GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Fuzzi0n]

Not a great week but I think part of that was me struggling to find new cars to use. FF Challenge isn't too hard around the suggested PP, would prefer a longer race though. Pickup Truck Race is incredibly easy even in a stock F150, wish it was something a bit more interesting given the almost night setting for this race. One-make is much the same as the last one with this car, stock it's easy to get into the lead in 2 laps but then the AI will speed up massively and run very fast laps to stay close to you, thankfully it wasn't using the layout with the stupid chicane. GT-R Cup is pretty boring, not the biggest fan of that track and there's not a lot of variety in the field. WTC 800 is difficult if you want to use a stock Gr.3 car. I've won it with the Ferrari on RH, cars around that on pace will also do it with any grid you get. There's quite a big of pace variation from the different grids unfortunately so it's hard to predict how close things will be, I just decided to use an 800 PP Aventador and won by 55 seconds pitting on lap 6 for tyres and fuel. Runs 1:29 laps on map 6 so way faster than it needed to be, fun to drive though.

This weeks cars:

 

[jesse100190]

lap traffic allowed me to save some fuel in the middle of the race to be able to make it to the end without pitting

 

[FaithJonesFEM]

The Xiaomi is a bad car, so I decided to sneak in that race with a... Ford Falcon (check my shared liveries in the game if you want to find it). Haven't done the GT-R race yet, as I want to set up a 2017 Nismo for a change.

 

[RCKakashi14]

The most overpowered Gr. 3 car can definitely do this.

- Mid rpm turbo; Medium tires and short shift at 6500 rpm. Can even get out of tight corners at 3rd gear.

- Serrano pits on Lap 9. It does vary per race, but then again, this is another case of PD power tripping the AI. However of course, the AI did not change tires.

- Again, I showed no mercy. Fuel map 1 all the way.

 

[km666]

My selection for the week

 

[Moose78]

My picks for this week:

I tried them all on hard difficulty, but that last one was too much.

Autopolis - Nissan Qashqai Tekn e-Power '22 - I upgraded the tires to SM, which brought it just over the suggested PP. Only managed a P2, though. Good enough for the first ticket.

Willow Springs - Ford F-150 SVT Raptor '11 - Not sure what upgrades this thing has. I only pull it out of the garage when these pick-up races show up. Easy win. Second box checked.

Catalunya - Xiaomi SU7 Ultra '25 - I upgraded the tires to RMs because I remembered how difficult this thing is to drive on the stock ones when we had the special event at Deep Forest. That made the car manageable enough for the win. Second ticket obtained.

Blue Moon Bay - NISMO 400R '95 - I made a bunch of upgrades -- SS tires, medium-RPM turbo, weight reduction, and more -- which brought the PP over 650. That made for another easy win. Fourth box checked.

CGV - Honda NSX GT500 '00 - This took three tries. On the first, I tried a no-stop on RM tires -- with FM 3 and short-shifting halfway through the rev bar to get the fuel to last. That got me P9. Second try: 6RS-6RS, without fuel saving. Managed a P5, but still more than 20 seconds off the P3 car. Third try: lowered the difficulty to normal and did the 6RS-6RS again. Easy win. Last ticket obtained.

 

[911RSR]

Only did the Gr3 race at CGV so far. Used a stock 911 GT3 R.
On RM no chance to even get near the podium.
On RS i became 3rd, but 25 (!!!) seconds behind the winner.
This means, i had to go more than 2s faster each lap to win this. IMPOSSIBLE!

Nice challange anyway! 👍🏻

 

[art3mis]

If I never have to drive that electric Chinese crap again it'll be too soon. That car is junk no matter what you do to it. No idea of braking zones, wallows through corners even after having as much weight stripped out as possible. Understeer into Oversteer into no rear grip no matter where in the corner you are.

Even racing soft tires, weight reduction +3, race suspension, race brakes don't make this car any fun to drive let alone easier.
I bought it, tricked it out, and immediately sold it for a loss.

 

[Lunard]

 

[A1an]

What I used, possibly the GTR and Type R were new winning cars for me.

 

[jlbmel]

If I never have to drive that electric Chinese crap again it'll be too soon. That car is junk no matter what you do to it. No idea of braking zones, wallows through corners even after having as much weight stripped out as possible. Understeer into Oversteer into no rear grip no matter where in the corner you are.

Even racing soft tires, weight reduction +3, race suspension, race brakes don't make this car any fun to drive let alone easier.
I bought it, tricked it out, and immediately sold it for a loss.

My therapy for this race was to get into 2nd place and then just stay there and then ram the leader constantly. I would see how far off the track I could get it to go when hitting it at high speed at the end of the straight.

