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What's the secret on winning any of the World Touring Races PP800. I've tried many times but I'm unable to break the top 3 spots. Any help would be great. Thanks
garystevens64
garystevens64
World Touring Races PP800
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As these tend to be tactical Gr.3 races, with high tyre wear and fuel consumption, and occasional rain, not so much.
There's a few key things with them. Firstly, don't reinvent the wheel: just use a Gr.3 car. They usually come in well under the 800PP marker on Racing Hard tyres, but you'll be closer on Mediums and Softs.
Secondly, the Hard tyres are useless. For the most part you'll run out of fuel well before you run out of tyre and that's without accounting for forced stops for rain. Use the Mediums; they'll last for about as long as your fuel does. Don't forget to pick up some Intermediate and Wet tyres too.
Plan your pit stops carefully so you're not wasting good tyres. Short shift and lift-and-coast to maintain good fuel economy. Aside from the 1hr race at Spa (which usually has multiple stops), you should either be pitting once or not at all.
For races with weather, keep your eyes glued to the weather radar. Anticipate the weather - zoom out as far as you can to see it coming in and how fast - don't react to it; the AI can only react and they lose tons of time in changing conditions. The first pale blue colour may have no rain at all, while the next won't have sufficient rain to require Inters (though it might get slippy) unless it's a prolonged patch and water builds up. Don't muck about with very intense rain (green, yellow, red); any patch of this will kill you on slicks.
Watch the surface water bar: on the way up you can get away with it just passing the first marker before you need to switch to Inters, but on the way down as the track dries you'll need to be more cautious about ensuring there's a dry line before you take slicks again; also, preserve your Inters by driving on wet parts of the straights.
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There is no trick and no secret.
The only thing to consider is that these races only require racing tyres and a car with not more than 800.00 PP.
Which means you are free to either play it fair (WTC 800 Lake Maggiore as this my favourite track).
This is the WRX Gr.3 as comes from the brand central, on medium tyres, 722PP
Or simply pick a car that is naturally closer to 800PP
This one brand central, medium tyres, 796,61PP
Or you can go above that and downtune cars that are above that limit
lowest downforce, as downforce kills your straightline power and fuel, then reduce power as much as necessary.
I guess the Porsche would be better suited for this kind of event as its hybrid system is superior.
Or you can pick a road car and try out different things
Some will be good, some wont work as well.
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In the events that don't limit you to using a Gr.3 car, you can buy an old Group C LM car like the 787B, Sauber C9 etc. Simply max out rear downforce, and reduce front downforce. Now you can run a 1000bhp Le Mans prototpye against some 600bhp GT cars that weigh nearly half a tonne more. This downforce trick applies to almost all cars, allowing you to run more power at the same performance points, which far outweighs the numb handling from the downforce changes.
In the events that force the use of a Gr.3, the Corvette is a decent choice. It has fairly predictable handling, and with manual gears you can short-shift to save fuel without losing any power because the torque-curve is really good. Other than that, what famine said about rain strategy is where you'll gain the most time.
In the events that force the use of a Gr.3, the Corvette is a decent choice. It has fairly predictable handling, and with manual gears you can short-shift to save fuel without losing any power because the torque-curve is really good. Other than that, what famine said about rain strategy is where you'll gain the most time.
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