Forza 4 Drivers' Challenge #27 - Sebring!

[ELVA164]

Motion to ban Elva from forza challenges

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Haha, it's like competing against Vettel last year!

Heh, thanks although I don't want these to be as boring as that season was...

I was thinkin' I made a few good laps, beating my regular ghost car and I ended up still right near 2:41 clean.

Sure makes me feel bad!

I'd be more than happy to give a run-down of my line for you guys. I figured most of it out on the standing start lap then chipped away over the next 4 or 5. 2:35 or faster is very possible. The biggest thing is balancing the car on the throttle and not punching it at corner exit. I also found that getting hard on the brakes, then turning in and jumping off the brakes quickly rotated the car well into slower corners. Let me know if a more detailed thing would be helpful!

P.S. Our two Ginettas got 1st and 6th in their race today, with best laps of 2:24 and 2:28 respectively!

[squidmaster]

Congrats on your real race, and id love to somehow see your lines. I feel like my rear is on the verge of getting squiggly on almost every corner as it is. Could definitely improve braking, and that last turn gets me too often. But I honestly can't see my own terrible gaming skills getting me any better than 2:40.

[ELVA164]

I took a video of my replay of that lap, complete with telemetry. I'll upload it when we get to Homestead and settle into the hotel.

[squidmaster]

You are a gentleman and a scholar

[Sea Aych]

^ Awesome, looking forward to it!

as for forza, i'm having such trouble getting into the low 2:40s haha. my first lap i must have clipped the dirt to make it "dirty".
Time to get some practice on non-sequential i think!

[pantelones]

Hmm, I don't have an xbox, but Ps3 has NFS shift II and that is kind of like a three way between the OG Need for Speed (graphics mostly...), with more of Forza and GT series physics and game-play. Much harder to play than GT4, and I haven't played Forza... Cars and tracks are similar, but no Sebring :(

I did a 1:44.002 on Laguna Seca in a bone stock e30 m3 ;) I'm down for the next challenge!

[ELVA164]

Got the video uploaded!

Ignore the "missed shifts." For whatever reason, it always does that in replays when you use manual with clutch.

[Sea Aych]

:shock:

[craz azn]

Wow, thats a crazy lap dude! I know you are way faster than me in 5, I never got into 3rd gear there. At the hairpin you dive for the inside, I had no idea the car brakes better in a diagonal than in a straight line LOL! In 13 you carry a bit more speed than I do, and same with 16 somehow. I gotta try this tomorrow when I have some free time! Good driving!

Hows the entry for Homestead? You guys going back to Sebring with HSR for the 12?

[ELVA164]

Wow, thats a crazy lap dude! I know you are way faster than me in 5, I never got into 3rd gear there. At the hairpin you dive for the inside, I had no idea the car brakes better in a diagonal than in a straight line LOL! In 13 you carry a bit more speed than I do, and same with 16 somehow. I gotta try this tomorrow when I have some free time! Good driving!

Hows the entry for Homestead? You guys going back to Sebring with HSR for the 12?

Thanks! I can't decide if 3rd is worth it there, but I think the downshift helps rotate the car toward the apex of the left-hander. The car doesn't brake better in a diagonal; that was a muck-up on my part. I fixed it in a later lap. The 13-16 complex is probably the single most important for a good lap since it affects more than a third of a lap. I've actually gotten better runs out of 16 than that one, so there's more on the table!

Homestead sounds pretty sparse, about 40 entries I heard. Our customers are just looking forward to trying a new track. I have a feeling a lot of guys went to Palm Beach before Sebring and were all worn out (like their cars). We aren't hitting Sebring again unfortunately...I don't wanna go back to snow and cold!

[ELVA164]

Any new laps guys (and girls?) It's been a few days now...

[Ocell]

I'm hoping to fire the XBox up tonight. I've had some guests keeping me busy. Pesky social interaction.

[Ocell]

I tried, but I still couldn't break below 2:40. Good work guys. You understand something about the physics of Forza that is escaping me.

[squidmaster]

Okay giving it another go in a few!

[ELVA164]

I tried, but I still couldn't break below 2:40. Good work guys. You understand something about the physics of Forza that is escaping me.

If you can, take a video of your replay and I'll take a look at it!