THE CHALLENGE HUB, CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Bruno Guima]

Hello, everyone. I'm new here.
I'm having some trouble understanding which challenges are still on. I want to participate, but I'm afraid of sending info on a challenge which is not happening anymore. Can anyone help me?

 

[bjl23]

Hello, everyone. I'm new here.
I'm having some trouble understanding which challenges are still on. I want to participate, but I'm afraid of sending info on a challenge which is not happening anymore. Can anyone help me?

Welcome

All the challenges on posts 1-3 are all open, expect for the GOODWOOD event, you missed the start of that one.

The TRIPLE CROWN event started last round but you can still enter in this one.

They all end in roughly 10 days, there is a count down timer on the 1st post.

 

[nostradavor2]

Hello, everyone. I'm new here.
I'm having some trouble understanding which challenges are still on. I want to participate, but I'm afraid of sending info on a challenge which is not happening anymore. Can anyone help me?

Hello and welcome

 

[smoothbore12]

Hello, everyone. I'm new here.
I'm having some trouble understanding which challenges are still on. I want to participate, but I'm afraid of sending info on a challenge which is not happening anymore. Can anyone help me?

Welcome new mate ( at least i hope so) to our company.
We are a group that still keeping alive gt6 with some challenges , competing each other some times all together and some times in two different divisions which keep separate the " wolves" from the " lamps".
Feel totally free to participate what pleases you and don't make the mistake to afraid cause of your times against the competition.
Since you don't know yet who is who don't hesitate to run whatever you like and please don't compare your self if your times are not in the levels that you might see at other players here..

We are here for fun first of all ,we appreciate honestly and as in real life some of us are grubling and whining for various reasons ,for example they don't like the car , the track ,the fact that they loose for fractions or whatever.
Am one of them especially when i don't like the car we drive as happens now in 3 crown .
@bjl23 aka The boss or Bruce Lee is the person that is responsible to organise what you see there and all of us try to help him and also we have the chance to organise " our own " event and that gives the opportunity to each one of us to design an event that suits him or like the most.

Only one thing you can't avoid here :
The thing that after 3 continually rounds that someone participates in our hub ,makes inevitable that he will have a nickname as everybody has here .
So don't feel surprised if you read , Boogeyman ,Sniper, wash machine, Tinkerbell ,Snow white ,The Saint etc...

A big welcome again our new friend.

PS
Not forget to mention that we have THE LUCK to have with us a real life race instructor @skeagracing in life they call him Noel ( known also as wash machine) which have Huge racing experience and have race most of the tracks for years in his life.
This is definitely a special luck and is the responsible for the School lessons that take part every 2 weeks .
Its a quite different event from what most people think and deffinetly isn't about who's faster or not .
Its an honour to have him evaluating our runs and personally i have Huge respect to him since he eat thousands of miles in racing conditions where the restart or reload are simply don't exist.

 

[Bruno Guima]

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys.

Since I'm a virgin here (maybe that will become my nichname now... oh, well...) I'm gonna try my hand with the Mustang and the Jaguar challenge. Should I post the replay (for the Mustang clean race) and the pics (for the Jag fast lap) here? Or should I send it somewhere else?

 

[smoothbore12]

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys.

Since I'm a virgin here (maybe that will become my nichname now... oh, well...) I'm gonna try my hand with the Mustang and the Jaguar challenge. Should I post the replay (for the Mustang clean race) and the pics (for the Jag fast lap) here? Or should I send it somewhere else?

For the Mustang you have to send your replay ( replay view ,all instruments on ) to @skeagracing and not here . Here we put it when the round ends and Noel announce the winners each time.
Everything else you put it here ,just read carefully the first page posts that has the challenges to go by the rules which are quite simple .
If any question exists don't hesitate to ask to clear something .
Happy riding ......Virgin ? We shall see
Enjoy your self and the rest will follow.

 

[nostradavor2]

I have good/bad news.. I set everything so I can play again.. tested and it works.. played Grid for some reason to make leaderboards. Thing is I won't be able to play much because its really hot and no AC in that room so Ill just try to to something every round for the hub but don't think longer stints will be possible soon...

Anyways sinc I am back, and rusty, my routine offtopic.. managed only 6th places out of 145 anyways with some rubber burning at the beginning..

Will be testing races to design events for next round NEXT..

 

[skeagracing]

i b International B: Historic Racing Car Cup: Cote de’ Azur.
PP 750 Race Cars
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Race Car 1969 PP 584
Fast Lap 1 :30.241 Total Time 6 :26.330
Pass for the win over the Toyota 7 on lap 5 at Corner Portier
Winning margin 00.101

 

[CozmicDragon]

Time for a wild rollercoaster ride!

