P1Fanatic

I only got my xbox and PGR2 last night. Have done all tests on first cars (hot hatches I think) at plat apart from cones and speed camera.

How on earth do you get plat for the speed camera test? U need to hit 93mph - I can hit 92mph nearly every time but never 93. Am using the Focus RS with manual gears. No other car seems any faster.

Any hints you guys?

Cheers,
Simon.

JohnMcC

Is that the one with the tight S bend - the tight left-right? (Havent played it for a while....I'm pretty sure I have platinum on that.....)

If it is, it took me absolutely bloody ages I used a ghost off Live to get the right line and just kept trying.

Basically, I think you just have to find the fastest line through the bends because if you hit the power exiting the final corner you will be too slow. IIRC you certainly have to be accelerating through the whole of the right hand part of the S bend, probably actually starting half way through the left hander.

Sorry, probably pretty obvious advice - but the ghost did help me get the line. I used an auto BTW.



[Edited by JohnMcC - 1/16/2004 10:50:49 AM]

JackClark

Try manual gears, worked for me.

marxsmann

He is already.

ozzy

You can do it on Auto, but it takes ages and it needs to be inch-perfect. My brother and I spent about an hour solid trying to get that one. You can get 93, but nothing more; takes a perfect run to get it.

Keep at it or try manual gears.

Stefan

P1Fanatic

lol cheers marx!

Simon.

andrewdelvard

So funny, I thought to myself "wonder if it's the Ford Focus one where you have to get 93mph"
Same as you, stuck on 92mph.

Iain Young

I did it with the Focus and an auto box. The trick is to not go into the bends too fast, and get a good run out of them (slow in, fast out), preferably without any wheel spin. Basically you need to get the perfect line.

If it's any consolation, I think that this was the hardest camera challenge in the whole game (did all the others on platinum on almost my first attempt ).

P1Fanatic

Bravo - there are about 5 of us at work with X boxes and only one has done it. Everyone else is pulling their hair out. I only had mine 1 day so not that bad yet

Simon

druddle

I did it with the Clio V6. Went into the S bend slow, positioning car in the right place and accelerated all the way through it, using all the kerbs. 96 mph.

TopBanana

Is this for the Gold or Platinum?

P1Fanatic

Druddle, you must have a different Clio V6 than I do as mine doesnt get above 90mph let alone 96. Of course as the pics are stored on ur Xbox u will have a screenie too prove that speed

Simon.

RB5-Black

it wasn't me officer I was in bed that night it can't be my car in the picture....... and can I have the cllibration cert for the camera

P1Fanatic

Just done it - 93mph on the nose. Focus RS in Auto. The key is feathering the throttle just as it changes from 3rd to 4th gear.

Just done the next speed camera test in the boxster S and it took me 5 attempts to get the plat test at 106mph. Piece of p*ss in comparison.

Simon.

P1Fanatic

Now just done the next one in the M3 which was also a piece of ****. Only other test I have problems getting plat in is the cones one.

Simon.

andrewdelvard

Did it this morning! Used the handbrake on the first 2 corners but not on the last. My advice is don't try to come in too sharp on the last bend cause you'll just end up with a 92. Instead make a steady curv enter the ramp (or whatever you call it)on the left which will give you time to build up that little more speed before the line and you'll make it like I did, to 93 on the nose.

[Edited by andrewdelvard - 1/17/2004 4:11:17 PM]

Scooby-Doo

Enjoy the M3 cone challenge. Even a straight two laps of continuous cones will not give you enough Kudos !!! Took four days solid.

P1Fanatic

Woohoo just bought the sti and evo Oh yeah!

Simon.

JackClark

"Enjoy the M3 cone challenge."

That stole a few hours of my life on Sunday and I still didn't do it!!

P1Fanatic

OK dont bother with evo and sti go straight for the Skyline.

I do most challenges at gold level straight off but a mate was saying that if you do a whole class in steel then you unlock another car? Then if you do it in bronze you unlock another, and so on. Am I missing out on all this doing everything in Gold without bothering with steel, bronze and silver???

Simon.

ScoobyDoo555

yes you are

It takes much longer, but you get loads of practice @ each track...

I'm currently in the Enzo" doing Nurburgring etc, GOD this is difficult!! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] I'm scraping thru with Silvers

Oh well, more practice needed!!
At this rate, I'll be bringing the XBox into work!!!

Dan

JackClark

"Am I missing out on all this doing everything in Gold without bothering with steel, bronze and silver???"

No, the lower cars are unlocked as well as the one for the level you complete.

P1Fanatic

Well I am on the Roadster series now and have completed all previous series at at least silver in every event, yet I havent been given a new car as far as I can tell (other than the ones I have unlocked with kudos points). Will it just appear in my garage without telling me??

Simon.

JackClark

Go to the showroom, two of the cars that were previously covered up should now be available.

Bumpster

Simon, you have to complete every series before it'll give you a car, you don't get any "along the way" so to speak

P1Fanatic

Oh right, so if I complete the pacific muscle series I wont get anything at all?

Simon.

Scooby-Doo

89 Gold and 83 Plat

Starting to feel the pain now though !!!!

[Edited by Scooby-Doo - 1/19/2004 10:33:57 AM]

Da Booga

P1Fanatic - No, once you've completed all the series you'll get a screen telling you that you've unlocked certain cars depending on which level you've completed it up to.