A-spec Intermediate Level Non-Racing Car Challenge: Apricot Hill Raceway

[All Your Base]

Did the race in a 500PP Pagani Zonda C12 '00. It was rather easy, but it was also a bit hard at the same time. I took the lead at lap 3, but although I held the lead for the rest of the race, I had a close battle with the LFA. The LFA had the advantage in speed, while I had the advantage in cornering. Won by less than half a second.

 

[Draggon]

That Pulkkinen chap isn't so good at the chicane. I mean, he really isn't so good, I got 10 seconds on him in 3 laps there.

 

[ALB123]

I'll give those two tunes a look. I used Motor City Hami's 450PP Tune for the Mazda Roadster '07 on the beginner's race. I will slap Otaliema's tunes on the other two tabs and give them a go.. 👍

EDIT:
I just used the Big Brother tune for this race. Ran a 7:45.086. 2nd place was 10.851s back at 7:55.937 (Ferrari 430 Scuderia). Very nice tune. Well balanced. Easy to control through the twisty bits.

 

[photonrider]

The Gallardo, Ferrari 599 and Lexus LFA were all in Yellow(ish) paint. I don't think I've ever seen P1, P2 and P3 by the AI all in the same color before.

The drivers stay the same - it's their personal car. However - they change colours for the events. Pulkkinen had yellow last time - this time it's a stealthy black. Saari had white, this time he has yellow. Dean had white, this time he has yellow.
Gasparini - who seems to be the fastest on this course - had red, this time he has yellow.
Quite a bit of yellow.

In the Beginner level Gibson had white, now he has green. Pearson, his wingman had white before, this time he's got blue.

I think they are all GTAuto customers. Just like us.

That Pulkkinen chap isn't so good at the chicane. I mean, he really isn't so good, I got 10 seconds on him in 3 laps there.

I'm afraid you're right. He seems to be significantly holding back. It's Gasparini who drives the Scud that is going bonkers - doing sub-8:00s.

 

[MTM79]

Gasparini - who seems to be the fastest on this course - had red, this time he has yellow.
Quite a bit of yellow.

My Gasparini drives a black Scud, and way below 8:00. Will post at Rabbit HQ.

 

[ALB123]

The drivers stay the same - it's their personal car. However - they change colours for the events. Pulkkinen had yellow last time - this time it's a stealthy black. Saari had white, this time he has yellow. Dean had white, this time he has yellow.
Gasparini - who seems to be the fastest on this course - had red, this time he has yellow.
Quite a bit of yellow.

In the Beginner level Gibson had white, now he has green. Pearson, his wingman had white before, this time he's got blue.

I think they are all GTAuto customers. Just like us.

You can actually remember the names of the AI drivers? WOW!! I never realized that each AI driver sticks to a particular car. I just assumed that GT6 had a pool of, I don't know, maybe 30-40 AI driver names and they just randomly drew a name to assign to a car. Very observant of you...

 

[trustjab]

Its fun using a fully tuned Suzuki Cappuccino. The LFA and Gallardo are the hardest, but blasting by them in turns is such a joy.

 

[sheene76]

Just had a good win in a 485pp Skyline 2000GT-R (KPGC10)'70 with an average lap time of 129.3. Very easy win and will try again with 450pp, love the track though.

 

[TheProRacer]

I managed to beat the event last night in a stock Mercedes Benz E55 AMG '02. Replay coming tonight.

No ABS, no TCS, no SRF. Got sideways in a turn every now and then, getting some decent drifting.

 

[gdmnd]

If you are not too fast (I usually end up between 5000 and 3000 in TT's), a Volvo C30 on SH was a nice race. 500pp, 400bhp, 1371 kg, 54:46 weight. Racing hard susp. Fully cust. transmission. LSD.
And a wing.

 

[Los Topador]

Stock 2008 BMW M Coupe at 469 pp with ss tires. Lead Time: .332

 

[nascar49]

Subaru BRZ , holding off the Lambo on the last lap was fun

 

[2cam16]

Won this with my classic Chevy Nova. Fun!

 

[stevezx2002]

I beat the Ferrari with my rocket.

 

[Racin510s]

I pulled out of moth balls my Mazda RX500 with @praiano63 tune from way back when. Beat the 430 by 1.5 sec. I tried hard to get a picture to post but I just don't seem to be able to keep the camera from moving. I'll try it again and try my phone camera and see if I get a better picture.

 

[Racin510s]

All I can say is that I hope the pictures are there. It's a little fuzzy but you can see my win in the RX500 over the 430. I did use SRF, TC1, ABS2.

 

[ioh1]

Used the Miura for a peak 1:22:8xx in a lucky round. Awesome car.

 

[GBO Possum]

For a significant challenge, try the Jay Leno Tank Car.

I doubt that it's possible. But that may be my incompetence.

 

[BJahalt88]

I used my rally-prepped Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV GSR for this race. Held off a Lamborghini Gallardo for the win by 0.351 seconds.

 

[nowcontrol]

Event reopened until .. 08/01/2015 .. 03:00 GMT/UTC .. EXTENDED OPEN TIME

 

[photonrider]

Someone must have raised a ruckus about not enough Race Events for the Holidays.

 

[N0t_L3fty]

Now when has someone raising a ruckus made a bit of a difference? A simple oversight on their part, easier to fix by reopening these then hammering something together in a hurry. Works for me I need the practice, & I like the track

 

[photonrider]

A simple oversight on their part, easier to fix by reopening these then hammering something together in a hurry.

I think you mean: Than hammering?

What do you mean by 'oversight'?

 

[N0t_L3fty]

Proof reading would be a virtue, but I am an American. No one has ever accused us of using proper English, to start with. What I meant by oversight is we normally would get some new A-spec races when the old ones expire. They were so wrapped up in getting the Holiday goodies out the door that they overlooked adding the A-spec races.
Or maybe someone important raised a ruckus...

 

[photonrider]

Proof reading would be a virtue, but I am an American

May I suggest 'patience' as a better one? Being American should in no way hamper you.

It wasn't proper 'English' in question but the concept you were trying to express - "then" would mean something else altogether from "than":

A simple oversight on their part, easier to fix by reopening these (than?) then hammering something together in a hurry.

Do you mean it was easier to open these than hammering together something in a hurry - or do you mean: they opened these then are hammering together something in a hurry.
Only clarification was required - I don't have time to hand out English lessons.

What I meant by oversight is we normally would get some new A-spec races when the old ones expire.

Not in my experience. PD is unpredictable. Assumptions with the word 'normal' attached to it surely don't make such a fact? I was hoping for some 'A-Spec' races (actually no such thing as A-Spec exists in GT6 - but we'll use that term to label Career Mode for the sake of the discussion) myself, and was disappointed to only find Overtake Missions.
There have been many weeks that PD only ran TTs of one sort or another and hardly provided a 'Non-obligatory- overtake' race with the AI.

They were so wrapped up in getting the Holiday goodies out the door that they overlooked adding the A-spec races.

Again an assumption, but more than likely. Major corporations are riddled with mis-communication mishaps, and lack of communication between departments. Anything may have happened - even what you think happened - that led to this to-and-fro with the events.
Or they may have pulled it to tweak the code.
We don't know. At least - I certainly don't.

Or maybe someone important raised a ruckus...

I believe this is where our conversation started. 👍
Whatever the reason, someone did. With the effect that the events were replaced.

If someone didn't, then it was an approved plan all along . . . which would be very, very . . . strange.

As you may understand now, it was more than proper English at stake.

 

[KOGSoldier]

I used a couple of tuned civics and an integra...easy wins with all three