an old housemate of mine
tried to use GT3 to practice the nordschleife before he took his 911 on it as part of the Gumball rally. He spent months on it (particularly as I believe there were no Porshces on the early GT games so he had to build his own) ... until he had a sub-9 minute time and he reckoned he knew every corner blind. The actual track took him 14 minutes and he shat himself inside out.

Although that's a bit of an extreme example of lack of realism ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:13, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

The whole thing's on the old Forza, dunno about the newer one
and I gave up after a while. There are so few visual cues to where you are on the track and remembering the sequence of 100+ corners just isn't my bag. I'd rather drive 100 laps of a four-mile track than eight laps of that.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:18, Reply)

oh, yeah
but if you're about to take 65k's worth of german rear-drive mentalness on an 18-mile track that still has Arnco on the corners than I think he felt any heads up would be wise...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Understandable, the number of Porches I mashed to bits trying to get particular corners of that track right I'm with him on that.
I'd still love to be taken round by that lady with the Transit that was on Top Gear, she seemed nice.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:21, Reply)

nice dirtier than a Cornish tin-miner's sock.

/obligatory strikethrough
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:22, Reply)

That too.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 20 May 2011, 9:23, Reply)