Your best lap!

[Hunter]

The race. Its mysteries, manifold. Challenging. Enigmatic. Stupid. Can you master it - or will it master you?

I'll be the judge of that! What is your best lap time? Feel free to vote and add your actual best time if you like.

[lostinmafia_heavenMS]

I decided to have a go at this a few days ago. Quickly realised that I would have to use manual gearing in order to get a good time, 1:22 and times under would be unattainable I thought, but to my surprise it was possible! Much to his dismay I put Tommy through much trial and error, that by the end of it he'd suffer from PTSD and often shouting; MY TAXI..

Also have to mention the AI, you get two chances (2 laps), by then you will have caught up with them, boredom is a wonderful thing..

Slight headache https://imgur.com/a/dXNlyYh

Tommy was a race car driver https://imgur.com/a/yM5J9wp

[Hunter]

Wow, are you serious? You didn't add a few HP? We just have to take each other's word on it.



I only had to wait 2 months for a reply. Come on people, it's THE RACE.

[linukkis]

Damn, I've no idea how this topic managed to give me the slip, it's a great one! When I come back home after my lectures, I'm gonna go and give it a try as well

EDIT: I couldn't get past 1:23. Maybe I should've tried harder, but after about 30 laps I lost interest in tryin to beat that time

[Hunter]

All right! Here is me.

http://mafiascene.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-6233

So, has anyone done this with a steering wheel?

How fast are you going on the turn at the bottom of the hill?

Do you let off the gas at the turn at the top of the hill? I don't if I'm setting a record.

[linukkis]

Yes, I did. I don't really know, I think I reach about 190 kph or something there, but then you have to brake real hard so you don't crash into the rocks, which I did many times

At the top of the hill I'm in second gear, with my revs screaming, because if you shift into 3rd during the hillclimb part, you start losing speed. And that corner on the top is real tricky, I always try to do it flatout, but quite often I find myself running over that damn bump on the right which sends me flying. But sometimes I am successful in cutting that corner just centimeters away from the inner barrier. Although I'm not sure if I do it without lifting my foot off the gas. You know what, I think I'm just gonna go and try again right now

How about you? How do you manage to make that corner flatout?

Also, when do you start braking before the first left hairpin, the one after the finish straight? I try to brake late and then shift into 1st, because 2nd doesn't give much acceleration. But I always struggle with shifting down because of the delay between gears. I suppose it's clutch simulation. My Logitech doesn't have that, sadly



Edit: Oh yeah, I made it under 1:22!



P.S. I just can't keep my foot down on the top of the hill, I always go out of the track, so I slightly let off the gas for a short moment

Last edited by linukkis on Sun May 06, 2018 9:16 pm; edited 1 time in total

[lostinmafia_heavenMS]

Nice going guys.


For me when I reached the hill part I would shift into 3rd at the top and continue into the corner without letting off the throttle, just make sure you are as far right before entering the corner, then at the bottom you reach 220, again do not leave the throttle, you can touch the last curb no problem, but try not to have all four wheels going over it. Done with a keyboard btw.

[linukkis]

Thanks! But wait, so you mean you keep accelerating all throughout that corner once you're downhill? At over 200 kph? o_O

[lostinmafia_heavenMS]

Indeed, that's it. Now that I think about it I might actually be at 220, anyway, I should probably make a video demonstration.

Sorry did you mean the little slalom part, or the actual left corner that comes after? (i'll be back with a video)

EDIT* Was talking nonsence about the speeds was thinking about mph, which was also wrong lol, please disregard what I said and move on to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDIjMe5Jyus

Last edited by lostinmafia_heavenMS on Sat May 05, 2018 7:05 pm; edited 1 time in total

[linukkis]

Yeah yeah, I meant the actual corner after that, the one with rocks coming on the right hand side. The slalom bit, although with some shaking, is a flatout zone, no question about it

[Hunter]

[brokenneedlecaa76]

great race times everyone. It is so nice to see interest in the racing. How many of you have more than the circuit to race on? Has anyone considered making the track into a dirt track with dirt,dust, tracks and perhaps an odd mud puddle or two?
any interest?

[lostinmafia_heavenMS]

[Hunter]

[brokenneedlecaa76]