it appears the easiest way to win these seasonal events is to buy the fully customizable suspension / LSD, Drivetrain and make sure you know what you're doing with it for the type of car.. not very easy for those who havent played gran turismo for a long time (like me) but once i got back into it it makes a huge difference, especially if youre driving a heavy car
edit: thanks bennah...
edit2: could you loan me it for 30 mins? I cant find one on the market right now, game name DeLiTa7x
I havent played GT since GT2 so its not that difficult - you just have to be very accurate with your driving style and most of all be consistent. Try and pass cars at the best possible times and attempt slipstreaming at all times possible (especially down the long pit/back straights). So in that respect its just like every other GT - learn the circuits, understand how your car behaves under braking, cornering and acceleration and marry the two with your car setup...
I would recommend all the drivetrain changes (flywheel, clutch and rod) and fully customised gearbox - I dont think suspension is that important, that matters on the specific track and your driving style - if you find your car has large amount of body roll (RX-7 is a good example) then stiffening bars are much more useful to reduce the lateral g force which is preventing you maintaining corner speed.
One thing I noticed on the GT-R challenge is that 4WD just understeer badly, previously Ive been able to introduce slight oversteer by changing brake bias to the rears (just means your fronts dont lock up as much due to reduce braking requirement and so hopefully point the car more into the corner). With the GT-R this wasnt enough so I did opt for the torque modify mod - putting that on even at default settings (30/70) makes a 4WD car much more pointy like a RWD (how I prefer my cars to behave) and so allows better corner speed, just watch how you apply the throttle...
The seasonal events have saved GT5 for me - the rewards provided reflect the effort in maintaining a good driving style and 'perfect laps' and allows you to pick up good habits for other events.
I would say SeVen that you might be better equipped to do some grinding or some time on practise and get your head around those setups, just that time unlocking how a car feels and what you can do to change it to your preference will help you more than just borrowing cars and not getting how others can do it but you cant...
EDIT: Also dont forget vaguely attempting to keep your car in the rev power band if possible - means you accelerate far faster out of corner - but thats not always possile on AT (yes I sadly still use AT)...
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