Sebastien Vettel challenge: all gold

[ussr]

I would say that in order from easiest to hardest it's Monza easiest, NurburgRing intermediate and Suzuka as the hardest.

But when you Finally do them all, the personal happiness is much more rewarding then all X20101 cars. It truly opens the way to platinum trophy because all other challenges are mostly easy but require time to achieve. In Vettel you have to really fight for it.

 

[mz-787B]

Got all golds a few days ago. loving the carbon x1 (now x2010) performance wise it's exactly the same as the one you get for all bronze, transmission customisable to 311

 

[grayson7614]

Fek me! I'm obviously not as good as I thought at this. I'm a mile away on every Vettel challenge... Bobs back grinding out another 3+ levels to reach 35 and the X1.
Pretty sure it's the only way I'll ever get one!

EDIT: Should be about 7, maybe 8 of the 1,000 km Suzuka enduro's... Hope the PS3 lasts that long!

 

[Dan Hill]

I've been working in both A and B Spec to get it. Now there's the limited cash and xp increase I've been doing A Spec to still try and get to Level 30 so B Spec is going to have to wait a bit.

 

[Makuwaido]

Finally did gold on Suzuka. This was the last one for me. I didn't had any problems going for bronze, mainly because of reading forums, so I just prepared myself mentally. I dialed around 8-9 hours to beat and get all gold in the three challenges. One tip for those that are struggling: don't feel ashamed of using driving aids. I used skid recovery force for Suzuka and it helps.

 

[lestatdark]

Finally did gold on Suzuka. This was the last one for me. I didn't had any problems going for bronze, mainly because of reading forums, so I just prepared myself mentally. I dialed around 8-9 hours to beat and get all gold in the three challenges. One tip for those that are struggling: don't feel ashamed of using driving aids. I used skid recovery force for Suzuka and it helps.

How much faster were you on Suzuka with Skid Recovery Force, in comparison to your previous laps?

I managed to do it without SR, so i'm curious to see how much I could have improved my time.

 

[grayson7614]

Finally did gold on Suzuka. This was the last one for me. I didn't had any problems going for bronze, mainly because of reading forums, so I just prepared myself mentally. I dialed around 8-9 hours to beat and get all gold in the three challenges.

Sounds pretty hardcore:tup: A bit too much time for me unfortunately as occasionally have to do other things... fortunately though, I someone with lots of time!
Cheers Bob

 

[Havok_]

The best i could manage was a 2:14.556 at the nurburgring. I have no interest at all in doing something so difficult. I play Gt5 for fun , not to kill myself trying to reach some difficult goal. A word to those who are reaching level 30. The X1 challenge is VERY demanding..

 

[lestatdark]

The best i could manage was a 2:14.556 at the nurburgring. I have no interest at all in doing something so difficult. I play Gt5 for fun , not to kill myself trying to reach some difficult goal. A word to those who are reaching level 30. The X1 challenge is VERY demanding..

Are you attempting the challenge with a DS3 or a wheel?

 

[Makuwaido]

How much faster were you on Suzuka with Skid Recovery Force, in comparison to your previous laps?

I managed to do it without SR, so i'm curious to see how much I could have improved my time.

I did it in like 2:09.774. Last night I did a 2:10.910 without SR. This doesn't necessarily means that with SR on I went down almost 1 second. I think that tackling Suzuka in my dreams helped a lot.

The second lap from the challenge I did it in 1:04.071.

The thing with SR in this challenge is that it lets you go deeper into the turns and be more aggressive with the turning.

Sounds pretty hardcore:tup: A bit too much time for me unfortunately as occasionally have to do other things... fortunately though, I someone with lots of time!
Cheers Bob

I think its okay considering that from what I can read people are spending days just trying to get bronze. But it also helps to be unemployed at the moment.

 

[Corrigan]

I play Gt5 for fun , not to kill myself trying to reach some difficult goal.

Some people find challenges fun

 

[lestatdark]

I did it in like 2:09.774. Last night I did a 2:10.910 without SR. This doesn't necessarily means that with SR on I went down almost 1 second. I think that tackling Suzuka in my dreams helped a lot.

