Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[jrbabbitt]

Are you a collector of art and women like Clint...?

Art yes, women no (one wife is enough)

 

[OldandSlow]

Been a busy time but now that I got time for myself, Gonna do Gr.B at Eiger Reverse and Alsace on easy just to be done, Cannot stand one of those track combos to begin with so having them BOTH with Fuel and Tire Usage is torture.

The Gr.B Mustang is a killer, my choice now for these Gr.B events.

 

[MMX]

Not a bad set of weekly races.

Fought the urge to run the N One, and took out the Suzuki instead.

The Challenger was made for Watkins Glen. Really enjoyed the race, and the drive. Such a good car.

Wasn't sure I was going to win the Eiger race. Took the lead, on the last lap. '89 Impreza rally car.

My "Gr4" Avantime is a tire hater in the Alsace race, but it got the job done.

Almost forgot about the FJ one make race. Naturally went postal on it.

 

[smoothbore12]

The Alsace race proved mission impossible for me to take the CRB again.
So i took out the Police car ( Escudo ) and put all AI in jail and the number 20 , i double lock him.
After that

 

[GTvsForza]

Sunday Cup - RAV4 🔰

FJ One-Make - 🔰

American Clubman Cup - ZL1 🚫

WRC - Celica 🚫

WTC700 - S15 TC w/GT-R GT500 Swap 🔰

Just 10k from a 3⭐️ Daily

 

[ShonnDaylee]

I had a great time with the WTC700 Alsace Village race. I used my Hyundai Elantra N tuned to: 699pp, 512 hp, 2500 lbs, on Racing Medium tires.

I forgot to set my fuel at the beginning. Once I noticed I was already into my 2nd lap, so I just road it out and pitted at the end of that lap. I then set my fuel to 6 and started short shifting to save fuel. Doing this I managed to make it to the end of lap 7 where I came in for a final dash into the pits for tires and 3 laps worth of fuel. I decided to leave the fuel at 6 (I like a challenge) and put the pedal to the metal for the final 3 laps. I passed 3rd on lap 9, and had to absolutely fly to catch 2nd before the end of the lap. Last lap I managed to catch up to 1st place by the penultimate corner, and passed for the win.

I love it when mistakes turn out to improve the race. If I hadn't made the mistake of leaving my fuel mode on 1 (forcing me to box at the end of lap 2) the race likely would have been too easy and ultimately less entertaining.

I enjoyed the other races this week, but that one really stuck out to me. Great race with a great car.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Hey everyone, think we all can agree the new races are quite standard, nothing that stands out really. That's been my impression at least. Switched on my PS yesterday in the morning, spent the day working here in my home office and did a race every now and then in between, finished with them at 7 pm.

Race 1 - Renault R4 GTL '85 - 74 hp - 725 kg - SM tires - 396,10 PP - RT 3:33,116 - FL 52,131
Used the car with an old very basic setup from the R4 one-make races. It's not been the car's power but the tires of course that made this race an easy win. CRB achieved.

Race 2 - Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40V '74 - 170 hp - 1.610 kg - D tires - 387,30 PP - RT 4:10,860 - FL ?
I had changed the transmission right away because, well, @Famine said so ... that wasn't enough however. Was able to overtake a couple of AI cars but the gap to the leader remained the same. So I added the mid range turbo for a second attempt which brought the win. CRB achieved. Btw I really enjoyed this second event in a row at Fisherman's Ranch ...

Race 3 - Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1 '19 - 754 hp - 1.625 kg - SH tires - 643,05 PP - RT 9:54,966 - FL 1:58,045
There's two or three turns and corners at Watkins Glen I will never understand. And I will never learn how to tackle and exit them in a proper way, especially with high power low grip cars of course. Nevertheless it's not been a difficult race, got in the lead at lap 4 and brought my wonderful car home. CRB achieved.

Race 4 - Subaru Impreza Rally Car '98 - 748 hp - 1.270 kg - RH tires - 699,40 PP - RT 13:21,889 - FL 1:03,620
Again two attempts needed for this one. I'm really bad at remembering how to drive a specific car at a specific track so there's been too many small mistakes at first and I finished second at S. Hahn's rear bumper. From there on everything's been quite easy. No refined race strategy here, RH tires, FM4 on average, pit stop after 7 laps. CRB achieved.

Race 5 - Toyota GR Supra RZ '20 with LFA engine - 563 hp - 1.303 kg - RH tires - 699,50 PP - RT 20:23,407 - FL 1:58,518
Honestly I didn't expect this to be that easy, even with a 700 PP car. Had to run the Toyota at FM5 most of the time for a pit stop halfway through the race and yes ... the pit exit is tricky ... but the winning margin was huge in the end. And although everything's been quite unspectacular, it's the race I will return to with a couple of new cars I want to test. No CRB ... and no idea why.

