GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

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I completeed the rest of the Weeklies this weekend.
Jimny Cup: This was the least interesting race of the week. CRB collected.
WC 5.29 Jimny Cup.webp

American Sunday Cup 600: Having done this race multiple times in the last few weeks, I got in my stock Cobra 427. I lenghtened the final drive to make it useable on the longer tracks. One of my recent favorite combos. CRB collected.
WC 5.29 US Sunday Cup.webp

Shelby GT350 Time Trial: It took a few tries, but Gold was collected.
WC 5.29 GT350 TT.webp

WTC800: Not my preffered layout of Saint Croix, but the 992 GT3R made short work of it. One stop on Lap 4 for fuel and got used to the circuit by the end.
WC 5.29 WTC800.webp

The Power Pack weeklies and prepping cars to use in them have been my main fun recently. The first 2 races were the GT300 races in a fully prepped 993 RS CS. Both were Clean races and quite fun keeping Sasaki's FTO behind in the first laps.
WC 5.29 PP GT300 Autopolis.webp
WC 5.29 PP GT300 Kyoto.webp

The last was the GT500 event at Fuji. I chose a particular favorite for this, the Aston DBR9. I ended up doing a lot of setup tweaking and testing to ensure that I could beat the expected OP McLaren GTRs, but that wasn't the case.
WC 5.29 PP GT500 Fuji.webp
 
I just finished this weeks Weekly Challenge (my second one of these...last week was the first time).

I had never competed in a full Fuel/Tyre multiplier race before so this was an eye opener for sure. I had two cars in the garage to choose from so picked a 760pp high horsepower monster and went at it.

I chewed up my fuel and tyres right-quick and did a two-stopper (didn't know what I was doing...just pitted when the fuel was almost out and the tyres were way more red than white). Having completed the challenge I went back with my 740pp lower horsepower car and after some short-shifting and fuel mapping changes I managed a one-stopper (which would also have met the requirements of the challenge).

I didn't really know what I was doing but I loved the extra little bit of strategy I needed to manage (tyres/fuel vs power and the subsequent requirements of those choices).
 
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RCKakashi14
It can be done. L2 is one nice trigger button. That plus motion control steering, trail braking can be done, but can be disconcerting. Feel is also needed for it, truth be told.
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Yep. My main problem is that instead of distributing inputs to two hands and two feet, everything needs to be done using only four fingers: Steering, throttling, braking, gear shifting, looking back / to the side, changing TCS, FM, map zoom, applying DRS / Kers / nitrous, handbrake, reverse etc. That plus concentrating on when and how gentle to release brakes and apply throttle...
 
My cars for this week.
All on hard difficulty, ABS weak, no assists. PS4, controller. As usual

Jimny Cup: Sierra JC K24A-swapped. Maxed out. Nearly 600PP with RH tyre. Obliterated everything 🤣 CRB✅
*Drifting trough the hairpins.
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American Sunday 600: Corvette C1. SS tyre, tuned to round 580PP. All in all an easy win. CRB✅
Ferrari Circuit Challenge: Ferrari F50, RH tyre, race brakes, pads, exhaust, manifold & air filter. Easy win. CRB🚩(tapped a 430 scuderia while entering the first chicane...)
World Touring Car 800: Toyota GT-One. ECU down to 91, adjusted aero and RH tyre. 5 lap first stint and 3 lap last stint, only fuel needed. Won by 30+s... CRB ✅
Special Event: 1st try missed the first corner... Wide exit. 2nd try: 56.583. Good enough for gold and the ticket.

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Meltac
Yep. My main problem is that instead of distributing inputs to two hands and two feet, everything needs to be done using only four fingers: Steering, throttling, braking, gear shifting, looking back / to the side, changing TCS, FM, map zoom, applying DRS / Kers / nitrous, handbrake, reverse etc. That plus concentrating on when and how gentle to release brakes and apply throttle...
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I use 5 fingers lol... ok sometimes 6. Works good for me....🤔
Left thumb -> steering stick and TCS, fuel mapping, etc
Left index -> downshifting
Left middle -> braking
Right index -> upshifting
Right middle -> throttle
Right thumb -> the occasional DRS/overtake/whatever
 
DDK-Racing
I use 5 fingers lol... ok sometimes 6. Works good for me....🤔
Left thumb -> steering stick and TCS, fuel mapping, etc
Left index -> downshifting
Left middle -> braking
Right index -> upshifting
Right middle -> throttle
Right thumb -> the occasional DRS/overtake/whatever
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Basically I have the same controller setup. But using 6 fingers instead of 4 is for me even more complicated and mentally overloading, that's why I normally use the index for both L1/L2 and R1/R2.
 
Meltac
Basically I have the same controller setup. But using 6 fingers instead of 4 is for me even more complicated and mentally overloading, that's why I normally use the index for both L1/L2 and R1/R2.
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I've driven this way since GT4 when I was 14-15. Before that I used x and square for throttle and braking respectively.

I find that you lose a tiny bit of acceleration or braking when you need to move the index finger.
For example, how do you downshift while braking? Or shift once the braking is done? That way you lose lots of engine braking?
 
Can I just chime in and say that I think the jump from PS4 to PS5 controllers has accelerated my learning with brake and throttle control, especially the latter. The haptic feedback is too good.
 
ROCKET JOE
It all began with a bad decision. When upgrading my XC I went with grippier tires instead of more power ... and got burned. After changing the setup the second run brought the win. I even did a third attempt finally to navigate cleanly through the bully pack.

Guess I had that Clubman 600 event in the back of my head when choosing the car for Grand Valley. The competition this week was no match at all for the C7 ZR1, I passed D. Solis in the middle of lap 2. Well ... a really nice track at least, next race then.

Monza. With quite a similar scenario. And a great finish. The 296 made short work of most of the AI cars, however, I indeed had to chase down an F8 that got in front early on and could outrun him exiting Ascari on the final lap.

For St. Croix I went with my trusty 2J sucker simply because it's such a perfect car imo for winding tracks. And such a joy. Since the car is very thirsty even at FM 6, one stop for fuel is needed. So I ran an RH 5 / RH 3 strategy for an easy win.

I always save Time Trials or Mission Challenges for last just to be able to concentrate on it. My way. Mentioned last week that I always set my own goals so I usually spend some time and effort with these, at Laguna Seca it's been 120 kilometers.

The Special Event's indeed been this week's highlight for me, the races left me a bit uninspired. Reason may be more and more of them have been a WC event before and things felt a bit like rinse and repeat.

Event 1 at Eiger Nordwand
Suzuki Jimny XC '18 - CM / 102 hp / 1,035 kg / 344.55 PP / CRB ✅
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Event 2 at Grand Valley
Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1 '19 - SH / 447 hp / 1,620 kg / 584.35 PP / CRB ✅
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Event 3 at Laguna Seca
Shelby G.T.350 '65 - PD setup / CRB 💚
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Event 4 at Monza
Ferrari 296 GTB '22 - SH / 654 hp / 1,475 kg / 647.35 PP / CRB ✅
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Event 5 at St. Croix
Chaparral 2J '70 - RH / 437 hp / 836 kg / 799.70 PP / CRB ✅
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Love the Corvette and 2J styles.
 

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