Yeah! First after Evo

The car I'm comfortable at full-Nurb ring, is the VW Samba bus a.k.a. Love Mobile


Tried once with FGT, it was a disaster

I'll try join tonight. No worries, I'm beginner only. Kena tapao left & right ...

Go grind some money/Credits doing seasonal events A/B specs.
Also, ensure login daily to get 200% increase on CR/XP.

I grind latest b-spec for <2 hours while watching TV, got ~4M CR.

If you want, add me. I'll give you a Level 24 ticket. Then you backup savegame into USB, and grind for a FGT (Not F2007 or F2010). That FGT worth 5M and is very useful for open race/grinding.
If get wrong car, quit and restore savegame.
It's kind of cheating, but well, it helps a lot and save time since it is a very fast car.

Sorry, didn't join online recent days, busy with real-life ... This week should be ok.

The Lotus Elise is a good car, if you can control the throttle and steer/counter-steer well. I did it at Special - Top Gear Test Track test with TC=1. It slides like crazy, but it is very fast.

OCD refreshed car list, IINM, as below:

Alfa Romeo 147 2.0 TWIN SPARK '02 - 30,590 Cr
Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto '66 - 35,300 Cr
Alfa Romeo GT 3.2 V6 24V '04 - 39,010 Cr
Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6 24V '98 - 40,230 Cr
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA '02 - 48,040 Cr
Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0i V6 24V '01 - 51,190 Cr
Alfa Romeo 166 2.5 V6 24V Sportronic '98 - 58,710 Cr
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale '63 - 62,040 Cr
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1600 '65 - 113,010 Cr
Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 TI '93 - 1,500,000 Cr
Alpine A310 1600VE '73 - 33,000 Cr
Alpine A110 1600S '73 - 60,200 Cr
Ford SVT F-150 Lightning '03 - 35,050 Cr
BMW M3 GTR Race Car '01 - 1,000,000 Cr
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 '09 - 2,000,000 Cr
Gran Turismo Formula Gran Turismo - 5,000,000 Cr

Last night Early this morning, kena tapao left and right. I'm road sweeper only

Haha... I saw you at Fuji before start... I also stop and searching for the horn button. Then you bang me

I like Golf ma. Although I have a few Lotus cars in my garage, but don't want to use it, overkill to other 425pp cars.

I have a long list of Japanese cars also, those NSX, MX-5, Silvia, etc. But don't feel like using Jap cars also
My garage 800+ cars, too long to scroll to find cars even after sorting. Slowly building to full list 1000+

All Lotus cars not consider as race car, right ?

Find the DVD plastic box. Look around and find a small rectangle patch, with a globe line picture.
It shows is R1, R2 or R3.

I just did that last weekend, rather itchy, and choose FGT (which does not have headlights), rather than X-2010 or other LM cars, for the 24-hours Sarthe (LeMans). I raced >6 hours in complete darkness, of course with driving line aid switched on.

YES, the A-Spec event

More posts and pics coming ...

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Added on March 26, 2012, 12:22 pmPlug in USB. Then at XMB save-game, copy it.

Also recommend to do PS3 backup (XMB also under Settings?) preferably once a month.


This post has been edited by cute_boboi: Mar 26 2012, 12:22 PM

The Diary for 24-hours Le Mans racing (Sarthe)
by cute_boboi

Wake up on Sat morning. Feel very free last weekend. Suddenly have the urge for long-range gaming. Hmm... why not the 24-hours A-Spec at Sarthe, since it has been on my mind for quite some time. With the long straights, I guess should not be that taxing as compare to 4-hours Nurb.
9 hours Mazda is easier than 4-hours Nurb, just that it take longer hours, and I've already done it last year.

10:00am Boot up PS3 and went into GT5. Thinking to use FGT, X-2010 or some other LM cars like Minolta, Audi R8 LM, etc. If FGT, will race in the dark, can I cope it ? ah... what the heck, let's go with FGT. Tune it to be more manageable, full power 927hp? Why ? Coz I don't think I can give 100% for all 24-hours and may need some assists.
TC=5
Driving line=On (Otherwise how do I drive in complete pitch black at night ? )
Active Steering=Off
ASM=On
ABS=1
Controller Sensitivity=7

Max speed 380km. I should have set it to 420.

10:30am (00:00 racing hours) Start race and off I go into distance. Using racing soft both front and back. I need to start lapping and cut some corners Averaging 3:00-3:15 per lap.
Best lap 2:59, then down to 2:57
Tires last about 5-6 laps, before it worn out with <40% left and start sliding when powering in/out of corners.

