Expert Level: Ferrari Challenge @ Fuji Speedway F :00 :15 :30 :45

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hornet_burnout
And again, as in the past, I tuned the car (California) in free run and had it really perfect. Nailing everything right, not too tight, not too loose. Only to start a race and find that I was driving a completely different car... for the worst. :grumpy:
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Yeah, that is extremely frustrating. I usually just try out my tunes online now. I'll make only a couple laps on my own with a tune before hopping online and trying it out to make sure it works as well in actual racing. You have to be willing to look like a complete idiot occasionally when it turns out your tune doesn't work well online... Then again, a couple beers does that to me also, so I'm used to it :cheers:
 
panjandrum
You have to be willing to look like a complete idiot occasionally when it turns out your tune doesn't work well online...
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Unfortunately, it's the only way to do it. Since physics can be so different (MR cars appear to be affected most), you must test it online. Ofcourse you still needed online testruns, but just to test how it handles in unexpected situations. Before the August 1 update, you could just tune a car in free run and you at least knew it handled the same online. Ofcourse there was RBE, but it didn't affect you when in the center of the grid. Since the August 1 update, there is a difference in how the car handles online and in free run. Period. It doesn't even matter if RBE is running against you or with you or where you are in the grid, the handling is just never the same as when tuning the car and doing free runs. Major poopoo on PD's part IMO. 👎
 
timeattack07gt
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Driving line and outside car view? thats n00b man. ;)
 
Dont wanna sound like a dork but why do I not have that screen at end of race, all mine shows is finishing order no times.:dunce:
 
Patrik
Driving line and outside car view? thats n00b man. ;)
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:P When I'm online I like using the driving line, although I don't continuously pay attention to it when I'm driving, nor do I have to. I wouldn't be running the lap times I am if I was basing my line and braking off the driving line. It just gives me better reference points for adjusting for the UNREALISTIC rebound effect that is constantly altering your cars braking points, cornering speeds, and straight away speed. In free run/ hot lap I prefer to turn the line off as it is just something to distract me from looking ahead to the next corner and picturing what I need to do. Also, at FUJI when online there were a few corners where the line of sight and cue points for braking were being blocked by drivers tag name. So it is just something I have left on since to help prevent accidents and promote cleaner racing. 👍

I'm a 6-axis user so I use the the outside view when I'm online. My steering inputs aren't super clean like wheel users are capable of, so I try to always be more aware of who's around me by using the chase cam. Going two wide through some of the faster portions (leading up to spoon exiting the hairpin) of the track can be rather sketch when using the 6-axis joystick, especially with the spec 3 update. Using the onboard view just makes things worse, especially with the lack of head movement and peripheral vision when going two wide. The chase cam makes giving the guy next to me more room much easier and safer. When I get my wheel I will most definitely be using one of the on-board views for more realism. I would say using the chase cam is more difficult as well. You must anticipate a slide exiting a cornering much more and catch a slide quicker and with more precision. 👍
 
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DaddyVDUB
Dont wanna sound like a dork but why do I not have that screen at end of race, all mine shows is finishing order no times.:dunce:
And how or can I get it. OOPS meant to edit,sorry guess I am a DORK
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The times are only viewable in the 16:9 aspect ratio.
 
DaddyVDUB,
you will get lap times within the results screen when using a widescreen tv or switching ps3 video settings to aspect ratio 16:9.
 
timeattack07gt
I'm a 6-axis user so I use the the outside view when I'm online. My steering inputs aren't super clean like wheel users are capable of, so I try to always be more aware of who's around me by using the chase cam.
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I have my L1 and R1 buttons configured to look left and right, with down on the D-pad to look behind. Have you realised you can configure this?
 
I thought I'd pop in again and give this another go seeing as how the Evora cup was quiet for a while and DC recommended his 430 tune.

DutchCustoms, WHAT a tune, I usually utterly despise the Ferraris in GT5P, but you've turned the 430 into a dream machine, I can't remember having so much fun driving a car!! I even had it on cockpit view so I could see where the steering wheel was pointed before I hit the gas (oh the joys of Sixaxis..). Blinding tune, still 15 seconds a lap slower than Zabeu, but then aren't we all :P

Great races Volcano and Bennant, thoroughly enjoyable, although there were some atrociously unsporting drivers in those few races I tried.

All the best
Maz
 
Come on Strittan, throw some DOT legal rubber on that beast!!!!!

DOT = department of transportation US, fyi
 
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Patrik
Haha, I didn't mean to join the S3 tire challenge, sorry :lol:
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Not worries, it was a blast. Thanks for the love taps.

We aren't really running the event, just me and JVM racing together at random times. The races we have been in have lasted too long to uphold the 15 min policy.
 
Obli
I have my L1 and R1 buttons configured to look left and right, with down on the D-pad to look behind. Have you realised you can configure this?
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Yea, I was already aware of that. Thanks for the suggestion though. While it is definately helpful to look to your left or right at times, it's not exactly the easiest or safest think to do when you're going two wide doing ~140mph approaching Spoon, while constantly inputing various steering angles via the joystick to maintain suitable room for your opponent. With a wheel you have much more control and modulation of steering inputs, I wouldn't have such a problem with the on board view with the wheel. For me, when using the 6-axis the chase cam just works better when I'm in a race where there's a lot of two wide racing and passing oppurtunities.
 
Thanks Gtp_Undutchable and ASHDTV for the great races. ASHDTV and myself had a great dual, him in the 512 and me in the 599 we ended up both finishing on 10.38. He's bloody fast in that 512.
 
Sorry for any contact in the XX:30 race ASHDTV, it was going ok till the 3rd/4th?? lap when ya passed me down the straight. (not sure if I tapped you off or you lost it in the 1st corner)
 
Sinsemila
Thanks Gtp_Undutchable and ASHDTV for the great races. ASHDTV and myself had a great dual, him in the 512 and me in the 599 we ended up both finishing on 10.38. He's bloody fast in that 512.
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Yes incredibly... I would love to share his set up for mine 👍
 
Excellent overtake around the outside there Holden. 👍 I'm not comfortable enough with my 512 setup to have pulled that off.

Looking forward to a good 512 tune. :)
 

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