Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[NevilleNobody]

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.

That's a boredom tax. Bribing you to drive inferior tracks to Bathurst.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Today I have a funny little challenge for you.
I know it's not for everyone for well-known reasons but I cried tears of joy while driving so you might enjoy this as well.
Here we go :
Can you do the Toyota Land Cruiser Special Event at Fisherman's Ranch in a time faster than 3:30 ? And can you do it without ANY ! contact to cars, walls, fences, clouds etc. ? And thus receive the Clean Race Bonus ?

I predict it will take a little time, it might take some credits and it takes smooth inputs, patience, wise decisions and a bit of foresight.
Atm I can only post the race result board and a photo but I've saved my replay and will upload it in-game tomorrow.
Interested ?

Have fun !

Edit : Upload done : #rjruns #weeklychallenge

 

[ShonnDaylee]

Today I have a funny little challenge for you.
I know it's not for everyone for well-known reasons but I cried tears of joy while driving so you might enjoy this as well.
Here we go :
Can you do the Toyota Land Cruiser Special Event at Fisherman's Ranch in a time faster than 3:30 ? And can you do it without ANY ! contact to cars, walls, fences, clouds etc. ? And thus receive the Clean Race Bonus ?

I predict it will take a little time, it might take some credits and it takes smooth inputs, patience, wise decisions and a bit of foresight.
Atm I can only post the race result board and a photo but I've saved my replay and will upload it in-game tomorrow.
Interested ?

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Have fun !

I love Fisherman's Ranch. I always have a great time there. I'm game.

 

[RACECAR]

Today I have a funny little challenge for you.
I know it's not for everyone for well-known reasons but I cried tears of joy while driving so you might enjoy this as well.
Here we go :
Can you do the Toyota Land Cruiser Special Event at Fisherman's Ranch in a time faster than 3:30 ? And can you do it without ANY ! contact to cars, walls, fences, clouds etc. ? And thus receive the Clean Race Bonus ?

I predict it will take a little time, it might take some credits and it takes smooth inputs, patience, wise decisions and a bit of foresight.
Atm I can only post the race result board and a photo but I've saved my replay and will upload it in-game tomorrow.
Interested ?

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Have fun !

I might take you up on that.

 

[DK]

The RCZ is a godsend at the mighty Eiger.

 

[rheinaoi]

Today I have a funny little challenge for you.
I know it's not for everyone for well-known reasons but I cried tears of joy while driving so you might enjoy this as well.
Here we go :
Can you do the Toyota Land Cruiser Special Event at Fisherman's Ranch in a time faster than 3:30 ? And can you do it without ANY ! contact to cars, walls, fences, clouds etc. ? And thus receive the Clean Race Bonus ?

I predict it will take a little time, it might take some credits and it takes smooth inputs, patience, wise decisions and a bit of foresight.
Atm I can only post the race result board and a photo but I've saved my replay and will upload it in-game tomorrow.
Interested ?

View attachment 1482730
View attachment 1482731

Have fun !

Edit : Upload done : #rjruns #weeklychallenge

The track marshals (fun police) noticed that I got 2mm too close to a cloud. They took the clean race bonus, invalidated the lap and demanded I wait in the pits for 3 minutes to calm down. If they keep this up, I'm calling the @smoothbore12 Police.

But in slightly more seriousness, that looks freakishly quick. How many upgrades did you throw at the Land Cruiser? All of them? Engine swap?

Time to do some testing and regretting...

 

[ROCKET JOE]

But in slightly more seriousness, that looks freakishly quick. How many upgrades did you throw at the Land Cruiser? All of them? Engine swap?

Time to do some testing and regretting...

Everything !
It's a fully upgraded engine-swapped Cruiser ...
However, I don't think this is necessary ( I just wanted to ), might even be counterproductive.
It's that you're immediately at the physical limits of grip and control like you simply can't corner faster than what the tires allow and with the suspension of the car it's a real horror trip at times producing eye cancer. But ...
It's been the fun I had hoped for !
Good luck, enjoy your skydive !

 

[rheinaoi]

Can you do the Toyota Land Cruiser Special Event at Fisherman's Ranch in a time faster than 3:30 ?

Yes!!
3:27.498

And with a Clean Race Bonus!

Video included. You have permission to laugh / cringe at my gear selection near the start.

Everything !
It's a fully upgraded engine-swapped Cruiser ...
However, I don't think this is necessary ( I just wanted to ), might even be counterproductive.
It's that you're immediately at the physical limits of grip and control like you simply can't corner faster than what the tires allow and with the suspension of the car it's a real horror trip at times producing eye cancer. But ...
It's been the fun I had hoped for !
Good luck, enjoy your skydive !

When I was slowly upgrading the Land Cruiser to win on stock~ish power, I noticed that the Stage 3 weight reduction made the little offroader prone to side-to-side instability. It didn't like the LSD upgrade either. It produced Super Duper Understeer - as in, when I got on the power for a left turn, my Land Cruiser would veer right

For this run, I didn't bother with the weight reductions. I also started with the Low RPM Supercharger because low end torque is always the answer to everything, even when it most definitely is not.

Oh and the side-to-side shaking was still nasty whenever I slid off the path onto the rougher terrain. RIP VR users

Fun Fact: I binned it spectacularly on multiple occasions and still got the Clean Race Bonus. I believe as long as you don't touch the opposition, and you refrain from doing a barrel roll, you'll get the bonus.

I now need to use this to harass the denizens of the Hypercar Parade and maybe Alsace 700PP...

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Yes!!
3:27.498

And with a Clean Race Bonus!

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Video included. You have permission to laugh / cringe at my gear selection near the start.




When I was slowly upgrading the Land Cruiser to win on stock~ish power, I noticed that the Stage 3 weight reduction made the little offroader prone to side-to-side instability. It didn't like the LSD upgrade either. It produced Super Duper Understeer - as in, when I got on the power for a left turn, my Land Cruiser would veer right

For this run, I didn't bother with the weight reductions. I also started with the Low RPM Supercharger because low end torque is always the answer to everything, even when it most definitely is not.

Oh and the side-to-side shaking was still nasty whenever I slid off the path onto the rougher terrain. RIP VR users

Fun Fact: I binned it spectacularly on multiple occasions and still got the Clean Race Bonus. I believe as long as you don't touch the opposition, and you refrain from doing a barrel roll, you'll get the bonus.

I now need to use this to harass the denizens of the Hypercar Parade and maybe Alsace 700PP...

No laugh / cringe at your driving. Applause to you - that's been a very good run ! The most obvious thing to me watching your replay was that you've been way more courageous across the jumps than me. Daredevil ! And thanks for your descriptions, for a moment I thought you were talking about my own experience.

Truth : Isn't it one of the best things here that you can very easily bin it spectacularly ?

Funny that you mention WTC 700 and Hypercars. I did the Le Mans race yesterday night finishing first ... and now look at this :

I must admit I was a bit disappointed because at FM6 the Land Cruiser isn't that impressive anymore. I ran FM6 for the first 4 laps with extreme short shifting and coasting, went to the pits and finished the race at FM5 with a second stop in between.

 

[Famine]

 

[RACECAR]

Well, easiest decision on car line up in a while.

Gonna destroy the Special Event with the machine I built.

 

[Moose78]

I know it's not for everybody, but I, for one, am happy to see that PD is continuing the recent trend of including dirt/snow events in the challenge set.

 

[PuffelPizza]

I know it's not for everybody, but I, for one, am happy to see that PD is continuing the recent trend of including dirt/snow events in the challenge set.

And I always happy to see when a new car gets your livery.