Ok. I'm stuck. Anybody beat Nascar Exteme B-Spec yet?

[SoCal Senator]

The nascar events were the hardest ones in all of B-spec imo. If you're ok with second or third not so much, but I only settle for first...and nascar was the hardest.

Gladly trade my golds in NASCAR series and the JG Challenge for the Elise gold at Top Gear. No joke, but not possible.

 

[Trevlac217]

Gladly trade my golds in NASCAR series and the JG Challenge for the Elise gold at Top Gear. No joke, but not possible.

I know! As hard as the Lotus race is, I once got 2nd place by .003! Finally after many 2nd place races, I won by .9! Still a headache...

 

[Lambob]

I had this one lingering left to do to gold my B-Spec Extreme series. So I fired her up last night, fixed up my Impala, slapped in a Lvl 35 BOB into it, and "winged" different setups on each track, to gold the event. I only came in 5th on Grandvalley, but the most awesome discovery about that particular track was: My Bob accidentally went into the pits on the last lap, and managed to come back fast to get 5th. I will retry to pit on the "much needed 4th or 5th lap" and win it that way. The rear tires...

I was really wowed to watch the TV view angles and race sounds... while racing the high speed ones. It was a nice change of events.
Seems so much improved in 1.10. I can see it.

 

[GT5Power]

Bob annoyingly managed to hit the side of Daytona and rolled over

Well at least he got the Rollover trophy for you

 

[ibiris]

For those of you still struck trying to do the Nascar Daytona race on B-Spec, I'll try to best describe what worked for me having tried everything else.

Bear in mind that I could have fluked a win though, but hopefully this will help others.

Ensuring an oil change was carried out:
1. Set aeros to the lowest settings
2. Set transmission to around 235mph (can't remember the exact setting)
3. Set 1st and 2nd gear to the lowest ratio
4. Set 3rd gear slightly lower than default (sort of in between 2nd and 4th on the graph)
5. Set brake bias to lowest on Front and Rear
6. Set LSD to default

For the race, I used a level 37 driver who had a temperment about 1/4 into the hot zone. Previously I had been using a level 40 who was cold, and that hadn't worked.

During the race, I spammed slow down (brain fart, can't remember what it's called now!!). At this point my driver didn't really seem to slow down, and was even in 1st place for around a lap. My idea here was to preserve Physical strenth and tyres as much as possible - not sure it made a difference though.
At around lap 12/13, I started telling him to put his foot down, and spammed it from lap 14. I was in first place by the end of lap 14, and dropped to 2nd at lap 18. I took first place again within one lap and ended up leaving the pack behind, finishing around 3 seconds in front of them.

Ping me a message if you want to ask something I may have forgotten to include.
Good luck!

 

[YankeeRanger]

it was pretty easy :S, i didn't spend that much effort on that race

 

[H0urg1ass]

I did this series on A-spec and then turned around and used the exact same tunings that won the A-spec races for me. Bob managed to win gold in all but Daytona, but on the second Daytona attempt he took gold after I spammed "pace down" a million times.

I tell the idiot to go faster and overtake them and all he can do is stand on the brakes so I figure I'll tell him to slow down and sure enough it's like he forgot where the brake pedal was.

 

[ibiris]

I tell the idiot to go faster and overtake them and all he can do is stand on the brakes so I figure I'll tell him to slow down and sure enough it's like he forgot where the brake pedal was.

Exactly what happened when I told him to slow down. I'm glad that's out the way and I never have to touch B-Spec again!

 

[gd224]

Just started the NASCAR series, currently I have a HUGE lead at Indy (10 sec.), I set the transmission at 224 mph. Hope I don't jinx it. Will update though.

EDIT: Well, heres how it went (I used TigJackson's setups):

Indy: won by 9 seconds, real easy here, just get out in front, pace up and get away, then maintain pace as soon as you get a sizeable lead

Grand Valley: Forgot to do the setup here, and well I screwed up, spun while in 3rd. Then quit.

High Speed Ring: same strategy as Indy, just don't spin out, as my driver kept skidding out of the last corner for what ever reason. And, spam "Maintain Pace", it helps.

