GT2 Weekly Challenge: Special Events

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Just to be clear, we're not actually using our cars to win the races... we're just doing test laps or loading our cars in Arcade mode and going for a best lap time. And remember, in addition to what you have left after buying your car out of the 10,000Cr you get to start with, at this point you also have another 12,000Cr to spend on tuning your car up.
 
Well I'm having some technical difficulties with my GT2 disc so I might need to send my times tomorrow.
 
Finally managed to go through Rome Short stage.
This is the only track in GT2 that I dislike, and it shows - the best hotlap was 38th lap, and it is still far from ideal - only the 1st sector is the fastest among other laps, apparently.
I also did not upgrade my car since last stage, so my results might not be great.

Grindelwald, on the other hand, is one of my favourite tracks to drive, and I looking forward to it. I am very tempted to get some power, but I think I'll hold on still.
 
I'm pretty comfortable with the other 3 or 4 corners (4 if you count the gradual high-speed right after the first right at the end of the main drag) since I race Rome Full Circuit a lot, but the 2nd/3rd corner in this one is tough... the way it drops makes it almost blind, and if you're not on the brakes early enough you won't be able to stop due to the loss of traction when the track dips down just before the corner.

And I must admit, I was hopping you'd bolted on the turbo, I'm sure we would've been within a couple tenths of each other this time... and I'm not sure I would've been in front!

Or are you saving up enough to go straight to turbo-2??? :nervous:
 
So the one account I used for this got corrupted. Yay :banghead:. I'm going to have to use my main account for this so I might need to post my times at 6:30 PM (EST).
 
Well, it is not the trickyness of corners that annoys me - it is the layout itself. The idea that the whole lap is basically determined by 2 corners if time attacking or even 1 corner (the hairpin) when actually racing with people just does not make any sense to me.
Every time I get this track in Event Generator I skip a race because I know that I will be tossed into the wall by AI in the only overtaking zone.

As for tuning, I am going to experiment a bit. At first I indeed was going to save up for more boost, but since the next circuit is twisty mountain pass, I may even try to go for customizable diff and see what I can do with it.
We'll se how it works. On some cars with good chassis correct setting allows for amazing cornering speeds.
 
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Well, don't reveal your secrets if you don't want to, but when I get the custom diff I don't actually adjust it much... leave initial alone, drop accel to 30, and drop decel to 15.
 
I'm not really keeping any secrets - nobody here is racing with my car anyway, so I'm OK with sharing them :).
As for the LSD - for me it is the crucial factor in tuning, and on different cars my setups differ drastically. I presume that my RX-7 will have like 5-7 initial / 47-56 acc. / 14-17 dec.. The testing runs will direct me to the correct one.
Also, I use the setup you mentioned on fully tuned Silvias as well, with little variations.
 
I'm running my laps now. Question is about the prize cars. Can we use them since we technically won them in the simulation mode?
 
Just buy and build your car in simulation mode, then use it in arcade mode. Not sure what you mean about prize cars. We've only done the Sunday cup so we don't have any prize cars yet. And even when we get into events which award prize cars, I'm not sure what we will do about that.
 
jeffgoddin
Just buy and build your car in simulation mode, then use it in arcade mode. Not sure what you mean about prize cars. We've only done the Sunday cup so we don't have any prize cars yet. And even when we get into events which award prize cars, I'm not sure what we will do about that.
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OK. Just got done finishing the Rome Short and Grindlewald tracks. I just have to do the full Rome circuit now.
 
Well, we're just doing one at a time, so just Rome Short, then you get the 5,000Cr prize to spend if you want, then Grindelwald and its 6,000Cr prize, then Rome Circuit, one a week, so Rome Short this week, Grindelwald next week, and Rome Circuit in two weeks.

Though honestly I would be all for doing all three in one week...
 
jeffgoddin
Well, we're just doing one at a time, so just Rome Short, then you get the 5,000Cr prize to spend if you want, then Grindelwald and its 6,000Cr prize, then Rome Circuit, one a week, so Rome Short this week, Grindelwald next week, and Rome Circuit in two weeks.

Though honestly I would be all for doing all three in one week...
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I just do it because I will probably forget at some point in time. But I don't care if we do one a week or all 3 a week.
 
jeffgoddin
Well, we're just doing one at a time, so just Rome Short, then you get the 5,000Cr prize to spend if you want, then Grindelwald and its 6,000Cr prize, then Rome Circuit, one a week, so Rome Short this week, Grindelwald next week, and Rome Circuit in two weeks.

