Stock M3 on Midfield challenge

[hsh]

hsh, I seriously don't know how u do that lap so fast....

I´m on a proper menu... coffee, carrots and a very potent liquid
Coffee for keeping me awake, carrots is to sharpen my eyesight and the liquid to settle my nerves

Jokes aside... practice, determination, timing and a bit of luck.... it´s about chasing your own ghost lap after lap.... finding out where you are loosing and where you are gaining 💡 and then what to do about it... that´s it.
Don´t believe for a second it´s easy... it just isn´t 👍

Oh...nice improvement, btw.

Cheers, Hekke.

 

[amemyarz]

thanks hekke.
Well after about 12 bad laps, I started to get back into my grove. Managed a 1'19.452 forgot the splits. I'll get them later.

 

[Gt3Emperor]

Thanks for the warm welcome....I'm working this crazy shift, 10 hours, 6 days a week, so I'm sleeping every free moment. I hope to force myself to get another crack at this sometime this week. Maybe I can get off the bottom of the leaderboard.

Great times as usual from the many resident 'hot shoes' on this site.👍

QUESTION: Is this an 'Arcade' or 'Gt mode' event?

 

[African Kat]

I don't think it makes a difference whether its 'arcade' or 'gt' mode.

I am right, are'nt i?

 

[006r]

Should be arcade...since in GT mode the car comes with S3's instead of S2's...plus its just easier to avoid cheating since everyone knows you didn't tweak the car, or change the oil....etc.

 

[006r]

Update numero cinco! (hahahaha like I know spanish anyway!)

1'18.933 - hsh
1'18.935 - GT4 defistation
1'18.997 - Hugo Boss
1'19.072 - Mr P
1'19.200 - GTX Driver
1'19.452 - amemyarz
1'19.555 - jump_ace
1'19.706 - nige
1'20.038 - 006r
1'20.588 - Smallhorses
1'20.350 - GT3 Emperor
1'20.728 - African Kat
1'20.970 - Snod Blatter
1'22.8xx - GrumpEone

 

[Gt3Emperor]

I'm trying to get a short session in before work...I'll need a lot more to get up to speed:


25.171
49.519
1:20.467

 

[Gt3Emperor]

Short session today yields minor improvement, I blew 3 tenths getting under the last bridge.

24.974
49.278
1:20.350

👍

 

[GT4 defistation]

Man!! nearly nicked you hsh. I got a 1'18.935.

 

[GTXDriver]

May I ask you what were your splits?

 

[Mr P]

The first Christmas Cracker has been pulled early


Btw! ... Have a good one guys

 

[amemyarz]

thanks u to

 

[Sjaak]

Man!! nearly nicked you hsh. I got a 1'18.935.

Whoawa,that's fast.👍

If I ever need a team mate I give you a PM.

If however you wanna run with a slow racer like me,that is.

 

[GT4 defistation]

May I ask you what were your splits?

I never saved the replay
Im done playing GT4 till after New Years.

 

[GT4 defistation]

Whoawa,that's fast.👍

If I ever need a team mate I give you a PM.

If however you wanna run with a slow racer like me,that is.

Just because I got 1 fast lap here doesn't mean I'm that good. But this has been my most favorite track ever since GT3 and I've loved racing & testing at Midfield like every day. Im not going to try this again to much things to do the rest of the week till next saturday.
Crap double post.

 

[nige]

Just had an hour with this again:

1'19.790

Happy Christmas,
nige

 

[amemyarz]

still haven't best-ed my time yet maybe today I'll have better luck.
Merry Christmas

 

[Smallhorses]

Man!! nearly nicked you hsh. I got a 1'18.935.

I never saved the replay
Im done playing GT4 till after New Years.

Just because I got 1 fast lap here doesn't mean I'm that good. But this has been my most favorite track ever since GT3 and I've loved racing & testing at Midfield like every day.

1 fast lap, that just happens to beat some of the proven fastest guys in the world of GT4, and no replay! How convenient.

 

[daan]

and after being so close, he's not going to try again?

You need to read the AUP again, GT4defistation. Particularly this bit,

You will not post any material that is knowingly false, misleading, or inaccurate.

Stop making times up.

 

[nige]

Very very small improvement

1'19.706

nige

 

[Smallhorses]

Was having a go at this yesterday, got to 1'20.588 (WRS standard clean) and could certainly go lower (definitely not 1'18's though! !)
T1 25.391
T2 49.660
Need to work on T1 time, cannot seem to make this car take a good, fast line through turn 1 though. Once I figure that out, I should be able to shave a few tenths here and there.
Had some really bad news yesterday though, and won't be able to come back to it for a while, an impromptu trip back to the UK is in order shortly.

 

[006r]

Update!!

1'18.933 - hsh
1'18.997 - Hugo Boss
1'19.072 - Mr P
1'19.200 - GTX Driver
1'19.452 - amemyarz
1'19.555 - jump_ace
1'19.706 - nige
1'20.038 - 006r
1'20.350 - GT3 Emperor
1'20.588 - Smallhorses
1'20.728 - African Kat
1'20.970 - Snod Blatter
1'22.8xx - GrumpEone

 

[Sjaak]

0Whoawa,that's fast.👍

If I ever need a team mate I give you a PM.

If however you wanna run with a slow racer like me,that is.

Just because I got 1 fast lap here doesn't mean I'm that good. But this has been my most favorite track ever since GT3 and I've loved racing & testing at Midfield like every day. Im not going to try this again to much things to do the rest of the week till next saturday.
Crap double post.

Shame you couldn't see I'm not serious.

But then again if you believe you can be as fast as hsh,Mr P or Hugo Boss just because Midfield is your favorite track ,you are living in a dream world.

006r,please remove this fellow's time.

 

[amemyarz]

New best time:
1'19.304
not much of an improvement but it'll do.
I won't have much time for GT4 because I bought ToCA Race Driver3(excellent game) and getting Guitar Hero II and III today.

how was everyone's Christmas?

 

[African Kat]

Christmas was spent waiting for gt5p to arrive

btw. When do we close this challenge?.. i don't think anyone can beat the current 1st place

 

[amemyarz]

idk

 

[Fluke]

I just have to have a go at this!

Will post mediocre time in an hour or so....

 

[Fluke]

T1: 0'25.676
T2: 0'50.455

Final time: 1'21.149

All of my T2's are around the 50 second mark, ive studies shs's video and i cant seem to squeeze two massive seconds off my time, i think my T1 is sorted, ive picked a line that suits me well but when it comes to that long corner just after you come out of the first bridge i just cant get it right. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers.

 

[amemyarz]

For that long turn, I'd say throttle control is key. go into the turn at maybe 50% acceleration and then go on and off of the accelerator. but that's just how I did it.

 

[Fluke]

yeah i went for that approach and it did seem like the best one, im analizing hsh's video to see where i can improve. Or i'll just give up!