I would pull this mission off on the first try!

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Was a good race, and I'm happy to be done with it considering the troubles that many have had with it. I'd definitely recommend the Challenger as an "easier" car to drive for the hour, but beware the pitchy brakes, open diff that will let the inside rear spin up a lot if you let it, and somewhat thirsty fuel consumption, but it definitely made for a fun race, and I could have done much better if I hadn't spun, and I was out of the way of Hizal and his BS.

Another good day in GT7 for sure. And man, I write too much. Ha ha.

Great Post mate! Enjoyed reading it, similarly I'm trying to do all races without looking for the meta/OP route. I want to try and get the KPGC10 Skyline to work for this. I can get the power down but lose the handling... if I get the handling I'm lacking oomph beneath the bonnet. But I'm intent to do it with the Skyline since I've thrown cash at her and been after her for ages!

 

[Timugen]

I apologize if this has already been discussed, but has anyone else noticed that the manner in which you hit your daily marathon seems to influence the level of ticket you get? I haven't tracked this in detail but have noticed a trend, at least from my personal experience.

I've noticed that if you hit the distance threshold while doing things like CE, TT, or low-paying races you more than likely get a 1-2 star ticket. If you hit it doing a 30min grind race seems to be usually 3-star, but not always obviously. And whenever I've started with the 60min Spa grind it seems to be a much higher likelihood of a 4-5 star.

Obviously whichever ticket you get it's still the lowest reward seemingly 90+% of the time but it at least seems like a possible way to at least marginally increase the # of higher tickets you see.

 

[mchardmanuk]

Did a few Le Man races for remaining 10 mil, got bored and completed last café book.

 

[LSFDRX]

Great Post mate! Enjoyed reading it, similarly I'm trying to do all races without looking for the meta/OP route. I want to try and get the KPGC10 Skyline to work for this. I can get the power down but lose the handling... if I get the handling I'm lacking oomph beneath the bonnet. But I'm intent to do it with the Skyline since I've thrown cash at her and been after her for ages!

With a low power but good handling setup you might be pretty efficient and have to pit much less than the AI. It might work out for you!