Matterhorn's several layouts have ups, downs and all arounds. The Rotenboden layout, especially, has quite a lot of elevation changes, so if anything, the challenge name is quite fitting, as this track feels like a natural rollercoaster.

Now that reminds me, I've never been on a rollercoaster before. It's on my bucket list, but I never had the opportunity.

Our wild beast for this challenge is GT4's eternal gold mine, the Toyota RSC Rally Car. Immediately I realized: Comfort Softs and no SRF. Yeah, just staying on the track is tough. Fortunately, there's a 500PP restriction, which means this buddy is a little easier to tame since it will have less power than usual. This is what I used:

Upon driving this thing, I feel the back wanting to step out at every corner, and so, since tuning is allowed in this one, I jacked up the rear downforce a bit to keep the rear end stable. Since we're on tarmac, and not dirt, drifting will only lose us time here.

The uphill chicane of turns 1 and 2 is particularily troublesome, as you want to do this turn in fourth gear, with just a little tap on the brakes, but if you enter it too fast, you'll either fly into the grass, or hit the inside kerb of Turn 2 too hard and make the back end go wild. On a pad, catching these slides is quite difficult with SRF disabled.

The downhill towards Turn 7 is also very difficult, as it's a hard braking zone after a long downhill straight, which means your brakes are less effective here than usual, as the car wants to continue rolling down the hill. It's very easy to end up running wide or even hitting a wall here due to braking too late.

I didn't do much here, as I'm not that skilled with SRF off, but I did a few laps, and came up with a time of 1:45.695. Not too bad, but I'm not very confident about this one.

I hope the tires are readable enough in the first pic, because when I went to take the photomode pic in the replay, my game crashed, and so I lost the replay of that lap.

 

[CBH]

ROLLERCOASTER: No SRF and no oil change, but you can change the oil for this event.

 

[smoothbore12]

3 Crown entry

Very difficult to get use the way it steers a single seater and thats no exception with the Lotus.
Mostly. I try not to get a halt on this and might try it again if am on the " right " mentally condition cause this track need concentration to have a flow.
Don't know what Snow white did but his time is out of reach ,not only need to be absolutely faultless but also quite accurate and repeatable.
So hats off to our new member ( am afraid we create a Monster )

I might catch Boss ( i might ) but there is no chance to get that low on that compo.
Have a good morning guys from Oceania and good night all the rest.

 

[CozmicDragon]

Don't know what Snow white did but his time is out of reach ,not only need to be absolutely faultless but also quite accurate and repeatable.

Ask and you shall receive.

Triple Crown, Round 2: 9:53.534

When I did my first run, I knew it wasn't that great. I knew there was still time to be gained and a sub-10 minute run was possible. And I got it.

Lap times per lap:

Lap 1: 1:27.799
Lap 2: 1:25.481
Lap 3: 1:24.941
Lap 4: 1:23.805
Lap 5: 1:23.817
Lap 6: 1:23.499
Lap 7: 1:24.192

And below, a screenshot of the live timing screen of the saved replay, to show I used the correct tires:

This was played with SRF on, TC at 2, ASM off, Active Steering off, and manual gears.
(For the love of Senna, if you are using automatic gears in this challenge, I pray for your sanity...)

 

[CBH]

if you are using automatic gears in this challenge, I pray for your sanity...)

Why my friend ?, because I use automatic all the time.

 

[CozmicDragon]

Because you really want to avoid using first gear here. It's basically a dud gear that only serves to slow you down. Even in the hairpin and at Rascasse, I just stay in second gear. Also, you get better top speed down the main straight if you exit Antony Noghes on third (by shifting to third while off-throttle, which you can't do with automatic gears), which can save you a bit of time.

 

[bjl23]

NO-TUNE update
Got in a really good session this morning, i had some trouble with this track even thou it's basic.
I couldn't seem to find the right braking point into the chicane and I also had issues with finding the right line though the S bends.
Along with trying to find and maintain the correct speed though the last set of left hand turns.

I reckon 3/4 of my laps where red

All in all I'm pretty happy with my time, but still couldn't catch @CozmicDragon

 

[bjl23]

This was played with SRF on, TC at 2, ASM off, Active Steering off, and manual gears.
(For the love of Senna, if you are using automatic gears in this challenge, I pray for your sanity...)

I know exactly what you mean, I to never went down to the 1st gear and when the Turbo kicks in which always seems to be when you need to start braking.

