*&(!^#*%#(*%$ the AMG driving academy!

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I have been trying casually for the past few days to get gold on intermediate full lap, yesterday I took it seriously and after spending whole afternoon managed to reach 7:05:074, and it would be done if I haven't made mistake on the last damn curve!!!!

Through the night I tried to get it done but no way!! 07, 06 and for the life of me I can't reach the limit! And those damn pesky MB's on the road, why there's no rocket launcher in the headlights or something?? Urrgh..

On a side note, tyre wear indicator seems to be white waay before the end of lap.. But maybe its just me justifying lack of skill...
 
Watch the demo lap and write down the lap time at each of the check points.
If you are off more than 1.5 seconds at any one, restart.
It isn't that hard, really.

Seems with a handle like that you'd be < 7:00.000. (G)
 
crowhop
Watch the demo lap and write down the lap time at each of the check points.
If you are off more than 1.5 seconds at any one, restart.
It isn't that hard, really.
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I wonder why I have't done that before, thanks for the tip.

Have you tried it now after the update? Just want to make sure there's no difference.

Seems with a handle like that you'd be < 7:00.000. (G)
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haha, yeah.. but when you think about it, R. Schumacher wasn't nearly as fast as his big bro:)
 
I finally golded them a couple of weeks ago. It was right before the update. It was a good challenge and I'll be doing the rain ones in a week or two. I hadn't touched them since the first month after the games' release when I bronzed them all.

True, but Ralph at least races in the DTM.
I've golded them and I can't even win at the DMV. (g)
 
The most important part is overtaking the other cars in a clean manner. You can't afford to be stuck behind one for any length of time. You have to run the sections so precisely that you just "happen" to catch the AI at just the right spots to pass without any issues.
When you're watching the demo lap also note when and where the cars are being passed.
 
I had trouble with that one to until i started cutting corners :p like in the beginning you can cut one, than there is a corner after you go under the big sign the road goes down then back up and then a sharp left the s corner after that you can cut. And at the very end make sure you break early so you can throttle on the grass. :p

For the rest of the track drive clean and don't make mistakes :p Oh and turn traction control off or to 1 it slows you down.
 
Practice will make perfect, since I golded this event 9 months ago, I have been playing only on the Nur ever since. GT5 is my Nurburgring Simulator, I don't care for the rest. Reduce your brake BIAS front and rear, make sure no wheel ever locks up in any turn. Be smooth, it is best to be stress free, and breake earlier if you are having trouble in certain spots. Try to use less steering angles. No need for cutting of any corners, although tempting. Online, if you cut, you will have poopy grassy tires that will make you lose 15s time, from poor handling.

new Update has made this track much more difficult to drive.
 
This event has changed my driving style (for good).
Take your time, try to stay soft with the throttle, and you can master it. I really has enjoyed the AMG academy.
 
This event has changed my driving style (for good).
Take your time, try to stay soft with the throttle, and you can master it. I really has enjoyed the AMG academy.
 
jaycee_xr3
This event has changed my driving style (for good).
Take your time, try to stay soft with the throttle, and you can master it. I really has (or have) enjoyed the AMG academy.
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Otherwise, I totally agree &^@%^# it! Practice makes perfection though...💡
 
play with the aids (traction at 0 gave me the extra seconds i needed) , know what the car can do where at what speed...if it helps i cut the grass in the end ...lastly, if you do it over and over and over...and over again lol it will become instinct muscle memory and you'll get. When i first attempted the amg school i couldn't even get bronze but then OCD set in
 
Use Manual Transmission for the 300SL. That alone will gain you nearly 5 seconds for that car. I forgot to add that earlier.
 
Turn off traction control, that's gonna save you lots of seconds. Other than that, just try to drive safely, you don't really have to push it on the marigins to gold it. Also, study the example video to see how they approach the different sectors, what lines they chose etc.

