I know I'm not eligible for this one----
Right. You'll have to bag that 3rd Trophy before you can really show off your stock/unassisted skills.
As a sign of respect for those who have earned VicReign Rights I have to disregard that entry.
No problem Steve, information is free... you just got to know where to look.
I find it's the opposite of the numbers you gave... in my opinion, it's about 80% skill and 20% tune. The skill is what you need, the tune only helps you use that skill a bit better. Think of it like shaving, you need to know how not to cut yourself, but with a sharper razor, you get a closer shave. Tunes are just sharper razors... that's all.
Cheers
I slapped on your tune today and took the McLaren out for its second run. First run (Post #996) only got me P11, but my second run with your tune got me P7:
Car handles better -very stable, and the steering is now quite forgiving, however, because I drive Manual the tranny feels 'laggish' to me, so had to give it a tweak - BTW, by Max Speed 340, do you mean KPH? Can't be MPH? (Sorry, I work in mph, I know, I'm such a traitor
) Anyway with the tranny tweaked I now got P6.
Then I remembered I never gave this baby an oil change - so I had to do the whole 'struggling racer with his Mclaren' thing, go off to GTAuto, oil and paint job and returned to the race with a few more horses to get P5:
So, I'm working my way up painfully towards Didier. For the moment no eligible entries. Let alone topping the Board not even acing the event yet. Gotta keep trying
First stab with the Yellow Bird. Stock and just abs to start with but I'm not sure adding more power is going to help much. I'll just be going faster when I go off.
Good thinking. Sometimes going full bore, full PP, everything on, can actually make the car so overpowered that one cannot handle it to the max. I find that when a car is optimised to a track it works much better with the driver to get optimum performance. I find this especially true of cars like the Stratos, Cizeta, CTR, etc.
Remember, however, that this is a public event - and all assists and tunes are permitted. The final decision as to what to use is up to you of course. Good to see an outstanding time start that feature off, and I'm hoping other Ringbirds will gather to challenge you.
The Yellowbird and the Ring - that's a special love affair.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for that 3rd trophy of yours.
Also - yes, I was kidding with you about the #1000 post.
It is quite a landmark in this project, and special thanks to guys like
hall90,
MTM79,
VicReign93 and
nowayback (among many others in the early days) who worked hard to popularise these events and bring more players in, and who stayed around for all of those thousand posts and are still here tormenting everybody with top times that we are constantly trying to emulate. As well, you newcomers have lit a fire in here with your enthusiasm and gusto - The
Baron,
Steve,
Ed, the
Infamous one, and you yourself,
Moose, all you guys were responsible for this, for bringing us this far, and for opening up further our understanding of this game.
So huge thanks to all concerned - and pats on the back for a job well done.
The job, of course - enjoying playing Gran Turimo with one another.
to make a better timelap, is it base on this?; 70% (tune), 30% (driving skill). Look at Ed Night on his Cyborg timing at Madrid.
. Just not confident to tune this FF Cyborg well .
