430PP European 'Hot Hatch' Championship

Motor City Hami
Good question. Probably not due to the Europe restriction. So Ford Focus, an actual hot hatch and one of Europe's top selling hot hatches, is not eligible. But, you can enter an Elise.
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But you can use a Lotus or a Hommel!

Sorry I'm having trouble letting go old that but I really like the Hot Hatch race and I'm frustrated with PD phoning this one in. :irked:

They could have built a list of HATCHBACKS that were eligible instead of doing the lazy thing and making this a Euro compact race. At least name it the right thing PD!

:banghead:
 
Motor City Hami
Good question. Probably not due to the Europe restriction. So Ford Focus, an actual hot hatch and one of Europe's top selling hot hatches, is not eligible. But, you can enter an Elise.
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This is very disappointing from PD. Inattention to details like race regs is ridiculous. Whoever is putting up these Events needs a QC lesson. Really, you can't use the Focus? Pitiful.
 
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It is a hot hatch after all.
 
A fun car to use is the Audi TT Coupe 3.2 Quattro '03 from the NCD.

The tune below got me gold easily on all tracks;

Power 235bhp Weight 1325kgs PP is 430pp.

Chassis weight reduction stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Botnnet
FC Trans
Twin Plate Clutch
Semi-racing Flywheel
FC LCD
Torq Dist Centre Diff
Carbon Prop Shaft
FC Suspension

RH -5 / 0
Spring 10.0 / 11.0
Dampers Ext 5 / 5
Dampers Comp 4 / 4
Anti-Roll 2 / 3
Camber Angle 2.4 / 1.8
Toe -0.02 / 0.02

LSD
8 / 10
12 / 16
5 / 8

BB 7/5

Add ballast 94kg @ position 50 (giving a 52/48 balance)
Power Level 96.0%
Torq Dist set at (Front) 30 / (Rear) 70

Gearing

Reset Gears. Set final gear to 5000
Lower speed to lowest setting in box below
1st gear 2.530
2nd 1.977
3rd 1.590
4th 1.309
5th 1.111
6th 0.970

then set final gear for the top speed required. (I set mine at 3.160 which is max speed 180mph)
 
Here is a tune for those who are lost on what car to use. Might not be the fastest for these events, but its easy to drive and I won all 5 with little trouble.

Peugeot 207 GTI '07

210hp
1048kg
429pp
SH tires
64/36 weight split

PARTS:
Weight Reduction Stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
ECU Tuning
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch Twin Plate
Flywheel Semi Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit

SUSPENSION:
Ride Height- -20/-25
Spring Rate- 5.8/12.4
Extension- 4/8
Compression- 2/4
Anti Roll Bar- 2/5
Camber- 1.4/1.6
Toe- -0.15/0.06

LSD:
Torque- 25
Acceleration- 20
Braking- 10

BRAKE BALANCE:
Front- 6
Rear- 5

TRANSMISSION:
Adjust as needed for each track.

👍
 
shaunm80
A fun car to use is the Audi TT Coupe 3.2 Quattro '03 from the NCD.

The tune below got me gold easily on all tracks;

Power 235bhp Weight 1325kgs PP is 430pp.

Chassis weight reduction stage 3
Window Weight Reduction
Carbon Botnnet
FC Trans
Twin Plate Clutch
Semi-racing Flywheel
FC LCD
Torq Dist Centre Diff
Carbon Prop Shaft
FC Suspension

RH -5 / 0
Spring 10.0 / 11.0
Dampers Ext 5 / 5
Dampers Comp 4 / 4
Anti-Roll 2 / 3
Camber Angle 2.4 / 1.8
Toe -0.02 / 0.02

LSD
8 / 10
12 / 16
5 / 8

BB 7/5

Add ballast 94kg @ position 50 (giving a 52/48 balance)
Power Level 96.0%
Torq Dist set at (Front) 30 / (Rear) 70

Gearing

Reset Gears. Set final gear to 5000
Lower speed to lowest setting in box below
1st gear 2.530
2nd 1.977
3rd 1.590
4th 1.309
5th 1.111
6th 0.970

then set final gear for the top speed required. (I set mine at 3.160 which is max speed 180mph)
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Oh HECK yeah!!!

Eifel was giving me a royal pain. Won on my first attempt with this car. PHOTO FINISH too.

My time / GT Golf time both 6:16.500!
I won by a licence plate bracket nut

Thanks for the timely tune!
 
oink83
As usual, here is my video for this weeks events.

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Oy, I saw one of your posts on here and subscribed to your channel, now I watch these seasonal vids each week! 👍

I was rocking an Alfa Romeo 147 with pretty stock settings minus transmission and suspension, was having a pretty good time with it. Might try Oink's choice the Z4 for a few.

And the penalties on Top Gear were rather...touchy may I say. I got cropped a few times when I didn't see a single boundary I could have crossed. Oh well still took it home.
 
Rionmoon
Oh HECK yeah!!!

Eifel was giving me a royal pain. Won on my first attempt with this car. PHOTO FINISH too.

My time / GT Golf time both 6:16.500!
I won by a licence plate bracket nut

Thanks for the timely tune!
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No problem. Glad to know my tune is helping others. Everyone loves a photo finish!
 
I just bought an S3 '02 from the UCD, a little tuning here and some upgrades there and we'll see how it goes. Anyone try this car yet?
 
I used the s3 for the first two, but it didn't make much of itself at rome or tgtt, so I used an elise '96 with engine 1 and turbo 3 with some ballast and power limiter. Talk about catching some penalties! Anything under 80mph and it just turned right into a penalty zone. Then when I finally catch the lead car he hits me for being on the racing line and I get a ramming penalty!!!
 
