GTA San Andreas WRS - Week 2 Results

[GM]

Car-less - 5:58
GTA_Preak - 6'03
SammiTougeGirl - 6'05.25
atwyatt - 6:18
Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops Where's My Thribble - 7:32​

 

[GM]

Notes On Route Taken - Car-less
Sanchez/Camper

Start behind the Mountain Bike Finish Line.
Follow the track up the South side of Mt. Chilliad taking a shortcut near the top.
Switch vehicles for the Camper. T1: ~1:45
Ramp from the viewing platform to the road below.
Head Northeast accross the bridge then turn to the left. T2: ~2:30
Take the middle road towards San Fierro Airport.
Slip onto the Freeway outside the airport. T3: ~3:15
Follow the freeway North through San Fierro.
Turn right after crossing Garver Bridge. T4: ~4:30
Follow the freeway East into Las Venturas.
Turn left onto the Strip, and left to the finish line. TT: ~6:15

Notes On Route Taken - atwyatt
Sanchez/Camper

I took the usual route up Chiliad. When I got close enough to the top, I cut around the orange gate barriers and went straight up the mountain. Then I jumped the Camper off the ramp. Tried to land on wheels on the middle ledge, drove off, then tried to land on wheels at the base.

Then I drove east across the river and took a left after the bridge. Took the highway all the way north through SF, across the bridge, then stayed with the highway all the way to the 4-Dragons Casino.

I also tried a path going straight after the first bridge and up the hill (through the tunnel into Los Santos, then north, etc.,) but I couldn't make the jump off those two S-curves near the mountain without my vehicle catching fire. But that would've been faster.

Notes On Route Taken - GTA_Phreak
Sanchez/Camper

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5...s2routelu5.jpg

Notes On Route Taken - Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops Where's My Thribble
Sanchez/Camper

http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=routedm7.jpg

Notes On Route Taken - SammiTougeGirl
Sanchez/Camper

http://img207.imageshack.us/my.phpimage=samapkb4.png

 

[Car-less]

Woohoo.

Perhaps I should elaborate on that 'incredible descent'.
Like probably everyone else, the only way down was to ramp off the viewing platform. However, you can lean any vehicle as it falls to control your descent. In perhaps 15% of cases I was able to land by the road after only hitting the side of the mountain once. Very occasionally I would be on the road and under control without any noticeable damage, and in less than 2:05!

@ Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops Where's My Thribble, I never noticed you could get onto the train tracks there before. I knew the train came out of the tunnel for a bit, I just never saw the dirt-track between the train track and road.

Unfortunately, the other two picture links don't seem to be working.

 

[DQuaN]

Yeah, looks like it was the wrong route though!

 

[Car-less]

I think almost any route that takes in the railtracks will be wrong - you can never get up to full speed on the railtracks.

I've gotten SammiTougeGirls image to work (copy and paste into address bar, and remove the <br%20/>), and it looks good. Slightly shorter than my route, but cross country.

Still no luck with GTA_Phreaks image, but judging by how similar our routes and times were last week, I'm expecting it to be virtually the same.
It also sounds like atwyatt used the same route, though I'm not clear whether he joined the Freeway before or after Foster Valley.

 

[atwyatt]

It also sounds like atwyatt used the same route, though I'm not clear whether he joined the Freeway before or after Foster Valley.

I got on the freeway as soon as I could at the southern end of it (and cut across the grassy area.)

I figured most of the time would come from getting a good descent, as there really aren't that many other places to gain speed with a camper. In my run, I landed on the middle ledge (on the wheels,) and drove off again. That probably added about 5 seconds to my time.

Then on landing at the bottom, I had to get control of and upright the camper. And turn around. That probably added 9 or 10 seconds to my time.

I'm not sure where the rest of the time comes from.

 

[Car-less]

I got on the freeway as soon as I could at the southern end of it (and cut across the grassy area.)

You probably had to slow down quite a bit to make the corner after the bridge? By taking the middle road I only had to lift off the gas momentarily to make the turn.

I figured most of the time would come from getting a good descent, as there really aren't that many other places to gain speed with a camper. In my run, I landed on the middle ledge (on the wheels,) and drove off again. That probably added about 5 seconds to my time.

I think my descent was aided by the fact that I deliberately crashed the sanchez into the rear of the camper, thus turning it about 60 degrees before I even got in. I could then concentrate on building up speed rather than turning the camper.

I'm not sure where the rest of the time comes from.

Once on the road it's just a matter of keeping on the gas, but lifting for selected sharp corners. Stay on the road to maintain speed, and hope that nobody crashes into your rear.

 

[GTA_Phreak]

Well URL's don't like to be abbreviated, - anyway the route is now in my album: https://www.gtplanet.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-5033

Well Done Car-less!!
Comparing with your split times it seems I lost it on the plunge down mt. Chiliad, - I've got 1:45 to the Camper door handle and 2:11 on the road below.
Although I didn't use the freeway route we must have been about equal on the rest.

 

[atwyatt]

Nice route GTA_Phreak!

I have to admit I tried to jump the Camper across the river from the top of Chiliad, lol.

Car-less: I didn't even know that middle road was there (or at least accessible from the road near the bridge.) Yeah, I had to slow down for the sharp L turn towards the highway (after the bridge,) and I couldn't gun it across the grass without the Camper sliding.

Also, I drove on the middle median for a while on the highway on the way to Las Venturas, because I got tired of 200mph cars and trucks hitting me from the back, lol.

Also, yeah, I'm sure I lost at least 10 seconds on my Chiliad decent, stopping on the middle level, and having to upright and turn around my camper at the base. But that probably means I did the Sanchez part pretty well.

 

[Car-less]

Also, I drove on the middle median for a while on the highway on the way to Las Venturas, because I got tired of 200mph cars and trucks hitting me from the back, lol.

Those Jet-powered trucks (and forklift!) were the main reason I used the camper. Being much smaller it was easier to weave through traffic, and less likely to be hit (smaller target).

Also, yeah, I'm sure I lost at least 10 seconds on my Chiliad decent, stopping on the middle level, and having to upright and turn around my camper at the base. But that probably means I did the Sanchez part pretty well.

I'm starting to think it was mostly the descent that got me the win...

Well Done Car-less!!
Comparing with your split times it seems I lost it on the plunge down mt. Chiliad, - I've got 1:45 to the Camper door handle and 2:11 on the road below.
Although I didn't use the freeway route we must have been about equal on the rest.

My best was 1:37 to the camper door handle, and 2:03 to the road and under control. This I achieved only Twice, the other 40 odd attempts being nearer your times. Comparing our total times I'd say my winning run was decided before the bridge - I suspect that your (non-freeway) route was in fact quicker, I just hadn't considered it due to my dislike of U-turns.

I guess all those chilliad challenge runs I did over the holidays payed off. Parhaps 100 hillclimbs in about a dozen different vehicles, and every one of them was then ramped back down to the road below in a quest for insane stunt stats.