Gran Turismo 7 Custom Race thread

[05XR8]

🤔 What do you mean?

just that. SOPHY Saftey Car utilising the flags properly.

 

[StuntmanRich]

Some good inspiration for a custom race from today’s Spa Classic GT3 Revival…

 

[Voodoovaj]

just that. SOPHY Saftey Car utilising the flags properly.

Like, having a safety car come out if there is an accident? Why in gods name would you want that?

I mean, I'm all for more Sophy cars, but I sure don't want it coming onto the track to make everyone pace around after it.

I'd rather they add a REASON for it to come out first, like proper accidents. That's where Reggie beats Sophy - Reggie has more mistakes and accidents.

 

[05XR8]

Like, having a safety car come out if there is an accident? Why in gods name would you want that?

I mean, I'm all for more Sophy cars, but I sure don't want it coming onto the track to make everyone pace around after it.

I'd rather they add a REASON for it to come out first, like proper accidents. That's where Reggie beats Sophy - Reggie has more mistakes and accidents.

That’s the joy of options.

 

[Bowtie-muscle]

I built a field of Gr.3 cars (19), all tuned to 715pp (714.51-714.89) on RM. Downforce ALL set to minimum (350/500), 2855lbs min (some are naturally higher, some for pp purposes). No Turbo or SC upgrades, Trans auto set tp 300mph, toe and LSD (basic for my liking) only. Found custom styles for most, and some of my own.
Then took a C8 Corvette, built to 699.89pp on RH, Custom High wing, wide body, rear diffuser for max downforce (250/380). SC and racing exhaust, custom 6 speed Trans set to close the same top speed, but lacks acceleration on new tires in comparison.
477hp/3000lbs.
ALL CARS have RH, RM, RS, INT AND WET tires at their disposal. Run 1 hour races and shorter sprints of 15-20 laps at different tracks. Since the C8 has a smaller fuel cell, fuel set to 3 or 4, tires 11-12, boost off, all others set to Real. Pit strategy is key and interesting. Having a blast starting last and reversing the field for the next race.

 

[Darrenersmit]

Got a good balance for gr3 cars now, currently around 1 or 2 seconds per lap slower than the front runners, which gives me something to aim for. It is quite good at defending, takes some effort getting an overtake done..
Question though. On some tracks ie: brands hatch, I find the sophy cars to have zero gap between which makes it super difficult to overtake?.

 

[2cam16]

Some good inspiration for a custom race from today’s Spa Classic GT3 Revival…

That was a good race to watch. Going to set-up my own. lol It was nice to see Bryan Heitkotter's GTR in it too. Fun fact: I used to race Bryan in autocross here in the Bay Area back in the day before he went into the GT Academy. He was a natural. Smooth driver.

 

[jesse100190]

I used a 370 hp car at 600 pp made it interesting with 3 ais chasing me after taking the lead in the middle of the race

 

[Voodoovaj]

That’s the joy of options.

I don't think you understood the question.


Why would it come out? As in what game event would trigger it? Safety cars come out to slow the cars in order to clear debris from the track, which GT does not have.

I'm truly puzzled. Let's skip past whether I, or anyone would use it, or whether it's a good idea or not, I'm curious how you see it working. 🤔

 

[05XR8]

I don't think you understood the question.


Why would it come out? As in what game event would trigger it? Safety cars come out to slow the cars in order to clear debris from the track, which GT does not have.

I'm truly puzzled. Let's skip past whether I, or anyone would use it, or whether it's a good idea or not, I'm curious how you see it working. 🤔

Instances like real racing when we enable Heavy damage. We have yellows. There are instances with heavy collisions off track. This could activate the safety car.
It's not like every time a yellow comes out the safety car comes out.

 

[Voodoovaj]

Instances like real racing when we enable Heavy damage. We have yellows. There are instances with heavy collisions off track. This could activate the safety car.
It's not like every time a yellow comes out the safety car comes out.

I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm seriously not understanding.

"Instances like real racing when we enable Heavy damage. We have yellows" Any accident that causes a yellow now has cleared itself in a few seconds. There's no debris (which is why real life has full course cautions). Accidents that cause yellow flags now would be cleared before a safety car could ever leave the pit and do a single lap.

Now, if you are suggesting that this update adds a catastrophic damage model (which I am personally in favour of), where parts and cars go flying everywhere, AND, a clean up crew is sent out to the location to clear the mess, thereby necessitating a pace car, I think that's an unrealistic expectation.

Now, in thinking about this, I see a "safety car" situation as a better way of handling boost. Enable a "safety car" and when the gap to 1st position is large enough, the safety car could come out and bunch up the field. It would be a clean way to allow for cars involved in an accident to be able to pit, repair, and rejoin the race without being massively disadvantaged. Also, it would be a much better way to allow the AI to catch up to the player rather than the super boost they use now.

Still...I doubt that is coming, because PD has no concept of game play.

 

[UzumakiNagato]

Yo, first time posting here, greetings to y'all.

Custom races are my favorite thing, so I hope I can learn a few quirks from you guys ^^

When it comes to custom races with GT Sophy 2.1, she still isn't able to drive cars PD recently added to the game (ex : 296 GT3, 911 GT3 R, Elentra N TC, etc...)
Which is annoying for my multi-classes races that I run..

Please, make it so Sophy knows how to drive those new Hypercars.

But somehow, I managed to get Sophy to drive those new cars, I don't know if it has been done before...
She actually can drive the same car i'm currently driving, so if I pick Kevin Estre's Porsche at the Nurb, she will have it to as well.. Same with a 296 GT3...etc

 

[05XR8]

I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm seriously not understanding.

"Instances like real racing when we enable Heavy damage. We have yellows" Any accident that causes a yellow now has cleared itself in a few seconds. There's no debris (which is why real life has full course cautions). Accidents that cause yellow flags now would be cleared before a safety car could ever leave the pit and do a single lap.

Now, if you are suggesting that this update adds a catastrophic damage model (which I am personally in favour of), where parts and cars go flying everywhere, AND, a clean up crew is sent out to the location to clear the mess, thereby necessitating a pace car, I think that's an unrealistic expectation.

Now, in thinking about this, I see a "safety car" situation as a better way of handling boost. Enable a "safety car" and when the gap to 1st position is large enough, the safety car could come out and bunch up the field. It would be a clean way to allow for cars involved in an accident to be able to pit, repair, and rejoin the race without being massively disadvantaged. Also, it would be a much better way to allow the AI to catch up to the player rather than the super boost they use now.

Still...I doubt that is coming, because PD has no concept of game play.

We don’t see the catastrophic damage in collisions like the bending of cars and loose doors in GT5. However, we see debris of cars in a clash for maybe a couple seconds. Similar to the debris brought on to the truck and then disappearing.

Like I say, in real life, NASCAR use pace/safety cars to bunch up the field during different stages. For long races, it’s an option.

The whole point is, we got a Skyline Safety car way back in GT4. It was useful as learning tool to help players keep pace. From then, it just turned into another car in the car list.
PD add more safety cars in GT Sport and showcased it leading a field of cars, but we still couldn’t use it.

Now we get four official race cars with another new Safety car showcasing it leading the field again. We’ll find out if it’s still another car that does nothing or left to the players imaginations.

 

[suomi1]

I see two instances where a safety car could be deployed in GT7 within its current state. During a warm-up lap before the start of the race, or in case of torrential rain compromising grip even with suitable tires.