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Late braking is VERY expensive here, exit speed is king. If you dive too deep, you corner too slowly, perhaps nearly stopping to make the turn, and then you're late on the gas, which is speed you don't have until you brake next, sometimes 20 seconds of going slower than you could be. It adds up fast.
Earlier in the thread I said I got better at this when I started driving 7/10ths instead of 11/10ths. Relax and cruise around, and brake before you want to. Also, people have mentioned how badly the car understeers. Don't fight the push, just neutral throttle through the turns, nail it on the way out.
I still haven't beaten it clean, I did two short-cuts and two wall-rides in my winning run, but my clean times are coming down to getting 2nd consistently.
As mentioned several times, the NA version of this is much more difficult than other versions, not only because we have to wait longer, but I think our 300SL is slightly quicker, too.
I don't have a wheel, only the Dual Shock 2.
Thanks for the advice, it may help. Ya, I am breaking late for the turn and trying to push as much as I can to get teh car around the bend as fast as possible. Yet, that's me, and how I race in the game, drive hard, drive fast. Basically, any car I drive in the game, I push it to it's limits jsut before getting to the barrier where the car looses control and I'm off track. It has always worked for me, but, this mission makes a bad driver doing that
To those who have suggested for me to get the wheel, forget that idea. I'm better with the DS2 with the camera view where you se the hood of the car and a bit of the roof of the car, my favourite view now. I used to drive with the chase cam chasing the car.
I've tryed watching teh video that one person posted at the end of this thread and all I get is a black media player screen and it won't play,
I've actually taken a long break from this mission because, yes, it can make even the most patient person go postal with the wait period. I'm going to see if there is a game shark code that makes the wait non existant,
...kidding
Seriously, I'm going to just keep working at it until I can get past the 300SL. The McKlaren is much faster than the 300SL, like people have said, it's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it. In this case, slow and steady wins the race. This mission is starting to remind me of the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare", hmmmmm, gets me thinking of this mission differently now that I put it to myself that way....💡
Edit = For those who are curious as to what my idea is, I'm going to play it cool
. In other words pretend I'm the toroise and the other cars are the hare(s). I'm going to take my time to see how it works form me with this mission because, damn, it's hard
. I have not played the mission for some time right now but plan on to some time this weekend and see if I can come 2nd this time 'round or maybe even first if I'm lucky. The best place I have come in so far according to my journal is 3rd place and about 7secs behind the lead car. So pushing has been making me get better and better. Yet, i'm jsut going to experiment with different techniques and see which ones work for me with this one. It's the only mission I have to complete.
Man I thought the mission on Seatlle Circuit with the whatchamacallit car was hard. It's a peice of cake. Same with the first 33 missions, all peices of cake compared to this brain teaser. But, like my mom always says " You enjoy puzzles. You'll figure it out"
I've just finished watching the vids posted in this thread, well the ones that would work anyway. I have a couple of theories about them, correct me if I'm wrong:
1. Everyone who recorded the vid, they were driving in manual, not automatic
2. They did not use the DS2, but the DFP ( Driving Force Pro AKA wheel )
Those are my theories. Now, I use Automatic transmission and use the DS2. I know it's beatable with the DS2, but I'm starting to think it's not so using Automatic transmission. The computer, when I brake, goes one gear too low in the corners where I can take them at gear 3 ( ie = when the red number flashes red I start braking but if the number is flashing a red 3, the computer puts me in gear 2 ). I'm starting to think I found the solution to my problem, use Manual transmission and maybe I can beat the mission after a few trys lets say.
But I'm still taking a break from the mission. It's that mind boggling on how creators of a game can get a way with putting a mini game in a game,
I've done it all, wall rode, cut through the grass, breaking at last minute...you name it, I've tryed it and it makes my times slower rather than faster...what up wit dat!!??