Edit: Oh, and it's better to enter a corner slow and exit fast rather than the opposite... so try to brake well ahead so you can accelerate out of the corners. That's especially important for the 300SL as it's a bit slow in acceleration compared to more modern sports cars.
 
seba-sw
I had trouble with that one to until i started cutting corners :p like in the beginning you can cut one, than there is a corner after you go under the big sign the road goes down then back up and then a sharp left the s corner after that you can cut. And at the very end make sure you break early so you can throttle on the grass. :p

For the rest of the track drive clean and don't make mistakes :p Oh and turn traction control off or to 1 it slows you down.
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Don't cheat yourself like this guy
 
There's no reason to cut the track at any point. It can be done cleanly.
And as soon as I got Gold on the SLS, I then went straight to Arcade Mode and got the GT-R World Record trophy.
And I'm still prepping for the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
 
It's been 9 months since I did the full lap. I will try it tomorrow and say you my time :P
 
luckilly for me i would consider the nurburging my home track so i was able to get silver on my first try 2 secs off gold. however it took another 3hrs of swearing and sweat to get back those 2 secs and get gold. just keep practicing and swearing :)
 
Buy the cars used and leave it stock then practice ! For the one which is tuned practice practice practice on the stock one and u will get it... Took me 2 weeks to get all of those gold the easiest is deff the first one! Make sure to use practice mode and leave the car stock.... You'll get it.... !
 
I have finally managed to gold the event, 7:04:032. Absolutely exhilarating moment haha..

As many of you have replied and have been supportive, it made me reply to all of you so apologies for my thread squatting post:)

crowhop

I finally golded them a couple of weeks ago. It was right before the update. It was a good challenge and I'll be doing the rain ones in a week or two. I hadn't touched them since the first month after the games' release when I bronzed them all.

True, but Ralph at least races in the DTM.
I've golded them and I can't even win at the DMV. (g)
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Burned ha! Yeah, he races while I am closest to doing it only on GT5. Your problems might lie in speed regulations, eh? :)

Emman1984

Just do your best I was stuck on bronze for so long then came back and got all silver
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Indeed. I knew I will do it eventually, but the repetitivness and the lenght of the track makes you, at least it made me, ballistic at moments. Especially those .040 and .007 moments.. Urgh!
Thanks for support!

crowhop

The most important part is overtaking the other cars in a clean manner. You can't afford to be stuck behind one for any length of time. You have to run the sections so precisely that you just "happen" to catch the AI at just the right spots to pass without any issues.
When you're watching the demo lap also note when and where the cars are being passed.
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Yes sir! For the gold one must pass each and every MB like a roadrunner runs by wolf, no slowing down except in hairy moments where you find them on the wrong side of the track just before some curve.
Note about the demo lap, as you suggested I had checked it out and was surprised how much faster I am overall, but failing and losing time miserably in the last sector. It is definitely good advice to check it out and compare to your time and see where you're doing wrong. Thanks for the tip.

seba-sw New Member

I had trouble with that one to until i started cutting corners like in the beginning you can cut one, than there is a corner after you go under the big sign the road goes down then back up and then a sharp left the s corner after that you can cut. And at the very end make sure you break early so you can throttle on the grass.
For the rest of the track drive clean and don't make mistakes Oh and turn traction control off or to 1 it slows you down.
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Thank you for the tip but.. I tend to follow the line in order to perfect the pass through, cutting the way only slows me down in the long run and introduces more errors in my rhythm. I had raging moments, especially after .040 and .007 laps, where I had done the cut over on the beggining of the lap where you suggested but I didn't gain significant time. Only the last sector was somehow an issue for me. The wear of the tyres and small losses of grip on late braking had me waste 3-4 seconds.
Traction control is off on all of my RWD cars except higly tuned FF where I just set it to one. Thanks for that tip though, it is definitely not the goal to drive "railroad" style on the Nurb. I find it welcome to have slight oversteer on the exits and when correcting the line due to some bump on the road.

Lambob

Practice will make perfect, since I golded this event 9 months ago, I have been playing only on the Nur ever since. GT5 is my Nurburgring Simulator, I don't care for the rest. Reduce your brake BIAS front and rear, make sure no wheel ever locks up in any turn. Be smooth, it is best to be stress free, and breake earlier if you are having trouble in certain spots. Try to use less steering angles. No need for cutting of any corners, although tempting. Online, if you cut, you will have poopy grassy tires that will make you lose 15s time, from poor handling.
new Update has made this track much more difficult to drive.
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Stress, argh.. That was the culprit at beginning..

