S-10 licence (Porsche 917K at half wet Spa)
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- Ludwigsburg
- RocketJoe1-61
The test took me 3 or 4 hours and about 300 miles of driving with an infinite number of restarts. 
Guess I've touched each and every wet square inch of the track. I found the steering on the DS4 extremely sensitive and I felt like sometimes it just took a short breath at the wrong time to unsettle the car.
I've been driving without assists except ABS and ended up with a medium 25 lap.
All in all it's been a great challenge and I'll be back at it later to improve.
Guess I've touched each and every wet square inch of the track. I found the steering on the DS4 extremely sensitive and I felt like sometimes it just took a short breath at the wrong time to unsettle the car.I've been driving without assists except ABS and ended up with a medium 25 lap.
All in all it's been a great challenge and I'll be back at it later to improve.
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- Braga, Portugal
- pedrocor
Nailed a 2:34 in my first completed lap. With a G29, no assists except weak ABS and no ghost.
A very, very conservative lap just to establish a benchmark, as there are other tests on Special Licence waiting for me to turn assists on, still almost Silver.
As some other posters said, for me the hardest part was to realize which portions of the track are wet, damp and dry going to Blanchimont. A flat out section where three of the the four previous attempts finished by loosing it completely.
Not easy, for sure, but not the nightmare some say. For me IA-10 was harder on the Merc just to bronze, although Spa test needs to put so much things together to gold it, it seems.
A very, very conservative lap just to establish a benchmark, as there are other tests on Special Licence waiting for me to turn assists on, still almost Silver.
As some other posters said, for me the hardest part was to realize which portions of the track are wet, damp and dry going to Blanchimont. A flat out section where three of the the four previous attempts finished by loosing it completely.
Not easy, for sure, but not the nightmare some say. For me IA-10 was harder on the Merc just to bronze, although Spa test needs to put so much things together to gold it, it seems.
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- United Kingdom
- bone_tone
Well done RJ. I've spent about as much time as you on it, and only managed 2 complete laps so far! Second one was good enough for silver though. Blanchimont seems to be the worst place for breathing - the car just shoots off the track there no matter what speed you're doing.The test took me 3 or 4 hours and about 300 miles of driving with an infinite number of restarts.
I've been driving without assists except ABS and ended up with a medium 25 lap.
All in all it's been a great challenge and I'll be back at it later to improve.
Tried it with the demonstration ghost yesterday, in an attempt at gold, only to find that the ghost was at Les Combes as I was exiting Eau Rouge!
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- Ludwigsburg
- RocketJoe1-61
Ah b_t, you're right - it's a pain in the ass. What I do is carefully accelerate out of T15 and start coasting a bit through that first slight left, then gear down to third for Blanchimont with a little throttle ( if I get it right ), then slowly accelerate again ...
Can't tell you how often I lost my car there being 50 m behind the demo ghost.
I'm waiting for your Gold time, mate !
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- GT-MIC
Pain in the ass for sure. That slight left before Blanchimont was my downfall many times when I was trying with the controller, and I kept falling for the 'trying to keep up with the ghost' thing. After about the same amount of time as you and @bone_tone with the controller I gave it a shot with the wheel (first time in GT7) and after about half an hour and one silver run (which is when I found out I didn't need to chase the ghost so hard) I switched TC on, the ghost off, and achieved gold first go. I won't be going back ever again!Ah b_t, you're right - it's a pain in the ass. What I do is carefully accelerate out of T15 and start coasting a bit through that first slight left, then gear down to third for Blanchimont with a little throttle ( if I get it right ), then slowly accelerate again ...
Can't tell you how often I lost my car there being 50 m behind the demo ghost.
I'm waiting for your Gold time, mate !
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- United Kingdom
- bone_tone
Got the hang of Blanchimont a bit more today, 2 hours work and I knocked 0.2 seconds off my time - only 2.5 seconds to find now....... (is that about another 12.5 hours of grinding?)Ah b_t, you're right - it's a pain in the ass. What I do is carefully accelerate out of T15 and start coasting a bit through that first slight left, then gear down to third for Blanchimont with a little throttle ( if I get it right ), then slowly accelerate again ...
Can't tell you how often I lost my car there being 50 m behind the demo ghost.
I'm waiting for your Gold time, mate !
Glad you had success with the wheel - I couldn't even imagine doing it with a controller!
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- RocketJoe1-61
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- NRW - GT
Have you tried different settings for the driving assistants?
Don't be afraid to use them, they can be helpful to make a round after all.
I managed my first gold period there with all the assistants. After that I disabled some and further improved my time by improving/tweaking the smallest details.
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- France
- NicoloPou
Yes your tips helpend me. i turned up countr steerign assist. manged to finish 3 laps in a rowI'm very happy for you, I hope my tips were useful to you and will be of help to others. Have fun with the RedBull, he can help you with the missions, for example. help in LeManse!
Thank you!
It took me about 3 hours. First, I tried with assits off (except ABS). After getting silver an try to gold several times, switched to TC1, but I was so used to drive without it that I felt the car reactions a bit weird, so TC0 and try to pass Blanchimont with very sensitive feet and, finally, got the gold. Except the 2 first start-stop lessons, I liked the driving licenses of this game.
- 352
- Netherlands
After about a million tries, I wake up one day, and on the 5th try I got it with a 2:24,something
(Turns out I was trying toooo hard, had the most trouble with eau rouge and the fast turn just before the last chicane. Just had to remember to lift through that fast turn.)
(Turns out I was trying toooo hard, had the most trouble with eau rouge and the fast turn just before the last chicane. Just had to remember to lift through that fast turn.)
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- 69
- Munich
Great! Then I can honestly skip it! I thought for all that trouble you would get the 917K...
- 1,393
- Austria
- KAlex122
After tips from digit gaming (asm on and countersteering strong on controller) i managed a 2:27:3xx at the first complete lap (some tries before that, which i had to abort).
I hope i can do it again but faster. Other S-Licenses or Missions which i only got silver/bronze seem harder to me if going for Gold.
I hope i can do it again but faster. Other S-Licenses or Missions which i only got silver/bronze seem harder to me if going for Gold.
- 1,149
- Mumbai
- UnlikeUday
Today attempted a few pending S license tests & came to this one. In the start, it was tough to even go through Sector 1 as touching a patch of water meant doom.
After driving a few cautious laps, I managed 1:27:510. But was finding it hard to close towards gold. I realized lifting off at fast turns was the key. At the end, I managed a 2:25:100. I was happy as this was the most dreaded test. Some things to note:
After driving a few cautious laps, I managed 1:27:510. But was finding it hard to close towards gold. I realized lifting off at fast turns was the key. At the end, I managed a 2:25:100. I was happy as this was the most dreaded test. Some things to note:
- Racing hard here felt worse than sports hard tires. Unbelievable when on a wet patch. As if on ice & the car doesn't want to stop sliding.
- I tried the TCS assist & countersteering one too. I realized strong didn't help with turning whereas off made it too tricky. Weak is the best option. TCS option 2for sector 1, TCS option 3 for sector 2 & TCS option 5 for sector 3.
- That guy who keeps appearing once in a while with a crazy grin suggesting to see the demo, should instead suggest PD to make a RH tire good enough. It felt as if the RH tire was completely worn with the ridiculous sliding.
