Author Topic: GT4 Nürburgring Challenge (Read 707 times)

FUNKED1 · « **on:** March 13, 2005, 06:41:58 PM »

Use any production car you want. Preferably one as close as possible to what you drive in real life. No mods except for tires. N3 (Standard Road) tires only.

Real life times here:
http://gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49455

Results so far:
Me - 2002 WRX STi - 8:19 (Real life 8:24)
Jochen - 2004 BMW M3 - 8:22 (Real life 8:22)

Both our times are going down and he is getting closer to me each time we run.

moose · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2005, 06:58:43 PM »

ooh, give me a few and ill be back:)

too bad there isnt a regular wrx in the game, my friend's got one and he's stuck with the STi too

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2005, 11:41:28 PM »

LOL I will have to do this tomorow night, hmmm, hard to choose a car since I sold my goat and the only truck like mine is the SS silverado, but thats to much power.

I left my PS 2 over a buddies house tonight, to much crap to lug home lol. Me, dog, cam, spices, left overs etc.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2005, 01:32:01 AM »

I think the Silverado would be sweet.
Maybe you could try the new GTO?
Just pick a "real" car you like and go for a good time. Make it fun for you is the main thing.

Swoop · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2005, 01:59:36 AM »

Me in a mildly modded BMW M3 '04

Merely a racing exhaust, chipped, sports brakes.

8.04.xx (done last night as part of the BMW M cup, dont remember the exact tenths of a second).

I'll try it again in something standard some time but hadda add the mods I did just to keep up with the BMW M3 GTRs I wuz racing against.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2005, 02:03:03 AM »

I'll try with the m3 so we can compare.

May I suggest the fully upgraded 1960s Subaru (had so much fun racing it in the beginner compact races) or the fully tuned Fiat 500?

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2005, 02:08:12 AM »

Here's a nice guide to the Ring.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2005, 02:10:16 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
May I suggest the fully upgraded 1960s Subaru (had so much fun racing it in the beginner compact races) or the fully tuned Fiat 500?

That would be pretty funny. Maybe VW Beetles?

Swoop · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2005, 02:14:19 AM »

You guys ever seen the British motoring show Top Gear?

Clarkson, the host, took a diesil Jag S type to the ring, he'd never been before.....the aim was a 10 minute lap. Did it in 9.59 after a whole day of trying. Some blonde German bird who'd supposedly done 30,000 laps of the ring went round with him, laughed at him constantly and then took the S type round in 9.20.

takeda · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2005, 02:57:57 AM »

I have yet to get one clean lap there, too much to learn, and the game pad driving is straining my thumb.
I managed around 10 mins with one of those "fake" Porsches, but about 6 of them where "off-road", that thing just wants to go everywhere when braking

I want that nice Logitech? wheel, but the wife already thinks PS2+GT4 last week was enough for our wallets

Bee · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2005, 04:48:42 AM »

Ah nordschleife fans... if you are ever close to it... go and take a look at it in real life, or maybe even drive on it for a lap.

That's one scary track. Have driven it about 50 laps in real life, and quit because it got too dangerous.

The first 10 laps (mind you that's 140 miles) you are in danger because you drive to slow, the following 20 laps you start to know the circuit and get faster, after that you are in danger once more because you are beginning to take unnecassery risks, because you believe you know the track.... that's when the nordschleife bites back.

BTG times were about 9:15 most of the time and that was in a relative docile mini cooper.

You might be tough, but armco is tougher.

Cheers!

Skydancer · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2005, 05:10:36 AM »

Yep did two laps on a bike. in 1999 Sharing the track with everything from busses to ferraris, was bloody scary. Two laps was plenty. been there seen that, done it. got the badge, not doing that again.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2005, 10:12:47 AM »

How about the 64 GTO with Semi Racing suspension, a race trany and mods to give it about 375HP?

I can put in the gear ratios the richmond Gear six speed, I sold Laz in, and the rear ratio my old GTO had.

Then it will be pretty close to the 68 I had that tranny in.

Should be fun, but I bet my time is horid lol.

Monk · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2005, 10:48:07 AM »

I drive the ring almost every weekend when it's open. It should be exciting this year with GT4 out now, just think of all the great "It wasn't this hard on my PS2" crashes to be filmed.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2005, 12:29:05 PM »

Is it me or does driving in real life easier? Not that I have a huge amount of time in a 700 HP muscle car etc, but my GTO before the one you guys all saw, was no slow car.

375 HP, (builder claimed more but it did not feel like it, and the cam was only slightly more wild then the stock 250 HP one)

Richmond six speed.

3.55 positraction.

Global west front suspension, including 11 inch disk brakes and aluminum bushings. (car handled so much better it awsome.)

1 1/3 front sway bar. No rear(global west says it is not needed with their arms.)

Faster ratio steering box.

I pushed that car pretty car and it was not hard. Feel has much to do with it, you could feel the car hitting its limits and back off.

You just dont get that in driving games.