Though honestly I would be all for doing all three in one week...
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Hmmm, pretty nice idea you gave me....
 
jeffgoddin
Well, we're just doing one at a time, so just Rome Short, then you get the 5,000Cr prize to spend if you want, then Grindelwald and its 6,000Cr prize, then Rome Circuit, one a week, so Rome Short this week, Grindelwald next week, and Rome Circuit in two weeks.

Though honestly I would be all for doing all three in one week...
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Yes same for me, I'd rather do the 3 in a row, 3 weeks seems to be a long time. I'll get to it this weekend, hopefully with some improvements in my lap times :p
 
I also support this idea.

Edit: Passed the Grindelwald stage. I again underestimated the grip of Normal tires of GT2, so custom LSD appears to be almost worthless until I have at least 300-320 hp. Instead now I've got Turbo 1 and racing exhaust - at last proper rotary soundtrack with neatly sneezing blow-off, yay! :D
I could have used Turbo 1 earlier on Rome Short, but I didn't notice in time that I had spare 600 credits remaining from Red Rock prize. That was silly of me, but whatever.
 
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Ah crap, Wankel3's got the power now... you did it in under 1:25, didn't you? Yes, I've also already run Grindelwald having added race exhaust. Making it through the back chicane without a little lift-off proved impossible, but 127mph through there is still nail-bitingly quick, I think!

And if everybody's down for it, I'll also go ahead and run Rome Circuit and send all the times over to gt3kid.
 
Yeah, I think I also used the 5th gear for the first time :)
Well, I might have passed that chicane flat-out once or twice on more luck than skill, but this always puts in me in a bad shape for the upcoming hairpin, so in my hotlap I think I also lifted a bit.
In general, the FC pleased me alot on Grindelwald. It looks like power output increse enhanced not only the speed and accleleration, but also drivability in general. I was expecting it to be somewhat too slidey through flowing medium-speed sections, but I still had surprising amount of grip. Stock gear ratios also now make alot more sense, still not ideal though.

I think I'll also run Rome Circuit tomorrow. I think i'll be slower there since braking response without an aftermarket diff or controller is still too vague, and this is more significant at those 90-degree corners than at twisty mountain pass.
 
For the first time in my GT2 career, I'm using arcade mode for time trials... Don't know why I hadn't earlier, just don't like changing disks I guess.

Finding it to be a mixed bag. Getting to exit and see all your section times is awesome, lets me know if I should be satisfied with my best lap so far, or if that lap actually had a bad section or two where I could make up some more time. Chasing your ghost is both good and bad. Good to have an idea how I'm doing on a lap, bad because it's hard not to focus on the ghost instead of the track. Finally, now that I can see section times, I want to go back and watch the replay to see what lines I took, but I can't!:mad: Why can't we watch the whole replay???

In the Sunday Cup, I knew my car was going to be fast, so I didn't really try too hard. But now that I know Wankel3's caught up, I figured it was time to get into arcade mode and step my game up. Pretty happy with my Rome Circuit time, still working on Grindelwald... every once in a while I hit each sector great, but have yet to put together a whole great lap. If my best lap were only a tenth behind in each sector what I'd seen my car's potential was, I'd be happy, but I'm 0.3 off in the first sector and 0.2 off in the second, and a tenth off in the 3rd and 4th sectors as well. So I figure I need to shave off another 0.3 to be happy with my time... Edit: ah screw it, that was good enough...

So, times submitted for the entire Clubman Cup.

Edit: If you're at 2592lbs and 274hp Wankel3, that's 9.46lbs/hp, while I'm at 10.03 now, and I'm lighter... same weight to power ratio, lighter is slower... so worse weight to power and lighter is bad news for me... I set up your car and took it and mine out to the 1000m, you did 25.002, I did 25.290... I do have the triple plate clutch and the carbon driveshaft to help me out, but I fear if I didn't race my best I have no chance of beating you for a while...
 
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Just did the Rome Circuit event. I just want to make sure - we aren't allowed to cut corners through yellow/black stripey bits, right? Because if we are, then cutting the 90-degree corner right after the hairpin shaves me 0.8-ish seconds, which is huge.

jeffgoddin, you'll have the advantage at Rome since those 90-degree corners fit right into the gap between 2nd and 3rd gears, slowing me down.
Also, how to you set off during acceleration tests? Do you tap throttle trying to keep the revs on the verge of wheelspin or just keep it open all the way while just waiting for the wheelspin to finish?
 
