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[Superbar]

Brakes! I set my brakes as I used to do in Gt3, but it was all wrong. No wonder I struggled and was slow.... 1'18.582 Well, not a huge improvement, but I am not done yet!

Update: 1'17.901

[VE Safari]

Speaking of brakes, where does everyone brake for turn 1? I'm braking at the 100m mark from 310km/h - How comparable is that to the quick guys?

BTW, cheers for everyone's setup help. I've managed to cut 5s from my time, mainly from brakes and just pounding around the track. I finally broke into the 1:17s (only just!) - I simply can't imagine going 1.3s quicker.

[JDeRosa]

Originally posted by VE Safari
Speaking of brakes, where does everyone brake for turn 1? I'm braking at the 100m mark from 310km/h - How comparable is that to the quick guys?

BTW, cheers for everyone's setup help. I've managed to cut 5s from my time, mainly from brakes and just pounding around the track. I finally broke into the 1:17s (only just!) - I simply can't imagine going 1.3s quicker.

Well I'm doing about 194mph when I hit the brakes around or just inside the 100m mark then floor the throttle as soon as you release the brakes. If you can get a little tail slide to help turn in then thats perfect, but I've only managed that 'by accident' a few times.

[Arn]

I think you guys are braking a bit too early ;)

[TT6]

Entering the 18 club - 1:18.923.

[StickShift]

T1 - 20.235
T2 - 18.725
T3 - 21.034
T4 - 16.619
Final - 1:16.613

A very solid lap, could've been quicker though. I had a very nice exit from the first hairpin. I took the first chicane very well, and only kissed the dirt with my righthand side wheels. I hustled the car through the 100R very quickly, but I hit the brakes a little too late and missed the apex into the second hairpin. Luckily, I was still able to get the power down quite well and get a good run down towards the second chicane, where I had a nice entry over the first curb and a smooth exit past the second apex.

[Xig]

Originally posted by Superbar
Brakes! I set my brakes as I used to do in Gt3, but it was all wrong. No wonder I struggled and was slow....

Same here, setups that worked well in GT3 don't work at all in GT4. When I raised the strength of the brakes to 20, I was blocking the brakes everywhere, and it was really dificult to be smoth.



Ve Safari:
I brake a little bit after the 100 m mark @ 310 kmh, I guess it is almost at 95 m. I can brake a little bit later and still made the turn, but doing so forces to be a little bit conservative in the throtle during the turn. The braking point changes a lot with your toe and downforce settings, low downforce needs braking a little bit earlier in order to take the corner with the throtle to the floor.


1.16.921


and that's all for me this round, I just can't go quicker than that, either I mess the first turn or the breaking into second chicane, or that right sweeper after the first chicane... , I can lap on the 1:18's relatively easy, 1 of each 5 laps I can find the way into 1:17's, but only once in the 1300 kms I ran between yesterday and today, I managed to get below 1:17 I wont' be running anymore for this round because I find StickShift time really difficult to beat, and more important, my wife won't like the idea of me in front of the PS2 for the rest of the weekend ...

[A Wheel Nut]

Well its nearing the final minutes of the round and I'm down to a 1'16.978. Did a whole bunch of laps this morning sorting out my setup and finally found one I was comfortable with and put in a good 20 laps to get that new time. I know I have at least three tenths in it still but I doubt that I can find it before the round closes. I'm having a break for a while and will have one final attack tonight before the round ends.

[StickShift]

Still finding time... 1:16.582

[mclarensmps]

today i got my ps2 sorted out, tomorrow is the only day i have left to post a time on here and get my ball rolling LOL. This is going to be more than a mission for me, but hell, lets see what happens, i cant wait to get a time up and get my own Atlas GT4 Championship mission started lololol. Wish me luck, I gotta pull a Mark Webber Minardi debut here hehehehe.

[A Wheel Nut]

And, I think I've just retired. Absolutely smashed the **** out of the controller on my knee after I was up 3 tenths at the second split only to spin in the second chicane. I was on for a 1'16.6 if I had just kept it together.

[A Wheel Nut]

Ah well fixed it - amazing what one can achieve with a bit of tape and a rubber band.

[A Wheel Nut]

And down goes a 1'16.724

[Kilted Wanderer]

I'm not going to have a chance to add to my efforts- well done everyone - do please post your splits though

[Peeko]

1:16.719


Can anyone tell me when 23.59.59 CET is in GMT?

[Kilted Wanderer]

Splitsville - It's a such an enjoyable place to visit......

Or do we have to wait until Monday.....???

[TT6]

Originally posted by Peeko
Can anyone tell me when 23.59.59 CET is in GMT?

The sun comes into GMT zone one hour later than into CET. I'd say 22.59.59.

My final lap is 1:18.485

[Viktor]

Originally posted by PassWind
Right I have registered at VG but I dont appear on the list, I am missing something? I have posted 3 times so far any help?

Welcome, I have added you and your time to the system now.