VrapPlus
I beat the 1st two races with a stock Audi TT 1.8 03, for the rome race and the nurg GP, i used a mini cooper S 11 with the 05 cooper S tune from pariano. I have yet to beat the last one because of the 33 second head start the AI gets on a course that takes under a minute to complete, if anyone has a car/tune for that one i'd greatly appreciate it.
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I ran a BMW 330i from the UCD. All I did was add the racing transmission and bottom the top speed out for the small tracks and set it at 128 for the longer tracks.
 
Here is a tune for the Volkswagen Golf I GTI '76

430pp
859kg
189hp
52/48 weight split
SH tires


PARTS:
Weight Reduction Stage 3
ECU Tuning
Sports Intake Manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust Manifold
Catalytic Converter Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Turbo Kit
Fully Customizable Transmission
Clutch Twin Plate
Flywheel Semi Racing
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Wing from GT Auto

SUSPENSION:
Ride Height- -25/-20
Spring Rate 5.6/9.2
Extension- 6/8
Compression- 5/6
Anti Roll Bar- 2/2
Camber- 1.2/0.8
Toe- -0.08/0.05

LSD:
Torque- 15
Acceleration- 22
Braking- 15

AERODYNAMICS:
Front- 0
Rear- 20

BRAKE BALANCE:
Front- 2
Rear- 7

BALLAST:
Amount- 121 (use to match 430pp)
Position- 50

TRANSMISSION:
Adjust for each race



NOTES:
This car is absolutely great in high speed corners, much more balanced than most of the cars used in this seasonal. Not the best for low speed corners, but this car worked great on the Top Gear Test Track. Won by 4sec. 👍 happy racing
 
djrdx84
Tried the mentioned cars but no success...cars with tune will be appreciated
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Alfa Romeo 147 TI 2.0 TWIN SPARK '06
INSTALLED PARTS:
Weight Reduction Stage 1
Chassis Reinforcement
Engine stage 2
Sports Intake manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
ECU
Fully Custom Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Adjustable Limited Slip Differential(LSD)
Fully Custom Suspension

Suspension:
Ride height F:3 R:6
Spring Rate F:7.5 R: 4.3
Dampers (Extension): 7,5
Dampers (Compression): 5,8
Anti-Roll Bars: 2,3
Camber: F 3.0 R 0.5
Toe: F:-0.15 R -0.02

LSD:
Initial Torque: 8
Acceleration Sensitivity: 27
Braking Sensitivity: 5

Brake Balance: 4/1

Transmission
First Gear:4.993
Second Gear: 3.642
Third Gear: 2.765
Fourth Gear:2.227
Fifth Gear:1.854
Sixth Gear:1.611
Final Gear: 3.227

Top Speed: 112

Power Limiter:97.1%
(244HP @ 6500RPM; 230ft/lb torque@4300RPM; 4.94kg/HP 430PP)
Ballast: 62/38
Ballast Amt: 47@1224kg
Ballast Position: 50
Driving Options:
ABS:1
Tuned for a G27 Wheel; Force Feedback@5, Controller Sensitivity:0

This car defeated the VW Golf GTI '76 by 1.0~second on the Eifel(Kart) 102A Circuit.
 
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I try with the Volvo 240, MINI Cooper S 2011 and Audi A2 and I couldn't get to win, until I run with the Lupo GTi Cup Car.
 
I'm finding TGTT very trying, I've managed a very close second, some 0.1 seconds behind the leader, after what seemed like an arbitrary penalty for running wide on the widest part of the track with no lines or cones on the arbitrary edge of the 'acceptable' line.

I won't be wasting any time on the Kart track race so this is the last one I'll be trying to win.
 
USARMYCOMBATVET
Alfa Romeo 147 TI 2.0 TWIN SPARK '06
INSTALLED PARTS:
Weight Reduction Stage 1
Chassis Reinforcement
Engine stage 2
Sports Intake manifold
Racing Air Filter
Sports Exhaust manifold
Catalytic Converter: Sports
Titanium Racing Exhaust
ECU
Fully Custom Transmission
Twin-Plate Clutch
Semi-Racing Flywheel
Adjustable Limited Slip Differential(LSD)
Fully Custom Suspension

Suspension:
Ride height F:3 R:6
Spring Rate F:7.5 R: 4.3
Dampers (Extension): 7,5
Dampers (Compression): 5,8
Anti-Roll Bars: 2,3
Camber: F 3.0 R 0.5
Toe: F:-0.15 R -0.02

LSD:
Initial Torque: 8
Acceleration Sensitivity: 27
Braking Sensitivity: 5

Brake Balance: 4/1

Transmission
First Gear:4.993
Second Gear: 3.642
Third Gear: 2.765
Fourth Gear:2.227
Fifth Gear:1.854
Sixth Gear:1.611
Final Gear: 3.227

Top Speed: 112

Power Limiter:97.1%
(244HP @ 6500RPM; 230ft/lb torque@4300RPM; 4.94kg/HP 430PP)
Ballast: 62/38
Ballast Amt: 47@1224kg
Ballast Position: 50
Driving Options:
ABS:1
Tuned for a G27 Wheel; Force Feedback@5, Controller Sensitivity:0

This car defeated the VW Golf GTI '76 by 1.0~second on the Eifel(Kart) 102A Circuit.
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thanks will try it
 
The Clio V6 with some basic modification will win comfortably for the first 4 races. Went into 1st at Madrid with more than a lap to go.
For the cart track the Renault is not quite direct enough, changed to the Mini Cooper S 07 for the cart track and won on the second try, although admittedly it was tighter than the others , only a couple of seconds to spare. Agree with an earlier poster though, with all the available tracks why do we have to have a cart track on EVERY special event? Its a bit bollox.
 
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