GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[05XR8]

Not feeling the Silvia or VGT races. Golded the SLS race with a bit of Keiichi Tsuchiya use of the handbrake to aid in squaring the corners. TVR for Sainte Croix and RB25 for Fuji.

 

[ZEE]

Managed a good time with the AMG SLS at dragon trials, was real handful to narrow down the time but got a solid gold overall.

 

[RACECAR]

My choices for last night.

 

[jesse100190]

i choose the FT3500-B for being good on tire wear

 

[RACECAR]

European Sunday Cup 400: DS3 Racing. EZ
Silvia Sisters: Silvia S15 Spec R. Got a new setup on it and just blew the field's doors off in the corners.
Vision GT Trophy: Lexus LF-LC VGT. As usual, cakewalk.
Gr.1 Prototype Series: Toyota GR010. Rain came at about halfway and boy was I lucky to come in just as the rain hit. AI did its usual crawl and by the time they came in, I was gone.
Special Event: Despite being treacherous (Braking for those 4 left handers was the trickiest portion), managed an easy gold.

 

[A1an]

What I used.

What I won from the ticket.

 

[lilcat89]

The Euro Sunday Cup race was the only interesting one I’ve done so far. I’ve been driving vintage cars a lot lately, so I thought I would try the Alfa 8C 2900 Touring. First try was a fail, spun the car a couple of times and lost to the DS3 by 5 seconds. I retried, had a clean run, and won by less than a second.

 

[BWX]

It was early so I thought maybe I could crack the top 10 temporarily. Nope!
At least not with a controller and auto-trans. That last corner..

 

[RACECAR]

As I was getting ready to do the VGT one, I noticed the Suzuki VGT GR.3 was an eligible car. Last I tryed a GR.3 variant was the Toyota FT-1 (Unsuccessfully) and noticing this had abit more power then that (Along with Yamagiwa layout of Kyoto being a fast flowing and Aero dependent track), I'm thinking of giving it a try and seeing if its any good.

 

[RCKakashi14]

As I was getting ready to do the VGT one, I noticed the Suzuki VGT GR.3 was an eligible car. Last I tryed a GR.3 variant was the Toyota FT-1 (Unsuccessfully) and noticing this had abit more power then that (Along with Yamagiwa layout of Kyoto being a fast flowing and Aero dependent track), I'm thinking of giving it a try and seeing if its any good.

The Toyota FT-1 VGT (base version; not the Gr.3 ) is one of my few go-to "Amogus" cars for 800 pp races. Looks like a Gr.3, but slaughters the field with ease.

 

[RACECAR]

The Toyota FT-1 VGT (base version; not the Gr.3 ) is one of my few go-to "Amogus" cars for 800 pp races. Looks like a Gr.3, but slaughters the field with ease.

The Lexus LF-LC VGT has been my go-to. Feel wise, its a Class 1 car with a Hybrid Power unit. Usually I don't to use the additional power since the EV cars simply lack the downforce and handling to keep up but its there if I need it. I intend on eventually getting the original Toyota FT-1 VGT and seeing how that feels in comparison.

 

[2cam16]

Pretty straightforward week as all have been raced several times before except for the special TT.
St. Croix was my chance to test a Captur with a tune by Jeje but with some power upgrades. A good 8 second win.
Silvia Sisters in my SR20 swapped 569pp Silvia. Easy win.
TT took me about 5 tries to get Gold. Tricky car in the wet!
VGT in my usual go-to, the Lexus. Easy 20 second win.
GT1 in my other go-to, Mazda VGT. Went in at the end of the 5th for some fuel and IM's. The heavens opened and I survived again. Easy almost a minute win.
Got 1M with the ticket.

 

[RACECAR]

Update: I can report that the Suzuki VGT GR.3 is viable for the VGT race. Challenging but doable.

 

[GTvsForza]

European Sunday Cup - Megane 🔰

Silvia Sisters - S15 🔰

SLS Time Trial - ✅️

VGT Trophy - Ŝkoda VGT 🚫

Gr 1 Prototypes - TS030 🚫

Rewards:

• Chiron Engine from 4⭐️ Daily
• 1m from 6⭐️ Ticket

 

[jesse100190]

my my daily and weekly tickets gave me a fairlady '08 and the nsx concept '16

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Hey guys, here's my weekly race overview.

Event 1 - Circuit de St. Croix B
911 swapped Citrön DS 21 Pallas '70 - CM / 228 hp / 1.222 kg / 444,80 PP / ✅
I did that race recently with a full stock Avantime as a test for this thread ( https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...heir-intended-dlc-car-45-86-completed.436751/ ) and I knew what to expect. The Pallas was a nice drive actually, a bit too fast in the end but the race isn't that interesting anyway so I just moved on.

