Gt4 Challenge Week 6

[FUNKED1]

Week 5 Results - Grand Valley - BMW Z4 + $5k Mods:

1.  Swoop - 2:09.293 - 10 pts
2.  Funkypants - 2:09.944 - 6 pts
3.  Indy007 - 2:10.012 - 4 pts
3.  Talyn - 2:11.653 - 3 pts
4.  Saurdaukar - 2:14.688 - 2 pts
5.  Heretik - 2:15.352 - 1 pts
6.  Takeda - 2:15.584 - Honorable Mention
7.  Newguy - 2:17.433 - Honorable Mention

Overall Standings:
1. Swoop - 30 pts - 50 kg ballast
2. Indy007 - 28 pts
3. Funkypants - 27 pts
4. Nuchpatrick 16 pts
5. Saurdaukar - 9 pts
6. Talyn - 6 pts
7. Frenchy - 5 pts
8. Takeda - 4 pts
9. GtoRA2 - 3 pts
10. CavemanJ - 2 pts
11.  Heretik - 1 pt
11. Funkypants' Dad - 1 pt

[FUNKED1]

Week 6
TRACK: Tokyo Route 246 - Normal
CAR: Aston Martin Vanquish
MODS: 50,000cr budget. No NOS.
AIDS: TCS & ASM disabled for wheel users. Others may use TCS & ASM.

Notes:
- Swoop 50 kg ballast
- Nuchpatrik 50kg ballast (voluntarily)
- Indy007 0kg ballast

RULES:
- Gran Turismo mode practice only. No arcade mode or drafting AI cars.
- Lowest single lap time wins.
- Post times in this thread by Monday AM.
- Winner picks next week's track, car, and mods.
- Winner must carry 50kg ballast in next week's competition. Subsequent wins add 50kg ballast for each win, up to a maximum of 200kg. If winning streak is ended, 50kg is removed each week that the driver does not win.
- Oil change and car wash allowed.
- Try not to cut corners or hit walls too much.

[FUNKED1]

My notes:

- Vanquish is a car that can be steered with the throttle on N (simulation) tires.  On R tires it's faster but it's an understeering pig due to the fact that R tires don't really simulate a traction circle as much as a traction square.  600 bhp and you can't even chirp the rears...

- In order to get rid of the understeer one may wish to attempt suspension tuning.  Unfortunately GT4 (like GT3) has got spring rates and roll stiffness bass ackwards.  On a real car, to reduce understeer, one would make the rear spring and roll stiffness greater relative to the front.  In GT4 you have to go another way.  To take the push out of the car, make the front stiffer and the rear softer.  Again probably due to the bugs in the tire models.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Originally posted by FUNKED1

1.  Swoop - 2:09.293 - 10 pts
2.  Funkypants - 2:09.944 - 6 pts
 

244 is lower than 293, Er Panzy.

[deSelys]

One question about the game: I noticed the rule 'Try not to cut corners or hit walls too much.'

Does it have a good damage model, or do collisions / accidents only slow you down?

[FUNKED1]

There's no damage model at all.

[moot]

Dunno about GT4, but wallriding in GT2 and 3 was an easy cheat.

Frenchy, looks like you misread 944 for 244.

[FUNKED1]

The walls are kind of "sticky" in GT4.  They won't hurt your car but they will slow you down.
The idea of the rule is simple.  If you do something that would break the car or get you black flagged in real life, don't submit the time.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Her ... arh ... thx Moot.

[Heretik]

initial run 1'54.913

lots of room for improvement, and lots of room left in the budget

[Talyn]

Hello all, Swoop finally persuaded me to come out of hiding, get registered, and start posting my times.  Still, if it keep's him happy

Anyway, yes, initial run of 1'49.something, still need to fiddle with the car, and now I have Swoops ghost image to follow, I'm looking to improve!

Have fun all...

Talyn (mate of Swoop)

[Swoop]

Initial run 1'45.335

But I've only spent 30k so far.

[Curval]

Hey Talyn.

No racey racey here, but I look in to see how the Swoopster is doing....and it appears he is doing just fine, as usual with computer games.  

Swoop is my CO in the AH squad and a mate too.  Any friend of his is a friend of mine.

Welcome to the boards.

[takeda]

1:48.990 so far, braking for corner 1 is scary...

[Heretik]

1'47 area now.  I have a lot of tweaking to do yet.