Shift 2 Unleashed - Time Trial Championship Season 1

Merlin5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:29

Blimey Mr.F! Very good. Sent you a request btw.

Well, Nikaz's tip's are helping me. 1st turn in 4th not 3rd is good. Earlier at 7th is good. New gearing is good. So, slight improvement in laptime.

Here you are Nikaz, after 2 laps.

Mr.Fantastic · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:35

How are people getting the tyre info etc etc?

NIKAZ · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:40

Mr.Fantastic said:
How are people getting the tyre info etc etc?

Not sure on wheel setups but on x360 pad it's left on the 'D' pad to cycle the HUD. Once cycled to Telemetry it's Down on the 'D' pad to select the THREE telemetry graphs
Tyre Friction
Tyre Temp/ Suspension
G-Forces

Nice time BTW. I know how hard that time is to achieve

Merlin5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:41

Mr.Fantastic said:
How are people getting the tyre info etc etc?

Toggle your HUD button. then press right for the tyre screen.

Mr.Fantastic · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:45

Thanks for the info guys, will look at it when i get back into the game.

NIKAZ said:
Nice time BTW. I know how hard that time is to achieve

Tbh it was not that hard, i tried first attempt with my normal setup but it did not have enough downforce on the front i made afew adjustments to the setup and on my 2nd attempt i got that time above.

Merlin5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 20:52

What's your downforce Mr.F? I'm using 10/4.

Mr.Fantastic · 20 Apr 2011 at 21:01

F 15
R 7

Merlin5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 21:52

Woo hoo!

Tried your downforce Mr.F. Felt good, but I went back to 10/4.

danswan · 21 Apr 2011 at 01:28

Getting close to sub 1:18 - great combo this week

richardirv · 21 Apr 2011 at 13:54

Ok, here is my time, its not a bad time but not really happy with any of the laps I have put in so far though to be honest. Not really enjoying the car or track this week either, don't know why.

Will maybe have another go if I get chance but its not looking likely!

richardirv · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:03

Merlin5 said:
Nikaz, thanks a lot mate for the tips, I shall put them into action forthwith!
Ah right, I thought I should change gears when I did, just about over the halfway marker, but I've now noticed the rev counter (didn't really look at it before) and I'll change in higher revs. It looks like I've been changing gears sometimes around 6900, but mostly a bit earlier.

3rd corner, yeah, keeping in 4th would keep the car tighter for the racing line, I'll do that.

8th corner is a mare. If I pull it in too tight towards the barrier, I sometimes hit it, but I'll try and get that nailed.

Wow, I'd never seen those screens before with friction, tyres, brake temps, etc. pretty cool. Yep, I'll do that for you.

Gearing. Having messed around with different settings, I settled in the end on final drive 2, and everything else on default (1,2,2,2,2,2). I'll definitely try yours though.

Btw, I've sent out friend requests on autolog. I know you've accepted, Nikaz.
arknor, richardirv and some others, did you receive them yet? It still says request sent.

Only just seen this, no I haven't bud, got no requests at the moment only ones pending that I have sent out. Not sure if you were one of them? Not at home now to check.

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2011 at 15:25

That's odd richard, I've still got 5 requests pending sent a couple of days ago (kennydoc and arknor also but not in view on screenshot), including you. I sent Mr.Fantastic a request last night (rc10racer) and it looks like he received it, same with Nikaz, MoodyB and someone called FalconWingsEU (I've no idea who that is, he sent me an invite

) so I guess the requests are getting through but maybe not to everyone?

richardirv · 21 Apr 2011 at 15:28

Very strange! I will check again next time I am on but I did look this morning and didn't see any. Only the pending ones I sent, sounds like there is a problem with some requests to me!

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2011 at 15:32

I've just removed all 5 requests and re-sent them, so you may now see it. Perhaps there's some glitch in the request system. If not, can you add me from your end? Cheers

richardirv · 21 Apr 2011 at 15:35

Ok, sound. I will let you know.

NIKAZ · 22 Apr 2011 at 13:39

FINAL STANDINGS Season 1 Week 2 Leaderboard

Pos Lap--time Split-Tm Pts Driver
01. 01:17.136 +00.000 25 NIKAZ
02. 01:17.563 +00.427 20 danswan
03. 01:17.684 +00.548 16 Mr.Fantastic
04. 01:18.137 +01.001 13 Merlin5
05. 01:18.282 +01.146 11 richardirv
06. 01:19.105 +01.969 10 anihcniedam
07. 01:19.398 +02.262 09 MoodyB
08. 01:19.532 +02.396 08 SouthEastBlue
09. 01:20.501 +03.365 07 arknor

Merlin5 · 22 Apr 2011 at 13:55

It's odd. I've been doing hours of this circuit and driving it far better and far cleaner/tighter than I did when I got my personal best, yet I can't even match my best time, doesn't make sense really. I just don't get it. :confused:

I'm redownloading the game anyway, there's loads of weird things happening with it. Takes 3 times to start, have to ctrl/alt/dlt between each attempt, ('shift 2 unleashed' bitmap shows with circle of dots but does nothing), carousel menu cycles uncontrollably sometimes, racing line sometimes disappears at turn 8 then returns further down the track.

Btw , nikaz, you said "If you've had a good last corner, you'll max out 6th gear right at the braking point for turn 1.", well, mine redlines quite a few metres before the braking point, is it meant to be like that? I'm using your gears.

Mr.Fantastic · 22 Apr 2011 at 14:02

Merlin5 said:
Btw, nikaz, you said "If you've had a good last corner, you'll max out 6th gear right at the braking point for turn 1.", well, mine redlines quite a few metres before the braking point, is it meant to be like that? I'm using your gears.

It depends on downforce levels aswell, looking at Nikaz middle spilt time it seems he might be running higher downforce levels then you and me.... something like 17/13 or in that region.

Merlin5 · 22 Apr 2011 at 14:07

Mr.Fantastic said:
It depends on downforce levels aswell, looking at Nikaz middle spilt time it seems he might be running higher downforce levels then you and me.... something like 17/13 or in that region.

Well, even using your 15-7 downforce, I'm redlining too early I think. I presume your gearing is different and you're not redlining, or not redlining too early? Would a higher downforce be better, because I thought that would create more drag and slow me down? It's certainly easier to make the turns more consistently using 15-7 than my previous 10-4.

NIKAZ · 22 Apr 2011 at 15:36

Merlin5 said:
Well, even using your 15-7 downforce, I'm redlining too early I think. I presume your gearing is different and you're not redlining, or not redlining too early? Would a higher downforce be better, because I thought that would create more drag and slow me down? It's certainly easier to make the turns more consistently using 15-7 than my previous 10-4.

Yeah, sorry Merlin should have said I'm running Rear 13 I think. If I have a good last corner it redlines before the braking point, excellent last corner it redlines well before the braking point. I've since changed it to 1 instead of 0. I've obviously improved my speed through the last corner so had to readjust.