Track Talk #3: Laguna Seca

[gran_turismo_bandit]

This thread is for everything Laguna Seca. Likes, dislikes, the story about what happened on the enduro, whatever.

peace out everyone.

 

[MaximumPonies]

Ahh, the Seca enduro. This is where I won my first F1 car. The '86. It was my Toyota GT 1 Road Car and the Viper Oreca duking it out the entire way. I bet there must have been 30 lead changes. I would have only won by a second or so if he hadn't pitted on the last lap.

 

[sn00pie]

:spam:

lol

 

[gran_turismo_bandit]

Originally posted by MaximumPonies
Ahh, the Seca enduro. This is where I won my first F1 car. The '86. It was my Toyota GT 1 Road Car and the Viper Oreca duking it out the entire way. I bet there must have been 30 lead changes. I would have only won by a second or so if he hadn't pitted on the last lap.

yeah, that's where i got my first F1 car too. I was racing the 787B that I won from Like the Wind with my friend the Escudo. The Vertigo was the only car i didn't lap. the CLK Touring car kept spinning out in the kitty litter on the last corner.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

It was me in the C5r, and the Vertigo, which was doing 37 laps between pit stops. It was a close one! Great track.
Won something poxy like an S2000LM

 

[MazKid]

Well, it's Mazda Speedway, so I like it.

I always test cars here. First I do a lap, as fast as I can. then I slam on the brakes at the bottom of the front strech, and then turn and ramp over the curbing. Then I floor it on the little road next to the main track, and go in between the cones, and just keep going through the pit. I slam the brakes again, and make the tunr and fly up the corkscrew. I then do a suspension test on the curbing, and do a 1-wheel-peel and go down the hill(the wrong way) with a tire spinning. I make the next turn, and slam the bakes and stop on the little driveway thingy. I turn around, and as fast as I can shoot up the hill, and fly at the top, and I hit the wall, and watch the replay.

At the top of the hill, there is a cool camra view(on the second lap)that faces the curbing and when you fly at the top, it's an awsome view of your car in the air.

 

[secretghost007]

ive seen that camera before. I use this track to test the cornering of cars.

 

[higgimonster]

This is my first post!!
Because Laguna is my favorite track in the game I felt I should pop my proverbial message cherry in this thread.
Well, enough with the dribble...
I race this track most of the time. Anytime I get a new car I take it here in stock form and give it a good 2 laps. I always get a good idea of the abilities of the car this way. After playing gt2 for a couple years (on and off for most of the time) I had all of laguna down pat except for the corkscrew. After hours of settings runs there with my, then new, vertigo, and a couple of the laguna enduros I have completely mastered this track. With my f090/s I can get 59:xx on my best runs. With my other race cars I can get somewhere around 1:15 consistently. Enough rambling from me now, off to endlessly tune suspension till every car is just right.

 

[axletramp]

Aah Laguna Seca. One of my favourite (if not the favourite) tracks - and the one I **** up on most! It's a stange world...

It's crazy because I have the corkscrew completely sussed and very rarely mess it up - it's the easier bends I over cook.

Still, I dream of taking a NISMO 400R on a track day there in RL.... one day eh.

 

[MitsubishiLancer]

Originally posted by axletramp
Aah Laguna Seca. One of my favourite (if not the favourite) tracks - and the one I **** up on most! It's a stange world...

It's crazy because I have the corkscrew completely sussed and very rarely mess it up - it's the easier bends I over cook.

Still, I dream of taking a NISMO 400R on a track day there in RL.... one day eh.

Love Laguna

Im with you Axle...the corkscrew is so perfect that in the replay when I watch it in the race cam(when the cam bumps around the track) and my Lancer comes down the hill...i get goose bumps

the loose corners i got them down too...but those sand traps get me every stinkin time ...if im not watchin what im doin


But My Lancer EVO VII takes it no problem


I would like to take my 2002 lancer O-Z Racing Rally edition out there and see what it can do

 

[secretghost007]

i like racing that track alot and its pretty fun after a while