So shinchan^^, how fast is your Haruna (course 6/7) time now?

My current record is 3'20"xxx using both R-34 and NSX in MidValley.

Last course (7/7) record is 4'38"xxx with NSX.

All records are done without using NOS and in bumper camera view.

This is an except of my postings in my Battle Gear gaming circle in another forum during February when BG4 appeared in Berjaya Time Square.

It contains a lot of my observation and thoughts that may be helpful to fellow BG4 players.














This post has been edited by Hattori: Jun 24 2006, 09:17 PM

I noticed something about the COMP's A.I.
They do not complete the course run at a fixed time.

For example, a newbie playing with COMP level 3 could get 1st place in Haruna but his time could be 4'20"xxx.
The 2nd place COMP car distance would be less than 3 seconds behind him; and it would complete the course with 4"23"xxx.

However, if I drove with COMP level 3 and I would usually get 3'25"xxx.
But the 2nd car would not complete in at 4'23"xxx but it will complete with 3'28"xxx.

That means the COMP will slow down for weaker drivers, and will speed up accordingly too with faster drivers.

A little update.

I played BG4 last Sunday after missing in action from the arcades for 3 weeks and manage to improve my record to 4'33"xxx for Super Dreadnaught (course 7/7) using the Class S NSX.

GSC the Malaysian Battle Gear's master of 4WDs and BG2/BG3T snow courses has left me far behind in Dreadnaught (6/7) with his record of 3'13"xxx using the Class S R-34 while I'm still stuck with the 3'20"xxx in both my NSX and R-34. T_T

There are more than 1 method to drift.
The easy way is to pull the handbrake.

I usually use 3 types of drift, powerslide when using NSX or any RWD cars, 4WD drift for the Skyline and also braking drift for both type of cars depending on the corners.

As for how to drift perfectly, there is the saying "Practise makes perfect".

I'm staying near Cheras Leisure Mall while shinchan is staying nearby Berjaya Times Square....so 1 Utama is a bit far.

Can you tell us what day and time you are at Crossfire?
Maybe I could drop by sometimes to see what is happening there?

I'm very sure GSC would still be around to play BG3:Tuned in Crossfire.
Watch out for him and be amazed by his leet 4WD skill, he's quite tall and wears glasses.

Pictures credited to the MRGC_HANG and our Battle Gear forum in Circles99 :

(Sorry, no frontal shots of his face)


GSC And CAT
"GSC seleting a car lo, while CAT is running for his life."



Impreza Spec C Tuned On Ice
"performed by GSC the great "Ice Man" of Malaysia."



GDB Spec C Tuned On Ice
"same with previous course, Expert B"

You have not been to Sg. Wang yet.

What is the IOI mall's fastest time on what track?

ISK?

Sounds like our current head of MRGC (Malaysian Racing Game Community) Itsuki Hang.

He is the founder/organizer of K.L. Battle Gear community and one of the best Battle Gear drivers alongside GSC, Tatmo, and other members of the now defunct BG3 SDM (Speed Demons Malaysia) team.

Visit our Battle Gear circle at www.circles99.com/bg_malx

When we play BG, I'm sure we discovered about 95% of players bang the walls badly and pathetically.

However, the veterans of the BG racing have learned to hit the walls with style & class by using the GWT (Graze Wall Technique) to improve the Time Attack records.

However, I myself do not prefer to use techniques of hitting walls because this is not feasable in real life racing or ramming/blocking rivals because this only shows poor sportmanship and poor driving skills.

Quoting my own post #13 in this thread :



2 PM battle in MidValley on BG3 only?
Any plans to battle on BG4?

Hu hu tiffneedle, you are one of the BG3 NESYS key owners like us, then you must a very good driver.

I have an AE86 Mecha Tune key and a Tuned R-34 key, but I'm better with the NSX and S2000.

Too bad I'm working on Saturdays, and busy on Sunday mornings too so I can't watch you in action unless I escape early from work.

This post has been edited by Hattori: Feb 5 2007, 11:31 AM

ZOMG!!! I want to play clutch and gearbox too!!!!

Itsuki Hang will belanja lunch for anyone who can convince any KL Holiday Planet boss to get the BG4T.

Anyway, I try to escape from work this Saturday and go to 1U if possible, maybe will arrive at 3 PM.

Woh, I almost going to 1U but I have additional work that kept me in office until 5 PM just now.

IOI Mall, 2PM on Sunday?
I think I can come and take a look.

So -vip3rleon9-, can come or not?
Let's learn from one another.. I'm extremely poor with the Impreza and generally all the rally type 4WD vehicles.

Hu hu..just came back from Puchong's IOI Mall.

There is only one challenger playing againt me using a white S2000 on Akina downhill.

Anyway, I got 3rd ranking behind ISK3 with 3'25"xxx on Akina downhill Time Attack using the nick "HTRI".

I'm not a graze wall technique user ler.
If I graze wall, it is accidental, not intentional.

In fact, I'm :

i) not a top view camera user; just using bumper camera all the time.
ii) not a handbrake user.
iii) not a NOS user, but will use it if the rival is far in front of me and uses NOS at that time like ISK3 time attack.
iv) not a turbo engined car user.
v) not a rival car blocker / banger.

With all these disadvantages, I try to bring out the best driving ability in me to provide a good match & challenge against top tier cars & drivers that depend too much on car power, NOS, or usage of unrealistic video game loopholes like helicopter (top view) camera; in order to prove that good driving skills do not need too much dependency on these things.

Ho ho.. now you very ganas already, can battle level 7 CPU.

I have 50/50 chance of beating level 8 CPU on Akina.
Level 9 CPUs always bang me around, causing my NSX to lose a lot of speed; so currently I can only get 2nd.

Hmm.. Haven't try COM Level 8 on last map yet.

I might not be playing much on BG4 because I just bought the Logitech G25 Racing Wheel last week.

Now I need to get a table to mount the steering & find some time to play with it.

I didn't attempt the Time Attack on BG3 series, so for BG3 regular (non-BG3 Tuned), I think I got 3'13" for Dreadnaught Standard while battling with 4 star COMP & 2'45" for Super Dreadnaught Standard also by battling 4 star COMP using the NSX-R.

I always about 15 secs away from 1st world ranking, how slow of me T_T.

I only manage to play BG3T only once 2 years ago at 1U Crossfire and didn't have anymore chance to play it.

The Imprezzas ruled for BG2 and BG3 series, while RX-7 and R-34 ruled for BG4.