Tips for S-8? (Completed - thank you).

[Blitz24]

I've been attempting this one for awhile, and it seems that 1st and 2nd are too far ahead to even bother catching. I've got gold on the prior 7 and I just want to know if anyone has any tips on how to catch the top 2 at Suzuka.

 

[IKizzLE]

Yea, that was definitely the hardest one of the s license. I ended up passing the gtr at the last turn and nudging him into the dirt. You need to pass up a lot of cars very early on in order to be close. By the time you go through the underpass, before the the tight apex, you should have already passed the spyker and jaguar.

 

[mavryk_gt]

Took me a few goes, but you have to really attack the first corner and take at least 3 cars before the exit into the next left hander at the start of the esses.

Then through the esses overtake as many as you can, by diving on the inside or outside, be brave and bold, getting stuck behind a car here ruins the lap, so restart if you get trapped behind a slower car.

On my gold run, at degner I managed to overtake 3rd & 4th here, which gave me a good run out of the hairpin for the last 2 cars.
I took 2nd at spoon, then outbraked 1st after 130R into the chicane.

 

[Blitz24]

I can't pass the Jag before the corner following the underpass. I get both of them at that point but I can't catch the GT-R's draft and its frustrating.

I know the rules with the over taking x car apparently. At Seca it was pivotal to pass the GTO in heavy braking as was it to do the Ferrari at Tokyo. Madrid and Top Gear are cakewalks compared to Suzuka.

 

[Dessy182]

I found this easy enough. Got it within 15 mins. Just make sure you have only 2 cars in front of you after the harpin. You then have almost half the lap to pass the GTR and ferrari. Get the GTR before the straight and out brake the ferrari into 130R. With that said there isn't any set way to do it.

I found S-4 to be the hardest - Tokyo in the old supercars. It was just too easy to nudge another car or the wall at so many points. Took me well over an hour to get the win - kept on getting disqualified. Anyone with me?

 

[Blitz24]

S-4 I got in about 10 minutes. I passed up to 5th in corner 1 and then didn't pass another car till the straight before you go downhill where I passed everyone except for 1st which I got on the straight.

 

[mavryk_gt]

I found S-4 to be the hardest - Tokyo in the old supercars.

Took me probably 50 attempts!

I either got disqualified at the first corner or under the overpass at the last turn, where they brake really early.

Although the Ferrari 330 P4 isn't a bad car to be driving for an hour. Saw one of these baby's at the Goodwood F.o.S, by far the best sounding race car I've ever heard. Glorious!

 

[Dessy182]

S-4 I got in about 10 minutes. I passed up to 5th in corner 1 and then didn't pass another car till the straight before you go downhill where I passed everyone except for 1st which I got on the straight.

Yeah I would always be in 5th after turn 1 but I would mess up somewhere along the way then haha. Maybe being extremely tired after playing the game for about 12 hours today was my problem

 

[Blitz24]

Does anyone else have any advice for S-8? I've golded all the others now.

 

[Jump_Ace]

Well, first practice is the most imprortant and when I did mine, I was in 3rd place at 130R and drafted the first two on that last chicane. Everyone is different, for me the hardest license test was IC-10 because it was a new track in a crazy car

Jerome

 

[Blitz24]

Well, first practice is the most imprortant and when I did mine, I was in 3rd place at 130R and drafted the first two on that last chicane. Everyone is different, for me the hardest license test was IC-10 because it was a new track in a crazy car

Jerome

I'm resting it for the night. S-10 was really crazy fun. I never knew the new McLaren was so gorgeous and despite the 15 or so fails, once I got past the hairpin, I took gold on the Enzo (I think that's what it was, the track was so dark I only knew that the F1 and Veryon were 2nd and 3rd before I passed them). The rest were a LF-A, a GT-R, a F430, a Lambo with a wing, a GT, an SLS, an SLR McLaren and the two mentioned above.

 

[squishydk]

Well, first practice is the most imprortant and when I did mine, I was in 3rd place at 130R and drafted the first two on that last chicane. Everyone is different, for me the hardest license test was IC-10 because it was a new track in a crazy car

Jerome

I still have a silver in that one, and even that took me ages. 90% i mess up in the first corner. If i finally pass, I make some stupid mistake on lap 2 because I risk too much for the gold. I have a hard time seing me getting that gold - At least i can get silver now, the Loeb challenges is still 0 medals for me hehe

 

[Blitz24]

Thank you Dessy. I managed to gold this in the morning.

Here's what I did:
Out-braked the Zonda, the R8 and the DB9 in first, and picked up a good run out of there.
In the Esses, I passed the Maserati, the F430, the Countach and the XJ220 before Dunlop.

Passed the Spyker into turn 9.

Passed both the GT-R and California into Spoon.

The key that I found is that there are two cars that are pivotal to clear before a certain spot.

You MUST pass the Maserati on the inside of the first ess bend in order to alternate who you overtake (Maserati then Ferrari then Lambo then Jag through the corners).

You MUST and I mean this, you MUST pass the Jag before Dunlop at all costs. Its entry into both Turn 9 and the Hairpin is like an old man driving a Caddy. He drives like he owns the road and an attempt to pass him in 9 usually ends up in a crash or a off. In the hairpin, he goes inside of the Spyker and ruins a divebomb.

The Jag and the GT-R are draft happy and will easily go and slipstream off of you. The key is to block their lane (for the GT-R, into 130R, as after that corner, he seems gun shy at the Triangle and even following the suggested braking line will let you shake him away).