Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

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Used the old fashioned yet effective slow-in fast out method:

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Ran on Sport Hards. :lol:
 
sirjim73
What do they dub it as in German - Wunderbar Hans? 🤣
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Hehe, "Wunderbar Hans" would translate to "Wonderful John" while "Great Scott" would be "Grossartig Schotte" :)
jrbabbitt
So who is Scott? And what makes him so great?
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I am Scott, and I'm so great because I absolutely rock all those Weeklies :P

But seriously, here's the (abbreviated) explanation from CoPilot which is much better than what I could come up with:

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The expression “Great Scott!” in the original version of the movie "Back to the Future" has an interesting history:

“Great Scott” is an English exclamation that existed long before the film. It dates back to the 19th century and was a euphemistic form of “Great God!” – in other words, a milder, less religiously offensive variant. The expression became popular in the Victorian era and appeared in literature and comics (e.g., in early Superman comics).

Dr. Emmett Brown (Doc) is an eccentric character who comes across as both educated and somewhat old-fashioned. The screenwriters wanted to give him a distinctive but not vulgar way of expressing himself. “Great Scott!” was a perfect fit because:
  • It sounds dramatic and exaggerated, which fits Doc's personality.
  • It avoids modern swear words that don't fit his character and the family film genre.

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#coming back to topic now#
 
evldave333
Cant wait for the spec 3 weeklies with more races, there's often not enough interesting races given the car roster it could be much better... jeep races...again! hiss!
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Not sure about more races in the weekly challenges. From what I remember from the mockup in the trailer, they were replacing one or two of the slots with circuit experiences and missions (which we've already done but will now be re doing). So instead of recycling 4 races, they will now recycle 2 races, a mission and a circuit experience instead. Which is, admittedly, still better than what we have now.

Albeit they will no doubt include the circuit experience for the two new tracks in the first months. And we might get some new missions with Spec 3.

I'm not complaining about there being continuing support in year 3 though, just think that people need to keep expectations on the Weekly Challenges lower than what they seem to be.
 
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05XR8
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Maybe we’ll finally see every track and its variations used.
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Oh no, not the WTC900 at Spa again... :lol:

Anyway, thanks for posting that, albeit it's just a placeholder but as I said it's certainly looking to be better than what we have now.
I got the new time trial mixed up with a recycled circuit experience - apologies.
 
sirjim73
I'm not complaining about there being continuing support in year 3 though, just think that people need to keep expectations on the Weekly Challenges lower than what they seem to be.
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In the end game, with a game as service model should weekly challenges have low expecations? that and the multiplayer are all the fruit left on the tree. Motorfest does better weeklies (usually). I think GT is hamstrung unnecessarily. Why not use use the variety it oozes? There is no need to be repeating car types in a game with so many available. Proof is in the pudding... GT currently 580 hours / Motorfest 1450 hours... engagement is tickled by variety.
 
sirjim73
Oh no, not the WTC900 at Spa again... :lol:

Anyway, thanks for posting that, albeit it's just a placeholder but as I said it's certainly looking to be better than what we have now.
I got the new time trial mixed up with a recycled circuit experience - apologies.
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It might take some players time to adjust though. If we still get bottom barrel 3* tickets and Richard Roundtrees, it'll be business as usual. :lol:
 
sirjim73
[...] they were replacing one or two of the slots with circuit experiences and missions (which we've already done but will now be re doing). So instead of recycling 4 races, they will now recycle 2 races, a mission and a circuit experience instead.
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WTF!?? Oh no! I gonna have to buy my cars myself then, as I absolutely suck in the missions - in GT Sport the missions were great fun, but in GT7 this "uh oh, please don't touch another car and please don't drive more than two centimeters beyond the road"-thing completely corrupted the whole story IMHO. I mean, after all, GT7 is not motorsport, it's still a game, and should be enjoyable as such - hardcore racers have ACC. Same thing with the circuit experience - what is supposed to be funny about racing down a part of an empty track like a monkey on cocaine?

It's probably time for me to buy me a PS5 and move over to FH :)

EDIT: Sorry for being that negative, it's just I'm one of those wishing back "the good old times"...
 
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evldave333
In the end game, with a game as service model should weekly challenges have low expecations? that and the multiplayer are all the fruit left on the tree. Motorfest does better weeklies (usually). I think GT is hamstrung unnecessarily. Why not use use the variety it oozes? There is no need to be repeating car types in a game with so many available. Proof is in the pudding... GT currently 580 hours / Motorfest 1450 hours... engagement is tickled by variety.
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I agree totally. They should make much better use of the content available. We should not have to have low expectations for the weekly challenges. But I still think people will be disappointed if they get hopes up too high for the new version. That's just the pessimist in me and I hope I'm wrong!

And I'm like you. I just do 3or4 races in GT7 each week for the weekly challenges, buy a car with the cash, and switch off. I spend much longer in Motorfest, and in The Crew 2 which I'm playing on Series S and my second string account on PS4. Even if that Lowrider race on TC2 last week was impossible to win stock :lol:
 
sirjim73
From what I remember from the mockup in the trailer, they were replacing one or two of the slots with circuit experiences and missions (which we've already done but will now be re doing).
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The ones in the preview image don't currently exist in the game though...

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Famine
The ones in the preview image don't currently exist in the game though...
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Fair enough. We won't be redoing them initially and will be doing new ones. Hopefully there's enough new ones to last us a while at one a week.
 
sirjim73
I spend much longer in Motorfest, and in The Crew 2
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offtopic - out of interest: How does Motorfest compare to Crew 2? From What I've heard it's pretty arcady. I mean, I don't mind an arcady drive feeling such as with NFS or DriveClub, but I absolutely hate a too arcady presentation, such a fireworks in every race, cheering mobs besides the track, video cut scenes like in NFS Heat or Grid legends, "cool" moderators like in Dirt 5 or Gravel, this kind of stuff.
 
Meltac
offtopic - out of interest: How does Motorfest compare to Crew 2? From What I've heard it's pretty arcady. I mean, I don't mind an arcady drive feeling such as with NFS or DriveClub, but I absolutely hate a too arcady presentation, such a fireworks in every race, cheering mobs besides the track, video cut scenes like in NFS Heat or Grid legends, "cool" moderators like in Dirt 5 or Gravel, this kind of stuff.
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It drives better, but needs a couple of steering adjustments in the options. Physics has just been improved for year 3, and it has made the lower-tier cars more nuanced. Its arcade in style but it has all the fidelity in the gameplay that makes it exceptionally fun to master (took me by surprise after crew 2). It has some cut scene/voice over cheese, all skippable never watched one myself, options allow you to turn off the crap. Im like you cant stand that trying to be cool for the kids stuff thankfully it's not in the way, motorfest leans more towards being vibrant, and has some good car culture in it.
 
evldave333
It drives better, but needs a couple of steering adjustments in the options. Physics has just been improved for year 3, and it has made the lower-tier cars more nuanced. Its arcade in style but it has all the fidelity in the gameplay that makes it exceptionally fun to master (took me by surprise after crew 2). It has some cut scene/voice over cheese, all skippable never watched one myself, options allow you to turn off the crap. Im like you cant stand that trying to be cool for the kids stuff thankfully it's not in the way, motorfest leans more towards being vibrant, and has some good car culture in it.
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Thank you!
 

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