Gran Turismo 7 “Power Pack” Paid DLC Now Available: New Races Including Endurance Events, Qualifying, and “Sophy 3.0”

[equalitus]

I found all 3 of these races really easy. Yeah, the FWD sucks because it pushes wide when you are on the gas, but as soon as you let off, the car tracks around the turns really well. You got to make sure you give the car time to slow down as its brakes and tire grip aren't that great, but after driving that 500hp Supra, this 2 chili Civic is glued to the road.


Umm, maybe I'm not remembering something correctly, but I don't think there is a 1000hp tuning race at Trial Mountain. I remember there being races at Tokyo East and Deep Forest.

I probably made the circuit memory mistake here because deep forest is very different than in earlier GT games. But that don't make it trial mountain..!!

 

[sar593]

DONE !!

Dlc completed with the last being the 24h of the nurb.

The hardest one of them all has to be the Spa 8h by far. Lopez and Serrano were a pain until the end, really hard race.

Congratulations! I will finish Nurb in the next couple of days, and will tackle Spa next. Any tips besides using the RS for 13 laps with FM 1?

 

[Greycap]

Has anyone tried this race since the update, as this was by far the hardest in the entire powerpack for me:

Its winnable, obviously, but I probably need to take more defensive lines on the first lap to keep the AI behind me.

Our mileages certainly vary depending on the car being driven. When the flag dropped I launched the Abarth like there was no tomorrow and never looked back. The first two laps of the replay show the situation developing, no gaps unfortunately as it's a saved replay, and the last lap is from the bumper camera.

Spoiler: Result pictures

 

[manou]

Congratulations! I will finish Nurb in the next couple of days, and will tackle Spa next. Any tips besides using the RS for 13 laps with FM 1?

For spa, yes it is the best strategy. Beware, the last 2 laps on RS are difficult, you will lose 2-3 seconds on those, but that's ok.
Honestly, you have to be a little dirty, I had to block them a few times. And don't be afraid about their 20ish lap set, at some point they should choose RH and that's where you will gain time. But make zero mistake or else...

 

[Tommy_D]

Our mileages certainly vary depending on the car being driven. When the flag dropped I launched the Abarth like there was no tomorrow and never looked back. The first two laps of the replay show the situation developing, no gaps unfortunately as it's a saved replay, and the last lap is from the bumper camera.

Hmm, your launch is way better than mine. Hizal tends to beat me into turn 1 and we bump each other for a bit. I have the throttle pinned and no traction control on. Not sure how you got that Fiat to launch so hard.

 

[Cowboy]

1 endurance down, 3 to go.

 

[art3mis]

Congratulations! I will finish Nurb in the next couple of days, and will tackle Spa next. Any tips besides using the RS for 13 laps with FM 1?

Depends. Do you want to make a mockery of it or have a competitive race? If you want to make it a joke pick the Mercedes at Spa. Literally can start from the rear and be leading by lap 10 or so with a lead that can't be overtaken by your 2nd pit stop.

The 2 chili car for Spa is a somewhat fairer fight. Same with the 2 chili at Suzuka.
Doesn't matter at all for Nurbs or Le Mans b/c over 24 hours even the tiny advantages the human squeaks out snowball to leads that can't be touched.

Same with Nurbs. Doesn't matter the car I pick I'm ahead enough by 1st pit stop to never lose. Right now I'm trying it with the 2011 BMW M3 GT3. I've spotted the leader a full lap (I waited to start rolling until the leader was almost all the way down the Dottinger Hohe) and it's going to take me about 3 hours in game time to get to the lead if my math is right. Then another hour to get a lead far enough ahead where it's impossible to lose the race.

I am begging PD for a difficulty slider for PP races. Let me make this hard enough that I need to be a sweaty tryhard for 24 hours, not so easy it's boring after 1.

At least Le Mans puts up more of a fight. Start in the rear with the Nissan and it takes me about 5-6 hours to get a lead that can't be beaten.

 

[Tommy_D]

Well, I’m not proud of all the blocking I needed to do on Fuji in the NSX, but Drumont and his overpowered Supra were defeated last night.

