Can anyone good at time trials maybe give this #70 600pp race cars at Sarthe a try to see if I'm on to something here? (this is the one ending tonight, and it is run at the night track)
In this particular TT, most of the really obvious cheater cars were specifically excluded, such as the Red Bulls.
Unfortunately the 2J was not, so it is two time trials in a row that seem dominated by the car. Or is it?
I ask, because I can't get remotely close to the times that some people are getting with that car. I wouldn't expect to be right up there with the leaders, but at least several seconds back on a track like Sarthe 2009 w/ chicanes.
Now, it's at night so driving the 2J is a PITA for sure, but if you have a ghost to chase it's easier.
So, getting to the main point (finally) there were some hidden versions of the Red Bulls being used which many entries were cleaned up. They are the ones that say "(5g)" in the car name. PD cleaned those up because they are obvious hacks/cheats.
What I suspect is that many of the other seemingly legit car's times are also hacked because the times are a little too good to be true.
Take a look:
http://www.mygranturismo.net/rankings.php?sec=3&board=146These times seem to be bunk too:
Imprezza Super Touring Car
RS200 Rally Car '85
FTO Super Touring Car
ALTEZZA Touring Car
Focus Rally Car '99
155 2.5 V6 TI '93
Vertigo Race Car '04
At first I tried the Vertigo because I wanted to see if anything could rival the 2J without actually using the 2J. THere was nothing I could do to that car to get it close to the times (within 9 or 10 sec would have been okay).
I tried the GT One Race Car with a tricked out ballast and limiter did well enough, which was good enough to beat everyone on my FL except a guy using a 2J, who was obviously not cheating btw.
I went back to the 2J not wanting to drive in the dark, but tried everything I could think of to trick the car out, but it was noticably slower than my GT One RC. That stands to reason that most of the 2J times are hacked cars, but certainly not all of them.
I think anything faster than "X" time with a 2J must also be faked.
Can anyone get something relatively close to the top 2J times, meaning as close as you would typically be in a Time Trial like this one?
I'm hoping to pass along some analysis to MasterGT so maybe the new Time Trials will be better planned.
My time in the GT One is:
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