I can't honestly tell the difference before and post update, but it does seem that the car is everyhere and it doesn't help that small but noticeable loss of grip in the last sector where it starts to "push" more. Thank you for the general use tips and I agree, it makes you appreciate the track more.

jaycee_xr3

This event has changed my driving style (for good).
Take your time, try to stay soft with the throttle, and you can master it. I really has enjoyed the AMG academy.
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Looking back, I only enjoyed the last part where I noticed that I am actually getting better and more consistent and the actual "golding":)
I'd say that mastering braking was more important for me (keeping the car in the grip zone) than being soft on the throttle. Most of the circuit I push the accel to the metal, however braking made me lose most of the time needed for gold. Thanks for the tips and support!


Jar31Lar

I totally agree &^@%^# it! Practice makes perfection though...
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Oh my.. I never swore as much as I did first 70% of time I have driven this challenge.. :)


energizedmortal

play with the aids (traction at 0 gave me the extra seconds i needed) , know what the car can do where at what speed...if it helps i cut the grass in the end ...lastly, if you do it over and over and over...and over again lol it will become instinct muscle memory and you'll get. When i first attempted the amg school i couldn't even get bronze but then OCD set in
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I had traction off all the time but ABS on 1. steering sensitivity on 4 though, helped a lot. Thanks!

crowhop

Use Manual Transmission for the 300SL. That alone will gain you nearly 5 seconds for that car. I forgot to add that earlier.
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300SL wasn't nearly an issue for me. Smoothness was only thing necessary with it. Manual transmission on DS3 is permanently disabled in my mind hah:)

eran0004
Turn off traction control, that's gonna save you lots of seconds. Other than that, just try to drive safely, you don't really have to push it on the marigins to gold it. Also, study the example video to see how they approach the different sectors, what lines they chose etc.

Edit: Oh, and it's better to enter a corner slow and exit fast rather than the opposite... so try to brake well ahead so you can accelerate out of the corners. That's especially important for the 300SL as it's a bit slow in acceleration compared to more modern sports cars.
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I agree on all accounts but I see that driving safely while on the grip margin is what is needed. Safely was too slow for me:)

SopranoStylle @ seba-sw

Don't cheat yourself like this guy
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Ouch! Burn haha.. I agree, cutting corners is not my cup of tea too, but different strokes for diffrent folks I guess.

crowhop

There's no reason to cut the track at any point. It can be done cleanly.
And as soon as I got Gold on the SLS, I then went straight to Arcade Mode and got the GT-R World Record trophy.
And I'm still prepping for the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
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I still have to crack that one:)

Good luck, I'm sure you enjoy it.

anastasis14
It's been 9 months since I did the full lap. I will try it tomorrow and say you my time :P
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Please do.. Note if there is any difference in grip please.
 
@ newbielives, definitely!

ChevyMikeGT, thanks for the tips, I will include this in my future training programs. I had done this for Vettel challenge after bronzing. i gave it up for now though. Seems I have to use some "blow" for golding that one hahaha..

DaihatsuDriver , it is very rewarding to gold them, both emotionally and for your driving style! Just do it! Swearing and controller throwing is optional though:)
 
stigs lil bro
I have finally managed to gold the event, 7:04:032. Absolutely exhilarating moment haha..
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Good stuff! Glad for you.
It was a pretty thrilling moment for me too when I finally passed it.
Probably in my Top 5 GT moments.
 
I know both the Beginner and Intermediate events took me some time too. Beginner Section 4 was actually the hardest of the lot for me to gold, maybe the Intermediate Full Lap was a bit harder but I can't really remember. Had to take some shortcuts to get gold though...

Enjoy the CLK-LM. That thing is fast.
 
stigs lil bro
On a side note, tyre wear indicator seems to be white waay before the end of lap.. But maybe its just me justifying lack of skill...
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The color on the tire wear indicator is the heat of the tires, not their wear.
Blue=Cold=Bad grip
White=Warm=Good grip
Red=Too hot= This usually means you are sliding snd your tires are screeching, so you don't have to worry about that.
The grip on the tires is shown by how "full" the tire on the indicator is, meaning that once you have used up half your tire, you will only see half of the tire in the indicator.
 
stigs lil bro
@ newbielives, definitely!

ChevyMikeGT, thanks for the tips, I will include this in my future training programs. I had done this for Vettel challenge after bronzing. i gave it up for now though. Seems I have to use some "blow" for golding that one hahaha..

