GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[DDK-Racing]

Totally unrelated but somehow related.
What scapes do you people use to share entire car lineup for the week?
Can't find scape big enough to fit more than three...
Or do you create custom race with them and take screenshots there?
Would like to share but I'm gimped as to how.😑
Thanks in advance for any advice.

I use a 3-car scape. Make 2 pictures in it, with 1 overlapping central car. Than add them together trough.......paint 🤣

 

[RCKakashi14]

The ever so reliable Ferrari 296 GT3.

Stock horsepower, Hard difficulty.

Enjoy!

 

[IngWeltschmer]

I use a 3-car scape. Make 2 pictures in it, with 1 overlapping central car. Than add them together trough.......paint 🤣

I used to do the same, until I learnt to use an even more powerful tool

Spoiler

Powerpoint

 

[Snake55wildcat]

So...last week I did a themed weekly, how so? Well here's what I used for last week;

Spoiler: theme

V8 engines only - both the Silvia and F3500-A had V8 swaps from the Chevy C7 ZR1 and the F3500-B respectively

So for this week, I decided to keep the themes coming, all done with PSVR2 on hard AI as always and matching the highest grade of tyre the AI use in an event, so here what I used for this weekly;

1. Moderately modified w/Mid RPM turbo Renault Captur on Sport Hard tyres - well it's a euro 500 race, most of these are usually fairly easy mercifully, and I had no trouble here, got the lead on the first lap final chicane, accidental CRB too.
   
   
2. Low RPM turbo kitted Mitsubishi EVO X GrB road car on Sport Hard tyres - wanted to give myself a good excuse to use this variant of the Evo X for a while, and finally this theme made me remember it works, the race was fairly easy, got the lead by lap 2.
   
   
3. fully modified w/High RPM turbo Ford Focus ST on Sport Medium tyres - thought id try something different here with an ST, thankfully it had enough punch to beat the ludicrously power tuned C8 as it got help up and was slow on corners where the ST prevailed. Got the lead on lap 3 and never looked back.
   
   
4. Mid RPM tuned Elantra TCR on Racing Hard tyres - I didn't feel confident winning this one stock, so I shoved in a turbo and added a tiny amount of ECU power limiter (95%), It did fine with relative control on faster corners, but the slower corners did prove problematic with it's near 500bhp to the front wheels, got the lead by lap 7 though.
   
   
5. Alfa 4C Gr3 w/Mid RPM turbo on Racing Hard tyres - did this one relatively smoothly with a slightly altered power setup (ECU at 99% and down force at 400/600 rather than the default 375/625) and did a one stop fuel map 6 run, pitting on the end of lap 5, I got first by the end of lap 7 or 8.

Spoiler: theme this week

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No guarantee I'll keep doing this themes but they are fun to do, I usually use whatever the special event has as the basis for the theme in some form.

 

[Meltac]

Technically too late, but still a quick sum up from last week. Had time only for doing three events this time.

#1 I've heard there was an illegal street race on Sunday at La Chroix, so I called the Gendarmerie to clear it:

#2 One of my best girlfriends is called Silvia, and she never lets me down at night when I'm in Tokyo:

#3 We've had harder time trials in the past, didn't we? Missed gold only closely on first attempt:

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Totally unrelated but somehow related.
What scapes do you people use to share entire car lineup for the week?
Can't find scape big enough to fit more than three...
Or do you create custom race with them and take screenshots there?
Would like to share but I'm gimped as to how.😑
Thanks in advance for any advice.

More than one picture and Photoshop. My picture from this week is just two images with the Hyundai in both, just have to watch the reflections and shadows. If you want to do more complicated stuff you can take more images or even mask the cars out in Photoshop, I did that a while back for the suspension on a SF19 so it could overlap another car. Some scapes physically are too small to fit 4 or 5 cars in whatever you do so it can be a little limiting.

 

[radix023]

I had my geeked out mustang on the high speed ring and it makes it rain?!?!!?

