I did the final three weeklies last night. I didn't record the Superbird race because I spun on the last run through the bus-stop... I should have but I planned on doing the race again and just haven't yet. Even with a spin to a complete stop I still won it with the CRB, haha. I did do it a couple times with a totally stock 'Bird, but the AI just ran away on the straights, so I put in a trans, and did intake/headers/exhaust on it which made for an easy win.
Ford Maverick - Suzuka
I was trying to find something unique for this race, because I just got done here with the AMG-GTR last two weeks for the Euro 700, and I stumbled upon the Maverick I forgot was in the game. I had bought it and visually modified it when it came out, but never drove it. Turns out this thing is a
weapon. 1200hp and a race-engineered chassis make this old Ford behave like a GR3 car with a bunch of power. It stays super flat, is super predictable, and
very fast. Even with all that power and handling it still look a while to catch the modified MC20 that was light years in the lead, but it ended up being no match for this monster.
Nissan R92CP - Fuji
There was a conversation here on GTP where
@330_D was singing the praises of the R92CP which prompted me to take it out for the Neoclassical race this week. I really don't pay a lot of attention to these group-C cars because I tend to enjoy road cars and race cars based on road cars for whatever reason. I had used the Silk Cut Jag before, but I never thought driving it felt like anything special.
The R92 though,
feels special. It is super communicative, very fast, efficient you can actually see out of the thing. I cut the power down and put it on hards to come in under the 800PP, and made sure I had some IM tires in the paddock before starting. I remember this race well because of how much of a pain I remember it being, but it ended up being a fun easy-ish win this time.
I made a TON of mistakes during the race, going off at the end of the main straight twice, driving slow as heck in some sections and just generally not getting the most out of the car. It's literally the first time I've ever driven it, and you can see the pace progress as the race goes on and I learned how much this thing can be pushed. I went in to the pits right as the rain threatened, and of course almost all the AI stayed out on slicks. I passed them all on one lap as they spun and wallowed around, but the CLK-GTR made for a good race for a few laps, and was faster than me on the straights, but ended up pitting again before the end giving me a 47sec lead at the finish. I got CRBs with all the other races this week, and might go back for this one too.
Really looking forward to the next week bringing new cars and hopefully some special races. I'm most excited about the Urus... a hyper SUV should be fun!
. Turns 10 and 11 are also a pain in the a**, and the R92 doesn't help when first gear is right on the turbos, and second bogs it to heck. I end up having to pedal first and short-shift to second as I was figuring out what the car wanted.