First test car will be the maxed out Subaru WRX STI S '14 that I built recently.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Arguably the best 4-rotor swapped car. Rotates better than an FD if tuned properly.

I think it can go 1:56s... My only issue is the rear suddenly snaps out, something the FD rarely does. 🤔

 

[smoothbore12]

Hey everyone, think we all can agree the new races are quite standard, nothing that stands out really. That's been my impression at least. Switched on my PS yesterday in the morning, spent the day working here in my home office and did a race every now and then in between, finished with them at 7 pm.

Race 1 - Renault R4 GTL '85 - 74 hp - 725 kg - SM tires - 396,10 PP - RT 3:33,116 - FL 52,131
Used the car with an old very basic setup from the R4 one-make races. It's not been the car's power but the tires of course that made this race an easy win. CRB achieved.
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Race 2 - Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40V '74 - 170 hp - 1.610 kg - D tires - 387,30 PP - RT 4:10,860 - FL ?
I had changed the transmission right away because, well, @Famine said so ... that wasn't enough however. Was able to overtake a couple of AI cars but the gap to the leader remained the same. So I added the mid range turbo for a second attempt which brought the win. CRB achieved. Btw I really enjoyed this second event in a row at Fisherman's Ranch ...
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Race 3 - Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1 '19 - 754 hp - 1.625 kg - SH tires - 643,05 PP - RT 9:54,966 - FL 1:58,045
There's two or three turns and corners at Watkins Glen I will never understand. And I will never learn how to tackle and exit them in a proper way, especially with high power low grip cars of course. Nevertheless it's not been a difficult race, got in the lead at lap 4 and brought my wonderful car home. CRB achieved.
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Race 4 - Subaru Impreza Rally Car '98 - 748 hp - 1.270 kg - RH tires - 699,40 PP - RT 13:21,889 - FL 1:03,620
Again two attempts needed for this one. I'm really bad at remembering how to drive a specific car at a specific track so there's been two many small mistakes at first and I finished second at S. Hahn's rear bumper. From there on everything's been quite easy. No refined race strategy here, RH tires, FM4 on average, pit stop after 7 laps. CRB achieved.
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Race 5 - Toyota GR Supra RZ '20 with LFA engine - 563 hp - 1.303 kg - RH tires - 699,50 PP - RT 20:23,407 - FL 1:58,518
Honestly I didn't expect this to be that easy, even with a 700 PP car. Had to run the Toyota at FM5 most of the time for a pit stop halfway through the race and yes ... the pit exit is tricky ... but the winning margin was huge in the end. And although everything's been quite unspectacular, it's the race I will return to with a couple of new cars I want to test. No CRB ... and no idea why.
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First test car will be the maxed out Subaru WRX STI S '14 that I built recently.

You took CRB at Eiger ?!!!!!!!
He took CRB at Eiger......!!!!!!!!
Well if he took CRB at Eiger , then

As for the CRB at Alsace, i stop wondering the " why " , try it 4 times all unsuccessful and the 5th i shoot out every AI that stand in my way just because.

 

[Tommy_D]

I only did the WTC700 race at Alsace Village last night. Took out my Ferrari F430 Challenge and took an easy win. FM5 the whole time with a little bit of short shifting meant I only needed to pit once for fuel and tires.

I don’t think I’ll do the other races. I don’t need the credits.

 

[RCKakashi14]

I only did the WTC700 race at Alsace Village last night. Took out my Ferrari F430 Challenge and took an easy win. FM5 the whole time with a little bit of short shifting meant I only needed to pit once for fuel and tires.

I don’t think I’ll do the other races. I don’t need the credits.

I used to have the same thoughts, but ultimately I did them all anyway.


I just don't like the Gr.B race in Eiger, and yeah sure the FJ40 race in Fisherman's Ranch is fun but I am not inclined in GT7's rallying as a whole.

 

[RACECAR]

My selections I ended up using:

More at 11:00 2:00 PM

 

[RACECAR]

My selections I ended up using:

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More at 11:00 2:00 PM

Sunday Cup: Toyota RAV4 Adventure. Pretty easy, even if the back got abit twitchy at times.
American Clubman Cup 700: Chevy Camaro ZL1. Tore it up in the GT4.R build as per usual
World Rally Challenge GR.B: Lancia Delta HF Integrale. Did on easy but with how insane I was able to throw it around, maybe upping the difficulty is in order.
World Touring Car 700: Aston Martin Vantage GR.4. Hate the track so also on Easy.
Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40V One Make: Built one up and it was a fun one.

 

[Korvregn]

i shoot out every AI that stand in my way just because.

That’s the way to go, sometimes you just got to show them who’s the boss and make an example out of it.

 

[smoothbore12]

That’s the way to go, sometimes you just got to show them who’s the boss and make an example out of it.

