GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[lilcat89]

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


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.


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


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.


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.



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.

 

[JoeDaSnow]

On Friday, I had completed May - Week 5 of the Weeklies. In chronological order, went to the Shelby GT350 Time Trial, American Sunday Cup 600, Jimny Cup, Ferrari Challenge, World Touring Car 800.

 

[jad_morffier]

Still in the process of learning. And to be honest, I suck at it - especially on a controller

Hats off to you attempting to learn trail braking on a controller. I don't think I could do that.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Hats off to you attempting to learn trail braking on a controller. I don't think I could do that.

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.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Very cooperative brakes despite the absence of ABS. Can trail brake easier than the others I have driven so far.

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[auzzy_mate]

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).

 

[RCKakashi14]

Very cooperative brakes despite the absence of ABS. Can trail brake easier than the others I have driven so far.

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[Meltac]

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.

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...

 

[DDK-Racing]

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.

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.

 

[DDK-Racing]

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...

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

 

[Meltac]

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

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.