Sebastien Loeb Challenge

The biggest tip I can give it.....use bumper cam.

Suprisingly enough, this makes it SO much easier.

I was using cockpit cam, and struggling, especially on the last snow one, changed to bumper cam and blitzed the gold time by about 10secs.
 
The magic button, as some of you say, is not the skid recovery or any aid, the magis cbutton for me was Active Steeering, I do not know why but I make golds very easy with thta aid and everythig else off.
 
Im now blaming the stupid french car for being so bad... lol

Tried the other two last night, but it just wasn't happening. Was about to secure bronze in charmonix when the car slid and nudged the last barrier disqualifing me. Thinking of adjusting the 4WD settings mid race, anyone else tweak that to see if it helped?
 
interludes
Rallying is not like drifting. Both might involve cars travelling sideways, but rallying is more of a discipline than an extreme sport. When you slide through corners in a rally car, the idea is to use the slide to get through the corner as quickly as possible; in drifting, it's all about the show, which slows you down. The trick is to slide just enough to keep your momentum going through the corner so that you can carry speed into the next section of road, but not so much that you fishtail. Rallying is less about power and more about control; don't pound on the accelerator as soon as you're through a corner. Rather, balance the power to match your motion. Increase the power steadily as the car corrects itself, or else you'll just spin about. Learn to anticipate the corner ahead, because unlike circuit racing, the fastest line through a corner is often unconventional at best, and think about where you are on the road in relation to the next corner when you come out of the previous one. Aim to be in the best position possible for the next turn when you're done with the one you're in. Get into a rhythm and moderate the throttle for maximum effectiveness. It might sound slower to control the throttle as you come out of your slide than it is to simply pounce on the accelerator the moment you come out of a corner, but it's much better in the long run. Above all else, remember this: you have to play the long game. You have to think ahead - where you are, where you'll be and where you should be for the next corner.
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Great comment. Even if i know all this already i just loved reading that.
You wrote it all so well and i doubt theres anybetter advice out there for pepz having a hard time with rallys.
 
slzk
Just like how everyone said, you need to drive extremely smooth to avoid disqualification but a little aggresively to beat the clock with alla ids off.
But if you turn on ABS to 10, turn on Skid Recovery, you can overtake the ghost without any aggresive driving or infinite re-tries. That's how I did it.
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Hmmmm. 💡

I'm not very good at Rally, so this sounds like a winner. 👍
 
Toscana? Done, 2 seconds or so on Gold.
Eiger? Done. Bit of work, but 5 seconds on Gold.
Chamonix? Bronze, no where near gold.

I've always been faster on snow and dirt than tarmac, but for some reason Chamonix is kicking my butt. Gonna need a rethink, because I don't want to cheat my way to a Gold.

Though, I'm not object to it. lol
 
I shoulda read this thread sooner.

I'd golded the Toscana stage easily but was getting 5+ seconds slower than bronze on the snow and dirt tracks until i read this topic.

Golded the Eiger Nordwand with a messyish lap time of 4:01.217. Had passed the ghost car at the bottom, just over the wooden bridge only to make a mistake on the tarmac just after the tunnel and he just got past me again.
Using these settings:
Driving Line: on
Traction Control: 5
Skid Recovery Force: On
Active Steering: Mild
ASM: On
ABS: 4

And for the Chamonix track i got just over eight seconds quicker than gold on a very messy lap (slid into the wall heaps/wrong lines/slowing down too much for some corners etc) with a time of 4:08.774
With these settings:
Driving Line: on
Traction Control: 3
Skid Recovery Force: On
Active Steering: Mild
ASM: Off
ABS: 3

*heart topic*
:P
 
After doing the world tour, the one lap at Toscana was easy. I got the gold time by about 1.5 seconds on my second try (hit a wall on the first try).

It took me a little bit to actually learn the turns at Eiger and Chamonix, but neither took too long. I ended up getting gold on both, but not by a whole lot. I think there's 10 seconds out there on each...at least. I'm done with this for now, but I might try to catch the ghost in the future.

Not to be a 1337-ist, but a lot of people seem to have "solved" the mystery of this challenge by turning on ASM. It's a different game with stability control, and you'll never learn how to actually control a car in a corner with this feature activated. Same can be said to a lesser extent about traction control. With a controller is one thing, but if you have a wheel, try to turn the driver aids off - it's a much more rewarding experience IMO.

Enough preaching, good luck with the challenge - looks like there are plenty of tips on here to help you get through these courses. What works best for me is looking/thinking ahead 2 to 3 moves, analog inputs on the gas and brake (never just mash the throttle), and keeping slip angle to a minimum (not zero, but sideways just isn't fast).
 
I did about 5 full laps on Chamonix, excluding the dozens of attempts of hitting the wall hard and getting DQ. My 5th attempt I was about .7 seconds off of gold, and got silver. I had to turn on the driving line, because I was about 9 seconds off on my other attempts.

As for the other two tracks. My first full run on Toscana, I got gold by a second. Eiger, it took my second full run, to get gold. Again, not counting the DQs I get for hitting a wall too hard.
 
its easy to get gold in , simply turn on the driving line and dont mash brakes for every corner simply drift through some corners at the right amount of speed and u should be gold in each by about 2.5 secs

I'm using G27 paddle shifting
 
Skid Force was the trick for me. As much as I hate using aids (other than ABS) it knocked me into gold by around 10 seconds. Then again I was only off of the pace by around 4 seconds or so with only ABS on.

