GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[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.

 

[Carpocalypse]

This is one of the weeks where I've just... Given up. There's too much "Meh." - and too much "Meh" means I lose motivation to see it to the end.

1. The most interesting part of the week, but still fairly boring.
2. Very, very boring. The only thing of note was someone's Tundra going wide lap one and spinning out.
3. Screw this car. The SU7 Ultra is too quick, and it doesn't have the handling for such speed. I hate driving this car, and I hate every time this game asks me to drive it. Why can't we make use of the go-karts? Or the F1500-T? or have another F3500 race?
4. Nothing of note. Fairly easy. Boring, IMO.
5. I gave up after just a few laps. I picked the Mazda Atenza Gr.3, and it doesn't handle great. It's too bumpy, and it understeers. I didn't want to fight it for 12 laps, and so, I gave up. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Taking advantage of GT7's broken 4WD physics.

My vendetta against 40-second rabbits shall never end.

That felt really good. Thanks for the therapy.

Profit.

 

[RCKakashi14]

"Hermann" made mincemeat of the grid.

That R8 ran on Hards, but will also not change tires after its pit stop. It was leading because the GT3R boxed earlier.

It's really fascinating how PD programs its AI to "cheat" to justify the Hard difficulty. Ain't no way a stock GT3R nor the R8 last 8-9 laps on the same conditions under the hands of the player on FM1 without employing the fuel saving methods.

 

[equalitus]

I used the Lambo LP 640 & won at C-G-V. 2 pit stops & fuel map 6 most of the race. I suspect the Skylines are less difficult to control on the narrow roads. One easy fix for the lame rabbit 40 sec lead is that PD makes it so that the fastest AI car always start last!!

 

[RCKakashi14]

I used the Lambo LP 640 & won at C-G-V. 2 pit stops & fuel map 6 most of the race. I suspect the Skylines are less difficult to control on the narrow roads. One easy fix for the lame rabbit 40 sec lead is that PD makes it so that the fastest AI car always start last!!

This isn't just limited to the 800 pp race, even the Super Formula race in the track. Someone in PD clearly forgot that not all players have GTWS level skills. It's subtle gatekeeping at this point.

 

[RACECAR]

Actually, there is a way to make it work, but it is abit of a lottery: Start a race when Serrano is third (Preferably behind L.Simon and T.Krause). No idea why, but those two in particular apparently stop Serrano from being a 40 sec rabbit and once that magical stop comes up (Coupled with Serrano's dumb strat of NOT taking tires), allows you to be within 10 seconds on Serrano with 4 laps to go.

Edit: Looking at the replay I saved, he basically can't even catch them for 7 laps straight.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Actually, there is a way to make it work, but it is abit of a lottery: Start a race when Serrano is third (Preferably behind L.Simon and T.Krause). No idea why, but those two in particular apparently stop Serrano from being a 40 sec rabbit and once that magical stop comes up (Coupled with Serrano's dumb strat of NOT taking tires), allows you to be within 10 seconds on Serrano with 4 laps to go.

Edit: Looking at the replay I saved, he basically can't even catch them for 7 laps straight.

Pretty much the same as wishing Haywood's Huracan NOT LEADING in a WTC 600 race.

PD is clearly aware that players employ no-stop tactics in 800 pp races, so they came up with that ridiculous programming in that CGV race.

 

[RACECAR]

Update: Found another AI driver that can actually stop Serrano. Bad news is, he's worse: Drumont. Had a attempt and not only did he have a massive lead to begin with but despite pitting two whole laps earlier then Serrano, still overhauled by a wide margin.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Since it's Easter, I ought to share a sample video... and the SETUP of one of my secret weapons.

