srika

don't know what that car is capable of, I'll have to check it out.

srika

come on now, can't compare the F1 to the CLK-DTM...

srika

Crazy88 you got a sweet F1... I love that color combo. damnit. :lol:

Doom878

Tried the Ring enduro with my buddy Minolta again. I got like 5400 so probably too soon. He missed the dang pit with red tires so I checked 20 mins later and 2nd place by 2 mins. The 2nd place car was that 67 race car. I figured I'd be 3rd by daylight.

MSZ

srika, I think you should get a sub-5 min lap time to join GTPlanet's "sub-5 club".

Mizouse

dang crazy88 thats IS a nice color combo me and my meh orange colored one

MSZ

You can always B-Spec it for another one.

Personally I will never do that.

Mizouse

yea.. not worth the wait just to get another color combo.. itd be nice if GT had an option to repaint your cars specially w/ the used cars cause you're stuck with a preset color

Doom878

How can you prove a time in the game? You can't transfer replays unless you tape it and do the whole BS.

Doom878

Speaking of which we need to set up a post a time trial competition. We did at V6P when GT3 came out. Basically we set up the track, car, etc. You have a week to get a best time and then post we our times. It's pretty fun.

Mizouse

damn.. this wheel is so hard to get used to

srika

I'll try but I think that's gonna be quite tough. People are doing it with the Minolta and I sure as hell can't control that car at the Ring at its maximum power setting. Maybe one day I will try again to tweak the settings to make it more stable. But I don't think I'll be threatening any sub-5 second times at the Ring for a while. That is a bit loony.

srika

well most of the time it's just by scout's honor or whatever you wanna call it... you could also take a screenshot with a camera but there will be people that say you photoshopped it or something - honestly to me its dumb to say you ran a time you didn't actually run, I mean, that does absolutely nothing for me. But there are people out there who will do it, for whatever reason.

Supposedly there is a legit way to prove times - if you go into the Rankings screen on any track, and move the arrow to any of your times listed, and press START, it will give you a passcode consisting of numbers. Supposedly this sequence of numbers can be used to prove your time. How, I don't know. But I have seen some sites where they ask for this passcode as proof for running a certain time.

AS3.0CL

srika, what were your lap times when running the supra and the vette. i've been messing around with the tommy kaira ZZII and added a wing giving it a 55 fromt and 65 rear downforce and been messing with the suspenion. i've been running about a 6:18 which was my best but i did have some offs. i still do not totally know the ring. btw this was with the wheel not the controler.

srika

Here is a page showing all of the F1 car colors - there are 11 in all:

http://toshtune.studio-tozawa.com/formulaone.php

this is the best I've found so far.

Mizouse

is there only 1 F1 car? but many different colors?? if so that sux.. GT3 had a bunch of different modeled F1 cars

the wheel is fun.. took some getting use to

srika

yes only 1 F1 car. I agree, I was expecting there to be a few like in GT3. Oh well.

I think I may end up getting a wheel at some point this year. I have been perusing the following thread at GTplanet, checking out people's setups, and it just looks like so much fun. Yeah I am quite sure I will give in. Check all the pages of this thread, there are some innovative ideas in here:

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57739

Crazy88

after seeing the "cockpit forum" over on GTP, seriously some people take GT4 wayyy tooo far. I am content with my regular controller.(no wheel, or pedals)

srika

hahahha... yeah I don't think I would go quite as far as some of those people went... but damn, gotta admit, some of those setups ownz j00

ps. I'm really not the type of person that would write "ownz j00", but for some reason I like writing it on more than a few occasion.

Minch00

Blue and White for me please


If I ever get to 25%

Doom878

God I can still her the Toyota 2000GT buzzing in my ear from Mission 11 NY. Mission 12 is going to be tough.

I ran the Minolta a couple of times on the ring and barely beat my CLK DTM time of 6:46 or whatever I posted. How do you guys stabilize it? Increase stabilizer rate, lower car even more, unstiffen spring rate?

srika

First thing you have to do is memorize the track - at least as best as you can... so you can be ready for the coming turns. Have you done that yet? If not, keep running it until you know it. I know its a lot of turns but trust me, it's possible, with lots of practice.

In regard to the tuning on the Minolta, I am going to try getting it more stable soon. Will keep you posted.

srika

^^^ wait - are you saying you beat the mission with the 2000GT????