The second lap from the challenge I did it in 1:04.071.

The thing with SR in this challenge is that it lets you go deeper into the turns and be more aggressive with the turning.

I'll try seeing what time I can pull with SR then. I had to be careful in some corners where I clipped the kerbs to avoid excessive acceleration that would cause me to spin. My time without SR was 2:09.795

 

[grayson7614]

I think its okay considering that from what I can read people are spending days just trying to get bronze. But it also helps to be unemployed at the moment.

Sorry to hear that Mr Makuwaido:tdown:

Maybe you could earn some cash winning X2010's for losers like me that can't manage it themselves!

ps. Not assuming you need cash, but if were earning by doing this just think... You'd be a professional GT5 player, getting paid to play! How sweet:tup:

 

[Makuwaido]

Sorry to hear that Mr Makuwaido:tdown:

Maybe you could earn some cash winning X2010's for losers like me that can't manage it themselves!

ps. Not assuming you need cash, but if were earning by doing this just think... You'd be a professional GT5 player, getting paid to play! How sweet:tup:

I think it would be sweet. Graduated a year ago, but I think that luck will strike by January.

 

[grayson7614]

I think it would be sweet. Graduated a year ago, but I think that luck will strike by January.

Good luck for Jan' then!

 

[ROYALEFATALE]

i cant even bronze monza, any tips or videos to help out?

turn your ABS up to 10, that's what i did to get gold, it allows you to brake MUCH later down the straight into the second lap, also the second chicane is where you want to gain most of your time, cut the first turn and then floor it over the green area, this is where i passed the ghost car on the second lap and held him off from there

 

[fasj6418]

I just finished the golds and came here to read how people were tackling the challenge. Quite the challenge.

I was using ABS at 1, and not doing accel/brake togheter. Now i feel like i should try this to see if i can get Suzuka without the skid recovery.

Takes a while to get used to the car... it´s totally different from anything i have ever driven.

 

[leb111]

You unlock it on lvl 30 ?

Guys, why do you waste your time doing indy 500 and being bored ? Just do the dream cars challenge it gives good XP and its less boring with weather change and good races. Try different cars and stuff like that. I dont understand why you guys "have to" grind... Its a choice. You can do any event you like and try different cars and it may be a LITTLE BIT longer but its much more fun and you get A LOT better at the game then doing that long and boring indy ring.

think about it....

 

[leb111]

I just finished the golds and came here to read how people were tackling the challenge. Quite the challenge.

I was using ABS at 1, and not doing accel/brake togheter. Now i feel like i should try this to see if i can get Suzuka without the skid recovery.

Takes a while to get used to the car... it´s totally different from anything i have ever driven.

is it a lot different from the formulaGT ?

 

[chimuel]

is it a lot different from the formulaGT ?

Very.

 

[BAZZ]

If it was hard? Yes! Nürburgring took me over six hours to gold. I still haven't golded Monza without cutting the chicanes. Suzuka, I think, is the easiest out of the three if you don't cut the chicanes on Monza.
Worth it? Well, it was a challenge and the reward was quite satisfying. I'd love to see more Vettel challenges covering more tracks.

I haven't gained a level since I did the challenges and GT Single Player has not interested me all that much at all, sorry for OT. 👍

 

[Instrumental]

Just six hours? I think it took me like twice the time just to get Bronze and I barely scraped by on it. Getting Bronze on Monza was much quicker thankfully. Still haven't gotten bronze on Suzuka. Won't be playing for a while since I'm away for the holidays. I definitely don't think I've got the skills in me to get gold. on all of em unfortunately. However they are pretty addicting challenges.

 

[Sharky.]

Can I join the triple gold club?

Monza - five attempts (yes I cut della Roggia, and I am ashamed - will probably try and get a gold lap without cutting at some point)
Nurburgring - six to seven hours; the hardest part is getting a good first sector on both laps as well as nailing Veedol
Suzuka - five hours; getting two clean laps is the hard bit. If you can run a 5.5 first lap you're well on track for gold

I had ABS at 1 and skid recovery force on - I didn't use TCS or ASM. I went the B-Spec way, too - at the time of reaching level 30 B-Spec I was a low 28 A. The three golds lifted me to the very bottom of 34.

