Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[snowman_pr]

Not much choice for this week’s challenges but here are my designated hitters for them:

1) European Sunday Cup 400 - Volkswagen Golf I GTI ‘83; 500PP on Sports Hard tires: just wanted the Rabbit to stretch its legs and it sure did, it was happy running like mad, just an appetizer round

2) Renault Avantime One Make - Renault Avantime 3.0 ‘02; 471PP on Sports Hard tires (all three weight reductions plus full suspension): This was as expected the top two cars are easily OP, but with the suspension stiffened I got them easily on the curves, fun car and awesome interior view!

3) Vision Gran Turismo Trophy - Audi VGT; 799PP on Racing Hard tires: man what a surprise of a race! The Skoda GT was either at the 850PP or further because it was almost impossible to catch! Just managed to pass it on the fourth lap and then it passed me on the main straightaway but got him again on the downhill curves, Unexpected fun, also the Audi handled it perfectly, love this car!

4) Ferrari Circuit Challenge - Ferrari Enzo Ferrari ‘02; 692PP on Sports Soft tires: the follow up to the mighty F50 made honor to its name by steadily climbing up the ladder with such determination it’s scary, also it loves to rev and it begs for you to make it rev, and this lovely Silver shade gives it the grandeur it deserves, no surprises here

5) WTC 800 - Honda NSX GT500 ‘00; 785PP on Racing Soft tires: coolest race of all, the whole pack stayed close, did the first 6 laps on FM6 then pitted for fuel and tires with a 10 second lead, went out and FM1 all the way for a 45 second lead victory, and ran it again because it was fun! This car truly shines and still can shame the new ones effortlessly

 

[smoothbore12]

Clearly the Avantime One-Make can't be won in a completely stock car so I tested a few different tires and settled on RH tires to keep it challenging but possible with a CRB.

Great addition to GT7 this car. By far the best soccer mom vehicle in the game.

I think the Avantime is the best car that came out from this update.
It's surprisingly good .

 

[Meltac]

I think the Avantime is the best car that came out from this update.
It's surprisingly good .

No Corvette fan?

 

[smoothbore12]

No Corvette fan?

 

[ShonnDaylee]

No Corvette fan?

 

[Seb75]

Some can ...

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Guess most of the Gr.1 cars can, maybe one or the other Gr.2 car as well.
Even the Valkyrie gets close.

That is an impressive lap and overal time 👍
I usually go for my trusted Red bull X2019 25th Anniversary car. Easy to drive and unbeatable araound corners.
If I hadn´t messed up my first 2 laps trying to pass the AI I might have gotten under the 24min mark.
A 2:55 lap should be possible with this car, I just didn´t connect all the sectors properly

 

[RACECAR]

 

[UltimateLurker]

I think the Avantime is the best car that came out from this update.
It's surprisingly good .

I'm just amazed at comments like this, and wish I felt the same. For me, I resent the fact that I had to buy one and drive it. It's like a bad dream. Good thing I woke up!

 

[jrbabbitt]

My weekly challenge photos...
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo @ Saint Croix 800pp

Ferrari F40 @ Monza

Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo @ Grand Valley Route 1

Renault Avantime (Espace) @ Alsace

Renault Avantime (Espace) @ Saint Croix Sunday Cup

 

[2cam16]

I'm just amazed at comments like this, and wish I felt the same. For me, I resent the fact that I had to buy one and drive it. It's like a bad dream. Good thing I woke up!

Would it help any if I said the Afeela was my pick?

 

[ShonnDaylee]

I'm just amazed at comments like this, and wish I felt the same. For me, I resent the fact that I had to buy one and drive it. It's like a bad dream. Good thing I woke up!

That's how I feel about both new Vettes. Awful generic looking monstrosities with very few redeeming factors, especially the disappointment on wheels that is the CX.R...

The Avantime, however... quite a nice surprise, and useable across a wide range of events. Handles well, sounds amazing (with either engine), and goes like the clappers. Fantastic for 500-700pp races, especially.

Different strokes for different folks, and all that.

 

[jad_morffier]

Would it help any if I said the Afeela was my pick?

Afeela debate about to start.

 

[Gt2344]

No Corvette fan?

