My DiariesA Lurid Tale of Obsession, Depravity, Wits and Attempted WitSun Feb 21, 1999HiFi TimeTrials do not use up a simulation day |
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Hmm. I verified this weekend that simulation hifi time trials do not use up a simulation day. I guess this underlines the fact that they are really considered as just a demo. I've read some people getting very upset at the fact that a better quality of game is locked away for winners only. But the hifi, though clear, lacks the urban character of the corresponding tracks, as created by buildings and such. |
I was relieved to find out that regular time trials take only 1 simulation day no matter how many times you "try again". I wish I'd known that when trying my IA license. The ghost replay is good too, for determining whether one line is actually faster than another. |
Speaking of inferior tracks, is Autumn Ring II ever annoying. It's like old-fashioned inferior racing games where you cannot see stuff coming that you logically should. Very annoying, especially the part just after the staring line. |
Anyway, as my observation about hifi mode implies, I won GT World Cup, with a Cerbera LM. High Speed Ring and, surprisingly, Trial Mountain were walkovers for me. I qualified first and then thought I was doing a time trial after the start. At Grand Valley, however, the AI cars announced they were out to race, but I won. SSR5 was also a bit of a fight, not only because I started second. Deep Forest was my usual nemesis, with a sixth place qualifying and a third place finish, but that was enough to clinch the series actually. There was no Rally Impreza this time, and the AI cars shared the points a bit. So then came SSR11 where I qualified and finished first. |
Results: |
1. Cerbera LM 49 | |
2. Castrol Supra GT 35 | |
3. NSX-R LM GT2 26 | |
4. Primera '90 2.0Te 20 | |
5. Lancer EvolV GSR 14 | |
6. Lantis Type R 6 | |
Not a very international field, I must say. |
I was mildly surprised when it began running the credits after the finish, and it did not announce "You now have hifi mode". |
Interesting that the HiFi page seems to have space above its "back" button for another "next" button. Are there more races to be won? |
I got wiped in the Tuned Car contest, finishing fifth in a Cerbera. The race that really surprised me was the Clubman Race. I had read your page, and verified in time trials that I could easily qualify first, which I did. But then the race began, and the cars were going much faster, and I finished way third. I almost think one of the game developers entering the parameters for the AI qualifying times typoed and the times are 5X.XXX where they should be 4X.XXX |
The unfamiliar Autumn Ring II was a dismal sixth place; I couldn't even pass the turtle Civic, and SSR11 was a fifth place embarassment. |
So after that I amused myself by rewinning the Lightweight Battle until I won a couple of Eunoses. I even switched from an [R]FTO to a tuned FTO. Of course, the screwy handicap algorithm means I still win by almost the same margins! Actually that's a disadvantage of their handicapping algorithm; you win by using something ridiculous, and only win by a slim margin so you think you need to use a car like that, but if you use something slower, the other cars will go slower too. |
I had raced the Cerbera to wins in Clubman and GT Cup for practice. I thought I did the FR series too, but don't seem to have notes. |
In practice for the GT World Cup I won UKvsJP again with the Cerbera LM, and did a time of 2:29.213 on High Speed Ring, which would have just barely been a record before Thursday. And I won yet another green Cerbera LM!!!! Grrrr!!!! That one I did sell... |
Well, I took some notes about used cars every ten days, but have not cracked the algorithm yet. |
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