Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[RACECAR]

 

[MIE1992]

I find it interesting that barring the "traffic," the AI in the Civic one-make seems to feature all the pre-00 Civics except one of the two EK-era Civic Type Rs. I can't remember if it was the '97 or '98 model, but maybe one of them was absent simply because it makes no major difference when it comes to the field of AI opponents. I also find it interesting that any Civic can enter, regardless of how contemporary it is. Even the Garage RCR Civic can join in.

Honestly, I'd totally be down to see something similar to this event, except it's a more formal return of the "Type R Meeting" event from previous games, complete with a PP limit of perhaps 500 and the permission to use any Type R model, including the Civic, NSX, and Integra.

On a similar note, if we get other road-going Pagani models like the Zonda F and Utopia, maybe we could even have all three models join in for a return of the "Italian Avant-Garde" event.

 

[Moose78]

Getting a late start on the challenges this week. All picked, dressed, and ready to go.

 

[DDK-Racing]

American FR Challenge 550: Pontiac GTO 'Judge' '69 -> CRB 🟢
The Silvia Sisters: Nissan 180SX '96 - 625PP -> CRB 🔴 Just impossible to do a clean race WIN without an OP car...
Hypercar Parade: Lambo V12 VGT -> first time driving this. Understeer for days 🫣 -> CRB 🟢
World Touring Car 700: VW GTI VGT Gr.3, came in stock at just under 700PP and never drove it so good excuse. Not that bad -for this race- -> CRB 🟢
Honda Civic One-Make: Civic Type R (FL5) '22, had it on RM and had no idea it was wet It was a nice change with the traffic, did not see it coming! -> CRB 🟢

 

[tankuroded]

To resume the Civic one-make opponent talk, I found this DVD whose cover confirmed the Spoon EK Civic did race in Super Taikyu in real life when the car was recent-ish:

The in-game's livery, however, features number placement more similar to the car used in the "tribute" build.

 

[RACECAR]

To resume the Civic one-make opponent talk, I found this DVD whose cover confirmed the Spoon EK Civic did race in Super Taikyu in real life when the car was recent-ish:
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The in-game's livery, however, features number placement more similar to the car used in the "tribute" build.
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It only now occurred to me that they also put this on the 97 EK9 and not the 98 EK9 like the actual tribute car. Another mysterious PD choice.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

After doing this week's challenges with the Randomizer selection first, keeping the cars well within the suggested PP level mostly, I actually performed my "Destroyer Tour" with highly overpowered cars. That's not been racing at all ... but it's been super fun for sure.
And it's been a bit interesting too to see how far you can actually go within PD's "race regs".

Don't take it too serious guys, but I'll give you the respective runtimes and fast laps as a comparison and will add a couple photos that show the final destroyer overtakes :

Race 1
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth '87 ( 555 PP ) : RT 3:25,896 / FL 1:41,373 🚫
vs the Destroyer
Dodge Challenger SRT Demon '18 ( 815 PP ) : RT 2:43,862 / FL 1:19,573 🔰 ( P1 after 0:45 )

Race 2
Nissan Silvia S15 '02 ( 600 PP ) : RT 3:55,656 / FL 1:17,648 🔰
vs the Destroyer
Nissan Silvia S15 '02 ( 735 PP ) : RT 3:30,927 / FL 1:09,451 🔰 ( P1 after 0:50 )

Race 3
Honda Civic Touring Car '97 ( 550 PP ) : RT 9:45,931 / FL 2:21,369 🔰
vs the Destroyer
Honda Civic FK8 '20 ( 695 PP ) : 8:36,665 / FL 2:04,146 🔰 ( P1 after 1:10 )

Race 4
Aston Martin Valkyrie '21 ( 765 PP ) : RT 10:53,417 / FL 1:31,837 🔰
vs the Destroyer
Aston Martin Valkyrie '21 ( 895 PP ) : RT 9:41,838 / FL 1:22,128 🔰 ( P1 after 1:20 )

Race 5
Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.4 '15 ( 695 PP ) : 16:17,798 / FL 1:32,656 🚫
vs the Destroyer
Nissan Silvia S15 Touring Car '02 swap ( 700 PP ) : RT 15:43,327 / FL 1:30,474 🚫 ( P1 after 6:45 )

I'm afraid I'll repeat this next week !

 

[Victoria H]

Anyone else having very noticeable framerate drops in the Civic race?

Playing on a non-Pro PS5.

 

[LSFDRX]

The races this week were good, but the Civic race is one of my favorites in a long time! It's rare that I play a single race more than twice, but I think I've done this one 8 times now with various Civics. Keeping them close to 200hp makes for a super fun race.

I've got plenty of pretty Civics, but I just had to make a beater to contrast in this event. Imagine the neighbor kid in his riced out beater also put a turbo'ed ZC and some suspension on it.

Lots of time and layers in this one, but I love it! And she goes ok too.

Looking forward to more events like this in the future!

 

[Moose78]

Got through them all..

Laguna Seca - Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi '68 - I must have driven this thing before because it already had some SS tires on it. Easy win for the first ticket.

Willow Springs - Nissan Silvia K's Aero (S14) '96 - Tried this once with only a tire upgrade to SS. Not nearly enough. Went back for a second time with some upgrades. Just managed to squeak out a win on the final corner for the second check box.

Toyota Expressway - Honda Civic Si Extra (EF) '87 - Again, tried with only a tire upgrade, but I bailed out partway through the first lap when it became clear that the car just couldn't keep up. I went back to the tuning shop and added most of the sport and club-level improvements. I tried again, but it still wasn't enough. I was still getting swamped on the main straight. Back to the tuning shop for a turbo, which changed everything. Made for an easy win and the second ticket.

Interlagos - Porsche Mission X '23 - Upgrade the tires to RM. It's a good thing I did because slowing this car down takes a lot of runway. Easy win for the fourth box checked.

Red Bull Ring - Aston Martin V8 Vantage Gr.4 - I ran this on RM tires, short shifting at about halfway through the rev bar to save enough fuel to run 5 laps. There was rain on the radar, but it never hit. It was an easy drive to the win and final ticket.

Won 1M credits from the roulette ticket.

 

[shadow0460]

Question: Why am I competing against a Prius and a HiAce in a one make Civic race?

 

[2cam16]

Question: Why am I competing against a Prius and a HiAce in a one make Civic race?

It's something new and different. Some regular 'traffic" to spice it up a bit.