Keep at it that is the biggest thing. It took me probably 100 runs at the Grand Tour Toscana challenge. That thing owned my face.
 
I loved this challenge, because it was easy and gave me lots of money!

Sorry bud, If I remembered what I did i'd give ya some tips :P

Just beast it out and take down the 7 time world champ :D
 
Got gold on Toscana on my first attempt. Eiger took about 3 goes but that was due to the car seeming to slow to a crawl on hairpin bends even when your hoofing it out of the exit. Chamonix I got first time too. Diddnt bother changing any settings. Bumper cam ftw. Ill admit to cheating on Chamonix. Can cut loads off one of the corners. I think its the same one that was on one of the license tests, but it meant I got the gold easily.
 
Pity I didn't see this thread before I spent 2 hours getting gold with the crappy default settings. Tried it with a couple of the setups on here, and got gold on all 3 in 6 attempts overall.
 
I tried these with the G25 last weekend and was horribly off the pace. Managed to scrape a bronze on Toscana but was about 11 seconds shy of a medal on Eiger, and that was after about four attempts.

I gave it another shot last night with the DS3 (wheel is a bit noisy when housemates are trying to sleep, especially on gravel!) and golded the lot of 'em without any problems whatsoever. Toscana beat at the second attempt, gold on Eiger by 4 seconds first time round, and did Chamonix at the second try after missing out by only 0.3 seconds first time.

It was so easy in comparison I feel like I cheated, despite running with all assists off, with the exception of ABS on 1.
 
Brun
I gave it another shot last night with the DS3 (wheel is a bit noisy when housemates are trying to sleep, especially on gravel!)
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HA - I worry about the same thing. I've already done all the special events (except Nurburgring expert - not a level 24 yet) so I was just cranking through the intermediate races. I have a G25, and I had to turn down the force feedback to quiet the thing down. When it started getting louder I was even using the paddles instead of the H-pattern shifting.
 
is it just me or can anyone else not see what the fuss is about, this was one of the easiest challenges af all the specials, it really easy money.
 
Initially I was having a lot of trouble with this event. I tried playing with the settings but nothing helped, I couldn't come within 3 seconds of the bronze. Oddly what ended up working was switching to auto. After that I beat gold by a good 4 or 5 seconds. Same deal for charmonix.

Road skills don't really translate in these events, it is a whole different ballgame. But once you know what you are doing the times are actually extremely generous.
 
The key is really to drift as little as possible and try to be smooth. With some practice i was 4 seconds faster than gold times easily
 
The rally events are too easy in this game. Can't bomb through turns, learn the lines.
 
If you are having problems controlling the car then I have a solution that will only make you faster. By default the car use's 70% on front and 30% on the rear for torque and acceleration to combat this do the following...

Go to Settings-Options-Hardware-Change Button Assignments-Edit R1 button to (RA fuction) Menu. Then do the same for the dpad arrows up/down/left/right for the adust and select values.

Then once in the time trial hit R1 and sit the front and rear to 50% 50% this improves the car's grip and stability massively and also turn all assist's off and abs 1.
 
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The only one that gave me trouble was Eiger the rest I got gold right away using automatic no settings changed. Eiger I couldn't even get bronze, but had a good run and got gold. Just keep at it.
 
Hey guys. I was having a hell of a time with these events, couldn't even bronze. Then I discovered the "example" button before the race start. Each event has a pre-recorded replay of someone crushing the gold time. Just watch the replay from first-person camera and watch the lines they take, where they brake, how they brake and throttle, etc.

I found that I was driving very badly and after studying the way the example driver took the course I got golds easily with all aids off.
 
blindsidefive0
After doing the world tour, the one lap at Toscana was easy. I got the gold time by about 1.5 seconds on my second try (hit a wall on the first try).

It took me a little bit to actually learn the turns at Eiger and Chamonix, but neither took too long. I ended up getting gold on both, but not by a whole lot. I think there's 10 seconds out there on each...at least. I'm done with this for now, but I might try to catch the ghost in the future.

Not to be a 1337-ist, but a lot of people seem to have "solved" the mystery of this challenge by turning on ASM. It's a different game with stability control, and you'll never learn how to actually control a car in a corner with this feature activated. Same can be said to a lesser extent about traction control. With a controller is one thing, but if you have a wheel, try to turn the driver aids off - it's a much more rewarding experience IMO.

Enough preaching, good luck with the challenge - looks like there are plenty of tips on here to help you get through these courses. What works best for me is looking/thinking ahead 2 to 3 moves, analog inputs on the gas and brake (never just mash the throttle), and keeping slip angle to a minimum (not zero, but sideways just isn't fast).
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I did Toscana with only the driving line on and ABS on 1. I only race with ABS on 1, all the other settings are off/0. But for licences and these tests i just want to get them over and done with, so any help i can get from the game is taken without question. I do feel like i cheated, but there's nothing stopping me from doing them again one day - i don't have a lot of time for gaming unlike some people here, so the quicker things happen the better.
 

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