New seasonal: british lightweights + info and OCD update
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- JMarine25
I tried this one in my Lotus Evora. I won every event except the Nürburgring Nordschleife event. Most of you may know that I hate racing the Nürburgring Nordschleife. I'm terrible racing this track, and all I could manage in my single run was 4th. I even had to come from behind to win at Tsukuba and London. The event requires NORMAL cars, so my Race Modified Lotus Elise 111R was disqualified for entry.
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- woodski427
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- axletramp
Haha, true. Although I do think something is missing from this picture...
That's better! Moooooooooove!!!
BTW, has anyone had a go at this with the Mini Cooper 1.3i '98, or is that also classed as German?
hessi
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I'm very impressed with the Evora, especially compared to the Elise. The handling with stock suspension is exactly how I like my cars - some amount of oversteer, but very easily controllable.
The one thing that is weird though is the transmission. Even on the Nürburgring straight I can't manage to get into 5th gear, it never even gets into red in 4th, and the amount of rpm loss per gear change always startles me. Luckily, it has quite good torque from low rpms.
Has the real Evora really gear ratios like this?
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- Unrealbr_
I did all those with my 2nd car ever purchased on GT5.
The beastly TVR T350C.
And it's damn awesome! Put some wing, small tuning and you can drive it without aids and a DS3 easily.
As for that damn reverse bend, every single lap i found a new angle to crash into the fence.
lol
The beastly TVR T350C.
And it's damn awesome! Put some wing, small tuning and you can drive it without aids and a DS3 easily.
As for that damn reverse bend, every single lap i found a new angle to crash into the fence.
lol
SuperCobraJet
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- SuperCobraJet1
I have been enjoying the British Lightweight Seasonal with the Elise 96.
No aero
180hp (190 at the Nurb)
679kg
Sport hard tires (mediums at London)
Ajd. tranny
Adj. suspension
LSDiff.
Really like the challenge.
Going to run it again.
No aero
180hp (190 at the Nurb)
679kg
Sport hard tires (mediums at London)
Ajd. tranny
Adj. suspension
LSDiff.
Really like the challenge.
Going to run it again.
Well the old TVR V8S didn't let me down. I had to do quite a bit to make it competitive but in the end it made for some good racing. On Tsukuba and London I take the lead on the last lap, and on the 'Ring I don't pass the lead car until about 6 minutes in so it's still been a little challenging too.
I agree with you Eric, for some reason the London track is a lot more fun that I remember it being.
I agree with you Eric, for some reason the London track is a lot more fun that I remember it being.
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- NFSCARBON1
I tried to do the Seasonals with my 490pp Lotus Elise 111R (with aero installed but not RM). I won Monaco by 17 seconds on Comfort softs, but came second at London by 3.5 seconds. I tried for about an hour on that race, then got fed up and used Racing Softs instead. But I won the rest with Comfort tyres.
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Not sure what's up with Monaco. I took the lead early and won by 11 seconds despite spending most of my time drifting and messing around. Compare that with the other tracks where I was taking the lead on the last lap and driving clean. I found it a bit strange.
Time trials:
Nurburgring - 394hp or less 1000kg or more - racing hard or less
WTH i was checking the lap records, and notiched that the best time is 6:03.xx
on Corvette zr1(c6) RM. so i downloaded the ghost replay. and guess what this guy "friza1" has somehow managed to hax the game, Cutting through walls and ****, then i watched the replay, and he is under the track's terrain. WTF
GT is starting to need a Report button,
I recommend you check this out, i'm furius
Nurburgring - 394hp or less 1000kg or more - racing hard or less
WTH i was checking the lap records, and notiched that the best time is 6:03.xx
on Corvette zr1(c6) RM. so i downloaded the ghost replay. and guess what this guy "friza1" has somehow managed to hax the game, Cutting through walls and ****, then i watched the replay, and he is under the track's terrain. WTF
GT is starting to need a Report button,
I recommend you check this out, i'm furius
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Xavant
No way!
fitftw
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I honestly don't know how these people find these glitches or what makes them go off track and mess with the barriers when they should just be racing. I remember though there was a really crazy autocross type track in GT1 or 2 where you could go outside the track and basically test out your top speed lol.
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I'm puzzled why PD lets those times stand. How hard would it be to check the top 10 replays every day and ban the cheaters...
BradKinder
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To win these I used the 2001 Lotus Elise typ 72 (that you win as a prize car somewhere, black on gold rims). NA engine. It was fun. Really fun.
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That's the car I'm currently using. Very fun to drive (using the default settings). Though I don't seem to be able to win this with anything less than sports soft (TC always off). I've managed to take the lead on lap 2 with sports soft, and win by a massive margin. Then I slap on sports medium, and all I managed so far is 2nd.
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The real Europa was quite the car: from the Wikipedia-
The car's handling prompted automotive writers to describe the Europa as the nearest thing to a Formula car for the road.
I also loved that the car pulled .89g on the skid pad, the same as the '74 Ferrrari's
remember it took several more years before the 'Vette became the first production car to pull 1 gee with street tires, I have
not doubt modern tires and some larger rims could get the car very close or exceed that 1 gee
The car's handling prompted automotive writers to describe the Europa as the nearest thing to a Formula car for the road.
I also loved that the car pulled .89g on the skid pad, the same as the '74 Ferrrari's
remember it took several more years before the 'Vette became the first production car to pull 1 gee with street tires, I have
not doubt modern tires and some larger rims could get the car very close or exceed that 1 gee
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- HaylRayzor
V8S for the win.
What can I say, I'm a roadster guy all the way.
What can I say, I'm a roadster guy all the way.
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I've just been trying the London race with the AC Cobra all stock Sport Hard (stage 2 weight reduction to make weight). I can't get closer than 2 seconds in 5 tries. On sport hards it won't take ANY throttle until the wheels are straight. Frustrating but fun.
Put on Sport Mediums and won by 6 seconds.
Cote d'Azur was easy on sport hards. The AI don't get around there very well. All you have to do is tip-toe around the corners and let the big block breathe on the straights.
Put on Sport Mediums and won by 6 seconds.
Cote d'Azur was easy on sport hards. The AI don't get around there very well. All you have to do is tip-toe around the corners and let the big block breathe on the straights.
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I just finished the Lotus Expert Event, so I use directly the same car without modification in this new event.
The first 2 were easy games, but I am now face some challenge in the London Street, after a few try, still 2 sec behind the lead car. I know it would be easy to modify the setting slightly to win, but it's always fun to have challenges.
The first 2 were easy games, but I am now face some challenge in the London Street, after a few try, still 2 sec behind the lead car. I know it would be easy to modify the setting slightly to win, but it's always fun to have challenges.
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- Hippie-Giraffe
Started out doing some continuous runs at Monaco in my fully-tuned-partially-limited Catheram for some kicks. Now I've turned (pun not intended) to running a different tire each race and noting the differences in characteristics & competitiveness. One race per tire taking the best single lap from each run. I am recording times and will post in this thread for those handful of folk who might care to read 
Side note, the last lap has continually churned the quickest time. I find that odd for a couple reasons. One side of my brain says that concentration would be down at the end, thus generally slower. The other says that having navigated so many laps prior to the last, I've simply gotten the hang of the track. Any opinions?
Side note, the last lap has continually churned the quickest time. I find that odd for a couple reasons. One side of my brain says that concentration would be down at the end, thus generally slower. The other says that having navigated so many laps prior to the last, I've simply gotten the hang of the track. Any opinions?
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