Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[jrbabbitt]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges: Namyang Style​

More new Gran Turismo 7 Weekly Challenges are becoming available to players around the world, bringing a fresh set of five challenges — including some using content from the recent 1.63 update — to take on over the next week as your local clock ticks into Friday morning...

No Purple???

 

[RACECAR]

Pretty sure knowing our Purple admin writer type thing, its there somewhere...

 

[Fuzzi0n]

Decent week with another couple of new races. Japanese 4WD Challenge is extremely easy, won by 18 seconds with a stock Evo 9 so I'll be interested to see how slow people can go and still win. Historic Sports Car Masters is the opposite because the Countach LP400 is really fast and starts up front. Went with a stock 512 BB and managed to win after a few tries without ABS. Hard car to get stopped in the tunnel but was a lot of fun sliding it out of the corners elsewhere. Still hate that version of Grand Valley but it was at a nice time of day. One-make wasn't too difficult with a stock Elantra, the AI aren't very quick at Watkins and despite them being on SS tyres they don't seem that fast in the corners. I think the biggest thing that slows them down is they rev the cars far too high. VGT Trophy at Nurburgring wasn't that interesting, partially because I had the slowest field possible with all the fast cars starting at the back. Not the greatest fan of the GP circuit but it at least gave me a change to try the Italdesign VGT out. WTC 800 however is quite difficult as the AI often wont pit and the pace variance between races is quite big. Fastest field I had needed 1:43 or lower with a full pit stop to win, had no chance of doing that with the car I picked so I went again with the Ford GT LM Race Car and won running low 1:46 every lap, difference was I only needed to pit for tyres. AI struggles near the end with some cars on completely worn out left fronts, never saw any rain so not sure if it's possible to get it.

Weekly cars:

 

[RACECAR]

Gonna destroy the Special Event with the machine I built.

 

[sirjim73]

Pretty sure knowing our Purple admin writer type thing, its there somewhere...

Is there a purple tree in the background somewhere...

 

[Carpocalypse]

1. To begin the week, I used an evo (The 2015 one, I think?) which I made to be a rally car. Not much to say.
2. Next, I used a Sierra Cosworth (One of my personal favourite fords) - Aside from a spin on the final lap, it was pretty easy.
3. For the Elantra one make, I chose to try and recreate an Elantra TCR, What I got mostly worked, but there's still some gearbox changes that needed to be done.
4. For the VGT Championship, I used the Lamborghini Vision Gran Turismo. If anyone knows how to make this thing handle more sharply, let me know as this thing just loves understeer.
5. Finally for WTC800, I used the 787B. I went in on lap 9 for new tyres, but no fuel, as the 787B still had nearly 30 laps thanks to my fuel saving. Luckily I got no rain this time.

 

[Greycap]

No Purple???

Is there a purple tree in the background somewhere...

You guys need either your screen calibrations or eyes checked if you think that left Elantra is anything else than a very saturated dark purple.

 

[Cerebral303]

For the VGT race I used the Lambo VGT. I won, but it isn't a fun car to drive, at least not here. The handling is terrible at higher speeds and by the time the car really gets going you have to brake again. It feels like a bull in a china shop round the Nurb GP.

 

[Grand_Tourist]

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - 580pp - daily driver

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - 580pp - suspension drove me nuts and into the snow barriers, became a self rescue mission after that.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - 685pp - 400hp - stage 3 weight reduction and race parts installed - has become my favourite FW drive racer - made a nice livery for it.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - 800pp - mid range turbo detuned - no pitstop needed on FM1 all 10 laps - outperformed the competition in the medium speed corners

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - 850pp - detuned to 610hp - 1083kg - GT500 downforce stats with the acceleration of a formula car, this is the first time I drove it and tuned right, it's a monster. Loved it.

Price car :

 

[RCKakashi14]

Selections for this week's challenges:

RAV4 on snow is definitely a hoot. Will keep this as a rally car for single player dirt and snow races.

Of course I have to bring out my Porsche bias on this event. Carrera RS is a joy to drive.

Elantra N tuned to 700 pp on Racing Mediums to get this over with quickly. 1:11 lap time.

Too lazy to find a VGT, so I just nuked the event with my harbinger of destruction called the LM55 VGT in its uncorked form.

The R.S. 01 has always been my reliable 800 pp steed while still blending in the GT3 crowd.

 

[Famine]

No Purple???

Pretty sure knowing our Purple admin writer type thing, its there somewhere...

Is there a purple tree in the background somewhere...

You guys need either your screen calibrations or eyes checked if you think that left Elantra is anything else than a very saturated dark purple.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Definitely an overkill.

 

[Moose78]

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FWIW, I think they were referring to the text of the post, not the photo.

 

[kjb]

@Grand_Tourist Where did you get the livery for the Elantra from? Did you create it? It is awesome