GTP_WRS Week 158 : Yellow Brick Road

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GT6 Week 158 : Yellow Brick Road

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Hotlap Event in Arcade Mode Time Trial

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Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) '06

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Indianapolis Road Course


:: Only Open to Qualified GTP_Registered Members ::

:: Members are not obligated to take part ::


Race Details:
  • Mode: Arcade Mode > Single Player > Time Trial
  • Track: World Circuits > Indianapolis Road Course
  • Car Type: Garage/Favorites Car
  • Make: USA > Chevrolet
  • Model: Corvette Z06 (C6) '06
  • Power: 528 bhp (after oil change)
  • Weight: 1421kg
  • PP: 549
Driving Options:
  • Transmission: Auto or Manual
  • Tires: Sports Medium (NOT Stock)
  • Driving Line Optional
  • Traction Control | ASM | ABS: Optional
  • Brake Balance: Optional
  • Active Steering | Skid Recovery Force: Prohibited
  • Tuning: Prohibited
  • In-Race RA Functions: Optional
  • Custom Wheels , Paint and Racing #: Allowed
Course Settings:
  • Grip Reduction on Track Edge: Real

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Race Specifics:
  • The event MUST be run using your registered account
  • The use of the clutch that is found on the G25, G27, and other high end racing wheels is strictly prohibited.
  • Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited.
  • No Contact with walls or other objects. Any contact with walls, no matter how minor, will result in a DQ.

  • The concrete surface found on the outside of the rumble strip and past white boundary lines in several turns is not Track.
  • See examples below. Those who use these runoff areas without keeping at least 2 wheels on tarmac or rumble strips will be DQ'd.
  • All tarmac on the final two (oval) turns is legal. Just don't hit the wall.
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The Concrete and Painted Concrete Surface Outside the Rumble Strip at Turn 7 (Trackside Left)

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Concrete Outside of the White Boundary Line on the Straight between Turns 7 and 8 (Trackside Left)

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Concrete Inside the Rumble Strip at Turn 8 (Trackside Left)

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Concrete Inside the Rumble Strip at Turn 11 (Trackside Right)


Steward's Comments:
This time at Indy we're going for an all-American sportscar with plenty of grunt and some mean looks to boot. Sometimes forgotten between the new Stingray and the mighty ZR1, this beast does plenty to keep you on your toes while still providing a comfy ride! Don't get too comfortable, though, or she'll bite... :mischievous: 👍


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Viewing your Time Splits:


  • You need to make sure you save the 'Save Best Lap Replay' (ghost replay), not the 'Save Replay' (See pic below)
  • To view your best lap replay, go to 'My Home' and watch the replay from there using the 'Gallery' option.
  • Live timing monitor does not work properly, so we have to use a small trick to view splits.
  • While viewing your Replay, pause the lap by hitting start, before the end of the first sector.
  • While keeping the replay paused, advance the replay, using the forward arrow on the replay HUD. This will advance the replay to the end of the first sector. That's your T1 split, write it down.
  • Advance the replay again. That will show the lap to date time on the screen, this is your first and second sector time, added together.
  • To post your Splits, simply post the lap to date times that are shown in the middle of the screen. Do not try to calculate the actual split times, the Fetchbot will do that for you.
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(Best Lap Replay Icon)


Standard Clean OLR Rules:



  • At Least 2 Tires must be in contact with track at all times.
    • In situations where contact with the track is not possible because tires are airborne (above the ground), then the run is only legal if at least two tires in-line would have made contact with the track if the car were not airborne.
    • If track contact cannot be 100% determined, then consider it dirty.

  • Rumble/ripple strips are part of the track.
  • No contact with walls or objects, visible or invisible
  • If you're not 100% sure that your lap is clean, then consider it dirty
  • No hybrids
  • No cheating of any kind,these are relaxed races and we are experienced racers, we know what times can be done,and we can read your mind. We will know.
  • Nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules.
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Thread rules:

The following information cannot be discussed in this thread (they can, however, be discussed on MSN or via other private conversation methods):


  • Total Lap Time
  • Any information which can be used to infer your total laptime
The following information can be discussed in this thread :


  • The first 3 splits: T1, T2 and T3 times
  • Any settings discussion
Splits Sharing


  • WRS Participants have traditionally shared splits as a way to reveal their pace without providing the full lap time until the event deadline. Posting of splits is not mandatory, but is considered fair sportsmanship.
  • WRS Admins reserve the right to request posting of splits from members who show a pattern of avoidance or deception in this area.
  • If you fail to comply with a direct request from an admin to post splits for a current or future event, we reserve the right to disqualify your lap from the results.

