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Sunday October 29, 2000

I drive tuned Cerbera to a Win in the Real Grand Valley 300

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Sunday October 29, 2000

I drive tuned Cerbera to a Win in the Real Grand Valley 300

So after setting a reasonable time in my unofficial "tuned" Grand Valley 300, I observed that the Cerbera could still do with some more tuning, and felt that that, together with the practice obtained from the other race, would allow me to win the real Grand Valley 300 with a tuned Cerbera, making it the second tuned car I did that with. 




   Game: main
   Day: 5413
   Date: October 28, 2000
   Race: Grand Valley 300KM Endurance Race
   Car: tuned green Cerbera (S/S, no race-mod)
   Qualified: 6th(+2.053) 1:46.833not   Cr20,000
   Result: 1st
   Money: Cr300,000
   Prize-Car: black/green Castrol Supra GT
   1st:* Cerbera                1-40:46.0<--
   2nd:  [R]NSX-R LM GT2          +81.643  (1-42:07.6)
   3rd:  [R]GTO twinturbo         +90.042  (1-42:16.0)
   4th:  [R]CASTROL Supra GT      +90.381  (1-42:16.4)
   5th:  [R]R32GT-R'91            +98.923  (1-42:24.9)
   6th:  [R]Impreza Rally Ed     +166.316  (1-43:32.3) 1 lap

   Pits: 15,30,45
   fl(3): 1:36.888

   lap 1: 1:45.894
   slowest  non-pit   (42)  1:46.172
             next     (43)  1:45.580
   fastest pit laps   (30in)  24  1:54.105
                      (31out) 1:45.452
   slowest pit laps   (45in)  1:55.433
                      (16out) 1:46.300

Whoohoo! Whoohoo! Whooohoo!

What a blast! I won cleanly. Compared to the previous race, my tires lasted longer, allowing me to take one fewer pitstop, but even without that advantage I still should have won.

After the start, I moved cautiously up in the first part of the first lap, actually getting to fourth as I went by the NSX which had one of its not atypical first-lap spinouts on the run from the first to the second hairpin.

I got to 3rd past the Impreza at the final dual hairpins, and then 2nd on the exit, but jostled a bit, taking advantage of the fact that one can corner faster off the side of the AI cars. 8-)

I was then chasing the Skyline, but I got the lead by the end of lap 2, and after that drew ahead.

At my first stop I kept my lead, so the race was clear sailing from then on. At the end of my second stop I observed the clock to read 50:20, so I was well under the 1-41 pace, let alone 1-42.

Laps 42 and 43 were very bad--on one of them I hit that silly fence as I entered the half tunnel near the end.

I had lapped the Impreza before stop 3, but it then stayed close behind me and unlapped itself temporarily while I was in the pits.

I had the rest of the field in sight by the finish, but did not lap any other cars.

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

Once again I actually recorded all lap times, as follows:

Lucky you! 8-) 


 1   1:45.894      1:45.894
 2   1:37.125      3:23.019
 3   1:36.888      4:59.907
 4   1:37.575      6:37.482
 5   1:38.590      8:16.072
 6   1:37.960      9:54.032
 7   1:38.481     11:32.513
 8   1:38.844     13:11.357
 9   1:38.828     14:50.185
10   1:40.202     16:30.387
11   1:40.917     18:11.304
12   1:41.286     19:52.590
13   1:40.642     21:33.232
14   1:43.436     23:16.668
15   1:55.173     25:11.841
16   1:46.300     26:58.141
17   1:37.568     28:35.709
18   1:38.164     30:13.873
19   1:36.970     31:50.843
20   1:39.157     33:30.000
21   1:40.083     35:10.083
22   1:38.791     36:48.874
23   1:38.909     38:27.783
24   1:39.645     40:07.428
25   1:39.967     41:47.395
26   1:39.580     43:26.975
27   1:39.965     45:06.940
28   1:40.890     46:47.830
29   1:42.043     48:29.873
30   1:54.105     50:23.978
31   1:45.452     52:09.430
32   1:38.475     53:47.905
33   1:37.665     55:25.570
34   1:38.041     57:03.611
35   1:38.465     58:42.076
36   1:37.914   1-00:19.990
37   1:39.861   1-01:59.851
38   1:39.505   1-03:39.356
39   1:40.818   1-05:20.174
40   1:40.547   1-07:00.721
41   1:39.488   1-08:40.209
42   1:46.172   1-10:26.381
43   1:45.580   1-12:11.961
44   1:42.121   1-13:54.082
45   1:55.433   1-15:49.515
46   1:45.797   1-17:35.312
47   1:38.395   1-19:13.707
48   1:37.268   1-20:50.975
49   1:39.326   1-22:30.301
50   1:37.303   1-24:07.604
51   1:38.032   1-25:45.636
52   1:38.750   1-27:24.386
53   1:39.253   1-29:03.639
54   1:39.559   1-30:43.198
55   1:39.221   1-32:22.419
56   1:40.795   1-34:03.214
57   1:40.439   1-35:43.653
58   1:40.363   1-37:24.016
59   1:40.832   1-39:04.848
60   1:41.247   1-40:46.095

Actual total count was 005C418F, or 6046095 thousandths of seconds, which matches.

[A year-and-a-half later and I have now found and corrected the mistake which had previously made me .090 seconds short; I had recorded lap 40 here as 1:40.457, but my paper records had the correct 1:40.547--GT2XS 2002Apr21]

Here are the settings I used. I sure took a long time tweaking them. 8-) I find this car almost impossible to spin out, so you might want to consider using these settings. 

          My Settings

max parts, but no race-mod
  
          S/S tires

Spring Rate     5.1   4.4
Ride Height      90   100
Dampers          6     6
Camber          2.0   1.0
Stabilizers      3     3
Brake Balance   13    11
Turbo               0
        1st       2.850
        2nd       1.910
        3rd       1.360
        4th       1.050
        5th       0.846
                  -----
        FD        3.200

Aero         (0.21  0.29)
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