La Festa Cavallino - Ferrari B Spec Event Help

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I'm having some real trouble getting gold in this event and I'm wondering if anyone who has completed it has any tips or working methods. B spec is infuriating enough but this race is really starting to take the piss.

A fully tuned 599 can't compete; a fully tuned 458 Italia can't compete. I've tried playing with DF alongside transmission adjustments etc, and unlike the other events I'm not able to select different tyres. I'm using a level 16 driver to compete now but I'm still having as much difficulty as I had on the previous levels. The only time my guy has reached first place was for about 15 seconds on the first corner of lap 6... and then promptly wiped himself out after the AI decided to bump him from behind. Nowadays my driver gets caught around 5th and 7th place for the duration of the race, rarely overtaking even with the 24/7 assistance he deems necessary.

Any help would be appreciated; I really don't want to have to grind for an Enzo and then find that's as trash as the previous attempts =/
 
I have only silver so far but was very close and one time ahead of the AI Enzo in my tuned 599 - so i think it's doable. Set your transmission for high speeds on those long straights, get a wing for your car and the right tyres, and you should crack it eventually.
 
I did it with a mildly tuned 458 Italia on the best tyres available. Only slightly tuned, powerwise and with weight reduction one. Maxed out the downforce and Bob won easily.

All I did was adjust the downforce and brake ballance.
 
Oelix
I have only silver so far but was very close and one time ahead of the AI Enzo in my tuned 599 - so i think it's doable. Set your transmission for high speeds on those long straights, get a wing for your car and the right tyres, and you should crack it eventually.
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Tyres make all the difference. Unfortunately even with the various other tyres purchased, (for some reason) this race will not let me change them which severely impairs the chance of success.
 
I used a full tuned Scuderia and won on my first try after trying with full tuned Italia for about 10-12 attempts. I believe because the Scuderia is lighter when full tuned; weight seems to make a big difference in B-spec.

Hope this helps!
 
Luminis
I did it with a mildly tuned 458 Italia on the best tyres available. Only slightly tuned, powerwise and with weight reduction one. Maxed out the downforce and Bob won easily.

All I did was adjust the downforce and brake ballance.
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Same as me, the 458:tup:
 
Vkv
I'm having some real trouble getting gold in this event and I'm wondering if anyone who has completed it has any tips or working methods. B spec is infuriating enough but this race is really starting to take the piss.

A fully tuned 599 can't compete; a fully tuned 458 Italia can't compete. I've tried playing with DF alongside transmission adjustments etc, and unlike the other events I'm not able to select different tyres. I'm using a level 16 driver to compete now but I'm still having as much difficulty as I had on the previous levels. The only time my guy has reached first place was for about 15 seconds on the first corner of lap 6... and then promptly wiped himself out after the AI decided to bump him from behind. Nowadays my driver gets caught around 5th and 7th place for the duration of the race, rarely overtaking even with the 24/7 assistance he deems necessary.

Any help would be appreciated; I really don't want to have to grind for an Enzo and then find that's as trash as the previous attempts =/
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My driver couldn't do it either at lv 16, so i left this race and came back when he was 24 : he won first time very very easily. Car was a 458 lightly tuned ;)
 
I completed this last night with a tuned F430. 1st attempt was silver as the F430 didn't have enough to get past the Enzo permanently. I purchased the full slate of weight reduction bits and got gold in the first attempt thereafter.
 
Luminis
I did it with a mildly tuned 458 Italia on the best tyres available. Only slightly tuned, powerwise and with weight reduction one. Maxed out the downforce and Bob won easily.

All I did was adjust the downforce and brake ballance.
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I've done the same thing with a California, minus the aero mods though. Level 11 B-Spec driver, he was in third for most of the race, moving into first with two laps remaining and winning nicely.

A fully tuned car is not always the answer to everything, you see the same issue so often on this forum; any good racer should know that sometimes you need less power to lap faster.
 
my bob won on his first try with a slightly tuned italia, i had the transmission set to 199 top speeed and he would walk away from the stupid enzo's pretty fast. just make sure to use the pace down command when coming to technical parts of the track and the pace up or over take command when coming to the long straights depending on if there are others cars or not.
 
Luminis
I did it with a mildly tuned 458 Italia on the best tyres available. Only slightly tuned, powerwise and with weight reduction one. Maxed out the downforce and Bob won easily.

All I did was adjust the downforce and brake ballance.
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I used the same. 458 Italia, mild performance upgrades (up to about 620bhp) first stage of weight reduction - but no wings fitted so no adjustment to downforce. I also used Sports Soft tyres as i believe that's the best you are allowed to run in B-Spec. Made no suspension or transmission alterations but may have fitted an uprated clutch and flywheel.

My Bob is only level 14 but still managed to walk it easily. 5th by the first chicane, 3rd by the second. 1st into the braking area for Parabolica then disappeared into the distance.


My question is, why do the 512BBi's constantly blow every other A.I. car away?

After leading from an Enzo and another Italia at the end of the first lap, i wandered off to do something in another room whilst Bob grinded out the rest of the race under his own supervision. Came back in towards the end of the final lap to find a 512BBi hustling me for the lead with the Enzo qtr of a lap down but still comfortably in 3rd :boggled:
 
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mizxecio
A fully tuned car is not always the answer to everything, you see the same issue so often on this forum; any good racer should know that sometimes you need less power to lap faster.
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Well, for Bob, that seems to be true.

