Beating Laguna Seca All Stars with 335hp Lancer Evo V (Gran Turismo 2)

This is the first foray at Laguna Seca for this challenge series, and the fourth All Stars race to be beaten using cars with 345hp or less. There were a few cars I wanted to use for this race, but I settled for the Lancer Evo V after I realized it was too powerful for the Vector M12 LM Trial Mountain endurance. Like in the other All Stars races, slipstream is both a blessing and a curse here, though it's a curse more often than not. It's extremely difficult to tell if you're still in a slipstream when approaching the corkscrew, and if you don't brake early, you'll go flying. The 90 degree left turn leading to the uphill is also really dangerous if you're slipstreaming, or at least if you're trying to stay on-track at all times. The AI goes off-course constantly here, and the gravel doesn't slow them down at all. Note that I'm using the RS trim instead of the GSR; it's much lighter than the GSR, with the drawback of its stock gearbox being extremely short. Fully upgraded, the RS is the best choice, unless you want a non-RM Evo V in colours other than white. I found the V RS to be slightly better than the VI RS when tuned to power limits, with the caveat that the V has a sharp torque fall-off after 7000 RPM and you need to shift early with it. Another weird gear setup, due to 4WD's needing a fast 1st gear for a smooth launch. Setting the final gear to 5.500, then setting auto setup to 13, gives both a good launch and enough top speed while ensuring the car stays within the 5500 - 7000 RPM power band. I also set the rear downforce dangerously low for better turning, at the cost of more unpredictability at the jump before the corkscrew. Rear dampers don't seem to affect this car much, so I left them at 2 both sides. Everything else was standard. Music used: The Trip - MAKOTO Trail of Light - J99 (from Ridge Racer 6) Get on!!! - Yudai Satoh I played NTSC-U GT2 on DuckStation with 60 FPS, 16:9 and metric conversion codes. See Silent's GT2 blog for more info: https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mod...