 

[CostaCorsa]

April – Week 1
For me, the selection of events of this week is not the most successful for three reasons: I don’t like the CGV track, don’t like Xiaomi, don’t like truck racing. For this week's challenges I used:
Gamepad | Automatic transmission | Race Difficulty - Hard

#5 | WTC800 | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
F3500-A | PP 800 | RM tyres | FM 1 | 1 pit
In my first attempt, I used a Mazda LM55, but was only second, 11 seconds behind the leader. The next time, I chose the F3500-A and lost the race again. Then I made the gearbox shorter, and the car became much faster. In the end, I won by a margin of 9 seconds.

#4 | Nissan GT-R Cup | Blue Moon Bay Speedway - Infield
Nissan R32 GT-R V-spec II ‘94 | PP 700 | SS tyres
Starting this race, I was confident of an easy victory. I took the lead on 3rd lap and held it until the finish.

#3 | Special Race – Xiaomi SU7 Ultra – One Make | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP
Xiaomi SU7 Ultra ‘25 | PP 801 | RS tyres
My only desire in this race was to finish as soon as possible. Xiaomi may be a fast car, but it's out of control. All my attempts to adjust the suspension somehow were unsuccessful. I just drove carefully to the end and forgot about it.

#2 | Pickup Truck Race | Willow Spring International Raceway
Ford F-150 SVT Raptor ‘11 | PP 590 | RS tyres
During the race, I went off the track 2 times in the last corner, but arrived first.

#1 | Japanese FF Challenge 450 | Autopolis International Racing Course
Honda Integra Type R (DC) ‘98 | PP 450 | CS tyres
I had to use CS tyres to get into PP450. The race was pretty easy.

 

[911RSR]

I had some more attemps with the WTC 800 race at CGV with a stock Gr.3 car. I could improve my average speed and fastest laptime, but still was far away from winning.

But today the AI seemed to get bored with watching my stupid attempts. With almost the same race time that had put me in P4 yesterday - today i won! 😜

As in the races before i opted for a stock 911 GT3 R with RS tires. The only setup change i did was lowering the rear wing a bit.

 

[RCKakashi14]

The almighty BRZ GT300 demolishes this.

 

[RCKakashi14]

"Hadjar" ranted on the radio how terrible the brakes were.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Overtook the rabbits on Lap 5.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I didn't have anything better to do on this Easter Monday, so I spent the whole day at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
I give you three photos first :

It all began when I read @Fuzzi0n 's post about him running the race and winning it with the stock Porsche 911 GT3 R on RH tires.
Honestly, I was really impressed ... and yesterday night I decided to try myself. Thanks for your help btw @Fuzzi0n .
So that's what I did all day long. I was having a hard time ( at times ) and it's been a hard lesson about what it means to do 12 laps on the very edge. Because I've been driving at my very limit. Gazillions of attempts, shaving away tenths of seconds, improving consistency, trying to get the next chicane right ... And of course, although it wasn't my main focus at all, win the race maybe.
I tell you, it actually took six hours until I found that grid with a chance to win. And I did :

And I'm proud !

Compared to the Porsche, the Pagani's a killer and delivered a safe win. My cool down laps ! I had built the car recently and I found one of these 2d effect liveries that really fascinate me. And the Nissan run ? Well, that's been the icing on my Easter cake after a long and hard racing day. The car's fast, just fast ...

 

[Greycap]

After steamrolling the GT-R Cup in a 700PP car earlier I tried what I thought would be a proper challenge. Wrong. The AI doesn't seem to be even a good joke this time around.

Spoiler: Nissan GT-R Cup

 

[jrbabbitt]

I've found a way to tame the handling of the "electric brick", use the default on ABS in the aids settings and -5 on brake balance, also trail braking a lot.
If when you are braking in a straight line and you hear squeals, you are NOT braking, lift off brake and re-apply softer but not too much...

 

[RCKakashi14]

I've found a way to tame the handling of the "electric brick", use the default on ABS in the aids settings and -5 on brake balance, also trail braking a lot.
If when you are braking in a straight line and you hear squeals, you are NOT braking, lift off brake and re-apply softer but not too much...

