New Year's Holiday Challenge

[suba1960]

I use my joystick for drive my cars...can you tell me please the best settings for easy gold with corvette and if there is big different between joystick and wheel?thank you very muck and apologize for my bad english again...

 

[Argon]

I use my joystick for drive my cars...can you tell me please the best settings for easy gold with corvette and if there is big different between joystick and wheel?thank you very muck and apologize for my bad english again...

Sorry Suba, there is almost nothing you can set for the Corvette challenge. The only thing that you may find useful is the Traction Control setting but if you are having trouble I would leave it at the default setting

Can't really answer the question about a wheel it's been a long, long time since I had one but I know that you are generally faster once you have mastered the wheel. I do all my driving with the DS3 (Joystick)

 

[suba1960]

ohhh thank you Argon56 for your answer ........simply i see the records and i m jealous....most of the others drives use wheels

 

[Argon]

ohhh thank you Argon56 for your answer ........simply i see the records and i m jealous....most of the others drives use wheels

I always considered that a wheel would give you 1 to 3 seconds advantage depending on the type of track but with the Nurburgring I would reckon a 10 - 15 second advantage at least.

Maybe one of the regular wheel users could give you a more up-to-date view on the advantage

 

[suba1960]

thank you very much Argon...the true is that i try very hard with DS3...i believe that with a wheel all are faster and easier...(my fingers say the true)

 

[ChOs3n]

Loved the Nurb road car race was real fun going to try out some other cars.

I used the Nissan R390 Road car 600pp and won by alot using racing hards.

Strange thing whas the first time i raced the even it rained alot and made the race more fun however the second time it rained for only a few mins and never got above 25% and was very easy took the fun out of the event.

 

[KonaC0ffee]

Here is my tune for the GT500 Race at Suzuka.

Toyota Yellowhat YMS Supra '05 (Premium)

PARTS:
Titanium Racing Exhaust
High RPM Range Turbo Kit
Fully Customizable Transmission
Adjustable LSD
Suspension Fully Customizable Kit
Brake Balance Controller

SUSPENSION:
Ride Height- -15/-15
Spring Rate- 13.3/15.5
Extension- 5/8
Compression- 3/6
Anti Roll Bar- 3/6
Camber- 2.6/2.4
Toe- -0.15/0.07

LSD:
Torque- 20
Acceleration- 45
Braking 30

AERODYNAMICS:
35/60

BRAKE BALANCE:
Front- 7
Rear- 4

BALLAST:
Amount- 200
Position- 50

POWER LIMITER:
Level- 96.8% (to hit 559hp)

TRANSMISSION:
Set Top Speed: 340kph/211mph
Set Final Gear: 3.266
1- 3.434
2- 2.506
3- 1.906
4- 1.504
5- 1.228
6- 1.034

NOTES:
This car is very quick. It is very nice on tires, allowing softs to easily last the whole race. Also, it is very good and easy to drive in the dry as well as the wet. Won the race by 24sec first try, so this should make the race no problem 👍

Greetings,
Thanks
this has gotten me close.

Kona

 

[SunsetSailor]

Eh? SRF makes the cars easier to drive and reduces lap times

Not for me it doesn't!

I couldn't slide into corners with oversteer and late braking at all because every time i would try to correct it/point the nose where i needed it, the SRF would do it at the same time as me, causing my correction to become an over-correction.

Every time i slip i correct it subconsciously without thinking. When SRF is on, my instinctive correction becomes unnecessary. The result is an unsalvagable fish-tail.

Instead, i had to try to hurry up while limiting myself to a snail's pace, tentatively trying not to slip in the slightest. I wasn't able to drive how i wanted to because that stupid SRF kept stuffing me up. I would've been much faster, had i been able to drive how i usually do.

At least for me anyway, SRF makes it harder, not easier!

IMHO...I think of SRF as strictly a handicap. Think of it in terms of golf. The handicap system used in that sport has never been considered cheating, it's just a way to level out the field. But I agree that it should always be an option.

Umm no. Bad analogy. It may well make it easier for those are incapable of recovering when they start to slip, but for we who are skilled enough to recover from slipped traction subconsciously, SRF makes it harder, not easier.

Get lost.

If some people are not as good don't pan them for it.

It must be so amazing to be you.

Idiot.

