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[JForce]

THE ATLASF1 GRANT TURISMO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

RACE #1: THE MIDFIELD RACEWAY GRAND PRIX

DESIGNATED CAR: MERCEDEZ-BENZ CLK55 AMG

Our first race takes place at Midfield raceway. Popular with drivers and fans alike, it’s a fast-flowing course, with an emphasis on straight-line speed and power, as opposed to downforce and cornering ability. Tyre wear is medium-high due to the high-speed nature of the circuit, which should test the braking and stability of your car to the fullest.

The Mercedez-Benz CLK55 AMG, our first race car, is a monster of a vehicle. In standard form, its 5.4L V8 engine produces over 340bhp. This gives it a power-weight ratio of just 4.537, impressive in anyone’s books. However, with a few tweaks, power shoots up to 600+bhp. A big car, the key to a fast lap will be in the braking. Too early, and you lose too much speed. Too late, and you’ll find yourself doing donuts in the run-offs.

Post your times here. You can post as often as you like, or simply edit your single post with your updated times.

Have fun!!

NEXT WEEKS RACE-CAR: Mitsubishi GTO.

[Viktor]

Lets get this championship started!

Best Time: 1.10.317

Time History:
1.12.285
1.12.929
1.14.050

/Viktor

[bigbrickz]

However, with a few tweaks, power shoots up to 600+bhp

Using the PAL version I get 612 bhp after oil change (slightly bizarre thing is when new I only got 593bhp after oil change).

Best time so far (running in Arcade free run mode) :
1.10.246

Time history :
1.10.400
1.11.543
1.12.201
1.12.889
1.14.046

[Earthling]

Edit*

I played the game a little yesterday and bought the CLK55.
After Tuning up i only got upto 563 BHP....something missing???
Im not sure as i did the whole package 1 by 1.

Anyways, my crappy best time is only 1:12.507
Have to get the right set up though.

Hopefully ill get more time on it tonight.

[bigbrickz]

NEXT WEEKS RACE-CAR: Mitsubishi GTO.

This might be a problem : I don't think this car is included in the PAL version, and it may not be in the US NTSC version either. Definitely it's not at the dealer's in my PAL version and I couldn't find it this online list of cars:
http://www.angelfire...aga/GT3Faq.html
(copy-paste the contents of the yellow textbox into a text editor)

[StickShift]

Mitsubishi GTO = GT3000

[StickShift]

As well, I am using free mode in Arcade.

Best time so far: 1'10.171 (I'll have a screenshot up in a bit when my friend comes over with it.)
History: 1'10.673, 1'11.533

Also, an Idea for the league. How about whoever wins the round has to post their setup?



Excellent combination of car and track Jforce. Drives really nice around the track.

[HardRock]

JForce you say that the limit time to post your time is sunday.
Do you mean today? or next sunday.

[Earthling]

next sunday ofcourse....then we start with the GTO

[HardRock]

Originally posted by Earthling
next sunday ofcourse....then we start with the GTO

Ops. I should know better.
Thanks Earthling.

[StickShift]

Yes, my name is Timothy.

[bigbrickz]

Originally posted by StickShift
Best time so far: 1'10.171

I was stuck on low 1'11 for ages and I just seemed to be going slower and slower... until I realised my power was down to 582. Quick trip to the oil change and I was up to 612 bhp and immediately got down to 1'10'400.

[bigbrickz]

Originally posted by StickShift
Excellent combination of car and track Jforce. Drives really nice around the track.

I agree, I've really enjoyed it too (until realising that I'm a second off the pace...)

[Viktor]

It's close at the top , just got a 1.10.317. I can't post a photo of it, dont have a scaner or a digi cam.

/Viktor

[The Kanisteri]

1'10.731

too tired for setups....

[JForce]

Welcome Kanisteri, who takes the place of Squidgy, who has yet to front. If he does, we'll find a place for him, but preference must go to current BB members

Some quality times gentleman....it tight at the pointy end of the field. And its early days...another 6 days should see times dip below the 1.10 mark by a fair margin...

[TT6]

Welcome indeed The Kanisteri! Our team really needs you cause I'm yet to go under 1'12.

That is 1'12.015 for TT6 (after a few setup laps with heavy fuel... some traffic also and I made a mistake in the penultimate corner.)

[Brian O Flaherty]

I'll get time to play it today. Dont really use internet over weekend (I guess that'll have to change ) so this is the first time I saw it.

As for the CLK55 and 3000GT. I have both in my garage, thanx JForce ;)

[JDeRosa]

Originally posted by Brian O Flaherty
As for the CLK55 and 3000GT. I have both in my garage, thanx JForce ;)

Jammy bastard ...I had to fork out about 200 grand for the CLK, but I have to admit it drives real nice.


As far as times, so far I've only managed a 1:13.354 which is 3 seconds off the pace, and that's about 30 laps or so. By running a bit more the BHP should come up a bit, currently on 600 dead... so another 10 or so BHP will help slightly.