 

[nickf1gr]

I forgot what piece of 💩 is that electric Chinese💩car!!!!
I wondering in real life how dangerous are those cars for average driver....
Better fun drive with a Kei car that this bull💩!!!!

 

[art3mis]

I forgot what piece of 💩 is that electric Chinese💩car!!!!
I wondering in real life how dangerous are those cars for average driver....
Better fun drive with a Kei car that this bull💩!!!!

You're not exactly wrong. The insane acceleration and torque that powerful EVs (not Prius level basically) provide is far more intense than the average commuter coming from an Internal Combustion engine would be used to.

I know the first time I drove an EV that wasn't a Prius or Leaf I absolutely had to recalibrate my expectations for how the car would perform. The worst part is that while the acceleration is there braking and handling is NOT

 

[05XR8]

I forgot what piece of 💩 is that electric Chinese💩car!!!!
I wondering in real life how dangerous are those cars for average driver....
Better fun drive with a Kei car that this bull💩!!!!

It’ll be too expensive for the average driver. Especially since it’s not sold globally, yet. So, those average drivers are safe for now.

Straight forward challenges. Used the credits to rebuild my 1994-1997 ADAC GT CUP grid.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Ok, here's my short summary from the new challenges. I took my time today while preparing our Easter celebrations, did not run too many attempts, I think it's been seven all in all.
No need to talk much about races 1, 2 and 4 I think - you all know I love "to go slow" so everything's been very enjoyable.
As for the "Chinese crap" I didn't find it all bad, aside from the fact that I do not like the Circuit de Catalunya. I had slapped on RH tires right from the start although I doubt now that they helped a lot, whatsoever, this time it felt like me driving the car not vice versa. I needed one attempt to get some smoothness and look out the AI, the second run was ok then in my book.
Now for the final race at CGV I had picked the new Porsche GT3 R yesterday, wasn't so keen though to go with the stock car but had slapped on the big turbo. Left the rest of the car's setup untouched mostly and went to race. It's quite a challenge. Needs really good pace and consistency ... and faith ! :-) I still fight with all these chicanes and I thought this kills me but it's been the pit entry that I didn't know good enough lol. Greetings from Barry:R and a 1 sec penalty didn't keep me from winning but the perfectionist I am had to do a second attempt.
7 runs, 7 wins and a final CRB ✅ at each event - not a bad day that was.

Race 1 - Autopolis
Honda N-One RS '22 / CS / 139 hp / 752 kg / 449,75 PP

Spoiler: Result Race 1

Race 2 - Willow Springs
Ford F-150 Raptor '11 / CM / 393 hp / 2.009 kg / 475,50 PP

Spoiler: Result Race 2

Race 3 - Catalunya
Xiaomi SU7 Ultra '25 / RH / 1.547 hp / 2.365 kg / 730,10 PP

Spoiler: Result Race 3

Race 4 - Blue Moon Bay
LZ20B-Skyline 2000GT-R '70 / SS / 427 hp / 913 kg / 647,75 PP

Spoiler: Result Race 4

Race 5 - CGV
Porsche 911 GT3 R '22 / RM / 800 hp / 1.250 kg / 786,95 PP ... FM 1 for one pit stop after lap 6

Spoiler: Result Race 5

And now : Happy Easter everyone !

 

[RACECAR]

Japanese FF Challenge 450: Mitsubishi FTO GP R. Completely stock, completely easy.
Pickup Truck Race: Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Haven't done this since I first started playing in 2024. Again, easy.
Nissan GT-R Cup: Nissan GT-R Premium Edition T-Spec. Absolutely glued, Handles sports softs like their Racing Softs.
World Touring Car 800:
Special Event: Something something "Trash" Something. Joking aside, got it done first attempt out, felt way easier to grasp this car's quirks at Catalunya then it did at Deep Forest.

Also: Root of the issue with the Xiaomi, in my eyes anyway, is that its simply too much power for both the weight and size of the car while the brakes are too small to handle it all. So you cannot drive this car like a regular car. The Volkswagen ID.R is peak optimization of the power, weight and size so it unsurprisingly does everything you expect a racing vehicle to do. The Hyundai Ioniq 5N is actually a capable vehicle which doesn't feel overpowered and just needs better brakes. The Xiaomi, at least in this digital rendition, feels like a product from a company that hasn't quite grasped how to optimize all that power and speed yet.

That said, still better looking then the Cybertruck and that brick Jaguar is making.

 

[RCKakashi14]

"Norris" had a little bit of a redemption arc at CGV.

No "inchident" on turn 1, finally!

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Had another go at WTC 800 and won with a stock Porsche 911 GT3 R on RH, fastest lap could've been a few tenths faster but I got held up passing a couple of cars. Pitted for fuel and tyres on lap 6, map 1 all the way.