Saturday, January 24, 2009

Day 362 (29 MAR, YEAR 2): Extreme Events / Gran Turismo All Stars / Race 7

Participated in Gran Turismo All Stars Battle 7 (Suzuka Circuit). Champion.
Time: 1'46.651

Extreme Events: Gran Turismo All Stars: Suzuka Circuit: 5 Laps
Settings: R3/R3; Turbo 3 (740 SettingsHP); Nitrous @ 10; RideHt 55/55; Auto Gearing @ 17; Aids 004; 111 Ballast @ 0; Downforce 50/70; Everything else @ Default
A-spec points: 200
Prize: $15000

FSCar NameTime (Gap)Best
11Nissan MOTUL PITWORK Z (JGTC) '049'03.3511'46.651
22Nissan R92CP Race Car '92+0'02.174
33BMW V12 LMR Race Car '99+0'12.747
44

Toyota GT-ONE Race Car (TS020) '99

+0'17.559

55Nissan R390 GT1 Race Car '98+0'33.381
66Toyota 7 Race Car '70

+0'40.190


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!!! **

Before starting this race, I headed over to GT Auto and got an Oil Change. This brought the SettingsHP from 728 back up to 740. After two hot laps, I qualified P1 with a 1'47.505, 4.912" quicker than P2.

I lose out to the R92 off of the launch (surprise!), and I manage to take P1 back by the time we enter the Esses. Everything's going great, until I go into the left side dirt while coming through the Degner kink on Lap 3. The R92 closes the gap to less than 3 seconds at T2, but I manage to maintain that gap for a while...

Until I come through Degner again. I didn't get all 4 into the junk, but I get slowed down enough for the R92 to close the gap even further. As I approach Spoon, my left wheels are in the grass, and as I brake for the turn I nearly lose it and go off into the junk. I recover well enough, but on the exit I put the right side into the dirt. I'm up 1.478" at T2 of Lap 4, and 1.306" to begin the final lap.

Not wishing to waste this run, I finally choose to lawnmow the exit of 2nd Curve and the Degner kink... but I take Casio like a normal person. My parents and the asylum staff would be so proud!

I ended the practice session with 3968 miles, and ended the race with 3987 miles on the odometer.

Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6161785683229860905

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