GT All Stars & Dream Championship- best car?

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Ok everyone, I only have two cars at present which can be competitive in these championships- 787B and 88C-V.

I was doing GT All Stars yesterday in the 88C-V (running on racing softs) and for the most part I was keeping ahead of the pack, except for one ba***** which was the Audi R8 '01. I mean, I was bombing around Cape Ring and for the whole race (up until the last lap) I managed to just about hold him at bay but he was always up my rear. Finally, I spun out and he just glided past me.
I felt like eating my controller......

On the Nordschleife, I came 9 seconds behind him. There was just no way I could keep up. I was flooring the Toyota but it made no difference.

Then, Dream Car Championship. Used the 787B. On Monza, the XJR-LM '88 spun me into the wall and I was stuck. Eventually got 2nd and would have caught the SOB if the race was 20 laps instead of 10 but anyway......And he kept spinning me out on other tracks (along with the Spec II GT)
Mind you, I was running on racing hards. Perhaps switch to racing softs?

So, I'd just like to know the best strategy for GT All Stars. Should I wait until the R8 is not in the pack and then start the championship?
 
The fastest non Formula/experimental car is the 88c-v so all I can suggest is a better setup to make the car easier to drive. Look up some of the tunes on the forum.
 
I won both championship with McLaren F1 GTR with racing soft and it's not even LMP car. With 787B and Toyota Minolta it should be very easy! :P
 
A Veyron will kill the competition if you can get it round corners.
 
If you're spinning out definately try racing softs, and maybe turn the downforce up to the max.

These cars are tricky to drive, try to practice driving them smoothly. You almost need to just coast through the tight corners to avoid wheelspin at low speeds. Even in a staight line its very hard to put all the power down until around 3rd gear.

Are you using a controller or a wheel?
 
All stars: Minolta 88cv, ford gt spec II test car
Dream car: Corvette ZR1 RM, Lambo lp670 sv

The cars outlined in bold are challenge cars. a modestly tuned Lp670 will give the competition a run for their money, you don't even need hp changes.👍
 
Use LSD :cool:

I found that reducing the acceleration to 35 at first makes these cars a lot easier to handle coming out of corners, you have more leeway with your throttle this way and are less liely to spin out, once you ralise this you can be more aggressive in corners. A tip-top driver would probably say that s/he wouldn't need to do this, but I'm an average Joe and managed to win the Dream Car Champ with a Silk Cut Jag with no real problems, LSD tinkering was the biggest help for me apart from basic ride height etc...tuning.
 
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If you're spinning out definately try racing softs, and maybe turn the downforce up to the max.

These cars are tricky to drive, try to practice driving them smoothly. You almost need to just coast through the tight corners to avoid wheelspin at low speeds. Even in a staight line its very hard to put all the power down until around 3rd gear.

Are you using a controller or a wheel?
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Controller. Completed the Dream Car Championship with my 88C-V using racing softs, although I could have probably done it with hards too. My only real rival was the Jag XJR-LM. Yeah, I got used to simply coasting around corners so as not to start fishtailing all over the place. Plus, I learned to brake slightly later but at the same time give myself more margin for error rather than trying to constantly drive at the limit.
 
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