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EAB/Lemon Super League 2017: Round 12 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
EAB/Lemon Super League 2017: Round 12 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Starts: 00:01 September 24 Finishes: 23:59 October 14 Rules Post a picture of your score here with the score written underneath. Enter as often as you like. Only scores achieved during the round's time frame count. Play Easy, Medium and Hard modes, and add up the total points. No cheating of any kind (including score leeching) - this includes save states. No continues/passwords allowed. If you suspect anyone of cheating please let us know in private - anyone found guilty will be banned for the entire season. Remember, anyone can join in at any time. Have fun and feel free to ask any questions you may have. Downloads - ADF - WHDLoad-installed Extras - Full rules and FAQ (incorporating the Hall of Fame) - Results and Standings - Lemon thread - Live League Ladder Last edited by Graham Humphrey; 24 September 2017 at 19:45. |
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Easy: 140 Medium: 0 Hard: 0 Total: 140 Not "easy" to win every race. |
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Medium: 0 Hard: 0 Total: 140 One of my favorite games ever! My game doesn't save the lap scores and the championship tables. Is there something I have to do in order to save the results? I regularly quit the game with the "*" key on the numpad. |
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Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 0 Total: 340 Hint: Argentina has only left-hand curves. Just ignore the signs that tell you otherwise. One of my favorites, too. I play the disk version which doesn't seem to save scores either. |
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Score: Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 0 Total: 340 In easy, China (last course) is difficult and is rather a hard course. (Needed 2 tries for it.) In medium, once you have survived Greenland (third course) it gets easier again until the last two races. (Needed 3 tries to finish Greenland in first place and an additional try because I didnt finish USA in first place.) |
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Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 274 ----------- Total: 614 5th in Wales and 6th in Antarctica. Won't be enough to beat Harry but I've memorized every track now. Just need more luck in the Wales lottery and better performance in Antarctica. Tip for Australia: Once you reach fifth gear stay in it even if you drop below 90mph. You'll run out of fuel if you drive too much in 4th gear (there's no pit stop). |
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Ive never beaten Lotus 1, ever, as the final track is just insane. I manage to get a top place if I finish the previous race in 10th, but if I win the 14th race there is no way to complete the final level unless you dont crash over the first few laps - very unlikely.
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I've practiced hard mode last week already and now Antarctica doesn't feel that outlandish anymore. It's difficult to win there but not that difficult to finish in the top 10.
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Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 0 Total: 340 I've played a bit at the hard level... it doesn't seem so hard but there are a few tough races... |
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Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 281 ----------- Total: 621 Got lucky in Wales: 2nd place. Yet again 6th in Antarctica. |
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Medium: 200 Hard: 288 ----------- Total: 628 I usually arrive 4th in Wales but unfortunately the two times that I won in Antarctica I arrived 8th and 5th so my best score is 288... |
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Easy: 140
Medium: 200 Hard: 282 Total: 622 Got 4th in Wales and 3rd in Antarctica. |
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Wales is a lottery, I arrived 5th with a time of 2.20.02 that usually is enough to be 4th but that race the first 4 opponents had times between 2.12 and 2.14, absolutely impossible to beat... Honestly, I think that my best score could be 290 but I'd need to be almost perfect and lucky... |
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One is always faster than 2:20 in Wales so winning is impossible. Sometimes there are even 6 that are below 2:20 which you just cannot beat. But very rarely you can get 2nd place so 295 is the true maximum score. Sadly it's not obtainable by skillful play alone, you have to get lucky.
Thanks for the advice - I'll wait to refuel after the fifth lap next time. |
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Easy: 140 Medium: 200 Hard: 288 ----------- Total: 628 Fueling after the 5th lap is the right tactic. Won this time in Antarctica. But also 5th in Wales. Struggled a lot in Russia and Greece. |
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