Sometimes the AI are very frustrating if you try to get CRB ,they brake on you , they push you out etc.
Especially if is a long race and you done everything right and miss CRB cause of single touch .
I think this is PD fault , sometimes i get CRB while i shouldn't and sometimes i wonder why and where i lost it .
At Alsace this week while the race isn't that tough ( for example the nismos at GV previous week ) turns out to be impossible to take CRB for me .
I must reach this level of calm in order to do it

 

[Greycap]

Alsace was nothing to write home about, a one shot CRB victory with a massive margin...

...and Eiger is definitely doable. By strategy instead of speed though, I non-stopped it and actually overtook perhaps five cars while everyone else just pitted out of the way.

 

[CTRL Garage]

Alsace WTC700 with a stock Ferrari gr.4, short shifting on FM1 for 5laps on RM was fun for the first 7 laps but then just boring for the remainder of the race.
Don’t need to go overkill on car choice for this one.

 

[jad_morffier]

Sunday Cup at Kyoto Driving Park in a completely stock S Barker Tourer '29 with no ABS. This heavy boat has some balls but slowing it down for the corners is tricky. Good fun though.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Hey guys, I swear I had "Monster" fun at Alsace. Between all these stock cars I use for keeping the races tense, I simply needed something decently quick and superior today. Well, the WRX I mentioned in my last post, it was ready to race, sitting at roughly 700 PP so I started to do some test laps, getting a feel for the car, for fuel and tire wear and so on.
Cons : Sadly the WRX is a thirsty beast, so it was obvious it would be a two stop race no matter what. Pros : The car's a real racing machine and a dream to drive ... so in the back of my head I started thinking it should be possible to run sub 20 min despite a lot of time lost in the pits.
After two attempts trying different race strategies ( there aren't too many all in all lol ) I decided to run 4 laps on FM5 and then do two 3 lap stints on FM4 / FM3, getting both fuel and fresh tires at each pit stop.
And it worked - Strike ! - here's the result of my third attempt :

CRB ? Sure ...

Edit ( can't help myself ) :
Will PD ever fix the car modeling mistake they made with the letters on the STI side badges ?

 

[Lunard]

My weekly machines.

 

[smoothbore12]

Hey guys, I swear I had "Monster" fun at Alsace. Between all these stock cars I use for keeping the races tense, I simply needed something decently quick and superior today. Well, the WRX I mentioned in my last post, it was ready to race, sitting at roughly 700 PP so I started to do some test laps, getting a feel for the car, for fuel and tire wear and so on.
Cons : Sadly the WRX is a thirsty beast, so it was obvious it would be a two stop race no matter what. Pros : The car's a real racing machine and a dream to drive ... so in the back of my head I started thinking it should be possible to run sub 20 min despite a lot of time lost in the pits.
After two attempts trying different race strategies ( there aren't too many all in all lol ) I decided to run 4 laps on FM5 and then do two 3 lap stints on FM4 / FM3, getting both fuel and fresh tires at each pit stop.
And it worked - Strike ! - here's the result of my third attempt :

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CRB ? Sure ...

Edit ( can't help myself ) :
Will PD ever fix the car modeling mistake they made with the letters on the STI side badges ?

Are you sure that when you look at your mirror that you're not like him ?

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Are you sure that when you look at your mirror that you're not like him ?
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Nah, I'm more like this vvv

 

[RACECAR]

Did I need to build the Land Cruiser up THIS much? Nah, not really. Did I want to? You bet I did.

 

[DDK-Racing]

My cars this week: all on hard as usual btw.
Sunday cup: Stock RAV4 (except livery and lowered suspension) - Yeah just meh, the car was OK though. Better then I thought... Will likely tune it so that I'll only ever use gears 1-6 and forget about 7-10 CRB ✅
Fisherman's Ranch: Stock was not possible, ended 4th... Changed the exhaust, manifold, air filter and added low rpm-turbo. Just enough for the win, but no CRB 🚩
American 700: Focus RS '18. No engine swap, but tuned to 560bhp, racing brakes, suspension, RH tires, weight reduction,.. threw everything at it and added a nice McRae-era Movistar livery. Took the lead by end of lap 2 and never looked back. CRB✅
Eiger reverse Gr.B: Dislike the combo. Had a hard time previously so wanted to OP it this time. The Quattro with added turbo made this easier then I remembered... Pit after 6laps for fuel and new RM. Won with 15-ish seconds.
Alsace WTC700: First time on this combo. Shame the pay isn't really up there. Otherwise this would be a good alteration with Le Mans for my 700PP builds. Used my Skyline GT500 '99 on RH. Easy win with a CRB ✅
Maybe I'll try this with some Le Mans builds, adjusting the gears and earo a bit.. Could be nice racing. I liked this one...

