Chevrolet Chaparral 2X VGT Super Lap: High Speed Ring
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- 2,742
- Italy
- Yellohead
- Clydeyellow
I'll be happy with my 45.633, damn.
The 2X is mentally fast, but having to keep the finger pressed on the X button and pulling back the right analog stick to brake at the same time is quite hard to get used to. Totally worth it tho.
I think the main problem with the 2X is that the engine isn't capable of keeping the car at cruise speed - you will be either applying throttle and accelerating or not applying throttle and decelerating.
The 2X is mentally fast, but having to keep the finger pressed on the X button and pulling back the right analog stick to brake at the same time is quite hard to get used to. Totally worth it tho.
I think the main problem with the 2X is that the engine isn't capable of keeping the car at cruise speed - you will be either applying throttle and accelerating or not applying throttle and decelerating.
- 5,657
- Ohio
ClydeYellow, that's pretty funny isn't it. Whole new skill to learn I guess. I don't like it.
I'm close, 46.2
I'm close, 46.2
- 4,266
- Fort Worth/Texas
- RacingChamp30
Using a DS3 controller, my settings were Active Steering strong, Active Stability Management 1, Controller Sensitivity at 6, got a final time of 45.892, used left analog stick for steering, X for acceleration and square for braking. Even when applying the brake, i stayed pressing X so to not get off the gas.
- 248
- La Cambrouse
- IGURAG11
I don't know what to say... This stuff would be perfect in Star Wars, but we are in GT6, right? 
I needed to do a few laps before getting gold, I admit, but I don't think I will insist to improve my time. This UFO will end at the back of my garage gathering dust together with the X1 and the karts.
I am a bit disappointed though, I expected a pleasant surprise, but the target is missed in my opinion. And besides the sound is awful.
Long live 2J and 2D!
I needed to do a few laps before getting gold, I admit, but I don't think I will insist to improve my time. This UFO will end at the back of my garage gathering dust together with the X1 and the karts.
I am a bit disappointed though, I expected a pleasant surprise, but the target is missed in my opinion. And besides the sound is awful.
Long live 2J and 2D!
A UFO.I don't know what to say... This stuff would be perfect in Star Wars, but we are in GT6, right?
I needed to do a few laps before getting gold, I admit, but I don't think I will insist to improve my time. This UFO will end at the back of my garage gathering dust together with the X1 and the karts.
I am a bit disappointed though, I expected a pleasant surprise, but the target is missed in my opinion. And besides the sound is awful.
Long live 2J and 2D!
The trick with the full throttle worked and finally managed to get gold by 6 thousands, 45:994 :/ I'm done with this time trial for sure. Had to ease the frustration of losing the last two hours of my life and took my fully tuned RB X2011 for a ride around the same track. Clocked 34,6 after 10 minutes, that was fun
- 3,384
- Las Vegas
- dawko-san
- 9,232
- Valongo
- Hcclipper
- 3,384
- Las Vegas
- dawko-san
It was super time consuming a spent more than an hour doing this nonsense.Great job!
- 44,185
- Blackburn
- Furinkazen_54
- 9,232
- Valongo
- Hcclipper
Because it's funny criticizing unique cars, you know.
Another popular GTP sport (which it shouldn't be, by the way)...
- 3,384
- Las Vegas
- dawko-san
- 7,083
- Birmingham, UK
- GOTMAXPOWER
The best I managed with conventional driving was 46.005 after about an hour and half of lapping, with your tactics I gained enough time in the final corner to get gold within 5 laps. đź‘Ť
It's a real shame that there are two different Chaparral VGT cars. One for those with wheels and one for those on DS3's because this car looks like it could've been something special.
- 11,251
- Sweden
- eran0004
This car is awesome! But because of the way it works it requires you to learn a new cornering technique.
The laser is actually not just providing forward thrust, but also quite a bit of downforce. In a normal car you can lift the throttle to make the weight shift forward and provide better traction to the front tyres, but in the Chaparral the front will actually lose traction when you lift the throttle. At that point you might dab the brakes to try and shift more weight forward, but because the weight is already shifted forward and because the front tyres are using all its available traction to try and turn the car (to little success if you go too fast), applying the brakes will only reduce the traction even further and the car will just plow forward and off the track. That is almost the opposite to how a normal car behaves in corners and I think that is why so many experience that the car doesn't want to turn at all.