Laguna Seca: once again same strategy as Indy, hower more sliding, as spam "Maintain Pace", again not to hard

Daytona, had trouble pulling away, int the first 10-12 laps, then I started used "Pace Up" in turns 2 and 4 and began pulling away, won by about 5.5 or 6 sec (didn't look to see exactly)

Won by 140 points, (got 400), will try Grand Valley again, but otherwise NO MORE!!!

 

[ninjafied]

All the cars are so even you'll just have to watch your bob keep him in the red all the time

 

[gt4rulez]

hi all.

had alot of trouble on daytona. the first 4 were easy

first of all my b-spec was hitting the wall. alot of set ups later he was still driving like an idiot. every time it was finishing last (lvl35 driver? with a bit experience wtf!)


then i found out that increasing the ride height actually helps decreasing the tire wear on daytona ALOT.

finally i used this set up and won by 6,366 sec on daytona?!
even got better tire wear then the ai 0.0

Jeff gordons Chevy
OIL CHANGE, car braked in

Downforce F 35 R 45

Gearing 370km/h (topspeed said 377)

LSD
10
40
5

Suspension
+8 +8
18.5 18.5
8 8
8 8
6 6

2.0 1.0
0.00 0.20

Brakes
0 0


took first place in lap 8 with 1 sec lead or so. then they still managed to draft me somehow and got back. i got overtaken by both sides with a bumper length. but somehow the ai's braked while my b-spec didnt brake at all.

so that pretty much launched me away from both of them, i kept spamming the pace button and it increased its lead up to the 6,366!

my b-spec driver is like 1/4 on the "cool" side. (viewed from the middle) won with a green arrow. after he won daytona it turned blue

good luck!

 

[willy723]

Last place in every race except indy....just plain frustrating

tried the strategies explained above but every race, slowly but surely fall back to 12th

 

[GraphiteGB]

Last place in every race except indy....just plain frustrating

tried the strategies explained above but every race, slowly but surely fall back to 12th

Even the high speed ring. your realy that bad.

 

[benoliver999]

This video did the trick for me on Daytona - just be sure to increase pace during the countdown.

 

[MM1000]

I found the B spec nascar very easy with two of my drivers. The other one had no chance, despite being excellent at other events.

Don't forget that all bobs are a little different from eachother. You want a bob with great cornering and braking skills, and then I think setting up the car is not hard at all.

 

[Young King]

Profiled.

 

[pauloSandar]

I have just won the championship! Grand Valley Speedway seemed impossible to me, but it wasn't: I kept my Bob calm, so when they all pitted (on the 7th lap), my tyres were ok.
By the way, I haven't tried Daytona yet, I had enough points to win so I quitted it.

 

[lagunacat]

I have just won the championship! Grand Valley Speedway seemed impossible to me, but it wasn't: I kept my Bob calm, so when they all pitted (on the 7th lap), my tyres were ok.
By the way, I haven't tried Daytona yet, I had enough points to win so I quitted it.

Thanks for that! Best strategy! After trying 7 times with 3 different cars your strategy won me this race. . Even with the leaders NOT pitting.

 

[lagunacat]

I just won all 5 races in the championship using 2011 Vickers. I used the strategy from paulo above for all races except for the first (go balls out from the start). You basically have to keep your Bob very cool through most of these races for tire preservation and be very hands on guiding your driver to the front in the last 3 or 4 laps. Grand Valley and Laguna especially. Use the over-take button at the opportune moments and it works perfectly. These two tracks I was pounding the pace-down button often and with 3 laps left paced up and used the over-take when on someones bumper. Daytona is a crap shoot but ended up winning with luck I think but again kept Bob cool.

 

[Buddy Lee]

For those of you still struck trying to do the Nascar Daytona race on B-Spec, I'll try to best describe what worked for me having tried everything else.

Bear in mind that I could have fluked a win though, but hopefully this will help others.

