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Enid
09-05-2005, 20:29
Well i've been off work today and have spent most of it seeing how fast I can lap the Ring in various exotica. Started with the current crop of "super hatches" results as follows.

Clio V6 255 - 8mins48
Focus RS - 8mins52
Golf R32 - 8min54
147 GTA - 9min00

The clio felt the best to drive seemed much more adjustable than the others. The Focus understerred a little too much. The golf felt very stable and i dont think that time does it justice. The Alfa was a bit lairly to say the least.

I then decided to switch to the latest Autobahn munchers with the Lotus Carlton chucked in for goo measure.

BMW M5 - 8min02
Merc E55AMG - 8min12
Audi RS6 - 8min16
Lotus Carlton - 8min36

The new M5 was immense and a sub 8 min lap should be easily achievable. Was surprised by the Merc, was very stable and had an imprssive turn of speed. Lotus Carlton definatly showed its age, brakes were bad and it understerred loads.

Other cars I tried include -

Aston Martin Vanquish - 7min58
TVR Speed 6 - 7min56
M3 CSL - 8min00
Corvette Z06 - 8min05
Ruf RGT - 8min04
Ruf CTR - 8min00
Dodge Viper SRT10 7min50
Pagani Zonda - 7min35
Saleen S7 7min3

All of these lap times can be improved but I think they show some intersting results. Wonder how they would compare to real life laps of the ring?? Can you tell i've been extremly bored today :lol:

Smokey McPot
09-05-2005, 21:32
I sometimes ask myself why i remain your friend. Geek. :lol:

Enid
09-05-2005, 21:37
Don't you find it all fascinating though? :oops:

Smokey McPot
09-05-2005, 21:38
Are they all standard?

I'd have expected the RUF's to rinse the Aston's and big cruisers round the ring.

Enid
09-05-2005, 21:42
All standard, the laps i did with the Ruf's were a little "rough". Having said that the CTR "Yellow Bird" is an animal, fast as fook but very unruly!! I was well surprised by the bid old aston, is a lovely car to drive, does eveything very predictably.

Smokey McPot
09-05-2005, 21:50
predictability = boredom

I want something that'll bite me in the ass in the wet. :D

itching to play Forza.....think i'll pick that up on release :)

Enid
09-05-2005, 21:55
Pre ordered mine, should get it thursday. Predictablity is boring, the CTR Yellow Bird is not :D

KingStromba
09-05-2005, 22:09
I want something that'll bite me in the ass in the wet. :D




No need to change this quote :shock:

Swervin_Mervin
09-05-2005, 22:25
predictability = boredom

I want something that'll bite me in the ass in the wet. :D

itching to play Forza.....think i'll pick that up on release :)

Best car I've found for power oversteer is, rather oddly, the fwd legend that is the 106 rallye! :?

How fvcked up is that? You can gas it mid corner without having LOO'd and it'll get the tail out.

Irish Nut
09-05-2005, 22:26
:shock:

Enid
09-05-2005, 22:27
Not tried the 106, just managed a 9'08.868 in a Clio 172.

Swervin_Mervin
09-05-2005, 22:46
Try driving the 106. It's a right laugh. I did Le Sarthe and was waaayy behind coming up to the first chicane. Hit a 406 coupe got sideways in to the chicane, flicked it the opposite way to recover and then went round the whole 2nd bend of hte chicane totally sideways. 8) :P

I hope you're doing this with ALL driver aids turned off. It's the only way.

Martin
09-05-2005, 23:55
Hehe check out my 172 time....any challengers?

http://img177.echo.cx/img177/6692/ringtime7qk.jpg

Enid
10-05-2005, 07:26
Thats an impressive time Martin, looks like a challenge has been set lol.

Enid
10-05-2005, 07:27
Was that a standard car??

FlamingMonkey
10-05-2005, 09:26
predictability = boredom

I want something that'll bite me in the ass in the wet. :D

itching to play Forza.....think i'll pick that up on release :)

I've been playing Forzaa this week, and to be honest I wanted it to be good, but seems a little poor, the graphics are a little crappy, compared with PGR2 and even GT4, I've not got very far into it, so I'm hoping it will get better, but I don't hold out much hope to be honest, wasted opportunity I think.

Enid
10-05-2005, 13:24
Forzas not out yet, how come you playing it?

FlamingMonkey
10-05-2005, 13:33
sshhhssh Don't tell anyone but *cough* I aquired it from the net.

Enid
10-05-2005, 13:49
Is it just the graphics that are bad, whats the gameplay like?

Martin
10-05-2005, 14:05
Was that a standard car??

Yeah totally standard...took my about 30+ laps to get it though!

FlamingMonkey
10-05-2005, 14:14
Is it just the graphics that are bad, whats the gameplay like?

It's not too bad, its prolly just me as I'm really impatient with games, always want to start in the fast cars and not the golfs and audis at the start of Forza.

I do tend to find the cars sometimes a bit hard to control, they just seem to career straight into th walls/barriers, probbably just my style of driving though.

One thing I do like is the line on the track indicating the best line to take, as you approach a corner too fast the line turns from green, to yellow, orange, red and finally white it you go too fast, if you adjust your speed the colour of the line changes back to green, meaning you are going the right speed for the corner. A lot of die hard racers would turn this off, but as I'm just really getting to grips with it I'll leave it on and cheat :lol:

From the brief play I had of GT4 and a few days play of Forza I still might side with GT4, but I don't imagine everyone will agree with me.

Enid
10-05-2005, 18:15
Will you be going live with Forza???

FlamingMonkey
10-05-2005, 18:25
Will you be going live with Forza???

Doubt it fella, think I'll just wait for Xbox 360 and subscribe to live wth that instead, might be a waste as the new Eggbox is out in November