Regarding Cien

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I used it for the Amalfi rally heaps of times, and also took it in any event where it could be entered. I then destroyed it by giving it mega horsepower.

It's fairly multipurpose, or at least I thought so anyway
 
I usually use the Lotus Elise. On hard I use a Touring car or upgraded car with 450HP. The Cien's stock brakes feel like cheese.:sly:
 
Sounds like a good choice. Now if i may, Is there any true difference in the handling/speeds and other characteristics of the touring car vs. the race car. vs. the rally cars etc?

The touring car is low-powered but, easy to control in tight city tracks plus you won't give up too many A-Spec points if you care about your points. Rally cars gear ratios are shorter and much quicker. Race cars in clacces of
LMP- Le Mans Prototype
JGTC- Japan Grand Touring Championship
D1GP- Drifting Grand Prix
C- Old Le Mans Racer 89-92
I am sure there are more classes
 
So, I raced the special conditions races and retrieved a Cadillac Cien. Mkay, well this car is wicked powerful and is stocked with lots of horsepower without upgrades. Does anyone have suggestions as to where this car is a perfect car to use in a race? Certain tracks or certain races that this car can be use specifically for?

Take the Cadillac CIEN to the All American Championship in the American Events. It handles nicely on R3 tires and will take down the Ford GT Race Cars and Dodge Viper Race Cars that show up. You may need to tune the suspension a little to make it behave. It will even beat the Panoz Esperante GTR-1 that shows up from time to time. Though if you are like me, once you see the Panoz, you will want to drive it. And once you drive the Panoz you will wish you could find more places to drive it!

Respectfully,
GTsail290
 
i used the Toyota 7 for the pavement rallys. but i've also done a ton of laps of Citti di Aria and Amalfi in Tourist Trophy so i knew the track really well. A-spec points don't matter to me.
 
Can you please use the edit button please?Your not allowed to double post or even triple post!
 
Oh, oops. My apologies.

Well, you're new. The moderators won't tear you up too bad. All you'll get is a slap on wrist granted you learn from it.


Anyways, back on topic:

I found that the Cien was good for the American League races. Although I had to modify my driving style a little bit in collaboration with tuning of the suspension. Watch out for the brakes and I would also recommend installing a rear wing on the car. I found that helps considerably with the cornering of this car.
 
*points at above post regarding dirt rally racing*.
Im currently using a toyota celica rally car now for this.
Im getting my butt wooped by a mitsubishi lancer and the point is aspec 1.
What gives? gah.
haha I hate dirt racing, to me its very very very hard.

Its either you are bad and can't race on GT4.:guilty:(Hopefully not):) The average GT4 racer can beat a rally race in 2nd to 3rd try. I used the Subaru Prototype Rally Car 2001.
 
You're overtuning the cars. Try a rally car with absolutely no upgrades other than dirt tires and go from there. Generally they'll be easy enough to drive and still perfectly capable of killing the easy and normal level competition.
 
and i dont use a steering wheel for the game, Just good ol ps2 controller.

This is one of the most-heard excuses I've heard for having trouble with a race. It is simply meaningless. Lots of drivers with wheels are very, very slow, and lots of drivers with controllers are very, very fast. In fact, looking at the worldwide record times in license tests (you can see the list of top times in every test by clicking the links in the boxes on the left, more than half (41 of 80) were achieved using the standard PS2 controller (the Dualshock2, or DS2). The driver who owns 79 of those 80 records has mastered both the wheel and the controller, tries them both each time he attempts a record run in a license test or similar event, and selects which of the two is faster for that particular car on that track with those tires. As you can see, the two controllers are essentially evenly matched; more correctly, each is better for certain types of cars and certain types of tracks. For rally tracks (dirt, snow, and tarmac), the DS2 is actually the better controller because it allows quicker movements, and a faster lock-to-lock time.
 
It will even beat the Panoz Esperante GTR-1 that shows up from time to time. Though if you are like me, once you see the Panoz, you will want to drive it. And once you drive the Panoz you will wish you could find more places to drive it!

Respectfully,
GTsail290

Whats wrong with the Esparante? Is it too slow? Is the gearbox like the Pegeuot 905?:dopey:
 
The Panoz Esparante is in the US Dealerships, under the Panoz icon. Also, the Pegeout is under the France Dealership\Pegeout\Classics
Also, when you save up the credits don't buy either of these cars they are tempting but, don't do it! I found out the hard way with the Pegeout 905 the gearbox is lagging and switches to next gear slower than the Toyota Supra. Its good on tracks that are fast paced like High Speed Ring but, any track that is more technical Laguna Seca it is lagging. What a waste of 3,500,000 credits.:grumpy::ouch::banghead::mad: Now I listen to other members about what not to buy for races and I'm not about to find out with the Panoz.👍
 
The time of day can effect the way your brain to reacts to music.
I know that it is good to listen to slow music when you first wake up. Upbeat music in the evenings. I have the slightest clue why this happens but scientist get paid to do stuff like that so 98% of the time I listen.
 
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