Edit: 10 mins after last post, a fellow runner gave me a solid and got me away from only using the triangle as a gauge of what makes my car fast or not. I was totally matching my spoiler numbers to my wedge became the triangle showed it was the fastest with the most handling possible.

Just one private message gave me a whole new outlook at how to edit the setups. I couldn’t understand how some of these speeds were being carried in certain turns on Watkins glen without hitting the walls. I was starting to think emulators were not correct to the original code or their was a secret clutch or secret way to use manual transmission.

I have quickly dabbled with manual transmission and just like every other racing game, it def is the OP way to go for the fastest possible times but im Glad auto is getting the records now and for the foreseeable future.

I def can understand if the joystick is the noise of the clicks. I use directional pad I can’t trust the analog stick to be accurate enough for what I want. I thought for sure, though you were definitely using manual transmission and I’m shocked that it’s auto just based off where the gears are in certain corners. I cannot replicate those speeds currently. I’m definitely missing something in the car for sure because that’s the only thing that it can be at this point..

So I’ve watched your vids and compare your speeds in turns and I’m positive you drive with manual shifting. I’m the type of gamer that prefers to pick “medium” difficulty for most games except for sports games that i learn inside and out. There is no “clutch” in this game. Am i correct? Or is there a spicy way to shift gears? I know you don’t wanna give out your methods and i can’t blame ya, and i don’t expect a comprehensive answer. But if you could just give me a confirmation that there is a small combo to switch gears or is it just purely based on where you are on the track and where the rpm’s are out… aka it’s just knowing when to gear up or down.

The audio of your buttons being pressed just sound like there was a clutch or something and made me wonder and try things. Things I’m not proud of… hahah

I got a good lap in race…. Don’t think i can can much faster while using automatic shifting.

from what i understand with nascar 2000, you can change the physics to whatever u please. 150 horsepower and 130% draft is fine!

any chance you can share ur setup? Im sure i could figure it out with time using your high speed but would appreciate if you could save me some time.

dang! Nice run! It's one thing to get that super tricky section clean without touching the grass of death, but always have trouble keeping peddle down in the section after turn 1. always gotta come off throttle to avoid the walls. Look forward to see where you're getting an extra 2 secs!

that put on 17th was brutal! It was lined up for the taking that hurt.

"OMG" is absolutely correct! Or "WTF??" because that was 1 in a trillion to get all perfect pieces. nuts!

I usually just play on default settings (arcade) and single race or qualifying to get my best laps. Is Arcade mode standard? or do i have to change it to sim?

If i had to guess. There WAS a run on the leaderboards, but the user deleted it, but the website still saved it in stats. Find the positive in things and drop the "Red Flag" BS that the tiktokrs like to show off. But you're your own person and can do what you want in the end. Happy Running!

what is so upsetting about this? I got an og xbox and still play it. Mainly to just time trial Nuremberg. the game i work on the most for a WR is NES GOLF. So this game isnt crazy to have a page if people want to submit a run. if they dont... then.... who cares?

yep thats what i kinda figured. i just messed around with it for an hour and gotta much better grasp on it. thx for confirming that im not horrible at tuning but the game is the game.

I can't find any N64 setups. There are a couple ps1 setups but they are numbered and not like the n64 version and can't figure out it you can adapt them. Any help out there would make this game playable since its not fun to avoid the wall fealing heavy aF and not even knowing if i mastered it, if it could come close to actual speed. Im not a car guy, and dont have the energy to fiddle with all the setting variations it would greatly be appreciated!

A 8:23 !!!!! I’ve played soo many shots that I can play really good when Drunk w/ my bro rooting for me and when I take the thinking out and rely totally on my instincts.

I was going to play just another round trying to score the perfect round of -22 were you make every birdie and the 4 eagles on the par 5’s. I’ve gotten a -21 twice… but never the perfect round.

Never played 1w putter for speed. Tried a few shots with 1 wood and it’s the very same principle of normal golf. If u use 1 wood enough, you will start to remember the distance and curve…. Same as when I’m deciding what club to use and how much or litttle cut or slice I want.

Sorry for poop quality.,, it wasn’t planned but I recorded on my old vcr lolz !!

Also got a blog about my journey to the perfect round… also has other random fun internet stuff on it. https://mycovidbrain.wordpress.com/