But honestly, while Xiaomi did an impressive job setting the Nurburgring time, they still have a long way to go when it comes high performance EVs. Porsche gets heaps of praise on the Taycan's handling, and even the Hyundai IONIQ 5N was praised by Keiichi Tsuchiya.


It's not just the power, but how it's used and how it's put to the pavement are the more important factors.

 

[Wilsonson]

The almighty BRZ GT300 demolishes this.

Thanks for this especially including the tune. Was completely impossible with a stock Gr. 3 for me. Super rabbit Serano.

 

[CostaCorsa]

I've found a way to tame the handling of the "electric brick", use the default on ABS in the aids settings and -5 on brake balance, also trail braking a lot.
If when you are braking in a straight line and you hear squeals, you are NOT braking, lift off brake and re-apply softer but not too much...

I agree. Hard braking often impairs the car's handling, even with ABS. If I feel that the car does not fit into the turn, I release the brake pedal or brake with short presses.

 

[RACECAR]

Update on the Experiment: Have not found another GR.3 car capable of winning the WTC 800 event at Circuit Gilles Villenueve so far. The criteria I went with was based off two things I noticed with both the Ferrari 296 GT3 and the Porsche 911 GT3R:

• Both are 6-Cylinders (Turbo V6 for the Ferrari, NA Flat-6 for the Porsche)
• Both are in the upper half of the 500+ Horsepower range (599 for the Ferrari, 557 for the Porsche)

So that was the starting point I went for and only three cars seem to meet this: The Honda NSX GR.3 (568 HP), The Nissan GT-R GT3 Nismo '18 (577 HP) and Hyundai Genesis GR.3 (575 HP). So far, both the Honda and Nissan have not been successes with only the Hyundai left. If that fails, then I just go with the second criteria regardless of engine.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Can run comfortably on Softs too.

Carbon weave, baby.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Update on the Experiment: Have not found another GR.3 car capable of winning the WTC 800 event at Circuit Gilles Villenueve so far. The criteria I went with was based off two things I noticed with both the Ferrari 296 GT3 and the Porsche 911 GT3R:

• Both are 6-Cylinders (Turbo V6 for the Ferrari, NA Flat-6 for the Porsche)
• Both are in the upper half of the 500+ Horsepower range (599 for the Ferrari, 557 for the Porsche)

So that was the starting point I went for and only three cars seem to meet this: The Honda NSX GR.3 (568 HP), The Nissan GT-R GT3 Nismo '18 (577 HP) and Hyundai Genesis GR.3 (575 HP). So far, both the Honda and Nissan have not been successes with only the Hyundai left. If that fails, then I just go with the second criteria regardless of engine.

Both the 296 and GT3R have more usable power, with the former which has explosive power delivery on any given rev range; while the latter benefits from traction the others only dream of, hence why they tend to be fast even on stock. The others you mentioned feel gutless on high rpm, especially the GT-R. That, and the fact that it feels "boaty" compared to other Gr.3s.

 

[Famine]

Update on the Experiment: Have not found another GR.3 car capable of winning the WTC 800 event at Circuit Gilles Villenueve so far. The criteria I went with was based off two things I noticed with both the Ferrari 296 GT3 and the Porsche 911 GT3R:

• Both are 6-Cylinders (Turbo V6 for the Ferrari, NA Flat-6 for the Porsche)
• Both are in the upper half of the 500+ Horsepower range (599 for the Ferrari, 557 for the Porsche)

So that was the starting point I went for and only three cars seem to meet this: The Honda NSX GR.3 (568 HP), The Nissan GT-R GT3 Nismo '18 (577 HP) and Hyundai Genesis GR.3 (575 HP). So far, both the Honda and Nissan have not been successes with only the Hyundai left. If that fails, then I just go with the second criteria regardless of engine.

On Normal at least it was a breeze in the RX-Vision. It responds to short-shifting better than virtually anything else, with minimal loss of lap time (well... silver compared to gold) while saving all the fuel.