Need for Speed Shift - Time Trial Championship ** Season 3 ** (Multiplatform)

Bit quicker!!!
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It's Friday evening with ~a day of Season 3 Week 7 to run.

At the time of posting the current standings dictate that;

01. danswan
02. inam22

have the honour of submitting nominations for Season 3 Week 8.

You may submit you're nominations via email to:

[email protected]

or if you prefer, you may post your nominations between 5pm & 6pm in this very thread Saturday afternoon.
 
Bit more tweaking of the Wheel Alignment settings. Haven't gone any faster with these tweaks though the car is less prone to oversteer in the slow sections. May help you out a bit.
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Let's get Season 3 Week 8 underway

Week 8: Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 'Reward Car' @ Silverstone international

Chosen by inam22

*** For those that don't know where these 'Reward Cars', 'Loaner Cars' are located ***
Select Quick Race (as usual)
Select Time Attack (as usual)
Press right shoulder button on xbox pad/ 9 on keyboard to access 'Reward Cars' and again to access 'Loaner Cars'.
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
What controllers are you all using for this?
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I use the x360 pad. Some are using wheel/peddle setups like G25.
What ever you choose let us know & we'll share the settings for said controller. It's very important to set the controller up to your taste though. How much deadzone you like etc.
 
Ultim8 said:
Went and got myself NFS:Shift yesterday and going to order a G27 on Tuesday so will hopefully be joining in soon guys :D although if you dont hear from me again its because im rubbish and too embarrassed to post again lol.

Haven't played a racing game since ridge racer but im getting bored with FPS and need to broaden my gaming and also think eyefinity would make a big difference to driving games.
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Welcome Ultim8.
Don't concern yourself with being on the pace straight off the bat, it takes time & a lot of patience to achieve good times to compete in this thread. Ask Merlin5 what it was like when he first had a go & look at him now, pretty much on par with consistent top timers like myself, inam22 & danswan who've been playing this game since release.

All Newcomers - Use the rest of this season (two more weeks, we race 10 weekly events per season) as practice for the New Upcoming Season 4 thread.

We're all here for the fun factor with a challenge tagged on for healthy competition. This is a great driving game imo made extra special by this thread.
 
Into the 15's..... just.
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Wish the front end would stop bouncing around every time I ride a curb.

Great combo Inam & excellent time Dan, that's going to be tough to beat.
 
Ultim8 said:
just a quick question on this game is there anyway of playing it without the CD in the drive, and i mean without cracking the exe or is it just something i gotta get used to these days....hate having to put a cd in the drive each time i play a game thats all.....lazy i know.
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Officially you need the CD in the drive, so yes.
I use an alternate exe for patch 1.02. I hate CD in drive too.
 
Ultim8 said:
lol i nearly broke 1.28.....gonna take a while to get used to this. I've never concetrated so hard on a game before but isnt it excellent :D
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Hi Ultim8,
Glad you're enjoying it, it is a truly excellent sim game once you get the controls sorted to your liking.
Just want to check a few things with if I may to help get to grips with this game.

1. What 'Driving Model' are you using 'Normal', 'Experienced' or 'Pro'? Start with normal to begin. It offers slightly more grip than experienced. Pro is for Wheel & Pedal users only & therefore offers the most realistic handling & minimal grip when compared to Normal & Experienced modes.

2. Turn OFF ALL aids. Braking, Traction Control & Stability Control. If you must use Traction Control until you're more accustomed, set it to 'Low'. Using these aids i.e. ON will seriously slow you down.

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3. Braking - Brake in a straight line & remember to come off the brakes as you begin your turn-in. On most of the tracks the Guide line (or racing line) gives a false impression as where to brake. You can brake well into the Red zone, in some cases about 2 or 3 car lengths.

4. Cornering (Steering) - Try not to shear at the wheel, hold a steady steering position to maintain the line for the corner ONLY applying the GAS whilst straightening up, when you know you won't have to correct the car with more steering input.

5. Cornering (Apex) - I know it's a given, but try not stray to far from the apex of corners. Bear in mind some cars don't like riding too much curb.

6. Cornering (Feathering) - Now this is probably the hardest skill to learn even at a relatively low level, especially in powerful Rear Wheel Drive cars not so much in Front Wheel Drive. Basically you can control/balance the car around a curve by constantly feathering the throttle with minute inputs/outputs of the throttle whilst maintaining momentum & med to high revs (no need to drop a gear). For example, on this weeks combo the last right curve, to maintain good momentum & importantly good exit speed you need to balance the car in 2nd gear initially feathering the throttle so you can change up to third gear early at peak revs.

7. Gears - Use Manual gears. It offers so much more control than auto.

Anything else you want to ask just fire away. Only too glad to help
 
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