GT4 WRS Week 87: "Spooning in Italy"
- Thread starter MisterWeary
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cant wait! lovley car on lovley roads! borrowed a s2000 for a couple of monts when my ITR was on reapair
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I'm glad most people love it but I'm not having much fun with this combo.
DFP is too slow for the first sector and I'm too slow with DS2 :-)
Also I'm not fan of RSS tires (actually anything softer than RM feels weird especially on the car with less than 500 hp)
can't break the one minute mark at T2
DFP is too slow for the first sector and I'm too slow with DS2 :-)
Also I'm not fan of RSS tires (actually anything softer than RM feels weird especially on the car with less than 500 hp)
can't break the one minute mark at T2
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- GTP_MisterWeary
My first crapalicious splits:
T1: 0`27.452
T2: 1`00.856
T3: 1`22.680
T1: 0`27.452
T2: 1`00.856
T3: 1`22.680
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i am peaking at redline in 6th at braking point at straight! going for 220max
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A couple of hours resulted in this:
T1 26:667
T2 59:094
T3 1:20:208
I've seen at least a half second better in each of the sectors; the problem is putting all three together.
Using super softs all around and 210 top speed. I want to get to the point that I feel consistent with this setup and then see what harder rears will do. It seems as though the only place they might be slower is launching out of the hairpins and through the snakey portion at the top of the track. Then I'll see what longer gears do for me because I am hitting the rev limiter a few yards past the start/finish line.
CRX, I'm using a technique I read in Paul Frere's book (Sports Car and Competition Driving??); which is to reposition your hands on the wheel before the turn so you get more lock by the time they are crossed over (eg: if you normally hold the wheel at left at 9 and right at 3, for the first hairpin move them to maybe left at 2 and right at 8. For me, at least, it has made these two turns feel much less clumsy.
T1 26:667
T2 59:094
T3 1:20:208
I've seen at least a half second better in each of the sectors; the problem is putting all three together.
Using super softs all around and 210 top speed. I want to get to the point that I feel consistent with this setup and then see what harder rears will do. It seems as though the only place they might be slower is launching out of the hairpins and through the snakey portion at the top of the track. Then I'll see what longer gears do for me because I am hitting the rev limiter a few yards past the start/finish line.
CRX, I'm using a technique I read in Paul Frere's book (Sports Car and Competition Driving??); which is to reposition your hands on the wheel before the turn so you get more lock by the time they are crossed over (eg: if you normally hold the wheel at left at 9 and right at 3, for the first hairpin move them to maybe left at 2 and right at 8. For me, at least, it has made these two turns feel much less clumsy.
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That one took me 20 minutes (Damn Un-closed Tags), but the Leaderboard is Updated.
And I thought my times weren't bad. Can't wait to get into the car again... Last session, I already improved T1 by 0.3 regularily, and got T2s of sub-minute times, but still nothing clean. On my best run so far (the one in the leaderboard), I accidentally shifted all the way to 2nd on the corner after T2, which made the ghost pass me. Some good driving made me win another second between in the T3-finish...
BTW, anyone noticed that the maximum power, according to the main game-screen, is 310HP @ 11,000RPM, but the redline starts at 8,000RPM and the rev-limiter is a bit before 9,000RPM? Power in the quicktune screen is much lower, though, and +20% ends up being 325HP
And I thought my times weren't bad. Can't wait to get into the car again... Last session, I already improved T1 by 0.3 regularily, and got T2s of sub-minute times, but still nothing clean. On my best run so far (the one in the leaderboard), I accidentally shifted all the way to 2nd on the corner after T2, which made the ghost pass me. Some good driving made me win another second between in the T3-finish...
BTW, anyone noticed that the maximum power, according to the main game-screen, is 310HP @ 11,000RPM, but the redline starts at 8,000RPM and the rev-limiter is a bit before 9,000RPM? Power in the quicktune screen is much lower, though, and +20% ends up being 325HP
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- Normal, IL
- DvorakUser
- VastSquare13
Well, for what it counts for, here's my splits after just 2-3 laps
T1: 38.478
T2: 1'02.524
T3: 1'33.829
Obviously not the fastest of them all, but I think I did fairly decent, especially since I didn't do 2k laps like some of you did
Also, since I am so new to this stuff, are we supposed to do just a single-lap run, or just keep running it until we get a good time?
