Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

[CodeRedR51]

Back from vacation and got the Sophy Intercontinental GT4 test race video edited and uploaded:



A few other test races I have done were also pretty good and I am looking forward to doing a full championship series with this. Will probably do the same live streams as the V8 series starting in a week or two. Just finalizing liveries, etc.

 

[2cam16]

Back from vacation and got the Sophy Intercontinental GT4 test race video edited and uploaded:



A few other test races I have done were also pretty good and I am looking forward to doing a full championship series with this. Will probably do the same live streams as the V8 series starting in a week or two. Just finalizing liveries, etc.

Just watched your test and that looked pretty good! Sophy seemed to drive "better" than in your first series. Or maybe it was just me. lol Anyway, looking forward to the start of the series.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just watched your test and that looked pretty good! Sophy seemed to drive "better" than in your first series. Or maybe it was just me. lol Anyway, looking forward to the start of the series.

Might be because the first series I had a full custom BOP. For this one I am using the standard GT7 BOP and adding 40hp. Seems to be working better.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

"Enter this white-hot race of speed, agility, and precision. It's the GT Mega Tune Cup."
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[CodeRedR51]

Just ran a 10 lap race at Interlagos to see how the racing was for the GT4 series. Started myself P11 and had some good battles. Finished P7. So I am fairly confident I have my schedule picked out:

1. Brands Hatch
2. Catalunya
3. Red Bull Ring
4. Interlagos
5. Road America
6. Suzuka Circuit

I am busy this weekend, but we should be ready to start on October 26.

Edit: Made a pace car as the rabbit/lead car so I can get some cool pics at the start of the races. Will just have to try and ignore it after that. It's only a couple seconds faster per lap, so once it pulls away it should basically disappear for the rest of the race.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Got the field qualified for the first race and went ahead and did an initial 38 lap test race (60 minutes) just to see how it might play out. Try as hard as I might, could only qualify the Z in 16th at Brands Hatch. That's even with running 5-6 laps. All the AI cars I ran 2 laps only. Dropped a couple spots at the start and fought like hell to get them back over the next few laps. Had an incident with the Mercedes where I spun him out "accidentally" after he dive bombed me and damaged my car. 🤭

Unfortunately the field was "stuck" behind the car that started 4th (so frustrating) and that allowed me to pick them off one by one and get into the bottom half of the top 10. Pit at the end of lap 23 from 3rd place (some cars had pit already) and came out in 17th! Having to take more fuel than the AI cars hurt me here.

Over the last 14 laps I managed to work my way up to and finish in 9th position. Going to test a few things to see if I can remedy the AI cars not passing and see what happens. Also going to shorten the race to ~50 minutes since a couple cars pit again with 1-2 laps to go.

 

[05XR8]

Finally, after three plus years, made time to build up a 2016 WEC grid. Always wanted to do this in GT Sport. Being able to do it in GT7 was on my bucket list.

Only lucked out because I had a few offs and I think that allowed me to eke about .2 extra for fuel. Meaning I didn’t have to pit with the other cars. Plus, double stinting tyres. The car was struggling to make speed and SOPHY just gobbled me up.
I used the race settings from the Gr.1 event with BOP On and Light Damage.

Did a couple more thirty minute races. Good stuff!
Edit:


Might spectate at Nurb GP and Fuji. Seriously can’t wait for Yas Marina and CGV. Even if they’re both not SOPHY certified in the update.

 

[LeandroSvSt]

Continuing the series of FIA Group 4/5, another good race in Maggiore, now using a 308 GTB. Becasue I`m not using any BoP configuration, I confirm that you must be very quick and consistent to win these races. And these old cars without high aero as modern ones can be treacherous.

 

[Lunard]

My Formula cars race.
Enjoy guys.

 

[05XR8]

Rebuilding my muscle car grid to Trans-Am specs, rather than the 700hp Touring Car Masters specs.

 

[adrs2k]

Apologies in advance if this has already been discussed in here as I have not read through all the posts.

How is everyone handling custom AI races with pitstops? It would seem that the only option is to pit at the same time as Sophy? The couple times I've setup a race with pit stops I've done fuel savings to stretch a stint. I find all the AI pit at the same time and then they get super speed to catch up sometimes 10-20seconds a lap faster than the previous race fast lap. I go from battling in the top 3 to now deep in the field once I do make a pitstop because of how fast the AI drives on their out lap.

I stopped running races with pitstops for this reason as there is no point IMO to have pit stops if I just pit with the group.

 

[05XR8]

Apologies in advance if this has already been discussed in here as I have not read through all the posts.

How is everyone handling custom AI races with pitstops? It would seem that the only option is to pit at the same time as Sophy? The couple times I've setup a race with pit stops I've done fuel savings to stretch a stint. I find all the AI pit at the same time and then they get super speed to catch up sometimes 10-20seconds a lap faster than the previous race fast lap. I go from battling in the top 3 to now deep in the field once I do make a pitstop because of how fast the AI drives on their out lap.