 

[V12Engine]

Congratulations.

Hardest is Suzuka
Medium Nurburgring
Easy Monza

Range of difficulty might be different for different people because we all have different skills and personal preferences But still it looks like Suzuka is the hardest because even the replay video in game showing how Vettel drive is slower than time setup for Gold. I am the only one who noticed that??

 

[starkrush]

The vettel time is slower for the nurburgring, too - the lap time on the promo was 1:04.7xx, not like .2 and then 13.7 needed.

I managed a bronze on monza (was worried for a moment since the times added upto 2:10.1, but luckily limit was 10.5), and will try the other 2 today. I am on DS3 with automatic, so i slightly limit myself, but all bronze would make me delighted!

 

[paytonlow]

It was frustrated using controller......and I failed for countless hours on Nürburgring GP/F and Monza, didn't even try Suzuka F......

So, here're the results:

Nürburgring - about 6-7 seconds away from getting Bronze

Monza - about 2 seconds away from getting Bronze


I considered myself a very skillful gamepad player with racing games, and I've golded all Special Events and Super Licence Tests until this comes up.

Well, for me this challenge is un-beatable by using controller; and unfortunately I don't have extra money to buy a wheel...

Time to get B-Spec levelled up......

 

[junpeix555]

Just golded all these challenges this weekend and man, was it fun and frustrating.

Like most, bronze wasn't hard but from there, you really need to figure out how to shave those 4 secs off.

A major help was the vids on youtube, so thanks for everyone that posted those up but one thing I noticed is that since the vids are all replays, the section times don't show, so here are the rough section times needed to gold (these are for lap 1, since lap one is going to make or break the gold time, usually for the 2nd lap, the sections times should be around .5 to 1 sec less then your lap 1 times). FYI, I do use a wheel.

Nurb
T1 - Sorry, but I don't have this one bc the time comes right before a corner and I never payed attention to it (EDIT) From the help of Sharky, "Anything sub 20.0 is good here, faster than 19.7 is ideal"
T2 - 33.8 secs - 34.2 secs
T3 - 48.8 secs - 49.2 secs
Lap 1 - You need at least 1:04.3 to 1:04.4, but to lock it so you can make a few mistakes and play it safe on lap 2, aim for 1.03.8 which is what I got

A major point on this track for my time was the RTL Kurve to Bit Kurve (you can google track map see what turns these are, but its pretty much the S curves before the chicanes), I was taking these on 3rd gear when I watched the youtube vids, saw they were taking them on 4th gear and not braking on the Bit kurve, so I tried that and shaved some major time off. Best to brake and take a clean line into RTL and then once you get to Bit Kurve, let off the gas a little and hope the down force will keep you on the inside exit line. This for me was by far the hardest one bc I didnt know the track very well and this was the 1st one I did, so had to get used to the car.

Aid
Skid Recovery ON (dont know if gold times are possible w/o this aid on)
ABS 1
Everything else off

Monza
Just cut the 2nd chicanes (I used 3rd gear) and Gold should be very easy, took me 20 minutes to get gold on this.

Suzuka
T1 - I think this was 26.30 secs 26.9 secs
EDIT - T2 - from help of Sharky "52.3 on lap 1, low 51 on lap 2"
Lap 1 - Needs to be 1.04.8 to 1.05.3 for the 1st lap, last lap just get the total time for gold
For me, the hardest on this was the chicanes braking point, but thanks to pappa1310's vid, I realized a good reference point is the "Suzuka Curcit" you go under. Right before you pass it, you should brake and it will give you a decent line to take the chicanes.

Aid
Skid Recovery ON (dont know if gold times are possible w/o this aid on)
ABS 2
Everything else off

Hope this helps some of you that are looking for reference and good luck!! Try to remember just to have fun on these and if you are not improving your times, it might be good to take a break and do something else for 10 minutes, you need full concentration for these challenges.

PS - For anyone discouraged at these challenges - if you golded the GT4 Mission 34, the one on the ring with the SLR, you can gold these challenges. IMO, the mission 34 was much harder then these challenges.