T1: 38.478
T2: 1'02.524
T3: 1'33.829
Obviously not the fastest of them all, but I think I did fairly decent, especially since I didn't do 2k laps like some of you did
Also, since I am so new to this stuff, are we supposed to do just a single-lap run, or just keep running it until we get a good time?
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As many runs as you can/want. Just remember to submit before the deadline, and you'll be fine.
And as Board-updater: What controller do you use, and what division are you?
EDIT: I see you didn't get a result yet. Please run the WRS Qualifier Race, send MisterWeary the result-PM (or, in this case, to Flat-Out who is temporarily in while MisterWeary is on holiday), and receive your division.
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Haven't tried it yet, but plan to today, although I'll probably be 'under the influence' and my lap times will show, but that's okay as it's still early.
So how hard are those 1st gear hairpins with the DFP wheel? I see someone has already found R4's on the rear to be an advantage, anyone else go this route? I think that's where I was going start. I've found R4's on the rear and R5's on the front, can lead to a better result for positioning the car under turn in, you lose a bit of grip on corner exit, but this car only has like 150 lbs of tq, so I'm not too worried about that.
So how hard are those 1st gear hairpins with the DFP wheel? I see someone has already found R4's on the rear to be an advantage, anyone else go this route? I think that's where I was going start. I've found R4's on the rear and R5's on the front, can lead to a better result for positioning the car under turn in, you lose a bit of grip on corner exit, but this car only has like 150 lbs of tq, so I'm not too worried about that.
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- GTP_MisterWeary
New splits:
T1: 0`26.643
T2: 0`59.182
T3: 1`20.135
T1: 0`26.643
T2: 0`59.182
T3: 1`20.135
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(Is 10:24am to early to have a drink? 
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- AngelCreator
- AngelCreator
The leaderboard look's weird this week. I will try this again tonite, hope I do better
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26.141
58.443
1'19.145
58.443
1'19.145
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I haven't done anything yet. But it looks really fun.
I'll haveto try tomorrow. Laters.
Sammy.
I'll haveto try tomorrow. Laters.
Sammy.
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- Portland, OR
- Jump_Ace
- JUMPxACE
Killer splits Andrew! I'm waiting for the Ho-Ho's to submit a 1:18.7 or some unfair, indespicable (sp?) unreal splits, lol. What I did play it was very smooth, the car keeps turning while the track keeps cutting in on the turns, reminds me of the Amuse R1 in a lot of ways . I'll get on this in the next day or two 👍
Jerome
. I'll get on this in the next day or two 👍Jerome
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Kyle, I normally complain about perfectly balanced cars understeering... this thing does no understeer unless you just sit there and mash the gas way too soon through the corner.
I can actually get the back end to step out a little, with R5s all around, if I get forceful. So I dunno what you are on... try messing with the gearing though.
I can actually get the back end to step out a little, with R5s all around, if I get forceful. So I dunno what you are on... try messing with the gearing though.
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- BradleyH131
Screwed up pretty much everything after T2, shame because it was a cracker of a first half. I almost went into shock after the T1, which I got by totally fluking a handbrake turn on the second tight hairpin. That method seems to work quite well, the problem is I've only pulled it off about twice in the maybe 25 times I tried it.
T1 - 25.938
T2 - 58.193
T3 - 1'18.902
T1 - 25.938
T2 - 58.193
T3 - 1'18.902
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- Portland, OR
- GTP_KLR142
Lol, haven't actually driven it yet... Not recently anyway. And it may very well have just been the way I was driving it. But then again, the Amuse is definitely oversteer biased.
So maybe I should retract my statement before I've even driven the car.(on this track, and in any sort of recent time)
And Brad. Yikes up to T2 man. Totally yikes. Don't let Curtis see that!
