Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[sirjim73]

I have run the first 4 races, in order 4123.
I decided to...


The only new car out of the garage was my Bugatti Chiron in my first race (Turbo Sports).
The only race where I didn't get CRB was at the Streets of bloody Willlow-delphia which is a crappy track.

 

[smoothbore12]

From what i notice yesterday tryin the Code Red , i never found a field with Blis Civic and de Ruin with his MC20 .
Both wasn't there , i guess PD save them for the hard level 🧐

@jad_morffier , even on RS tyred i don't think i can make it this one 😂

I have run the first 4 races, in order 4123.
I decided to...


The only new car out of the garage was my Bugatti Chiron in my first race (Turbo Sports).
The only race where I didn't get CRB was at the Streets of bloody Willlow-delphia which is a crappy track.

So am not alone , i never took CRB at that damn track .
It's like a curse that applying every single time .
Even if am racing alone , I'll find a way to loose it🤣

 

[RACECAR]

 

[jad_morffier]

The lightweight K-Cup race at Willow Springs has to be my favorite race for this week. Highly recommend trying this in a stock Cappuccino with CS tires. Challenging but super fun throwing this car around the track on these tires.

 

[jrbabbitt]

Been busy with new job and was able to get a little track time...
This week's races are easy to get the CRB easy, especially if you like the WTC700 at Le Mans.
Used three cars to do the five races, someday we will have a set that we could do all five with one car.

Used my snow Jimny at Lake Louise.

the Honda N-One at Streets of Willow.

Shipped my N-One to Brands Hatch and tuned it up .

The Nissan GT-R GT500 at Watkins Glen, passing under the Sahlen's advertisement, Sahlen's sre great frankfurters...

Shipped the GT-R GT500 to Le Mans and gained P1 when the Viper scooted in the pits at end of lap three.

Picked up a Porsche 918 Spyder on the 6☆ ticket.

 

[VTEC Driver]

The last weekly race is a classic for grinding credits... and so I used a "classic" that it is capable to lap under 4'10"...

But the most nice part was the car I got as gift giving me the opportunity to save 3M credits !!!
...and even better in a beautiful Purple color...

 

[smoothbore12]

Taking advantage of my tomorrow day off and get some rest from the Endurance race at Bathurst with Titans, i try a different approach today at turbo race. So i set up the Interceptor that i read many good comments from time to time for it .
Always at 600pp .

I think @ROCKET JOE might like this one ( more oversteer than Express)

Just in case someone want to try it.
Tyres are SS and from the second page has the Medium Rpm turbo .

 

[NevilleNobody]

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[DDK-Racing]

My cars for this week:
all on hard difficulty

Jimny Cup: Used a non-swapped Jimny XC with raised suspension and some (all) engine parts. Came at 130-ish HP and 440PP. To easy, was in the lead before the final turn of lap 1. CRB ✅ Don't think I'll come back in a lower PP car...

Kei-cup: Had some fun in the Suzuki Carry. Tuned on comfort softs and stock suspension to 395PP. Again, a bit to easy. But good excuse to use this baby truck racing...thing... CRB🚩 as I might of hit some cones

N-ONE RS: Sleeper car. No widebody, just changed the rims for aesthetic reasons. Again I had thrown all engine, suspension and braking parts on it so it was to easy and was leading by early lap 2. CRB✅

Turbo sportscars: I just made this K20-swapped Integra DC2 '98 with a Renault Laguna BTCC livery that suits it surprisingly well. 685PP and it just blew everything away. Passing M2's on the outside of the esses, Impreza's on the back straight, outbraking everything. Had a blast in this car and won by nearly 30s 🤣. CRB✅

WTCC700: Had a difficult time picking a car as I have tuned nearly every street car to 700PP for this event... Eventually used a car thet still needed to 'earn' its investment back. The Elantra N '23, tuned to 700PP. I won, but it was closer than I expected. Decent car but the 8-speed is a pain getting used to. Took some corners one lap in 3rd, later in 5th en another time in 4th
CRB✅ obviously

6* ticket gave me the Porsche VGT that I sold for 557K (duplicate)
3* ticket for my daily marathon gifted me a whopping 5K!! Lucky me!

 

[tonidavid5]

I had left the last 2 events of the WC for yesterday evening and had a blast with both of them.

Race of Turbo Sportscars – Watkins Glen Long
I dusted off an engine swapped (CTR38-CTR3 from Ruf CTR3) Porsche 911 Carrera CS (993) with RM tires and a LeMans '98 GT2 retro livery (great work retro_Achter !). Picked up a 1st place a bit too easily, but that engine sound really made up for the lack of in-race battle.

