Good week again. FF Challenge I overpowered a bit with a tuned '93 Civic, unfortunately not much of a fan of the track. World Rally Challenge is stupidly easy, I won by nearly 20 seconds in a tuned Willys Jeep which was somewhere around 470 PP. I wonder how low you can go and still win. GT-R Cup is a fun race because the cars suit the track well and it runs into the sunset. Part tuned NISMO R32 was a bit too fast but really nice to drive, the AI is a bit too careful on the brakes so it's quite easy to pass them. The Pass was a lot of fun, great time of day and a good car to use, just watch for the AI taking some weird lines. WTC 700 has the chance of rain but I didn't get any, it also has the chance of the AI pitting an extra time on lap 9 which I did get. 700 PP '99 Impreza ended up being way too quick for them but it was a car I've had sitting around for ages, I was 30 seconds ahead before they did their second and largely pointless pitstop. From previous races there if you're around 670 PP and have decent fuel consumption it shouldn't be difficult, even more so if you get some rain.
i had to drive cautiously during the mission or it wont turn the way i wanted it to, pitted at the end of lap 8 for fresh rubber and a splash of fuel for wtc 700 on fm1, that last jump seems to get me during the dirt race.
My choices for the main weekly challenges (base game):
Japanese FF Challenge 450 @ Blue Moon Bay - I used a tuned Honda N-ONE RS with 100 horsepower and sports mediums. Got through the field fairly easily thanks to its nimbleness in the infield section. Top end speed leaves a lot to be desired, but the AI is incompetent enough for a tuned kei car to beat them fairly easily.
World Rally Challenge @ Sardegna Windmills - I used a bone-stock Subaru WRX Gr.B and destroyed the field. I did take some “questionable lines” for a few overtakes but this is a game, right?
Nissan GT-R Cup @ Montreal - I used a tuned KPGC110 GT-R (The Kenmeri to you and me) for this one…at 650PP on sports softs. I manage to gap second place by 13 seconds or so. It will spin its wheels out of CGV’s many chicanes if no care is taken but the oversteer is easily manageable. I love it. More fun to drive than its heavier 4WD successors.
The Pass @ The Nordschleife - The one thing that sucks is that I can’t use my own Porsche safety car in the WEC livery. Other than that, I breezed through first try. The E36 M3 stood no chance. Easy gold if you’re proficient at navigating the Green Hell’s technical section after the “Karussell”.
World Touring Car 700 @ Autopolis - I used a tuned 2009 Audi TTS with the turbo five-cylinder engine from the Quattro Pikes Peak car. It is a fantastic swap as it, one, sounds much cooler than the standard engine, two, allows you to recreate the TT RS, and three, gives you decent enough fuel economy to allow for a one-stop strategy on FM1 here. Depending on your approach, you may pit on either lap five or six. I changed my tires during my pit stop since the fronts were being eaten alive. I did not want massive understeer at the end of the race, so I opted to swap out the tires during my stop.
My six-star ticket netted me 500,000 credits. Not as good as the big million, but still plenty to spend on tuning another car in my garage.
Japanese FF Challenge 450: Mitsubishi FTO. EZ as per usual. World Rally Challenge: Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Just absolute fun curb stomping the more powerful AI. Nissan GT-R Cup: Nissan GT-R R35 Premium T-Spec. Tina returns and its another walkaway. World Touring Car 700: Aston Martin Vantage GR.4. Only one I turned the difficulty down as honestly, GR.4 does nothing for me apart from the FF Mazda and Hyundai TCR. Special Event: Tricky to do (Especially in the section its in) but possible.