Edit: Yeah, you could be a second and a half ahead of him coming on to the main straight and by the time you are in the braking zone of turn 1 he is right in you. Oh well. Unfortunately I went a bit deep in to turn 1 on the last lap and he overtook me, so I had to overtake him out of the chicane and then do some blocking on the straight in to the checkered flag. But, that’s how it goes sometimes.

 

[Tommy_D]

Autopolis 300 in the MR2 was a cakewalk last night.

 

[equalitus]

I had to try 10-20 times & driving >300 km to win the Bump Drafting at Watkins Glenn Short Course. The Zonda R 2009 was helpful along with knowing the track better. Two times I got 2nd place while it seemed that the AMG or the Ferrari chasing me got rubberband help even if presumably PD stopped rubber band in the Power Pack?

Most frustrating is that we cannot choose a garage car with 100 PP above the 3 cars already preselected to choose from..!! I usually use similar cars to 3 cars "preordained" but with higher PP. I tried the Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R '15 & the Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3 but both were too slow for me with only 720 PP. I've yet to try any of the 3 cars preselected.

 

[wicken]

Last night I finished my first endurance race - Suzuka 6 hours. While the quit/resume worked as intended, the AI never had the fuel bug making it a very close race all the way to the end. They were pitting normally with full fuel.

Did they fixed it or does this only happen when the race has rain?

 

[BradleyLove]

Am I missing something with the Spa 8h endurance race at 2 chills?

J Serrano and C Lopez are not only lapping 3s faster per lap, they’re also able to go 22 laps before needing to refuel, whereas I’m only able to go 14 laps.

 

[Monkey Man]

Am I missing something with the Spa 8h endurance race at 2 chills?

J Serrano and C Lopez are not only lapping 3s faster per lap, they’re also able to go 22 laps before needing to refuel, whereas I’m only able to go 14 laps.

No I don't think you're missing anything mate.

Make sure you do that 13 laps on softs and hang in there.

Apparently Serrano and Lopez are on hards and slow down towards the end.

 

[samsaoule]

No I don't think you're missing anything mate.

Make sure you do that 13 laps on softs and hang in there.

Apparently Serrano and Lopez are on hards and slow down towards the end.

And how’s it going in the rain?.....I’m worried they’re so fast that we won’t be able to catch up with them towards the end....... 🤔 🤔

I’ve already won it with the CLK and the one with the chilli for my second account, thanks to the bug.....and right now, I’m racing for my third account, for the last four hours in heavy rain since the fourth lap.....pffff....

Luckily, I’ve taken the 800PP Bugatti Gr1 out of my garage and, as it’s four-wheel drive, I’m driving on ‘intermediate’ tyres as if I were on a dry track...

I fancy a go at the two chillies, but I’ve seen so many ‘YouTubers’ better than me fail that I’m hesitating to commit to another eight hours....

 

[wicken]

Am I missing something with the Spa 8h endurance race at 2 chills?

J Serrano and C Lopez are not only lapping 3s faster per lap, they’re also able to go 22 laps before needing to refuel, whereas I’m only able to go 14 laps.

I started the race last night and they pitted for wets on lap 7 then on the next lap they went again to get full fuel. I had gained a 20 second advantage but then, somehow they were able to get it back after 6 laps even with heavy rain.

 

[samsaoule]

I started the race last night and they pitted for wets on lap 7 then on the next lap they went again to get full fuel. I had gained a 20 second advantage but then, somehow they were able to get it back after 6 laps even with heavy rain.

Well, there you go... 20 seconds over 6 laps, which is about 15 minutes; that works out at 1 minute 20 seconds per hour... 😲

if it rains for 4 or 5 hours, that’s going to be a lot of time to make up...🤔

I’ve just done another hour and a half: still heavy rain, and I reckon it’ll keep at it right to the end... ...

When I said earlier that I’m riding as if it were dry, that’s in road gear, of course... otherwise, I’m doing 2’22” instead of 2’11”....

