The Sierra Time Rally Thread
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et_
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- erazer13
- elias_johansson
Speed I suppose, I did quite a few resets because the AI where banging into me, once I learned how they drove, I managed to pass all of them cleanly, without having to slow down too much.How did you get 2.2k in the Ferrari? I can only get 826,000.
I got a 'perfect' run and a silver trophy but I can't get any more points or the gold trophy.
Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
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- SoCal
- GTP_MooCow
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- thematic604
Yep the 500 is that other car. I briefly looked into it, there's more into this than just total time and whether the player is behind the car or not, that determine a bot position. But wouldn't it be weird to have rubberbanding in this mode?
Oh there's a "game over" sample
By the way, I don't suppose there are known caps for speed / jump bonuses? I was surprised they are so high for the Ferrari.
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- erazer13
- elias_johansson
In an attempt to figure out how the point system works:
I did a run in 10:21, wich gave 2,773,376 pts
I then improved 5 seconds to a 10:16 wich gave 2,867,361 pts
I think I got 67 passes the first time, and 69 passes the second time.
The jump bonus and speedtrap bonus only add to your time, so is more or less incorporated in the time aspect.
However, the number of passes is counted separately, and gives 10,000 pts per pass (if I remember correctly).
Also, I've noticed that sometimes you get a whole bunch of cars to pass, and you catch up to the cars after that way before you are supposed to, but at the end of the lap that will even out so the number of passes remains the same in the end.
As an ending thought, I think its better to use the nos early on, in order to get more passes early on and hence build up the multiplier early on.
And ofcourse you'll need a perfect run or you'll be way off, if you do a mistake at the beginnig or the end of the lap, that is'nt so bad, but if you do a mistake at the halfway mark, you'll easily loose a milion pts on that alone.
I did a run in 10:21, wich gave 2,773,376 pts
I then improved 5 seconds to a 10:16 wich gave 2,867,361 pts
I think I got 67 passes the first time, and 69 passes the second time.
The jump bonus and speedtrap bonus only add to your time, so is more or less incorporated in the time aspect.
However, the number of passes is counted separately, and gives 10,000 pts per pass (if I remember correctly).
Also, I've noticed that sometimes you get a whole bunch of cars to pass, and you catch up to the cars after that way before you are supposed to, but at the end of the lap that will even out so the number of passes remains the same in the end.
As an ending thought, I think its better to use the nos early on, in order to get more passes early on and hence build up the multiplier early on.
And ofcourse you'll need a perfect run or you'll be way off, if you do a mistake at the beginnig or the end of the lap, that is'nt so bad, but if you do a mistake at the halfway mark, you'll easily loose a milion pts on that alone.
As far as I know, the cap for jump bonus is 5, and the cap for speed bonus is 3. and they are set in proportion to the car you are using.
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- ykiki5
- ykiki5
This weekend I'll give the Fiat a 3rd try (3rd time's the charm, right?). So far I'm just around 830,000. Reading through the thread, it appears as though the key is to not lose your bonus in the middle of the lap.
Even though I've failed to this point, I must admit I'm having a lot of fun.
Even though I've failed to this point, I must admit I'm having a lot of fun.
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- z06fun
These are really fun events in concept, but the AI are beyond awful. They often swerve side to side as you approach them, its like trying to get by a randomly moving target. 
If someone did that in real racing they would quickly get banned. It wouldn't be real bad if they at least did the same thing each run, but they don't. Would be much better if they just stayed on the racing line, very simple to implement too.
Great events though, except that 2 of the three use front wheel drive cars and the physics are wacky with the combo of FF + SRF.
If someone did that in real racing they would quickly get banned. It wouldn't be real bad if they at least did the same thing each run, but they don't. Would be much better if they just stayed on the racing line, very simple to implement too.Great events though, except that 2 of the three use front wheel drive cars and the physics are wacky with the combo of FF + SRF.
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- PsuPepperoni
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- ObsidianDriver
Speed I suppose, I did quite a few resets because the AI where banging into me, once I learned how they drove, I managed to pass all of them cleanly, without having to slow down too much.
I think I'm just going to have to keep resetting too.
I had a fourteen combo and fourteen overtakes but still didn't get enough points to get a bronze!
It's going to be a long haul.
iainn
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- yamazumi1966
Finally managed a clean lap in the Ferrari, after a lot of re-sets, to get gold.
Seems as long as you keep your combo for a perfect lap and have about 20 seconds left you can get over 1M for gold.
The VW one was the most fun though I thought, but that was probably due to SRF as I would have been in the grass normally!
More of these type events would make a change and freshen the game up for me.
Seems as long as you keep your combo for a perfect lap and have about 20 seconds left you can get over 1M for gold.
The VW one was the most fun though I thought, but that was probably due to SRF as I would have been in the grass normally!
More of these type events would make a change and freshen the game up for me.
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Stylel_Code
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- stylel-soheib
I'm not sure if this is normal :
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- GTP_MooCow
Looks like Kaz and PD are getting their hands on hybriding ...
Must be a V6 there...
Must be a V6 there...
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- cargorat323
- CargoRatt
I'm not sure if this is normal
I came across that same little 🤬. I felt like ramming his ass right off the road
after I finally caught up to him to pass. I must have spent a good 20 seconds or so watching that little steroid on wheels dispatch of everything in his path. I think Kaz may be trolling us with hybrids now. Kinda like, "Alright you guys, you want to hybrid cars, I'll show you hybrids....getcha some of this!!!!" 
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- jimmyfoxhound
I'm not sure if this is normal
I have to say, for all the bad talk I've given the AI in GT games, that overtake was pretty darn sweet!
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