b8 is impossible
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Welcome to license test hell. It took me 8 hours to get golds on all the b licenses. b8 alone was 6 of them. The first turns are not that bad and if you practice enough they should come easily. Concentrate on nailing the final turn. You want to slow down and turn into it about where the shadow of the tunnel starts. You want to come very close to scraping the left side of the tunnel on your way out. Then, you want to stay on the inside yellow striping all the way through the turn. Get on the accelerator early, but gradually. If you gun it too hard you will lose traction and valuable milliseconds. Try to nearly touch the outside wall of the second tunnel on your way through. This is a very hard test...good luck.
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I agree zzii, The last corner is crucial. It took me ages to get the gold and I discovered that you have to sacrifice some speed in the second last corner to get a shot at a perfect last one, don't go so far to the left in 2:nd last so you don't get a weight-shift and skid when you enter the last1, the car has to be lined up before you start the last turn. Good luck anyway!
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oh pbcphish ntsc/pal? if ur a pal-player you will hate this, but the ntsc gold is 43.000 instead of 42.800 in pal..
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oh pbcphish ntsc/pal? if ur a pal-player you will hate this, but the ntsc gold is 43.000 instead of 42.800 in pal..
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I gave up on this one after spending days on it. I think i might try ZZII's strategy for the last turn though
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You can use gradual accelerator or you can just cut really hard in the tunnel and let if drift through the first part of the last corner ... no matter how you do it, it's all about getting the exit speed absolutely perfect. You have to have the perfect position so you don't bump the inside of the yellow striped area, but you have to get your wheels perfectly straight very fast to prevent wheel spin. You need to be very very smooth. You can shoot through the corner with the wheels squeaking all the way till you get close to the right wall on your exit, and you may think that you've got a good exit speed because you didn't hit that wall, but the wheel spin on your exit is slowing you down. Give yourself certain marks for where you're going to make your move. I think I hugged the right and cut hard left right as I entered the tunnel.
Knowing where to turn isn't everything, though. For example, if you go right to get close to the tunnel wall then immediately cut left, the suspension will be loaded earlier than if you were already hugging the wall going straight before you cut in. You just need to get into a pattern and make slight adjustments until you get lucky.
B-8 is the most frustrating test. It might have taken me the same amount of time to get gold on S-2, S-4 and S-6, but B-8 is more annoying. S-2 (GT40 at Seattle II) and S-6 (Viper at Laguna Seca) involve skill and learning the whole track well, so that's OK that they take awhile. B-8 and S-4 (Skyline at Midfield) are both tests that are just about that hitting the last corner perfectly in a Skyline that handles badly. They're just put there to piss you off.
Knowing where to turn isn't everything, though. For example, if you go right to get close to the tunnel wall then immediately cut left, the suspension will be loaded earlier than if you were already hugging the wall going straight before you cut in. You just need to get into a pattern and make slight adjustments until you get lucky.
B-8 is the most frustrating test. It might have taken me the same amount of time to get gold on S-2, S-4 and S-6, but B-8 is more annoying. S-2 (GT40 at Seattle II) and S-6 (Viper at Laguna Seca) involve skill and learning the whole track well, so that's OK that they take awhile. B-8 and S-4 (Skyline at Midfield) are both tests that are just about that hitting the last corner perfectly in a Skyline that handles badly. They're just put there to piss you off.
*edit* the tunnel doesnt look like it did when i was typing it so try to imagine the first tunnel
i am coming no where close. I just tried and got like 43.476 which isnt even silver but is a ghost and after that i keep racing the ghost and he always just flies by me. I know the ghost is me but omg it is so tough. Heres what i do........
Before anything i watch the demo mainly to find out how to start it and hear that hes flooring the gas before he starts so thats what i do. Now instead of gradually turning to follow the blue line i go straight and then do a sharp turn. I dont get the gold but i watch the demo again and find out that when i do that, im ahead of the demo car by about 1 length so i always do that, only problem is that when sometimes i go to the opposite lane and lose time. BTW i hate FR cars
some times i get so mad at it i feel like im gonna brake something so i turn it off before my rage gets to me. btw the closest time i ever got to gold(43.000) was 43.075Just saw this but my diagram doesnt look the like it did when i was typing it so try to imagine the first tunnel
i am coming no where close. I just tried and got like 43.476 which isnt even silver but is a ghost and after that i keep racing the ghost and he always just flies by me. I know the ghost is me but omg it is so tough. Heres what i do........
Before anything i watch the demo mainly to find out how to start it and hear that hes flooring the gas before he starts so thats what i do. Now instead of gradually turning to follow the blue line i go straight and then do a sharp turn. I dont get the gold but i watch the demo again and find out that when i do that, im ahead of the demo car by about 1 length so i always do that, only problem is that when sometimes i go to the opposite lane and lose time. BTW i hate FR cars
some times i get so mad at it i feel like im gonna brake something so i turn it off before my rage gets to me. btw the closest time i ever got to gold(43.000) was 43.075Just saw this but my diagram doesnt look the like it did when i was typing it so try to imagine the first tunnel
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Originally posted by ving
gold shmold!
lol
oh thats great ving like seriously like the only good cars are the vanquish and the viper cars and those tests are just damn near impossible to get golds in (ia, and s) i just get by doing bronze. so a slong as i do that im happy 
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I also notice that if you don't accelerate too hard on every corner you will do fine. If I remember correctly, put the engine speed at 5,000 RPM before the launch. A split second after the launch, press down for full throttle. Turning too hard will also reduce your time so turn smoothly too. This tip will help you on the S-1 and S-3.