Please...Stop embarrassing yourself. Everyone is laughing at you! (At least, most would be.)

 

[Samus]

SRF makes things harder for me because i'm just not used to it, it completely changes the characteristics of a car and you can't drive it the way you're used to without some unexpected results. I'm pretty sure SRF can make you faster but you need to actually learn how to drive with it quickly to actually be, er, quicker.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

All you have to do is drive accordingly. Skid recovery force means just that so you just have to concentrate on directing car where you want it. Just put more steering lock on and go harder on power on corner exits which should result in much faster lap times. Good arcade fun.

 

[Polsixe]

GT 500: Suzuka Circuit / 10 Laps

Bought a Nismo GT-R.

The cars start half a lap in front.

You have no way of even catching the 15th car.

Then there are penalties for shortcuts, so all the fun is taken out.

What a joke, I won't be competing, as they say on Dragon's Den...

I. AM. OUT.

I can see your point.

My first attempt was with the Woodone GT-R that was good for a silver in the Indy TT a couple months ago. It is tough, managed a 9th but over 40 sec back even using RS and no pit, a couple of 5 sec hits. The winner averaged 2:11.6 laps, I was able to get down to 2:06s before it got too wet. So some practice may be able to get it. This reminds me of GTPrlogue, the penalty times take the fun out.

The C7 was very skittish and couldn't get a clean lap in three tries, tends to slide off the track on negative bank turns, silver might be tough here.

Seasonals have been more difficult last couple of months, must be a new guy in charge of them at PD.

You guys with wheels and max hours playtime could be a little less condescending.

 

[SunsetSailor]

I have a gripe about the way penalties are enforced by PD.

Shortcutting: that i can wear. No complaints about that from me.

Ramming: What does/doesn't warrant a ramming penalty is a joke!

If i'm in a slipstream and brake too late (because the AI brake so early) and i ram the car in front rather hard, there is no penalty whatsoever.

But...If i try to make a pass on the second-to-last corner of Spa, and choose the inside line, expecting the AI to stay on the outside; The AI cuts me off and even though i barely touch him, i get penalised for it!

As i understand it, the AI mostly stick to their racing line, but if you make a pass, generally they leave room for you, whether it be inside or outside of a corner. Surely failure to leave room should result in the AI who's at fault being penalised: Not me!

Again, i have nothing against there being penalties...I'm all for it. But the warped interpretation of what constitutes a ramming penalty and the subsequent inconsistency in it's enforcement...That's what i have a problem with.

I hope PD sorts this out for GT6.

 

[Shoe67]

I had an AI ram me, and it gave me a penalty. They drove right into my bumper, and I got a penalty. Ramming penalty needs some reconstruction.

 

[JeremiahTB]

I had an AI ram me, and it gave me a penalty. They drove right into my bumper, and I got a penalty. Ramming penalty needs some reconstruction.

Dude, I know. I've been saying that since I started playing online. The penalties are way to touchy.

 

[RacingOtaku86]

Get lost.

If some people are not as good don't pan them for it.

It must be so amazing to be you.

Idiot.

I'm not panning them, my friend. Look below...

I think he's just pointing out that the claim that "You have no way of even catching the 15th car" is utter rubbish. You seemed to be complaining that the event was impossible for anyone to win, and that PD made it too hard.

... He made my point. The Japanese 80's Festival seasonal at Tsukuba is WAY harder than this. I am sorry that the lower players do have a hard time with these events, and all I can say is practice a lot, but it's stupid comments like what you and others say is what works me up. Call me what you want, but I'm entitled to my opinion. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go crawl into my hole, where I belong.

 

[Polsixe]

Sorry, I was under the impression that an unfair advantage over your competition was the definition of cheating.

"Unfair Advantage" - Mark Donohue, with Paul Van Valkenburgh, and no, it is not cheating.

 

[dylansan]

It depends on how you define "unfair," which means that definition really doesn't help clarify anything.

However, I would define cutting corners as cheating as it's something the AI aren't allowed to do (by virtue of their programming, not because they'd be penalized), and it is not allowed in reality.

But I don't think that's an important issue. I'm more concerned with the fact that people think they're going to become better drivers by cutting corners. Spoiler: You're not. If you cut corners on easy races and employ other dubious means to achieve victory, you're never going to improve your driving skill. As a result, you're going to have to rely on those techniques to win the harder races, because there's no way to beat them with skill alone.

