What License or mission are you struggling with that you feel ashamed about?

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For me the FC RX7 drafting mission still isn't golded because I started it the day wind became a factor, and I didn't know it. I looked at multiple tutorials and the ghost and NOTHING I did could get it there.... then I saw the wind update and I'm so pissed I just haven't gone back to finish it yet.

JustMac
I've resigned to using TCS on some cars in various challenges because the oversteer is insta-death a lot of the time. Latest is the BMW M3 '03, thing will try to kill you beyond light steering input.
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Really? I think the E46 is super fun and playful, especially compared to the FD RX7 snap monster. It was a bitch in the M3 challenges where rain progressively ramped up and I'm in a stock E46 vs E92s and F30s with 20sec head starts!

The E92 M3 though is so planted it feels like it's got TCS on sometimes!
 
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Jump_Ace
The only thing I have struggled with this whole game are the st00pid drifting missions (everything else I could find myself chipping away at a good clip). I've managed to (barely) gold the first three, and believe me the Mustang was pure luck. I'm still over 1,000 points short for the Viper one and I've only barely silvered the actual drift car one at Tsukuba once. I've tried every manner of settings adjustments with my wheelbase, in-game settings, assists, you name it and I've tried it at this point.
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I struggle with drifting too. I barely managed bronze on the first drift mission, and I can't do anything with the Mustang (without ending on the grass)
ROAD_DOGG33J
How many cone challenges are there?
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One in each mission level ? I despise those but not as much as drifting :lol:
 
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Lomic
I struggle with drifting too. I barely managed bronze on the first drift mission, and I can't do anything with the Mustang (without ending on the grass)

One in each mission level ? I despise those but not as much as drifting :lol:
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Try not to accelerate too much in the drift tasks. In many other games this is ok. Not here... You have to be gentle with the pedal and mainly use it to determine your drift angle, NOT the steering wheel. Again, as always in this game, speed is key... try it a lot slower and work with gas bursts, that is, a slight "pulse" on the pedal... this will cause the car to go sideways, but not immediately slide over the Rear wheels hopelessly gone.
 
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I try to do that but when I am slow, the cars just turns and does start drifting at all. I drift a lot better when taking turns at high speed and pushing the limit of the car. But at low speed, I can't get it.
 
Trust me, you're at a disadvantage here if you're going too fast because your tires just don't have enough grip, at least that's how it feels to me.

Really try it a little slower and with careful pedal play.
 
The drifting ones. I couldn't get them done fast enough. The Mustang one was the hardest. Really wanted gold so I could get the Corvette Gr3 (already golded all teh other ones in that series). Got bronze and gave up. Figured I'd have more fun racing for the 450k credits to buy the Vette.
 
Talon16
The drifting ones. I couldn't get them done fast enough. The Mustang one was the hardest. Really wanted gold so I could get the Corvette Gr3 (already golded all teh other ones in that series). Got bronze and gave up. Figured I'd have more fun racing for the 450k credits to buy the Vette.
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Me too - stuck on all the drift ones, haven't got a clue how to do it! Managed all the other Missions with no problem, so far.
 
bone_tone
Me too - stuck on all the drift ones, haven't got a clue how to do it! Managed all the other Missions with no problem, so far.
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I know this sounds odd but try using counter steer assist on weak, and using the controller is far easier too. The Mustang one in the mission challenge needs a fair bit of on and off of the handbrake at the start.
 
FPV MIC
I know this sounds odd but try using counter steer assist on weak, and using the controller is far easier too. The Mustang one in the mission challenge needs a fair bit of on and off of the handbrake at the start.
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Tried that, and controller too! Got silver with the Mustang by fluke - braked into the corner, and the score just went up, no throttle at all. Must be a bug?

Good to see you back, missed seeing your times whilst we were all on GT Sport!
 
bone_tone
Tried that, and controller too! Got silver with the Mustang by fluke - braked into the corner, and the score just went up, no throttle at all. Must be a bug?

