Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

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My picks for this week:

Japanese FR Challenge 450: Nissan Sileighty (Just a tiny bit of tweaking to the power limiter and/or ballast, and it'll be just below the limit, even if it's not necessarily enforced.)

American FR Challenge 550: Chevrolet Camaro SS '16 (Similar case as the Sileighty.)

Special Event: Lamborghini Urus (I'll see what I can do when I limit my particular unit to 600PP.)

Race of Turbo Sportscars: Toyota GR Yaris (Though first, I'll see if the Urus can reach 700PP on Sport Softs, as using it could be a fun challenge.)

WTC 800: Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3
 
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Finished this weeks challenges before the new ones come.
Jimny Cup: Obviously the Jimny
FR 550 at Red Bull Ring: Aston Martin Vulcan - totally overpowered, but hey, wanted to have some fun
Japanese Clubman 550: Nismo 400R
Special Event: Civic Touring Car. Slapped Racing Hards on it, and man, this one is really fun. Did it several times.

Gr. 1
Woah, the Gr. 1 races I'm really struggling with. Last week's race at Fuji I won due to luck with weather and changing to wet at the right time. The one in Daytona I won after like 10 attempts, it was really hard to catch Gallo in that R92
GlockPants
My biggest hangups with the Gr.1 Races is the lack of performance I seem to get from the Gr.1 cars.

Compared to the Gr.4 or Gr.3 races, I can win with a stock set up and good tire/pit strategy in any of those cars in those categories.

In Gr.1 I only seem to win if I'm in some Gr.1 VGT, SF or RBX2019. I can't get anywhere with the Toyota GR010, Audi R18, Peugeot 908 etc. And the Gr.C cars struggle in the turns compared to the other cars in the class.
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The same for me. Gr 3 / 4 I can usually win with basically stock cars. Gr. 1 is really hard or impossible for me.
I probably tried 6 or 7 cars for Grand Valley and couldn't win.
Last race was with the 919 Hybrid - no stop with RM tyres. Fuel was fine, tyres also ok, but only came in 2nd.
Good enough to complete the challenges.

I really wanted to do it with a Gr. 1 car, but I guess I have to try something else like a Super Formula or RBX for the win
 
LSFDRX
The Urus is fun as hell. I don’t understand how so many people dislike a big fat powerful rally car.

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Because it's too big, too fat and too flashy for my tastes. Never liked it and probably never will, but still, at least we didn't get the dreaded Dyson one-make race.

Anyways I let kudosprime pick my cars for this week again:

  • Japanese FR 450: Silvia S13 Q's
  • American FR 550: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS
  • Race of Turbo Sports: R34 Skyline GT-R (have to decide whether to swap it or not)
  • WTC 800: Ford GT LM Race Car Spec II

Seems like a good lineup!
 
For this week's challenges:


3S-GTE swapped AE86 for the Japanese FR Challenge 550.

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Shelby GT350R in the American FR Challenge 550.


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Urus one-make was quickly accomplished:



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McLaren 650S for the Race of Turbo Sportscars at Suzuka.


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And utter domination at the Maggiore World Touring Car 800 with the NSX:


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2cam16
I did that Reverse Trial Mountain race yesterday with a Praiano tuned Chevelle. Totally dominated. I might use it again tomorrow just to get it over with.
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I did the race a few days ago with a stock Shelby GT350 '65 on SH tires and was surprised it was able to squeak out a win while being way under on PP. Very fun car to drive, although it feels like it has an open diff.
 
Some fun stuff this week, and a couple of tracks we haven't had for a little while. Most were easy, Turbo Sportscars was frustrating because of the AI being an absolute liability. WTC 800 I ended up using my 800PP AMG GT Black Series, easy won with a pitstop but had a lot of fun with that car at a track I really enjoy driving. Trial Mountain is probably the easiest race if you want to go really far under the PP limit, quite a few options given how slow the AI is around there.

This weeks selection:
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My cars for this week events:

Japanese FR Challenge 450: Toyota Sports 800 '65

American FR Challenge 550: Dodge Super Bee '70

Special Event: Lamborghini Urus (stock settings)

Race of Turbo Sportscars 700: Jaguar XJ220 '92

WTC 800: Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 '12
 
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Kudosprime to choose my cars again...

Japanese FR Challenge 450 - Mazda RX-7 Spirit R '02
American FR Challenge 550 - Chevrolet Camaro Z28 '69
Lamborghini Urus One-Make - Lamborghini Urus (duh!)
Race of Turbo Sportscars - Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car
World Touring Car 800 - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 '16

That's actually a brilliant bunch of cars. Very happy with that set! I'll make a start on that later today...
 
MidnightRun85
Kudosprime to choose my cars again...

Japanese FR Challenge 450 - Mazda RX-7 Spirit R '02
American FR Challenge 550 - Chevrolet Camaro Z28 '69
Lamborghini Urus One-Make - Lamborghini Urus (duh!)
Race of Turbo Sportscars - Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car
World Touring Car 800 - Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 '16

That's actually a brilliant bunch of cars. Very happy with that set! I'll make a start on that later today...
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Sorry to ask, how do you get kudosprime to select a random car for an event? Doesn't the "random" option pick randomly from the entirety of the game's roster?
 
IngWeltschmer
Sorry to ask, how do you get kudosprime to select a random car for an event? Doesn't the "random" option pick randomly from the entirety of the game's roster?
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You can use filters for group, country, make, drive train, etc. Sometimes you have to ask it a few times before it finds a car that meets the criteria.
 
MidnightRun85
You can use filters for group, country, make, drive train, etc. Sometimes you have to ask it a few times before it finds a car that meets the criteria.
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There is not a tool to automatically select 5 cars for the weeklies, you do it one by one, using filters, right ?
 

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