However, as far as human drivers go:
More power = more throttle control :D

Bob just seems to not understand that concept.

And just to elaborate on the 'lightly tuned' thing; I usually just get the cheap mods. Air filter, sports exhaust, cat conversion, ECU... You get the idea. Coupled with the best tyres available and, if need be, aero, that should, for the most part, be enough to overpower the opposition if the stock car is quite close to the best the Ai can bring.

Safes quite a few credits as well :D
 
Fully tuned 458 with a Cold driver won it for me. The issue is if you left it alone he slows down too much near the end that he can't ramp back up fast enough and the chaser will get him. I had to tell him to pace back up with a couple of laps to go to gap himself....
 
Vkv
I'm having some real trouble getting gold in this event and I'm wondering if anyone who has completed it has any tips or working methods. B spec is infuriating enough but this race is really starting to take the piss.

A fully tuned 599 can't compete; a fully tuned 458 Italia can't compete. I've tried playing with DF alongside transmission adjustments etc, and unlike the other events I'm not able to select different tyres. I'm using a level 16 driver to compete now but I'm still having as much difficulty as I had on the previous levels. The only time my guy has reached first place was for about 15 seconds on the first corner of lap 6... and then promptly wiped himself out after the AI decided to bump him from behind. Nowadays my driver gets caught around 5th and 7th place for the duration of the race, rarely overtaking even with the 24/7 assistance he deems necessary.

Any help would be appreciated; I really don't want to have to grind for an Enzo and then find that's as trash as the previous attempts =/
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I have done most of my races in A-spec and B-spec, including this one, with a mildly tuned Ferrari 430 Scuderia with a rear wing from GT Auto attached (they even come in the same colour scheme as the car, instead of the normal ugly big black ones, very nice! My car is yellow with black stripes). Awesome car, I like it better than my 458 Italia. Even in B-spec I golded this race quite easily. My B-spec driver was one level lower than the level required for the race, but he has a cool temparament, so urging him on does not cause much mistakes. Good luck!
 
Luminis
Well, for Bob, that seems to be true.

However, as far as human drivers go:
More power = more throttle control :D

Bob just seems to not understand that concept.

And just to elaborate on the 'lightly tuned' thing; I usually just get the cheap mods. Air filter, sports exhaust, cat conversion, ECU... You get the idea. Coupled with the best tyres available and, if need be, aero, that should, for the most part, be enough to overpower the opposition if the stock car is quite close to the best the Ai can bring.

Safes quite a few credits as well :D
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I am the exact same way. I just do the cheap mods and 90% of the time it works out. Bob sometimes needs a little extra for some races but for the most part that formula works.

I did it my mildly tuned 458 as well(well I put on the aero extensions cuz I thought looked pretty good, no wing tho it ruined the looks)
That coming from someone who doesn't care much about Fezzas :dopey:
 
For B spec Festa Cavallino, I can suggest the following option that I used just this afternoon:

Car: Ferrari 458, with the sports soft tires allowed, ecu upgrade, race intake, sports catalytic converter, and brake balance: 5 front, 3 rear.
Driver level: 15
Management: Heavy, with timed overtaking especially at the first chicane, and constant increase of pace to keep the driver redlined and catch up with the Enzo and lead him until the finish line.
 
Actually i'm doing that event right now :)
This is my second try with same car (458), but this time i'm using the best tires as possible, and now on pwn'ing them :P
 
I don't get what you guys mean best tires as possible? I'm stuck on this and the best I can put on my tuned scuderia is sport hard. Those tires are no use at all. :/
 
Xploration GT
I don't get what you guys mean best tires as possible? I'm stuck on this and the best I can put on my tuned scuderia is sport hard. Those tires are no use at all. :/
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Thats what we are meaning :P Use the best Tires there is available for that event, and you Bob will drive ALOT better ;)
If want i can write down my Torque, height etc.
 
Ive tried this event a few times and bob cant win even with a maxed enzo, I mean wtf. But I tried again with a maxed 458 minus the aero mods (dont want to ruin the look of it and the race exhaust isn't too bad) and he won with a 4 second lead. I really want the f40 :sly:
 
I know it doesn't help when everyone says it's easy and they got gold first try......but I unfortunately have to add myself to that list. I got gold fairly easily with my fully tuned 458 Italia (724hp). However, I had done just about everything possible to it including: 2 stages of weight reduction, aero kit/rear wing, and fully adjusted and fine-tuned suspension. I used one of the suspension tunes found in this forum in the tuning section for 458 Italias. Try it!
 
i was having a lot of trouble with this event too, so after reading this thread i bought a 458 italia, bought just the cheapest upgrades, and completely blew all of them out of the water! i wonder why my b spec driver can with with a barely modded 458 but cant win with a fully modded 430 scuderia (could be f430, cant remember) which has WAY more hp? apparently hes scared of that much power or something who knows lol
 
The major-problem might be, most of you give a car to BOB and leave him alone, thinking he'll win anyway. But sometimes, when Bob's car isn't far superior, you really have to lead him to victory by telling him to accelerate/overtake and such.
 
I used a mildly tuned Ferrari 430 Scuderia (rear downforce, 620HP, stock weight) and left Bob at Max Pace for most of the race. He spent 2/3rds of the race in a good fight against the Enzo, but he basically just left him for dead in the last part of it.
 
I did it with a little tuned Scuderia.. But my bob couldnt, i tuned it fully but he lost.. I had to buy an Enzo and tune that full to get my bob to win it.. :S
 

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