Re: NFSPU, can't get the 360 in factory driver..

Hi, I can't tell you exactly how to do it, but it gave me fits, too. I remember thinking I was never going to get it, that I wasn't co-ordinated enough or something. It wasn't until I stopped trying so hard to perfectly co-ordinate a sequence of maneuvers that it just kind of went around, and somewhat gracefully at that! Suddenly I was able to just go spinning around all over the place at will on that skidpad thing. It is a very fluid movement when you get it down. So, no explanation of what to do, just a little coaching to relax and let it flow. It is not a wild series of flailing moves when done correctly. ~daxe PS..pay more attention to steering than your brakes. Brakes kill momentum and your momentum is what carries the move through. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. Andrew

All I know is that the more beer you drink, the harder it is to get it done... Maybe if you lay off the sauce a little! ;) Warlock! Andrew Turner wrote: > I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand > brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > > Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. > > Andrew

It has been a while but let me see if I can remember my technique. I assume you are trying to do it in the 911 Turbo and not the GT1 (that comes later.) I used the auto transmission just to make things a little easier. Hit the cones at about 60 mph or so (I think.) Use the handbrake just enough to get the back end to come around and then let it go. So when you hit the cones, go hard right on the wheel, get off the gas, and hit the handbrake for about 1/2 a second, all at the same time. When you get the the 180 point (looking at where you just came from) turn the wheel the other direction and that will help you through the second half of the spin. When you are a little more than 3/4 of the way through the whole 360, turn the wheel back the other way to avoid overspinning. Good luck!!! TW On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:40:15 GMT, Andrew Turner <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand >brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > >Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. > >Andrew >

Todd Walker twalker294 at earthlink.net

thanks Walk, I'll try that... Andrew Walk Walker wrote:

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> Try heading left at the start and coming into the cones as fast as you can > from the left side. Use the handbrake and regular brakes and when the car > hits 270 degrees, get back into the gas. > > -/-Walk Walker > > "Andrew Turner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand > > brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > > > > Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. > > > > Andrew > > > >

And all this time I thought it was the crack. Andrew "Mel Lanzer Co." wrote:

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> All I know is that the more beer you drink, the harder it is to get it > done... > Maybe if you lay off the sauce a little! ;) > > Warlock! > > Andrew Turner wrote: > > > I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand > > brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > > > > Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. > > > > Andrew

thanks Todd, I will try this too. Andrew Todd Walker wrote:

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> It has been a while but let me see if I can remember my technique. I > assume you are trying to do it in the 911 Turbo and not the GT1 (that > comes later.) I used the auto transmission just to make things a > little easier. Hit the cones at about 60 mph or so (I think.) Use the > handbrake just enough to get the back end to come around and then let > it go. So when you hit the cones, go hard right on the wheel, get off > the gas, and hit the handbrake for about 1/2 a second, all at the same > time. When you get the the 180 point (looking at where you just came > from) turn the wheel the other direction and that will help you > through the second half of the spin. When you are a little more than > 3/4 of the way through the whole 360, turn the wheel back the other > way to avoid overspinning. > > Good luck!!! > > TW > > On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:40:15 GMT, Andrew Turner <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand > >brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > > > >Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. > > > >Andrew > > > > Todd Walker > twalker294 at earthlink.net

Andrew Turner wrote: > I know it has to be done within the cones... I've tried everything; hand > brake, manual, automatic, downshift, etc. > > Any help appreciated. I bet I could do it in a real one, though. ;-) I know what you mean - might turn out to be expensive in tyres and body panels though. I guess you've probably cracked this by now, but I had trouble too. Ironically, when they ask you to do this later on you get a 993 Turbo rather than a 993 Carrera, the the Turbo spins much easier. (thank goodness) Two points I noted: The behind the car "arcade view" helped me get clear exactly when I had entered the cones (at the cost of realism) I was keeping the car on hoping the car would do a "doughnut" but this didn't work - I guess you have to slide it around on momentum rather outright power. -- Steven Crook-Dawkins -

When I said.... > I was keeping the car on hoping the car would do a "doughnut" > but this didn't work - I guess you have to slide it around on > momentum rather outright power. I meant.... "I was keeping the *gas* on hoping the car would do a "doughnut" but this didn't work - I guess you have to slide it around on momentum rather outright power." Sorry. -- Steven Crook-Dawkins

Now *this* is the kind of advice I like! (you know, relax & let it flow...) thanks... I find sometimes when racing a circuit, and more lately, the linear courses in NFSPU, that I "lose track" of where I am until I'm at the start/finish line.... I guess it's being "in the zone".. and I did this at the Monte Carlo circuit (the first one) in PU, and beat my best time by almost 14 seconds!!! (not that it's a great time, just a big difference - I still haven't played it that much). I just wish I could remember what I did :) Andrew daxe wrote:

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> Hi, > > I can't tell you exactly how to do it, but it gave me fits, too. I > remember thinking I was never going to get it, that I wasn't co-ordinated > enough or something. > > It wasn't until I stopped trying so hard to perfectly co-ordinate a > sequence of maneuvers that it just kind of went around, and somewhat > gracefully at that! > > Suddenly I was able to just go spinning around all over the place at > will on that skidpad thing. It is a very fluid movement when you get it > down. > > So, no explanation of what to do, just a little coaching to relax and > let it flow. It is not a wild series of flailing moves when done correctly. > > ~daxe > > PS..pay more attention to steering than your brakes. Brakes kill momentum > and your momentum is what carries the move through. > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

When I said.... I meant.... "I was keeping the *gas* on hoping the car would do a "doughnut" but this didn't work - I guess you have to slide it around on momentum rather outright power." Sorry. -- Steven Crook-Dawkins

Thats basically the way I do it!!! Franz

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> > It has been a while but let me see if I can remember my technique. I > > assume you are trying to do it in the 911 Turbo and not the GT1 (that > > comes later.) I used the auto transmission just to make things a > > little easier. Hit the cones at about 60 mph or so (I think.) Use the > > handbrake just enough to get the back end to come around and then let > > it go. So when you hit the cones, go hard right on the wheel, get off > > the gas, and hit the handbrake for about 1/2 a second, all at the same > > time. When you get the the 180 point (looking at where you just came > > from) turn the wheel the other direction and that will help you > > through the second half of the spin. When you are a little more than > > 3/4 of the way through the whole 360, turn the wheel back the other > > way to avoid overspinning. > > > > Good luck!!! > > > > TW

Thats basically the way I do it!!! Franz