01:30pm (03:00 hours) Nothing fancy so far. Been pitting and lapping non stop. I was lucky as it was a sunny day with minimal clouds and blue sky. The sun is setting and I can feel it gets slightly less light. I was ahead by +8 laps. Eat my lunch (tapao economy-mee earlier in the morning) with one hand and the other pressing the X button on back-straight (Mulsanne). Yes, one lap, one mouthful

Pausing the game is not a choice, if were to finish it in two days

For the need to goto pee, drink water or get some snacks, etc. The only choice is do it once every 20-25 minutes during pit lane, which takes roughly 1 minute to refuel. Yes, it's that serious not to pause it. If come back few seconds late, the car will be out in the track, into the gravel.

03:30pm (05:00 hours) The GT5 sky is really getting dim. Twilight as they say it. Road is starting to get barely visible. Remember, my FGT doesn't have headlights or DRL
By now, I'm about +14 laps ahead, with best lap down to 2:56. Average each lap about 2:58-3:10

04:00pm (05:30 hours) Darkness fell, and it is complete dark. Only few streetlights available at specific corners along the entire track. It helps a lot (really), to guide me on the centre line. I am constantly driving following the blue line (driving line aid). My lap times drop to 3:00-3:30

My guess was night time (pure darkness) will be at least 6-8 hours, during the summer of Le Mans, minus the dawn and dusk of 1 hour each with some twilight lights.

Also, 4pm was the start of the Sepang 2012 F1 time trial, so I suspend the race for 1 hour.

05:00pm (05:30 hours) After an hour rest, resume back racing.

07:00pm (07:30 hours) Got used to the pure darkness. Those who say why I am racing with a black screen with stats will think I am crazy. Basically it is just a dotted blue line and red braking lines for many hours. I manage to get under 3 minutes lap as well as improve and average lap of 2:57-3:15

Since I am leading by 22+ laps, decided to take a break, go for quick bath and quick dinner. Park my car at the track side, pull handbrake.

07:30pm (08:00 hours) Back from break. My lead is down to 16 laps. My assumption is near correct. The fastest opponent is about 4 min per lap. ~8 laps = ~28 minutes.

Continue racing in the dark Believe it or not, I manage to set the fastest lap of 2:55 in complete darkness.
Still on RS/RS at 5-6 laps before pit.

11:45pm (12:15 hours) Enough of driving in black after ... 6.5 hours in the dark. Park my car on the track side again. Pull handbrake to avoid rollaway. My lead is back to 24 laps (rebuild from 16 laps).
Also, so far I'm lucky as not a single drop of rain yet.

12:30am (13:00 hours) Come to check, I missed the morning sunrise The sky is already very clear light-blue. Everything is visible, again! I've passed the most difficult time. My lead is down to 9 laps. Seems like the AI race faster when the there is sunlight.

Ok, that's it after 13 hours of racing for Saturday. Actually just 11.5 hours of driving and 1.5 hours of parking

Suspend the race again.


Sunday - yeah woohoo ...
11:00am (13:00 hours) Resume race again after a good minimal sleep. Racing not under darkness, I began to push the car again. Also to build enough lead again. Manage to nail several consecutive best lap in the upcoming several hours.
2:55
2:54
2:52
2:51
2:49

Lap times were good, averaging 2:50-3:05 with near full concentration.

Also, I change to front RS / RH rear, to try to minimize tyre wear using harder rubber. Seems like I can stay on track longer by 1-2 laps before pitting. Now I pit in 6-7 laps and I can pull the lead further ... faster.

04:00pm (18:00 hours) Nothing fancy until now, except trying to improve best lap and building lead. Still has stamina of 80%

F1 2012 at Sepang is starting, but due to rain, I was still racing. Then F1 race red-flag, so I keep on pushing my FGT on behalf for F1 team.

05:15pm (19:15 hours) F1 race re-start. Woohoo... park at trackside again, with a lead of 28 laps again.
My estimate is 28 laps x 4 minutes = 112 minutes, roughly under two hours and I can last until 7pm and chase back if needed.

06:49pm (20:45 hours) Congrats Alonso. Pity M.Schumacher. Back to GT5. My lead drop to +2 laps only
Time to put in more fast laps. Believe it or not, I am still good enough to put in fast laps. It starts to drop again:
2:49
2:48
Then it happen on lap 311
2:46.791

No bath. No dinner.

