European Events : 1000 Miles! race
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Just use a old car i used first time my 67 Skyline 4 door that i won from the FR racing. and i had to race agian since my data when bye bye. MY second time i used dodge charger. but i belive the 67 skyline is better has a good sound and its fitst with other weaker cars. and you can get good a-spec points. i raced on a-spec i want to enjoy the country european tracks i am from europe. So its nice to drive with the old cars.
Sanjko
I did the Nurburgring Circuit with ease in my Chevrolet Corvette Stingray but I encountered a number of problems.
1) Tyres were crap, I had to pit every 2 laps because my tyres were turning red
2) Fuel. Every 5 laps I had to pit because my Sting Ray was getting thirsty
3) I finished in 3 hours 42 minutes and 31 seconds, is that good?
Can people tell me what are the best tyres for endurance races. Plus if I fit NOS onto a car and the NOS runs out, if I pit, does my NOS gauge refil?
Thanks in advance
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I used the Jaguar E-Type with a stage one turbo to beat this series.
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yeah i used the jaguar e type also. had no problem with b spec
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- Grabsplatter
Curse that 1%gt_masta
I tried this today. My only pre 60s non-race car over 116 hp was the Mercury Cougar. I can't remember where I won it, but it's damn fast (400 and something hp) and handles really well.
I only ran one lap of the Nurb just to try it out. I didn't have time to tackle the whole race. I was something like 35 seconds ahead without even completing the first lap!
I only ran one lap of the Nurb just to try it out. I didn't have time to tackle the whole race. I was something like 35 seconds ahead without even completing the first lap!
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- carolina2001 & GTP_carolina2001
F310B: The Cougar is the prize car for earning the S license.
Sti04: It's in European Hall because all of the tracks are in Europe.
Sti04: It's in European Hall because all of the tracks are in Europe.
I'm currently letting B-spec race it, and I'm on lap 30/35 or Sarthe. I'm using the 67' Mercury car you win for S liscense. It's working fine for me... and it's only taken 5 hours so far >_> (lets hear it for x3 speed up.. meh..)
Definetally try out that Cougar if you don't have much money (but still enough to bump the performance up some) and want that fast (meh.. not really) cash.
Definetally try out that Cougar if you don't have much money (but still enough to bump the performance up some) and want that fast (meh.. not really) cash.
SportWagon
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First time, I B-spec'd it just to make it take only a long time instead of a ridiculously long time. Yeah, even at 3x it should take about 5 hours. 
Well over 4, anyway.
Now I'm half-way through A-spec with a stock E-type (non-power mods only), no oil change, +200KG. Start races on T-N3 ("road") to wangle an extra point, then switch to T-S2 afterwards. (I almost like the N3's better though, actually). Is this one of those series which is completely different if some particular snarky AI car (A/C Cobra) shows up?
Anyway, even overpowering the meager field (best car is a 1965 Alfa Romeo Guila GTA 1600 '65) like that, I personally find it very educational. 25 laps at the Nurburgring. Wow. By the end, I knew when that fast stretch down to the Karrussell was going have too sharp a kink, and my thumb was getting really good at delicate steering adjustments.
But it really is too long. Last weekend I managed the first two races, but the next at Cote d'Azur looks to be over 3.5 hours long! Too long to start on most evenings if I hope to be in bed by midnight. And you can't qualify and save that because if you exit qualifying and return, you're back in 6th place!!!!
The sick thing is, the first two races each didn't feel any longer than when I first did the Grand Valley 300 back in GT1. But it was somewhat of a test of endurance. I sure needed the bathroom after I was done!
And right now my game is mostly held hostage. Luckily I do make extra copies, and so, for instance, in an "unofficial" game I tested myself at Cote d'Azur, skipped the race, and then tested at Sarthe. (Wow again!--I hope the lack of rigidity refresh won't cause too much harm when I eventually get there after Cote d'Azur) And I did other stuff I don't remember, but I don't want to end up with multiple games going permanently.
I'm thinking of seeing if a Nissan Bluebird '69 has a shot at getting a good number of A-spec points in this series, after I'm done this one.
Regarding N3 tires, they seem to get the same wear as S2, and I seem only slightly slower, but the feedback seems more natural, and you less often get into unexplainable quirky predicaments (wildly being pulled from side-to-side, and what-not).
Well over 4, anyway.Now I'm half-way through A-spec with a stock E-type (non-power mods only), no oil change, +200KG. Start races on T-N3 ("road") to wangle an extra point, then switch to T-S2 afterwards. (I almost like the N3's better though, actually). Is this one of those series which is completely different if some particular snarky AI car (A/C Cobra) shows up?