I didn't have inters so had to retry and then it sunny.....

annoying I did the 5 events for a 6 star car and its a 918 spyder 2013 and I already have one....

for a 6 star how about something I don't already own?

 

[Lomic]

annoying I did the 5 events for a 6 star car and its a 918 spyder 2013 and I already have one....

for a 6 star how about something I don't already own?

Worth 1.600.000 Cr. not bad, if you have one, you can sell it for ~1M Cr.

You could have won a car worth 480k and sell it for 200k.

Tickets do not take into account what you may already have.

 

[Fuzzi0n]

I had my geeked out mustang on the high speed ring and it makes it rain?!?!!?

I didn't have inters so had to retry and then it sunny.....

annoying I did the 5 events for a 6 star car and its a 918 spyder 2013 and I already have one....

for a 6 star how about something I don't already own?

It's worth quite a bit if you wait for the best price then sell it, alternatively keep it and fully modify it, on RH it's a very good car for 800 PP races.

 

[tonidavid5]

I had my geeked out mustang on the high speed ring and it makes it rain?!?!!?

I didn't have inters so had to retry and then it sunny.....

annoying I did the 5 events for a 6 star car and its a 918 spyder 2013 and I already have one....

for a 6 star how about something I don't already own?

Hahahaha, same experience, same underwhelming feeling.

Picked my lovely 479 Boss '69 tune shoed with RHs. Was destroying the grid on the 1st lap only to become undriveable a couple of laps later because the drizzle became a downpour.
Had to switch to another car mounting Sport tires (as they can sustain rain) ... Only to then have a sunny race.

I also got a VGT with the 6 star ticket. I hate VGTs!!

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Pardon me people ... for the cars I chose, for the way I went this week.
I did so many full stock challenges recently, I simply had enough. So instead of showing some respect for PD's PP suggestions I stabbed them with a knife. Went to track with a combined 3.240 hp package of sheer power. There was hardly any racing going on except for the Special Event maybe, it's more been some kind of passing cars on a fly-by.
Went with the Boss : " I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat ! "

Race 1 at Circuit de Catalunya
Ferrari Dino 246 GT '71 - SS / 278 hp / 905 kg / 600,00 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Race 1

Race 2 at Road Atlanta
Mitsubishi LS7-BRZ Lancer Evo VIII '04 - SM / 690 hp / 1.161 kg / 700,00 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Race 2

Race 3 at High Speed Ring
Dodge 8.0-WR16 Viper GTS '13 - SS / 1.309 hp / 1.271 kg / 800,00 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Race 3

Race 4 at Laguna Seca
Hyundai Elantra N TC '24 - RH / 460 hp / 1.310 kg / 650,00 PP / ✅

Spoiler: Result Race 4

Race 5 at Autodrome Lago Maggiore
Lexus LF-LC GT VGT '15 - RH / 503 hp / 1.076 kg / 800,00 PP / ✅ / no pit stop necessary at FM 1

Spoiler: Result Race 5

Did you notice I didn't max out my cars ? Well, there's gotta be something left to do tomorrow, right ...

 

[snowman_pr]

Long time absent from the thread (but never stopped racing GT7, specially with PSVR2 and wheel setup!), and this week's set is actually kinda nice! Had no rain at High Speed Ring, and Lago Maggiore is always welcome in my sessions.

So, lets go!!!


1. European Sunday Cup 500 - Mercedes Benz 300 SL '54; 499.98PP Sport Hard tires

2. Japanese 4WD Challenge 600 - Subaru Impreza 22B '98; 599.77PP Sport Medium tires

3. American Clubman 700 - Chevrolet Corvette C2 '63; 679PP Sport Soft tires

4. Special Event - Hyundai Elantra N TC '24; 697.26PP Racing Hard tires

5. WTC 800 - Porsche 911 GT3 RS '16; 799.87PP Racing Medium tires & RSR engine swapped

All done on Hard difficulty, ABS weak, all other assists off; got a SF19 from the 6* dragonball ticket

 

[RACECAR]

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My picks for tonight. Since the WTC 800 event is base game content, the Ferrari 296 GT3 and Porsche 911 GT3R should easily walk over this race with some decent bit of short shifting.

