Sweet weekly challenge TT Pure

[RJ O'Connell]

Updated my best lap to a 19.33 in the Goteki 45...

[phl0w]

Here's my first take at a weekly challenge:

Phantom - Mandrashee - Piranha
3 TTs, that produced the following records

5L: 1'46"81 (no P)
B1L: 22'07"
BL: 20'06" (no BR, lots of scrapes...)

I obviously suck at this game

Some technical questions:
Do you use the left or right turbo pad after the start/ finish line? With the left one I sometimes manage to clear the following series of left-rights with just two quick taps on the right airbrake. However, I can't pull this of regularly and if I manage to do it, I'm so exciting over a good time that I screw up at one of the following easier parts *sigh*
Also, when approaching the floaty section I cross the right double pad to get to the left of the track and take the first speed pad to stay low and don't gain to much height for the following declining right bend. Is that the correct racing line? Thanks for your answers.

Update, but still far from the best times here:

Piranha
5L: 1'42"87
BL: 19"10

still no Perfect Lap though =/

[alterego]

Hi phlOw, hi all.

I've described my strategy before.....i use the turbo on the start of the floaty straight and, same as you, i pass over the bps on the right and on the single one on the left, but i make one br on the declining bend and a second one on the next jump.....;-)

the rest it's only ability to catch good fortune...ah ah ah!

Read You Soon
CdRom

[q_dmc12]

I obviously suck at this game

Well, we all know I have the worst time so if you beat me you're not that bad

[phl0w]

the rest it's only ability to catch good fortune

Hehe, well said. I don't quite get the feeling for braking into the very first bend, which is vital to pass the following S chicanes with as little steering as possible though. That's why I wanted to know which of the two pads you use? My best time so far was achieved by using the right one. Also the floaty section can become rather tricky with a heavy ship such as the Piranha. It seems as if it handles differently every lap there So maybe it helps clearing that section by simply turbo-ing over it. Will give that a try tonight.
HOW do you br on the jump, I wonder? I can pull off a br on the decline which- when pulled off perfectly- sets me exactly on the next pad, but I can only complete half a br there =/ Matter of quick tapping or height?

[q_dmc12]

HOW do you br on the jump, I wonder?

Nose-up, then <>< or ><>

[sleh]

Hi all,
1.42.99 and 19.83 with icaras.
No time enough to beat my best times, but as Pierre de Coubertin used to say:"the most important thing, is to participate" (personnal translation)

[Asayyeah]

Mandrashee phantom --------------------- Monday Report

9 !! fellow WipeoutZone members took part of that challenge , that's possibly a record which has been tied i guess.
'only' 6 were competing for the racetime on that short & floaty track.
Seems everyone got his own technique with or without BRs and also different strategy using turbo boost. Thanks for everyone racing this cool track i hated for a longtime before really have a good feeling on it.

Stop the bla-bla and here's the result of this fortnight show :

Racetime
1* Stin : 1.36.14 Goteki 45
2* Alterego : 1.37.96 goteki 45
3* Phlow : 1.42.87 Piranha
4* Sleh : 1.42.99 Icaras
5* RJ O'Connell : 1.45.21 Assegai
6* Q-DMC_12 : 1.54.48 Zone

Laptime

1* Alterego : 18.23 Piranha
2* Stin : 18.44 Goteki 45
3* IL-NiK : 18.56 Goteki 45
4* Asayyeah : 18.64 Ag SyStems
5* Insertcoin : 19.03 Goteki 45
6* Phlow : 19.10 Piranha
7* RJ O'Connell : 19.33 Assegai
8* Sleh : 19.83 Icaras
9* Q-DMC_12 : 22.12 Zone

6 different ships for the racetime & 7 for the laptime : funny stuff
And we got 2 winners with 2 incredible performances : Stin for an impressive racetime truly a constant great flying and Il NiK with the famous Feed Me fast & hungry ship who has eaten all of opponents with an amazing lap : congrats you 2 .

So we will start slowly but surely our last Pure challenge, yes this is sad and i hope you will enjoy this last 28th tracks which will be .........


Altima VII rapier ---------------------------------- Episode 28

starting now and finishing Sunday 10th of June midnight

[borell]

Asa, check the dates!

stevie

Yes, Asa... You really should. I know I have not been good with taking the challenges lately, but I intended to do so the in the last two... But then, all of a sudden, they end a week early.

