I got hosed...

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...on my A License Test!

I had been working off and on on golding my licenses after completing the game. B wasn't too bad, and most of the A's were not exceedingly difficult, except for the dreaded A7. I gave up on that with .022" left to find.

Months passed. I finally decided to play GT3 again after a month of not touching it at all, and I jumped right back into that stupid A7. So without wanting to spend a lot of time, I was driving a bit more agressively and lo and behold, on the 6th or 7th try my heart skipped that beat when the results didn't flash right up but waited that extra second, telling me I had finally succeeded.

GOLD! 14.200" on the money, and a gold GT floating there. Cool!

Here's where the 'hosed' part comes in: instead of the special purple RX-8, I got a stupid Camille Red one, just like you can buy at the dealer! All that work for nothing! Bah.
 
You can't buy the RX8 at the dealership, at least not as far as I can recall. The A license price is always red, too. Tried to get one in another color at least 5 times, it's always red.

If you want the purplish silver one, do GT World Championship in Amateur League. ;)
 
You can change the color of a car in real life by buying a new paint job, right? Why don't they let you do that in GT? I often don't like the colors of the cars I win.
 
Hmm, I also got the red one. Don't care about that anyway.

Actually I like, that they give me random colors, if it would bup to me, all cars would be either white or yellow in my garage :D.
 
Did you mean A8 Licesne test Neon, because that one is much harder than A7?

Anyway, I've got the red Mazda RX-8 every single time I've done it. And that has been a lot, of late.

Oh, did you ever gold The Camaro at Seattle? Now I've done it with an automatic, and with a manual.
 
PunkRock
You can't buy the RX8 at the dealership, at least not as far as I can recall. The A license price is always red, too. Tried to get one in another color at least 5 times, it's always red.

If you want the purplish silver one, do GT World Championship in Amateur League. ;)
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Ahhhhh, thank you, that makes me feel better. For some reason I was confused - I thought the Evo Purple one was the prize for golding the A license. My mistake!
Solid Lifters
Did you mean A8 Licesne test Neon, because that one is much harder than A7?

Oh, did you ever gold The Camaro at Seattle? Now I've done it with an automatic, and with a manual.
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Yeah, I mean A7, the Camaro at Seattle - I golded A8 months ago without as much trouble as A7. But yesterday afternoon I had a little time to kill so I knocked off the Camaro run in about half a dozen tries, for some reason.

Now I'm about the same .022" off the pace for IB-2, the larger wet circle.
 
neon_duke
Now I'm about the same .022" off the pace for IB-2, the larger wet circle.
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Don't worry, you'll get that one too. The secret is not to spin the tires at the launch, and try to stay on the inside rumble strip as long as possible. Easy-schmeasy.
 
That blasted test with the Camaro is a nightmare, no doubt about it. I must've gone at it 23-24 times, give or take. Every time I was about to give up I would shave a couple thousands, until I finally claimed the gold
I can't remember, is the A8 is the one with a Lancer at Midfield? That one was a pain for me too, it didn't take me as long as the A7 but I only got gold in it by equaling the required time.

It doesn't hurt to activate the ghost when you do those wet circle ones, if you don't "gold" it first hand that is.
 
At my second time in GT3 I did the all tests in few tries with gold. Some even on first try. Only that Camaro uphill took me A LOT of tries. And I still remember - after countelss tries, getting within 0.022 seconds of the time for gold, at 21:59 I said to myself: "At 22:00 I'll stop and will try that test tomorrow. Lets try one last time." And I did it :). Was verry happe and reall ended my GT3 session on that day :).
 
That purple ("puaple") RX-8 is tough to win, as it took me about 45 minutes of Save-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload...

Sometimes it appears at Black Mica, too.
 
I like white cars because with black or other dark colors the car is hard to see on the track it si also hard to see the detail of the car.
 
Speaking of getting hosed, fawk this game is hard. I can hardly do anything lol... I tried it with a Trueno Sprinter and a Storia X4... didn't work either time. What happens is I win a few races, then I get to the point where I can't win anything. Huh?

I should hone my investment skills lol... don't give me a whole strategy guide, but can someone give me a few hints on what upgrades to shoot for and what races to try out first?
 
pupik
That purple ("puaple") RX-8 is tough to win, as it took me about 45 minutes of Save-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload-Exit-Reload...

Sometimes it appears at Black Mica, too.
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I've never seen it. Is it for PAL only? The color it comes in is black, white, blue, gray and red. Where would be the best place to get it?
 
iceburns288
Speaking of getting hosed, fawk this game is hard. I can hardly do anything lol... I tried it with a Trueno Sprinter and a Storia X4... didn't work either time. What happens is I win a few races, then I get to the point where I can't win anything. Huh?

I should hone my investment skills lol... don't give me a whole strategy guide, but can someone give me a few hints on what upgrades to shoot for and what races to try out first?
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Well, first off, how are you doing on your license tests? You don't need to gold them yet, but can you beat bronze? That will teach you a lot about proper driving technique.

Second, the Storia is a loser. It actually handles quite well, but it doesn't respond to power mods at all. Give it a skip.

The Trueno is a decent car. Just decent, no matter what the fanboys will say, not great. It's fine for a starter, though I would prefer the MX-5 Miata. With an MX-5, you can win enough races to buy T2 tires right away, then head off for the Roadster Enduro early in the game. This gives you 100,000 credits and a possibility of a prize car you can sell for a lot of extra cash.

Here's my advice on strategy. I do indeed have a process I follow: tires first, then suspension, then transmission/LSD, and last of all, power.

First, I change the oil for the extra 5% power you get on a new undriven car - great use of 250 credits.

Then I start with tires - usually T2 Super Slicks, rarely softer than T5s. Real race cars race on real race rubber, so I don't waste time with sport tires or less. The tires are where the car meets the road, so they are the most critical component. Softer tires (T6-T8) are even grippier, but they don't have enough life to be useful when tire wear is on. If you drive early races on T8s you may get in the habit of relying on all that grip, which will make it harder to get used to less grippy tires in the middle part of the game.

Also, unless I have a requirement for a stock car or I'm in a competition with a very tight budget, I usually add the race suspension. I'd rather use a lesser-powered car with better handling, so I usually try to pick a car that will be competitive with the AI.

After that, I head out to the specific track with the unadjusted car to make baseline runs. Without changing any settings, I run 5-10 laps and note the fastest lap time I get, and try to observe where the car seems to have trouble. Is it understeering at entry? Oversteering on trail braking or throttle? Does it bobble during fast left-right transitions? You can't fiddle the suspension settings unless you have a good idea of what you're trying to cure.

Suspension settings are very interrelated. Have a good read through ///M-Spec's Pocket Guide to Suspension Tuning on the Settings & Tuning board, which should help you get a handle on it.

You can get a lot of speed out of the stock engine if you get race rubber under the car and a good chassis setup. Remember, it's better to beat them in the corners than on the straights.

Once I have the suspension well sorted, then I start considering power. Sometimes I go for the full-custom transmission before power. Many cars make decent power but have lousy gear coverage. Otherwise, I try to go with the lowest amount of added horsepower necessary to win. I like to drive for my victories, not just floor it.

Start with race intake/exhaust, then chip, then N/A 1 or Turbo 1 if necessary. But you'll find that with the chassis well set up and with driving practice, you really don't need to go overboard with power to win a good race.

Hope this helps. If you need more advice, give us a little more information and we'll see what we can do.
 
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