World Classic Car Series

[HONDAndy]

Honda s800 race car, limit the power maybe add lsd around 380pp iirc good fun on laguna seca! Gonna try some other old cars now

 

[zippy_the_cat]

Leaving the moaning to the side, can report that with the Toyota 2000GT I managed (in track order) gold, silver, bronze, 6th and gold on my first goes. Quickly upgraded the result on Tokyo to 4th. My 2000GT is stock except for sports softs. Problem is its relatively slow acceleration -- the only track it really gets up to full speed on is Tokyo and then only for a few seconds. It didn't seem to have the puff to catch up to the lead pair on Monza, and might have the same issue on Tokyo. The initial poor result on Tokyo you can chalk up to a lap 1 spin at the chicane near the stadium that came when an AI I was ill-advisedly dicing with tapped my car's right-rear. The Monza result made me go hmm because I thought I'd driven the track well -- on my way through the pack made a nifty pass of two cars in the Ascari, taking one on entry and one leaving, just kind of weaving between the two. The kart track was fun -- tight -- but I had no real trouble getting to the head of the line. Same with Cape Ring South, though the AI is more competitive there than on Cape variants that include the flyover. The Laguna Seca silver will turn to gold as soon as I get around to re-running that one -- was just a bit sloppy on the first run and wound up crossing the line on the lead guy's back bumper. The Toyota is a nice car but could use a roll bar or two, the way it flops around.

 

[Machate-man]

I got 3rd place in a Stock Citroen 2cv w/sport soft tyres on the eifel track:tup:

 

[VipQ]

I finished all races with Toyota Sport 800. 130hp and 580kg. It was easy in all tracks except Tokyo. Because Tokyo is a high speed track and the 800 is not the right choice. The problem with it is when the power increase it reach the cutoff. So, I bought a gear and modded the ratios to be tall ratios for 1,2,3 and short for 4,5. The cosmio made a great battle as its acceleration is way better than 800. I made it with late braking and drifting in some corners.

 

[Reaper85]

i was alittle suprised to see this event rather than the bonus races, but despite i havnt done all the other challenges, its still nice to see fresh events..

once bobby boi has done his thing i will try out theses events ..

will be honest i only do the SE mainly for the extra mulla and xp rather than just the fun, but it is a good way to try new or un-used cars out...


to thoses that complain about the cr/xp, have you actually looked closely at them? do you not see the difference? you are earning the total and more of a 2 or so identical race event in A & B in just one race... just so you see it 'JUST ONE RACE'....

so you are doing a 2 + race event in one setting, now if that isnt a positive to you, then you are a fool....

 

[mangobob]

The little yellow Honda S800 race car's a fun car for this series, won on the last corner of cape ring!

Don't tune it, or even change the oil for a good race, low on power but high on grip

 

[diegorborges]

Lots of complaints as usual about the amounts of credits and XP. I guess I am a glass half full type of person becuase I look at the payouts and think about where else in the game I can use those types of cars and within 10 minutes get that many credits. I personally can't stand running laps on the ovals just to get the max credits for the time. I would rather continue to get slightly less credits and do something with more variety. I do like the idea of the credits and XP varying based on the competition. Maybe that is on the way in a future update since it seems like that may already exist for online and remote races.

PS. I would also love to see prize cars given for completing the whole series of seasonals.

+1 sir... I think exactly the same.

I found some nice usage for my Giulia GTA.

 

[wrxkurt]

I got 3rd place in a Stock Citroen 2cv w/sport soft tyres on the eifel track:tup:

I might have to try this later.

 

[FLX1981]

I think the whole complaining is based on a stupid mistake by PD. The opponents are nowhere near the 400-500 performance points they claim. I mean, look at those cars and they are only slightly tuned, if at all.

Take one of those for a spin or an Alfa thats not the TZ2 - I took that in the first race because I followed the performance points advice from PD and I of course annihilated the competition (what a lovely and fantastic car, though).
Afterwards I switched to my only very slightly tuned Isuzu Coupe (took me 5 tries to win Tokyo!) and the G4. I had lots of fun today!

PS:

I got 3rd place in a Stock Citroen 2cv w/sport soft tyres on the eifel track

You' re my hero!

 

[AarkonD]

yeah the old alfas are great cars i used the Giulia GTA and the 1600 Spider for half the races.

off topic has anyone seen the new Alfa 4c? OMG that thing looks sweet they should put it up for DL in the game.

 

[Big Ron]

Everybody try out the Ginetta G4 in stock condition except a small exhaust tuning and smallest clutch update. Really great fun.