 

[smoothbore12]

@CozmicDragon you're full of surprises
There's no way to learn using MT gears ,even as a test run to get use the car track compo i never hit below 1.26 so definitely you're out of reach.
After all Senna's blood run in your veins and the lap times prove that since you run faster and faster each lap.
I admit that MT gearing might help a lot in some type of challenges ( especially at short ones like license test , Goodwood or even TT's ) but isn't in my favour and might use them only if i have to change very few times per lap or distance if is short as Goodwood for example.
Boss and Tinkerbell use MT also from what i know for sure .
Anyway ,hats and pants off this time
Your pace is blistering this round in general but at 3Crown you went way far for me and i guess not only .

 

[CozmicDragon]

The thing is, I created a secondary profile on my PS3 and started another playthrough of GT6 on it. The purpose? To learn how to use manual gears on a pad (and admittedly, to try and beat the game while buying as few cars as possible, but learning MT was priority). I can see it's definitely helping.

 

[smoothbore12]

MT is a luxury i can't afford right now but definitely is option that gives you the possibility to conquer over the car when needed .
While am still using buttons for steering cause i use to it from old days of gt1-gt3 ( is where i stop) am where they say : can't teach old dog new tricks .
If in the future use a wheel might start using MT and judging from past wheel use i could go better - as almost everyone i think - in most cases.
I could say is a pity you can shoot a vid but the way you write is like seeing one
Don't know what the outcome from 3 Crown will be but definitely you deserve a big applaud for your performance anyway.

 

[bjl23]

CHIC update
@CozmicDragon you inspired me to have another go at this.

Fastest lap 1:24.353

TC 1, ACTIVE STEERING mild, ASM off, SRF on.
Manual gearbox, I've always used manual since GT1

 

[CozmicDragon]

I could say is a pity you can shoot a vid but the way you write is like seeing one

I mean, my laptop's camera technically can record a video, but I can't promise anything about the video quality.

 

[smoothbore12]

CHIC update
@CozmicDragon you inspired me to have another go at this.
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Fastest lap 1:24.353

TC 1, ACTIVE STEERING mild, ASM off, SRF on.
Manual gearbox, I've always used manual since GT1

And after that a simple death is ok.

No tune entry , not sure if i stay with this tyres compo .
In some areas full SH is faster in the fast bends are SH-CS but whatever i use till now can't find brake point before the last bends where the the red signal is on 9 times at ten

 

[bjl23]

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And after that a simple death is ok.

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No tune entry , not sure if i stay with this tyres compo .
In some areas full SH is faster in the fast bends are SH-CS but whatever i use till now can't find brake point before the last bends where the the red signal is on 9 times at ten

You didn't move your arrow to the driving options icon.

 

[CozmicDragon]

This is what a recording from my laptop camera looks like:



This is the 9:53.5 run on Triple Crown. Surprisingly, video quality wasn't that much of an issue, but the audio quality is pretty awful. I'd recommend muting this one.

 

[smoothbore12]

You didn't move your arrow to the driving options icon.

First i miss the inside pic of my second best due to accidentally restart and the next didn't even think to move the cursor to the right .

@CozmicDragon your vid looks great ( and the audio too) and is better than mine .
I try a bit yesterday on MT and you have right but i mess it up when downshifting and is impossible for me doing it for so many laps.
Also i can't get use the way it steers that thing which is way different from an ordinary car.
Much appreciated that you upload the vid mate .

 

[bjl23]

ROLLERCOASTER

YET AGAIN THE GLADIATOR HAS SET US A TOUGH CHALLENGE

Just like all rollercoasters I've been on this challenge is very fun, took a little bit to get used to CS tyres and SRF off.
There where plenty of ups and downs just like my lap times where,
I especially love the down hill sections, after a few tuning adjustments

I come up with this

 

[bjl23]

ANNOUNCEMENT
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I'm pleased to announce STROKE PLAY for the KNOCKOUTS.

Stroke play is a straight up fastest wins challenge that will run along side of the handicap event for the goodwood races, if we get 2 or more Div 1 races there will be PRO (Div 1) and AM (Div 2) titles given.
You will be automatically entered in both competitions once you post a time, if you are CUT from the handicap event you can still enter the STROKE PLAY event for the remaining holes (races).
A player that doesn't post a time will receive the gold time added to there name.

Post your times on the thread

Thank you for everyone's input and thanks to those who voted.

 

[smoothbore12]

Glad that the players can still run even if they cut .
My records at Goodwood are just gold and is a good chance to improve them even if i cut.
Still we have to pm our times which is less motivation but is what it is.

 

[bjl23]

Glad that the players can still run even if they cut .
My records at Goodwood are just gold and is a good chance to improve them even if i cut.
Still we have to pm our times which is less motivation but is what it is.

S.H.I.T I forgot, post your times on the thread

Not pm

 

[bjl23]

I knew there was a reason why the goodwood challenge is golf themed.