I’m waiting for you to tell us what happens next....😉😅

 

[wicken]

Well, there you go... 20 seconds over 6 laps, which is about 15 minutes; that works out at 1 minute 20 seconds per hour... 😲

if it rains for 4 or 5 hours, that’s going to be a lot of time to make up...🤔

I’ve just done another hour and a half: still heavy rain, and I reckon it’ll keep at it right to the end... ...

When I said earlier that I’m riding as if it were dry, that’s in road gear, of course... otherwise, I’m doing 2’22” instead of 2’11”....

I’m waiting for you to tell us what happens next....😉😅

Hour 2 and It's the same story over and over. Heavy rain stops, it almost goes dry and then back on heavy rain.
The Mclarens made 3 stops: two for tires and one for fuel. I tried to get ahead of them but they caught me.

 

[BradleyLove]

Whereas I’m 4 hours in and sitting in P3, 2 laps down on the leaders, and haven’t had a single drop of rain yet. The two leaders have alternated between soft and medium tyres.

What I’d also like to know is why is the pit entry procedure so stupidly long? It has no bearing on reality. If the stops need to be artificially lengthened then why not impose a delay on when work can start? Just so stupid taking 20 odd seconds to get to my pit box.

 

[Theufcveteran]

Whereas I’m 4 hours in and sitting in P3, 2 laps down on the leaders, and haven’t had a single drop of rain yet. The two leaders have alternated between soft and medium tyres.

What I’d also like to know is why is the pit entry procedure so stupidly long? It has no bearing on reality. If the stops need to be artificially lengthened then why not impose a delay on when work can start? Just so stupid taking 20 odd seconds to get to my pit box.

They probably wanted to have the pit work still look natural rather than delaying it, so they delayed the entry to the pit box instead. I don't know why it's not just 1:1 with the actual pitl ane though.

 

[wicken]

Whereas I’m 4 hours in and sitting in P3, 2 laps down on the leaders, and haven’t had a single drop of rain yet. The two leaders have alternated between soft and medium tyres.

What I’d also like to know is why is the pit entry procedure so stupidly long? It has no bearing on reality. If the stops need to be artificially lengthened then why not impose a delay on when work can start? Just so stupid taking 20 odd seconds to get to my pit box.

Have you made use of the quit/resume method? Compared to the Suzuka race it seems to only make the AI to pit for fuel when they dont need it because it is raining, otherwise they would pit normally.

 

[Monkey Man]

And how’s it going in the rain?.....I’m worried they’re so fast that we won’t be able to catch up with them towards the end....... 🤔 🤔

I can't say mate. What I told you earlier I'd gleaned from the thread.

With any luck I and my buddy will get to try a stint this weekend. From what I'm hearing it's gonna be a bit of a challenge for-sure.

 

[BradleyLove]

They probably wanted to have the pit work still look natural rather than delaying it, so they delayed the entry to the pit box instead. I don't know why it's not just 1:1 with the actual pitl ane though.

Don’t some race series have mandated pit durations? It’s just so odd that a 5 second pit entry can be up to 30 seconds in GT7. I’d love to know the reason why.

Have you made use of the quit/resume method? Compared to the Suzuka race it seems to only make the AI to pit for fuel when they dont need it because it is raining, otherwise they would pit normally.

I’ve had to quit and resume just now (I wanted to play something else last night). I quit on lap 105 with a full tank of fuel, I’ve just been resumed on lap 105 with just over 1 lap of fuel remaining, so I’ve had to pit and I’ve now dropped to P6 from P3.

There’s just no point in even thinking about the Nurb 24h at this point. Not while this utterly broken race resumption is in place. I can maybe get behind the whole safety car thing, but when it completely screws your fuel up it just ruins your strategy.

Edit: Oh great, and now my lap time history on the right side of the HUD has completely disappeared and doesn’t come back even if I toggle the HUD.

 

[GTvsForza]

Don’t some race series have mandated pit durations? It’s just so odd that a 5 second pit entry can be up to 30 seconds in GT7. I’d love to know the reason why.

I’ve had to quit and resume just now (I wanted to play something else last night). I quit on lap 105 with a full tank of fuel, I’ve just been resumed on lap 105 with just over 1 lap of fuel remaining, so I’ve had to pit and I’ve now dropped to P6 from P3.

