Talk:Tsukuba 9hr Endurance (GT4)/@comment-70.161.223.201-20191230081620

Mode: A-Spec

Car: Spoon S2000 '00 (untuned)

Tire Config: Hard (Sports) [more on this later]

Lap Interval: 35

Laps Completed: 495

Margin of Victory: 6 Laps

2nd Place Opponent: Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD) '02

Conclusion: Got a tough opponent in the RX-7, but the CPUs being bad at navigating traffic on tight circuits like Tsukuba let me win fairly comfortably (if you can call a six-and-a-half minute victory in a nine hour race 'comfortable'). As I said, I used Hard tires in this race, although I personally don't recommend you do so after a little more investigating. Soft tires are around two seconds faster than hard tires per lap, and that's quite a bit on such a short track. However, they are only about half as durable (a little more than half). Luckily, the pit lane on this track is pretty short, so each pit stop is around 30 seconds long. All in all, you'll be around a second faster around the track EVERY LAP with soft tires (factoring in the pit stops), plus they make the car grippier and easier to use... why not do it! Remember this is just based off my experience with the Spoon S2000, but I'm sure many FR cars will have similar tire wear. As for how to navigate the track, I like the 'brake late and coast around the corners' strategy, it works well with the default ABS, TCS, etc. settings. Wears the tires slower and more evenly IMO. Really if you can get soft tires to last 16-18 laps and you can get around 1:02 to 1:03 lap times, you should be more than fine.

Car Recommendation: You can probably get away with something a bit slower than my S2000 if you are going for max A-Spec points, especially if there is no Mazda RX-7 or Lotus Elise. I would NOT recommend an FF or 4WD car, as the front tires will wear too quickly. That is unless the car is setting sub-minute lap times, but then I REALLY hope you like the pit crew animations, you will be seeing them a lot.