- 4,099
- Wisconsin
- GTP_Eggstor
On the GTP account, I took my 1,000,000 Cr. for getting silver in the freshly-expired time trial. As my Spa time fell to bronze, I first brought it up to a marginal silver with a just-under 2:45.4 lap. After that, I hit Trial Mountain, where I got a decent silver time of just under 1:55.2.
Naturally, I got the first 3-star Wheel of Despair on this account this year. It was, as usual,, the low-showing prize, this time 10,000 Cr.
I did the Weekly Challenges more-or-less honestly. For the Northern Isle Sunday Cup, I grabbed the older Alfa Romeo Giulia, didn't see the Suzuki Cappuccino that others did, and finished with an easy win in 1:56. The parts ticket gave some titanium connecting rods/pistons for a car where I could use them.
Despite spamming the DRS button on the Porsche 992, I finished 2nd in my first attempt at Autopolis. I decided to circle back after the rest of the races and some tuning.
I took the newer Alfa Romeo Giula to Brands Hatch European Clubman Cup for an easy win in 5:05, the ex-Tokyo grind (which ballooned up to almost 609 PP) tune Nissan R33 to the Tokyo GT-R Cup for another easy win in 8:56 (while seeing the Nismo 400R), and a Red Bull X2019 with max downforce and RS tires to Trial Mountain for a nail-biter of a clean win in 22:07.
After collecting my prizes, I went back to Autopolis with a tuned Porsche 992 (racing air filter/racing muffler/racing manifold/carbon brake system/racing brake pads/racing clutch and flywheel/engine balance tuning, polished ports, high lift camshaft s, titanium conrods and pistons/racing crankshaft), now good for 698.48 PP and 705 hp. I again had to spam the DRS to get a 1.2-second clean win in 9:46.
It was annoying to have to tune the Porsche and spam its DRS, but over 1.5 million Cr. between the races (all with CRBs) and bonuses in just under 48 minutes isn't too bad.
On the Plus account, I went a different direction in the 992 tune - specifically handling (sport soft tires/weight reduction 1 and 2/increase body rigidity/racing clutch and flywheel/carbon propeller shaft) to get it to 699.22 PP. I tested it out at Northern Isle Sunday Cup, lapping the no-new-cars field in 1:29.
At the Autopolis one-make race, it was much more stable, and faster, than the power build I ended up using on the GTP account. Even without touching the DRS, it was an easy 4.9-second win in 9:38.
I finished with the Porsche portion of the Weekly Challenges at Brands Hatch European Clubman Cup in 4:44.
2024 is starting much like 2023, with my second 3-star Wheel of Despair of 3, and 3rd of 6th between the 2 accounts, of the month showing up. Surprisingly, it didn't give the low-showing/lowest-possible 5,000 Cr., but the Mazda Roadster, which was flipped for 46,560 Cr.
I also took my 6-star parts ticket, which gave carbon brakes for a car where I can use them.
I had a R32 NISMO show up at the Tokyo Nissan GT-R Cup. I countered with a stock R35 NISMO, and Godzilla smashed in 8:56.
It wasn't pretty or clean, but I did a 9 RM/5 RS strategy at Trial Mountain X2019 on a max-downforce Competition for a win in 22:23
Naturally, I got the first 3-star Wheel of Despair on this account this year. It was, as usual,, the low-showing prize, this time 10,000 Cr.
I did the Weekly Challenges more-or-less honestly. For the Northern Isle Sunday Cup, I grabbed the older Alfa Romeo Giulia, didn't see the Suzuki Cappuccino that others did, and finished with an easy win in 1:56. The parts ticket gave some titanium connecting rods/pistons for a car where I could use them.
Despite spamming the DRS button on the Porsche 992, I finished 2nd in my first attempt at Autopolis. I decided to circle back after the rest of the races and some tuning.
I took the newer Alfa Romeo Giula to Brands Hatch European Clubman Cup for an easy win in 5:05, the ex-Tokyo grind (which ballooned up to almost 609 PP) tune Nissan R33 to the Tokyo GT-R Cup for another easy win in 8:56 (while seeing the Nismo 400R), and a Red Bull X2019 with max downforce and RS tires to Trial Mountain for a nail-biter of a clean win in 22:07.
After collecting my prizes, I went back to Autopolis with a tuned Porsche 992 (racing air filter/racing muffler/racing manifold/carbon brake system/racing brake pads/racing clutch and flywheel/engine balance tuning, polished ports, high lift camshaft s, titanium conrods and pistons/racing crankshaft), now good for 698.48 PP and 705 hp. I again had to spam the DRS to get a 1.2-second clean win in 9:46.
It was annoying to have to tune the Porsche and spam its DRS, but over 1.5 million Cr. between the races (all with CRBs) and bonuses in just under 48 minutes isn't too bad.
On the Plus account, I went a different direction in the 992 tune - specifically handling (sport soft tires/weight reduction 1 and 2/increase body rigidity/racing clutch and flywheel/carbon propeller shaft) to get it to 699.22 PP. I tested it out at Northern Isle Sunday Cup, lapping the no-new-cars field in 1:29.
At the Autopolis one-make race, it was much more stable, and faster, than the power build I ended up using on the GTP account. Even without touching the DRS, it was an easy 4.9-second win in 9:38.
I finished with the Porsche portion of the Weekly Challenges at Brands Hatch European Clubman Cup in 4:44.
2024 is starting much like 2023, with my second 3-star Wheel of Despair of 3, and 3rd of 6th between the 2 accounts, of the month showing up. Surprisingly, it didn't give the low-showing/lowest-possible 5,000 Cr., but the Mazda Roadster, which was flipped for 46,560 Cr.
I also took my 6-star parts ticket, which gave carbon brakes for a car where I can use them.
I had a R32 NISMO show up at the Tokyo Nissan GT-R Cup. I countered with a stock R35 NISMO, and Godzilla smashed in 8:56.
It wasn't pretty or clean, but I did a 9 RM/5 RS strategy at Trial Mountain X2019 on a max-downforce Competition for a win in 22:23