The proper way to corner with this car is to do the following:
1. Brake hard before the corner. The brakes are excellent so you can actually brake pretty late. It's important to stay on the brakes until the car has slowed down enough. It's better to brake too much than too little. The more you practice the better you'll get at judging how much is "enough".
2. Release brakes and then turn in.
3. If it's a long corner you might want to dab the throttle a bit to give the car a few puffs of downforce. Don't brake mid corner, if you feel like you're understeering - try the throttle instead.
4. When you've turned in far enough, accelerate out of the corner. This will push the car down so you'll be able to keep a tight line and carry a lot of speed out of the corner.
The hardest part about driving this car is to remember all that. A lot of times you have to make split-second decisions and the knee-jerk reaction is shaped by how a normal car would behave.
The laser is actually not just providing forward thrust, but also quite a bit of downforce. In a normal car you can lift the throttle to make the weight shift forward and provide better traction to the front tyres, but in the Chaparral the front will actually lose traction when you lift the throttle. At that point you might dab the brakes to try and shift more weight forward, but because the weight is already shifted forward and because the front tyres are using all its available traction to try and turn the car (to little success if you go too fast), applying the brakes will only reduce the traction even further and the car will just plow forward and off the track. That is almost the opposite to how a normal car behaves in corners and I think that is why so many experience that the car doesn't want to turn at all.
The proper way to corner with this car is to do the following:
1. Brake hard before the corner. The brakes are excellent so you can actually brake pretty late. It's important to stay on the brakes until the car has slowed down enough. It's better to brake too much than too little. The more you practice the better you'll get at judging how much is "enough".
2. Release brakes and then turn in.
3. If it's a long corner you might want to dab the throttle a bit to give the car a few puffs of downforce. Don't brake mid corner, if you feel like you're understeering - try the throttle instead.
4. When you've turned in far enough, accelerate out of the corner. This will push the car down so you'll be able to keep a tight line and carry a lot of speed out of the corner.
The hardest part about driving this car is to remember all that. A lot of times you have to make split-second decisions and the knee-jerk reaction is shaped by how a normal car would behave.
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- Italy
- Yellohead
- Clydeyellow
Somebody did their homework. I remembered about the upward thrust provided by the engine only when taking photos of the car after golding the event.
Remember the RB X2014 Standard with its blown diffuser? This is basically a squared blown diffuser. You lift the throttle, bam, no downforce.
- 11,207
- Adrian, Mich.
- cargorat323
- CargoRatt
Damn I hate this car. In my opinion, it is a complete piece of 🤬. After about 5 insane laps, finally got Gold and quit. Too much like the RB cars, not to mention it sounds like a vacuum popping popcorn. 
- 2,428
- England
- Lewis_Hamilton_
I for the life of me, can't figure this car out. After 8 disqualified runs, I finally manage a lap, in the 47.5s, about 1-2 seconds behind friends that I'm normally 3-4 seconds ahead of. My lap put me in 11,229th place. Yikes!
I've been worrying about getting slower and worse over time. Entered the Infinity TT, after just my 3rd lap with this combo, following no ghosts or aware of what the leaderboards are like, found I already made it up to 13th, and the next lap put me in 8th, and there's easily another half a second out there for me.
It's never taken me more than a few laps to figure a car out, but this, I have no idea.
I've been worrying about getting slower and worse over time. Entered the Infinity TT, after just my 3rd lap with this combo, following no ghosts or aware of what the leaderboards are like, found I already made it up to 13th, and the next lap put me in 8th, and there's easily another half a second out there for me.
It's never taken me more than a few laps to figure a car out, but this, I have no idea.
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- Adrian, Mich.
- cargorat323
- CargoRatt
Yea, it does have some rather weird handling characteristics. I still don't completely have it figured out as I was just mostly along for the ride on my little stint.
It was like I was just hanging on for dear life hoping for the best. 
Luckily, success came pretty quickly......somehow. 
Mini Stiggy
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- 4,202
- Grove City, Ohio
- I__like_oranges
Am I the only one that likes this car? Might put a lot of time in this one and try to go for the win, but we'll see.
Might put a lot of time in this one and try to go for the win, but we'll see.
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- Maroon_Nitro
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