DaihatsuDriver , it is very rewarding to gold them, both emotionally and for your driving style! Just do it! Swearing and controller throwing is optional though:)
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Well, i've gone back and managed to drop a few times. But honestly on the DS3 I find its really hard to adjust my driving style in any meaningful way.

I find it almost impossible to make the sector times in the examples. I have to baby the cars to keep them from sliding off the track. Driving reserved enough to prevent sliding just puts me in marginal silver or bronze. I don't find this event rewarding at all, it just makes me hate Mercades cars even more than I do.
 
crowhop, thanks man. Oh, I followed your example and went to Arcade to hit that GTR record, managed it in few hours. I still find somewhat hard to keep the consistency on the top but this was relaxing ride, I'm really starting to enjoy Nurb. Though I might spill lots of superlatives about that GTR, I have to note that that "can" has some wild ass in high speed moves haha..

C-ZETA, same here, sector 4 is where it was a bit hard with 300SL but fast golding with SLS, thanks to luck more than knowledge. Most of the time wasted on the full lap with SLS was in sector 4 thanks to that.
I also believe it was cause of such high concentration earlier in the lap to avoid all the cars and pass every damn curve in near perfect line and mental block, knowing I am so far in the lap, it is not worth risking and then I make some stupid mistake :)
That CLK LM will be employed mostly by bobs, I think.
As much as I am not fond much of LM cars, my favourite in the class is 787B (RKM tune), though I am starting to dislike a bit the low ride height there, I'll have to see how to readjust it a bit.


phil_75 You have some mad skills there man, I envy you a bit haha, congrats.

Schwartz78, whoops! Thanks for the explanation, it was kind of obvious! Just goes to show how far a person will go to justify something bad hahaha. At the end I admit that it was just the fact I couldn't keep the rhythm for the full lap, not cause of tyres.

DaihatsuDriver, just keep at it! Some sliding is fine, as long as it is controllable and you're not losing speed. Some curves that you believe you have to slow down can be passed in full speed too.. I find the car amazing, though I see where you're coming from with hate haha.. I spent some 20 minutes once just chasing the 300SL to smack him in the ass, side, wall haha...
 
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DaihatsuDriver
Well, i've gone back and managed to drop a few times. But honestly on the DS3 I find its really hard to adjust my driving style in any meaningful way.

I find it almost impossible to make the sector times in the examples. I have to baby the cars to keep them from sliding off the track. Driving reserved enough to prevent sliding just puts me in marginal silver or bronze. I don't find this event rewarding at all, it just makes me hate Mercades cars even more than I do.
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The trick is to exit the corners with speed. A good exit of a corner can save you several seconds, depending on how long the following straight is. Often though, people try and enter corners too fast, and they either spin out or have to do some ugly braking and correction mid corner, giving them a bad exit.

One example being the first sector, there are some tricky s-curves there. They can be entered really fast and then braking in the middle, but I find that it's better to brake before the first corner and then accelerate through the S, it gives a much higher exit speed.

Try to find the best apex for each set of corners, it will take time at a long track like Nürburgring, but you'll get there eventually.
 
eran0004
The trick is to exit the corners with speed. A good exit of a corner can save you several seconds, depending on how long the following straight is. Often though, people try and enter corners too fast, and they either spin out or have to do some ugly braking and correction mid corner, giving them a bad exit.

One example being the first sector, there are some tricky s-curves there. They can be entered really fast and then braking in the middle, but I find that it's better to brake before the first corner and then accelerate through the S, it gives a much higher exit speed.

Try to find the best apex for each set of corners, it will take time at a long track like Nürburgring, but you'll get there eventually.
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I'd add that the exit speed from every corner that goes before a long straight makes a world of difference in time. That consecutive curves you mentioned are followed (after two more curves) by a long straight and where, just before reaching the top of the steep climb I find useful to let go off the accel to calm the car and keep it on the ground, it just drops to 5th gear and after aiming the car to the proper direction just passing closely by the curb, full throttle again. Reaching that long high speed curve just after the next climb, I repeat the same method, with slight trail braking before it, entering in 5th and then full throttle again followed by braking exactly at beggining of the braking line down to low 3rd, passing full throttle that curve from I'd say mid corner.

This is tiring to write out haha..
 

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