[ozf1]

I'm going to bed a happy man with a 1,10.007

I'm guessing ill be in last place by he time i wake up.

Dont have a scanner or digi cam yet. I'm working on it though

OZF1

[The Kanisteri]

1'10.528
Duh. I'll always screw up that last stint. :

[HardRock]

My best time so far 1.11.792
Last night I did about 7 laps and that's the best time I could do.
I did not any set up work. The car sucks, has no grip no traction and no balance.
speaking like a F1 driver ;)
After I did all the upgrade with the car I got 565 bhp then I changed the oil
and went up to 595 bhp, I changed the oil again and went down to 594 bhp,
weird isn't?
I'm going to try some set ups tonight and do more laps and see if I can trim down
2 secs that I need to beat the best lap.
Hey OZF1 who did you do that time bastard? what's the trick, did you hit the wall
going into the tunnel?
How can I get more bhp out of the f*****g car. anyone can tell me?

[The Kanisteri]

Originally posted by HardRock

How can I get more bhp out of the ****ing car. anyone can tell me?

I found some interesting thing:
Soup up whole mess
Change oil
You have now 595BHP

Drive few laps (5-10) as free run
change setting and you can notice that BHP has increased a bit!!!

I don't know how high horsepower will raise but my CLK55 has now 603 BHP.

[Viktor]

Originally posted by The Kanisteri


I found some interesting thing:
Soup up whole mess
Change oil
You have now 595BHP

Drive few laps (5-10) as free run
change setting and you can notice that BHP has increased a bit!!!

I don't know how high horsepower will raise but my CLK55 has now 603 BHP.

Same with my CLK55, first 595 and now 603 with no changes!

/Viktor

[bigbrickz]

Originally posted by Viktor

Same with my CLK55, first 595 and now 603 with no changes!

/Viktor

I had exactly same thing 593 then 603 after driving a bit, then after 30 laps or so I had 582. Visit to oil change and I now have 612!

[TT6]

Ok, now I have a decent time:

1'10.916.

But in no time I will get it to 1'10.4 (I'm half a second faster than my personal ghost 'till the right hander entering the first tunnel. Then I screw it up). I think there's a few tenths in the last tunnel as well.

[StickShift]

First one to break into the 9's...

1'09.888

I know I can go quicker, but connecting in every corner is so difficult. Screenshot will be up tommorow.

[Jerry Lee]

I turned a 1:09.584. (whoo-hoo)

I can't seem to get my screen shots to turn out. Is there anything special I need to do? Mine look all fuzzy.

[JForce]

Good work everyone. In my first crack at it, my best was only a 1.11.765, so Ive got plenty of work to do. Im having lots of trouble with the sweeping left-hander after the tunnel, thats where I lose most of my time.

[bigbrickz]

So far we have :

_1 - 1:09.306 ... ozF1 [2,3]
_2 - 1:09.377 ... Jerry Lee [1]
_3 - 1:09.888 ... StickShift [2]
_4 - 1:10.009 ... Earthling
_5 - 1:10.246 ... bigbrickz [4]
_6 - 1:10.317 ... Viktor [5]
_7 - 1:10.349 ... Pets22
_8 - 1:10.528 ... The Kanisteri [7,6]
_9 - 1:10.636 ... TT6 [8,7]
10 - 1:10.674 ... JDeRosa [13,12,11,10]
11 - 1.11.200 ... HardRock [10,9,10,9]
12 - 1:11.765 ... JForce [11,10,9,8]
13 - 1.12.081 ... Brian O Flaherty [12,11,10]


with another 5 people still to post times.

[ozf1]

Finally into the 9's with a 1'09.660
I hope you havent got too much more left in you Jerry Lee.

[bigbrickz]

Originally posted by Jerry Lee
I turned a [B]1:09.584. (whoo-hoo)

I see you're on the "steering wheel" team.
Did you set that time with the wheel?
Do you think there's an advantage to using the wheel?
Which wheel are you using?

Not to say that the time wasn't down to stupendous driving of course ;)

[Earthling]

Oh another thing....i have no place to host my pics when i need to post them.
ALthough i have a AtlasF1 web space, but i dont know how to code HTML.

Any1 give some minor tips for posting pics for the time being???

[Jerry Lee]

Originally posted by ozf1
Finally into the 9's with a 1'09.660
I hope you havent got too much more left in you Jerry Lee.

Thats an awesome time. So far I have nothing left. In fact, I haven't gotten into the 9s since I turned that one.

Originally posted by bigbrickz
I see you're on the "steering wheel" team.
Did you set that time with the wheel?
Do you think there's an advantage to using the wheel?
Which wheel are you using?

Not to say that the time wasn't down to stupendous driving of course

It was set with a wheel and I assume it helped. It's the Logitech G-Force Wheel. That lap was the only lap where I got the long left after the first tunnel perfect. Haven't been able to do it since. I thought about trying a pad to see what I'd run with it.

