GT7 Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Ryan81]

Nice to see Maserati getting a bit of love. Always really liked the Gran Turismo. Sounds beautiful and has that great Italian styling.

 

[jesse100190]

dealt with a bit of rain half way through the race it cleared out quickly pitted twice one for inters and fuel then back to hards.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Tu tu tu du....

 

[radix023]

themes this week: rain, M3

suspected Tsukuba was going to be wet and sure enough it went right to the top/third of the rain scope
M3 '03 made short work of eiger
gold was set very easy for the time trial top 10 I saw were 3+ seconds faster than gold (this is not 3%)
918 with sports mediums was fun @Maggiore, 996 rabbit was able to keep up in the corners
M3 again, bought inters on a hunch, ran fuel lean, pitted on 8th lap for inters

6 star gives me 500,000 credits

 

[jesse100190]

6* gave me a nsx concept '16

 

[rikunarok]

I can't really think of a comment for each event.
Oh well—just take a look at the car I used this time.

 

[RCKakashi14]

The absence of ABS allows me to rotate this car with a slight slip angle. A tap would do.

 

[RCKakashi14]

No ABS for the second week in a row.

550 pp tuned EF Civic with brake bias all the way to the rear makes it turn like an FR.

The 365 GTB4 Daytona provided a neat challenge, but not frustrating.

The Maserati surprised me a lot on how it still has that compliant handling despite the absence of ABS. It can even slide its rear a bit if you know how much pressure you apply on the pedal on rotation.

911s are best driven with 0 brake balance if you decide your foot (or trigger finger) to do all the stopping.

The KTM can be a tricky one. I used it in relation to this weekend's Austrian GP, and its popularity as Spielberg's taxi. Lift and coast is the key to get the most out of its fuel. Will try the Radical and/or the BAC Mono as well, with those cars also having zero driving aids in real life.

6 star ticket reward:

 

[Greycap]

We also need consistent track limits, they are different at every corner and can rob you of the bonus as well.

Absolutely. Just did the double chili Sarthe memories in the power pack, no contact anywhere and still no bonus. Probably too far inside in either the second chicane exit or the Indianapolis right hander, both of which are done so wrong that you can have the inside wheels on the kerb and lose the bonus or even get penalized in the WTC700 grind race.

 

[sejtur]

Absolutely. Just did the double chili Sarthe memories in the power pack, no contact anywhere and still no bonus. Probably too far inside in either the second chicane exit or the Indianapolis right hander, both of which are done so wrong that you can have the inside wheels on the kerb and lose the bonus or even get penalized in the WTC700 grind race.

It’s such a shame. How can we drive on the limit if we don’t know where the limit is?

 

[RACECAR]

Japanese FF Challenge 450: Honda Integra Type R. Ez
European FR Challenge 550: BMW M2 Competition. Hadn't used this for a while and good grief, it was much more potent then I expected and that was in its Cup Spec.
Porsche Cup: Porsche 911 GT1. Not the easiest cheese thanks to the Sports Hards, but I managed.
World Touring Cars 700: Mercedes AMG GT-R. I unfortunately had to crank the difficulty down due to time constraints so I couldn't experiment quite like I wanted. Still won, will reattempt later.
Special Event: Two tries was all it took (Once I figured out I could actually take turn 1 abit faster then I thought.

Edit: And the 6-Star ticket for me is...