I stopped running races with pitstops for this reason as there is no point IMO to have pit stops if I just pit with the group.

The races I'm doing with WEC grid and BOP on are working out fine. All cars and myself don't all pit at the same time.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Apologies in advance if this has already been discussed in here as I have not read through all the posts.

How is everyone handling custom AI races with pitstops? It would seem that the only option is to pit at the same time as Sophy? The couple times I've setup a race with pit stops I've done fuel savings to stretch a stint. I find all the AI pit at the same time and then they get super speed to catch up sometimes 10-20seconds a lap faster than the previous race fast lap. I go from battling in the top 3 to now deep in the field once I do make a pitstop because of how fast the AI drives on their out lap.

I stopped running races with pitstops for this reason as there is no point IMO to have pit stops if I just pit with the group.

Use a rabbit/pace car that is faster than you and all of the AI cars. The rubber banding effect (where the AI does super speed) is pretty much eliminated. I only do x2 fuel in my races so only one stop is needed. The AI cars usually pit around the same time I do, maybe a lap or two later. And they all pit over the course of a few laps.

 

[Uncreative]

Are there any fixes for the AI on the intermediate and short ovals? Been working on a custom fantasy IndyCar season with the SF23 and the AI is TERRIBLE at Northern Isle and Blue Moon. I'm at the point where I'm literally trying to figure out top speed limit for myself with transmission gearing. Legitimately debating turning down the tire wear rate and trying to slide around on inters to see if it's closer to parity 😭. I did a 180 lap race at Northern Isle and finished 11 laps ahead of 2nd and the AI cars Lepage the field every out lap.

 

[BOPsho]

Anyone have setups for SF/F1 grids to make them exciting? Been running experiments with tire multiplyers(I don’t use fuel because SOPHY no matter what is perfect with fuel management and kills immersion)but seems that sophy all pit the same time in groups of 8 or half the grid. Any tricks to break them up? so far what I’ve done is give them all unique tunes each specifically meant to wear tires and best results i got was around lap 3/4 most of the grid pits with maybe one or two staying out then repeats with the same starting 8-10 maybe shuffling around a little but still in the same place. Also haven’t tried the Rabbit method, will it work for one makes races like this?

 

[05XR8]

Maybe change the weights to reflect different driver physiques? Plus, various downforce settings to reflect different driver/team set ups?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just did a 10 lap "safety car restart" race at Catalunya. Fairly good track for Sophy, except she brakes a bit early for the last chicane. But the race itself was AMAZING and I saved/shared the replay if anyone is interested in watching. I started P6 and it took me all 10 laps to get to the front. Duked it out with the purple Ferrari for a while.

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[2cam16]

Just did a 10 lap "safety car restart" race at Catalunya. Fairly good track for Sophy, except she brakes a bit early for the last chicane. But the race itself was AMAZING and I saved/shared the replay if anyone is interested in watching. I started P6 and it took me all 10 laps to get to the front. Duked it out with the purple Ferrari for a while.

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I'm in for a watch.

 

[pritchyTim]

Are there any fixes for the AI on the intermediate and short ovals? Been working on a custom fantasy IndyCar season with the SF23 and the AI is TERRIBLE at Northern Isle and Blue Moon. I'm at the point where I'm literally trying to figure out top speed limit for myself with transmission gearing. Legitimately debating turning down the tire wear rate and trying to slide around on inters to see if it's closer to parity 😭. I did a 180 lap race at Northern Isle and finished 11 laps ahead of 2nd and the AI cars Lepage the field every out lap.

This is probably less about “AI on ovals” and more about Reggy/non-Sophy being rigged to lose to the player. Watch a replay, the opponents/AI drive at less than full throttle after the first turn. You aren’t crazy / you DO need to slightly downtune your car as you launch the race, in order to approximate a fair fight. I usually do like 8+/- on the power restrictor (so, 92ish, from 100), but that number can differ depending on the grid. I save it as a separate tunesheet and flip to it in the pre-race. Important to build the habit of flipping back to the ‘balanced on paper’ tune before you get out of the car.

This won’t help with their pit entry/exit behavior, but you can work to make it roughly equal in terms of the power of the cars. You’re still racing Reggy, though. I have a spreadsheet I keep (integrale docs in sig) of how I think Reggy performs at the various layouts, if interesting. Some are just too immersion-breaking for me…

Last comment that may play into your BoP - natural downforce and aerodynamic potential of the cars. I found that, even with otherwise-equal tunes, when I was testing the Mustang ‘15, Camaro ‘16, and swapped Crown Athlete (‘13?) as my NASCAR trio at Daytona, they would still reach different top speeds - all slightly beneath the custom-transmission-set top speed in the tunesheets. This may not apply at Northern Isle, but a general concept to keep in the back of your mind in case you’re struggling for that last bit of balance.

This is an additional setup trick you would use in addition to the usual “boost = weak” and “rabbit/pace car” methods.