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Submission:

All submissions must be sent by PM (Subject title: GTP_WRS Week 158 Submission ) to (WRSFetchbot):

  • Then attach your 'Best Lap'/'Ghost' replay in zip file form. Everyone submits a replay instead of listing a lap time.
  • You will need to put something in the message body in order to begin a conversation. It doesn't matter what you put, it can even be 1 letter or symbol. Nobody but the Fetchbot is going to see it, so it's sort of pointless, anyhow.
  • You will get an automated response within 15min, letting you know whether your submission was accepted, or if you had an error.
  • If you have an error, don't panic. Just review the instructions for submission and submit again. If you are having trouble and cannot figure it out, please post your question in the race thread.
  • Users can ask the bot for the current submitted time by sending a message with the Subject: "GTP_WRS Week XX Get Entry" and any text in the body.
  • Users can delete their submitted time by sending a message with the Subject: "GTP_WRS Week XX Remove Entry" and any text in the body.
  • If you want to submit multiple times in the week that is still not a problem. Just reply to the conversation with your new time and new replay. Fetchy always uses the last submitted time as the final one.
  • See this screenshot as an example on how to submit:




  • The deadline is Monday, January 30th 11:59pm GMT
  • If you are unsure of the deadline try this site
Why Use GMT?:

GMT is World Time and the basis of every world time zone which sets the time of day and is at the centre of the time zone map. GMT sets current time or official time around the globe. Most time changes are measured by GMT. Although GMT has been replaced by atomic time (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.

Replay Checking:



  • Everyone is required to submit a replay for verification. This happens when you submit to the Fetchbot, and the replays will be visible in the leaderboard, once we've reached the event deadline
  • Participants will be expected to check each others' replays for cleanliness, for replays marked in the Results thread as (Check Needed)
  • Video replays are not accepted as a form of verification
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Good luck, :gtplanet:
OLR Team
 
These will not be my last splits. Ran these with the clutch and Hgate, BB @ 5/5, just for kicks and ref laps.

Will be some more tomorrow and/or later this week. Car's kind of a pig under braking. I keep blowing T1 so, will reduce BB when I go to the flappy paddles and see if I can get it to steer under trail braking better. Watch the power oversteer.

25.630
49.663
1'09.430

Nice first splits @Rikson, looks like I gots some miles to make. 👍
 
@mcsqueegy also suggested SS tires for this one. Probably should have listened. :P:dunce:
SS would have been to much, maybe, and took away most of the power oversteer so, I'm thinking the SMs are just fine. Just got to be more consistent with my exit onto the front straight so I get a more consistent brake point before turn one. While I was using the clutch and Hgate I was lifting at the end of the pit wall and getting on the brakes somewhere between there and that black mark on the wall and sometimes it would be too early, others about right. Any later and I was overshooting T1 worser and worser.

I did run off another 20 minutes last night with the flappy paddles and BB @ 3/7 and knocked a few tenths off. I may go down to a 2/8 and see if it helps but at this point it's probably more about seat time than anything. Car gives good rumble from the BKG2 too. Plus, it's a Chevrolet. Corvette. At Indianapolis. About 240 miles from where them thar ponies is bottled and shipped from.

25.384
49.150
1'08.717
 
1.5 hours into this TT...

BB 3/8

24.892
48.192
1'07.425

I don't yet understand if it's better to slide this car around or to be smooth with the driving...

Moreover...how do you approach the two hairpins?
I'm trying to use 1st gear for 1st one, accelerate a little until the turn in of the second, then shortshift to 2nd gear and wait to put down power...but it doesn't seem fast to me...
 
I am losing at least a second on the hairpins compared to y'all. . . Perserverance is key I guess. . .

25.169
48.785
108.985
 
I don't yet understand if it's better to slide this car around or to be smooth with the driving...

Moreover...how do you approach the two hairpins?
I'm trying to use 1st gear for 1st one, accelerate a little until the turn in of the second, then shortshift to 2nd gear and wait to put down power...but it doesn't seem fast to me...

In general smooth driving is always key.Try to keep them tires cool.But I agree some cars are begging to be trashed and they feel great when you make a 180 degree drift :lol:

With these combo''s (high torque and low grip tires) you better be in a higher gear.Shifting back to first certainly helps the car turn in better.so I think you are aproaching it in the right way. (But i'm no expert)
It feels slower indeed.You could use your ghost and just figure it out what works best for you.
Good Luck
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I am losing at least a second on the hairpins compared to y'all. . . Perserverance is key I guess. . .

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48.785
108.985
Don't think the bot liked that last number much. It appears to have dropped the 1.
 
This may look like a (n ordinary) circuit, but it really isn't. At least not in the sense the rest of them in the game are, like Suzuka or Monza. Why? There's very little information, well unless you use the external view to drive. For instance, the very first curbs can be driven on, but only if you know exactly where and how. I don't know if it's quicker in any case.
Everything has to be memorized, and if you are late in retrieving it back, you just go sightseeing. So..

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49.646
70.146
 
I am losing at least a second on the hairpins compared to y'all. . . Perserverance is key I guess. . .

25.169
48.785
108.985
You did not have the : in your last split, which had the board all messed up. I removed your splits from the board.

Please repost splits and include : or make them 68.98x, for example.
 
If I remember correctly, I tried splits with seconds past 60 and the bot didn't like it much.
 
I know I can improve on this lap a lot and definitely will go at it again later tonight. 3rd sector is killing me but starting to figure it out

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48.117
1'07.550
 
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