My DiariesA Lurid Tale of Obsession, Depravity, Wits and Attempted WitSunday October 22, 2000I drive AI also-ran EXIV 200GT to a Close but Clean Win in the Grand Valley 300 |
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Well, I managed to win the Grand Valley 300 with the Toyota Corona EXIV 200GT, but it was amazingly close. |
Game: main Day: 5410 Date: October 22, 2000 Race: Grand Valley 300KM Endurance Race Car: [R]Corona EXIV 200GT Qualified: 6th(+2.359) 1:47.451not Result: 1st Money: Cr300,000 Prize-Car: black/green Castrol Supra GT 1st:* [R]EXIV 200GT 1-41:41.2not 2nd: [R]NSX-R LM GT2 +13.706 (1-41:54.9) 3rd: [R]R32GT-R'91 +48.932 (1-42:30.1) 4th: [R]EXIV 200GT +253.507 (1-45:54.7) 5th: [R]Lancer EvoIV GSR +294.532 (1-46:35.7) 6th: [R]LANTIS Type R +386.868 (1-48:08.1) Pits: 15,30,45 fl(48): 1:38.350not lap 1: 1:47.634 slowest non-pit (6) 1:42.416 next (9) 1:42.321 fastest pit laps (45in) 1:54.652 (16out) 1:46.938 slowest pit laps (30in) 1:55.746 (31out) 1:48.266 |
After the start, I soon settled into fourth place, ahead of the other EXIV 200GT, but worked my way past the Lancer into 3rd before the end of the first lap. On lap 4 the R32 dropped back from the lead a let the NSX pass it, and in the process obstructed me a bit. |
Because of the AI pit stops, I got into first place by my first pitstop, but dropped to 3rd after it. |
Similarly, I had gained first place by my second pitstop, but dropped to 2nd after the stop. My time was about 50:55 as I exited the pit, on schedule for about 10 seconds under 1-42, and that with the extra pitstop included. |
Never-the-less, I dropped from first to 3rd on my third pit stop too. Each time I had gained the lead, I just had the NSX in sight, and then it pitted. The NSX pitted once again on lap 53, and I got the lead and managed to hold on to win. |
I won Cr300,000, and a black/green Castrol Supra GT. |
This was a very close race. |
Once again I actually recorded all lap times, as follows: |
Lucky you! |
1 1:47.634 1:47.634 2 1:38.357 3:25.991 3 1:38.763 5:04.754 4 1:40.429 6:45.183 5 1:39.332 8:24.515 6 1:42.416 10:06.931 7 1:39.139 11:46.070 8 1:39.777 13:25.847 9 1:42.321 15:08.168 10 1:40.380 16:48.548 11 1:39.931 18:28.479 12 1:40.889 20:09.368 13 1:41.556 21:50.924 14 1:42.027 23:32.951 15 1:55.180 25:28.131 16 1:46.938 27:15.069 17 1:40.274 28:55.343 18 1:39.872 30:35.215 19 1:39.254 32:14.469 20 1:41.054 33:55.523 21 1:39.583 35:35.106 22 1:39.686 37:14.792 23 1:41.344 38:56.136 24 1:41.083 40:37.219 25 1:39.663 42:16.882 26 1:40.558 43:57.440 27 1:42.272 45:39.712 28 1:41.589 47:21.301 29 1:41.684 49:02.985 30 1:55.746 50:58.731 31 1:48.266 52:46.997 32 1:39.867 54:26.864 33 1:39.708 56:06.572 34 1:40.810 57:47.382 35 1:40.633 59:28.015 36 1:39.176 1-01:07.191 37 1:39.466 1-02:46.657 38 1:40.389 1-04:27.046 39 1:40.096 1-06:07.142 40 1:40.513 1-07:47.655 41 1:41.786 1-09:29.441 42 1:41.570 1-11:11.011 43 1:41.181 1-12:52.192 44 1:41.081 1-14:33.273 45 1:54.652 1-16:27.925 46 1:48.224 1-18:16.149 47 1:38.664 1-19:54.813 48 1:38.350 1-21:33.163 49 1:39.138 1-23:12.301 50 1:41.913 1-24:54.214 51 1:39.579 1-26:33.793 52 1:39.573 1-28:13.366 53 1:40.533 1-29:53.899 54 1:40.171 1-31:34.070 55 1:40.719 1-33:14.789 56 1:41.083 1-34:55.872 57 1:41.553 1-36:37.425 58 1:40.669 1-38:18.094 59 1:40.803 1-39:58.897 60 1:41.362 1-41:40.259 |
Oh my. It has finally happened. That total is off by a second and I can't find a reasonable explanation. |
Here are the settings I used. I sure took a long time tweaking them. |
My Settings S/S tires Spring Rate 4.5 3.7 Ride Height 100 100 Dampers 5 5 Camber 0.4 0.4 Stabilizers 3 3 Brake Balance 13 11 Turbo 0 1st 3.600 2nd 1.920 3rd 1.310 4th 1.010 5th 0.820 ----- FD 3.850 Aero 0.49 0.48 (max, much less) |
The use of much less than maximum rear downforce really seems to allow low-powered FF cars to accelarate and go much faster. It does not seem to adversely affect cornering; in fact, it seems it can even help since the physics model pulls the car around the corner by its front wheels, and the low rear downforce seems to let the tail come around faster after it. Reducing the front camber seems to help acceleration, too. |
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