To me, this takes all the fun out of it. It may make things easier at first, but in the long run, you're going to get frustrated. I have a strong feeling that's what's happened to people in this thread.

If you want to get better, do the race the right way. Practice driving in the rain, learn the braking points and how they change. If you can't beat this challenge before it ends, tough luck. It's supposed to be a challenge. You're not going to miss out on any exclusive content. There's no excuse for whining.

One caveat: If you need the money, for example, to buy a car that's in the UCD for a short time, cheating is totally justified, I'd say. I've done it. But I always go back and do the races the right way, for the fun of it.

 

[Dolph Drago]

My races:
I actually started with the Nurburgring race first. Brought out my Murcielago Superveloce. Ran the entire race on racing softs (I started two nights ago and was expecting somewhat of a challenge. Looking back, I could have easily used hard tires). Won easily despite a couple of spins (may have been SRF related as I was trying to correct the car and started fishtailing when I spun one time).

Next was a Suzuka. Ran the Yellowhat Supra. Again, I put the racing softs on. Incurred a couple of penalties (thanks to the computer cars cutting down on me, forcing me low, instead of giving me room considering I had position under them. I should have known better) and got caught out in the sand once, again due to the SRF and overcorrecting. Anyways, I closed to within about 10 seconds of the leader coming to lap 8 when he decided to pit. The track then dried up and it was smooth sailing from there.

Then came Spa. Used the Audi R8 Team Playstation. The track was only 30% wet and sunny, so I was about to use racing slicks when I saw Argon's post. Glad I put on intermediates, because it started to rain a couple laps in. Thanks for the tip, Argon. 👍 The AI was dreadfully slow in the rain. Passed the leader coming out of the chicane at the end of lap 2. They all decided to come in to pit around laps 5-7 for rain tires. I stayed on my intermediates throughout the race. Got kinda dicey on laps 7 and 8, as the track was very slick. Then the sun came out, the track dried, and it was much more manageable. The computer cars were still painfully slow. Lapped all the way up to 2nd place. One more lap and I would have had him.

For myself, I found the challenges to be pretty easy, but I can see how it could be difficult for others. Laps 7-8 at Spa especially were pretty challenging. I just had a lot of practice running in the rain in a highly powered car. When I ran the 24 Hours at Nurburgring in the Toyota Minolta, it rained for over 10 hours in the pitch dark to early morning. That was rough, but it taught me a lot.

Good luck to everyone with the challenges. 👍

 

[I Am Yellow]

All challenges were pretty easy to me, and I don't consider myself a great driver. I always used cars in the max PP allowed though. Good luck to everyone.

 

[SunsetSailor]

If you want to get better, do the race the right way. Practice driving in the rain, learn the braking points and how they change. If you can't beat this challenge before it ends, tough luck. It's supposed to be a challenge. You're not going to miss out on any exclusive content. There's no excuse for whining.

I agree with you 100% !! 👍

 

[playnthru]

I TWO wheels off, and it gave me a penalty?

 

[otakukid96]

I TWO wheels off, and it gave me a penalty?

Yeah, PD's penalty system is horrid.

 

[montez34]

I just did Suzuka, pretty easy win for me, I was in 2nd on lap 5 eight seconds behind first, then he pitted. Won with a 14 second lead in the 97 castrol supra, only tuning was 7/4 brake balance and a stage 3 turbo. I ran racing softs the whole time, ran off the track a bunch of times, no aids besides srf and abs 1. I had a 20 second lead until the last lap then 2nd caught up a little, surface water peaked at 42% beginning of lap nine then it stopped raining halfway through the ninth lap.

 

[Argon]

....Then came Spa. Used the Audi R8 Team Playstation. The track was only 30% wet and sunny, so I was about to use racing slicks when I saw Argon's post. Glad I put on intermediates, because it started to rain a couple laps in. Thanks for the tip, Argon. 👍 The AI was dreadfully slow in the rain. Passed the leader coming out of the chicane at the end of lap 2. They all decided to come in to pit around laps 5-7 for rain tires. I stayed on my intermediates throughout the race. Got kinda dicey on laps 7 and 8, as the track was very slick. Then the sun came out, the track dried, and it was much more manageable. The computer cars were still painfully slow. Lapped all the way up to 2nd place. One more lap and I would have had him.

