Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[Meltac]

The Gr.1 is prim and proper.

So what's the difference between the Gr.1 and the non-Gr.1 version? I have both and they feel the same to me.

 

[RACECAR]

Isn't one of them all-wheel drive?

 

[Sir Crashalot]

According to the GT7 Wiki they're both 4WD. The Gr.1 has less power and a bit more weight.

Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo

For the Gr.1 version of the car, see Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo Gr.1. The Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo is the 11th Vision Gran Turismo concept car, appearing in Gran Turismo 6 (via an update on December 25th, 2014), Gran Turismo Sport, and Gran Turismo 7. The Vision Gran Turismo project is...

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Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.1)

The Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo (Gr.1) is a race car produced by Mazda. It appears in Gran Turismo Sport and Gran Turismo 7. This car is an alternate version of the Mazda LM55 Vision Gran Turismo, which was adapted to fit the Gr.1 class, where cars with performance similar to that of LMP1...

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[Greycap]

Here’s a link to the replay shared so you can go on average a second a lap faster with better consistency, pace and strategy.

Rain ruined today's total time attempt but the first four laps may be representative of something. There's quite a difference between playing it overly safe to get the CRB and going actually flat out.

 

[jad_morffier]

Everyone else got the point in my post about wildly differing lap times still giving the same gap, it's just the rubberbanding in place - you were slower than me so your AI was slower too. That's why my extreme hypermiling test with the 2'07 laps worked just as well because it adapts to your pace, and that sucks pretty hard from a gaming point of view because it doesn't really reward being fast or punish being slow.

This is part of the reason why I look for completely stock cars well under the suggested PP. For each race event I'm searching for a car that is too low in PP for the game to slow the other cars down to but still with just enough potential to win.

It's not about laptimes and race times. It's about getting across the finish line before anyone else, no matter how long it took you to get there. It has extended the life of the game for me.

Sophy Quick races do something similar with your opponents. But I found that completely stock cars using only the tires that come with the car creates the optimum balance of challenging opponents. Especially on Professional difficulty and aiming for the Clean Race Bonus.