Endurance

[Scope]

what is worse endurance races or getting the S licence?

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

I really don't see how you can relate the two. If you're good, you can bronze all the S License tests in 15 minutes. The endurance tests are just that -- endurance tests. You can blast through them in an overpowered car with no skill whatsoever if you feel like it.

 

[wildcard]

I try to make the endurance races fair by using a car I know will win, but not too powerful. I have failed in doing that most of the time, but endurance races where the competition is close is always more fun, even if they are long. Endurance races are not that boring to me, like most people say they are...I find them enjoyable.

 

[wildcard]

Getting the S-license isn't that hard...At least I didn't think it was, although the S-8 test took me a while. That is the hardest test in the game, I think.

 

[ZZII]

s-license = more challenging
enduros = more time consuming

 

[Vasco]

I like them both, so

 

[Gil]

I just did the Mistral in a stock power R390-GT1.
That was a challenging race. I knew the 787B was damn fast, but it was flying against me.
If it hadn't pitted every 4th lap, (to my every 24th lap) I would have gotten killed.
AS it was, I was behind on lap 75 and very worried that the 787B wouldn't run true to form and pit on lap 76.
Thankfully, it did pit it on 76, and I was able to hold on to the lead for the remaining 2 laps.
I managed to win not one but 2 Formula one cars, as it was the last race of the endurance series. Boo-Ya!

 

[Scope]

I cannot get S licence its so hard i always get near the end and then screw up... but i need it for profesional league!!!

 

[Gil]

Originally posted by Scope
I cannot get S licence its so hard i always get near the end and then screw up... but i need it for profesional league!!!

Chase your ghost. It can be distracting. But I am making my way thru the game again I have vowed not to race until, I make gold for the lisenses. I'm having issues with B-8 but I will get it.

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

I would say B-8 is the hardest license test in the game to gold. A few of the S License tests take longer, but that's because you're doing a whole lap, so it obviously takes longer. I would bet B-8 takes a higher number of attempts for the average person to gold than any other test.

Even if you do everything right, you have to slide through that last corner just right, and it's not something that you can do the same every time, because just a tiny change where you have to cut in and how hard. You need to have such a high exit speed to get gold.

I mean, compare B-8 (Skyline at Trial Mountain, 0:42 gold) to S-3 (Miata at Trial Mountain, 1:52 gold). B-8 is much harder.

I think the entire A License series is easier than the B series.

 

[Brett]

Originally posted by wildcard
I try to make the endurance races fair by using a car I know will win, but not too powerful. I have failed in doing that most of the time, but endurance races where the competition is close is always more fun, even if they are long. Endurance races are not that boring to me, like most people say they are...I find them enjoyable.

Yeah, I'm like you. I find the endurance races enjoyable. I somehow found the Roadster Endurance to be enjoyable too. Just the freakin' Miata is a tad on the slow side, but I sure was having fun trying to beat my fast lap on every lap.

 

[Scope]

Originally posted by Gil
Chase your ghost. It can be distracting. But I am making my way thru the game again I have vowed not to race until, I make gold for the lisenses. I'm having issues with B-8 but I will get it.

man i got like bronze in everything i not very good, but i getting there (slowly)

 

[Vasco]

I think the entire A License series is easier than the B series.

I have done B8 but can't seem to do A7 or A8...

 

[Duke]

I definitely prefer the enduros over the license tests. In an enduro, if you blow a corner, you pick it up and move on, and try to do better next time. It's a rhythm and flow that you don't get in the short races, even 10 lappers.

With the license tests if you so much as get 3 wheels off, you have to listen to the "you suck" music and start again. How many times did you have to do the first turn of S-2 because you scraped the wall of the chicane? And that was just to be allowed to move on to the next turn... and how many turns are there in Seatlle? A lot.

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

I guess I would have to say I "enjoy" the endurance races a lot more... I've only restarted the entire game once, but I like to go back and reload a game from day 49 with Arcade Mode and all the license golds complete.

The problem with such a general statement, though, is that some of the enduros do drag. I think it's tacky doing Super Speedway with a rubber-band, but it's not the most exciting thing. Having done all the license tests a couple times, it would be pretty easy to go back and silver every license test in less time than it takes to run one endurance.

 

[MidusGT]

Originally posted by BadBatsuMaru
I would say B-8 is the hardest license test in the game to gold. A few of the S License tests take longer, but that's because you're doing a whole lap, so it obviously takes longer. I would bet B-8 takes a higher number of attempts for the average person to gold than any other test.

Even if you do everything right, you have to slide through that last corner just right, and it's not something that you can do the same every time, because just a tiny change where you have to cut in and how hard. You need to have such a high exit speed to get gold.