Good to see you back, missed seeing your times whilst we were all on GT Sport!
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The game has hidden assists on the controllers I believe that's still the case till it gets patched
 
bone_tone
Tried that, and controller too! Got silver with the Mustang by fluke - braked into the corner, and the score just went up, no throttle at all. Must be a bug?
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As long as the car is on an angle with either the throttle or handbrake it seems to keep your score ticking over. The hard part is the transition from handbrake to throttle, then balancing the throttle and not spinning out.
bone_tone
Good to see you back, missed seeing your times whilst we were all on GT Sport!
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Thanks. I've missed playing and comparing lap times etc with all of you guys as well! Good to see @ROCKET JOE back and topping the times sheets again too (as per usual :))!

Injuries have been plaguing me a fair bit to the point I couldn't even use the controller unfortunately. I got back to my wheel for a week or so just before GT7 came out but two days before it dropped I fell out of my wheelchair headfirst (again, and my own stupid fault... again :dopey:) and reinjured my stuffed wrist :indiff: so I'm back to the controller again.
 
xMAXIx79
The last test against the Nismo GT-R is extremely hard
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Even though I already had gold, I wanted to improve my time, and figured you want something that has low drag and is AWD. I was interested to see what the Huracan LP 610-4 '15 could do, as it's not a hugely expensive car, though it's not cheap to fully upgrade it. It smashed the Nismo GT-R by 1.3 seconds, hitting 231mph at the finish line (15.400 seconds). I know there are more expensive cars that can probably do even better, but for one of the cheaper cars, I thought that was pretty good. It also improved my best time for the one against the Viper GTS, doing 9.079.
 
wheelhp
The game has hidden assists on the controllers I believe that's still the case till it gets patched
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Not really "hidden assists", but just the nature of the controller. When playing on a wheel, especially when trying to drift, you have to use a lot of the 900 degrees of rotation, which is a HANDFUL, and also rely on the "natural" correction a car is supposed to do. GT doesn't really feed back steering lock like a IRL car does, so a lot of it is guesswork. I wish we could find and hold opposite lock as easy as an actual car.

On a controller you can go full lock to lock as fast as you can move the stick, so you can constantly adjust very quickly from under to over steer, and you also have quick access to an e-brake, which is super hard to do on a wheel without a peripheral handbrake. It looks weird of replay, but is much easier to keep the car from spinning out.
 
Rizla
Tell me about it, he's always at the top of my friends list. Come to think about it, you are a nightmare to beat these days.
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You're not too shabby yourself either these days, and @nordschleife51 is rocking some very quick times too (topping a lot of my time sheets that RJ hasn't done yet). Everyone seems to have got a lot quicker! The only ones I hit the top first go (clean, without spinning) these days are the drift ones :indiff::lol:
 
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half_sourly
I've golded all the licenses, finished all the menu books and championships on hardest AI, but drifting... I've had to resort to using a controller today to get past the basic drifting mission. Still took about 20 tries to get over 7000 points.

I'm not good at it, don't enjoy it and don't understand the desire to destroy perfectly good tyres. 😀
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Exactly!
I'm in the process of driving the rest of the content to gold.
I'm just too stupid to drift with the steering wheel. TORNADO MODE!

I had to drive all drift missions with the controller, I had no problems there, a maximum of five attempts. I am odd.
 
RSClio182
Northern Isle circuit experience.

I thought, that's easy, no sectors, one and done... How wrong was I?! Try it out for yourself :)

Got it in the end of course but it took many, many attempts!
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I had exactly 2 tries at this and thought f this lol haven't been back since!
 
XSquareStickIt
The freaking drag missions urgh :banghead:

I'm the sort of guy that HATES perma mods to my cars, so the most I do is put bolt on parts. Needless to say I don't have a specialised car for drag, nor do I want to dump hundreds of thousands into a car just for a 10 second race and never touch it again. I swear the AI was cheating when the yellow Civic beat my R8, but NOS solved that. The Viper had me trounced though.

SO I decided to buy drop a whole million on a TS050. Sub tonne, nearly 1000 combined HP, electric motor immediacy, and AWD. Just for insurance, Racing Soft tyres and full strength NOS. AND I STILL LOST. WHAT. THE. HELL?!