Honda Fan

 

[A1an]

I won with the Corvette in the VGT race, also the Euro 400pp after trying again.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I won with the Corvette in the VGT race, also the Euro 400pp after trying again.View attachment 1476208View attachment 1476209

Talking about race results ...
I saw in your other post you've been using the Chaparral 2J again at St. Croix.
I had that same idea yesterday night and I'm totally convinced of this car on winding tracks. It's brutal fun, isn't it ? So just out of interest how did you do in that race ( car setup / strategy / lap times / runtime ) ?

 

[UltimateLurker]

Would it help any if I said the Afeela was my pick?

No. More heavy junk that handles like a wounded rhino.

 

[Meltac]

No. More heavy junk that handles like a wounded rhino.

On the positive side we have to admit that it's at least a nice gesture that PD lets us have these cars for free - considering that we are "forced" to buy debatable vehicles like the Supercrap

 

[Batschisane52]

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Made some setup changes and went a lot faster.
Fm6 for 5 laps shifting at 9.5k rpm, same tyres throughout the race

Spoiler: WIP tune

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Got only 4 laps out of it, but that didn't really matter, because it is one pit stop either way...

 

[A1an]

Talking about race results ...
I saw in your other post you've been using the Chaparral 2J again at St. Croix.
I had that same idea yesterday night and I'm totally convinced of this car on winding tracks. It's brutal fun, isn't it ? So just out of interest how did you do in that race ( car setup / strategy / lap times / runtime ) ?

I like the car, it does take a bit of getting used to, but it's epic in VR.

I used the spec in the screenshots, I could make it better no doubt, but I have not changed the setup in ages, I did a one stop for fuel and stopped on lap 5, I cannot remember the times though sorry.

 

[jesse100190]

i went 6 laps with the ts050 on fm 3 to sacrifice a little bit of speed for fuel lasting a bit longer

 

[daven4]

I won with the Corvette in the VGT race, also the Euro 400pp after trying again.View attachment 1476208View attachment 1476209

How did you get the corvette down to required pp

 

[Lomic]

For the WTC at St Croix I used my Audi RS5, FM6 plus a bit of coasting to make a no stop.

 

[Meltac]

Done. Saint Croix with the good old Renault 5 - not the fastest but definetively pretty fun:

Also fun was the one-race with a slightly upgraded Renault Avantime:

I love those VGT races, and a love the LM55 - incredible fast thing!

La Ferrari was an easy choice for Monza:

WTC 800 with a Sauber Mercedes - way too easy with no pit stop:

 

[UltimateLurker]

On the positive side we have to admit that it's at least a nice gesture that PD lets us have these cars for free - considering that we are "forced" to buy debatable vehicles like the Supercrap

It's not a nice gesture, it's business. I buy their junk when I have to, race the race, collect the money, and sell their junk. If I need it again, I do the same process because I refuse to keep anything in my garage that I don't like. I stay at $102M, so it's not an issue.

 

[Meltac]

It's not a nice gesture, it's business. I buy their junk when I have to, race the race, collect the money, and sell their junk. If I need it again, I do the same process because I refuse to keep anything in my garage that I don't like. I stay at $102M, so it's not an issue.

Whether you put it as nice gesture or business: I get both AFEELAs for free. As many as I want. The background reasons don't matter for me.

 

[CTRL Garage]

The Pagani Zonda R390 works quite well here as another option

 

[UltimateLurker]

Whether you put it as nice gesture or business: I get both AFEELAs for free. As many as I want. The background reasons don't matter for me.

That's good to hear. 5,300 lb vehicles don't matter for me. I suppose they're ashamed as well, they don't even list it in the specs. Typical. https://www.shm-afeela.com/en/product/afeela1/specs-performance/

 

[kjb]

Finished up the WC and this time I didn't fall asleep. I dodged the elephant tranquilizers.
For the Ferrari Challenge I used the Superfast for an easy win

It was interesting as the F12 was P1 which was interesting to me at least.
Next it was the Vision GT race and I chose the Lambo VGT. This started out pretty good and I started feeling good about my skills so I decided to see how fast I could into T1 before braking at the last minute. You trying to drive like it gas to drift

So here you see what happens when you go about 180 mph into T1. I did just so you don't have it and I can tell you nothing good comes from it. I was able to come in 2nd but yeah next time I won't go so fast into T1
Finally I used the Avantime for the last races. The Avantime is a fun little car to use. Also I noticed that all of the cars I used were the exact same shade of green. It wasn't done on purpose I just have a lot of cars that are the same shade.

Got 500k cr from a 6 star marathon ticket so it was a good night .