one of the best BMI Tsukuba battle
 

Lap time
Lotus 2eleven 1.04.243
KTM X-Bow 1.03.540
CBY AE86 N2 Exige 1.02.329
TiRacing Exige 1.02.176
Radical SR4-1.2Kawasaki 1.00.289

the odd ball GT-R R35 (1.02.189) thats almost same as the CBY AE86 N2

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Huh interesting. AE86 tuning was 4,000,000yen less than Exige tuning and did that great race against Exige is pretty good... but of course driver made the BIG difference. AE86 god Tsuchiya Keiichi-Sama~

I was expecting the x-bow and 2eleven will put out a good fight cuz the are lighter than the AE86 N2, how much is ¥4M in $US?

Google claim ¥4,000,000 is $47,715.60

Did that say 5.5A-GE on the AE86?

Heh I was JUST talking about the 5A on another thread!

Hmm... makes me question the accuracy of GT5, if I broke a minute with my stock weight/power FT86, and I'm the slow guy there... Or are these real tires closer to Sport Softs?

You have to remember that its a concept car in GT5, and is given a speculated flat 1000kg weight. Full production will most definitely be heavier. In the end GT5 is only a simulator...a damned good one, but still just a simulator. Track condition plays a part too (how hot, how humid, wind speed/direction, etc).

^ That's why I raced it at stock weight, I figure that will be a 'real' weight for a pretty drastic gutting. I'll try again with Sports Soft tires, as I didn't see slicks on the BMI cars. That should slow the time down a lot.

No technically, they are/were using Sport Hard~Mid tires.

^ I'll give it a shot with mids and update my time on the Tsukuba thread. (This is going to be ugly...)

I'm looking for a 2009 N2 AE86 tech art that was lapping .59 at tsukuba

Don't forget, tires they used are Racing tires in N2 races. In the vid, they states that "they usually wear Racing tires, but for today, we'll be using sports tires"

Gotta love been Japanese :)

so the video on top the CBY N2 was using a street tires?

Street legal Sports tire

I love watching their footwork in these videos. They make it look so easy...

It's their job... but again, I agree. It's amazing to see their foot work

heel-toe just takes practice, guys... not to belittle their driving skills, but a lot of what they're doing isn't super spectacular footwork. :) one of the guys (i think in the exige) kept the clutch half depressed when he wasn't shifting. annoyed me quite a bit while i was watching.

^

There's obviously a difference between someone who can heel-toe pretty good, and someone who does it like an expert, but ANYONE can learn to heel-toe effectively.

anything in racing can be learned, specially heel & toe but whats hard is knowing the breaking point, heal and toe, selecting what gear is best on that corner, hitting the apex & holding that rear end thru the exit.

yup like other have said. also it's not easy to do h&t and find perfect braking point with car that isn't yours. I know this from experience. first yr with my friend's S2k racing, I had hard time doing h&t and braking point. Now, after 2 yrs I can h&t in nice braking time.