Sounds very good to me.

I like Laguna Seca a lot more than Tokyo.

 

1:39.435 with no driving aids, still got more in it. the front doesn't want to turn, bad push grrrrrr. have to get back to playing

 

1'39.489

Yes this car doesn't like to turn at all.

 

geeeezus..... you guys are NEVER happy!!

just go in hot and drift that sumbitch around.... :P

of course I haven't tried yet, lol....

 

lol after about 10 laps and the third lap being my best i started drifting with it, pulling up on the e-brake, hahah so fun. but the sonofabitch doesn't like to turn. piss me off. key is with this car is to goin hot slam on the brakes and turn like hell until it points and then hard on the gas.

 

Yeah...after I played it, I was thinking if I made the wrong choice. It was a handful especially in Laguna Seca. I don't remember the exact lap time I got down to, but I think it was something in the 1'37 range. I just haven't uploaded the screenshot.

 

1'36.783

 

vwong i hate you. i can not break the 1:39 mark. really starting to tick me off. y are you so good. damn i need to get practicing.

 

i hate vwong too, lol.

sheit I may not even try this one...

 

holy shit. there must be someone that REALLY HATES Mercedes and AMG over at Polyphony. Cuz this car sucks major ass - and I can't picture it being THIS bad in real life. I just can't. Holy shit I was not prepared for how bunk ass the handling would be. This is the worst car I have ever played in any GT series. Even the Vitz is better, at least that thing is so godamn slow that you dont really have to fight it. But this... THIS....... god - this is just atrocious. Good lord..... WTF. The M5 walks all over this car in GT4....... damn. I managed a 1'39.921 after about 7 laps of trying and then I just got too fed up and had to stop.

vwong. please seek some kind of mental help. 1'36 in this car at Laguna..... I can't even begin to imagine how you did it. please seek help, because, you're crazy.

 

I haven't raced in forever. What are the standings anyways for this round and overall?

 

Yup, I'm not even close either. Hmm. Maybe I'll give it another try before time's up, but 1'36 is quite

 

I think there are 3 critical turns in this track, T2 (the Andretti Hairpin), corkscrew, and the final turn T11. Ahh...maybe T6 is important too since I found myself losing time in this turn at several laps where I was ahead of the ghost car up until T6.

First you have to start off with a very nice right hander at the T11 of the previous lap to give you that extra speed on the front straight. At T2, brake hard and stay wide at the entry. Be very patient with the throttle at this turn. I think I was coasting at the first half of the turn, then full throttle as the car was point the "right" direction. Late apex it.

T6 was kind of difficult. If you slow down a bit too much, you'll loose speed going uphill. If you don't slow down enough, you'll end up in the dirt.

For the corkscrew, I braked just before the elevation change before the corkscrew, and tried to steer the car toward right to give myself a bigger turning radius for the corkscrew. Be very careful on the throttle during the "drop". Too much gas equals potential spinning.

At the final T11, just brake very hard. This is probably the slowest corner of the track. Don't over push this corner because you'll just end up going into the dirt and losing a lot of time. Use the rub strip/curb to give you more room. BTW, are you guys using the rub strips/curbs? I used a lot of them in the game.

Oh...did I mention that Laguna Seca is one of my favorite tracks? And I played a lot (and I really mean a lot) on the track. I'm hoping that one day in the next couple of years, I can actually drive my car on this track (the real life Laguna Seca).

Sorry for the novel. Hope this helps you guys out. Oh...and sorry about the MB. I found it difficult too but it was too late to change.

 

^^^ damn thanks, wasn't expecting such a detailed analysis

I see what you mean about the Andretti Hairpin... I think that technique would help a lot. but damn this car ain't pretty to drive.

 

i got down to a 1:39.0xx i couldn't exactly remeber put i'll put it up tomorrow.

 

next car?? track?

 

Do you all have the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI Race Car ('93) in arcade mode? I'm thinking about using this car next. How about on Apricot Hill?

 

Oh not all TVR's are bad. I picked up a Tuscan Speed 6 and it wasn't that bad. I was hanging with the Speed 12 on the twisties and won most of the races already with only exhaust, chip, and Stage 1 weight red.

 

TVR is teh suxor.

 

No, thats a prize car from the Alfa Romeo one-make event.

How about the new M5? Everyone has this car in arcade mode, and it handles like dream.

 

yea I don't have the Alfa... I could get it, but I don't have it at this juncture.

I would LOVE to race the new M5...

 

Ok, then M5 on Apricot Hill. Same rules apply. Let's make it official.

I still like the Alfa. So you guys should prepare that one coming in the future (if I win another round ).

 

any thoughts on running modified races at some point? Sorta like JCGT? Limit by HP?

 

^^^ I'm down, but how about weight - obviously running a lightweight 500hp car against a heavy 500hp car won't be too fair.... how would we handle that.

 

up to the driver right? I guess we'd register the cars and say this what i'm running and this is how much it weighs. Limited to 500hp. If a driver feels ok running a certain amount of weight then it should be ok. There are very few cars with insanely low weight like the elise and high trq so it should remain fairly even.

 

I have another idea.

What about specify a car, then also specify what mods are allowed, the tire choice, and let the driver play with whatever settings work best for them. Would this work?

 

I just think the numbers would vary wildly then. At least with how we have it setup now, we are sure that all the cars are equal - so we are really only measuring driver skill - generally speaking. I don't have a problem with it though - but I think the numbers will vary wildly. I would be open to trying it though. If we are allowed to tweak the car settings, then I think they will vary even more - but the good thing is maybe we can then share tuning techniques and get more technical with those settings.

 

One step at a time. Take a fully modded JGTC 500 car. Allow settings to be tweaked. No mods allowed. Specify tires.

 

problem with specific car is not everbody might have it.

 

agreed, this could be a longer term race instead of weekly. Perhaps monthly? Give people time to discuss settings etc.,?

 

I like this idea.

 

1.31.819... I don't have time for more laps, but that's the best I've got so far.

 

1'28.931 - this car is a joy to drive..... and this track is quite fun too.

 

yea, i can go with this as well. I'll throw a your way.

 

1'28.234

So it should be around 1'25 for vwong......

 

1'27.313

 

1:29.161 my best, i'll gain about a second and then lose it on naother par tof the track i can't seem to put it all together.

 

i should really blow the dust off my PS2 and get back into this game

 

I'm so busy lately that I'm down to once a week. I've been stuck at 79% for 2 weeks now.

 

79%??!?!? good lord