Three Hundred Miles Per Hour

[Mt. Lynx]

WOW...

This thread exploded since I last visited!

Congrats Leonidae to break the 300mph barrier in your 300ZX!

So I wanted to clarify something

Raising the front and lowering the back as much as possible is better for top speed? Doesnt that increase the chance of wheelie and increase drag?

Same with the spring rate; make it soft (all the way to the left) as much as possible on both front and rear is better?

Does camber angle, stabilizer bars, bound shocks and rebound shocks, etc affect the top speed also?

Its confusing....

P.S. I'll think up of some strange car to bring to 300mph one day. ONE DAY. Now, I'm thinking...

Just about all things that you can change settings on has effect on your top speed, the only exception being the brakes! Once you get the car to certain speed, every little tweak counts! About the front high/rear low; yes, it is easier to wheeli, but thing with top speed in GT4 is, that the closer you get to a wheelie, without actually doing one, will be the fastest way to go!

 

[GT4_Rule]

Oh... I must have been missing a whole lot then by not tweaking everything...

But camber (angle?), toe angle n stuff confuse me... I'll mess around with it next time...

 

[sucahyo]

From what I know:

Raising the front and lowering the back as much as possible is better for top speed? Doesnt that increase the chance of wheelie and increase drag?

Using lower front and high rear definitely kill top speed. I try it on many car. But still thinking the possibility of sweet spot tuning for ride height.

Same with the spring rate; make it soft (all the way to the left) as much as possible on both front and rear is better?

Softer spring (both) make it possible for the nose to rise an even higher degree when the wind lift it. I use other suspensing to help increasing nose rise but slowing the rising speed.
To prevent the wheel from lifting using downforce is sufficient.
In other word, I will use all the nose lifting method I know, and prevent the wheelie with downforce.

a wing would definatley help. also, when you buy it make sure you max out downforce too...alos a n00b mistake (that i once made too)

Yes . I only attempt 300mph with wing equiped car before so I forget that I can put wing for the car who don't.
I usually lower the front downforce a little.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Ahh I see I see..

I've tried this on my Minolta in 1/4 drag race; some downforce on the front (around half) and none (or the lowest) on the back helps that car go faster. Is that something I can use also?

 

[sucahyo]

I've tried this on my Minolta in 1/4 drag race; some downforce on the front (around half) and none (or the lowest) on the back helps that car go faster. Is that something I can use also?

No.
For 300mph, you need to test it at max speed test. Using test result from 1000mph or 1/4mile seem useless in here.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

Oh... I must have been missing a whole lot then by not tweaking everything...

But camber (angle?), toe angle n stuff confuse me... I'll mess around with it next time...

Both camber and toe has a greater influence than you might think. Both give you better traction through the turn, and may also in a secondary effect give you a higher top speed on the final straight, because you had a higher speed coming out of the turn. Both camber and toe are pretty individual for each car though, so there is no general setting that works for all cars. But as a rule, I can say that too much of either will slow you down, but to a certain degree they will give you a higher top speed than if they are set to zero. Trail and error!

 

[Dark Elite]

Sorry about that mistake, Sucahyo - must've had a mental blip, I'll change that now.

This thread exploded since I last visited!

Try moderating it!

a wing would definatley help. also, when you buy it make sure you max out downforce too...alos a n00b mistake (that i once made too)

Actually, I would disagree with that - but I haven't driven the car myself, so I'll let you off. But that doesn't sound like the best thing to do: I'd lower the front as Sucahyo says.

Raising the front and lowering the back as much as possible is better for top speed? Doesnt that increase the chance of wheelie and increase drag?

Yes, so you have to be careful. No, it doesn't. Technically it should, but for the same reason that a wheelie makes you go faster, it doesn't create drag. Another physics glitch.

DE

 

[viperpilot]

interesting stuff you've put up here guys. a lot of useful information.

maybe i'll try to catch you in your supra Leo, maybe you know that long time i had the fastest, so be prepared for my revenge *gg*

viper

 

[Leonidae]

oh yes, I remember that, and in order to keep you where you are, i bought third or fourth 6.2 mile supra if the first one starts to wear out too much!

