Three Hundred Miles Per Hour

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All the Zonda-talk made me thirsty. Took my own one out... Already at 293MPH. Hoping for more...

294.0 for now. Progress :D

And that's where I left it for today.
 
frewin69
wahey, 334.67mph :)
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That's a Nissan R92CP right? It's hard to tell because the scanlines of your TV happen to be obscuring the car name, but I'm making a guess based on the car colour strip which is still visible.

frewin69
i can't find that other 9.2mph that Team666 managed, though. :grumpy:
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If it's the Nissan R92CP you posted, then your almost 20mph off the current record, so it's not just 9.2mph that you need to find. :)

It might be a Nissan R89C though... (the only 300mph car I don't own... yet)! 👍
 
MasterStorm
That's a Nissan R92CP right? It's hard to tell because the scanlines of your TV happen to be obscuring the car name, but I'm making a guess based on the car colour strip which is still visible.

If it's the Nissan R92CP you posted, then your almost 20mph off the current record, so it's not just 9.2mph that you need to find. :)

It might be a Nissan R89C though... (the only 300mph car I don't own... yet)! 👍
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yeah, it's the R92CP, sorry about the crap picture. 20mph?! damn, how did anyone get that speed out of it? :indiff: i couldn't possibly get anymore... and i tried for about an hour, every setting on optimum :ouch:.

i ain't got that, either. i need to complete the SLR catch-up race. i can't do it, though; i've been within 3 seconds of the 300 SL, that's the closest i've got as of yet, but i can't manage it :( i want the R89C, it's gorgeous!
 
MS
That's a Nissan R92CP right?
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Yes, it is, you can just make out the lettering.

A hint for the future - turn the brightness on your TV down as low as it will go, and you won't get huge lines like that across your screen :)

That's a nice starting speed, frewin69, keep on working at it 👍
frewin69
i tried for about an hour, every setting on optimum
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Guys like 2078TM, MS and Toronado spend weeks, not hours :p and if you're 20mph short of the record as in this case, every setting is not optimal ;)

I'll update the Leaderboard soon, as my dinner awaits me right now. What's more, a small update to the design is in store... :dopey:
EDIT - Aaaand now the server won't work. Damn thing..

DE
 
Argh. 295.20MPH in the Zonda so far.

Gotta. Reach. Toronado.

EDIT: 296.92MPH. Improving... If I can do 296.9 in this one, I'm sure the rest will be able to get another 3MPH out of it. Leaving it for today, it's getting awfully late.
 
Dark Elite
Guys like 2078TM, MS and Toronado spend weeks, not hours :p and if you're 20mph short of the record as in this case, every setting is not optimal ;)
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It really depends on the car. With some cars I've managed to beat the record in just a few runs, whereas others I've had spent a lot of time fine tuning things. Mostly it comes down to how much competition theres been for the cars record in the past and who else is working on the car at the same time, so cars like the Bentley Speed 8, Nissan R92CP, Supra RZ and Chaparral 2D are going to be a lot harder to improve on than other cars. I spent a lot of time on the Tommy Kaira ZZ-II when I took the road car record for the first time (losing it shortly after to I-Runner), but this time around I had some new techniques to use which I learned from tuning the Skyline, so it took much less time.

I will agree though that if your 20mph from the record with a car then you've probably missed something critical with the setup (except with a certain set of 4WD cars). Thats something that will come with experience though, as you try different setups and learn what works. For example, I can pretty much get within a few mph of a record now without having even driven a car before, simply because I can make a good first estimate as to how the aerodynamics and gearing need to be set up. I can then improve rapidly on that in the next few runs as I've learned to analyze how my run went and spot problems with my setup. :)

As for the discussion about the Zonda, I know that myself and 2078TM have just about reached 298mph in the Zonda Race Car, but theres really very little left to tune by that point. We together decided that it couldn't do 300mph, but well... I've not tuned it for a while. 👍
 
MasterStorm
As for the discussion about the Zonda, I know that myself and 2078TM have just about reached 298mph in the Zonda Race Car, but theres really very little left to tune by that point.
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Don't say that. I've already started working on the tranny.





If there is one thing I've learned from my 300mph experiences, its that if I wasn't so incompetent at suspension tuning, I would be far better (*cough* *cough* Skyline *cough* *cough*) at it.
 
