Originally posted by Clon
Ugh. I'm back from trying to get gold on all the B license tests. I've been doing it for about 5 hours and a half, and I'm stuck on B8. I can't even get silver. Any tips? And I did look at the guide. It didn't help. I also searched, but "B8" was too short.
ok, let's see... After 15 minutes, I'm sitting with a 43.069. Just short of the mark.
Pointers.
The 4wd
does not like full left or right lock very much. It causes a severe lack of grip at the front, which leads to understeer, and a canyon wall. Lighten up on the steering, and work on just nudging the wheel. Hold a constant angle as you teeter around the corner.
Now, are you dropping to second for the hairpin? Don't. Stay in third. The Skylines are much happier when you shift in around 6800rpm. Now, I will say that you need to run right up into the redline in first and second at the start. The other nice thing about staying in third at the hairpin, is you get less tire spin. With tire spin, the car send more power to the front. This means you're trying to bully a FF car around a corner. Stay in third and you'll carry much more speed through here. Momentum around that corner, means loads as you'll be accelerating all through teh next part.
The only place I came close to hitting full steering lock, was the left hand corner tween the last two tunnels.
Now, the canyon...pleasure the throttle through here. Don't smack it, but rather ease off and on through the upcoming left/right combo. Again, make sure not to hit full steering lock at these points.
Most of all, listen to your tires. Turn your sound up a bit more. With concentrating on steering and accelerator control, you'll tend to not listen to anything around you. You'll block out important noises. For instance your tires wailing like a three year looking at an ice cream truck.
If your tires are squealing, you're losing grip. Less grip = less power on the road.
Like Gil said. Stay smooth and you'll do fine.
Good luck
AO