Lowest PP Challenge 3: Season Events 20/12

[Conza]

So as per the last thread (below):

"this is a small competition to see who can win the latest seasonal events with the slowest / lowest pp car."

It's that simple, get a car as low on the PP scale as you can, and win on the fastest / hardest track, and you're the winner. Decrease aero to have more BHP or less weight, ect, its all about the PP.

This is also with Racing Soft tires, I don't know if the major wear will effect anyone, since you can just turn tire wear and fuel off I think (or it's off by default and you can't change it? Either way).

I've set the bar at 500PP, I won with a 520PP Ford RS200, which was an amazing car, but if it meets the requirements and has a lower PP, then you win!

And just for a little twist, "CyKosis1973" in the last thread came up with the idea to see who could win with the worst tires (almost a seperate challenge in itself), if you think you can pull this off with... lets say Sports Hard to start with, than good work, again this goes to the person with the lowest PP and the worst tires, tires outranks pp, so a 450pp comfort soft > 449pp sports hard.

Enjoy!

Link the last time's thread - https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=234750

 

[Davy_B]

I've just given this a go.

Ford RS200 '84 499PP Racing Hard:

Cape Ring - 1st
Laguna Seca - 1st
Tokyo R346 - 2nd
Eifel - 1st

Same car 499PP Racing Soft

Tokyo R246 - 1st

The other cars leave you for dust on the straights, even when drafting, so I haven't attempted Daytona as I know what the result would be.
I'll have another go later and start to reduce the PP on this car and maybe try something else.

 

[daft biker]

I won Laguna with a 426PP Focus ST and RS.

 

[Conza]

Daytona I think is the key for this one, my RS200 at 520PP pulled off Daytona no problem, but a fully hotted up Ford Focus ST couldn't make it past 7th.

Maybe 500 is still too low? I'm going to try using a modern muscle car with that much PP, either the new Chev Camaro or a newish Ford Mustang.

 

[SlyckTires]

I won Laguna with a 426PP Focus ST and RS.

If there's one track on this seasonal that ought to favour low pp, Laguna is it.

 

[-raVer-]

If there's one track on this seasonal that ought to favour low pp, Laguna is it.

The Eifel track favours also low PP.

At the moment I´m using a 450 PP , Ford Focus RS on Sports Hard.


raVer

 

[SlyckTires]

The Eifel track favours also low PP.




raVer

True, I noticed the AI is really slow in the corkscrew and brakes really hard for the left hand kink that follows it.

 

[daft biker]

If there's one track on this seasonal that ought to favour low pp, Laguna is it.

Aye, it won't be going in my list of all time great achievements but I suppose it gives me a reference point for a more challenging race next time I play those events.....ditch the wing I put on for starters and go down to sports tyres.

I also picked up a Focus RS I spotted in my UCD the other day but haven't got as far as seeing if it counts as an American car yet. Is the RS slower than the ST?

Am probably going to try Daytona before I try one of the twisty courses again though. First time I ran Daytona in a Saleen and it was way too easy....get to the front and keep the foot down until the end without having to worry about anything catching whatever line you took.

 

[SlyckTires]

386pp on the Eifel track with an '84 RS200, RS tyres & custom tranny, lsd & gears.

Car had 160bhp. I've tried with 150, (377pp) but it's just too slow on the straight - you get overtaken, then they brake massively into the first corner at which you're probably stuck behind them. With a perfect run, it might be possible though, my best is 2nd by 2.8 sec

I'm going to try this @ Laguna, but I doubt if I'll have much luck @ Daytona, Tokyo and the Cape, since they're mostly power circuits.

 

[Conza]

A reminder, firstly it must be won on all seasonals, otherwise its meaningless how low the PP is, so specifically it has to win on the fastest track in order to qualify (Daytona), and I doubt the 386 RS200 by Slyck Tires could do it unfortunately.

So as it stands I think raVer at 450pp is winning? Not sure there'll be any seasonals any time soon so, we've got time.

Also daft biker, I'm pretty confident that the RS200 is much much faster than the ST, I can't even win at Daytona on a fully upgraded ST, let alone beat any RS time I set there.

 

[daft biker]

Also daft biker, I'm pretty confident that the RS200 is much much faster than the ST, I can't even win at Daytona on a fully upgraded ST, let alone beat any RS time I set there.

It's not an RS200 I picked up in my UCD.....it's the same shape as the Focus ST but it's an RS. (I think the ST is premium and the RS isn't)

Not that I've driven it yet as I've been messing on Daytona....tried and failed in the fully tuned Focus ST. Tried and failed in a Delorean too.....started with it standard and gradually added the mods you can do without quitting the race but gave up before adding the engine tuning or weight reduction. Then I tried and failed in a Camaros SS '69 but again quit after a few goes of light tuning after each race. The last car I tried on Daytona was a Viper Coupe I bought out the dealership (not the ACR, the one below that) and I've managed to get to 2nd place in that with CPU, intake, filter and full race exhaust but just couldn't make the gap and catch a draught onto the tail of the ZR1 in first before the end of the race. Last thing I did was give the Viper coupe an oil change last night and today I'm going back for another go

 

[Conza]

It's not an RS200 I picked up in my UCD.....it's the same shape as the Focus ST but it's an RS. (I think the ST is premium and the RS isn't)

Not that I've driven it yet as I've been messing on Daytona....tried and failed in the fully tuned Focus ST. Tried and failed in a Delorean too.....started with it standard and gradually added the mods you can do without quitting the race but gave up before adding the engine tuning or weight reduction. Then I tried and failed in a Camaros SS '69 but again quit after a few goes of light tuning after each race. The last car I tried on Daytona was a Viper Coupe I bought out the dealership (not the ACR, the one below that) and I've managed to get to 2nd place in that with CPU, intake, filter and full race exhaust but just couldn't make the gap and catch a draught onto the tail of the ZR1 in first before the end of the race. Last thing I did was give the Viper coupe an oil change last night and today I'm going back for another go

Oh, I've seen that, I think you're talking about the original Ford Focus RS?

It looks like this right?

I should really buy that when it comes out again, unless I already have one.

Yes, that might be a different story, no idea which is faster, my money would still have to be with the RS200 though... unless its between this and the ST? In 'that' case, I'd have to give it to this one, because the ST is pretty lame.

Oh wait, maybe its the ST170, which is why I never bought it... I know there's a 1st gen Ford Focus, but I don't know if its the awesome RS, or th ST170 (if it was the ST170, that'd explain why I never bought it).

Here they both are on wiki > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_(first_generation)#RS

 

[daft biker]

Oh, I've seen that, I think you're talking about the original Ford Focus RS?

It looks like this right?

I should really buy that when it comes out again, unless I already have one.

Aye, that's the fella:tup:

I've got two of them now....drop me a FR if you want one with 22,000 miles on it (fresh out the UCD). The other one I have has 8,000 miles and a couple of BHP (and PP) more but I guess GT auto can make them both like new again?

 

[SlyckTires]

A reminder, firstly it must be won on all seasonals, otherwise its meaningless how low the PP is, so specifically it has to win on the fastest track in order to qualify (Daytona), and I doubt the 386 RS200 by Slyck Tires could do it unfortunately.

I thought you might say that. I didn't think it was explicit from the original post, but I guess it makes sense. Still, I had a lot of fun on that track, with that car, which I have to say is the point for me, and I'm not a big enough fan of ovals to really spend time on that one.

To be fair though, raVer doesn't actually say they won any of the races with the 450pp car...