 

[viperpilot]

i've done it: i brought my Toyota Supra to 300,34mph!!!



what is your supra-highspeed Leo? couldn't find it on the leaderboard.....

viper

 

[Leonidae]

slightly less than yours, but I think I shall put up a fight and try pushing it further.

 

[viperpilot]

go for it Leo, but don't overtake me *gg*

viper

 

[zocker_16]

Is it allowed to lift up the frontwheels?
The rules say no but without it you´ll never get this speed.

 

[Leonidae]

every single one of those speeds has been achieved without doing a wheelie. there has been close calls, but they're legitimate.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

Is it allowed to lift up the frontwheels?
The rules say no but without it you´ll never get this speed.

You can jack up the front all you want, but the rubber may not leave the ground at any point during a session!

 

[viperpilot]

that's right Team666, absolutely!

viper

 

[WallRunner]

I Have A Speed Of 313.76 With My New Toyota Gt-One:

No Wheelies, All Four wheels on ground

I Put auto to 25, changed final to 2.500%, Put Nitros to max power, ride height to 55 and some other stuff

Thanks

 

[Leonidae]

I'm sorry, Viper, but..

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and that was first run after tweaking. it'll improve more, since i did hit the wall right before main straight wich dropped my speed.. 303.15mph. and in that old supra that has covered over 700 miles while chasing 300mph..

 

[viperpilot]

it's hard for me, but congrats Leo, you deserve it!! you wanna keep me busy won't you?? don't know if i can beat back with a faster speed.......

viper

 

[Leonidae]

you'll overcome it, I'm certain of it.

 

[viperpilot]

thanks, we'll see.........congrats anyways!!

viper

 

[zocker_16]

I´ve got some new speeds :
1. 365,73 mph with the Toyota Minolta
foto
2. 310 mph without NOS with the Minolta photo
3. 303,50 with the Pagani Zonda photo

 

[Dark Elite]

I agree with Leo, zocker. Please read and follow the rules - every single speed on the leaderboard has been verified to follow them exactly.

Nice going wallrunner, and well done to Leo and Viper with the 300mph Supras! Hope you can both push them on even further soon 👍

I'll be checking back on these new speeds for a leaderboard update in half an hour or so. Sorry, I'm short of time

DE

 

[zocker_16]

I agree with Leo, zocker. Please read and follow the rules - every single speed on the leaderboard has been verified to Follow them exactly.

DE

Under 350 just must be verified with a photo not with a video thats what I did with the Pagani Zonda 303 miles.

 

[WallRunner]

he's talking about the minolta, i think. so if you didn't save the replay, you should probaly withdraw the minolta one, the others are okay

 

[Dark Elite]

zocker - Please read all of my post. I said

I'll be checking back on these new speeds for a leaderboard update in half an hour or so. Sorry, I'm short of time

This means that the leaderboard has not been updated. I am only human, I cannot do things outside of the time I have. Sorry. I don't have anything against your speeds that are verified correctly (note that I made no comment against your Zonda speed), and will add them to the leaderboard as soon as it is updated.

The 310mph 88C-V speed can't be added, as the in-car screenshot (although required for a non-nitrous run) isn't accompanied by a Session Record screenshot, so the speed is inaccurate. If you can post a Session Record screenshot to go with the in-car screenshot, that'll be fine.

Leaderboard Updated with the Supras, Wallrunner's TS020, and Zocker's Zonda... 👍

DE

 

[Leonidae]

I've just claimed "Fastest Supra in 300mph club".

but.. I might be digging my own grave, but I have to say that even 306mph might not be impossible..

 

[KING Of ROCK]

I just got a 300.04 mph out of my Viper SRT-10.I didn't take the photos from the run as i forgot to but i took them from my top speed records.Dunno if it counts.here are the pics anyway





Btw I was just reading the 300mph leader board and saw that Tornado took a viper gts-r team oreca all the way to 301.28.How did he do that,i thought the downforce of that car prevented it from having any respectable top speeds.

Did he post any settings?I would like to have my GTSR achieve such speeds.

 

[crimson_menace]

@kingofrock:

The screenie must consist of the session record screen to be legit.

 

[KING Of ROCK]

ok i'll try it again now

EDIT:here you go

This time it's 300.22