Weekly Challenge Discussion Thread

[jrbabbitt]

Onatopp vs Bond ? No, me vs Ford

It was not Ford when the DB-5 was built....

 

[Greycap]

Lowered the difficulty on the Willow Springs race and vented out my anger on the rabbit AI.

Bolded and circled the important parts. You don't say?

 

[smoothbore12]

Since i decided that I'll NEVER get the &3#@#& CRB at Ring ( Cursed) i stuck on SPA trying to find with what i can win with lower pp cars ,plus to evaluate their stock performance.
The CRB wasn't the first aspect but i was trying to be as clean as possible.
For example i never " nail " Eau rouge in order to pass ,etc .
Anyway i start with RX500 with SH tyres , took the CRB but was at 520 pp
Follow Stratos on SH a fraction under 500pp no CRB this time
Dino at 490+ pp CRBless
And what beautiful surprise was the Merak !!!!
Excellent handling in stock form with the addition of SM tyres that put her at 486+ pp
And i took the CRB !!!
You should try it .
Of course sometimes depends and at the field , if is only Frankfurter inside with the Ferrari only the chances to win is significant higher.
When Miura ant the Lambos are inside at the front, things are getting difficult to very difficult.
The trip continues....

 

[jad_morffier]

Loving the no ABS challenge with the older cars that never had ABS. The stock Citroen DS 21 Pallas '70 was up for the challenge at Lago Maggiore.

According to Gemini the Citroen DS 21 Pallas '70 had
Load-Sensitive Braking. It used hydropneumatic suspension to mechanically balance braking power.

 

[snowman_pr]

Nice set of races for this week! As always trying to pick the not so obvious choices and giving them the chance to stretch their legs! This weeks chosen few:


1) Sunday Cup Classic - Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B ‘38; 479PP on Comfort Soft tires: Love driving this car for the beautiful interior view and it’s awesome Inline-8 sound, also it’s a natural born drifting machine! And surprisingly what I thought would be an easy win ended in a close call with its descendant the Giulia for an entire lap. The 8C is torquey enough to light its tires any chance it can but also is a boat braking wise, but can win easily if you brake early and take your time!

2) Historic Sports Car Masters - DeTomaso Mangusta ‘69; 579PP on Sports Soft tires: I was waiting for the overpowered rabbit and the AI Miura didn’t disappoint, the whole second lap was an intense battle yet in the final lap after Eau Rouge the Miura just threw the race and I won by over 30 seconds. And the Mangusta was pure analog bliss the whole time! Love how it attacks corners, very rewarding if dialed in just right.

3) Special Event - Renault Avantime ‘02; 514PP on Comfort Soft tires: Just went with all weight reductions, Semi-racing exhaust and managed to win easily. This layout is great for medium pp racing and was another quick win.

4) Hypercar Parade - Porsche 918 Spyder ‘13; 799PP on Racing Medium tires: The Other Ring is actually fun and rewarding for technical driving, the field was packed but this time I chose to “screw it I’m going all in” and destroyed the competition by the end of lap two. Then by the beginning of lap six the Valkyrie started eating away my lead and chew almost a forty second lead down to a 17 seconds behind me at the end. Nice try PD!

5) Neo-Classic Competition - Nissan R92CP ‘92; 800PP on Racing Hard tires: Bringing the big guns so I could catch the leaders by lap 7 and won by over 30 seconds in a no-stop race. Still there was bits of drama at the end of lap 9 between the 2, 3 and 4 positions and the Nissan Silhouette being in the middle of the road! Fun race!

 

[jrbabbitt]

My first weekly races on my new PS5, as I had been told it is miles over the PS4 I had been using FF or the past 4 years (GTSport + GT7) still learning how to do things on new console over the old way...
Here are my results...
Ferrari 250 at Lake Maggiore

it was a nice livery while i had it, i just will not need it after we get the real Espace F1.

"The Ultimate Driving Machine"

passing the other Valkyrie...

Failed first three tries with the tuned MB 190E and i had to resort to the stronger relative of the MB family...

 

[smoothbore12]

My first weekly races on my new PS5,.......

I see you " old camel " , probably you will spend the weekend like this

Enjoy it my friend, you deserve this .

Edit

Travel continues .....
Jag

Lost the CRB but definitely this car delivers in top speed .
At 490 + pp with addition only SH tyres .

Another surprise that took the record from Merak since was 1pp down 😂
The key was the med turbo and the the long gearbox that was faster than the regular one to my surprise .
Also he didn't start quite well but finally i took the damn CRB with all the gang inside .
485.21 pp exactly.

Oups we didn't start well.

Am coming .... beaches 😁

 

[Sir Crashalot]

Good news: After getting no tickets last week, everything is back to normal and weeklies are working again🙂
My plan was hard mode and using cars I haven't driven much so far.

Sunday Cup @Lago Maggiore
Plymouth XNR Ghia /CM tires /379.64PP

The car seems to be quite OP here, easy win. Got CRB.


Special Event @Sardegna
Renault Avantime /SH tires /519.64PP

Tried a very slightly tuned Avantime first, but no chance. So I took my non-swapped race build, put it on SH tires and turned the power down as much as possible. That gave me 236hp and 1200kg, easily enough to win comfortably and clean w/CRB.
I think I've never driven this layout in reverse before but I have to say I like it! Those downhill passages are fun.


Historic sports car masters @ Spa
Porsche 911 RS 901 /SH tires /577.88PP

I made this recently as a 600PP build but switching tires from SM to SH made it a valid choice for this race. And it's a good choice 'cause it simply rocks this race. Won and got CRB.


Hypercars @ Red Bull Ring
Lambo Veneno /SS tires /717.03PP

I bought this last week, took me almost 2 years to get the invite. Time to finally put the car to action!
It was a fun race but not knowing the car at all didn't help. I had contact with another car while overtaking because I underestimated how wide the Veneno is. So no CRB.
And I wasn't quick enough to win, finished second, 3 or 4 seconds behind the Vulcan. But that's ok. As I said, it was a fun race and I really like the Veneno!


Neo Classic @ Willow Springs.
Mazda 787B /RH tires /799.96PP

This was by far the hardest challenge for me this week and took me longer to complete than all other challenges combined.
First I went with the CLK, which I also bought just recently and really wanted to drive. Feels good, but too slow. No chance, finished 6th.
So Group C then. The Nissan was already at 800PP, so I gave it a try. Very understeery, not what I prefer. Went of track multiple times and span out on lap 7. Nope!
Next I tried the Mazda. Much better to drive than the Nissan but less power. Finished 5th😟
At this point I accepted that I just suck with high down force cars and turned the difficulty down to normal. Won comfortably by 15 seconds in a FM2 non-stop race and got CRB.

 

[jesse100190]

Hizal went flying in front of me during the race

 

[OldandSlow]

Hizal went flying in front of me during the race

I saw a few of them do that. The field had more than a few Rally cars. I used my trusty 962 on RH, FM5-6, and ran a no-stopper.

 

[jesse100190]

I saw a few of them do that. The field had more than a few Rally cars. I used my trusty 962 on RH, FM5-6, and ran a no-stopper.

i used my trusty Silhouette ran a 1 stopper, road cars burn through there tires too quickly on the track