 

[Puggy73]

Hey, first time posting.

Used my medium tuned '69 Camaro from the dealership for the first race which was too easy so tried a totally stock Guilia Sprint GTA 1600 (382PP) i won somehwere and managed 3rd on Laguna Seca, another lap and i'd have had it, seemed more fun this way.

 

[Pelikan]

I used my fully tuned fiat 500 on RH tires at the Cape, Laguna Seca, and the Eifel Kart Track. It was pretty challenging, but I am sure that it can be done on SS tires as well. For the two other tracks, Monza and Tokyo, I used a completely stock 2000GT. Monza was moderately difficult, but the Tokyo track is a whole different story. If you drive in a clean, realistic manner, then Tokyo in the 2000GT should be a hefty challenge.

If you are saying that these races are too easy, try driving something that is either a clear underdog, or a car that is stock from that era (typical opponents).

I enjoyed the races, and I appreciate these classics even more.

 

[Conemasher]

I think the whole complaining is based on a stupid mistake by PD. The opponents are nowhere near the 400-500 performance points they claim. I mean, look at those cars and they are only slightly tuned, if at all.

Take one of those for a spin or an Alfa thats not the TZ2 - I took that in the first race because I followed the performance points advice from PD and I of course annihilated the competition (what a lovely and fantastic car, though).
Afterwards I switched to my only very slightly tuned Isuzu Coupe (took me 5 tries to win Tokyo!) and the G4. I had lots of fun today!

PS:

You' re my hero!

I tuned mine a bit to about 54hp and was able to win this with the 2CV. Much fun.

 

[axletramp]

Good to see how this thread has gone from an excuse to knock PD and the Seasonals to a group of people having great fun with cars they wouldn't normally have considered (OP excluded as he was just listing details).

Leaving for home soon so I can get some of that action myself...

 

[benda18]

I used to think that most of the complaints about GT5 were valid. Then I opened this thread and read all the whining about how lame this week's Seasonal Events were because they were too easy when using ONE MILLION HORSEPOWER cars. For grief.

Haven't raced them yet but totally excited. Look at just a few of the cars you could make a competitive race out of:

Honda N360 '67
Volkswagen Typ2 (T1) Sambabus '62
Toyota Sports 800 '65
Honda S500 '63
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe (Type-1) ‘68
Honda S600 '64
Honda S800 '66
Nissan Skyline 1500 Deluxe (S50D-1) '63
Ginetta G4 '64
Nissan Bluebird 1600 Deluxe (510) '69
Nissan Silvia (CSP311) '65
Nissan Skyline Sport Coupe (BLRA-3) '62
Honda S800 Race Car #25 '68
Lotus Elan S1 '62
Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto '66
Mazda 110S (L10A) '67
Mazda Cosmo Sport (L10A) '67
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1600 '65
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale '63
Isuzu Bellett 1600 GT-R '69
Isuzu 117 Coupe '68
Mazda 110S (L10B) '68
Nissan Skyline 2000GT-B (S54A) '67
Mazda Cosmo Sport (L10B) '68
Nissan Bluebird Rally Car (510) #4 '69
Chevrolet Corvette Convertible (C1) '54
Nissan Fairlady 2000 (SR311) '68
Toyota 2000GT '67

 

[Quagmire]

Doesn't anyone have fun just driving? If you take a Cobra against slower cars, I mean you still get to drive a freakin Cobra on a track. And this is boring?

 

[mcsimfan]

I took the PP advice and used the 67 Mercury Cougar (I think it was around 450PP) for the race at Laguna. Way to easy even with sports hards. I probably should have tried it with the stock tires, comfor softs I think. Sounds like guys are winning these races with cars that have very low PP numbers. I love some of the suggestions that are posted here. I will have to give some of them a try when I get home tonight.

 

[Puggy73]

Managed first on Laguna Seca second time round after a few upgrades to the Guliana, Sports exhaust, Racing Intake, Cat converter, Sports clutch and flywheel. Passed the Cosmos on the last corner as it was still quicker on the straights, still using comfort softs.

 

[Garagiste]

After rinsing the first race in my trusty E-type I took the Elan S1 out for its first race. Really nice drive, but when it decides to get a tank slapper on it take half a lap to get it pointing the right way again.
A slightly mean update considering we got nothing last week, but lots of fun so not really complaning.

 

[Hastatus]

The issue of how hard or easy this race is comes down to this:

It's boring to have to tune down a slow car all the time to set the difficulty ourselves. Sometimes we want to have to tune up fast cars, fine tune transmissions, etc and have a fast paced race at the upper limits.