WTC700 – 24 Heures du Mans
I must say that I've never been any good at La Sarthe and that one of my repeating errors is that I tend to 'overdrive' the car in difficult conditions (i.e. wet/rain) so finally being able to complete this event, (with a clean race bonus no less! ) left me with such a childish grin on my face .... a feeling my partner did not understand when she entered the room while I was just on the cool down lap taking pics )
This time I really nursed the RS tires on my 458 Italia Gr.4, FM5, and kept an eye on the wet-o-meter on the dash (the surface water indicator display).
I took the lead in lap 3 overtaking a Viper at the beginning of Mulsanne right before a rain spell made things a tad slippery. Fortunately, it was a light one so I bet on going again for RS when I pitted at the end of the lap, tailed closely by the Viper. Rejoined track in 4th place only to see the bloody Viper 3 seconds in front of me again! (My crew definitely has some work to do on the pitstops ).
I kept it close enough on the slightly wet conditions to overtake the Viper again for 3rd place at the Porsche curves (spot on!) and started lap 5 in the lead after the other two cars pitted.
Another rain spell in laps 5 and 6. This time I went wide at the 'esses' and lost the lead by 5 seconds (as expected, I overdrove the car ). As the track started to be completely dry I reduced the gap to the Viper to 1.5s when saw it going to pit again for some fuel and the end of lap 6. Damn, that's the reason he overtook me in the pits. Payback time! .
Lap 7 was just a victory tour, lifting and coasting, taking care of the dying tires while managing the gap to the lap_4-leading Lambo Huracán trying to make a furious comeback. The bloody Viper completed the podium. So much fun!!!!!!

 

[Batschisane52]

My cars for this week:
all on hard difficulty

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Jimny Cup: Used a non-swapped Jimny XC with raised suspension and some (all) engine parts. Came at 130-ish HP and 440PP. To easy, was in the lead before the final turn of lap 1. CRB ✅ Don't think I'll come back in a lower PP car...

Kei-cup: Had some fun in the Suzuki Carry. Tuned on comfort softs and stock suspension to 395PP. Again, a bit to easy. But good excuse to use this baby truck racing...thing... CRB🚩 as I might of hit some cones

N-ONE RS: Sleeper car. No widebody, just changed the rims for aesthetic reasons. Again I had thrown all engine, suspension and braking parts on it so it was to easy and was leading by early lap 2. CRB✅

Turbo sportscars: I just made this K20-swapped Integra DC2 '98 with a Renault Laguna BTCC livery that suits it surprisingly well. 685PP and it just blew everything away. Passing M2's on the outside of the esses, Impreza's on the back straight, outbraking everything. Had a blast in this car and won by nearly 30s 🤣. CRB✅

WTCC700: Had a difficult time picking a car as I have tuned nearly every street car to 700PP for this event... Eventually used a car thet still needed to 'earn' its investment back. The Elantra N '23, tuned to 700PP. I won, but it was closer than I expected. Decent car but the 8-speed is a pain getting used to. Took some corners one lap in 3rd, later in 5th en another time in 4th
CRB✅ obviously

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6* ticket gave me the Porsche VGT that I sold for 557K (duplicate)
3* ticket for my daily marathon gifted me a whopping 5K!! Lucky me!

How didi you manage the fuel issue with the Elantra ?
I gave it severeal tries with the Sarthe WTC 700 race when we originally got this car, but no matter what tune I used, this car was either too slow for that race(lapping around 4'30''or higher) or it was impossible to get a 3 lap stint, because it would run out of fuel...

 

[DDK-Racing]

How didi you manage the fuel issue with the Elantra ?
I gave it severeal tries with the Sarthe WTC 700 race when we originally got this car, but no matter what tune I used, this car was either too slow for that race(lapping around 4'30''or higher) or it was impossible to get a 3 lap stint, because it would run out of fuel...

Fuel is indeed a big issue and holding this car back greatly as handling is quite planted.
I did a 3-lap stint on RH and FM5, short shifting half way up the bar, and skipping 7th gear going nearly directly to 8th.
Lap time was indeed underwhelming at 4'18-4'20.
Then a 2-lap stint on IM, FM2 and short shifting
Lastly again a 2-lap stint on RH and FM3.

Think I won with a measly 3s ahead of Portilla's Viper.

I'll upload my tune in this message when I get home.

 

[RCKakashi14]

Just tested out two German sledgehammers, both of which were equipped with Sports Soft tires.

The GT R felt natural and for me personally is the best FR car. The 992 felt wild and I have to strictly brake on the straight line, but its traction out of the corners is out of this world.