Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[A1an]

New cars for me except the 400R.

 

[IngWeltschmer]

Don't forget the Toyota Athlete with the Suzuki GR 3 Engine Swap it will absolutely destroy the Lemans Race and all the 700 pp Races!!!!

Had to go and check on ddm.io to see if it was a new swap (sounds pretty cool, ngl), but all I could see for it is the Lexus Gr.2 swap. Do you know something we don't? 🤔 Are you a dataminer who accidentally spilled some beans? Now I will have to go and read through all your posts so I can cook up some crazy theories about next updates

 

[CTRL Garage]

Had to go and check on ddm.io to see if it was a new swap (sounds pretty cool, ngl), but all I could see for it is the Lexus Gr.2 swap. Do you know something we don't? 🤔 Are you a dataminer who accidentally spilled some beans? Now I will have to go and read through all your posts so I can cook up some crazy theories about next updates

Don’t read too much into it. They’be definitely either mistaken the engine or the car. The Radical with the Suzuki Gr3 engine swap is a 700pp monster

 

[RACECAR]

 

[DDK-Racing]

My weekly challenge cars:

American FR Challenge 550: Corvette C5, fresh out the dealer, stock. Nice and simple. CRB 🟢
Nissan GT-R Cup: R33 GT-R V-spec '97, older 670PP-ish LeMans grinder, adjusted with some closer gearing. CRB 🟢
Lightweight K Cup: Suzuki Carry KC '12, tuned with sport brakes/suspension, no weight reduction and all power ports + low end turbo. Could be a cheaper win with my Cappuccino but this was fun. CRB🟢
World Touring Car 800: Audi RS5 DTM, RH 1-stop after lap 6. This car is a beast! To bad I overshot my braking at T1 in lap 5.... CRB🔴
Chevy Corvette One-Make: Corvette C7 widebody. first try on SH was a quick no. Put on RH and managed a win by 5-6s. CRB🟢

Rewards:
Daily marathon - 4star - 30k💰
6star part - camshaft for some Toyota, already forgot. Was worth 7K or something 🙄
6star car - Genesis VGT, already had one (black in pic) so sold it for a whopping 620k

On to next week!

 

[Akers]

Challenges completed. Not a selection I particularly enjoyed, only getting 1st in the WTC800. None were enjoyable enough for me to retry in order to get 1st.

American FR Challenge 550: Trans-Am, modded, SS Tyres. As a child, I was a big fan of Smokey and the Bandit, so the Fire-Chicken felt appropriate for this race. I’m not usually a fan of Willow Springs, but this was quite fun. 2nd at the first attempt was enough for me.
Nissan GT-R Cup: Nismo 400R, stock. My Favourite GT-R, just not powerful enough to catch the leader. 2nd
Lightweight K Cup: Daihatsu Copen, tuned, CS tyres. Tried with a tuned Suzuki Carry KC '12 but didn’t like the tendency to oversteer on corner exit. I like the Eiger, in either direction, but couldn’t catch 1st. 2nd
Chevy Corvette One-Make: Corvette C3, race spec, RM tyres. Not a fan of Corvettes or Grand Valley, just happy to get this one over with. 2nd
World Touring Car 800: Audi RS5 Turbo DTM, RH Tyres, stock, power restricted. Treated myself to this purchase, specifically for this race, what a great car! Shame opportunities to use it are so limited. Unsurprisingly it crushed the GT3 opposition. Easy 1st.

6-Star parts roulette: Bore-Up S for a Scirocco R, yeah, thanks!
6-Star car roulette: Renault R.S.01. Not the GT3 version, so not sure what this is useful for. Will probably sell.

 

[Chris30]

Very good performances there bud, as soon as I log back in my Youtube account, I'll subscribe to your channel. You're doing well mate, soon enough you'll have over 1k subscribers. You have an alt account? I only have my primary account. Looks like the AI had a time keeping up the pace, they're slow as molasses.

 

[UltimateLurker]

Seeing all you guys use trucks for the Eiger race lets me know I'm just not like the others.

I used the S660 with several mods and barely won. Add only the HRT and lower to the specified PP and it's almost easy. But I still feel like I need a better gearbox tune. Anyone have one for the S660 at Eiger?

 

[Nebuc72]

Decently fun car to use for these events, though not a particularly challenging one.

 

[jlbmel]

All wins on Hard difficulty:
1. Pontiac GTO "The Judge" '69 - 550pp,SH
2. GT-R '17 - 645pp,SH
3. Suzuki Cappuccino '91 - 400pp,CS
4. C8 '20 - 700pp,RH
5. Porsche 962C '88 - 800pp,RH,no stop
All cars with @praiano63 tunes.

 

[jlbmel]

Very good performances there bud, as soon as I log back in my Youtube account, I'll subscribe to your channel. You're doing well mate, soon enough you'll have over 1k subscribers. You have an alt account? I only have my primary account. Looks like the AI had a time keeping up the pace, they're slow as molasses.

I found the AI to be more competitive on hard difficulty using the C8 '20 on RH tires. If I had used the sport tires that the AI use, I would not have been able to beat them.
The AI in the GT-R race are really slow even on hard difficulty.

 

[UltimateLurker]

Finally got a decent time for the LW cup.

 

[Chris30]

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Decently fun car to use for these events, though not a particularly challenging one.

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Wow, nice wheelie there. How'd you pull that off? That only happened to me a couple times last year during the summer.

 

[RACECAR]

Very good performances there bud, as soon as I log back in my Youtube account, I'll subscribe to your channel. You're doing well mate, soon enough you'll have over 1k subscribers. You have an alt account? I only have my primary account. Looks like the AI had a time keeping up the pace, they're slow as molasses.

In fairness, my car is ridiculously OP (Mostly due to the event I had it tuned for) so the AI even on the highest difficulty were gonna have a hard time catching me.

As for alt accounts: If you mean on PSN, I did have a secondary one during the GT5 days (Basically taking advantage of the gifting feature) but haven't logged into in over a decade. If you mean Youtube, I do have a second channel but its not so focused on racing games.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Finally got a decent time for the LW cup.

Would you mind sharing your setup ? It's been a bit of a surprise that I had my best and fastest runs with the new Carry, not with the S660. I'm not that much into tuning, it's more like adding parts ... but I'm interested what makes your Honda so quick.

 

[UltimateLurker]

Would you mind sharing your setup ? It's been a bit of a surprise that I had my best and fastest runs with the new Carry, not with the S660. I'm not that much into tuning, it's more like adding parts ... but I'm interested what makes your Honda so quick.

I didn't tune the car at all. It has the SE75E V4 engine swap + a few tweaks. The trans top speed is all the way down and the diff is all the way up, just to be able to use the high rpm's more. I'm sure it would be a lot faster if properly tuned, but I can't be bothered.

 

[CTRL Garage]

Finally sat down and worked on the Suzuki Carry for the Eiger race, This race is quite fun to build different Kei cars and have a go at getting to first by the start of lap 6.