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Re: NFS:PU Factory Driver - I'm stuck

9 posts by 7 people · 05 Apr 2000 - 05 Apr 2000 21:28 UTC

Tim O 05 Apr 2000#280491
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 21:28:39 GMT, "Michael Basden" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I finally got through it. Ends up I was just over driving the car through >some corners and not getting a good line out of them. Once I calmed down >and just 'did' it I finished in about 3:45 without any major incidents. Now >if I could only get out of 1975 (thought it was 78 but I was wrong) and demo >the stupid 996 for a guy! Argh! LOL I don't think you're to the warehouse parts run mission yet. That'll be the next big hurdle. There is also a 6 minute "knock down the cone" mission that took me a few tries to get right. Driving cleanly was the key to that one, too. Now, off to try to ram Dieter into the guardrail so he can lose and retire... :-) Tim
Jim C. 05 Apr 2000#280499
On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 21:28:39 GMT, "Michael Basden" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I finally got through it. Ends up I was just over driving the car through >some corners and not getting a good line out of them. Once I calmed down >and just 'did' it I finished in about 3:45 without any major incidents. Now >if I could only get out of 1975 (thought it was 78 but I was wrong) and demo >the stupid 996 for a guy! Argh! LOL Play with the setup of the car by lowering and stiffening it. Also add a couple more lbs. of pressure to the rear tires. If that doesn't work then buy and install the aftermarket springs, shocks and sway bars. If that doesn't work then buy the slicks. Jim C.
(unknown) 05 Apr 2000#280574
Congrats! Good to see that NFS-PU helps reinforce the old adage, "sometimes you have to go slow to go fast" -- that applies so well to many of the Factory Driver scenarious! Kudos to EA for being brave enough to make the latest NFS game more "sim" than "arcade!" Now, give me MORE Factory Driver scenarious (I finished all the current missions 2 nights ago, and I'm now totally dominating the Evolution mode, which is almost boring in comparison). -- JB In article <beOG4.46646$[email hidden]>, "Michael Basden" <[email hidden]> wrote: > I finally got through it. Ends up I was just over driving the carthrough > some corners and not getting a good line out of them. Once I calmeddown > and just 'did' it I finished in about 3:45 without any majorincidents. Now > if I could only get out of 1975 (thought it was 78 but I was wrong)and demo > the stupid 996 for a guy! Argh! LOL > > "Colin" <colin AT yourmiata DOT COM> wrote in message > news:8cg38a$65m$[email hidden]... > > The only suggestion I have is to take it easy. If you go steadythrough > the > > whole course and don't spin you should be able to break the 4minute mark. > > Also, on the second cone just B4 you do a 180, start the 180 B4 youreach > > the second cone and hit it just as you are turning around. Thatone saves
Quoted text (8 lines)> > 10 seconds. > > ...Colin > > > > P.S. I did it in 3:59:97 so don't listen to me =) > > > > Michael Basden <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I hope some one can help me. In factory driver mode I can't get
past > > > the 'rally' mission where you have to knock over all the cones inunder > > > 4 minutes. Can some one give me some pointers on driving style or > > > 'short cuts' to getting it all done in time? > > > > > > I'm also hung up in 1978 in evolution mode...but I haven't playedit
Quoted text (9 lines)> > > that much to complain yet! ;0) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike > > > > > > > > >
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I hope some one can help me. In factory driver mode I can't get past the 'rally' mission where you have to knock over all the cones in under 4 minutes. Can some one give me some pointers on driving style or 'short cuts' to getting it all done in time? I'm also hung up in 1978 in evolution mode...but I haven't played it that much to complain yet! ;0) Thanks, Mike
Colin 05 Apr 2000#280634
The only suggestion I have is to take it easy. If you go steady through the whole course and don't spin you should be able to break the 4 minute mark. Also, on the second cone just B4 you do a 180, start the 180 B4 you reach the second cone and hit it just as you are turning around. That one saves 10 seconds. ...Colin P.S. I did it in 3:59:97 so don't listen to me =) Michael Basden <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (11 lines)> I hope some one can help me. In factory driver mode I can't get past > the 'rally' mission where you have to knock over all the cones in under > 4 minutes. Can some one give me some pointers on driving style or > 'short cuts' to getting it all done in time? > > I'm also hung up in 1978 in evolution mode...but I haven't played it > that much to complain yet! ;0) > > Thanks, > Mike >
Gault 05 Apr 2000 18:47 UTC#280625
Michael Basden wrote: (snipped some stuff - can't help on that factory driver stuff since I just started it) > I'm also hung up in 1978 in evolution mode...but I haven't played it > that much to complain yet! ;0) Stuck in 1978? Well, just pull on that powder blue swallow-collar shirt and pop your BeeGees 8 track in your 911 Turbo and enjoy! Personally, I'm enjoying 1975 so much I'm not even trying to advance. That Carrera RS and '75 911 Turbo are a lot of fun! And I can beat all takers in the Classic Club Mountain Challenge. :-)
Marc Goldstein 05 Apr 2000 18:54 UTC#280626
The only thing I can suggest is that you get to know the course, and know where you have to turn before the arrows tell you to. At the one where you have to turn around after the pylon, start a 180 spin just before it and try to spin through the pylon, so that you are already facing in the other direction by the time you hit it. That kind of time-saving trick and just knowing the course are the only ways to get through it. And I hate to say it, but if you can't get through that one you'll really hate the 6:25 minute one through the back alleys of Auvergne in a Carrera 2. Now that one took a lot of tries. Good luck, it's worth the effort to keep going. As for Evolution, I'm temporarily stuck in 93. I just don't seem to be able to drive the rear-wheel drive Turbos. Took much power through too few wheels :) Have fun, Marc
Marc Goldstein 05 Apr 2000 19:30 UTC#280539
> > P.S. I did it in 3:59:97 so don't listen to me =) 0.03 seconds to spare? You could have done a couple 360's on the way to the finish line just to kill some time :)
Michael Basden 05 Apr 2000 21:28 UTC#280568
I finally got through it. Ends up I was just over driving the car through some corners and not getting a good line out of them. Once I calmed down and just 'did' it I finished in about 3:45 without any major incidents. Now if I could only get out of 1975 (thought it was 78 but I was wrong) and demo the stupid 996 for a guy! Argh! LOL "Colin" <colin AT yourmiata DOT COM> wrote in message news:8cg38a$65m$[email hidden]... > The only suggestion I have is to take it easy. If you go steady throughthe
Quoted text (23 lines)> whole course and don't spin you should be able to break the 4 minute mark. > Also, on the second cone just B4 you do a 180, start the 180 B4 you reach > the second cone and hit it just as you are turning around. That one saves > 10 seconds. > ...Colin > > P.S. I did it in 3:59:97 so don't listen to me =) > > Michael Basden <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I hope some one can help me. In factory driver mode I can't get past > > the 'rally' mission where you have to knock over all the cones in under > > 4 minutes. Can some one give me some pointers on driving style or > > 'short cuts' to getting it all done in time? > > > > I'm also hung up in 1978 in evolution mode...but I haven't played it > > that much to complain yet! ;0) > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > >

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