1.)Basic Driving Strategy
2.)Simulation Mode Strategy
3.)Upgrading your car
4.)Car List
Basic Driving Strategy
The most important thing to remember is to brake going into a corner and accelerate out. If you master this, you can basically get through most of the game without many problems
Your car, basically, can turn, brake, and accelerate. you have to realize that it can't do all three. when turning, you can't expect to accelerate to a high speed. Brake before turning, then accelerate out.
You should learn to get a good "line" for the course. Know where to brake, where to accelerate, and how to take turns. The best way to do this, beleive it or not, is the lisence tests. They will teach you how to perfect a course (especially the S Lisence). Watch the demos and try to follow the line the AI uses.
You should change your oil as often as possible. Many people change their oil before every race, but if you're only doing 3-5 laps, there probably isn't a need to do this. If you don't change the oil often enough, you could end up losing HP permanently.
A key strategy in longer races is to use the pits wisley. You should have some sort of pit strategy going in. Know your tires and how much damage they can take before it begins to affect your driving performance heavily. Do the math, find out how long it takes to pit, and find out how much time you're losing because of your tires. Know when to pit.
Simulation Mode Strategy
The first thing you should do is get your B Lisence. If you can get all golds, it will help you greatly because you can use the credits you earn at the start to upgrade the car you win instead of buying one. It will be tough, so if you can't get golds on all the tests, tere's no shame in buying either a Mazda Miata, or a Toyota Trueno as your starting car. Use your starting car to race the early Begginer league races such as the Sunday and Clubman cup. With the Trueno, you can also enter the 80's sports car cup, and with the Miata, you can enter the Roadster cup. Save up enough money for a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI.
Use it to enter the more challenging races and upgrade it to its max, maxing out the HP first. you should buy cheap HP upgrades such as a Performance chip and a racing muffler. Once you've upgraded the car to it's max, Put Rally tires on it and win all the rally races. It may take a while, but the money is good and once you beat all of them, you're awarded with the Suzuki Escudo.
Upgrading Your Car
MUFFLER - Mufflers will upgrade your horsepower. None are too eexpensive, so whenever possible, outfit your car with the best muffler, the racing model. This should be one of the first parts you buy for any car.
NA TUNE UP - Naturally Aspirated tuning is available for several cars. While Turbo or supercharging your car is often the better option, sometimes you can't. Buy whichever step you can afford, but remember, you get what you pay for.
PORT POLISH A small horse power upgrade, but it's pretty cheap. A good part to buy near the start.
ENGINE BALANCING - This horsepower upgrade isn't too useful, since it's fairly expensive and doesn't help out too much. You should only buy this if your'e maxing out your car, are having real problems with your car, or if you've got money to burn.
DISPLACEMENT UP - A good all around upgrade for your car's horsepower. Not a lot of cars can use this option.
RACING CHIP - This should be the first part you fit onto your car. Very cheap and very worthwhile. It will upgrade your cars HP.
SUPENSION - This is where your expertise in tuning comes in. You'll have to alter some settings to make this part worthwhile. This part will allow you to alter the suspension settings if you purchase the fully customizable option.
RACING BRAKES - Essential for long, curvy courses such as Route 11 or the Cote D'Azur. These will do exactly what you think they will - Increase your braking power.
BRAKE BALANCE CONTROLLER - This part will allow you to fine to the brake balance setting. When adjusting the brake balance, remember that the more power in the front, the less responsive the car is, while with more power in the back, the more the car will oversteer.
CLUTCH - This upgrade will help you when shifting gears. Don't skimp here, buy the triple plate for increased performance.
FLYWHEEL - Basically, this part will only be useful to you if you use a manual transmission. It allows you to shit more smoothly and accelerate at a steadier rate.
DRIVESHAFT - Buy this upgrade before you reduce your weight for better acceleration.
TRANSMISSION - You will want a sports transmission for low power cars, a semi racing for cars where you don't want to fiddle with the gear ratios too much, and a full racing transmission if you want to alter all the gear ratios. The final drive ratio will build up acceleration when hightened, but will reduce the car's top speed. Altering the 1st - 7th gear ratios will help keep your car from redlining and keep it revving at a good rate. basically, the farther right the lines on the graph (left side of the screen) are, your'e trading off a higher speed for a slower acceleration.
LIMITED SLIP - The full customization part will allow you to alter all the LSD settings, but if you don't want to go that far, the 1.5 way slip will increase your turning ability.
TURBO KIT - this is where you can really get your horsepower up. Depending on how much you spend, your HP will rise a certain amount for the Step 1,2,3, and 4 parts, but again, you get what you pay for.
INTERCOOLER - go for the racing model. It's a cheap and very effective Horsepower upgrade.
TIRES - this is pretty simple. Want to do some rally racing? buy raly tires. Want your tires to have better performance but wear out quicker? but super soft tires. Want sturdy tires that will last but won't increase your car's performance much? buy super slick tires. Want a steady balance between Performance and Durability? buy Medium tires.
WEIGHT REDUCTION - This will strengthen your power to weight ratio, allowing your car to accelerate steadier and acheive a higher top speed. You have to go step buy step here, but the only one that will really hurt you wallet is step 3.
AYC CONTROLLER - This will allow you to alter the Active Yaw controls on the settings menu. A higher setting will give more acceleration during turns.
VCD CONTROLLER - Similar to the AYC Controller, this will allow you to alter various settings for your car.
