A License No. 16 Gold medal acquired.
Time: 0'53.853
License Center : A License Tests : A16 "Graduation Test"
Test Car: Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD) '02
Venue: Nurburgring Nordschleife
Gold: 0'54.150
# Failed Attempts: 12
8 min
Please keep in mind that these are not necessarily my best times (CLICK HERE for my best times/replays).
I'm not the kinda guy who has many favorites, but this test, on this track, with this car... is my favorite non-full-lap License Test for GT4. The back end for this car is easy to swing around, and it helps a lot in making tight turns with good wheel speeds.
Heading up the hill, I stay to the right and begin braking when the right side curbing starts to go by. I start turning in when I pass the end of it, then release the brakes after going from 109 to 77. I try to take the rest of the uphill section flat out, and I end up going wide and rubbing the left side wall.
Fortunately, it wasn't enough for a DQ, but without the barrier, I'd get DQ'd for going off. I brake immediately after getting back to the pavement, which would've been fine, except I brake too long. This turn can be taken in 3rd, but I had to briefly downshift into 2nd for fear of bogging.
As I pass some purple-ish graffiti on the ground, I lift and steer toward the right side curbing. With the TCS off, I only dip from 100 to 97, then I get back on the gas as I pass the midpoint.
I lift, swing the steering to the left, and then brake from 102 to 86. Then I ease back into the gas as I roll over the left side curb. I'm a little too far to the right entering Hedwigs Hohe, so I have to compensate by braking a little harder from 92 to 84 before getting back on the gas.
I start braking for Wippermann after the left side rumblestrip goes out of view. I slow from 99 to 70, but my turn-in was weak and I miss the right side curb completely. I end up wider than I want to be, but I still manage to keep the left side wheels from going too far off.
This run's braking point for Eschbach starts just as I pass some yellow graffiti on the ground (there's also a green sign that's hard to see on the right side barrier). I slow from 94 to 67, then coast toward the inside curb. I go flat out again after passing the purple graffiti on the ground, and push toward the left side. Braking for this corner can be taken much deeper, and the oversteer can be used to carry a higher speed through.
The final right hander always gives me trouble. I usually get way too anxious on getting back on the gas, but for this run I do a better job of being patient. When the curbing along the left side ends, I swing the steering to the right and brake from 92 to 67. I ease back into the gas, and keep my left side wheels from going into the grass.
I straighten out and head toward the banner. I cross the line at 0'53.853, going 89 mph in 3rd gear.
Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7181231365758131842
Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. And Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/
