Friendly racing on GT4

[josh_smaxx]

Anyone up for it? post times here on:

La Sarthe (with chicanes) using:

1)stock BMW M3 - 4m 23.390 - Telboy

2)any Le Mans proto car - 3m11.419 - stock R8 - Telboy

3)any car at all - 3:16.995 - formula 1

Nurburgring

1)stock BMW M3 - 7m 38.594 - Telboy

2)any Le Mans proto car - 5m 45.932 - stock R8 - Telboy

3)any car at all -


Just a bit of fun

[tc2k]

Just had a go of my GT4, havent played it in ages. Couldnt find Le Sarthe, probably because I've only completed like 1%, video games bore me tbh

[josh_smaxx]

Ye, i cant do more than like 5 laps without getting bored, passes an hour or two anyhow.

[MK999]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Ye, i cant do more than like 5 laps without getting bored, passes an hour or two anyhow.

that makes your lap time roughly 24minutes then?

[telboy]

I've just had a quick blast.

Le sarthe ( le mans )
Bmw m3 (bog standard in arcade mode) - 4m 23.390
Audi R8 (standard...as if it needs modifying?) - 3m11.419

Nurbugring
Bmw m3 - 7m 38.594
Audi r8 - 5m 45.932

Best I can do with a 'non-anologue' controller...my anologue one broke years ago and I've never been arsed to get it changed back.

[josh_smaxx]

well thats shhown me lol

i'll have to pull out all the stops now whatever they may be.

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by MK999

that makes your lap time roughly 24minutes then?

No no no, i spend the rest of the time buying random cars, found a quick way of making 1mil in 30 mins.

[Richard Lowe]

I havn't played GT4 for a while, I'm close to breaking the 5 minute barrier at the ring though

I'll get it fired up again tonight, I think it was 5:02.something in the Sauber Merc group C car

I'll have to post you all some targets

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

I havn't played GT4 for a while, I'm close to breaking the 5 minute barrier at the ring though

I'll get it fired up again tonight, I think it was 5:02.something in the Sauber Merc group C car

I'll have to post you all some targets

Thats a seriously quick time, i cant drive the ring that well, anyone fancy going for a monaco lap record?

Monaco

1)stock BMW M3 -

2)any le mans car -

3)any car at all - 1:16.844 - formula 1

[telboy]

holy poo mr lowe, how the hell do you manage that.

i've just had a blast with the merc and only managed 5m45.461

Then i used the Nissan R89c and got a 5m34.558

Josh, I'll have a play on monaco tonight.

I'm gonna have to get myself an anologue controller with the pressure sensetive buttons cos I just can't get the power down smooth enuf.

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by telboy

holy poo mr lowe, how the hell do you manage that.

i've just had a blast with the merc and only managed 5m45.461

Then i used the Nissan R89c and got a 5m34.558

Josh, I'll have a play on monaco tonight.

I'm gonna have to get myself an anologue controller with the pressure sensetive buttons cos I just can't get the power down smooth enuf.

That time was done with the super soft tires, turbo upgrade giving the car 1200bhp or something silly and NO2 boost aswell (It's totally unrealistic, more like playing wipeout than a racing game )

I'm using the Logitech DFP which helps a lot too, the corners are actually not the main problem when you start getting down around 5 minutes, it's keepthing the car on the ground over the damn bumps

The Toyota Minolta is the fastest car around the ring, but I havn't found a setup which stops it flying yet! I need to find a way of getting the game to emulate Losi pistons

ou need to make sure you do the time in track practice in GT mode, arcade mode gives you a lot more grip, more acceleration and removes all bumps

[josh_smaxx]

Ive got the minolta but cant get it to handle, it just understeers, my record rounf the ring was like 5:20 odd in the lister storm but i have since lost that would have a blast tonight before i go to practice aka changing gearbox casing but the dentist is calling

[Richard Lowe]

How much power did the Lister have? If it's under 1000 and in gt mode thats not a slow time

[josh_smaxx]

It was in arcade mode because i didnt and still dont own a lister, so it was stock with supersofts, i spent like hours and hours going through every part of the track to try and memorise it, forgot it all now mind

[Richard Lowe]

Bah, arcade mode doesn't count

Under 4:45 is possible round the ring in arcade mode

If you need money there is one of the races which takes 5 minutes to do if that and you get a £250k Toyota rally thing every time. I think it's one of the 'special conditions' races, the one up the side of a mountain with lots of straights and hairpins.

Whats your fastest time around Chamonix? Last time I was playing I was having run trying to wrestle the escudo round there

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Bah, arcade mode doesn't count

Under 4:45 is possible round the ring in arcade mode

If you need money there is one of the races which takes 5 minutes to do if that and you get a £250k Toyota rally thing every time. I think it's one of the 'special conditions' races, the one up the side of a mountain with lots of straights and hairpins.

Whats your fastest time around Chamonix? Last time I was playing I was having run trying to wrestle the escudo round there

I do that one all the time for money, easy and quick.

Is chamonix the rally track? i dont do rally, well, cant do rally i just play for best times on real circuits now, like try and match F1 times round real tracks, cant do it yet, if anyone can get under 1:15 round monaco then thats faster than this years grand prix. i managed 1:16.

The Tokyo track is quick, i got a 1:14 round there today

[telboy]

Holy poo...(again) Mr Lowe, I'm gonna need more practice.

That is the main problem I have, getting the things to 1.stay on the ground and 2. stay in a straight line.

I'm having to put mediums on the front of the LM cars cos they're just too darn twitchy.

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by telboy

I'm having to put mediums on the front of the LM cars cos they're just too darn twitchy.

Never thought of that

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Is chamonix the rally track? i dont do rally, well, cant do rally

Chamonix is the really long ice track, what i found that was really strange driving the escudo round there was you had to keep it on-boost as much as possible - which is a bit counter-intuitive on a track with no grip

Mediums on the front - I tried that a while since to calm the cars down round the ring, they were a bit better on the bumps but there just wasn't enough steering so they were quite a bit slower. The DFP wheel does make it a lot easier to make very small adjustments, with the setups I use on the LM cars I can't drive them round the ring with the joypad at all.

I've been messing with drifting recently, the engine doesn't seem to like big drift angles though which is a shame

[telboy]

yeah, I was messing around with that the othr night, and I noticed that you can't get it right cos the engine seem to bog down and stop you doing it properly.

I may invest in a decent wheel if i get a PS3. never had one, always used the joypad.