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Yeah, this was from an LSi 1:27.050...i wanna try an S4 tomorrow...my nerves are shot at the moment.
yeah this has got me there too,..
I can't seem to break my first time...
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yeah this has got me there too,..
I can't seem to break my first time...
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Lord..it took me even longer to find an S4. 
They apparently don't stock them in the used lot very often. 
Anyways, this car is so easy to drive in GT2. If it were in GT4, I bet there'd be over twice as much understeer for sure. 
but in GT2, there's hardly any understeer if you stick to a good racing line...and small amounts of oversteer can be summoned by just stomping the throttle as you've got your steering cranked! 
In GT4, as I've found...just about all AWD cars understeer massively when stock. You gotta work with them to get most of them to do anything but...anyways...
1:26.132, but (again) I feel there's room for improvement. That first curve after the long straight is toughest for me....it's so easy to flub it with just the minorest of mistakes.
They apparently don't stock them in the used lot very often. Anyways, this car is so easy to drive in GT2. If it were in GT4, I bet there'd be over twice as much understeer for sure. but in GT2, there's hardly any understeer if you stick to a good racing line...and small amounts of oversteer can be summoned by just stomping the throttle as you've got your steering cranked! In GT4, as I've found...just about all AWD cars understeer massively when stock. You gotta work with them to get most of them to do anything but...anyways...1:26.132, but (again) I feel there's room for improvement. That first curve after the long straight is toughest for me....it's so easy to flub it with just the minorest of mistakes.
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I finally found an S4 too. It seems to be have a better feel than the LSi, unless I'm imagining things. I'll see what I can do with it later.
And yeah, I find that the first curve and that really looong one after sector 2 seem to make the biggest difference in my lap times.
And yeah, I find that the first curve and that really looong one after sector 2 seem to make the biggest difference in my lap times.
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Yeah, I used it again. The first 3 gears are accel gears, 4th is a little taller, and then 5th is an obvious cruising gear...typical Subbie stuff. By the end of each long straight, the car is just touching max HP (6,000 rpms).
To set, it's easy. When you put a FC tranny in, it'll be at Auto setting 12. Just drop it 4 steps to auto 8. All the other ratios fall easily into place.
Zukiru: I wasn't saying the car is easy to drive; I was actually comparing GT2 to GT4. GT2 feels very smooth to me since understeer is virtually absent. If this was GT4, any AWD Suburu (or EVO, or Skyline, etc) is plagued with alot more understeer. GT2, on the other hand, feels much more "point-and-go". GT4 is like: point-gas-understeer- -easeoffthethrottle-STILL understeeer-tap on brakes-cornering line dissolved!-
So for round 2, you're saying completely stock at Deep Forest?
Including an LSi or S4 with the original 4-speed? Cool.
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How do you get these nice pics, btw? I'm stuck with my dumb cell-camera..
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Yeah, I can't wait to tackle the Forest, man.
So it's completely stock, right? Including tranny? Or explain if that's not right.
So it's completely stock, right? Including tranny? Or explain if that's not right.
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I've always liked Deep Forest. Especially how if your entrance is right you can just rocket through that last turn before the straight.
Edit: Just ran a 1:32.281 with a couple glaring mistakes. Man, this car is fun. The gears are very unforgiving if you're using automatic though.
Edit: Just ran a 1:32.281 with a couple glaring mistakes. Man, this car is fun. The gears are very unforgiving if you're using automatic though.
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Yeah...this car don't do well with auto gears if you're using the stock 4-speed. A shorter Impreza gearbox handles automatic shifts better because for the most part, it'll stay in the power-zone.
I Haven't made it to the forest yet....I watched "The Eye" tonite with my friend.
It was okay. Kinda like 6th Sense but without all the cool plot twists. I like a good movie, but lately it seems perhaps I've watched all the good ones because I keep seeing movies (on cable, now) that are just "okay".
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and after a stupidly long break, im back! Running GT2 and GT4 at the same time, best way to be 
Anyway, I have 2 SVXs, one modified, one stock, think it the Lsi, but I cant be sure. Anyway, lemme see if im reading this right - Deep Forest, no modifications at all, right? Or is a custom 'box allowed?
Either way, Im in, the SVX is a really understated car, and I love it
Anyway, I have 2 SVXs, one modified, one stock, think it the Lsi, but I cant be sure. Anyway, lemme see if im reading this right - Deep Forest, no modifications at all, right? Or is a custom 'box allowed?
Either way, Im in, the SVX is a really understated car, and I love it
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Alright! Excellant, Im in. Deep Forest is a good track, like Trial Mountain but a smidgen easier to negotiate. Love the final corner, a great rush when you can nail it without lifting can the SVX do that?
EDIT: First attempt.
can the SVX do that?EDIT: First attempt.
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I've got a run I'm satisfied with....but I'm still not satisfied as a virtual driver just 'cause know I could do even better. Again, the usual stuff. I'll nail the first hairpin but roll a bit too far in the grass just before the first tunnel 
Then I'll get the tunnel area right, but steer-in too hard as I roll down the hill...causing the rear to slide slightly with smoke and killing a few thousandths of time. ah well....
1:28.787...I know it's kinda hard to read due to my advanced camera-phone technology.
I found it helps to brake early into the first curve...try and pretend you're doing license test B3 in GT1 (del Sol at the Forest)...so try not to understeer, steer too hard, or slide at all whatsoever. Any smoke means lost time.