 

[starkrush]

It was frustrated using controller......and I failed for countless hours on Nürburgring GP/F and Monza, didn't even try Suzuka F......

So, here're the results:

Nürburgring - about 6-7 seconds away from getting Bronze

Monza - about 2 seconds away from getting Bronze


I considered myself a very skillful gamepad player with racing games, and I've golded all Special Events and Super Licence Tests until this comes up.

Well, for me this challenge is un-beatable by using controller; and unfortunately I don't have extra money to buy a wheel...

Time to get B-Spec levelled up......

It is possible. I've managed a bronze on monza and nurburg with DS3 and automatic. Monza took me 40 mins (1 attempt), Nurburg 3-4h (2 attempts). 1 attempt = completed 2 laps once, that is just how i feel i have to drive - stupidly aggressive, but when i pull 2 laps together it does work. Oh, and i've been on suzuka for the last 6h - never pulled 2 clean laps together, my best first was 1:08.2xx, but inevitably the second lap falls to pieces. One time i think i was going to get it, and i went off the track after exitting the last chicane... the analogue stick just sometimes isnt sensitive enough

 

[benmc]

It was frustrated using controller......and I failed for countless hours on Nürburgring GP/F and Monza, didn't even try Suzuka F......

So, here're the results:

Nürburgring - about 6-7 seconds away from getting Bronze

Monza - about 2 seconds away from getting Bronze


I considered myself a very skillful gamepad player with racing games, and I've golded all Special Events and Super Licence Tests until this comes up.

Well, for me this challenge is un-beatable by using controller; and unfortunately I don't have extra money to buy a wheel...

Time to get B-Spec levelled up......

They are possible. I had Automatic, TCS 1, ABS 1, Skid Recovery on and, obviously, ASM off.

Lots of practice is needed. The best thing I did was bronze Monza then go to Suzuka. It took me days to get two laps in at Suzuka but when I did I was 0.1 off bronze, then 0.01 off and then bronzed it by 0.25. Once you've beat Suzuka, Nurburgring feels easy. I guess it was easier to do it that way for me as Suzuka is one of my favourite tracks.

With Monza just cut the chicanes and eventually you'll get the Bronze. Watch out for the boards before the corners so you know exactly when to brake and turn in.

Nurburgring you need about 21.0 first sector, I found it best to slide the car round Turn 3 and then you could just accelerate through Turn 4, you'll be allowed to use the run offs at certain points so see if they help you. Second sector you'll need about 35.5-36.0, I brake through the downhill left hander without letting go of the accelerator button, then run a bit wide through the Dunlop-Kehre to get a good exit. Third sector you need about a 51.5-52.0, on my bronze run I totally messed up the left hander after the Schumacher S. The chicane is the toughest corner, X1 doesn't really like curbs, be conservative in the first apex then you can accelerate through the second one, a first lap of 1:07:5 should put you on course for Bronze, though I was slower and had a strong second lap.

Suzuka is a bugger, my advice is to just attack attack attack, give it everything in every corner, don't worry about messing up, even if you think you are doing well going into the last chicane you still need to push. In the Esses I braked just slightly while keeping X pushed down, same with Degner 1 and Spoon curve, though obviously you need to brake a bit heavier at Spoon. I also found it quicker to let the back end slide a little through the hairpin. Sector times, you need about 29.5-30.5 after Degner, 54.5-56.0 at the end of the back straight, 1:08.0-1:09.0 is good for the first lap, but i did a 1:10 and was just .1 off Bronze.

If your a little bit slower than the times mentioned just keep your run going, you could well pull out some miracle second lap and get Bronze.

Lots of patience and practice and good luck.

 

[Sharky.]

Nurb
T1 - Sorry, but I don't have this one bc the time comes right before a corner and I never payed attention to it. Anything sub 20.0 is good here, faster than 19.7 is ideal

Suzuka
T1 - I think this was 26.30 secs 26.9 secs
Sorry, cant recall what the other section times were, maybe someone could help fill out the info. T2 52.3 on lap 1 + low 51 on lap 2, lap time 1:05.5 or under lap 1 + 4.5 or under lap 2

Off the top of my head, they're the splits I got in my gold runs.