Gymkhana, what is the point

X-Othermic · Dec 23, 2005

What is the point in the Gymkhana course? You can't post best times there, all you can do is drive around looking like an idiot knowing what your doing. It seems a little... random to me. :dunce:

Cosmic · Dec 23, 2005

Gymkhana is pretty pointless.

Specialized · Dec 23, 2005

Actually i think that Gymkhana is a pretty cool track, Ok so you cant get times or save replays but its good fun for just messing about with a car and if your into drifting its good for a bit of practice as theres nothing to hit, i found it good for practicing throttle modulation during drifting.

Cap'n Jack · Dec 23, 2005

I enjoy the course. It is fun to drift and do the slalam course set up in there.

X-Othermic · Dec 23, 2005

Radicool02
I enjoy the course. It is fun to drift and do the slalam course set up in there.

Until the cones fall down...

Appie · Dec 23, 2005

haha useless track

Boundary Layer · Dec 23, 2005

No it isn't.
I often use it to test suspension setups - to see how what is the greatest velocity my setup will take a tight line around the large radius cone circle with. Or to try drifting the inside of the cone circle.
I might check the over/understeer balance of the car there too just by making up 'checkpoints' to go around, or by moving around cones if I'm bored.

I just wish you could watch your replay there.

95GTIVR6 · Dec 23, 2005

I'm not a huge fan of the gymkhana simply because it isnt laid out the way I would set up the cones. GT4 would have been even better if they had an option to set up the cones any way you want. That way you could set up an Auto-X course and test settings there........we can only wish (GT5) 💡

Eric. · Dec 23, 2005

It would be much better if we had replays and some custom cone settings. I expected some autocross setups when I first heard of it. Some other variants of the IA Coffee Break would be good, just add more space so we aren't going 20mph and going to about full lock to make all the turns.

Kylehnat · Dec 23, 2005

Gymkhana would be useful if it were real life, but since you can't really feel the car anyway, I don't use it for anything. It would be good for drift practice (if you're into that sort of thing), or suspension tuning, as Boundary Layer mentioned.

xXSilencerXx · Dec 23, 2005

There is no point to it thats just it.

MugenVTEC · Dec 23, 2005

I find Gymkhana very useful if you want to start drifting. I started drifting there doing circles and learning how the car reacts before taking it to the track. Really useful for the drift

Raghavan · Dec 23, 2005

I tried to drift and stuff, but it's just pointless crap.

MugenVTEC · Dec 23, 2005

Raghavan
I tried to drift and stuff, but it's just pointless crap.

Didnt seen my video ??? I recorded a drift practice run on Gymkhana

Lemme find it back

EDIT: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74054

Raghavan · Dec 23, 2005

MugenVTEC
Didnt seen my video ??? I recorded a drift practice run on Gymkhana

Lemme find it back

EDIT: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74054

Nice vid, but maybe some exterior views would've been better so we can see the angle you got.

MugenVTEC · Dec 23, 2005

I tried without recording, its tougher with exterior views, but anyway, I will make some new videos soon.

BoA · Dec 23, 2005

MugenVTEC
Didnt seen my video ??? I recorded a drift practice run on Gymkhana

Lemme find it back

EDIT: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74054

I almost forget Gymkhana because I don't know it and just pass it before .

A newer to start drifting in GT4 in December . :ouch:

I'll try to practice on it to learn how to initiate the drift and countersteering soon . :grumpy:

Thank you very much .

MugenVTEC · Dec 23, 2005

Well, its not just about the drift driving techniques, its also about good settings. Just set your car till it drift smooth and train with it after that.

Wolfe · Dec 24, 2005

The Gymkhana course could have been great, but it's far, far too small, and should've allowed you to set up custom cone layouts.

Eric. · Dec 24, 2005

PD could have easily made an autocross mode like Forza by having a bunch of preset cones and stuff. It would have been fun to do with little 200hp kei cars. :dopey:

THE HACHI KING · Dec 24, 2005

Boundary Layer
No it isn't.
I often use it to test suspension setups - to see how what is the greatest velocity my setup will take a tight line around the large radius cone circle with. Or to try drifting the inside of the cone circle.
I might check the over/understeer balance of the car there too just by making up 'checkpoints' to go around, or by moving around cones if I'm bored.

I just wish you could watch your replay there.

Amen man the Gymkhana course is one of my favorite courses! Now hang on before you all go ripping my head off, if you have ever played a coffee break and you begin to fall out of the line or miss the cone you need to hit and say "o man i wish i could tune the setup" well you can't in the coffee breaks but in say a race and you go around a corner and your car understeers or oversteers and you want to get the car setup for maxium turning ability and stability then you can go to the gymkhana and go around the different radius circles and tune your car to stay perferct and stable on the line. So you see it serves a great purpose but u just have to know how to use to it's full capabilties i have probaly spent over 200 hours just learning to drift and the control and also tuing my car and helping my driving skills. So i think it is really cool!

