Monday, June 21, 2010

Course Crawlin' Spyder - Toyota MR-S Part 1

Tonight I wanted to try my hand at tuning a small mid-engined car for time attack racing. Generally speaking, time attack tuning a rear-wheel drive car is tough for me - most of my configurations are better for sliding, not gripping. I've only taken the car for a test drive down Akagi so I don't know how it will do on the leader boards. The plan is to rank the car tomorrow night when I have time, but for now I'll at least release the tune I have put together.

Toyota MR-S 1.8 V Edition ZZW30
946kg ----- 254PS/ 6800RPM
1794cc ----- 30.2 kg-m/ 4400RPM

Old Tunes - Balance In A Drift Car

When building a drift car, throwing large amount of power under the hood won't automatically make it better. At some point a car's power level can become too much for the car to be functional. For this video I wanted to try to show that you can reach a power level that is strong enough to keep the car in motion, yet not so strong that the car spins out.

Old Tunes - Starter Drift Car

I created this tune for people that start playing TXRD2 and get frustrated with building a drift car. With the setup I made, anyone should be able to pick up the controller and throw the car sideways with relative ease.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 Game Review by Vindicated Video Games

Check out the game review here: Vindicated Video Games: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2

Old Tunes - YouTube Nissan Laurel

Nissan Laurel Club S EC33
1250kg ----- 384PS/ 7600RPM
1998cc ----- 43.9 kg-m/ 4000RPM

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 Promo Video

Dug this video up from Crave Entertainment's website.

Old Tunes - Budget Street Killer Challenge

Here is the tune from the original Budget Street Killer Challenge.  Check it out here.

CAR
Honda Civic SiR II EG6

PARTS INSTALLED
Exhaust H Level 5
Racing Tire Level 1

TUNING
Steering Angle: 2

Budget Street Killer Challenge II

Results are in (for the most part), go see how everyone did that participated.  Had a small turnout, but bigger than the first challenge.  Check it out here.

CAR
Nissan 180SX Type X RPS13

PARTS INSTALLED
Engine Part C Level 5

TUNING
Steering Angle: 2

Test Drive: RX-7 Time Attack Tune

Tonight I tested out beast345's FD3S RX-7 on Akagi Downhill and Uphill. After a couple runs both directions I was sold on his car's abilities. Check it out here.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Back on Track - Conquest Mode

Well, I'm going to keep going through Conquest Mode to try to beat the game once again. I've only beaten it once before because I tend to get sidetracked once I have all the available parts - most of my time is spent tuning cars and/or looking for more sets of hidden wheels.

Old Tunes - YouTube Toyota Supra (JZA70)

Toyota Supra 2.5GT JZA70
1363kg ----- 513PS/ 7600RPM
2491cc ----- 56.9 kg-m/ 5200RPM

Old Tunes - YouTube Nissan Skyline

Nissan Skyline 25GT Turbo ER34
1236kg ----- 506PS/ 7600RPM
2498cc ----- 57.0 kg-m/ 4000RPM

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Weak Sister Silvia - Nissan 180SX

I decided to challenge myself tonight and build a Nissan Silvia/180SX with less than 250PS that could drift nicely - and it had to use the smallest displacement engine possible. After about 5 minutes of tuning and 30 minutes of practicing, here is the tune and CA Attack I came up with. The course I tested on was Happogahara Downhill because of it actually having both downhill and uphill corners.

Old Tunes - YouTube Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)

Mazda RX-7 FD3S
1136kg ----- 507PS/ 8000RPM
1308cc ----- 51.1 kg-m/ 5600RPM

Old Tunes - YouTube Toyota Supra (JZA80)

Toyota Supra RZ JZA80
1330kg ----- 542PS/ 5200RPM
2997cc ----- 86.7 kg-m/ 4000RPM

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Old Tunes - YouTube Honda S2000

Honda S2000 2.0 Type-V AP1
1176kg ----- 482PS/ 8800RPM
1997cc ----- 41.5 kg-m/ 8000RPM

Test Drive: Skyline GT-R Time Attack Tune

Just finished testing out beast345's Skyline settings. It is a great start of a tune, especially for AWD. Check it out here.