I mean, compare B-8 (Skyline at Trial Mountain, 0:42 gold) to S-3 (Miata at Trial Mountain, 1:52 gold). B-8 is much harder.

I think the entire A License series is easier than the B series.

Oh, my God, yes. B8 was horrid...I'm one of those people who just bought the game and wouldn't start racing until I got gold in Bs...Wrong move! I was pulling my hair out over b8. I actually made the gold time, but you have to be at least .001 below it to get the gold medal...Needless to say, I cried under my pillow about that one. I definitely agree that that is the hardest test.

What I don't see, though, is how people think TT10 and S8 are so difficult, you just have to plan out your laps. Learn to brake in a straight line and accelerate through the turn. Also, the buttons on the ps2 are very pressure sensitive, so you don't need to take S8 in thrid gear, you can do it in 2nd and have much better exit speeds. I would say that for a person not familiar with CS, TT10 is a nightmare, but for anyone who doesn't like CS, run a few laps around it, just for fun, it's an absolute blast. Practice your cornering etiquette and getting a gold on s8 and time trials are a breeze.

 

[delucani]

Neither are that hard. Just very boring...Zzzzzzzz

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

Originally posted by MidusGT
Practice your cornering etiquette and getting a gold on s8 and time trials are a breeze.

A breeze? I don't know if I'd go that far...

I do think, though, that maybe B-8 is the reason I'm not very fond of Skylines. S-3 (I think that's the Skyline at Midfield) doesn't help much, either -- it's not that hard a test, but it all comes down to nailing that last corner really fast, and the Pennzoil Skyline loves to wipe out there. It's just so annoying when you have to do the whole boring lap again for a shot at the last corner. The last corner at Midfield with the Pennzoil Skyline was much easier in GT2.

 

[MidusGT]

Originally posted by BadBatsuMaru
A breeze? I don't know if I'd go that far...

I do think, though, that maybe B-8 is the reason I'm not very fond of Skylines. S-3 (I think that's the Skyline at Midfield) doesn't help much, either -- it's not that hard a test, but it all comes down to nailing that last corner really fast, and the Pennzoil Skyline loves to wipe out there. It's just so annoying when you have to do the whole boring lap again for a shot at the last corner. The last corner at Midfield with the Pennzoil Skyline was much easier in GT2.

Meh...Perhaps I have a different viewpoint than others concerning racing...Just use logic; You need this much space to brake for this turn, use this much acceleration for the degree of the turn, etc. I see most people just floor it and try to powerslide their way around...

The Pennzoil at Midfield was certainly a nuisance...Also, wasn't the particular Pennzoil GT-R for GT2 a 700hp AWD? I wonder why PD did that...Are the RWD-500ps/300ps regulations recent for JGTC?

 

[ving]

endurane races...
the last time i did the S's was in 45 mins

 

[the_cobbinator]

I am having trouble at the moment with S-2. As neon said, that first turn is killer, and if you make that, you have to gear up pretty quickly for the sequence of braking a turning ahead. Oh well, I'll just try, try again.

 

[ving]

which one was s2?
been a while...

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

S-2 is the GT40 at Seattle II... I think it's just about the most fun thing in the game. The car gets so loose going down that final hill, it's crazy.

I wish the GT40 had the weird sound it had in GT2. That thing sounded like some kind of high-bypass jet engine.

 

[ving]

ah! that one!

yeah its pretty fun
love that car

 

[BadBatsuMaru]

Originally posted by the_cobbinator
I am having trouble at the moment with S-2. As neon said, that first turn is killer, and if you make that, you have to gear up pretty quickly for the sequence of braking a turning ahead. Oh well, I'll just try, try again.

What do you mean by the first turn? You mean the very first chicane by the pit, or do you mean the big left at the end?

Right at the beginning, you should floor it, hug the right, and then start cutting in and braking simultaneously right before you go under the little 50m sign above. The demo does this with minimal braking, but don't worry about holding the brake until you have the car pointed the right direction. Don't pay too much attention to the demo -- it loses time by not going far enough outside on most of the corners. On the first big left 90-degree turn, you want to hug the right and start braking right before you get to the rumble strip, and cut way inside as close as you can to the corner. On a lot of these turns, you have to slow down a little more than feels right to have the best exit speed.

You can gain a lot of time by hitting the box turns right. The demo has a pretty low exit speed coming out onto the back straightaway. Just make sure you're slow enough and pretty far outside going into the last section of the boxes and you can slide around that corner and hit the big back stretch going really fast.

 

[Bollocks#999]

Give me the endurance races any day over the licence tests

Right Dodge?

 

[the_cobbinator]

Thanks a bunch BadBatsuMaru i just watched the demo again, and noticed the points you made. I still am missing it by hundreths of a second, but it's less than before