Famine:
Okay, it wasn't a minute, but a reasonable amount (~30 seconds I believe), and it was FR (Denso Supra is what I was using, and it had 1400 miles on it and needed an oil change). I'll have to find the paper I wrote it down on and see what the time is, it was enough to where my eyes nearly popped outta my skull and I think I **** myself, and i KNOW i kicked myself for not saving the replay. And Apricot isn't a track you can cut corners on or ride walls, so I *know* i didn't beat them that way. (I have a tendency to do that on a few tracks if I don't feel like running a real race or posting the time on GT3 Times)
and just a side-note: I haven't been able to come within 30 seconds on any other races I've run (that I've checked anyway) so this really surprised me that I was able to beat the top time by more than just a few seconds.
And Famine, since I know you're a trusted member over at GT3 Times, I was curious if you could clarify a rule for me:
INADVERTANT wall contact or off-track excursions are allowed, they musn't happen often enough to be suspicious. Obviously this is a judgement call, but once the same part of a wall is hit several times during a race, or same part of the course is slightly cut, that leads one to believe the contact or cut was intentional. Obvious huge hits or cuts won't fly. You have to have tried to avoid it, slamming the wall at full throttle or blatently cutting across a chicane is obviously not trying to stay on track.
On Apricot, if I go into the final chicane on the wrong line, and I have to cut the corner off the second part of the chicane to keep out of the grass coming out, and I do this only once in the race, is this allowed?
I don't know for sure if in this race that happened or not, but I know I do that sometimes if I swing too wide on the left hand sweeper just before the chicane. (Though I *do* try to keep from going wide, sometimes my tires are too worn or cold to do the things they normally do when they're warm, and I'm still trying to get a feel for what I can do with a certain amount of wear on the tires.)
Also, if there's one part on a track that I go into the grass, every damn time, but it doesn't give me better lap times, is that allowed?
Example: on Midfield reverse I believe it is, the slight right/left with sand on either side coming up on the last corner, if my car doesn't have front downforce I nearly always come out and hit the grass, and usually the wall. Would this be allowed? (The example is with my Z Concept, and I had to hit the line perfect to keep 2 wheels outta the grass if my tires were anything but green)
And if I don't get very high up the list, is it necessary to save my replay? I have been but... I'm lazy.
I am stupid not to use manuals but IRL I like them you have more control over your motor and besides on GT3 you can clean house on the entire game with a automatic so unless you have golds in -Everything- why bother with *Don't quote me here.* perfecting a manual?