European Sunday Cup 500: Renault Captur S. Even slightly tuned, default setup still rules.
Japanese 4WD Challenge 600: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final. My Lancer Meeting Tune still doing its thing and its basically overpowered despite coming right under the limit.
American Clubman Cup 700: Chevy Corvette ZR1. Hadn't driven this since the Corvette Special Event race and it was a cakewalk.
World Touring Car 800: Ferrari 296 GT3. Pretty much an easy one-stop from Mediums to soft even on the highest difficulty and this'll apply to the Porsche as well.
Special Event: Absolute blast driving this thing. This just makes me want more TCR cars.

 

[jrbabbitt]

I apologize for the photos this week as I am a bit under the weather.
Just didn't feel like finding a challenging car for the WTC800 so I brought out the sledgehammer to kill the fly.

The photo of the Hyundai one-make race at Laguna Seca was supposed to be here but somehow forgot to get the appropriate screenshot.




For the remainder of this week's races I was lazy and selected the "suggested" car for each race. At High Speed Ring the suggested car was this Camaro.

At Road Atlanta, the suggested car is the Yaris GR. (yes i made the pass on the grass.)

And at Circuit de Catalunya, the car of choice is the Megane Trophy '11

 

[jesse100190]

i had a bit of rain early in high speed ring but was not enough to effect things, had a quick 1 stopper at the wtc 800 at the end of lap 6 to refuel and change tires, the one make was a blast

 

[2cam16]

Pretty much a been there done that week except for the one-make. But still a chance to drive cars I haven't driven in awhile or at all.
Euro was in one of my '73 911's with a 499pp tune by Jeje. Won by around 5 seconds.
Japanese 4wd was in one of my GD's with a sub-600pp tune by Exeter on SM's. Too easy.
HSR was my chance to drive a Challenger. No idea how a 770hp car still falls bellow the suggested PP. lol Too easy again.
One make was fun in an out of the box car with TIngram making a visit. Won by around 5 seconds after taking the lead on lap 5.
WTC800 in one of my 992's. Easy 1 minute gap win.
Won a GT500 Lexus with the ticket. Keeping it even if I already have one.

 

[OldandSlow]

Reasonably fun week, if not that challenging. Sunday Cup is at a pretty rare track layout which was fun even if it has the stupid chicane. 4WD Challenge isn't hard at all, 500 PP cars can win this no trouble so a lot of stock Imprezas and Evos to choose from. American Clubman Cup you have to watch out for the Maverick and the C8 as they're insane on the straights. As long as you have decent cornering and good straight line speed it's not too hard, swapped Dodge Challenger on SH was enough. One-make is good fun given it's a real world combination and suits the car really well, biggest issue I had was clipping the landmines on the inside of the corners on a couple of laps but thankfully the AI is quite slow. WTC 800 I went with my usual of a tuned road car, probably overdid it with a fully tuned C5 Corvette as I won by 25 seconds pitting on lap 5 for fuel and tyres. The AI has different strategies depending on the car and the fastest two usually pit twice, the rest aren't that quick so it's easily winnable with tuned road cars and stock Gr.3 on RH.

This weeks cars:

Where is that scape scene located? Thanks.

 

[RCKakashi14]

All done. Relaxing choices.

The prize?

I think I am cursed to receive that car for eternity.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Effortless performance, on Fuel Map 1 and on Mediums.

 

[GTvsForza]

Another Clean Sweep!

European Sunday Cup - F430 🔰

Japanese 4WD Challenge - Tundra (Demon swap) 🔰

American Clubman Cup - Mach Forty 🔰

Elantra TC One-Make - 🔰

WTC800 - 296 GT3 🔰

Rewards:

• 30k from 4⭐️ Daily
• Dupe GTI Supersport VGT from 6⭐️ Car

 

[Lomic]

Did HSR with a Viper GTS '02 well below the suggested PP but it was too much already, in straight lines some cars were faster, but in the turns AIs are slow. I even destroyed my CRB by being brake-checked in one turn, we already were a lot below the speed I could use, to avoir colliding the AI, but it brake heavily again, WTF ??

