GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

jesse100190 · Sunday at 1:24 AM

f3500-b is very good on tire wear with mediums stay on fuel map 3 no pit stops

lilcat89 · Sunday at 2:47 AM

It’s my turn for the Weekly Challenges. My theme for the week was Power by Ford.

My Garage Choices:

Race 1: Sunday Cup Classic- Shelby GT350 ‘65, stock, with corrected transmission ratios. Easy win, but rear traction is nonexistent. The 356 was hunting me down at the end.

Race 2: European Clubman Cup- BAC Mono, stock. Pretty good and straightforward win. Gallo was nowhere to be seen. I might go back and do this race with my Pantera.

Race 3: Alfa GTAm Time Trial- Took a few tries to get Gold, but got it done.

Race 4: World Touring Car 600- Ford GT40 MkI ‘66, tuned to replicate the 1968 302ci powered Mark I Le Mans winner. GT40 made this race relatively easy. Also helped that all of the OP AI started towards the back.

Race 5: Group 1 Prototype Series- F3500-A, with F3500-B V8 swap. I dubbed this race Michael Andretti’s Revenge. Easy win, no stop strategy with Hards and a tiny bit of lift-and-coast to ensure the fuel lasted. Overkill, sure, but it fit the theme.

Power Pack Rewards:

All three races were completed with the same event and car combo. The GT40 Mark IV at Daytona Bump Drafting was my chosen horse for the this week’s money maker.

AEther · Sunday at 5:52 AM

McLaren VGT for the Yas Marina race. Almost ran out of fuel after miscalculating but dropped the FM back to 6 on last lap and short shifted.

Won a Lamborghini VGT V12 with the 6 star ticket

ROCKET JOE · Sunday at 8:10 AM

RCKakashi14
Did an even faster run with this new setup..

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So here is the tune. Be forewarned, it is NOT EASY to drive this thing. This setup was tuned for the wheel, so controller players might need to familiarize this car even longer.

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- When you trail brake, steer gently. The car's rear lights up suddenly. But... it also has one of the best slip angles on corner entry... if done correctly.

- You can use 3rd gear on low speed, traction dependent corners. And you can bury the throttle with gusto.

- This car serves me well ever since the Gr.1 Prototype races came out. Can bite you if it finds out you used another car.

As a consequence to this, the flying lap video is now confidential, under lock and key.

Good luck driving! @ROCKET JOE

Thank you a lot, much appreciated !
I don't think I get to drive today at all, but I'll ( promised ) report back as soon as possible.
Just one more comment : From your description I already see some of the difficulties with the DS4 as I've experienced parts of it myself. Poor me ... :lol:

nostradavor2 · Sunday at 8:47 AM

ROCKET JOE
Thank you a lot, much appreciated !
I don't think I get to drive today at all, but I'll ( promised ) report back as soon as possible.
Just one more comment : From your description I already see some of the difficulties with the DS4 as I've experienced parts of it myself. Poor me ...

I thought I'm the only one on ds4 left 😆

MasterGT · Sunday at 5:27 PM

Over the last year or more, PD seems to have upped the difficulty, in general, of GT7's Weekly time trials. This particular Alfa Romeo is no exception. A heavy, powerful car on hard tires. What could go wrong?

If you struggled with this time trial, then join us each week for Monday Night Racing challenges. You will become more prepared for this kind of combination. We have been helping drivers like you grow and stay sharp for over 14 years!

If you like challenging yourself, we have room for more drivers.

A1an · Sunday at 9:59 PM

What I used, the F430 was a new car for me and the TTS I had not used in years, the Alfa was a poorly set-up car imo, I did struggle with the time-trial.

F3500B with the Espace F1 swap on RH.

Took about 80 odd miles to get gold!

What I won from the ticket, sold it straight away.

Touring Mars · Sunday at 10:17 PM

A1an
What I used, the F430 was a new car for me

I always find the WTC600 races hard compared to most others - I've failed miserably so far, despite constant purple laps, so I'll try the F430 now.

edit: That did the trick 👍

A1an
and the TTS I had not used in years

Yeh, I've not got my TTS out for years either... not in public anyway.

Nebuc72 · Sunday at 10:30 PM

Touring Mars
I always find the WTC600 races hard compared to most others - I've failed miserably so far, despite constant purple laps, so I'll try the F430 now.

It'll depend where Gallo starts quite a lot I assume. I was setting 1:39s and won overall by a few seconds (misleading though, he gains like 2s before the finish line but will lose loads more up to T1)

Was only at about 570pp, 300hp Alpine on Sports Meds, so more than doable if you can get him shoved down there.