-Stormryder-
I really took my time on that replay. I didnt expect myself to stay infront of everyone with it. I still havent been able to crack my 6'48 time.
That's fine. You'll notice in my replay I had several major offs, so technically through my own sloppiness, I didn't take my time but I certainly gave it away.
Just to remind you, that replay is almost identical to my 3rd slowest time on Nurburgring.
I hope you're differentiating between your semi-pro and pro runs when you say that. The fact alone that semi-pro includes traction control represents a major advantage over pro mode. I reason that semi-pro is closer to standard in terms of difficulty due to the need to manually control traction in pro as well as both brakes separately. I honestly think there's no comparison.
Yes, your 6'48 time is phenomenal, but it's a handicapped run due to having run it in semi-pro. I've taken sample of a lot of Tourist Trophy conversation on the various boards and on the topic of time trial runs, the same question invariably pops up --
did you run it in pro mode? Not to take anything away from your effort; it's very respectable, but I'm sure you're aware the GT4-TT community is pretty fussy about its realism. It's generally an all or nothing affair around these parts. It's the way it is.
Now doing one good laptime on Nurburgring without crashing is good. But how about 5? Or 10 laps? Thats my next challenge I set for myself.
I'd love to see a replay of that. Extended runs aren't my thing; I like the art of hotlapping. I've been doing it for many years on various games.
And on the topic of 8H bikes, I did a quick Google search on the capabilities of endurance spec machines and came back with the understanding that endurance tuning often sacrifices performance for durability (softer cam timings, compression ratios and such), not to mention the added weight of lights, starters and generators that eat into their bottom line power. So it probably isn't uncommon seeing endurance bikes perform equally or less capably than their supersport/superbike/superstock counterparts. Having said that, your 1000RR RM may very well be a "better" (read, faster) machine than your Motul Tiger, but that's only one of many possible variables, rider skill and pure luck being the critical two.
Enjoyed racing your ghost. Keep 'em coming.
Uncreated