On Koltiwa I entered the times from my first session, and then it was ended before I had a chance to improve them.

When will the last challenge end? Sorry for the whining...

[rdmx]

I am rofl'ing my self to death at DMC's laptime with his break-apart-on-first-touch-zone craft compared to everyone elses

[Asayyeah]

Ah **** in my mind it was the 27th for the end of Mandrashee and didn't realize even after Stevie told me that through msn !! LOL apologize Stephan and all of those who haven't read in my obscure mind

[alterego]

Hi Asa, hi all.


....ah ah ah Dear Asa Sensei don't exchange wipers with their records.....

I make the 'Feed Me' Ship record in Mandrashee......I Hope that Il_Nik beat soon my time, but for now.....ehm ehm

You give to Cesar which is of Cesar.

Read You Soon
CdRom

[q_dmc12]

I am rofl'ing my self to death at DMC's laptime with his break-apart-on-first-touch-zone craft compared to everyone elses

Hey, in the last clan I was in that was all that we used! We were the masters on zones.

Anyway, if I didn't get last then there may have been something wrong - someone has to get last and I feel its my civil right in this community to be that 'someone'!!

[sleh]

....ah ah ah Dear Asa Sensei don't exchange wipers with their records.....

I make the 'Feed Me' Ship record in Mandrashee......I Hope that Il_Nik beat soon my time, but for now.....ehm ehm

You give to Cesar which is of Cesar.

Asa is a great fan of (studio) Liverpool, and i think he still can't accept the defeat against Milan in euro championleague. He took his revenge

altima / rapier TT:
lap :30.54
race 2.06.45
with piranha

[stin]

Goteki 45

32.18, 30.88, 30.69, 30.67= 2.04.42

31.01, 29.89, 30.42, 31.07= 2.02.39

31.26, 30.03, 29.83, 30.10= 2.01.22

BFL 30.58

BL 29.47

stevie

[alterego]

Hi All.

OK! I'm in!.....

Start with Piranha and after i switch to Klor.....i study the track.....I don't like Altima so much!

TT
With Piranha 2.05.03 (32.88-31.19-30.39-30.57)
With Klor 2.03.20 (31.53-30.49-30.04-31.14)
With Goteki 45 2.03.05 (31.76-30.66-30.14-30.49)
with Icaras 2.02.65 (31.62-30.18-30.59-30.29)
with Tigron 2.02.25 (31.50-30.50-29.93-30.32 )

BL
With Klor 29.74
With Goteki 45 29.85
with Tigron 29.47
with Icaras 29.38

B1L
With Klor 31.58
with Goteki 45 31.39
with Tigron 31.20
with Icaras 31.09

Read You Soon
CdRom

out of challenge:
TT
with Triakis 2.00.76 (30.99-30.32-29.70-29.75)
BL
with Triakis 29.17

[RJ O'Connell]

NTSC-A / Assegai Developments / Unknown Pilot / PSP Control Stick

TIMES: Lap - 29.40, Race - 2:00.58 (with two sub-30 second laps)

I don't think that race time will be touched at all. I'm amazed it's held up THIS long.

[stin]

Good score RJ O'Connell for Triakis!

stevie

[phl0w]

AltimaVII - Rapier - PIRANHA

TT: 2'09"36
BL: 0'29"99 Faster than my Phantom time
achieved with 2 BR, one over the long straight, second at the jump after that. Think a 3rd is possible at the top of the hill right after start/finish, unfortunately though, Piranha's shield doesn't last 12BRs.

BTW, what is up with time keeping in PURE? In the records' statistics my times are always a tenth of a second slower than while racing. For instance when I set my fastest lap it showed 29"89. In the records, however, it's 29"99. Anyone know what that's about?

EDIT: Love that track, btw. Amazing overall velocity when finding the right line. Especially that S after the big jump *woooosh* \o/

[borell]

First session times:

Goteki 45: 2.06.21 ( 0.32.26 0.31.38 0.31.36 0.31.21 )
AG Systems: BL 0.30.42

--- Updates ---

Puma 2: 2.05.14 ( 0.31.95 0.30.76 0.30.73 0.31.70 ) B1L 0.31.58
Puma 2: 2.04.61 ( 0.32.24 0.30.79 0.30.36 0.31.22 )
Puma 2: 2.03.22 ( 0.31.73 0.30.34 0.30.75 0.30.40 )