With the Extreme Events now available for entry, I'll be working on the championships for the next few Weeks. At this point, I'm trying to make sure that there isn't an OMR-eligible car that can win the Formula Gran Turismo races, as my current candidate for it is the R8 I won back on Day 332.
I've tried the MPZ and the Abt TT-R, but neither of them have the oomph nor tire life to win that series as a sweep. I actually managed to win the first race with the MPZ, but the race at Motegi Super Speedway is just too tough to beat.
I've pre-run all of the races with the R8, and it's good enough of a car to use to sweep the event, all for 200 pointers, with sizeable margins. But I'd like to make sure I'm not using a car that doesn't have to be used to complete this game.
I'm also still working out my candidate for the Polyphony Digital Cup championship. I have the RAM slated as my entry, but I'm going to do some testing with the BLRA and some other vehicles to see what's best. I'd like to use the RAM as little as possible (except for the Special Conditions Events), and I'd prefer to use a car that needs to be worn down a bit.
It might be a while before I race in the Formula GT event, but I'll be doing a lot of driving until then.
Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Crappy Freaking New Year!
I've found an error in TornadoAlley's NTSC/USA Used Car Cycle listing that has forced me to change my choice of cars to use. Here's the deal...
During Week 44, the spreadsheet shows the 1989 Mazda MX-5 Miata as having 30587.7 miles. In actuality, it has 40587.7 miles. This means that the 1989 Miata that shows up during Week 4, with 37506.8 miles, is the lowest mileage (non 6.2 mile) Miata that appears in the lots.
Since I'm way past Week 4, that means I have to choose another Miata to run for the Roadster 4h Endurance and Miata OMR events. In order to use it *AND* collect an identical one, I'd have to either: buy and drive the one on Week 104, and collect the one on Week 204; or START ALL OVER, FROM DAY 1.
My earliest gamesave backup is on Day 99, having just completed Missions 1-4 and 30-34. I'm not going to start from scratch, as my plans to collect every low-mileage car available are not completely ruined... I just have some re-shuffling to do...
The trouble was that the '89 Miata was the only car in my fleet eligible for the Japanese 80's Festival. Since I "couldn't" use that car anymore, I needed to find one that could run in that event. The 1981 Isuzu PIAZZA XE (which I purchased during Week 27) is not only eligible for that event, it can sweep it for 200 pointers. The A-spec yield from the Isuzu OMR won't drop much compared to using the 117 Coupe, and it's not a 200-point max race anyway (179 points is the max anyone's ever gotten from each race).
But that also meant I needed to find another candidate for the Spider & Roadster event. Since I had already planned on using the '54 Corvette, I confirmed that it could sweep that event for 200 pointers as well.
And finally, I had to decide on a different Miata to use. The 2004 1600 NR-A, while I don't plan on wearing it down, can still sweep the Miata OMR for 200 pointers. The A-spec yield from the Roadster Enduro won't be close to 200, but I'm so sickened by this mess that I don't give much of a crap.
...
Lately, my console has been giving me the Red Spinning Disk (PS2's version of a middle finger). No more than 6 months ago, I sent it off to SCEA support to get things fixed after consistent "Disc Read Errors". I got fed up, particularly after discovering the error in the Used Car Cycle list, and opened it up for a cleaning.
Everything was going swell, but while putting the top cover back on, the Reset/Eject ribbon got caught between the pegs that hold the cover in place. This bent & severed the flat cable so that the Eject button does not work anymore. In order to open/close the Disc tray, I have to pinch the broken part of the ribbon so that the little wires make contact with each other.
It still works, and I no longer have to wait 12384732847 minutes for the game/menu/race to load. But now I have to replace the ribbon or get a new console in order to keep things tidy. Just freaking dandy...
To hell with 2008. Good freaking riddance to it. If 2009 proves to be any crappier than 2008, I'll have to find something to destroy...
And I never mentioned it before, but a lady backed into my car (my real one) while I was exiting the parking lot of a small shopping center on the 23rd of December...
I am not a happy man. Crappy Freaking New Year!!!
Have A Drive.
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/
During Week 44, the spreadsheet shows the 1989 Mazda MX-5 Miata as having 30587.7 miles. In actuality, it has 40587.7 miles. This means that the 1989 Miata that shows up during Week 4, with 37506.8 miles, is the lowest mileage (non 6.2 mile) Miata that appears in the lots.
Since I'm way past Week 4, that means I have to choose another Miata to run for the Roadster 4h Endurance and Miata OMR events. In order to use it *AND* collect an identical one, I'd have to either: buy and drive the one on Week 104, and collect the one on Week 204; or START ALL OVER, FROM DAY 1.
My earliest gamesave backup is on Day 99, having just completed Missions 1-4 and 30-34. I'm not going to start from scratch, as my plans to collect every low-mileage car available are not completely ruined... I just have some re-shuffling to do...
The trouble was that the '89 Miata was the only car in my fleet eligible for the Japanese 80's Festival. Since I "couldn't" use that car anymore, I needed to find one that could run in that event. The 1981 Isuzu PIAZZA XE (which I purchased during Week 27) is not only eligible for that event, it can sweep it for 200 pointers. The A-spec yield from the Isuzu OMR won't drop much compared to using the 117 Coupe, and it's not a 200-point max race anyway (179 points is the max anyone's ever gotten from each race).
But that also meant I needed to find another candidate for the Spider & Roadster event. Since I had already planned on using the '54 Corvette, I confirmed that it could sweep that event for 200 pointers as well.
And finally, I had to decide on a different Miata to use. The 2004 1600 NR-A, while I don't plan on wearing it down, can still sweep the Miata OMR for 200 pointers. The A-spec yield from the Roadster Enduro won't be close to 200, but I'm so sickened by this mess that I don't give much of a crap.
...
Lately, my console has been giving me the Red Spinning Disk (PS2's version of a middle finger). No more than 6 months ago, I sent it off to SCEA support to get things fixed after consistent "Disc Read Errors". I got fed up, particularly after discovering the error in the Used Car Cycle list, and opened it up for a cleaning.
Everything was going swell, but while putting the top cover back on, the Reset/Eject ribbon got caught between the pegs that hold the cover in place. This bent & severed the flat cable so that the Eject button does not work anymore. In order to open/close the Disc tray, I have to pinch the broken part of the ribbon so that the little wires make contact with each other.
It still works, and I no longer have to wait 12384732847 minutes for the game/menu/race to load. But now I have to replace the ribbon or get a new console in order to keep things tidy. Just freaking dandy...
To hell with 2008. Good freaking riddance to it. If 2009 proves to be any crappier than 2008, I'll have to find something to destroy...
And I never mentioned it before, but a lady backed into my car (my real one) while I was exiting the parking lot of a small shopping center on the 23rd of December...
I am not a happy man. Crappy Freaking New Year!!!
Have A Drive.
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/
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