Description: "The next step after graduating from amateur class. Advanced
skills required"
Ah, remember when even the Clubman represented a significant step up with
the challenge? Again, another a 3-race championship. Money improves even more to reflect the advance in difficulty.
On
the other hand, watch the competition closely during the races. They've got a mixture of good and bad driving. What I mean
by "bad" is, they're making all sorts of little mistakes. Braking or turning in too late, and then needing damage control
to finish the rest of the turns, and so on. Watch them carefully. As they all pile into the switchbacks of Autumn Ring or
the sweepers of Route 5, pay attention to where they're at on the track. Often taking a bad line, about to eat some grass
or a wall.
These are the moments we can trump their position, merely by being in the right place
at the right time!
Parts:
Tires: Semi-Racing, typically Soft/Soft for neutral-handling cars, or a combo of Soft/Hard or Hard/Soft
for those with extreme understeer or oversteer.
Brake Type: Normal.
Racing brakes can be used for cars which haven't got racing heritage.
Suspension: Sports for common commuter-type rides (Honda Civic, Mitsubishi Galant, Nissan Silvia, etc.)
Normal for sports cars (Honda NSX, Mazda RX-7, Subaru Impreza WRX...)
Stabilizers: Soft or Medium
Gear Type: Normal
or Close (depends on track Autumn Ring, most will require shorter gears)
Flywheel: as
needed
Clutch: Single
Carbon Driveshaft: okay, unless you qualify too fast!
Payment:
Pole
Position: 2,500 cr.
First Place: 7,000 cr.
Championship: 20,000
Prize:
'96 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 30th Anniversary
Math:
divide your car's weight by whatever number is shown below; a different calculation will be needed for Qualifying and the
actual race.
Qualifying:
For the Clubman, I have included the new "Optimum Qualifying Time" feature, which is an actual time I drove which
attained Pole position. Do the math. If your car can't do a practice run close to the time posted, power can be added.
Or subtracted.
This is an imperfect science since during
a second Test Run we can't rev the engine off the line.
Race:
For extra challenge, remove a small extra amount of power if qualifying 1st or 2nd. Let's say -5
horsepower. The race itself will still be ultra-close.
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Autumn Ring
Qualify: 8.10
Racing: 10.09
Optimum Qualifying Time:
@ 1:22.000
Close gearing can typically be used at this track. All
other tracks will usually require the car's factory transmission.
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Clubman
Stage Route 5
Qualify: 7.90
Racing: 9.56
Optimum
Qualifying Time: 56.764
It's a really good idea to do five practice laps each time
before even thinking of attempting to qualify. Don't ask questions, just do it!
It helps, of course,
to get to the point where we can turn into certain curves with as little braking as possible, without smacking those walls.
The AI will be slamming them on occasion, missing proper turn-in arcs, and so on. It gets downright fun once the driver gets
to the point of outsmarting them.
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Trial
Mountain
Qualify: 8.29
Racing: 10.24
Optimum
Qualifying Time: 1:33.041
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OPPONENT
CARS
'?? Honda Civic (Racer)
FF // 240 hp // 1,938 lbs.
'?? Honda Prelude Type SH
FF // 265 hp // 2,549 lbs.
'?? Mitsubishi FTO GP Version R FF
// 258 hp // 2,123 lbs
'?? Nissan Skyline GTS25t Type M FR // 300 hp
// 2,660 lbs.
'96 Subaru Impreza WRX (wagon) AWD // 296 hp // 2,523 lbs.
??
Toyota MR2 GT-S MR
// 296 hp // 2,503 lbs.
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CARS
DRIVEN
'91 Mazda RX-7 Type-R {2,738 lbs.}
'95? Mitsubishi
Eclipse GT {2,601 lbs. -- Stage 2 weight reduction}
'95 Nissan Silvia K's (S14) {2,695 lbs.}
'95? Subaru
Legacy RS {3,000 lbs.}