There’s just no point in even thinking about the Nurb 24h at this point. Not while this utterly broken race resumption is in place. I can maybe get behind the whole safety car thing, but when it completely screws your fuel up it just ruins your strategy.

Edit: Oh great, and now my lap time history on the right side of the HUD has completely disappeared and doesn’t come back even if I toggle the HUD.

When I exit the pits, I do an extra lap after the out lap. That way, the fuel stays full.

 

[Cowboy]

Spa is done.

 

[scooterlord]

Hello eveyone, a bit late in the game, but wanted to still ask before buying the DLC. Have there been any patches/improvements specifically for the Power pack?

Other than that, I can only assume that people here will tell me its worth it, or please tell me otherwise. I have finished almost everything on the game and wanted to know whether this will spark some new interest.

 

[C_Raccoon23]

Hello eveyone, a bit late in the game, but wanted to still ask before buying the DLC. Have there been any patches/improvements specifically for the Power pack?

Other than that, I can only assume that people here will tell me its worth it, or please tell me otherwise. I have finished almost everything on the game and wanted to know whether this will spark some new interest.

The most notable change made to the Power Pack is being able to use your own cars now. Besides that, the difficulty has been adjusted significantly in that it’s easier to win with the double chili pepper car in most of the races.

 

[samsaoule]

Spa is over for me in my Bugatti Gr1... just as I feared, the rain didn't let up until 15 minutes before the end...
it started on the 4th lap, I switched from the “mediums” on the 7th, and I drove the rest of the race on “intermediates”... Pfff...
since they weren’t wearing out, I only came in after 25 laps to refuel...

I only did 202 laps......and with a 9-lap lead over the Spaniards....it was a really long haul; luckily there were the stragglers to keep me a bit occupied.....😅

I should have pulled out after an hour to try and find better weather, like I did the first two times.....

I already know I won’t be doing the two 24-hour races... that was one of my goals when I bought this Power Pack, but I’ve changed my mind... too boring...🤔🤔

Or maybe if I have nothing else to do, an hour here, an hour there... in two months, you can get it done... 😂

but just to say you’ve won the 50 races...🤔😅

 

[Greycap]

I had to try 10-20 times & driving >300 km to win the Bump Drafting at Watkins Glenn Short Course. The Zonda R 2009 was helpful along with knowing the track better. Two times I got 2nd place while it seemed that the AMG or the Ferrari chasing me got rubberband help even if presumably PD stopped rubber band in the Power Pack?

That race is a textbook example of being scripted. If you're too fast or something happens between the AI, Bonelli begins driving up to a full second faster with a fuel load and tyre wear than he does in qualifying on a dry tank and fresh tyres. Simply because it's not an option for him to be anywhere else than divebombing you.

 

[Revengel]

Sorry to chime in late but . . .

I just did the Spa race this past weekend. I did use the quit/pause option as I didn't have 8 hours straight I could dedicate to the race. Did do about 3 1/2 stints (full hour of practice + 1.5 for my first stint) to complete the race. I chose the Mercedes but used the one from my garage because Livery.

The MacLaren's were quick; I still started on pole. Most of the race I ran Hard or Medium tires in the dry but the rain showed up reasonably early. I went with Intermediate tires each time. I lead almost wire to wire; I'll have to try it again with another car.

• One time I resumed and Team Fast MacLaren took the lead for about a lap. I was still on hard tires at this point.
• The second time I resumed one hopped into the pit almost immediately but the other didn't.
• The last resume there were zero issues that I noticed . . . but I was already a lap or two ahead by that point.

In summation:

• No major issues observed
• Rain came and stayed quite a while
• MacLarens are quick; I'm quicker in the OP car
• Globular Cluster (I'm on PSVR2) worth it's weight and then some!

Granted this is just my opinion. Hopefully it helps.

 

[SeleneX]

Is there any way of viewing the detailed settings of some of these pre tuned cars?

Some of them are amazing to drive, everytime I use a version of said car in customs, it's always a dog to drive because I have no idea what the hell I'm doing with tuning.