Mizouse

i have a set up as well.. well i jacked my roommates desk that hes not using.. ill post pics when i set it back up.. cause it takes up the entire living room

MSZ

I still can't beat mission 11, yes the 2000 GT one. I hate that fucking race!

Doom878

Yeah I beat the 2000GT one. It wasn't as bad as the one I'm on now with the Ford GT Race Car. I can't beat -3 seconds. I have to re-learn Laguna Seca or something. I thought I knew the track but I can't figure out what part of the track I can improve on. Anyone want to get in depth?

I still have Mission 11 in my head MSZ. Let me know if you need a tip or so. I remember the turns, gears I used, and how I took the turns. Here's a tip. On that straightaway where you're going north. Don't follow the road. Make your own line going up. It shaves off a lot of time.

Doom878

In other news, I'm up at to 42%. Europe is almost conquered short of the French race and 1000 miles. Professional is almost done except for the last race. Did the 2nd last race with my Skyline GTR. I gotta buy a truck and a 3400mm car for beginner. Special Conditions only has 6 races on Hard left. I figured out the track with ice races. Hug the curves since the game automatically turns you. Hey the stupid car bumps you for 5 secs then my trick balances it out. I did most of it with the Impreza Conpect Rally car. I gotta go with more juice for hard. Did the NY endurance race to win that Diablo look alike. Car handles like ass but has nice top end. Does 60mph in 1st gear.

mantis23

Thats the one I ended up with.

Gotta collect 'em all!

MSZ

I think I know how to beat mission 11, I just need MORE playing time(still too many things to do in the game, you know how huge this game is...)

mantis23

I took about a 2-3 week break. But I'm back in full effect now.

Only 35% completed.

srika

man that is crazy you beat mission 11. I tried it a few times, I am just too impatient to do it. I did the Ford GT @ Laguna race, took me about 5 tries. You basically have to run 3 perfect laps. It's tough but at least the car is fun to drive.

You can gain a lot of time on the AI at the corkscrew, as well as turn 1, and turns 2 and 3.

GOOSE

Quick question:

You know how you can sort the cars in your garage by different categories?

Everytime I go to the garage, only one of the category tabs (power) is listed, the other one is left blank. I change it to whatever I want (let's say price for example). When I exit and re enter, it changes back to power/blank.

Any way to "lock" these tabs, or make them default settings so they always stay the same? It's very annoying to keep shuffling categories around.

MSZ

I don't think you can lock it. It has been the same fucking way since day 1(GT1)...very annoying indeed...

GOOSE

OK thanks.

^ So it's always "power/blank" for you guys too?

mantis23

I think its power / driven for me, I'll have to check.

Zapata

i haven't played this game in 3 weeks....

srika

I like the default setting, which is the last 20 cars in the order you drove them. Suits me well because I have a favorite group of cars that I drive more often than the others.

Doom878

I can't get the cork screw. I'll be in 4th going up the hill then I'll nail the breaks right when it plateaus out. It's not too late or early when I do it. I try to follow the black trail line but if I get it right (I'll spin out like 60% of the time there) and end up on the left side when going downhill it seems to be the quickest. In part 1 and 2 I was able to fly over that part easy but it seemed to become a sharper turn by GT3. Let me know what you do there. If that don't work then I'll do a full turn by turn assessment.

If you want to sort by power you have to take the left column off power into another category like weight for example. Then the one on the right allows you to sort power. You can't have both listed. The left is not a sorter, it allows one extra detail (weight, country, powertrain, etc) while the right lets you sort. The arrow determines ascending vs. descending.

srika

Try braking before the hill reaches the plateau. You may feel like you are braking too early - but you're not - turn in early for the turn and then follow a relatively straight line through the middle of it - you should be able to maintain a good speed going through it. Laguna Seca in GT4 was remapped and redone - they went back out to Cali and took new measurements and readings. The track was a bit artificial in GT3, its now much more realistic.

Also, if you wipe out at all during the first 2 laps, restart the race. It's pointless to continue through with all 3 laps, unless you want to get more practice. If even on your first lap, you wipe out at the first turn - restart. You won't catch up, and then you'll be kicking yourself at the end of lap 3, when you lose. Just in case you didn't know that already.

Doom878

Been there done that. I think I'll try again this weekend.

I finally finished Beginner and Pro so time to warm up the Minolta for the Pro Championship.