My moment

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While I was doing my test for 10/10 10/10 damper on deep forest, it turn out to be my best GT2 moment. Using my 551hp R34 Vspec (no weight mods) I beat Mine Lancer Evo with some struggling (well, my skill is improve only a little :dopey: ).






So, what is your best moment ?



btw, do R34 is smaller than Lancer Evo ?
 
My greatest moment? It's hard to say man. About 1 in 3 sim races yields a moment or 2 or 3 or 4 just like the one you've just shown us. You're learning, Sucahyo...soon you'll be doing **** like this all the time!

Last nite I was racing GT3's Amateur European Challenge series in a Camaro SS. My main competition was a super light Lotus Elise 190. Thruout the race at Rome, my heavier car had an advantage out of corners because of the great V8 torque--and I was slightly faster down the straight (only slightly) but the Elise had better overall cornering so me & him traded places several times. But I won because the Lotus turned into turn 11 too fast and got sideways.

At Route 5, I qualified a second and a half faster than the Lotus, so I seriously downgraded my Camaro...power was taken from 372 hp to 327, I put slick tires on after removing the medium grade ones, and got the drivetrain totally stock. Now, the Lotus was FASTER than me down the long straight! Which means I had to rely on cornering in my 3,200 pound car. Again I managed a win. But at Grand Valley and Rome II, I lost to the Lotus... ¬

Anyways, one of these days I'm gonna learn how to do screenshots on the web, I've got plenty of tricky moments saved in replay mode.
 
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Well, GT2 specifically, it would have to be my triumph with the Esprit GT1 at GT All Stars-Red Rock Valley agianst a Toyota GT1 (TS020) '99, Saleen SR Widebody, Viper GTS-R and a few others. That car hates banked turns with a passion, but it's too much fun to try to tune it out of the cars personality.
 
One of my favorite races was in a Suzuki Cappucino. I was doing the second GT National race with the 295 hp limit. I'll never forget all those heavy Camaros, Mustangs, and Corvettes sliding and crashing down the corkscrew and my little 3-cylinder Cappucino emerging from the melee unscathed!
 
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Parnelli Bone
My greatest moment? It's hard to say man. About 1 in 3 sim races yields a moment or 2 or 3 or 4 just like the one you've just shown us. You're learning, Sucahyo...soon you'll be doing **** like this all the time!
Maybe I should create a gallery ...........

And I think I will try what you guys tried :).
 
Greatest moment was wining the Red rock valley race in the GT All stars using a fully tunwed Lotus Europa, vastly underpowered but good settings got it just good enough.
 
live4speed
Greatest moment was wining the Red rock valley race in the GT All stars using a fully tunwed Lotus Europa, vastly underpowered but good settings got it just good enough.

Yeah, I know it can be done...personally, I've never tried this one but there's a fellow here named Jmac who's accomplished this.
 
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sucahyo
Maybe I should create a gallery ...........

And I think I will try what you guys tried :).

Tonite I did the Amateur FR Challenge in GT3 driving my blue Camaro SS. With a stock engine in the first 2 races at Trail Mountain and Laguna (342 hp), it was right on par with a Mazda RX-7 that kept appearing. I added a engine computer at Route 246. All 3 races were edge-of-your-seat type stuff for at least 4 out of 5 laps. Same thing with the FF Challenge. I bought a Civic SiR hatch, put a semi-racing suspension & medium slick tires, and lightly modded it with a sports exhaust. That is all. After the race at Deep Forest, I also added a close-ratio transmission and single-plate clutch just to grab the torque a little earlier. Again, all 3 FF races got my pulse racing. Again and again, it seemed I would lose as the Mitsubishi FTO kept getting ahead of me by 2 or 3 seconds in the first lap. My Civic had absolutely no advantage over the leading FTO, so I had to rely on near-perfect cornering & brakes to sneak up, pass him, and win.

*Here's the thing: I think a lot of inexperienced players buy the game, get some credits, and begin to rely on horsepower for wins. If you do this, the game suddenly becomes way too easy.

