Hipwell

No more interest in a Club Lupo race? We going to start another challenge on a different (perhaps shorter) track? I've sent you a friends request. I'll send you a GTI painted Laser Blue, can't get Raven Blue unfortunately.

You see it at level 30 in Special Events. I thought it was impossible to start with, but you learn how to brake in the middle of the corner and skid around. I've got bronze, gold, bronze. I think I could get silver on Nurbugring GP, but as you say almost impossible with the controller. You get the Red Bull version X2010 for all bronzes, which is great for the endurance races. Only think a few have got all gold in the world with a DS3.

Impressive. Closing in on me. Think you will be able to beat my time?

Ahh right, looks exactly colour as one of the Cup Cars at first glance! Not sure if the wing helps with the extra downforce on the back. But I've lowered the gearing for a top speed of 162mph instead of 166mph, which gives much better acceleration compared to the ghost car. Also put my front camber up to 6°. Proabably take a couple of tenths off my time.

Oh no, you can put a rear wing on the GTI. It's going to make it fly! Nice time Al, especially in the Cup Car, you got a normal GTI to use? You will be able to get into the 7.40's.

Car was for sale for £2,400 but after accident, seller boosted price to £5,000 so no one would bid for it.

Leaderboard Hipwell, GTI '01:- 7.29.348 CasperGTI, GTI '01:- 7.40.563 GtiJames:- 7.46.1 Hipwell, Cup Car '00:- 7.48.525 CasperGTI, GTI '01:- 7.49.823 GtiJames:- 7.51.3 Hipwell, Cup Car '00:- 7.52.320 scotty_82, Cup Car:- 7.55.267 CasperGTI, GTI '01:- 7.55.357 scotty_82 Cup Car:- 7.59.991 scotty_82, Cup Car:- 8.00.423 loopete, GTI '01:- 8.14.296 AwesomeAl, Cup Car '03:- 8.32.584 Kez1990, Cup Car '03:- 8.42.714 GtiJames, Cup Car:- 8.43

Yeah, camber helps a bit, allows you to throw the car into the corner and maintain speed. Helps my driving style anyway.

This the red GTI with black side strips? Pretty sure they have just been stuck on to stop an old woman owner bashing the door into a bollard as she gets out of the car at Marks and Spencers. But as Phil says above for checking/removing.

lol^ 7.29.348 Lupo GTI '01 Racing soft tyres Fully customisable suspension, lowered 25mm all around, increased camber to -4° F and -3.5° R, stronger R-ARB Brake balance 10-7 Fully customisable LSD Fully customisable transmission, with elongated gearing for higher top speed of 157+mph High range turbo kit Titanium racing exhaust Sports exhaust manifold Sports intake manifold Racing air filter Stage 3 engine tuning Rigidity improvement Window weight reduction Stage 3 weight reduction Engine rebuild Oil change TC 1 ABS 1 269bhp 867kg Controller with AT. Youtube Video ->Original Video Still a good 3 to 4 seconds to take off that time. But racing soft tyres are a must, give you way better grip than anything else. Normal GTI is the way to go though, instead of the Cup cars.

Very nice John, take any shortcuts?

Are the metal plates retro-reflective though?

Without doubt one of the best handling cars on the game. Yeah have to unlock it for practice mode. Huh? I'm glad it goes left when you press left. Or am I reading this wrong?

My lap.. Youtube Video ->Original Video

But the thing is, the cars you use, need and want are all premium cars. The other standard cars are there to pad out the other manufacturers. Hate to think the amount of time it took them to model even one premium car.

How is everyone getting on? Almost completed all of A-spec, just need to get a Touring car and an F1 car to complete the last two in professional. Only a few left in the special events aswell. Doing the B-spec at the moment, up to level 11, seems pretty easy. My favourite car so far, by a long way is the Zonda R. Unbelievably fast, and handling is immense.

See the top one has the cambridge lights, where it has tinted indicators in the centre of the light. Where as the lower picture has standard Lupo lights, and they are fully red, (excluding the reversing lights).

Cambridge lights.. Standard lights..

Yep, as the car is advertised for sale online. So presume they are just waiting for someone to buy it.

7:52.320 Lupo Cup Car '00 Sports soft tyres Fully customisable suspension, lowered 40mm, increased F+R camber, stronger R-ARB Fully customisable LSD Fully customisable transmission, with elongated gearing for higher top speed High range turbo kit Titanium racing exhaust Sports exhaust manifold Sports intake manifold Racing air filter Stage 3 engine tuning Rigidity improvement Window weight reduction 212bhp 830kg Controller with AT, with no chicane shortcuts! I have saved the replay as it was an almost perfect lap, but you can't upload them to youtube yet. So here is a bad picture of it..

Yes, very common for the soldering in the circuit boards for the micro switches to fail. They can be repaired, but it's easier said than done. But if the microswitches themselves are broken they cannot be replaced. If that is the problem, it might be worthwhile getting a quote from Lupoboz for a set of new ones, might not be as bad as you were expecting. Or a set of second hand working ones, are they are the same as the Mk4 Golf or Polo?

Heres the 'how to' guide.. How To: Fit Camber Shims On A GTi

Yep, under 9,00 for a standard cup car and just under 8,00 in a fully modified one, with custom gear ratio's. I don't believe it does unlock, but I could be wrong though. You just have to keep looking in the used car dealership for it. Yes all Lupo's are standard cars, so no inside view.

Yeah can't buy any Lupo's new, have to get lucky in the used car dealership. Managed to get a nice Lupo Cup Car. Great fun racing it in the Lupo Cup around the Nürburgring! 9,00.00 lap with a standard car and hard tyres. You win a 1.4 after winning the race aswell. One of the Cup cars and in the Cup car race at the Nürburgring.. Apparently brake upgrades come later, when you level up to 20+?

I'm pretty impressed so far. The 30+ min loading was boring and trying to get to the online multiplayer crashed mine 3 times. (Doesn't seem as bad this morning though) But the graphics are great and I love the Go-Karting. Only issues are that you have to keep zooming in to see anything, as all the writing is so tiny and the licences are way to easy, especially to get the bronze cup.