THE ED3 · Dec 24, 2005

I think its good for testing take off, acceleration and braking. I do not use traction control on nearly all of my cars so its good to practice launching, getting up to 100mph and then braking before hitting the wall.

I think it should be much larger though as there really isnt enough room to practce anything but low speed 2nd or maybe 3rd gear controlled slides.

nos2 · Dec 24, 2005

It's a great track for testing hard to tune cars and to practice drifting. Some cars are so hard to tune you want to have an empty space so you can test out small adjustments and their effects. Gymkhana is perfect for that. Think of it as an autoX track.

Kent · Jan 29, 2006

I certainly would enjoy custom cone settings.
However, using the cone circle can be helpful with suspension setups.

The Cone Circle also works really well when you are trying to learn about what certain suspensions settings can do to the handling of your car.
The slolam doesn't do too much for me but it can be nice to try running cleanly for the sake of further testing your suspension.

The biggest advantage to the Gymkhana is an open "parking lot" environment for testing your settings. 👍
I don't think there is another parking lot in the game (atleast nothing that big and open).
(I don't think :confused:

)

jamaican · Jan 29, 2006

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038645
Reads:
GYMKHANA
originally in 19th-century India and England, a display of athletics and equestrian events; in the 20th century, also a form of automobile sport in which a series of events is planned to test driving skill and demonstrate accurate car handling. Auto gymkhanas usually are held on parking lots on which a series of short but intricate courses are laid out. A typical event is a race over a tight, twisting course marked out by pylons or similar devices; competing drivers complete the course one at a time and are timed to 1/100 second and penalized for errors, such as brushing a pylon or going off course. Other events may include driving in reverse, 180° and 360° turns, parking tests, and braking tests.

GYMKHANA COURSE

Delphic Reason · Jan 29, 2006

Boundary Layer
No it isn't.
I often use it to test suspension setups - to see how what is the greatest velocity my setup will take a tight line around the large radius cone circle with. Or to try drifting the inside of the cone circle.
I might check the over/understeer balance of the car there too just by making up 'checkpoints' to go around, or by moving around cones if I'm bored.

I just wish you could watch your replay there.

That just about says it...

It's a great spot to test suspension set ups... I use it quite often...

chinny · Jan 30, 2006

I run the cones over when Im bored and dont have the time to do two laps of the ring.

kyle · Jan 30, 2006

Well, for me it is to test a cars' turning ability and if you're ever bored or mad at the game this is a refuge for you.

Matej · Jan 3, 2016

Hello, I apologize for bumping the thread, but I discovered a way of having fun with the Gymkhana course in GT4 and wanted to share it with members in case someone is still interested in playing around with GT4.

Basically, you can build your own stage using cones you already have on the track by default. Because you can't record replays or take photos you'll have to use basic mobile phone with a stopwatch.

I'm going to show you how it works using photos I captured by hand:

Gymkhana: Slalom + Track Stage

First, place your 'ride' at the blue gate located on the upper-left section of the track (based on the course map display):

Take either left or right and clear the slalom without touching the cones. The ways to record your launch:

- activate the stopwatch on your mobile phone the moment you accelerate, or
- memorize the moment you launched the car by looking at the nearby clock, or
- record your voice via mobile phone.

Once you cross the red gate turn right and drive between the wall on the left and stripped yellow line on the right. Pay attention to the yellow line. Before it disappears you have to brake and make a turn at the place of the line demise.

Now you just have to run the reverse direction of the path you had on the Coffee Break 4 license test (the one with the 350Z Roadster model). The path is marked by striped yellow lines on each side:

(provided by @The Vanishing Boy )

On the big U-turn there will be some cones on the path, but luckily, they won't be in your way. Once you reach the first left 90-degree turn there will be another cone, overtake on the right. Pay attention not to touch the stripped yellow line or the cone.

The consecutive 90-degree turns are very difficult, be careful there. Once you reach the small U-turn another two cones will appear, just stick on the inside. Naturally, stay away from cones or the striped yellow line:

Final straightway is decorated with another blue cone, overtake on the left:

For the final touch - a part of the stripped yellow line on your left is going to contract before it comes to an end - your task is to brake beforehand and stop the car inside imaginary rectangle made by the shape of such contraction, or in other words, stop by the contracted part. Once you reach 'zero' halt the recording by:

- activate the stopwatch on your mobile phone the moment you come to a full stop, or
- memorize the moment you stopped the car by looking at the nearby clock, or
- record another shout of yours via mobile phone.

First method: copy the time you got.
Second method: deduct the numbers to get the time of the run.
Third method: transfer the file to your PC, open it with a decent program and cut the parts outside shouting points.

The following photo was taken by looking from the front end of the car:

I did some testing yesterday, the stock Audi S4 '03 outclassed the stock M3 (base model) by almost two seconds! On normal circuits it wouldn't stand a chance, but here it was very competitive. I'm going to try out few Kei cars and see how they stack up against more powerful cars.

Hope it helps, have fun!

Rage Racer · Jan 3, 2016

It was my favourite course to drive the Daihatsu Midjet 3-wheeler.

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