Ensuring an oil change was carried out:
1. Set aeros to the lowest settings
2. Set transmission to around 235mph (can't remember the exact setting)
3. Set 1st and 2nd gear to the lowest ratio
4. Set 3rd gear slightly lower than default (sort of in between 2nd and 4th on the graph)
5. Set brake bias to lowest on Front and Rear
6. Set LSD to default

For the race, I used a level 37 driver who had a temperment about 1/4 into the hot zone. Previously I had been using a level 40 who was cold, and that hadn't worked.

Good luck!

So what you're telling me is that I need to wait to get a level 37 driver to win a level 21 race? That is LUDICROUS. There has got to be some other way.

Level 26 Dumbass w/905HP Fusion: wins Indy by 1/4 lap, 2nd @ GV by a bumper only because I am brilliant, while he's RETARDED and waits for drivers ahead of him to recover from being sideways then lets them speed up before he steps on the gas, 10th @ SR because he refuses to draft ANYONE...EVER, and DEAD F'ING LAST @ Daytona by a 1/4 lap NO MATTER WHAT. DF min or max. Camber 1 to 10. Toe up or down. Tranny setting from 236 to 268. Run cool. Run Hot. Run Middle...and every point in between. Spam the overtake. It's pointless. FYI, None of the AI Bobs ever pit in any of those races like some people are trying to say.

I'd like to meet the jackass who designed the specs for that track, stare him in the eye and bitch slap him.

 

[trucker1993]

i did it no probz

 

[Buddy Lee]

Doesn't help.

Lil' more detail.

 

[lagunacat]

Look at my strategy above.

 

[Buddy Lee]

Ya. Already read it. Pray tell: What level driver did you use?

 

[lagunacat]

29 and 21 (i think). keeping them cool is the trick, they actually go faster.

 

[Buddy Lee]

ummm....ya......no. Been there, done that. I ended up with the worst finish of all my races. The biggest problem for my BOBsolutely ridiculous drivers is drafting. 2 out of every three laps they are in between the two lines of cars and falling behind at a tremendous rate. There's no "Hey A-Hole. Move behind someone so you can keep up and maybe not finish dead last" button.

 

[lagunacat]

Daytona is kind of a crap shoot. It is up and down the whole race. I think I was in 9th with 2 laps to go but hung in there and grabbed it at the line. The other 4 races are very winnable though.

 

[dahcmai]

I'll have to post up my settings. I didn't know people had a hard time with that one. I was actually mad about it since Bob beat it so easily and I had a hell of a time beating it in A spec.

I do know I set the max speed to exactly what got the most power out but still didn't hit the end. Set the downforce so I could have him turn corners without hitting the brakes and that was about it.

I know I spammed the increase pace button until he got the lead, then the 2nd place guy kept drafting, but Bob could turn better so he eventually lost him and just took off. Bob ended up lapping two cars before the finish, that's how far he was ahead.

It was all about turning without hitting the brakes. He got ahead in every turn.

 

[Buddy Lee]

I know I spammed the increase pace button until he got the lead, then the 2nd place guy kept drafting, but Bob could turn better so he eventually lost him and just took off. Bob ended up lapping two cars before the finish, that's how far he was ahead.

It was all about turning without hitting the brakes. He got ahead in every turn.

I tried this too. What level was Bob when you did this. My result with my best driver (28) was the best it's been. I was in the middle of the pack, under .2-- behind and dumbass Bob, on a whim, just cut right off the course and drove into the pit. The tires were lunch. I got lapped and finished dead last again. If my tires were that bad, how did the other jackasses not need to pit? I was right in the middle of the pack. I have used every combination of ride height, downforce, spamming down and up, to no avail. Is there a Nascar vehicle that is better than another? I have upped the Aflac Fusion as far as it will go.

 

[lagunacat]

I tried this too. What level was Bob when you did this. My result with my best driver (28) was the best it's been. I was in the middle of the pack, under .2-- behind and dumbass Bob, on a whim, just cut right off the course and drove into the pit. The tires were lunch. I got lapped and finished dead last again. If my tires were that bad, how did the other jackasses not need to pit? I was right in the middle of the pack. I have used every combination of ride height, downforce, spamming down and up, to no avail. Is there a Nascar vehicle that is better than another? I have upped the Aflac Fusion as far as it will go.

My Vickers wins this race. Forget the year, look up my post.