Friday, October 17, 2008

Day 107 (17 JUL, YEAR 1): Driving Mission 19

Participate in Mission race No.19. 1st place
Time: 3'22.617

Driving Missions : Mission 19 : "3 Lap Battle: Suzuka East"
Venue: Suzuka Circuit East
Me: AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
Opponent(s):
.. 1 - AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
.. 2 - AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
.. 3 - AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
.. 4 - AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
.. 5 - AMUSE S2000 Street Version '04
Margin: -0'02.314

+ 250 A-spec Points
+ $10000


Please keep in mind that these are not necessarily my best times (CLICK HERE for my best times/replays). Please refer to these track maps when looking up Turn numbers/names * Special thanks to AMG @ GTPlanet.net for the hard work put in to generate them!!! *

This car is hard to handle, but hopefully I'll get more familiar with it at some other time. As with the previous Mission, I have no problem violating the rules of "clean" or "sportsman-like" driving. Just win, baby...

This course doesn't have any Timing Checkpoints. There are at least 3 others are like this (Motorland, Beginner Course, Fuji 2005)...

S: + ???
There are around 9.5 seconds on the clock when this Mission begins, and the leader is about 2/3 along the straight. My exit from the first right handers is wide, and I nearly go off to the left. As I take the second part of the final right hander, I pass the Gold S2000. I use too much gas and the car starts to go wide before I round the corner. I pull through very slowly to complete the turn, and I drop back into 6th.
L1 F: + 0'06.561
One lap completed, and I'm still in 6th???!!?? Ok then... time for The Kitchen Sink. I bash into "Goldie" and use it as my brake into the first right handers. I get penalized, but I figure I'd be slowing down for this curve anyway, right? Goldie goes off into the dirt, and I do too, but not as deeply. I bring the car around and point it straight across the grass. I pass the Red S2000 midway through Gyaku, then I get into the dirt, and Red regains 4th. I finally pass Red for good on the inside as I enter the final right handers.
L2 F: + 0'03.472
I'm in the Black S2000's draft as we begin the final lap, and I pass it to the inside while he brakes into the first corners. I get right behind the White S2000, bump it, then take the inside away of the second part of this turn. I head for the grass and come up behind the Green S2000 as it enters the right hander. I take the the inside as we approach Gyaku, and hold the lead from there. Being such an incredibly sloppy run (not to mention... illegitimate), I try to cross the line backwards...
F: - 0'02.314

I cross the line at 3'22.617, around 40 mph as the gears switch from 4th to Reverse.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7640772229004125625

Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. And Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/