These Seasonals have been going downhill fast: you have a certain driving skill level, now tune your car until your level is close to that of the AI. It should be set up that you have to do more improving of your own driving skill to beat opponents (like Seasonal 1 and 2 or some of the license tests). As far as I'm concerned PD must have trouble making races like Seasonal 1 and 2 or the overtaking license tests and they take the easy way out: they make a race that is so easy to over-power the competition that they don't even have to bother testing the races to see if they are doable. Yes they save themselves time by forcing us to figure out what a suitable challenge is. I don't want to have to do this all the time. Why can't they calculate what real people's average times are on those tracks and give the AI suitable cars to make it challenging for us. Or at least set up some challenging recommendation cars.

The fact is that additional content should not be easier than the existing A-Spec races. They should be made much more difficult because it is those who have already beat all the races who need more content and challenges, not those who are just starting out. Right now the Seasonals are set so lvl 0 players can enter and win: it's time that PD sets up some lvl 30 - 40 Seasonal Challenges.

 

[Acumen]

I normally cannot bring myself to use the controller, but late nights the DFGT is considered noisy by others in my household. So at 1am I find myself enjoying the Cape Ring for the first time with a mildy tuned Isuzu 117 on CS tires with a controller. Last corner, last lap I dive down the inside of the leader but can't control my line. I do an over/under swap with the AI car, my 117 tail-sliding in the pit entry. I get passed just in time to pull back on, nearly slamming the end of the pit wall. Drafted, then pulled out and won by 0.2 seconds.

Yeah, this is pretty fun when you try to match the other cars! I'll probably get my use out of these seasonals.

 

[jmarin]

I actually like this event, It give me a chance to buy some cars that I always wanted like the Toyota 2000GT and the Ginetta G4.

I tried both of them with Sports Soft and Sports filter (I know I'm a wuss) and had lots of fun, nice change of pace and those cars are gorgeous.

I'm think I will give it a try with a Cosmo and a Alfa Spider that I already own and then I'll use my supercharged Ghia

 

[column5]

I normally cannot bring myself to use the controller, but late nights the DFGT is considered noisy by others in my household. So at 1am I find myself enjoying the Cape Ring for the first time with a mildy tuned Isuzu 117 on CS tires with a controller. Last corner, last lap I dive down the inside of the leader but can't control my line. I do an over/under swap with the AI car, my 117 tail-sliding in the pit entry. I get passed just in time to pull back on, nearly slamming the end of the pit wall. Drafted, then pulled out and won by 0.2 seconds.

Yeah, this is pretty fun when you try to match the other cars! I'll probably get my use out of these seasonals.

LOL, yeah that reminds me of one of the license tests on the Chamonix snow track...I spun out just before the finish line and sailed across in reverse but still took silver.

 

[buziii]

Has anybody given the 'wagens (Schwimm & Kubel) a go yet?

 

[bsquad]

Has anybody given the 'wagens (Schwimm & Kubel) a go yet?

Was thinking the same thing...time to dust off the schwimmwagon!

Personally, I appreciate what PD is doing with the Seasonal Events...definitely giving us an arena to try cars we normally wouldn't try and still earn credits/xp.

 

[mcsimfan]

The issue of how hard or easy this race is comes down to this:

It's boring to have to tune down a slow car all the time to set the difficulty ourselves. Sometimes we want to have to tune up fast cars, fine tune transmissions, etc and have a fast paced race at the upper limits.

I disagree with you on this. There are plenty of those types of races at the Expert and Extreme levels in A-Spec. I have run the DTM championship many times using a varirty of cars that have been tuned up. I agree with most and say that I would like those races to earn more credits/XP given that they are longer in length. To what A-Spec lacks are some of the lower level races that also earn decent rewards for the time invested. They have given us those with the last couple seasonals.

 

[Multikill08]

Very weird. So I go to the race selection screen, and then I look in my garage for a nice car to do these races with. The game says I can use the Buick Special '62. I then want to start the race and the game says it's not an car from before 1970???? Fail?

 

[ShaneG]

Thank you PD for having the Tokyo course run in reverse!!

It's nice to have a bit of variation in the course selection once in a while. 👍

(...waits for the Miata at Tsukuba race in the next round. )

 

[BWX]

Glad we FINALLY get some more races to race, really, but here's my problem. Why can't PD give us 20 or 30 races? Seriously, it can't take more than 30 minutes of one person's time to "create" all the races we just got. Why not throw a bunch at us then? Why so little content in GT5 altogether (A-Spec), and why not easily improve it now? WTF, I don't get it.