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License required. Now we've got Polyphony's first attempt at an all 4-wheel drive series!!! The idea here is these front-engine
cars can grab, understeer, and oversteer.
This is truly one of the more annoying series of GT1. Constant punting into our rear bumpers means we cannot perform
delicate slowing, with early brakes and careful turn-in points. They also take every opportunity to miss their own braking
points, and then fully broadside us from the left or the right. It's more like bumper cars than Gran Turismo. Seems some of
the PD devs were planning ahead for GT2.
If we do happen to get into
the lead, maintaining it now means near-perfect cornering. The smallest of mistakes causes then to pounce all over again.
Otherwise, most of the competition is competitively balanced.
Only the 457 horsepower Mitsubishi GTO stands out, blowing away the others down straights if it's gotten
through traffic. I won't recommend outright banning this car if it shows up, as it is possible to beat it with the suggested
power. Bans are therefore a judgment call for anyone reading this.
Parts:
Tires: Semi-Racing. Do some experimenting
with whatever car is being driven. Pay attention especially to the rear tires, and whether they're sliding or losing
lateral grip. This is the enemy of AWD cars. Any sliding means lost speed. Soft/Soft combinations often
work best for these, though there may be some models which Soft/Hard are better.
Brakes: Sports Brake Kit (Normal can be tried for
sportiest models).
Suspension: Sports
or Semi-Racing
Stabilizers:
Soft or Medium
Gear Type: Normal for
most cars, at all three tracks. Super-tall gears might require a closer box.
Clutch: Twin Plate
Flywheel: as needed
Payment:
Pole Position: 1,500
First Place: 5,000
Championship: 10,000
Prize: '95 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV, yellow with yellow rims.
Qualifying: Add
10 horsepower for every position below 2nd. The competition in this series can otherwise eat us alive
with the punting and bonking.
Race: Notice there isn't
as much difference between qualifying power and racing power at Trial Mountain. Everyone in this series has somewhere between
300 and 450 horses, roughly, and we're going to be doing the same. PD did a terrible job setting qualifying times at the other
two tracks, as we'll see shortly.
Otherwise,
the boxy cars in this series also have herding together like a pack of buffalo. They crows around US too, which really gets
annoying. Use less power if more challenge is needed, but I'm sticking to the numbers above.
Add an extra 10 horsepower if
the 457 horsepower Mitsubishi GTO shows up, unless you're that confident.
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Trial Mountain II
Qualify: 7.87
Racing: 8.17
Optimum
Qualifying Time: 1:32.769
Maybe it's me, but Trial Mountain is the easiest reversed track in my opinion!
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Grand Valley Speedway
Qualify: as much power as possible.
Racing: 7.97
Optimum Qualifying Time:
Qualifying on pole or even 5th place is similar to the FF Challenge at Route 11: basically impossible at this
track. Maybe a full-powered Mitsubishi GTO can do it. Otherwise, I'm usually 6 seconds behind the others at this track.
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Special
Stage Route 5 II
Qualify: as much as possible.
Racing: 7.44
Optimum Qualifying Time: Lol
Again, don't bother too much with qualifying. This track uses another bogus lap time set by some phantom car,
nearly impossible to beat unless your ride's packing hundreds more horses than my current '93 Subaru sedan with Stage
3 power is packing.
Since this is a new track, rarely
used in GT4 and never used in GT5, it helps to do several laps of practice. Get in the habit of looking at the banners
which hang overhead, and placards sticking out of walls to determine braking and turning-in zones.
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OPPONENT CARS
'95 Mitsubishi GTO MR
457 hp // 3,651 lbs.
'94 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR
313 hp // 2,738 lbs.
'95 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV GSR 331
hp // 2,934 pounds
'95 Nissan Skyline GT-R
369 hp // 3,326 lbs.
'91 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R 291
hp // 2,651 lbs
'95 Subaru Legacy Touring Wagon
GT-B 318 hp // 3,108 lbs.
'?? Subaru Impreza STi Type R
311 hp // 2,695 lbs.
'94 Subaru SVX Version L
336 hp // 3,521 lbs.
'95 Toyota Celica GT-FOUR
304 hp // 3,000 lbs.
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CARS DRIVEN
'95
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. IV GSR (2,786 pounds)
'93 Subaru Legacy Touring Sedan
RS (3,000 pounds)