To me, these are the most important things if you don't want to rely on horsepower:

1. Knowledge of the tracks. Without this, you'll always be guessing when to brake, when to apply throttle, what gear to be in. You'll wind up hit plenty of walls, too! Knowledge of how the tracks are layed out is THE most important strategy of real-life racing as well as Gran Turismo. This takes lots of practice of course.

2. Know your opponent. I've noticed the AI in GT3 has some different tricks than in GT2. At times, it is smarter and tries new strategies like drafting you down the straight even if you change lanes. But after awhile, you can almost always guess what the sim cars are gonna do next. And once you know this, you can predict when to attack them and when to hold back. Eventually, you can dance around them in those turns! This is what changes a replay into a work of f*@king art, man.

3. Car setup. Lots of newbs think there's a Golden car setup that will change their entire life. Sometimes you can learn something from another driver, but most of the time,
I find that the way your car is setup is merely an extension of your driving habits, so what works for one driver might or might not work for another. It's more important to know the tracks & opponents in my opinion, and use the chassis & transmission set-up to augment the way you drive so your car does what you want it to do WHEN you want it to.

4. Power is only important to me to merely keep up with the leader. Too much of it and the game gets boring QUICK. Too little, and it becomes extremely frustrating unless you don't mind being in 2nd or 3rd place a lot.
 
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Parnelli Bone
Here's the thing: I think alot of inexperienced players buy the game, get some credits, and begin to rely on horsepower for wins. If you do this, the game suddenly becomes way too easy.
Yes, even I can win deep forest tuned turbo no 1 with civic type R, which has 336 hp where the slowest opponent has 411hp with the average is 500 hp. 3 second faster from mine lancer evo is a bit too overkill.
 
Well, like Parnelli there, I have had some awesome moments in GT2. Probably one of the best was just being able to beat the Rome Circuit 2 Hour with a full compliment of [R] Nissan R390 GT1 's and Toyota GT-One's ( at least two of each). Even though I was driving an R390 GT1 of my own (the good [R] model), it was still quite a test to beat them all on such a technical course. I think in the end it was pit strategy that allowed me to win, but by less than 10 sec in a 2 hr race , thats cutting it close.

In response to the fact that GT2 becomes to eas with excessive hp, there are also alternative options to make it challenging. Try doing a 5-lap race and attempting to lap at least one car. Or, especially on endurances, try to see just how good of a lap you can turn.... making each new lap a challenge in itself!
 
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Well, like Parnelli there, I have had some awesome moments in GT2. Probably one of the best was just being able to beat the Rome Circuit 2 Hour with a full compliment of [R] Nissan R390 GT1 's and Toyota GT-One's ( at least two of each). Even though I was driving an R390 GT1 of my own (the good [R] model), it was still quite a test to beat them all on such a technical course. I think in the end it was pit strategy that allowed me to win, but by less than 10 sec in a 2 hr race , thats cutting it close.

In response to the fact that GT2 becomes to eas with excessive hp, there are also alternative options to make it challenging. Try doing a 5-lap race and attempting to lap at least one car. Or, especially on endurances, try to see just how good of a lap you can turn.... making each new lap a challenge in itself!

The way I set up my cars in enduros, I'm usually forced to turn the best laps I can! Otherwise, I'll lose. Sometimes I still can't help it, though. I'll get far ahead. That's when I start practicing...looking for that perfect drift. This way, I get a little fun time and with a few seconds, the 2nd place car is gaining on me.
 
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Best races: Winning the 3-lap ~493hp Grand Touring Cup race at Grand Valley with a 200hp, no race-mod Lancia Y. Also, winning the ~591hp Midfield event with a 220hp, no race-mod '96 Mirage Asti.

Winning the GT500 championship with a Trueno Apex GT (that #86 gray car) and the Trampio FTO GT. Neither was easy, but both were something to behold.

The moment I'd created a good setup with the Lotus Elise GT1 and the Ford GT90.

Winning many races with my red Neon ACR.
 
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