My Diaries

A Lurid Tale of Obsession, Depravity, Wits and Attempted Wit

Sunday January 25, 2004

I Actually Finally Get Gold on GT3 B-8

Well, I finally managed gold on GT3 B-8.

I got 0:42.854 to the demo 0:42.949.

I had seemed to be doing well--silver about every three or four runs, and only infrequent crash failures.

Here's my summary of the technique I tried to apply:

In my successful run, I hit the split-time at 0:28.635, well below demo of 0:28.771.

"Stay in groove, ease on gas early--don't blow it", I thought.

I got in the groove, but felt a slight burble on my exit.

"Oh well", I thought, "That probably blew it, but your speed is okay--keep it nailed, and away from the edge of the road, and it looks like the upshift will come well before the exit of the tunnel."

I saw the "42" on the stopped clock, and then the "Gold medal" appeared, much to my relief. I was amazed that I had made it by so large a margin.

"Remember to save replay".

Then I checked the demo once before exiting (although, in fact, you can come back later to do that). It showed I got an early lead by cutting over the apron in the first tunnel. I lost a little in the first right-hander, but perhaps gained it back in the next. The split time shows I lost a little in the last corner, and finished just barely ahead of the demo (under 1/10 sec).

Then I saved my game, and went downstairs to get another memory card to make a second copy.

My recorded times (I did not save sessions which did not improve my best time...)

(Actually my name is saved as ARP2003Jan25, etc... Duh!)

Final speed: 118mph, just barely. I had had better finishes (118 clearly for about a second).