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Originally posted by xAkirax2004
lol
I play gt3 to race, not to fiddle around with test, bronze all the way baby!!!
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Originally posted by xAkirax2004
lol
You might not get an F1 car for getting license golds, but the cars you do get are among the most useful in the game.
The RX-8 is a good car, and it's the easiest one to get (A-license). It's also capable of winning the PD Cup (and Trial Mountain Endurance). It's easier to win the PD Cup with the RX-8 than with the Vanquish.
The Miata LS is a pretty nice starter car, too. Easy to get (except B-8), and you can spend that 18,000cr on some tires and an oil change and you can be lapping people in the Roadster Endurance on your first race, which can give you an F1 car.
The Z Concept handles well, and is obviously much better than any car you can buy on day 1. It can also win the PD Cup. It is upgradable to 600 HP with NA tuning, and it isn't a race car. The only other cars with that distinction are the Cobra, Zonda, and TVR's, and the Z Concept certainly handles better than the Cobra and Zonda.
The Impreza Rally Car Prototype is the most powerful rally car, and if you learn Tahiti Maze, the rally licenses are ridiculously easy to gold.
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i got all bronzes and like 8 silvers
its good enough for me, its passing!
its good enough for me, its passing!
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That's a good tip that I forgot. It will minimize tire spin in the beginning and save those few valuable nanoseconds. I'm not sure but I think you need a little weight shift before entering the tunnel because if you can slide out the back tires ever so slightly it will help point you more inward. It is a balance...try a few different lines and see which is the fastest.
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Now do it again just to prove to yourself it wasn't a fluke.
I could probably do it now in less than 20 tries, but the first time took me FOREVER. That test really helps you out though because that corner is the most important one at Trail Mountain, you can easily shave seconds off your lap by doing that corner consistantly well.
Originally posted by CarbonFiber Man
Now do it again just to prove to yourself it wasn't a fluke.
I could probably do it now in less than 20 tries, but the first time took me FOREVER. That test really helps you out though because that corner is the most important one at Trail Mountain, you can easily shave seconds off your lap by doing that corner consistantly well.
No chance - I was chipping away, and was within 7 thousandths of a second - I went and picked up two golds on the next level instead, which curiously were easier.
Funny how suddenly you hook back into it after an extended break.
By driving.
All it takes is practice. I tackled GT2 a couple of weeks ago, not having touched it in half a year and having played GT3 intermittently. It took me two nights to wade through the license tests with all golds. It really left me wondering "What was so hard with these in the past?".
B8 is one of the hardest. For some reason I forgot how to drive that last corner before the tunnel when I started playing GT3. Go figure.
All it takes is practice. I tackled GT2 a couple of weeks ago, not having touched it in half a year and having played GT3 intermittently. It took me two nights to wade through the license tests with all golds. It really left me wondering "What was so hard with these in the past?".B8 is one of the hardest. For some reason I forgot how to drive that last corner before the tunnel when I started playing GT3. Go figure.
Just got done getting B-8 for the second time. First time, I beat it by .006 seconds, only to have my PS2 freeze on me as I was trying to save my replay.CFMNow do it again just to prove to yourself it wasn't a fluke.
Needless to say, ARRGGHHH!
Managed to get it again after about a half hour of scrapying ever part of that car over every part of the rocks I could get to. Oddly enough, even though I dislike the ghost option because it's too easy for it to obstruct your view, it did help me judge if I was doing better or worse than I should be to get a better time.
Oh, yeah, after I got it again, you wouldn't believe how fast I saved the game! *lol*
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I've found that when I succeed at B8, I pass with a good deal of time to spare. I'll chip away for an hour and get .01 seconds closer, .02 seconds closer, etc., then suddenly bam, you hit that last corner right and see your ghost dwindle to a tiny speck in the rearview mirror. It's frustrating because it seems like I'm doing the same thing I've done the last hundred times, but for some reason this time the car just goes perfectly around the corner. If nothing else, this license does get you accustomed to the weird all-wheel-steering that the Skyline offers. The car rotates much more easily because of this, and getting it not to drift too much is challenging.
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i got it last night FINALLY
people emphasise the last corner so much, that part was easy for me. i found i was stuffing up the braking corner, braking too early and getting too sideways
you can easily beat the demo if you launch at 5500rpm, take a more inside line around the first corner, shift to 3rd after you get over the hill, brake late and straight into the braking corner. then just follow the lines for the rest. blue means accelerate, white means back off, red means brake
and follow the guidelines for when your car is on the line, not when it's at the bottom of your screen. don't drift and scrub off speed, don't tap the wall and scrub off speed. watch the demo with steering and pedal options turned on, follow the helper line. it can be done
people emphasise the last corner so much, that part was easy for me. i found i was stuffing up the braking corner, braking too early and getting too sideways
you can easily beat the demo if you launch at 5500rpm, take a more inside line around the first corner, shift to 3rd after you get over the hill, brake late and straight into the braking corner. then just follow the lines for the rest. blue means accelerate, white means back off, red means brake
and follow the guidelines for when your car is on the line, not when it's at the bottom of your screen. don't drift and scrub off speed, don't tap the wall and scrub off speed. watch the demo with steering and pedal options turned on, follow the helper line. it can be done
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i dont see what the fuss is about i got it in 15mins. But ive run Trail mountain a lot in wrs 99, and a few other wrs so ive done that corner to death. the key is power as soon as possible and late apexes for all corners.