Spoiler: Result Event 1

Event 2 - Tokyo Expressway South
Nissan Silvia spec-R Aero '02 - SS / 320 hp / 1.096 kg / 636,05 PP / ✅
After the first weekly Silvia Sisters event I got so annoyed from that misleading PP suggestion that I built this car here as my weapon for whatever PD comes up with as a current or future Silvia Sisters event ! Used a very moderate setup variant here ...

Spoiler: Result Event 2

Event 3 - Dragon Trail Gardens
Mercedes AMG SLS '10 - SH / PD set / ✅
I remember I was on my way home on the Autobahn near Ludwigsburg when I suddenly heard an unbelievably deep rumble coming up beside me and everything felt like earthquake. That was an SLS, I'll never forget this, very very impressing !
As for this TT, it's all about the final turn and exiting there. Still haven't found it. @BWX Would you post a replay of your masterpiece ?

Spoiler: Result Event 3

Event 4 - Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa
Genesis X Gran Berlinetta VGT '23 - SS / 782 hp / 1.065 kg / 802,50 PP / ✅
Another car I had used a couple days ago for a full stock run at Monza. For this WC I had detuned it to roughly 800 PP, it was still fast enough of course but when it came to finally attack the Porsche and Jag, I would have liked to have grippier tires honestly. Hadn't expected such a hard battle against P. Blaszan and T. Yamanaka.

Spoiler: Result Event 4

Event 5 - Fuji International Speedway
Mazda LM55 VGT '14 - RM / only PD knows / 922,50 PP / ❎
I went with my current go to car for such events ... and I hoped for a race without rain. To me, MONSOON is an album by the Little River Band, nothing I want to experience at a race track. And the race gods did hear me ! It's been a cloudy day, a little bit of spray for the final four laps without the need to change tires though and only little influence on lap times. And so I did a no stop race running on FM 4 most of the time for an easy win. Perfect ...

Spoiler: Result Event 5

EDIT completely off topic

Would anyone please explain how I can merge a link into a specific word of the text ( which appears underlined then ) ?

 

[Metalgear9493]

Thanks to kaki (former P1 with 1:00.280) for uploading his replay. I used his exact same lines, the only difference in my run is I exited the final corner in 3rd wheras he used gear 2 initially.

 

[Moose78]

My picks this week:

I had some challenges this week. I tried them all on hard difficulty, but ended up dialing it down for the last one.

Sainte-Croix - Citroen DS 21 Pallas '70 - I ended up taking three runs at this. On the first, I kept the car on CS tires, plus the sport-level upgrades for ~385PP. That wasn't nearly enough. Second attempt, I added some engine enhancements and stage-2 weight reduction, for ~410PP. That got me to P3, about 3 seconds behind the leader. Good enough for the first ticket, but I felt like I was within reach of a win so I went another time with the same setup. Managed a P2 this time, somehow 7 seconds back from the leader even though I was faster than previous attempt. Oh well. On to the next race.

Tokyo Expressway - Nissan Silvia K's Type S (S14) '94 - I know what to expect with these Silvia Sisters races, so I upgraded the car over 610PP -- including mid-RPM turbo and RH tires. It was more than necessary, but not by much. I got the win and the second box checked.

Dragon Trail - Mercedes-AMG SLS AMG '10 - Between the wet track and SH tires, it took quite a few failed attempts to figure out where to brake, but once I did, the gold time was well within reach. Second ticket obtained.

Kyoto - BMW VGT - I upgraded the tires to RS. That let me catch the EVs on the corners, but they just blasted away on the straights. Still, I manged a P3 for the fourth check mark.

Fuji - Mazda 787B '91 - This one took three tries, too. On the first, I tried a no-stop on RM tires, with FM2 and heavy short-shifting to get the fuel to last. No rain. Finished P11. Next try, 5RS-5RS, no fuel saving. Again, no rain. P9. Dropped the difficulty to 'normal' and tried again. I started on RS tires again, but this time there was rain. I switched to W tires when it hit the track on lap 4, and stayed on them to the end. Easy win, and the final ticket obtained. It gave me 500,000 credits.

 

[CTRL Garage]

Went slightly faster in the special.

Then took the Genesis out for the VGT race and came 3rd.

Tried out the 919 at Fuji, it has a lack of top speed compared to everything else but my aero and gear tune needs optimising, ran a one stop for wets at the end of the race and no need to fuel up for the win.