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Wednesday December 8, 1999

In Hastings Game, Cerbera LM Finally Retries Grand Valley 300, Doing Very Well

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Wednesday December 8, 1999

In Hastings Game, Cerbera LM Finally Retries Grand Valley 300, Doing Very Well

In the hastings game I decided to use the Cerbera LM to win the Grand Valley 300, and did a reasonably fast time, though not a Personal Best. It now ranks as the second fastest car, though. It's been a long time since I raced the Cerbera LM at this race actually, and I was glad to have won this car in this game so I had a good excuse to see how I could do with it now.

   hastings day 81
   Wednesday December 08, 1999
   grey and green [R]Cerbera LM (UKvsJP prize)
   Grand Valley 300km Endurance Race

      q1st 1:37.703new    Cr20,000
  
  

Results:

      1st  [R]Cerbera LM              1-33:48.2<--new hastings time, very good
     2nd  [R]GTO twinturbo            +503.498  (1-42:11.7)
     3rd  [R]CASTROL SUPRA GT         +508.964  (1-42:17.2)
     4th  [R]Impreze Rally Edition    +587.639  (1-43:35.8)
     5th  [R]Primera'90 2.0 Te        +603.984  (1-43:52.2)
     6th  [R]Accord Sedan             +903.185  (1-48:51.4)
  
      pits   12,24,36,48
     lap 1   1:38.946
     fl  (14) 1:30.185new
     slowest  non-pit   (35)  1:34.507
               next     (11)  1:34.400
     fastest pit laps   (48in)  1:45.654
                        (49out) 1:38.083
     slowest pit laps   (36in)  1:49.854
                        (37out) 1:39.147
  

I led from start to finish again, in a fairly uneventful race.

This was about four minutes slower than the Concept Car, but I still lapped the field four, not quite five, times.

I lapped the first car on lap 7, and was catching the second and third place cars when I stopped at lap 12 for my first pit stop. I lapped the field by lap 15.

I lapped them twice by lap 24, but, since I had to stop for my second pit stop, it didn't stick. The exact same thing happened with my stops on lap 36 and 48; I almost wondered if I could have saved a few seconds by stopping early, but then I would have had to have paid for it with a long last shift, or something similar. I did not lose very much time repassing the cars anyway.

On lap 60, I did not quite manage to catch the leaders again, and, as the finishing intervals indicate, I managed to lap them not quite five times.

I won Cr300,000, and a black/blue Castrol Supra GT.

Although 4 minutes slower than what I managed with the Concept Car, this time is faster than the first time I managed with the Concept Car, and this is the first car I have managed that with. The time was almost two minutes faster than the times I set with the two Griffiths, and the RX7 LM.

Once again, for your analytical enjoyment, I here present all 60 lap times...

  

 1   1:38.946      1:38.946
 2   1:30.430      3:09.376
 3   1:30.533      4:39.909
 4   1:31.184      6:11.093
 5   1:30.849      7:41.942
 6   1:32.116      9:14.058
 7   1:31.630     10:45.688
 8   1:31.452     12:17.140
 9   1:32.624     13:49.764
10   1:34.242     15:24.006
11   1:34.400     16:58.406
12   1:46.845     18:45.251
13   1:38.673     20:23.924
14   1:30.185     21:54.109
15   1:31.648     23:25.757
16   1:30.639     24:56.396
17   1:30.619     26:27.015
18   1:31.491     27:58.506
19   1:31.624     29:30.130
20   1:31.667     31:01.797
21   1:32.986     32:34.783
22   1:33.852     34:08.635
23   1:32.858     35:41.493
24   1:47.124     37:28.617
25   1:39.139     39:07.756
26   1:31.842     40:39.598
27   1:31.092     42:10.690
28   1:31.794     43:42.484
29   1:31.778     45:14.262
30   1:31.520     46:45.782
31   1:31.422     48:17.204
32   1:31.615     49:48.819
33   1:32.639     51:21.458
34   1:32.325     52:53.783
35   1:34.507     54:28.290
36   1:49.854     56:18.144
37   1:39.147     57:57.291
38   1:32.339     59:29.630
39   1:34.008   1-01:03.638
40   1:32.689   1-02:36.327
41   1:31.683   1-04:08.010
42   1:31.756   1-05:39.766
43   1:32.088   1-07:11.854
44   1:33.069   1-08:44.923
45   1:31.755   1-10:16.678
46   1:34.078   1-11:50.756
47   1:33.904   1-13:24.660
48   1:45.654   1-15:10.314
49   1:38.083   1-16:48.397
50   1:31.843   1-18:20.240
51   1:31.342   1-19:51.582
52   1:32.300   1-21:23.882
53   1:32.289   1-22:56.171
54   1:31.739   1-24:27.910
55   1:32.931   1-26:00.841
56   1:33.643   1-27:34.484
57   1:34.335   1-29:08.819
58   1:33.167   1-30:41.986
59   1:33.661   1-32:15.647
60   1:32.635   1-33:48.282


<<-- Tuning Advice-->>

Here are the settings.

  

My Settings

   Spring Rate     4.8   3.9
  Ride Height     85    85   (min,min)
  Dampers          5     5
  Camber          2.0   1.0
  Stabilizers      3     3
  Brake Balance   12     9
  Turbo               0
  
           1st       2.714
          2nd       1.800
          3rd       1.384
          4th       1.088
          5th       0.936
          5th       0.822
                    -----
          FD        3.500
  
   Aero            0.76  0.96  (max,max)
  

This gearing has the same range as stock, but is smoothed out a bit. Actually, the top three gears overlap so closely that it confuses the automatic shifting algorithm in the game...

I raised the final drive (lowered its number) at bit. I forgot to smooth out 4th,5th and 6th as I had done the previous night actually, when practising in my main game with a Cerbera LM at the GT-I Cup.


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