Car List
DAIHATSU - Mira TR XX Avanzato R, Storia X4
HONDA - CR-X del Sol SiR, Civic SiR-II, Civic Type R, Integra Type R, Accord Euro R, S2000, S2000 type-v, NSX type S Zero, NSX type R, Castrol Mugen NSX, Mugen S2000, Spoon Sports S2000, Spoon Sports S2000 Race Car, Spoon Sports Civic Type R, S2000 LM Race Car, Arta NSX, Raybrig NSX
MAZDA - Demio GL-X, Miata MX-5 (1989), Miata MX-5 (1993), Miata MX-5 1.8RS, Miata MX-5 LS2, Savanna RX-7 Infini III, RX-7 LM Race Car, Mazda Miata VR Limited A, RX-7 Type RS, RX-7 Type RZ, RX-8, 787B
MITSUBISHI - FTO GP version R, Lancer Evolution VII RS, Lancer Evolution VI RS, Lancer Evolution IV GSR, Lancer Evolution VII GSR, Lancer Evolution V GSR, Lancer Evolution VI GSR, Lancer Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition, Lancer Evolution VI GSR Tommi Makinen Edition (with racing stripes), 3000GT VR-4 Turbo, 3000GT VR-4, Lancer Evolution VI Rally Car, Lancer Evolution VII Rally Car Prototype, Mine's Lancer Evolution VI, FTO LM Race Car
NISSAN - 240SX Fastback Type X, 240SX K's Aero, 300ZX Twin Turbo 2by2, 300ZX Twin Turbo 2seater, Calsonic Skyline JGTC, C-West Razo Silvia JGTC, Loctite Zexel GT-R JGTC, Mine's Skyline GT-R N1 V-spec (R34), Nismo 400R Nismo GT-R LM Road Car, Nismo Skyline GT-R S-tune (R32), Nismo GT-R R-tune, Pennzoil Nismo GT-R, R390 GT1 LM Race Car, R390 GT1 Road Car, Silvia K's 1800cc, Silvia K's 2000cc, Silvia Spec-R Aero, Silvia Varietta, Skyline GT-R V spec (R33), Skyline GT-R V spec II (R33), Skyline GT-R V-spec (R34), Skyline GT-R Vspec II (R32), Skyline GT-R V-spec II (R34), Skyline GTS-t Type M (R32), Z Concept
SUBARU - Legacy B4 RSK , Impreza Sedan WRX STi Version VI, Impreza WRX STi Version, Impreza Wagon WRX STi Version VI, Legacy Touring Wagon GT-B, Impreza Sports Wagon WRX STi, Legacy Blitzen B4, Impreza Sedan WRX STi, Impreza 228 STi Version, Impreza Rally Car, Impreza Rally Car Prototype, Impreza LM Race Car
SUZUKI - Alto Works Suzuki Sports Limited, Escudo Pikes Peak Version
TOMMY KAIRA - ZZ-S, ZZ II
TOYOTA - Chaser TOMS X540, Vitz Euro Edition, Sprinter Trueno GT Apex, Vitz RS 1.5, Celica SS-II, MR-S S Edition, Lexus IS, Celica SS-II Old Model, MR2 G-Limited, Altezza RS200, MR2 GT-S, Celica GT-Four, Supra SZ-R, Supra RZ, Corolla Rally Car, Castrol Tom's Supra, Celica Rally Car, GT-One Race Car, Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex S.S. version, Denso Sard Supra, Celica TRD Sports M, Super Autobacs Apex MR-S, GT-One Road Car, Altezza Race Car
ACURA - Integra Type R, 3.2 CL Type S, NSX, RSX Type-S
CHEVROLET - Camaro Z28, Camaro SS, Corvette Grand Sport, Corvette Z06, Corvette CR5, Camaro Race Car
CHRYSLER - PT Cruiser
DODGE - Viper GTS, Viper GTS R Concept, Viper GTS R Team ORECA
FORD - Mustang SVT Cobra R, Escort Rally Car, Focus Rally Car, GT40 Race Car
PANOZ - Esperante
SHELBY - Cobra
AUDI - S4, TT
BMW - 328ci
MERCEDES-BENZ - SLK 230 Kompressor, CLK 55, CL 600, CLK Touring Car
OPEL - Speedster, Calibra touring car, Astra Touring car.
RUF - 3400 S, CTR2, RGT
VOLKSWAGON - New Beetle, New Beetle, New Beetle Cup Car, Lupo Cup Car
CITROEN - Xsara Rally Car
PEUGOT - 206 S16, 206 Rally Car
RENAULT - Clio Sport V6, Clio Sport race Car
ALFA ROMEO - 156 2.5 V6 24V
FIAT - Coupe Turbo plus
LANCIA - Delta HF Integrale rally Car
PAGANI - Zonda C12, Zonda S, Zonda Race Car
ASTON MARTIN - Vanquish, V8 Vantage, DB7 Coupe
JAGUAR - XKR Coupe, XJ220, XJ200
LISTER - Storm V12 Race car
LOTUS - Elise 190, Esprit V8-SE, Esprit Sport 350, Motor Sport Elise
MINI - Cooper 1.3
TVR - Griffith 500, Tuscan speed 6, Speed 12
GILETTE - Vertigo Race Car
TICKFORD - Falcon XR8 Race Car
FORMULA 1 CARS - F/090, F/094, F/686, F/688, F/687
