GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Quakebass]

I’ve gotten to 145.4mph (234km), and as it stands I’m seeing 7 people have gotten up to 146.6 (236).

What got me more reliable results was shifting early to 5th somewhere around 106/107mph (170/172), tail the first car in the train, and then you’ll have more easy options to transition to another car. I feel like I was close to 146 a couple times, but the front three cars start to wiggle or block you at the end so it’s kind of an RNG outcome as far as the final pull goes.

No idea how those 7 folks squeezed out a 146.6/236.

 

[equalitus]

I had to try [at least] 5 times until I got gold, but I found out driving mostly on the left side of the road & left of the AI cars as much as possible, within the small range of getting drafted helped a lot.

 

[2cam16]

Watkins Glen saw the use of my swapped TTS to get over with.
Grand Valley was used to test my blobeye with one of Exeter's new tunes. Took the lead before the 3rd lap.
Espace special brought back memories and was easy. First try with a 142.9
Nordschleife was in the same car I used for this race last week,modded Elantra. Caught up with the Xiaomi in the Adenauer on the second lap but it's so slow in the twisties I ended up tapping it twice then overtook him. Built a 9 second lead and it was over, won by 6.5 seconds.
Daytona in the same car I always use for this race, the Mazda. Easy as always.
Won 500k with the ticket.

 

[lilcat89]

Had zero issues and got gold first try, do you use manual ? Rev limiter can be an issue because rev gauge is not very readable.

Not sure difficulty plays a role, target speeds are the same for everyone I think. Fastest people on my friendslist are only 2km/h higher than me.

I am using manual. One of my attempts, I short shifted into 5th early and went slower. I’ll try it again later tonight and experiment.

 

[GTvsForza]

I unintentionally used all red cars 😄

European Sunday Cup - Clio V6 🔰

Japanese Clubman Cup - Supra GT Road Car 🔰

Avantime Slipstream Battle - ✅️

WTC600 - Nissan 2020 VGT 🚫

Gr 1 Prototypes - Genesis X Gran Racer 🚫

Got 10k from a 4⭐️ Daily and 500k from the 6⭐️ Ticket.

 

[Retrock]

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6*= five gold 🧱

Thanks for the settings! It turned out great!

 

[Lomic]

I am using manual. One of my attempts, I short shifted into 5th early and went slower. I’ll try it again later tonight and experiment.

As long as you don't hit the limiter.

Contrarily to what someone suggested before, I did not leave a small gap in order to have more margin to accelerate, I just ride on the tail of the closest car until I have enough speed to pass it and get in tow of the closest one. By jumping from car to car and avoiding the final shenanigans of the 3 in front, I was in gold. Done. Shifting before the limiter.

 

[Seb75]

Xiaomi? What Xiaomi?

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Ok, that is a blisteringly fast time and looks like a lot of fun 😁
Do you have a tune you can share for your Hiace or at least what upgrades you´ve used?
I wanna give it a go 🤩

 

[RCKakashi14]

Ok, that is a blisteringly fast time and looks like a lot of fun 😁
Do you have a tune you can share for your Hiace or at least what upgrades you´ve used?
I wanna give it a go 🤩

Here ya go:

That's a "safe" tune. I do not share "dangerous" ones. You know, I value safety. 😇

 

[Seb75]

Here ya go:

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That's a "safe" tune. I do not share "dangerous" ones. You know, I value safety. 😇

Thanks a lot 👍 I will give it a try later today

 

[A1an]

What I used, I have not used these cars for a very long time (except the Renault) and I have never used the Jaguar before.

What I won from the ticket.

 

[Seb75]

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That's a "safe" tune. I do not share "dangerous" ones. You know, I value safety. 😇

I gave the Hiace a go. And boy, was it fun 😁 It was still a handfull mind you & I was very far away from a CRB for this race😅
I lost it a couple of times and could only manage a 6.50 in my second lap. Have to get used to this little pocket rocket and time my breaking points better

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I found this a really enjoyable bundle of events with four clean wins and one second place finish. Even at the high speed event ( my achilles heel ) at Daytona I've been doing quite ok and hey, did you know that I can have big time fun in Avantime slipstream battles down the Hunaudieres ? Yes ! The only little downer ( and that's why I needed a bit more time for testing and trying ) was the now well known WTC600 at the Nordschleife. I had decided to use the 500 Mondial but for my life I didn't get up to the speed needed to escape the SU7. Disappointed yesterday about the lack of skill on my side - ok with it today !

Event 1 - Watkins Glen
Porsche 356 '56 / SH / 128 hp / 870 kg / 451,20 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result 1

Event 2 - Grand Valley
Honda swapped Honda S800 '66 / SM / 181 hp / 613 kg / 549,60 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result 2

Event 3 - Le Mans
Renault Avantime '02 / ✅

Spoiler: Result 3

Event 4 - Nürburgring Nordschleife
Ferrari 500 Mondial '54 / SM / 276 hp / 685 kg / 599,55 PP / ❎

The SU7 driver is T. Sasaki. His first name must be Thanos. He was unavoidable ...