08:45pm (22:45 hours) Finally, the first drop of rain when I'm on Mulsanne straights !!! What a lucky racing, after nearly 23 hours of dry racing.

09:00pm (23:00 hours) Yeah, final hour. Countdown begins. I have clocked 372 laps so far, with +8 lap lead. Finally remember to take some pics, and here it is. See how dirty (sandy) the car after I run into the gravel-runoff area. Also the blackness at the front, side-pods and rear-wings.


* If you notice, the clock and countdown does not tally. Don't ask me why, you try race endurance and tell me. In actual fact, I race >24 hours. It is more like 25 hours of racing based on my wall clock.


09:40pm (23:40 hours) Since lead by +8 laps , decided to park again and take bath. 8 x 4 minutes = 32 minutes. Even if 8 x 3.5 minutes = 28 minutes.
Rain starting to pour and wetness indicator is rising fast to 20%+

Also, the engine-oil red-light on my dashboard begins to light up already.

09:50pm (23:50 hours) Come back and lead drop slowly to 4, 3, 2 ... I'm still parking before the pit lane entrance (before Ford Chicanes) with a total of 380 laps. Track going to flood soon, as indicator rise to 60%+

10:00pm (24:00 hours) *DING* Finally, I cruise across the finish line with 381 laps in my pocket and the rival at 2 laps behind. Pic was taken with shaky hands after holding DS3 controller for 11 hours today. Track wetness already reach >75%



All in all, it was super time consuming.
Not that tired as compared to 4 hours Nurb, which need 100% concentration. Sarthe has a lot of long straights and the track is wider.
Hand, fingers and palm muscles are tired and feel like spasm.
Eyes are tiring and started see double-image.
Used up 2 fully-charged DS3.
All in all of the ~25 hours racing time over two-days, I actually race for 20.5 hours only. The remaining 3.5 hours are parked at track side due to the lead I build up, which I roughly count at about 50 laps.
I notice the race-clock is slightly slower, as stated, I think the total race time is more towards 24-25 hours.

Was it worth it ?

(i) Credit wise, not worth it at 200% = 1,588,000
= 66,166 / hour
= 1,102.77 / minute


(ii) XP wise at 200% = 13,781,100
= 574,213 / hour
= 9,570.21 / minute

To reach from level 39 to 40, you only need about half of it at 7,576,732 XP


(iii) Free car ticket for R8 Race Car (Audi Playstation Team ORECA) '05


(iv) Reach A-spec level 40 and a PS3 GT5 silver trophy as well, for Excellent Driver

Will I do it again ?

Yes, for the final 24-hour Nurb, which I estimate will be 2.5-3 days instead of 2 days.
In the meantime, will take a long break from real endurance racing

FGT out, can't tune below 740pp anyway.
2J also out -> the vacuum cleaner

Yeah, going to pull out the R8 (Oreca, Playstation, plain-jane)


Last weekend just finish "practise" 381 laps at Sarthe
x 13.629km = 5,192 km

I guess need at least 2x pitstop. For FGT at full-throttle, full-tank can last about 7-9 laps, but even before that, tyre wear out already.

That is Alien³
Even my FGT full-power, cut all corners (read: penalty) , also max clock 3:46+
That's just 6 sec different without cutting corners.

My old batch of drivers are deteriorating 20% already.

My new batch of drivers, only 10+ race experience, but level ~35+. Still not good enough on braking & cornering. The new bobs run wide into gravel at Spa. With my older batch of bob (100+ races), it holds the line well and use kerbs aggressively.

Grinding them on latest Cote d'Azur now to practise braking & corner. With 24-hours Nurb, a single b-spec grinding at 200%, a new driver can jump to level 33-34 with a single race

Later lah, I try to share my bob.


Recently busy with holiday and work, no time join online.

ya la. Ternak bobs, don't need 250 million

I not yet try online Bob racing. Just offline b-spec. Quite fun to push them to overtake on fair races (FGT at Expert? level got 6x championship races, need many hours)
The online b-spec >600pp also fun for short 15-20 minutes races.

It's like Ross Brawn asking M.Schumacher to go faster, then he slides off course

CR currently I have enough. Bank balance always maintain 15-19 mil Slowly collecting cars now.

I notice Bob got slight difference (at same mood level) even between level 38 vs 39 (or any other level).
When pushed to max, a clean fastest 1-lap can have time difference of 100-300ms.

Not sure my lembu bob level 35-36 is good enough or not

perah santan la

Chaparral 2J cannot give. Either get from 1970 birthday ticket or level 23 ticket.