Stephen
I find fitting slick tyres helps a great deal.
and you may want to fit a performace exhaust, stiff "sway" (anti roll) bar.
Of course all this costs money : -
I found the repair bills on the 944 (of all things!) quite steep, so I
discovered
a way to make extra money in the game:...
If you buy a second hand car and repair it, its market value ends up being
more than the original cost plus the repair bill. You can then immediately
sell it at a profit. The profit margins are pretty slim on (say) a 914, but
you can work your way up to 911 Turbos, RS's, and the 550 Spyder.
Once you begin restoring the 550's - you can slap on a healthy bit of
profit and still sell it.
This was how I managed to afford a 935 over the weekend.
Hope this helps,
Steve
> Stephen
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The other nice thing is to buy a handful of original 356s during the classic
era and watch the value go up. I figure by the modern era they should have
increased in value by about 7x.
Stephen
> I find fitting slick tyres helps a great deal.
> and you may want to fit a performace exhaust, stiff "sway" (anti roll)
bar.
> Of course all this costs money : -
> I found the repair bills on the 944 (of all things!) quite steep, so I
> discovered
> a way to make extra money in the game:...
> If you buy a second hand car and repair it, its market value ends up being
> more than the original cost plus the repair bill. You can then immediately
> sell it at a profit. The profit margins are pretty slim on (say) a 914,
but
> you can work your way up to 911 Turbos, RS's, and the 550 Spyder.
> Once you begin restoring the 550's - you can slap on a healthy bit of
> profit and still sell it.
> This was how I managed to afford a 935 over the weekend.
> Hope this helps,
> Steve
> > Help! I'm getting killed in the Golden Era and racking up repair bills
at a
> > frightening rate. The 914s were a walk in the park. The Carrera 2.7RS
was
> > a bit more intense, but I still managed to win most races. But the 911
> > Turbo. Arg! I know it has a reputation as being a beast, but I just
can't
> > tame it. I end up 6th in most races. Even if I drive cleanly, the top
> > Turbos run away from me and hide. Any setup hints? Tuning? I'm
assuming I
> > have to get though this tournament to proceed. By the way, do I have to
get
> > top three in all Golden Era tournaments to proceed?
> > Stephen
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The Moby*** is a spectacular used car investment too, even if you don't
repair it (just a little tip for the Modern Era ;-)).
Jan.
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Yep, they go up to around 100+k.
> Stephen
> > You do have to get into the top three, yes.
> > I find fitting slick tyres helps a great deal.
> > and you may want to fit a performace exhaust, stiff "sway" (anti roll)
> bar.
> > Of course all this costs money : -
> > I found the repair bills on the 944 (of all things!) quite steep, so I
> > discovered
> > a way to make extra money in the game:...
> > If you buy a second hand car and repair it, its market value ends up
being
> > more than the original cost plus the repair bill. You can then
immediately
> > sell it at a profit. The profit margins are pretty slim on (say) a 914,
> but
> > you can work your way up to 911 Turbos, RS's, and the 550 Spyder.
> > Once you begin restoring the 550's - you can slap on a healthy bit of
> > profit and still sell it.
> > This was how I managed to afford a 935 over the weekend.
> > Hope this helps,
> > Steve
> > > Help! I'm getting killed in the Golden Era and racking up repair
bills
> at a
> > > frightening rate. The 914s were a walk in the park. The Carrera
2.7RS
> was
> > > a bit more intense, but I still managed to win most races. But the
911
> > > Turbo. Arg! I know it has a reputation as being a beast, but I just
> can't
> > > tame it. I end up 6th in most races. Even if I drive cleanly, the
top
> > > Turbos run away from me and hide. Any setup hints? Tuning? I'm
> assuming I
> > > have to get though this tournament to proceed. By the way, do I have
to
> get
> > > top three in all Golden Era tournaments to proceed?
> > > Stephen
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Yep, I have GPL experience. I found the Porsches even more sensitive to
drop-throttle oversteer than the mighty GPL cars!
Thanks to everyone for the tips. Tires were my biggest problem. Second
biggest problem was a very dirty, sticky potentiometer in my controller.
Fixed both problems, and I am now flying along. Hey, any driving game that
benefits from a pot cleaning must be a "sim" in my books!
Thanks also for the advice on some of the skidpad tests; once I stopped
treating every pylon as an excuse to pull a handbrake turn, and instead as a
marker for an autocross course, my times came tumbling down. Now all I want
is a set of "pit tires" (the real skinny bicycle tires they use in F1 pits)
for pulling 360s on the grippier cars.
Stephen