[ozf1]

Signing off after a hard nights driving and fiddling with the setup with a 1'09.306
In case anyones interested, my split times are approx 21.1 (first split)
44.5 (second split)

Thats an awesome time. So far I have nothing left. In fact, I haven't gotten into the 9s since I turned that one. - Jerry Lee

Know what you mean, after my first 9'ner i was stuck in the 10's for for about forty or so laps.

Ozf1.

[Brian O Flaherty]

Well I'm no threat yet. My car is still @ 596bhp and I'm on 1.12.081

[Brian O Flaherty]

Originally posted by JForce
Welcome Kanisteri, who takes the place of Squidgy, who has yet to front. If he does, we'll find a place for him, but preference must go to current BB members

Squidgy came on yesterday and saw that he was replaced so he's not gonna make it awkward and register now. So the teams will stay as they are.

[Earthling]

1:10.009 now.
I got a good setup, but cant get into the 9s :

Oh yeah, my HP is 609!
Pic to come soon in this same post after i edit it.

[HardRock]

Best time I did last night 1.11.200
I'll keep trying. My car has 595 bhp and I think that's the main problem.
Of course I have to improve my driving but the car is not helping.
I don't know what to do to get more power.

[TT6]

Originally posted by TT6
Ok, now I have a decent time:

1'10.916.

But in no time I will get it to 1'10.4

Not there yet! No it's 1'10.635. Damn I'm close with my team mate The Kanisteri...
I have more or less half a second hiding in the first sector, so with a little bit of luck my time will start 1'09.9..

[TT6]

Originally posted by JForce
THE ATLASF1 GRANT TURISMO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.


Have fun!!

NEXT WEEKS RACE-CAR: Mitsubishi GTO.

So its Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR-4 TURBO (4WD, 276 bhp, 43 230 cr.) in PAL version? You don't mean FTO LM Race car version by chance?

Does anybody know why there's two similar 3000 GT's in the dealers?

[Pets22]

Drove out of my skin for a 1:10.349 - Don't know where the next 0.5 second will come from. This quite the challenge.

[Jerry Lee]

I switched to a pad to see what I could do and after a couple of runs and a few set-up tweaks I ran a 1:09.377 Still a few hundreds off the fastest but I'll see what I can do.

[JDeRosa]

Right....I've finally got a decent setup, I really getting into this a bit too much, I find myself seriously swaying mid corner

anyway...

best so far:

1:10.069




How pissed off was I to just miss out on a 1:09???? Still 7 tenths off the pace...WTF!!!

[JDeRosa]

Originally posted by TT6


So its Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR-4 TURBO (4WD, 276 bhp, 43 230 cr.) in PAL version? You don't mean FTO LM Race car version by chance?

Does anybody know why there's two similar 3000 GT's in the dealers?

TT6 - look closely at the pics of the cars, the newer one has a rear wing and a revised body, I think it looks better than the one with no wing...for the same money you get better looks and more downforce, that's the one I'm gonna buy


BTW Jerry Lee, that's a kick ass time.

[bigbrickz]

Originally posted by ozf1
Signing off after a hard nights driving and fiddling with the setup with a [B]1'09.306
In case anyones interested, my split times are approx 21.1 (first split)
44.5 (second split)

I'm getting very confused, on a typical fast lap here are my approx splits :
21.1
42.9
1:10.500

So where ozf1 is taking 25 seconds for the last sector I'm taking 27.5... Anyone have a clue how I could lose 2.5 seconds on (I assume) the left hander before the last tunnel?

[ozf1]

I'm getting very confused, on a typical fast lap here are my approx splits :

Your right Bigbrickz, sorry about that. It should read approx 42.5 for the second split.

OZF1

[StickShift]

1'09.589

I can still go faster, I just can't connect...

[JForce]

man, im running the damn thing, and i suck because i cant get my **** together!!
That pitifully slow time of mine (1.11 something) was set in a low HP car with no setup. I had forgotten that I was 3 races into a 10 race Formula GT championship!! So ive only just bought the damn CLK for good, and modified it, still got to run it into 600hp, and run some serious laps.

As many of you have said, the hard part is the sweeping left after the first tunnel. Do you take it tight, or run wide? These are the questions that consume us gentlemen!!

I see some of you are posting screenshots. If its a hassle, dont worry. Im willing to trust that everyone is reasonably honest (never thought id say that on Atlas).

A couple of people have said that the car/track combo works well. Thanks. My aim is to mach cars with tracks as much as possible. Because I sure as hell aren't interested in trying to set a good time in Monaco with the Escudo. That would just piss me off, and be no fun.

[laneatkins]

After running about 25 laps having forgot to perform weight reduction I thought I was a hopeless case!! The best I could manage was a 1:12. After having realized what an idiot I was and properly reducing the car to race weight I eeked out this time in about 3 laps...

1:10.425

I will be back at it tomorrow night. I'm going to make it down to the 8's.