Elantra one make was fun with stock car.

R-A with a car just under suggested PP, was too much (400R)

Sunday Cup done and dusted with a Diablo downtuned.

Still LM to do.

 

[Moose78]

This week's cars:

A pretty easy week with these cars (hard difficulty)...

Catalunya - Alfa Romeo MiTo '09 - I upgraded the tires to SS and added sport-level parts until I got the PP to 499. Easy win.

Road Atlanta - Honda NSX '17 - I upgraded the tires to SM, which put the PP just over the suggested 600 PP. Another easy win.

High Speed Ring - Eckert's Mack Forty - I upgraded the tires to SS because I expected this car to be a rocket, and I needed all the help I could get to keep it on the track. I wasn't wrong. This thing is a beast. Another easy win.

Laguna Seca - Hyundai Elantra N TC '24 - I upgraded to RM tires, but probably didn't need to. It still took a while to work my way to the front. I enjoyed that.

Lago Maggiore - Nissan GT-R GT500 '99 - I ran a 5RM-5RM strategy. I'd worked my way up to P2 for the final lap, then went for a spin when I pushed too hard on the exit of Banky Boy. I dropped a few places in the recovery, but managed to scramble my way back to P3 for the finish. Good enough for the ticket, which gave me an Audi R18 '16.

 

[A1an]

What I used this week, I don't think I had won with the Renault before.

What I won from the ticket.

 

[jesse100190]

got the Camaro 69 race mod from the weekly ticket

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Where is that scape scene located? Thanks.

Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Had a blast of a race at Lago Maggiore using my Suzuki V8 swapped Escudo. Of course it's not been one of the known power setups. After trying with a 700 PP version which gave me a race result comparable to my Lexus VGT or @RCKakashi14 's CLK-LM, I detuned the car to 625 PP and went to track again. 625 PP means RH tires, 383 hp, 865 kg and a car that nicely matches the pace of the Gr.3 cars. Don't know whether a no stop race is possible at all, I went with FM 1 and one stop for fuel and tires after 6 laps. Since there's no power bonus anymore, all you have is your cornering skill and the will to win : I really had to push to the very end !

 

[RACECAR]

 

[Lomic]

Did WTC 800 with the Audi RS5, much too easy. Bump an AI again that brake too hard in a corner while already being too slow... I think it is on purpose so I lose CRB 🤣

Got a Suzuki VGT with the 6* 😑

 

[jad_morffier]

Road Atlanta is such a fun track when you get your eye in. I first tried the Japanese 4WD Challenge 600 in a stock '04 WRX. It was quite the challenge but I wondered what might be the lowest PP stock car that can win this race?

I've loved the older WRX's since V-Rally and GT on PS1 when they were new cars. So I had to try the lowest PP rex, the Impreza Coupe WRX Type R STi Ver.VI '99. I suspected it might be possible to win this race but only if the AFEELA didn't get in front too early.

After several attempts (and lots of fun) I managed to get in front on the last lap but not without some pressure. Some serious defending was necessary to hold the lead.

487.10 PP in a suggested 600 PP race. Well done little rexy.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Had a blast of a race at Lago Maggiore using my Suzuki V8 swapped Escudo. Of course it's not been one of the known power setups. After trying with a 700 PP version which gave me a race result comparable to my Lexus VGT or @RCKakashi14 's CLK-LM, I detuned the car to 625 PP and went to track again. 625 PP means RH tires, 383 hp, 865 kg and a car that nicely matches the pace of the Gr.3 cars. Don't know whether a no stop race is possible at all, I went with FM 1 and one stop for fuel and tires after 6 laps. Since there's no power bonus anymore, all you have is your cornering skill and the will to win : I really had to push to the very end !

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4WDs in general have magical physics in GT7. On the same PP range in a rear wheel driven car, you have to work three times harder to even get close to the same result.