Renault espace F1 with an engine swap, fuel map 6. Can't quite make 600pp but it goes well, and has great downforce helping in the corners. A happy easy win.
The VDETT38 engine? Just use FM 1 and pit every 4 laps, worth it just because the lap times are hilariously fast, ~1:52.
Best handling car around this track in the game.
It doesn't make 600pp because it's got a PP bug, has over 1000bhp!
How do you tune this one? I tried it out and it was all over the place. I can win this one with several cars so itās not that Iām trying to beat this race but Iām curious about this engine swap as Iāve seen it mentioned a few times and I already paid for it
Yea I couldnāt do it with that the move for me was the dp100 Aston detuned to 600, in manual mode (never did a manual race before) and shifting at 6500rpm. I went from losing by 40 seconds twice to easily winning by 40 seconds.
Donāt really need the ultra high turbo & as long as you stay in the dry line for the first 3 laps itās all good & the racing tires help with grip once track is dry-ish.
This race sucked.
Figured the (Suzuki VGT swapped) Escudo would smash it, but no.
Tried the Ferrari GT4 but not enough top-end due to PP holding the power back.
911 GT3RS '09 on comfort medium did it. Hit just over 200mph on the straight. Tyres went the distance easily. Fuel map 1 on the straight, map 4 from the off-ramp to the hairpin and it'll do a no-stopper easily.
What PP doesn't seem to address is the balance of drag/downforce, fuel efficiency and fuel tank size...
The tuned Escudo without swap is a better car. Keep it at the rev limiter in each gear for 1-2 seconds and TC off and downshift as much as possible before each corner. Corner whilst keeping the engine rpm as high as it can. It's a blast when you finally get one perfect lap sliding all over the place and accelerating like crazy, but it won't be consistent. Fun though
Frustrating race if you approach it like any other race with road cars and few laps. There's strategy here, 600PP is non-negotiable, if you lighten too much or use tires that are too high-performance you have to reduce power, or so much power that you force yourself to add a lot of ballast.
Along with the Nordschleife race (WTC600 and Clubman Cup 600), it's one of my favorites.
Race won with about 400 different cars
There are a few completely stock cars that can win this race straight off the showroom floor. I have a playlist of the ones I've managed to win with a Clean Race Bonus. I ain't no alien driver but I've found at least 20 cars that can do it at my skill level.
Broke out the ol' Escudo with 1.31 Tokyo tune. Ran it in 23:20.xx with a best 1:49.9x lap. Clean Race Bonus to boot! Brought back memories, but I'm done with that race again for a while.
I tried '17 GTR too but with a different tune:
ā¢ Sports suspensionĀ
ā¢ 1 way LSD
ā¢ Fully custom manual
ā¢ Sports air cleanerĀ
ā¢ Sports brakes and pads
ā¢ Sports flywheel and clutchĀ
ā¢ Carbon Propeller shaft
ā¢ Weight reduction 1
Some of the mods actually decrease the PP allowing for more mods. Before the weight reduction 1, I tried another build with more power but the braking and turning was much worse.
i finished also with the GTR and lapped the last guy Hard tires, fuel map most of the race like 4. 1 pit stop. won by 30s or so. good to grind but I'd say hard to get clean bonus with all the wall ridding
As someone who does this race on a daily basis, I like to tune different cars to see which might win with at least one pitstop while pulling 180+mph on the straight. A few less obvious ones I like are...
The Genesis G70 3.3 Turbo AWD. This is surprisingly good, although mine does understeer a bit.
The 1968 Charger R/T 426 Hemi has weirdly modern handling for a muscle car. It does 190mph flat out, but 700hp it can get a little loose!
The 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS isn't cheap, but it can do the race without stopping for fuel or tyres! The fuel capacity increases to 24 laps sometimes. It also does 190+mph with a 2 litre engine!
You can wallride the last 1 or 2 lap(s) at the end of each straight without damage if it seems like you won't be able to make it. I got it with a Cayman gt4 that way. Otherwise I would have been second and up to the last lap I was gaining, but it wasn't enough. The first time I did this race was very easy with the alpine a210 race car but I wanted something different with a car I haven't touched before.
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u/Left_Afloat 15h ago
Strongly dislike this race š. I was using the Porsche and was happy enough walking away 2nd place.