GT4 WRS Week 57 : "Vette on Ze R1ng"

[Tedehur]

You havn't used an Aussie car once *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*

True, but there are 80 US cars in the game (11% of all cars) and we used them 5 times (9% of races) ; while there are only 5 Aussie cars (1%) and CFM used one once (2%).
So Aussie cars have been proportionally more used than US cars.

(For those who might be interested in stats, here is the spreadsheet I'm using to decide what kind of race we should be running next.)


And FIY, the 30 minutes race I was planning first used the 2000 Falcon at Motegi, but it would have collided with the J-GTC race on this same track, so I changed at the last minute for the BMW McLaren at La Sarthe.

 

[z-reserve]

Yeah sorry, I could fit the 'Z' of ZR-1 anywhere in the word 'Autumn', so it had to be 'Ze'. Sorry for the confusion.

Call me a cokehead if you want, but whilst reading the title the first time I thought you'd be inspired by sunday's episode of Top Gear, and that we'd race a Corvette Z06 at +20%hp/-10%wht on the Nurb... but the ZR-1 at the Autumn Ring is nothing to complain either!

 

[Tedehur]

Call me a cokehead if you want, but whilst reading the title the first time I thought you'd be inspired by sunday's episode of Top Gear, and that we'd race a Corvette Z06 at +20%hp/-10%wht on the Nurb... but the ZR-1 at the Autumn Ring is nothing to complain either!

Actually the only foreign channels I have are italian (RAI Uno), spanish (TVE), or a weird version of Eurosport with german titles and english voices. I don't have the BBC (but I've seen some vids from Top Gear and I wish I had the BBC).
Since my TV set is mainly used to watch DVDs or play with the PS2, I don't have any cable or satellite or anything like that.

 

[Filizola]

Ok, it's heavy, lazy, understeering or whatever you mention, but hey, I'm not responsible for what US car companies produce

Hey now, the US has some good cars in GT4, like the..., uh...yeah, your right.
💡 The Cien. There you go...

Sure, it's a prototype, but who cares?

 

[z-reserve]

Actually the only foreign channels I have are italian (RAI Uno), spanish (TVE), or a weird version of Eurosport with german titles and english voices. I don't have the BBC (but I've seen some vids from Top Gear and I wish I had the BBC).
Since my TV set is mainly used to watch DVDs or play with the PS2, I don't have any cable or satellite or anything like that.

Well... uh, there's still the torrents over the internet.

Hey now, the US has some good cars in GT4, like the..., uh...yeah, your right.
💡 The Cien. There you go...

Sure, it's a prototype, but who cares?

Doesn't stop it to appears as a competitor in the 'production only' Supercar festival in the Professional Hall Oh well, less grumbling, more time-posting...

T1: 28.917
T2: 1'07.126

Had a drift-happy session with soft at the front and meds at the back, to compensate for the understeering behaviour of the car. Although driving smoothly on all meds or aggressively on softs might deliver better times.

 

[HeinrichII]

Well

I hate the Vettes, but I love this track...hmm 50-50 is more than okay

Time to take a ride

 

[Jump_Ace]

T1 - 26.9
T2 - 1:02.3

Tons of fun!

Jeorme

 

[Z]

Challenging combo.. I enjoy how neutral the car is, but the weight is killing me. I feel as if I'm already maxed out.. searching for hundredths the rest of the week.

T1: 26.771
T2: 1'01.999

 

[HeinrichII]

27.147
1'02.785

I think I can get into the 26's, but kinda figuring out if at least I can get on the low 1'02's.

The big disadvantage of not using manual transmission...cripes!

 

[Casio]

Um...You are guys sure you're using 0% power this week. Or am I just really slow

T1 - 27.282
T2 - 1'02.580

 

[STLbarcelona5]

Actually the only foreign channels I have are italian (RAI Uno), spanish (TVE), or a weird version of Eurosport with german titles and english voices. I don't have the BBC (but I've seen some vids from Top Gear and I wish I had the BBC).
Since my TV set is mainly used to watch DVDs or play with the PS2, I don't have any cable or satellite or anything like that.

WWW.FINALGEAR.COM

For all your Top Gear needs . . . And I mean the forums obvisouly, because there's nothing else worthwhile on the site. . .

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Well, this is my first week in the WRS.
Already, I am really enjoying the car/track combo. What a coinsidence too, the last few cars I've been driving have been Corvettes.

 

[KLR142]

Are you all ready for the real Ring again ? We've been there in week 50 !

YES! Hahaha, in something classic now though. Classic. Think Jaguar, Mercedes, any old Japanese car, or European car... 👍

EDIT: Better do it next week(58) too, or else I might be caught up in BC6. So make it another month - month and a half I guess. I'm down for ring racing every day of the week though. Like that Nurb series Dave was putting on, although I never had the time to get out and about and race somewhere other than the WRS.

 

[Small_Fryz]

New time

26.658
1'01.556

Beat my last time by .05 (but broke into another tenth barrier )
BUT, lost .15 to my PB in T2 - Finish.

Hopeing for a few more tenths then i should be happy.

