Master Super Licence S-10 help needed, the hardest license test ever

[Pizzapants]

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[VincentVendetta]

 

[87lc2]

Man, I struggled big time with Master S-10. Been playing GT since 1997 and have never had so much trouble. I'm a casual player and have always played with controller on directional buttons and auto trans (I know, I know...haha).

After 20 minutes or so I ran a 1:43.888 but was mostly running 1:44.2's or so consistently. This was with Auto and TC on 0, no other assists. Stubbornly I figured I got so close once (gold is 1:43.830) that I figured I could do it, but I was wrong. After another couple hours and lots of miles I just couldn't do it.

Have never used manual trans and using a controller with directional buttons it was not natural at all, but I knew it had to be done once I saw the advantage I got in the first sector just double shifting on the straight. Kept at it and after another couple hours and many more miles I got gold with 1:43.785 using manual and TC1.

I've never come across anything in GT I couldn't do with my old method and auto trans, but I think this was as close to impossible at it gets with AT. I did run a 1:43.888 early so I guess in theory it could be done, but it would have to be an absolutely perfect lap and with a car like that it would be tough to do. I do really like the MP4/4, very nice driving car and glad I finally have one in my garage!

Best of luck to anyone else struggling on this, its a tough one.

 

[Fury]

What is double shifting?Can someone explain the technique?Thanks.

 

[OldandSlow]

Man, I struggled big time with Master S-10. Been playing GT since 1997 and have never had so much trouble. I'm a casual player and have always played with controller on directional buttons and auto trans (I know, I know...haha).

After 20 minutes or so I ran a 1:43.888 but was mostly running 1:44.2's or so consistently. This was with Auto and TC on 0, no other assists. Stubbornly I figured I got so close once (gold is 1:43.830) that I figured I could do it, but I was wrong. After another couple hours and lots of miles I just couldn't do it.

Have never used manual trans and using a controller with directional buttons it was not natural at all, but I knew it had to be done once I saw the advantage I got in the first sector just double shifting on the straight. Kept at it and after another couple hours and many more miles I got gold with 1:43.785 using manual and TC1.

I've never come across anything in GT I couldn't do with my old method and auto trans, but I think this was as close to impossible at it gets with AT. I did run a 1:43.888 early so I guess in theory it could be done, but it would have to be an absolutely perfect lap and with a car like that it would be tough to do. I do really like the MP4/4, very nice driving car and glad I finally have one in my garage!

Best of luck to anyone else struggling on this, its a tough one.

I just squeaked into Bronze and felt like I won the lottery.

 

[87lc2]

What is double shifting?Can someone explain the technique?Thanks.

Shifting up 2 gears at a time. I wouldn't even have thought of it if it weren't for this thread. For the most part I short-shifted into 3rd, then straight to 5th, it gained huge amounts of time on the demo ghost on the straights. Either that or 2>4 then 4>6, but I had a bit better luck going 3>5. How you accomplish it is when the rev counter is full in a gear you just tap the up shift twice quickly and it goes up 2 gears essentially skipping a gear. I guess it helps with this car due to the enormous turbo lag.

I just squeaked into Bronze and felt like I won the lottery.

I was so tempted to just leave it at silver and be done with it. Hey, at least you got the Master license, right? I just couldn't stare at the 99/100 Golds and the fact that I've never had to leave something undone in GT after all these years, I just had to do it.

Keep going is my best advice. Watch the lap that Pigems posted earlier in the thread and you'll get a feel for what you need to do. Or even watch the demo again. The car can take a lot more than you're probably giving it, its pretty easy to under-drive a Formula car with the insane amount of grip they have. The most important thing with the test (other than running manual trans to save some time) is to run a perfect line. There is a lot more grip to be found when running the right line in this car, and in some corners its not the actual racing line, that took a bit of getting used to.

 

[Justinryuu]

I've got gold on all of the Master Super License tests except S-10. McLaren MP4/4 at Suzuka. I've got silver but I really want to get gold. But... this license test is one of the hardest things I've ever attempted on a video game. Has anyone else found this one to be insanely hard?

I think I have attempted this somewhere in the region of 800-1000 times (I'm not joking but not all in one go. I usually do 200-250 miles a day before I give up). I've done this so many times I can visualise the track in my sleep. I know exactly where to brake, when to hit the throttle and position the car because I've done it hundreds and hundreds of times. It's second nature to me now. I can get through half of the lap reasonably close to the demonstration ghost (and very rarely ahead of the ghost) but after Degner 2 it just zooms off into the distance. Part of me is determined and wants to keep trying to get gold but the other part of me is thinking whether I have the skills to get gold considering I have done this over and over again and just fail. The gold time is 1:43.830 and my best is 1:44.540 so I'm 0.710 away from gold. Do I have to set a deadline and say "if I haven't got gold by this date I'll just have to give up as it's clear I don't have the skill to do this?".

Any improvements I have made have been tiny, yesterday I improved my best lap by 0.001 (I'm not joking). I've had the TCS on 1 but I've seen a few videos where people change it between 0 and 1 during the lap. I started doing this yesterday. Is this necessary? Can you complete this without having the TCS on 0? Or do you have to do this?

You might say that getting gold isn't that important because all you get is the McLaren MP4/4 (which I've already got!) but I want all gold. Seeing nine gold trophies in a row and then a silver trophy just doesn't look right. I am desperate to hear the music that plays when you get a gold trophy so much!

I always thought the Nurburgbring Nordschleife Circuit Experience 1 Lap Attack was the toughest thing on GT7, this is miles harder despite Suzuka being a much shorter track.

Has anyone got gold on this? What do I need to do to get gold? Is it actually possible?

Hey, hope uve gotten it by now, if not. Yes manual does help heaps. Ive done all gold with 0 traction control and abs, it really does come down to memorising each turn, knowing how much throttle to give and trail braking. If you don’t know what trail braking is, i recommend watching a video and understanding it. Early upshifts, smooth throttle control and trail braking is fundamental in trying to achieve gold in this. I’ve got only about 300hrs on the game so im fairly new to it and just practicing those techniques have elevated my racing. However, i did start with manual shifting, no abs and no tc because i wanted to get full “immersion”. Good luck and hopefully this helped, if not, mb.