Up the hill is easy....redline it as far as possible...in fact, I didn't shift into 3rd at all... I even let the flat-6 engine hit the RPM limiter momentarily somewhere before the tunnel area. It's easier and more convenient just to leave it in 2nd.
Before the tunnel, brake hard but not too hard. Try to use all the available space as you drive into the tunnel (this means you'll just miss the tunnel wall). As you leave the tunnel, don't brake...think of the entire curve into the 2nd tunnel as one big turn...with the walls of the 2nd tunnel as your limits.
Now as you leave the tunnel down the big hill, the first instinct is to brake hard somewhere. Well, I only tapped the brakes as i neared the bottom of the hill, and then steered hard into the final curve. Matter of fact you can (again) think of the entire downhill section as one giant turn (with a couple out-in-out areas).
During this entire time, I just left it in 2nd gear. Again, I think I may have hit the RPM limit at some point down the hill. But as you leave this dreaded area, leave it in 2nd as you start climbing the uphill area into the 3rd tunnel. Just as the SVX hits 7,000 rpms, shift (finally) into 3rd gear.
Go thru the tunnel...just before you leave the tunnel, brake hard momentarily, and then start steering left. Again this is an out-in-out deal: you'll start on the right side of the tunnel, steer hard so that you just miss the grass on the inside, and now carry enough speed so that you miss the outside (again, you're using all the available space if you need to). Do not downshift into 2nd.
As I rolled down the final hill, I kept it in 3rd. DON'T BRAKE into the final curve....instead, let off the gas momentarily, and then skew your steering HARD. Your inside (right) tires will rumble over the inner red & white curb...and momentum will carry the SVX hard to the red & white curb on the outside as well....Understeer all you need to here...just don't taste any grass!
Then I'll get the tunnel area right, but steer-in too hard as I roll down the hill...causing the rear to slide slightly with smoke and killing a few thousandths of time. ah well....1:28.787...I know it's kinda hard to read due to my advanced camera-phone technology.
I found it helps to brake early into the first curve...try and pretend you're doing license test B3 in GT1 (del Sol at the Forest)...so try not to understeer, steer too hard, or slide at all whatsoever. Any smoke means lost time.
Up the hill is easy....redline it as far as possible...in fact, I didn't shift into 3rd at all... I even let the flat-6 engine hit the RPM limiter momentarily somewhere before the tunnel area. It's easier and more convenient just to leave it in 2nd.
Before the tunnel, brake hard but not too hard. Try to use all the available space as you drive into the tunnel (this means you'll just miss the tunnel wall). As you leave the tunnel, don't brake...think of the entire curve into the 2nd tunnel as one big turn...with the walls of the 2nd tunnel as your limits.
Now as you leave the tunnel down the big hill, the first instinct is to brake hard somewhere. Well, I only tapped the brakes as i neared the bottom of the hill, and then steered hard into the final curve. Matter of fact you can (again) think of the entire downhill section as one giant turn (with a couple out-in-out areas).
During this entire time, I just left it in 2nd gear. Again, I think I may have hit the RPM limit at some point down the hill. But as you leave this dreaded area, leave it in 2nd as you start climbing the uphill area into the 3rd tunnel.
Just as the SVX hits 7,000 rpms, shift (finally) into 3rd gear.Go thru the tunnel...just before you leave the tunnel, brake hard momentarily, and then start steering left. Again this is an out-in-out deal: you'll start on the right side of the tunnel, steer hard so that you just miss the grass on the inside, and now carry enough speed so that you miss the outside (again, you're using all the available space if you need to). Do not downshift into 2nd.
As I rolled down the final hill, I kept it in 3rd. DON'T BRAKE into the final curve....instead, let off the gas momentarily, and then skew your steering HARD. Your inside (right) tires will rumble over the inner red & white curb...and momentum will carry the SVX hard to the red & white curb on the outside as well....Understeer all you need to here...just don't taste any grass!
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1:27:531 @ 127.44 mph
I owe a lot to you Parnelli, your driving tips really helps 👍. I don't think I could go any faster, though my sector times suggest otherwise.
In theory, I could go 0.6 secs faster. I'm quite satisfied with my time though, so that'll be that.
I owe a lot to you Parnelli, your driving tips really helps 👍. I don't think I could go any faster, though my sector times suggest otherwise.
In theory, I could go 0.6 secs faster. I'm quite satisfied with my time though, so that'll be that.
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Yeah..no brakes in that final turn....this is something I've been doing in Sim races for year. The Ai typically brakes here....even in GT4! And so the straight area after the final turn is great for passing--all you have to do is make sure you're not about to plow into an Ai car or drive into the grass as you leave this turn.
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I don't break either... but I don't let off he gas either...
full throttle and a hard turn all the way through the curve..
been busy getting my real life engine swap going so not much GT2 past few days...
anybody playing capable of hybriding?
I think we should swap in the 22b engine and use the STi garing parnelli posted earlier. for S/Gs
full throttle and a hard turn all the way through the curve..
been busy getting my real life engine swap going so not much GT2 past few days...
anybody playing capable of hybriding?
I think we should swap in the 22b engine and use the STi garing parnelli posted earlier. for S/Gs
I could do it via playstation and GS, but I don't have a...working computer compatible with my old dex drive, so I can't put it on the internet.
If I can find a working hard drive around my house somewhere, I could probably fix it up and do it for ya. It may take a while though.
If I can find a working hard drive around my house somewhere, I could probably fix it up and do it for ya. It may take a while though.
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