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Vansquish · 05-18-2006, 01:49 PM

I passed that one nearly a year ago...but let me see if I can remember what I did...

I guess my only advice is to be very smooth and brake harder and deeper into some of the tighter turns so that you can get back on the power earlier after the nose comes 'round. The highspeed sections of the track you really need to hit the apexes more or less perfectly so that you can stay on the power the whole way through (it makes a huge difference). The complex leading up to the Karrusel (the hairpin etc...) you should enter by trail-braking nd be able to nail it almost full throttle in second gear (I think) before you even hit the apex. You can also make up quite a lot of time if you stay on the throttle most of the way down the bit of the track between the bridge at the end of the long straight and the esses before the start finish line...I know I've made more than a few passes of that 300SL in that section.

For the lap to be good, you need to be in the on the tail of the last car (I think it's the SL65, but I can't remember for sure) by the time you've reached the hairpin leading up to the Karrusel, and the 190E should be in yours by the time you reach the mini-Karrusel...that will leave you plenty of time to reach the SLK and the 300SL before the finish line.

05-18-2006, 01:49 PM	#16
Vansquish Regular User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA/ Bloomington, IN, USA Posts: 2,624	I passed that one nearly a year ago...but let me see if I can remember what I did... I guess my only advice is to be very smooth and brake harder and deeper into some of the tighter turns so that you can get back on the power earlier after the nose comes 'round. The highspeed sections of the track you really need to hit the apexes more or less perfectly so that you can stay on the power the whole way through (it makes a huge difference). The complex leading up to the Karrusel (the hairpin etc...) you should enter by trail-braking nd be able to nail it almost full throttle in second gear (I think) before you even hit the apex. You can also make up quite a lot of time if you stay on the throttle most of the way down the bit of the track between the bridge at the end of the long straight and the esses before the start finish line...I know I've made more than a few passes of that 300SL in that section. For the lap to be good, you need to be in the on the tail of the last car (I think it's the SL65, but I can't remember for sure) by the time you've reached the hairpin leading up to the Karrusel, and the 190E should be in yours by the time you reach the mini-Karrusel...that will leave you plenty of time to reach the SLK and the 300SL before the finish line. __________________ me-- "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Sometimes I feel like the moon is made of cheese" my Hindibonics-speaking Indian roommate--"Dawgs, do you have any idea how much bacteria that would take?"