Spoiler: Result 4

Event 5 - Daytona
Chevrolet CX.R VGT '25 / RH / 2.038 hp / 1.255 kg / 912,10 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result 5

Today I saw that downhill racers easily reach 150 km/h. That ! is fast !!!

 

[A1an]

if anyone is racing in VR I highly recommend the W 196 R ‘55 with Racing Hard tyres and a slight detune; it’s a glorious drive in the countryside and an easy win! Absolutely glorious way to win some credits, all HUD all assists off for maximum immersion 😎

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I agree, it's a fun car to drive in VR but it is also pretty competitive.

 

[Quakebass]

Todays mission:

Start Subaru’s hypercar program.

So far adding a little bit of downforce and making the suspension vaguely usable has brought be from getting lapped 3 times to only getting lapped once. Also I no longer blow a rear tire and run out of fuel half way through lap 5, and instead am able to make it all the way to the pits with mostly consistent pace on lap 5.

I still need to add an LSD and rear wing, and it looks like there’s plenty of room in the suspension to add a bit more power, but I’m handling it incrementally. As it stands I can hit 1:50s with the opponent’s best laps being 1:33s-1:35s, but I may only need one pitstop, many of them need at least two.

 

[Theufcveteran]

Watkins Glen saw the use of my swapped TTS to get over with.
Grand Valley was used to test my blobeye with one of Exeter's new tunes. Took the lead before the 3rd lap.
Espace special brought back memories and was easy. First try with a 142.9
Nordschleife was in the same car I used for this race last week,modded Elantra. Caught up with the Xiaomi in the Adenauer on the second lap but it's so slow in the twisties I ended up tapping it twice then overtook him. Built a 9 second lead and it was over, won by 6.5 seconds.
Daytona in the same car I always use for this race, the Mazda. Easy as always.
Won 500k with the ticket.
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Really like how your LM55 looks.

 

[jrbabbitt]

I gave the Hiace a go. And boy, was it fun 😁 It was still a handfull mind you & I was very far away from a CRB for this race😅
I lost it a couple of times and could only manage a 6.50 in my second lap. Have to get used to this little pocket rocket and time my breaking points better

RCKakashi14
As Sabine Schmitz once said:

"I CAN DO THAT IN A VAN!"


Well, I have to join the Sabine club...

 

[2cam16]

Really like how your LM55 looks.

Thanks! Color is a tribute to a Mazda MPV I used to own back in the day. lol

 

[km666]

This little ripper loves to dominate.

 

[jrbabbitt]

Weekly photos of my weekly races...
Gr.1 at Daytona, the new passes the old...

WTC600 at Nordschleife, the balance of weight over power has been achieved.

142.9 Gold (barely)

Japanese FR at Highway 1, I do love how PD nailed the morning mist on PCH at Big Sur.

European Sunday Cup at Watkins Glen, the Alpine passes the Porsche...

 

[jad_morffier]

I was determined to beat the SU7 Ultra with an SU7 Ultra in the WTC 600 race at Nurburgring.

Minimalist detune - Comfort Soft tires and Power Restrictor set to 71.

It took a few goes but we got there in the end.

 

[jrbabbitt]

I was determined to beat the SU7 Ultra with an SU7 Ultra in the WTC 600 race at Nurburgring.

Minimalist detune - Comfort Soft tires and Power Restrictor set to 71.

It took a few goes but we got there in the end.

How were you able to get the SU7 under the 600pp limit?

 

[jad_morffier]

How were you able to get the SU7 under the 600pp limit?

Switch the tires to Comfort Soft and set the Power Restrictor to 71. Then hang on for dear life. 😀

 

[dualshock]

I did all five but I never got the three prize tickets?

 

[Famine]

I did all five but I never got the three prize tickets?

There's currently two separate guaranteed causes for this:

• You manually changed your console system clock at some point or logged into your account on a console set to a different time zone
• You were still playing last week's set when they changed over at midnight on Friday

 

[coryclifford]

Switch the tires to Comfort Soft and set the Power Restrictor to 71. Then hang on for dear life. 😀

I did that also. Watching the replay and I noticed he was still on SS tires.

 

[RACECAR]

 

[jad_morffier]

I did that also. Watching the replay and I noticed he was still on SS tires.

Who, Sasaki?

 

[Lunard]

 

[jad_morffier]

I've been having fun of late racing different events in a stock F3500-A win no ABS. So when I saw the Daytona Gr.1 Prototype Series race pop up in the Weekly Challenges I knew I had to try it.

Really good challenge demanding you fuel save, look after your tires, and navigate the traffic while keeping good pace to cross the finish line in 1st with a CRB.

One of the few race events with the old AI I could repeat and get a kick out of.