Shift 2 Unleashed - Mazda RX-8 @ Laguna Seca (PC)

This is a time attack race on Laguna Seca with a Mazda RX-8 upgraded to class C. The point of the video is that you can get good handling cars with the right setup and careful driving. No driving aids were used. I used elite handling, but it could just as well have been novice with no driving aids - the handling is the same for all modes, just the avaliable assists are different. I used the Driving Force GT wheel.

Lap 1 is clean driving from the various 1st person camera angles.

Lap 2 is clean driving from the chase camera view. This was done to show that the car doesn't float unaturally when cornering.

Lap 3 is intentionally bad driving with the default replay camera cycle. This was done to show how the car acts when pushed too hard. I didn't try to counter steer any of the slides. It was just to show that you can spin out with this car setup if you are too hard on the throttle too early. I also did some excessive braking, just so you could see lock-ups, and to show that no driving aids where used.

The following settings were used:

Driving Force GT wheel settings:
Degrees of rotation: 540
Force feedback: 100% (on all)
Center spring: unchecked
Allow game to adjust settings: unchecked

Shift 2 unleashed settings:
FFB strength: 100
Steering deadzone: 0
Steering sensitivity: 75
Throttle deadzone: 0
Throttle sensitivity: 15
Braking deadzone: 0
Braking sensitivity: 10
Clutch deadzone: n/a
Clutch sensitivity: n/a
Speed sensitivity: 0%
Steering lock: 540

Car tuning:
Basically a very low ride height (stance) - as low as possible at first, then raise it a bit if you get too much hopping over curbs and stuff. Springs are very stiff, close to max value. Adjust them a little towards soft if your handling suffers from a too stiff suspension. Downforce is at maximum value. Adjust lower for more top speed on faster tracks. Other than that, I do a test run in the tuning menu to fine tune the other settings, but springs and ride height seem to do a lot for the handling.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• shift 2 unleashed
• mazda rx8
• laguna seca
• elite handling mode

[KoNLaRz]

way to ruin a car

[Oracurax]

@KoNLaRz - Ruin? I thought it was pretty nice and clean.

[Jappeke007]

@Oracurax IDK what he is talking about, this car looks good.

[Oracurax]

@Jappeke007 Maybe he doesn't like race cars. I don't want race cars to look like street cars, but that's just me...

[tomcatChannel]

nice vid m8. How did you capture it?

[Oracurax]

@tomcatChannel FRAPS, then put the bits together in Sony vegas since FRAPS cut it in two.

[alex9030018]

remind me old GT2 game, i always crash at the hill

[KoNLaRz]

@Oracurax Visual apperance with bodykits and vinyls

[Faust598]

Good vid.