/Viktor

[Viktor]

StickShift takes victory in the first race of the season. This turnd out to be a very close race with the top 8 drivers seperated by less then 0.5 second, and a total of 21 drivers posting a time

The Championship table reflects the results of the first race,

Driver			Points

1. StickShift 		20

2. Peeko		16

3. A Wheel Nut		14

4. Kilted Wanderer	12

5. Stephan		10

6. Brian O Flaherty	 8

7. Xig			 6

8. Arn			 5

9. tbones		 4

10. JDeRosa		 3

11. Passwind		 2

12. randomlogic		 1

Now we take a weeks break and will be back in action again next week, during this offweek we vote for the car to use in the next race, a PM will be sent out sometime monday

Now, if there is anyone who has posted a time in this topic and not in the timing system let me know and I will update the result list and the championship table.

/Viktor

[StickShift]

Spiffy! I was worried that someone was going to post a hotlap at the very last second...

Here are my final sector times:
T1 - 20.213
T2 - 18.762
T3 - 21.017
T4 - 16.590
F - 1:16.582

And here is the setup I used to set the time:

--------------------------

Spring Rate:   8.6  |  9.1

Ride Height:	84  |  84 

Bound:		   9  |  10 

Rebound:		 3  |  3  

Camber:		2.0  |  1.0

Toe Angle:	   0  |  0  

Stabilizers:	 1  |  3  

--------------------------

Brakes:		  3  |  3  

--------------------------

Downforce:	  30  |  30 

--------------------------

[u]Limited Slip[/u]	   

- Initial:		  5	 

- Acceleration:	 25	

- Deceleration:	 5	 

--------------------------

Great times everyone, and cheers for running the game Viktor.

[VE Safari]

OK, I've had enough!

After 1500kms in the M3 at Fuji, I could do no better than 1:17.988. I have countless laps in the 1:18.0-18.3 range, but no faster. I once rattled off 10 consecutive laps between 18.0-18.1 There were a few times that I potentially could have got a 17.6, but it always came to grief at the second chicane I am losing all my time in Sectors 2 + 3.

Is there anyway someone can post a hotlap so I can see where I am stuffing up? Or maybe someone can post their corner entry&exit speeds, particularly for the two chicanes?

[Moanaman]

Sticky, thats one fantastic setup! Just done a 17.245 after 10 laps!

Nice work

[Xig]

Congratulations StickShift


See you all next round

[mclarensmps]

Congrats to the top 3 on the podium Stickshift Peeko and A Wheel Nut

Awesome stuff.... unfortunately my PS2 has given up the ghost (McLaren-like reliability problems ), and i have to figure out a way to get back into this. I'll be keeping a track of whats going on though, while i wait for a solution. Good thing 2 of the races arent gonna be counting in the season, its too bad i had to miss out on the season opener

[Viktor]

The results for the first round have been updated, tbones did not get his time into the system and his time was the 9'th fastest time so the championship table after round one looks like this,

Driver			Points1. StickShift 		202. Peeko		163. A Wheel Nut		144. Kilted Wanderer	125. Stephan		106. Brian O Flaherty	 87. Xig			 68. Arn			 59. tbones		 410. JDeRosa		 311. Passwind		 212. randomlogic		 1

/Viktor

[Peeko]

Congrats Stickshift!

here are my splitz for the lap:
20.315
18.641
21.167
16.596

quite a few time a ran in front of the ghost, but could never keep it together.

[PassWind]

Originally posted by Viktor

Welcome, I have added you and your time to the system now.

/Viktor

Thankyou for your help, I look forward to the rest of the season.

[PassWind]

Congrats to those who poster podium results, way too fast for this little black duck.

See you all at the next race

[A Wheel Nut]

Splits

20.272
38.617
59.922
1'16.724

Sectors

20.272
18.345
21.305
16.802

And looking at peeko and stickshift I lost close to 5 tenths in comparison after sector 2.

Unfortunately the lap where I managed to go faster in the last two sectors and faster overall was the lap where I took too much of the brown curb in sector 2 - funnily enough I was actually slower in that sector when I "cut" the chicane.

[Kilted Wanderer]

From those splits that have been posted;

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[A Wheel Nut]

Damn.

I was slowest in the last sector and off the pace in the third, which sounds about right because I was never happy with the second chicane.

Was I the only one who found the first two sectors "flowed" a lot better than the following two? I really enjoyed driving the first half of the track, but after the second hairpin I could never get comfortable.

[StickShift]

Ok, I took a very poor quality video with a digital camera of my 1:16.582 lap. It's grainy, it's glary, it's 25 megs.

I don't have a server to put the file on, so I'll just use rapidshare for now. Scroll down, and hit the 'Free' button to go to the download page, then wait for the page to refresh with a download link at the bottom (this can take seconds, or minutes).

Sorry for the size, I'm not too sure how to convert a .mov file into a format that's a bit more palatable, nor do I want to waste my time trying to do so!

[tbones]

that was pretty good, I wasn't sure about the car and track combo, but it turned out to be very good fun...must start practicing for the rally now, because I suck something terrible at the rallies on #4

[Xig]

Originally posted by StickShift
Ok, I took a very poor quality video with a digital camera of my 1:16.582 lap. ....

Thanks StickShift

what I can see, is that the Limited Sleep Differential makes a bid difference at the right hander after the first chicane, that´s where I lost most of the time to you...

[A Wheel Nut]

Originally posted by Xig


Thanks StickShift

what I can see, is that the Limited Sleep Differential makes a bid difference at the right hander after the first chicane, that´s where I lost most of the time to you...

Thats what I noticed too. I didn't put the LSD on the car until the last day and instantly I felt faster and capable of consistant laps at a faster pace.