Volvo Community Gran Turismo 4 Challenge. - Page 5

blues60 · Feb 6th, 2006, 23:22

1'40.131 was the best for the evening. I found that delicate use of the throttle in second can give a few hundredths as the Monaro tends to shred the tyres with little or no provocation. Definately on for a high 1'30.

Ross9 · Feb 7th, 2006, 14:04

and yes, that took a LOT of laps lol, did about another 6 or 7 laps after that and only got one other 1:39, rest were 1:40's so don't think I will manage any faster than that time to be honest but I'll try if someone beats it, good luck guys, my thumbs are sore lol.

Ross

timway · Feb 7th, 2006, 17:41

Impressive time.... I'll have another try when I get home, the DSA is playing up again on my S40 so I'll get plenty of practice controlling wheelspin out of hairpin corners on the drive home, lol

I think on this circuit the manual gearbox helps get the best out of the car actually - for one thing the auto changes up at 5500, but the engine revs past 6500 quite happily - and the auto has an annoying habit of changing into 1st on the tight corners... It is much easier to avoid the walls in auto mode though.

timway · Feb 7th, 2006, 20:39

1.39.099 - sorry its a bit blurry
Think there's still a bit of room for improvement - I've sometimes improved on that in an early section, only to lose it later on in the tricky middle bit...

timway · Feb 8th, 2006, 21:51

There's a free bacon sandwich waiting for anyone who can beat this time....
1:38.567

blues60 · Feb 9th, 2006, 14:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by timway

There's a free bacon sandwich waiting for anyone who can beat this time....
1:38.567

JEEPERS!!! Thats' a stunning time. I don't think I'm going to get much of a chanceto improve on mine this week. I'll have to try and get the wife to go out for a bit!!!!!

timway · Feb 9th, 2006, 14:55

lol,

I tried quite a few laps with the auto box and couldn't get below 1:40 , probably for the reasons I mentioned earlier ...

Ross9 · Feb 9th, 2006, 19:34

Impressive time's indeed, I'm not going to put myself through learning the manual box on the course so concede defeat on this one and will settle for 2nd spot, unless of course someone else beats me into 3rd, 4th, etc

Ross

blues60 · Feb 10th, 2006, 10:02

Well looks like Timway comfortably won that one.
Tim, choose yorself a car and track, if you haven't already, and well run the next round until midnight Wednesday 15th. Sorry about late posting of results but work is seriously getting in the way of my internet time!!!
I'll post up the times and league tables later today. Well done all.

timway · Feb 10th, 2006, 20:30

Ok, here is the car/circuit for this week:

Trial Mountain (Normal)

Car: RUF BTR '86 fully lightened and powered up as before (444bhp, 1062Kg)

Quite a nice circuit I think, not one of the harder ones but the car has some tricky handling characteristics - took me a few laps before I even got round without spinning off

I think the technique is to brake and turn in early then keep on the power once into the bend to stabilise the back end.

So far I've been getting times in the 1:33's but some room for improvement I think. I find I keep powersliding it in faster corners whick probably isnt the best way.

good luck!

Tim

Feb 6th, 2006, 23:22	#41
blues60 My car is blue Last Online: Nov 8th, 2007 19:34 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sussex	1'40.131 was the best for the evening. I found that delicate use of the throttle in second can give a few hundredths as the Monaro tends to shred the tyres with little or no provocation. Definately on for a high 1'30. __________________ Ford Focus C-Max 2.0 TDCi Ghia.

Feb 7th, 2006, 14:04	#42
Ross9 Master Member Last Online: May 27th, 2022 22:00 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lanark	and yes, that took a LOT of laps lol, did about another 6 or 7 laps after that and only got one other 1:39, rest were 1:40's so don't think I will manage any faster than that time to be honest but I'll try if someone beats it, good luck guys, my thumbs are sore lol. Ross __________________ Astra SRi, wifes S60 T4, and her old S40 T4 though its sat engineless for 7 years since I last updated this project link..better updates soon http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=47573

Feb 9th, 2006, 19:34	#48
Ross9 Master Member Last Online: May 27th, 2022 22:00 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lanark	Impressive time's indeed, I'm not going to put myself through learning the manual box on the course so concede defeat on this one and will settle for 2nd spot, unless of course someone else beats me into 3rd, 4th, etc Ross __________________ Astra SRi, wifes S60 T4, and her old S40 T4 though its sat engineless for 7 years since I last updated this project link..better updates soon http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=47573

Feb 10th, 2006, 10:02	#49
blues60 My car is blue Last Online: Nov 8th, 2007 19:34 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sussex	Well looks like Timway comfortably won that one. Tim, choose yorself a car and track, if you haven't already, and well run the next round until midnight Wednesday 15th. Sorry about late posting of results but work is seriously getting in the way of my internet time!!! I'll post up the times and league tables later today. Well done all. __________________ Ford Focus C-Max 2.0 TDCi Ghia.

Feb 7th, 2006, 17:41	#43
timway Snail Wars: A new shell Last Online: May 17th, 2011 11:11 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: bath	Impressive time.... I'll have another try when I get home, the DSA is playing up again on my S40 so I'll get plenty of practice controlling wheelspin out of hairpin corners on the drive home, lol I think on this circuit the manual gearbox helps get the best out of the car actually - for one thing the auto changes up at 5500, but the engine revs past 6500 quite happily - and the auto has an annoying habit of changing into 1st on the tight corners... It is much easier to avoid the walls in auto mode though.

Feb 9th, 2006, 14:55	#47
timway Snail Wars: A new shell Last Online: May 17th, 2011 11:11 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: bath	lol, I tried quite a few laps with the auto box and couldn't get below 1:40 , probably for the reasons I mentioned earlier ...

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