Anyway, even overpowering the meager field (best car is a 1965 Alfa Romeo Guila GTA 1600 '65) like that, I personally find it very educational. 25 laps at the Nurburgring. Wow. By the end, I knew when that fast stretch down to the Karrussell was going have too sharp a kink, and my thumb was getting really good at delicate steering adjustments.
But it really is too long. Last weekend I managed the first two races, but the next at Cote d'Azur looks to be over 3.5 hours long! Too long to start on most evenings if I hope to be in bed by midnight.
And you can't qualify and save that because if you exit qualifying and return, you're back in 6th place!!!!The sick thing is, the first two races each didn't feel any longer than when I first did the Grand Valley 300 back in GT1. But it was somewhat of a test of endurance. I sure needed the bathroom after I was done!
And right now my game is mostly held hostage. Luckily I do make extra copies, and so, for instance, in an "unofficial" game I tested myself at Cote d'Azur, skipped the race, and then tested at Sarthe. (Wow again!--I hope the lack of rigidity refresh won't cause too much harm when I eventually get there after Cote d'Azur) And I did other stuff I don't remember, but I don't want to end up with multiple games going permanently.
I'm thinking of seeing if a Nissan Bluebird '69 has a shot at getting a good number of A-spec points in this series, after I'm done this one.
Regarding N3 tires, they seem to get the same wear as S2, and I seem only slightly slower, but the feedback seems more natural, and you less often get into unexplainable quirky predicaments (wildly being pulled from side-to-side, and what-not).
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- Grabsplatter
You go on to say that you can't really notice much diference between the N3s and the S2s - this is because you are still on N3s. Although you are given the option to select S tyres you cannot change from Ns to Ss once the race has started.SportWagon
Try starting on N1s and changing to S3s if you want to test it.
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These suggestions seem seriously over the top! It's not as if the opposition's anything special, I used an Alfa Romeo GTA with 187bhp, and it was easy provided you weren't up against the Cobra.
Just to make sure, I'm running it again. At the end of lap 2 of the 'Ring I was 25 secs ahead of the '63 Corvette. I pitted and came out 8 secs ahead, and by the end of lap 5 I was 1'15" ahead. I started off on soft tyres (hadn't checked what was on there before the start), so I switched to mediums, but I think the 'Vette was on hard tyres, 'cos he pitted at the end of lap 5. I was not running perfect laps, just 8'42"- 8'55"s.
As long as you avoid the Cobra, you don't need anything really special.
Edit: Haha, I just went back to check on Bob, and he's beaten my best lap! Show's how good I am! I'm not having that, I'm going to have to finish the race off myself...
Just to make sure, I'm running it again. At the end of lap 2 of the 'Ring I was 25 secs ahead of the '63 Corvette. I pitted and came out 8 secs ahead, and by the end of lap 5 I was 1'15" ahead. I started off on soft tyres (hadn't checked what was on there before the start), so I switched to mediums, but I think the 'Vette was on hard tyres, 'cos he pitted at the end of lap 5. I was not running perfect laps, just 8'42"- 8'55"s.
As long as you avoid the Cobra, you don't need anything really special.
Edit: Haha, I just went back to check on Bob, and he's beaten my best lap! Show's how good I am! I'm not having that, I'm going to have to finish the race off myself...
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Okay, okay.Moloch_horridus
So that explains why I found it so hard to match my qualifying S2 times. (E.g. last night when I did the Monaco race). And indicates that maybe I was learning even more than I thought at the Nurburgring. And also says that some of my observations of quirks on sports tires were imaginary. (More likely due to rigidity reduction setting in).
And that also eliminates the potential A-spec scam of starting on tires less good than you use for most of the race. I don't know. Some things I figure out, but others I just seem to take a long time to come to the obvious conclusion. Thanks.
This explains strange results I saw in another race when miles ahead in B-spec I tried switching the tire quality down, too.
So, in any case, I guess I quite like those N3 tires.
But now I think they are about 5 seconds an average lap slower.
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Speaking of changing the tyre type, do you get the high points if you start with S1s and only use them for the first stint, after which you switch to S3s? This has been irritating me for a long time.
Back on topic, I was lazy doing this cup and used the Shelby GT350R. After driving A-Spec through all the races (the first three in one sitting) I really knew what it was like to drive a tail-happy car. Slipping, correcting, sliding again...
Back on topic, I was lazy doing this cup and used the Shelby GT350R. After driving A-Spec through all the races (the first three in one sitting) I really knew what it was like to drive a tail-happy car. Slipping, correcting, sliding again...