Edit,

26.611
1'01.545

Improved by .12, however i had a blindly fast lap that would be another .15 faster than this time, but got 3 wheels off for a tenth of a second.

Hopefully i can get the second barrier Dan got .

 

[Super T]

First times for the board, plenty of room for improvement.

T1 0'27.856
T2 1'04.473

It was only my first ten minutes, SS tyres and no aids.

 

[MisterWeary]

First splits after about 20 minutes:

T1: 0`26.941
T2: 1`02.397

Hopefully still plenty of time left cos I know I'll need it to beat Brad

 

[shockwaveracing]

will have a crack at this one, now that i have competed this weeks JGTC race, should be able to get a lot more time into this one than i have been able to in the previous couple of weeks...

 

[shockwaveracing]

WWW.FINALGEAR.COM

For all your Top Gear needs . . . And I mean the forums obvisouly, because there's nothing else worthwhile on the site. . .

actually the Fifth Gear episodes arent bad either, not as funny as Top Gear but still a good show...

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I just ran another 7 laps and beat my last time by 0.687 seconds, so I'm fair proud.
So far I'm at:
T1 - 0'27.097
T2 - 1'03.124

I'm gonna keep trying, hopefully I can improve.

 

[shockwaveracing]

what a lovely car to drive, nice and adjustable, pity about the moonshot gearing, anywayz had a quick 45 minute sesh and this is what i have so far... hope to pull maybe another second out of it by the end...


T1: 26.921 (26.7xx)
T2: 1'02.074 (1'01.4xx)

 

[Casio]

T1 - 26.720
T2 - 1'01.739

 

[ferrari_chris]

A question about a part of the track - the tarmac area after turn 9 (I think). Inbetween the two lefthanders after the hairpin.

It's the part of the track that goes off to make the Autumn Ring Mini. Obviously it's tarmac, but there is a white line marking the edge of the course.

Is this white line as far as we're allowed, or can we have all four wheels over it but still on the tarmac and be legal?

 

[Tedehur]

A question about a part of the track - the tarmac area after turn 9 (I think). Inbetween the two lefthanders after the hairpin.

It's the part of the track that goes off to make the Autumn Ring Mini. Obviously it's tarmac, but there is a white line marking the edge of the course.

Is this white line as far as we're allowed, or can we have all four wheels over it but still on the tarmac and be legal?

Any tarmac area is ok, the white line doesn't matter.
The tricky thing on this track IMO is to shortcut enough to straighten the racing line, but still avoid the infamous third wheel on the inside. Someone got DQed last time we raced on this track due to an excessive shortcutting.

 

[TimBrad]

One of my fave cars!! May have to race this week & claim me legendary last spot!!

 

[Laurence5905]

Hey now, the US has some good cars in GT4, like the..., uh...yeah, your right.
💡 The Cien. There you go...

Sure, it's a prototype, but who cares?

In the US, we believe in going FAST -- but apparently only in a STRAIGHT LINE! Heavy cars with large V8 engines (or larger -- the V-10 Dodge Viper comes to mind) don't tend to turn very well... The Europeans and Japanese have always been forced to make smaller, more efficient cars (because of higher fuel-prices) which lend themselves to better handling right out of the box.

We need to have a big, fat muscle-car race in the WRS! Put everyone in a Buick Special or a Plymouth Super Bird or something like that -- a 426 Hemi in a 3900-pound car that handles like a boat. I'm thinking Seattle for the track. It'll be FUN!

And for the record -- the Shelby Cobra 427 is one of the best race cars in the world, and it's an American car! Its record of 14 seconds from zero to 100MPH and back to zero stood for YEARS as untouchable. Only recently has that record been broken. (And it's powered by a Ford FE engine, which is the best thing of all! Same type of engine that's in my '68 Ford Galaxie convertible. Ok, the Galaxie is a perfect example of a fast-in-a-straight-line car that handles like a boat -- but I still love it! )

 

[shockwaveracing]

fresh splits

T1: 26.536 👍 (best i saw was a 26.524)
T2: 1'01.596 (dropped 0.3 in the hairpin before T2)

not quite at my target time yet, but should be able to hit it by the end of this weeks race...

 

[Dave_George]

We need to have a big, fat muscle-car race in the WRS! Put everyone in a Buick Special or a Plymouth Super Bird or something like that -- a 426 Hemi in a 3900-pound car that handles like a boat. I'm thinking Seattle for the track. It'll be FUN!

Theres always the test course in case chosen car cant make those tight seattle corners......

David

 

[Laurence5905]

My first splits for this week:

T1: 27.629
T2: 1'03.726

EDIT: Cyril -- awesome combo this week! I just love it!

 

[Casio]

Buick Special or a Plymouth Super Bird or something like that -- a 426 Hemi in a 3900-pound car that handles like a boat. I'm thinking Seattle for the track. It'll be FUN!

Coming up to a year ago now. We raced the Superbird, at Infineon. It was a fantastic race.

About 10/11 months ago, Nat ran a pretty tight Muscle Car Championship, was pretty fun too.

 

[Jake]

After 11 laps:

28.445
1'04.708

Cool combo, though lots of body roll and understeer...