Anyone tried mugello?

[Vette Boss]

Has anyone tried the mugello track yet? If so, what are your times. The best I could get was 2:17 in the Zonda. The track feels good and has a nice natural flow to it, for me anyway. Although, I do need to work on my braking some, I went in the grass twice.

[D_Man]

I haven't tried it, but you can compare yourself with the times on the rankings:

http://www.findthelimit.com/gtr2002/php/db_list_circuit.php?track=22&show=all&carid=&buddies=&ngt=&top=-1

Dave

[Vette Boss]

Looks like I need to work on my driving a bit, doesn't it.. &(

[chris]

You are discovering what we all have worked out..

Don't worry too much about the super-fast times.. It seems they thrash the car to pieces on those hot-laps.

Doubt they'd finish a race, with the car in one piece.

[D_Man]

If you can get close to the top 200 you are doing okay - so that is usually my goal :)

Dave

[D_Man]

I just did some laps at Mugello in the 360. It is a hard to track to get into a rythmn :( However, after about 20 laps in the 360 I managed a best of 1:55.016 which is about average for the NGT times on the rankings.

Dave

[FIATLOVE]

TIPS; Don't start with the Zonda, try one of the slower cars until you have getting used to the physics in the game.

After playing GTR2002 2 months +, I still have hundreds of lightyears to go before I know the Modena well enough to push it to the limits, and in curves I drive much better with Modena 360 than any other car in the GT-class.

And IMO it's much more fun to learn to take advantage of the capabilitys (driving the Modena or a GT3) than the additional speed of the GT-cars at the straights.

Braking is hard because the brakes works so very well, you MUST drive 2-4 laps before the brakes are hot enough to work at it's best (reduce the brake duct to get higher brakedisc temp), good temp is 400-500 degrees Celsius maximum

TIP; try to go slower when entering the curves, that way it's easier to get a better exit-speed (and earlier accelleration)

TYRES, use medium tyres if you race at test-day (good working-temp for tyres is 95-115 Celsius degrees)

ENGINE, try to set the airduct so you reach a temp at minimum 90, maximum 105 celcius

SHIFTING; let of the gaspedal when shifting, then clamp!!!

BRAKING; in many cases you can use the GASpedal to keep the line right while you are braking during curves (braking make you understeer, but you can "avoid" that understeer by gasing a bit at same time)
Powerbraking; downshift while you brake (manual shifting and clutch) to brake faster

[chris]

1m:54.5 lap, I've done in the Ferrari 360 GT.

I used a set-up that made the back of the car quite responsive to letting off the throttle. Turns in fast into the turns.

It was an okay lap, but, nothing sensational.

[FIATLOVE]

Great going Chris!!!
I tried some more laps in the BMS550, closing in to 1.50 soon i think, but have lotsa probs with braking &( :") , what a beast that big car is :D (only 10 sec down to WR, hehehe)


Best regards!


Mads

[D_Man]

-^ Chris :)

I took the Diablo for a spin last night and I managed a 1:47 if I remember correctly &(

I have given up trying to drive the big front-engined beasts :rolleyes:

Dave

[chris]

The Viper isn't that bad, I've found, it just needs to be treated with care.

The Murciélago that I've got on my computer now, in F12002, is a rather different beast. Not as fast, of course, but, with 4wd, you can put the power down much more easily, without spinning.