VEXD's tips for this challenge:
1.
Dont fit a wing.
Its a waste of good credits, as nothing you're driving is going fast enough to really warrant having one on the back. Ive been made to eat my words here, as stidriver's time with a GT wing fitted has clearly proven me wrong, and that fitting a wing with racing tyres will greatly reduce your lap times.
If you're fitting it to help the car hold the road, then that leads me to point number....
2. The ring is a flowing course, that needs a soft suspension to tackle it well.
It goes up and down a lot, and needs to be driven using all driving styles to get around it in the fastest way. I drift some corners to get through them quicker, and stop, point, and stab the throttle to get round others. Some have a large radius, and watching your MPH is the key there, making sure you maintain a good speed. For example, the Flugplatz or "flying place" just after the first bridge, is two right handers, in quick succession. In any of the cars we are using in this challenge, you should be holding 112MPH round both, easily, before carrying on flat out towards schweudenkreuz (the right hander with sand round it at T2).
3. The cars used in this challenge, are limited to a certain horsepower, and therefore, driving them effectively does not just consist of getting them to stay on the tarmac.
Take your car off down the track, see what happens when you change gear early, or late... does it help to shift early in some gears? Some cars need redlining (Hondas) and others need to be shifted early, especially Turbo'd cars, as they get more boost if they are under strain, and therefore carry that extra mile an hour in some places, just for shifting up, which can mean 1-2 seconds going up Kesselchen (the long, long, long hill 2 turns before the Karussell) if you manage to get that extra speed.
4. Look at your cars stats.....
If its heavy, but high powered, use your money to get rid of the weight, and if its light, but has no grunt, you need to turbo it, or work on the motor. The lighter cars, will suffer from bouncing around on their springs at the ring, but will carry better speed if you can stay on the course! The heavier cars will be more easy to drive, but may require the right tuning to give them enough Umph to carry their bodyweight effectively and give you fast times.
5. Tune effectively. Bit of a repeat here, but look at all your options before buying things to bolt on.
The flywheel will help to give you better acceleration, but if your car takes 4 hours (may be an exaggeration) to change gear (anyone tried the peuguot 905? Bigracer?) then try fitting a twin clutch to speed it up.
Weight reduction/power increase is the name of the game here really, but choosing subtle mods that are cheap, but add up to a better package can really help the times drop.
6. Learn your course.
Its obvious really, but knowing your course is the best way to get faster laps than other people. I appear to be doing well in this particular challenge, but ive probably run more laps at the ring than anybody else racing here at the moment (excuse my big head
) and yet it still teaches me something new EVERYTIME I RUN A LAP. Fact.
Especially when i try these lower powered cars that you need to learn the individual characters of when trying to drive them fast.
Some corners need a drift approach, some a stab and go, some a balanced speed, some need a gear change half way round, just to unsettle the car mid-corner, and give it more grip for the last half of the turn, some are luck, some are judgement, and on the very edge, most are exhilirating when done right. Using the Kerbs correctly helps no end, and avoiding the kerbs in a lot of places is a must-do.
For example, today, i was running the RX-7 round the two right handers i mentioned earlier, and on lap one, i tried running the kerbs in 4th, and ended up just catching the outside grass after the turns, and fishtailing for a second, which cost me time. Lap two, i remembered what had happened the first time, and so, halfway into the two corners, i shifted to 5th, which numbed the car, and at first appears to slow you down, but because i didnt clip any grass, and carried all my speed, it was a faster exit onto the first fastest part of the course, and gave me a better laptime.
Try to split the track up into 3 sections, with fast bits in between, and learn the exit points onto the fast bits. Carrying a lot of speed into these exit corners will yield faster laps... especially exiting Bergwerk onto the Kesselchen hill, where ive watched 7 tenths disappear today in the MR2, that i wont get back without doing another bloody lap
There are many ways to improve on this track, and after 4 years of racing it, i havent even begun to find them all, so as is quite obvious, practice is the key.
I hope nobody finds me offensive, as helpful is all im trying to be.
I'll get that lap up in a minute Vti....
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The power hurts on hills and straights and the car doesnt have enough front end grip. Its a good car but nowhere near what I need.. i need to get some extra money im all dried up from bying all these cars.
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I just found a nice green Type S '91, so we'll see how it goes.