Caved in and bought the Veyron for 2.6 million to fill out my car Pokédex, since I had the invite anyway and it was pre 1.07. Slapped the same Racing Soft tyres and full strength NOS on it. Beat the freaking GT-R and got my 2J after. Yeah, even the 24 mins of Le Mans and S-10 were less trouble.

I swear the AI in these drag races are scripted cheaters, but I haven't heard anyone whine about them. Maybe it's just a problem I and no one else has.
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With my GTR R34 tuned to the maximum (except High RPM Turbo), the drag missions were all done on the first try. The car is just amazing.

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You should consider building a permamod monster. Or Tomahawk X, which controls everything xD
 
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LSFDRX
Not really "hidden assists", but just the nature of the controller. When playing on a wheel, especially when trying to drift, you have to use a lot of the 900 degrees of rotation, which is a HANDFUL, and also rely on the "natural" correction a car is supposed to do. GT doesn't really feed back steering lock like a IRL car does, so a lot of it is guesswork. I wish we could find and hold opposite lock as easy as an actual car.

On a controller you can go full lock to lock as fast as you can move the stick, so you can constantly adjust very quickly from under to over steer, and you also have quick access to an e-brake, which is super hard to do on a wheel without a peripheral handbrake. It looks weird of replay, but is much easier to keep the car from spinning out.
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GT7 specifically has hidden assists on the controller. GT Sport did not have the same hidden assists on the controller. Both games support additional assists that can be toggled, however GT7 has some minor built-in assists that are always on for the controller
 
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FPV MIC
You're not too shabby yourself either these days, and @nordschleife51 is rocking some very quick times too (topping a lot of my time sheets that RJ hasn't done yet). Everyone seems to have got a lot quicker! The only ones I hit the top first go (clean, without spinning) these days are the drift ones :indiff::lol:
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I thought we were PSN buddies, sent a friends request anyway, get to see everybodys scores from around the world now, superb.
2 drift missions to gold then I've got them all... Both of them 800pts shy & bring out my inner 14 year old who wants to chuck the controller through the TV screen. :lol:
 
Rizla
I thought we were PSN buddies, sent a friends request anyway, get to see everybodys scores from around the world now, superb.
2 drift missions to gold then I've got them all... Both of them 800pts shy & bring out my inner 14 year old who wants to chuck the controller through the TV screen. :lol:
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We are PSN buddies, but on my other account, but I've accepted the new friends request too. I used THC_gtmic before but as that team I was with has pretty well totally disbanded I changed my PSN so it's now FPVGT-P (named after one of my cars).

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Just to get back on topic a wee bit, the test I struggled with the most so far was the Laguna Seca full lap one with the formula car... until I realized I still had over steer assist on from doing some drifting :embarrassed::dunce:. It really kills the rotation you need to get some fast lap times. I tried and tried but couldn't keep up with the ghost lap at all, not even through turn one, until I turned that assist off. Golded it very soon after... even with me using the controller.
 
My three hardest ones to gold:
  • License test S-10, of course
  • The Sun Also Rises drift challenge at Tsukuba
  • High Speed Ring Circuit Experience one lap attack

The HSR hotlap is the only one of these that I haven’t golded.
 
My nemesis seem to be IA-10. Up to that it was fairly easy, no real problem with either drifting or drag racing. And people on my friend list is 3 sec faster than my best attempt. :/
 
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Shame on me:
  • Supra with the downhill hairpin, I don't know why
  • Mustang and Viper drift, these American cars just won't stop spinning out
  • Nismo GT500 vs the Porsche, NSX, and Aston... turns out the wind was the culprit for messing up the scripted AI behavior which wasted many hours of my life I will never get back
 
Burr-UK
That eco challenge is killing me, I can get consistently 0.2 seconds from gold but just cannot find that extra time. And drifting too, so annoying. I'm playing on a wheel though so might have to give the controller a try for that
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I did it without the wheel, it was all about keeping momentum and coasting. I failed the first 3 times due to speed vs fuel consumption. Just slowly get to 2nd gear maintain 2k rpm, gradually get to 3rd when going downhill so you can coast uphill as far as possible, downshift to 2nd at 2200rpm and try to keep it between 1800 and 2200. do not accelerate going uphill. I went pretty far past the line on my 4th try, I might go for more distance later.
 

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