The Speed Lap Challenge

[KGB]

though not convinced im using my boost as well as it could be

Out of interest what's everyone doing with the boost. I'm waiting to the very top of the first brow then using it with pitch right up to get me further up the hill. Is it quicker to keep low but land lower down the slope.

[amplificated]

EDIT: 29.02 from me, just beat amplificated by 0.01 secs!

Actually my current best is 28.55 (4 BR's, 8 sp's), I just hadn't posted it up here yet as I wanted to work on it a little more. You'll have to work a little harder to beat this time

I've managed to get all 6 BR's in one lap a couple of times, now I just need to work it into a run where I don't fall off at the start or something!

@ KGB: I use the turbo earlier, I think you get too much air time at the tip of the big hill which slows you down too much if you leave it late.

[brainbeat]

kjb i have been doing that how you describe, but i think a bit earlier is better , i think u get more height, i've been trying to land on righthand side lip then a right ss on landing, seem to catch my ghost a bit like that, but if im ahead im just trying to land on track,

[OBH]

what's everyone doing with the boost.

im not 100% certain what methods faster. the ones ive been trying are -

• Use the boost as easrly as possible so you have minimum air-time at the top of the hill. The boost away feels sluggish at times but its easy to keep good lines.
• wait till your going up for the final br, well not including the final corner, pitch down, turn right, and boost as low to the ground as you can round the corner but with a br. (same style of thinking as using the boost while dropping off the bridge on chenghou). Hard to stay tight to the corner, but i seem to make up huge amounts of ground on my ghost if pulled off well... shame the rest of the laps never as fast.
• some other method - i tried boosting inbetween the gaps on the bridge, or into the little walls to ping myself over at speed. If the tunnel was just a bit shorter it could be effective but im not certain theres much scope for this at Flash, the jumps more useful on phantom.

Other than that im stumped, i think the tricks more to do with pitching down as you clip the walls for a br, and keeping your racing line tight to the left of the bridge as you nail them. You dont need to hit them so straight-on if you pitch down, and it keeps the craft very straight and level while mid-air. Im roughly 8 tenths slower than yeldar despite only 5 brs, a big wobble on the bridge, and popping much further into the air on the final bridge br than id have liked. Whichever method of boosting you use, as long as your not "hanging" in the air i imagine it wont make as much of a difference as your racing lines over the bridge.

You cant br on the 1st corner correct? I didnt even bother trying, i cant stand speed lap on tracks with a ridulous first corner youd just NEVER boost before.

[blackwiggle]

Using the turbo later as you are almost over the hump seems the fastest to me.

Reason being that after the second BR ,if you just steer instead of using the air brakes/side shift ,you land in a lot better position and you should just be able to steer only around the last 3 bends.

I just can't nail more than 1 BR off the ramps,hence my relatively modest times.

PS: you might notice a few NON zone members HARIMAU craft up in the leaderboards,I've been messaging people individually and setting them the challenge.
I'll see how many others I can get by weeks end.

PPS: Yeldar ,how about sticking the GHOST of your SL up at Elhabib's site?

[yeldar2097]

will do
vid up tonight, my father deleted the vid so i'll have to make a new one

[blackwiggle]

Yelder,that's plain cocky saying things like that.

NOT in the spirit of "Let's be friends" which has got a lot of wipeoutzone old timers "off side".

[KGB]

I asked him to make one Blackwiggle, so what's wrong with that?

[KIGO1987]

Blackwiggle banned now, this is a joke.

[leungbok]

A bad one !
I'll miss his jokes !

[Vartazian]

RIP: DD777, Blackwigle and Arch.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Wow, what's with all the banning all of a sudden? Just curious that's all.

And blackwiggle: If you read this, thanks for posting the challenge to the non-zoners, it's really appreciated

[AG-wolf]

is TDR/Harimau still active? I can't get online with PS3/360 on my school's internet, so I don't have any leaderboard competition ;___;

Are these weekly? ie tomorrow is a new challenge?

[Rezatron]

Yes this week's challenge is still a go and tomorrow is a new one. If you want an updated leaderboard to compare times go to the ranking site.

If you can't sync your time to the server just a snap a pic of your time and post it here.

Edit: I just did 28.07 (5 BRs and 9 SPs) after a "quick run" (20 laps). Improved my 28.20 ghost with better lines after the BR landing past the hill however the last of my three "lip" BRs is worse! I could better this but probably not 0.4s to get #1

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Great work Rezatron! Your Top 4 spot for this week looks pretty secure

[AG-wolf]

i'm at 30.13 with non-fury harimau and a few BRs.. not sure exactly how many, just BSing right now

edit: 29.86

edit2: 29.61

[KGB]

I'll be glad when we do the next one, just can't face that first corner again.

[brainbeat]

Try this in interior view lol, It is well hectic i managed 2 lips and almost felt sick xD (just did a lap 30.79 inside view) not bad for 1st attempt, we should have a bogus challenge lol,

1st corners not that bad just brake left for a teeny bit then righthand over the righthand side rails, i get it 2 in 3, the other time usaully overcut it and get respawned.

[AG-wolf]

i still have 40 minutes if midnight is the cutoff

edit: now if I would actually turn my ps3 on, I could use soem of that time.

I wish I had noticed this thread earlier in the week, I guess I'll have to wait for the new course/speed/team for this coming week

[Lance]

Wow, what's with all the banning all of a sudden? Just curious that's all.

When members have been warned for months, both publically and privately to stop being obnoxious to others, but they still keep doing it, it's going to eventually result in their being banned. It finally happened to these members.