Alright, submitted my times for the Clubman Cup as well... With my slightly underpowered car, I don't how it turned out but I tried different combinations of gear changes this time to see what was best. I did 10 laps for each circuit, hopefully that paid off :dopey:
 
@JohneyPixel We're doing the Clubman Cup events currently. If you go back to the first page there's a list of cars available on day one, pick one for the price listed there (not the price you actually pay when you buy it, since you're probably not on day one in your game.) Use the change you have left out of 10,000Cr, plus the winnings we got from the Sunday Cup events (12,000Cr) to tune your car up for the Rome Short event in Clubman. After that you get another 5,000Cr to tune with for Grindelwald, after that you get another 6,000Cr to tune with for Rome Circuit.

And @Wankel3 yes I'm cutting that corner... I'm new to arcade mode but doesn't it invalidate a lap time if you cut a corner you're not supposed to (like the first hairpin at Laguna Seca?) No wallriding is about the only firm no-no I'm using. Basically, if it looks like something a real race car would try to do, I do it. No real race car would willingly drive over sand and grass, but over a bit of painted track, why not? AI does it in Sim mode as well. Also, for the first corner at Rome, I also cut that to get close to the metal barrier on exit to keep my speed at about 121mph rather than going wide and scrubbing down to 118mph or so.

Also, not sure being caught between gears is a bad thing there, since whenever I made the corner high in 2nd all I got was wheelspin, but when I could keep it low in 3rd, at least I got grip, if not much power. My ghost for a while made it through there in 3rd so I could see how much better it pulled.

Edit: actually just ran behind the AI at Clubman's Rome Circuit... and it looks like they try to avoid running over the black+yellow striped parts, for the most part. A few of them will usually have 2 tires on it, but I'm guessing only because they're fighting for position next to the other AI and kind of get forced onto the line that takes them into the black+yellow...

So damn, that turns Rome into a completely different track for me... I definitely cut straight through the black+yellow after the first hairpin, keeping my speed to a minimum of 67mph in doing so, while the wider line, in addition to being longer, forces me down to 64mph... not sure it's 0.8 second different, but it is a lot of time. So, two wheels on the track rule, and black+yellow isn't track. Guess I'll have to try Rome again... or just leave my time with an asterisk and DQ me from the round, if I don't get to it. (It's tough to go over something again when you've already put, I'll be honest, about 80 laps into going for the perfect time... not to mention I'll have to un-learn a bunch of braking points, corner speeds and lines, after burning them into my subconscious reflexes...) I was pretty happy with my time... 1:31.953 I was hoping would be competitive with Wankel3's rotar2...
 
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I also submitted a time with cutting that corner, although the rest of that lap was pretty terrible. For me the difference is when I cut the corner, I don't even have to brake there, which saves a lot of speed. By the way, you don't have to rebuild all your lines throughout the track if you decide to retry without using striped stuff, since that corner is the only place where cutting really gives you large advantage. There are other places where I cut as well sometimes, but I don't really gain anything doing so except for some space to maneuver.
Also, these parts on second to last and first corners are so bumpy that I doubt real race car would enjoy going there :)

Edit: As far as my experience goes, invalidation occured only after big crash into a wall, although I might confuse with something.
 
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So, here are the times for the Clubman Cup challenge!

Jeffgoddin:

Car: Nissan Silvia K’s 1800 ‘88 (turbo-1 racing flywheel, suspension-sport, weight-1, chip , carbon driveshaft, intercooler, racing exhaust, triple-plate clutch)

Rome Short

Sector 1: 10.028
Sector 2: 22.861 - 10.028 = 12.833
Sector 3: 40.971 - 22.861 = 18.110
Lap : 0.55.809 - 40.971 = 14.838

Top speed: 126.78mph

Grindelwald

Sector 1: 22.994
Sector 2: 24.989
Sector 3: 17.316
Sector 4: 18.952
Final: 1:24.241
Top Speed 137.9mph

Rome Full

Sector 1: 10.795
Sector 2: 30.311
Sector 3: 26.496
Sector 4: 24.351
Final: 1:31.953
Top Speed 133.68mph