MS
(except with a certain set of 4WD cars)
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Toronado
*cough* *cough* Skyline *cough* *cough*
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:p

But seriously, MS, your post is quite true - how easy it is to take the record does of course depend on the level of competition there's been in the past, but that doesn't mean that the record you set is the best possible ;)

Cars like the Skylines and, I assume, the Tommykaira, are rather different to anything else, as they seem to be quite able to break 300mph with one method of setting them up - but a totally different method is required to get the ridiculously high speeds they're really capable of.

DE
 
D.E.
Cars like the Skylines and, I assume, the Tommykaira, are rather different to anything else, as they seem to be quite able to break 300mph with one method of setting them up - but a totally different method is required to get the ridiculously high speeds they're really capable of.
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i totally agree on that 👍

Toronado
If there is one thing I've learned from my 300mph experiences, its that if I wasn't so incompetent at suspension tuning, I would be far better
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i think i also belong to this sort of 300mph-tuners!

viper
 
Well. It's been awhile, and I've got no impressive speeds to post.

I've broken 300 in an NTSC Supra. I don't know much of the differences between a 6.2 miler, and the one I used, save the 26,500 extra miles to start with. Not to mention the lack of power in comparison.

Dunno if 300 in a non 6.2 miler is something special, but maybe there should be some way of signifying a difference between the two.

I'll prolly be able to post pics later today.

And good luck with the friggen server, DE.

EDIT:

Err, yeah... Supra. Just awhile back, I broke 027272 on the odometer.
 
Opendriver
SO your saying that you have the highest mileage 300 MPH car?
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Hopefully not, because the Black cars have him beat :p

Crimson, at the moment there's no way to distinguish 'normal' used cars from 6.2-mile cars, as there is no way to show the accurate Session Record speed and the mileage in one photo. Equally, the Black cars aren't distinguished from their liveried counterparts, although they could have been. Nice work, though 👍

Aquendwato
Right now I'm just 5mph away in a TVR Cerbera Speed 12 and at a complete loss of things to change. Does LSD have any effect on getting to 300?
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I'm told that in a perfect (or as near to perfection as anyone will ever get) setup, everything except the brakes will have been changed. I'm sure there's a few more things you can do without needing to go into LSD settings at this stage. Good luck! 👍

Updating Leaderboard...
And it still won't work!
Well, at least that means I have a reason to be doing my coursework instead of updating it... hm. :irked:

DE
 
The highest that I had was my black 787B (As DE said) and then I broke my old speed with a newer one (from 302 to current, forget it ATM)

Yeah, I forgot about the BB's when I posted that, I have played GT4 for about a month solid.

So congrats to all of the new comers who have archived 300 or better
 
Well, this is a new one. I'm getting as far as the page for editing the actual Leaderboard HTML code... But this page is loading without any buttons to save... :ouch:

I'll get there sometime...

An exciting (*cough*) new update, suggested by Crimson, is in store for you when I get it to work. Next to the cars in the list Cars Used So Far in the 300mph Club, the record speed for each car is now shown next to its entry in that list :)
Also, the person who achieved that record is shown - partly to glorify old record holders, partly to let you see quickly and easily what record a particular car has. Cheers Crimson 👍

A little present for you, seeing as the Leaderboard just hit 10,000 views :cheers:

EDIT - Ah, hah-hah..
Leaderboard Updated

DE
 
Just dropping in to say howdy.

Nice to see all the recent activity - way to go to all the newcomers and congrats to MS for his new record 👍
 
Dark Elite
Thanks :D. I am now going to try the Chaparral 2J, and I'm pretty confident I can manage it as I got it to 270mph in a preliminary run! I'll keep you updated ;)

DE.
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Yeh ive got up to nearly 300mph in a Charparral the square one with like fans at the back. It was really hard because mine drove like a shopping trolley and the steering was really twitchy.
 
i have this:
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but i dont have any video proof. does the 2mph over mean i have to or will you let me off ;)
 
Sorry, but it's absolutely precise - all speeds equal to or above 350.00mph must have video proof. There was a bit of a competition a while back to see who could be the first to get 349.99mph, and thus have the highest speed not to have video verification :lol:

Nice work, though 👍

DE
 
I do not have a photo, So I'll just say it. But, if I am breaking the rules, yes, feel free to ban me.

Do not expect this to be true, because I do not have a camera or proof. But, if I may say, I have done something along the lines of 310.5 mph in the Toyota GT1 and 308.8 in the Audi R8.

Once again, feel free to delete this of ban me from this thread. However, please note that I do not accept any "PMs"
 

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