Special Conditions Help

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Nissan R390 Black Car, Super Soft Qualifying tires, Max HP upgrade, increased braking power, quite short gears, Max front downforce, 3 points below max rear downforce, beat the Audi R8 by about 6 seconds.

Brake slightly later than the AI Car but on the inside. Use the rumble strip as much as possible. The long straight is a good place to pass if you can't get him before then.
 
I used a black 787B with an extra turbo and medium racing slicks
took me at least 7 tries to freaking beat the Sauber but I beat it by about 7 seconds
 
Yeah I also need help for the Ice Arena, both ways, and the Grand Canyon reversed (both tracks on hard settings). I was able to beat the Canyon going forward in my Lancia S4 without too of a hassle but on reversed that damn Lancer Evo Super Rally Car just keeps pulling away without too much of a problem no matter what car I'm driving. :grumpy: I can beat him to the first corner but keeping him off of me for 5 laps without him passing seems pretty impossible to me right at the moment.
 
I beat Gran Canyon hard with the escudo, it was tough
and I beat the ice levels with a mitsubishi lancer evolution rally car fully tuned (500 hp)
 
jman86
Yeah I also need help for the Ice Arena, both ways, and the Grand Canyon reversed (both tracks on hard settings). I was able to beat the Canyon going forward in my Lancia S4 without too of a hassle but on reversed that damn Lancer Evo Super Rally Car just keeps pulling away without too much of a problem no matter what car I'm driving. :grumpy: I can beat him to the first corner but keeping him off of me for 5 laps without him passing seems pretty impossible to me right at the moment.
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Hang in there... you'll get it. Maybe try giving up the loss in a race, exit out and come back in. The Super Rally Car isn't the only one you race against there or at the Ice Arena. Maybe you will do better with the other competition.

As another thing to try, I had my best luck when I set my gears down so I was running in gears 2/3/4 instead of 1/2/3. You do it right and you end up with better gearing resolution to feather around the track. Also better hole shots. Only works effectively with manual tranny though. You need to set your gears wider if you run auto to simulate the same thing.

phattboy
 
yeah, im running auto so ill try that... i was thinking about going manual just for the ice races since it seems you can take the corners much more cleanly in higher gears...
 
I used the Jag XJR-9 on super softs for Tsukuba Wet. I was up against a Minolta. I found that it was easy to keep up if I hugged the inside of the turns. The computer goes kinda wide, so I was able to make up some distance there.

I dread doing Grand Canyon, Ice Arena and Chamonix on normal or hard. I had a horrible time with them on easy. I've done the others, and I've been putting them off.
 
VQuick
...I dread doing Grand Canyon, Ice Arena and Chamonix on normal or hard. I had a horrible time with them on easy. I've done the others, and I've been putting them off.
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I've finished all the Easy and Normal Special Conditions events. I agree that the 3 hardest tracks are Grand Canyon, Ice Arena, and Chamonix, IMHO. (I'm really thinking I hate Ice Arena the most, Grand Canyon is extremely difficult but in a good way (fun), Ice Arena is just frustrating and ridiculous.) One thing that helped me a bit on Grand Canyon was to run the race all the way through, even though I lost it, then run the replay and watch how the AI drove the course. I noticed that he slowed down early and took the corners slow and on the inside. The AI really didn't slide all that much. I was trying too hard to power slide everything. I found it a little easier to work the corners slowly and learn the course, and as I got better on the course I sped up and started to power slide some of them, primarily the long sweepers.

Oh the other trick (I read this in another thread and I agree whole-heartedly) is to do your best to beat the AI off of the starting line. Tune your gears down if you must to get a faster start. Once you get in front, if you hug the inside line on the corners, he has a heck of a time passing you. This is almost like cheating, but the truth is if you screw up he'll eat your lunch, so you still have to drive well.

I especially like my Subaru Impreza Rally Car Prototype '01. Driving it on pavement events, it responds *exactly* to my inputs the way I expect it to: drop the throttle a hair, tweak the steering wheel a few degrees, and the car is pointing exactly where I want it. But are there any particular cars that people like for the ice events? I really haven't tried many.
 
a bit off topic but speaking of rallying can anyone please give me a good overall setup for the subaru impreza rally car prototype 01 (with final turbo kit) on most of the dirt tracks. i have been having a really hard time with it and a even harder time since the physics have been changed in the game since gt3.

thanks in advance
 
For ALL the rallyes (with the exception of the two tight city courses) I use my trusty Dodge Ram HEMI.

It has enough weight to grip the gravel/snow/ice/wet road, but enough power to sling itself around the corner nice and good.

You'll get a couple of penalties, but you'll ALWAYS win (of course, I used to race a '91 on our local 'rallye' track. . . . so maybe I just know how trucks act in those conditions :D )
 
dereswyman
a bit off topic but speaking of rallying can anyone please give me a good overall setup for the subaru impreza rally car prototype 01 (with final turbo kit) on most of the dirt tracks. i have been having a really hard time with it and a even harder time since the physics have been changed in the game since gt3.

thanks in advance
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Best setup you can do is lose the final turbo... it only makes it worse to control the car. Beyond that, if you run manual transmission, tighten up the gears so you can run 2/3/4 instead of 1/2/3. For automatic, stretch the gears out so you can feather the throttle at the lower end better. Set your brakes where you like them but not too high. Balance the front to rear at about 35-40. Set your ride height about 25-30 over bottom end and go. With that set, I won every dirt race. These physics are not so much about setup as it is about setting up your corners waaaayyyy earlier than you think from GT3 habits, managing the throttle, picking your pass points and avoiding the penalties. Watch the jumps! Nearly every stinking jump in every race is just before needing to setup for a corner and if you hit them hard you won't make the setup for the ensuing corner. Push the cushion with your front end as tight around the inside of corners as you can.

Good Luck! 👍

phattboy

Wish I had better news.
 
Noticed that alot of other players used the Dodge truck on the rally races. I also used it & won every single spec. conditions event, including Tsukuba wet hard against an Audi race car. The key is you`ve got to play dirty :sly: !!
 
My Chaparral 2J won by about 20 seconds over the R8. It's unbeatable in the wet. Use supersoft tires to cream that Audi. Remember, the "sucker car" sticks at all speeds.
 

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