Samgt

Car: Nissan Skyline GTS25 (semirace flywheel, weight-1, chip, semirace clutch, sports suspension, driveshaft, brakes, exhaust-2)

Rome Short

Sector 1 0:10:365
Sector 2 0:13:016
Sector 3 0:18:783
Sector 4 0:14:899
Total 0:57:063

Grindelwald

Sector 1 0:23:536
Sector 2 0:25:470
Sector 3 0:18:493
Sector 4 0:19:721
Total 1:27:220

Rome Circuit

Sector 1 0:11:389
Sector 2 0:30:946
Sector 3 0:27:499
Sector 4 0:25:374
Total 1:35:208

DurWinning

Rome Short:

Car: ’93 Supra Turbo (turbo-1, sports transmission, sports tires)

Sector 1: 0.10.240
Sector 2: 0.23.194
Sector 3: 0.42.614
Best Lap: 0.58.421
Top Speed: 123.44 MPH

Grindelwald
Sector 1: 24.116
Sector 2: 51.431
Sector 3: 1.10.424
Best Lap: 1.30.443
Top Speed: 130.43 MPH

Rome Circuit Full
Sector 1: 11.937
Sector 2: 43.949
Sector 3: 1.12.842
Best Lap: 1.39.559
Top Speed: 127.99 MPH

Wankel3

Car: Mazda RX-7 Infini III (race flywheel, intercooler, weight-1, sports suspension, turbo-1, race exhaust, sports tires)

Rome Short

S1: 0.10.208
S2: 0.12.921
S3: 0.18.806
S4: 0.15.253

Total: 0.57.188
Top speed: 126.5 mph

Grindelwald

S1: 0.22.710
S2: 0.24.711
S3: 0.16.933
S4: 0.19.059

Total: 1.23.413
Top speed: 137.34 mph

Rome Full:

Time:
S1: 0.10.789
S2: 0.29.870
S3: 0.26.930
S4: 0.24.193

Total: 1.31.782
Top speed: 135.13 mph

The winners of each round are:

Rome Short: jeffgoddin!:cheers:
Grindelwald: Wankel3! (first victory, congratulations!:cheers:)
Rome Full: Wankel3 and his RX-7 Infini again!:cheers:
 
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gt3kid89
Just keep trying!:D The FF Challenge is on the way, so there's another chance (there's gonna be a lot of chances:tup:)
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Well it looks like I'm off to the UCD. Here's hoping I can find a decent FF car for cheap.
 
@Wankel3, awesome sections 3 and 4 times at Grindelwald, I'd gotten as fast in the first 2 sections, actually a little faster in section 1, but nowhere near those section 3 and 4 times. I could've worked at it and shaved off another 0.5 maybe, and you still would've had me by 0.4. And Rome, that 2nd section time is just stunning! I actually had you beat, admittedly with about 80 laps working at it, except for that section, but then you said the lap you submitted was pretty rubbish.... and given that you car is probably a little better than mine now...

and @DurWinning looks like you spent 4225 on the car, 4500 on the turbo, 6000 on tires, and 5800 on sports tranny, or just under the 22,000Cr limit for Rome Short. You then got another 5000Cr to spend for Grindelwald, and then another 6000 for Rome Circuit. So if you didn't get anything extra for those races, then you were leaving money on the table. But mainly, sports tires really aren't that great, and sports tranny probably not necessary with the powerband on the Supra. If instead you'd gotten race flywheel, stage 1 weight reduction, sports suspension, carbon driveshaft, and race intercooler (and the turbo-1 still) total cost 20,200Cr or so, leaving you 1800 going into Rome Short. Try this setup instead and I bet you'll find it to be much faster. And then for Grindelwald add race muffler for 4800, leaving 2000, for Rome Circuit add triple plate clutch, leaving 3200.

But how are we going to go into the FF challenge? I have 8400Cr to spend after Rome Circuit, go buy a used FF and tune it a little? Everybody should have at least 7000 because that's the prize from the last race, some people may have quite a bit more. DurWinning, if he didn't spend any money for Grindelwald or Rome Circuit, should have 18,000Cr+.
 
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Hey @jeffgoddin quick question. Since we have to buy an FF car can I use the cars in my Used Car Dealer? I want to ask because I have no idea if it's legal since we're out of the Sunday/Clubman Cup stage.
 

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