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- Buffalo, NY
- PURE_DrWatson
Just when I was thinking it was completely impossible for this event to actually be fun. I managed to stumble into a linup that actually makes this event entertaining.
the lineup:
its *only* worth 100 A-Spec points (nice round number eh?)
but, i've stopped chasing those... I'm not going for "the most points possible" anymore.. i'm going for "the most fun possible".
that being said... this ranked up on my list of the most fun races i've actually had since i got the game.
I managed to achieve what i think this event was designed for, honest nostalgia... After about an hour of C1 vs C2 fighting on "the ring" i started to get that feeling of motoring nostalgia i used to get tooling around in the 356's playing NFS: Porsche unleashed. Where even though your driving the car as fast as it can go, getting as much grip as the car can give, with another opponent breathing down your neck the whole way... it just feels like a pleasent sunday drive in the country. Puts a smile on my face. =]
The race itself went like this:
I ended up beating the C2 by just over 7 seconds.
However, I was really disapointed with the performance of the gullwing... he finished on the lead lap, but I looked at him in the replay and he was dumping ~18seconds / lap... so that puts him at almost 8min down after 25... shame, i was really hoping for a 3-way.
Allthough the C1 vs C2 was quite a nice fight. The C2 excels at anything thats involves going up a hill or in a straight line... where the C1 eats him whenever turning the steering wheel is required.
I didn't even need to be cheap and do any blocking... The C1 can walk away from the C2 in the begining twisty section... but then the C2 will gain 5 seconds on the up hill climb of high speed corners before the carrosell, and be filling your mirror again as your taking the first sharp turn at the end of that long stretch.
Then you have to make up as much time as possible through the ensuing twisty part, because he'll eat up another 7 seconds on the home straight. A few times he would actually pass me, then i'd take the lead back on the final turn before the start/finish line.
Its was more of a dance than a race. which really helped capture that easy going feeling. =]
The only real "problem" is that the AI is pretty stupid with his pit strategy... so you have to make your tires last 5 laps.
After four laps i knew we only had enough rubber left for 1/3 of a lap... but he's too dumb to think that far ahead, but its no biggie... because his tires suck just as bad so both of us were ~20 seconds off pace nursing red tires every 5th lap.
All-in-all ... good honest fun.
The settings I used for the vette are:
Totally stock horsepower... not even an oil change.
.......... (f / r)
Tires: S1 / S1
springs: 8.0 / 7.6
ride: 112 / 112
bound: 3 / 6
rebound: 3 / 6
camber: 2.6 / 1.2
toe: 0 / 0
stabilizers: 1 / 3
*note* yes the shock bound and rebound look strange... that was a mistake on my part when i was punching them in.... i wanted 3 / 3, 6 / 6 ... but somehow i transposed them, but i drove 25 laps like that and the car felt perfect... so it seemed to work out. *
brakes: 7 / 5
ballast weight: 200
ballance f/r: +5
LSD initial: 5
LSD accel: 50
LSD deccel: 10
Gears:
1: 2.806
2: 1.877
3: 1.350
4: 1.021
5: 0.821
Final: 3.400
*note* don't drive with an AT, this is one of those cars you have to drive as a manual, or you will get frustrated with its acceleration. If you look at it in the garage, you can see that it peaks @ 4200. looking at the power graph you can see that it falls off really sharply after that... when you're driving it, you can see that; the car will basically stop accellerating at 4400 and beg you to shift it. when you do, it starts gaining speed rapidly again.
However the tach in GT4, goes up to ~4800 before the shift light turns on, so the AT will be too stupid to shift early and things will get frustrating fast.
so, use a manual and shift @ 4250, then everything is happy. *
------ Best lap: 8:57.012
happy motoring.
the lineup:
its *only* worth 100 A-Spec points (nice round number eh?)
but, i've stopped chasing those... I'm not going for "the most points possible" anymore.. i'm going for "the most fun possible".
that being said... this ranked up on my list of the most fun races i've actually had since i got the game.
I managed to achieve what i think this event was designed for, honest nostalgia... After about an hour of C1 vs C2 fighting on "the ring" i started to get that feeling of motoring nostalgia i used to get tooling around in the 356's playing NFS: Porsche unleashed. Where even though your driving the car as fast as it can go, getting as much grip as the car can give, with another opponent breathing down your neck the whole way... it just feels like a pleasent sunday drive in the country. Puts a smile on my face. =]
The race itself went like this:
I ended up beating the C2 by just over 7 seconds.
However, I was really disapointed with the performance of the gullwing... he finished on the lead lap, but I looked at him in the replay and he was dumping ~18seconds / lap... so that puts him at almost 8min down after 25... shame, i was really hoping for a 3-way.
Allthough the C1 vs C2 was quite a nice fight. The C2 excels at anything thats involves going up a hill or in a straight line... where the C1 eats him whenever turning the steering wheel is required.
I didn't even need to be cheap and do any blocking... The C1 can walk away from the C2 in the begining twisty section... but then the C2 will gain 5 seconds on the up hill climb of high speed corners before the carrosell, and be filling your mirror again as your taking the first sharp turn at the end of that long stretch.
Then you have to make up as much time as possible through the ensuing twisty part, because he'll eat up another 7 seconds on the home straight. A few times he would actually pass me, then i'd take the lead back on the final turn before the start/finish line.
Its was more of a dance than a race. which really helped capture that easy going feeling. =]
The only real "problem" is that the AI is pretty stupid with his pit strategy... so you have to make your tires last 5 laps.
After four laps i knew we only had enough rubber left for 1/3 of a lap... but he's too dumb to think that far ahead, but its no biggie... because his tires suck just as bad so both of us were ~20 seconds off pace nursing red tires every 5th lap.
All-in-all ... good honest fun.
The settings I used for the vette are:
Totally stock horsepower... not even an oil change.
.......... (f / r)
Tires: S1 / S1
springs: 8.0 / 7.6
ride: 112 / 112
bound: 3 / 6
rebound: 3 / 6
camber: 2.6 / 1.2
toe: 0 / 0
stabilizers: 1 / 3
*note* yes the shock bound and rebound look strange... that was a mistake on my part when i was punching them in.... i wanted 3 / 3, 6 / 6 ... but somehow i transposed them, but i drove 25 laps like that and the car felt perfect... so it seemed to work out. *
brakes: 7 / 5
ballast weight: 200
ballance f/r: +5
LSD initial: 5
LSD accel: 50
LSD deccel: 10
Gears:
1: 2.806
2: 1.877
3: 1.350
4: 1.021
5: 0.821
Final: 3.400
*note* don't drive with an AT, this is one of those cars you have to drive as a manual, or you will get frustrated with its acceleration. If you look at it in the garage, you can see that it peaks @ 4200. looking at the power graph you can see that it falls off really sharply after that... when you're driving it, you can see that; the car will basically stop accellerating at 4400 and beg you to shift it. when you do, it starts gaining speed rapidly again.
However the tach in GT4, goes up to ~4800 before the shift light turns on, so the AT will be too stupid to shift early and things will get frustrating fast.
so, use a manual and shift @ 4250, then everything is happy. *
------ Best lap: 8:57.012
happy motoring.
and now I beat the opponents (Elan S1, 300SL etc.) with like 3 to 5 laps on every race. But it's so much fun driving right behind the S1 with 4th gear in the speed of something like 60kmh and then quickly dropping the gear to 2nd and pressing the gas and flying past the S1. It's allways fun and makes me smile. 