Glad it helped, good job on the wins and congrats for a really good lap in the TT 👍

 

[montez34]

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The worlds' fastest school bus

This is the car I used for the 600pp nurb event, it has a lions den tune, using racing softs the entire time. I won by 10 seconds but I made a ton of mistakes, my best lap was a 7:09. I lost 30 seconds on the last lap between two penalties and spinning out in the grass twice, the car actually handles really well, it was all driver error.

Unrelated question, how do I post the picture directly, I'm using image shack and it keeps showing up as a red x.

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[rgkmaNando]

Nice seasonals. Shame about the SRF, but really good fun. Suzuka i won on second attempt. Used my Wieder HSV, ran wide at 130R first try and got penalty for it and lost by 5 seconds. Second try at the race i won it by 10 seconds.

Nurburgring race i used a car i hardly ever race, the HKS CT230R, really good car around there, bit of understeer here and there but nothing horrible. The AI had the Amuse GT1, fast car but took the lead at the start of lap 3 as they exited the pits. I started on inters, by half way round lap 3 they were getting alittle bit worn, last few sectors were taking slower and backed off. Won by 20 odd seconds.

Spa race just love it, love the track. I used the Pescarolo C60 Hybrid, as that is 1 of my fav LMP1 cars. Started on inters, got way up too 5th by lap 2. Started raining hard by lap 5 they pitted and after that AI seem to slow right down. I lapped the whole field by end of lap 9.

Now going to do the Spa race in Oreca Audi R8.

 

[Stotty]

Not for me it doesn't!

I couldn't slide into corners with oversteer and late braking at all because every time i would try to correct it/point the nose where i needed it, the SRF would do it at the same time as me, causing my correction to become an over-correction.

Every time i slip i correct it subconsciously without thinking. When SRF is on, my instinctive correction becomes unnecessary. The result is an unsalvagable fish-tail.

Instead, i had to try to hurry up while limiting myself to a snail's pace, tentatively trying not to slip in the slightest. I wasn't able to drive how i wanted to because that stupid SRF kept stuffing me up. I would've been much faster, had i been able to drive how i usually do.

At least for me anyway, SRF makes it harder, not easier!

Then you need to change you style.

Late braking and sliding the car in to the corners is not a fast way to lap unless you have very good car control... which clearly you don't or you wouldn't be struggling with what is one of the easiest seasonals there's been.

I went back and re-ran these this morning. No wheel - just used the pad to see if that made it any harder. Still simple even in cars with no tuning and PPts well under the regs.

 

[SunsetSailor]

Then you need to change you style.

Late braking and sliding the car in to the corners is not a fast way to lap unless you have very good car control... which clearly you don't or you wouldn't be struggling with what is one of the easiest seasonals there's been.

I went back and re-ran these this morning. No wheel - just used the pad to see if that made it any harder. Still simple even in cars with no tuning and PPts well under the regs.

I take offence to that. I do have good car control when SRF is off, TCS is off, everything is off except ABS on 1! This would've been an easy seasonal had i not been forced to use SRF. It completely ruined it for me.

 

[StirlingMoose]

For Suzuka I used a Woodtone Tom's Supra 03, stock, racing softs, just drove round for an easy win again. While I like the idea of these races, giving us an opportunity to think about race strategy, tyre choice, when to pit etc, there's not really much point when the best strategy is to stay out on RS.
I had a go starting out on intermediates but although I could just about hold my own against the AI in the dry, they didn't offer much advantage in the rain and were totally shot by the end. Finished second by about 20s.

Edit-
And finally on to Spa. Chose the Escudo Dirt Trial Car for a bit of fun. Intermediate tyres, won easily by about 30s despite a short-cut penalty and a massive spin-out.

Won a BMW V12 LMR and reached level 39, but this was the easiest seasonal ever for me. I just picked the cars at random and did no tuning whatsoever. It seems like once you've selected the right tyres for the job it's just a matter of staying on the track, which with SRF is not hard.
Thanks to Oink and Argon for the tips.

 

[voltctrl]

I agree with the penalty system system being horrid, but about the difficulty: I got to rank 14 easily. Coming in first, though, that's a different story. But I think it's nice that they challenge us like this, it adds a lot of fun. I'd appreciate some feedback on the tune I used (Click me).