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The Feys livery I downloaded fits the car well.
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NICE livery, Paul Lietaer vibes. Remember how you found it? Just Feys as tag?
My dad raced against him back in the 80's in local rallies...

 

[jlbmel]

All wins on hard difficulty except Eiger was on normal:
1. Toyota RAV4 Adventure '20 - 372pp,CM,stock
2. Land Cruiser - swap engine de-tuned,491pp
3. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Package '18 - 636pp,SH
4. Peugeot RCZ Gr.B Rally Car - 700pp,RH,one pit stop
5. Renault Megane Trophy '11 - 700pp,RH,one pit stop
Camaro, Peugeot and Renault have tunes by @praiano63.

 

[sirjim73]

Finally got a win on The Eiger Sanction Reverse race after a few attempts.
Mid turbo on the Lancia was enough to catch the rabbit.
Yes, I'm playing on "Easy" but nothing about this race is easy

 

[NevilleNobody]

 

[TheCracker]

Special Event - Land Cruiser at Fishermans Friend Ranch: Tried it stock at first, but that was never going to happen. Uprated it to 220hp which was just about enough for the win with no form of chassis tuning.

Sunday Cup at Kyoto: As i was already in the Land Cruiser i gave it a go in that. It's a nice little circuit that i've always enjoyed driving lower powered cars on and although the Land Cruiser with only light power mods dosen't really enjoy the quick changes of directions on this layout, it was still enough for a straight forward win.

American Clubmans Cup 700 at Watkins Glen: The GT40 (Mk1 '66) isn't something i've given much seat time to so far. Other than a period racing paint job i think mine is still standard. For me this ended up being the stand-out event/car combo for this week. Had a satisfyingly close and clean race only grabing the lead about four corners before the finish.

WTC700 at Alsace: Used the Huracan Gr.4 for the easiest win of the week for me, even with sub-700pps.

WRC Gr.B at Eiger Reverse: Don't think i've even driven here in anything with more than 200hp, especially in reverse, so didn't really know what to expect of it. Opted for the Focus Gr.B which i'd used for the last weekly 'tarmac' Gr.B event (Trial Mountain?). Aside from a degree of unfamiliarity driving it this direction i quickly found myself well off the pace. I could keep up with and catch the car in front around much of the course, but was left for dead through the switchback hairpin section. The car was tuned for a much quicker circuit and struggled on the slow bits. I also found myself taking the pit entry twice just by running a bit wide through that left hander In the end i adjusted the difficulty to easy just to get it over and done with, but ended up winning by such a wide margin it was no fun at all. Even on RH's i required a tyre change with the fuel stop. the righthand front takes such a beating there.

 

[Marc30599]

Sunday cup: Cheesed this one with my 672pp 992 GT3 RS lol
Fisherman's Ranch: Souped-up Land Cruiser did the trick
American 700: my 632pp Corvette C8 2LT rocked them!
Eiger reverse Gr.B: Dislike this combo alot and lost with my Gr.B NSX will revisit sometime this week or so and clear it with one of my other rally cars.
Alsace WTC700: This was a fun one for me albeit easy, Gr.4 Ferrari 458 gave me the perfect challenge, I ran mainly on Racing Softs which added more punishment to me for the race but I got a good 4-5 laps out of them before needing to pit. only needed to pit twice and was able to secure the win. 458 is quick on RS but requires careful input when the RS tire life has been nearly depleted. My fronts wore down quicker than my rears.

Edit: my 600th post how neat

 

[MIE1992]

For this week's challenges, I really only did the newly-added WTC 700 round at Alsace - Village. Yet again, I used the same Gr.4 car that I've been always using, the Ford Mustang Gr.4 that I obtained from one of the mission sets. My advice is to just stick to Racing Hards the whole time, you'll still be faster than everyone and you'll only need to pit once. Or, you can do what I did, and start on Racing Mediums, realize that they degrade awfully fast, and then switch to Racing Hards at the end of lap 4, wherein you'll also be able to refuel enough to last the remaining six laps.

EDIT: Huh, I just took a look at the GTWiki for the WTC 700 and noticed something interesting. This new round at Alsace has the second-highest payout for any WTC 700 event, with the round at Le Mans paying the most with 550k. Meanwhile, the third highest-paying round at Mt. Panorama pays 165k - almost a full 100k less in credits for placing first compared to this new round at Alsace, which offers 250k.

EDIT2: For any other WTC 700 rounds that I haven't tried yet, I also wonder if I should keep sticking to Gr.4 cars that aren't 4WD. I would imagine that they would consume around twice as much fuel since the power is going to two axles instead of one, right? Seems like that could make a race with higher fuel consumption rates a bit tougher, especially if the 4WD Gr.4 racer in question is turbocharged. (Whereas the Lamborghini Huracan Gr.4 and Alfa Romeo 155 TI are the sole two Gr.4 4WD cars that are NA.)