2015 Round 2 - Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit - GT-R NISMO GT3 Team RJN.

[daan]

My completely average run. 1'25.741.

 

[slid3s]

1st day: 1.24:555 with DS3. Still plenty of time...

 

[DOUQA]

Well I think I've found a bug.

I'm sure my doors aren't shut properly. They keep swinging open and knocking the cones over!!!!

 

[andrewsufc91]

Giving it a bit more of a proper go this year. Sitting on 1.25:891 at the moment with a fairly scruffy lap.

 

[j1Nk]

I got a question guys. I couldn't attend the 1st online round so my time is not available in the onlineranking. When I race the 2nd, 3rd and 4th round, do I still have the chance to get invited if the times are good enough or do I have to set a lap in every round ?

 

[Brutaka]

I got a question guys. I couldn't attend the 1st online round so my time is not available in the onlineranking. When I race the 2nd, 3rd and 4th round, do I still have the chance to get invited if the times are good enough or do I have to set a lap in every round ?

You have to bronze round 1 to do round 2 and so on.

 

[samoht gtx]

Got down to 1'25.567 at Brands - this car is ace with TCS 1 and with a wheel, it just drives like a proper FR sports car should, chuck it in, trail brake to the apex, ease onto the power, gentle drift through and out. So sweet. If you've been frustrated by Round 1, don't let that put you off Round 2, it feels like a totally different videogame!

 

[j1Nk]

You have to bronze round 1 to do round 2 and so on.

Yeah, I know that. My question is, if you've missed round 1 do you still have the chance to get invited to the race camp ?

Cause If i understand correctly you have to set an online time in the first 3 rounds.

"5.5 The performance that each Entrant achieves in rounds 1, 2 and 3, will be recorded, stored and collated by the Promoter, and the best performances will be displayed on the leader board displayed at www.gran-turismo.com (“Leader Board”) for those Entrants performing rounds 1, 2 and/or 3 in the following time frames:
(a)Round 1: from 08.00 BST on 21 April 2015 to 07.59 BST on 5 May 2015;
(b)Round 2: from 08.00 BST on 5 May 2015 to 07.59 BST on 19 May 2015; and
(c)Round 3: from 08.00 BST on 19 May 2015 to 07.59 BST on 2 June 2015."

 

[4679]

I hate Brands Hatch. It is my 2nd-least-favorite track in the game (least favorite being Mount Panorama). The car was decent though, got an ok time (for me) after a few exits and restarts due to the stupid grip thing. I don't understand why the tire grip is random in an event like this. Shouldn't everything be equal?

 

[w-g-e]

Track conditions changed from cloudy in my first session to sunny in my second session. Grip level was higher in the second session than in the first after I restarted. Feel like there's still quite a bit of room for improvement on my lap time.

Certainly enjoying this round, feels so good when you're getting it right.

 

[Tidgney]

Well after a quick session this afternoon I had a good go this evening! (It's nice having a week off work it meant that I could have a proper attempt today ).

Down to a 1:22.213 which at the time was Joint world: 5th // Joint UK: 1st.

I must admit this car is an absolute pain sometimes with the snap oversteer, or sudden understeer from no where, but getting a bit more consistent at least as you see from the video below I just got my PB then went and beat it again! Druids and Graham hill bend are costing me the most at the moment as the car wants to go sideways.

Great Work @RacingLine on your rank 1 time!

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Track conditions changed from cloudy in my first session to sunny in my second session. Grip level was higher in the second session than in the first after I restarted. Feel like there's still quite a bit of room for improvement on my lap time.

Certainly enjoying this round, feels so good when you're getting it right.

I see you jumped above me haha, great work !

 

[WadeOhh]

Well, at least with this combo is only a 1 minute lap as opposed to a 2 minutes lap. Cock ups towards the end of the lap aren't as frustrating with this combo I'm in the 1:24s at the moment after running about 10 laps. I know there is still a lot of time left though. Quite like the combo from the 10 or so laps I ran last night. Looking forward to running some more tonight.

 

[RacingLine]

Well after a quick session this afternoon I had a good go this evening! (It's nice having a week off work it meant that I could have a proper attempt today ).

Down to a 1:22.213 which at the time was Joint world: 5th // Joint UK: 1st.

I must admit this car is an absolute pain sometimes with the snap oversteer, or sudden understeer from no where, but getting a bit more consistent at least as you see from the video below I just got my PB then went and beat it again! Druids and Graham hill bend are costing me the most at the moment as the car wants to go sideways.

Great Work @RacingLine on your rank 1 time!

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I see you jumped above me haha, great work !

Thank you, I remember watching your videos last year seeking improvement. Mid 15s PB for me

 

[TRL_Importlife]

I'm currently @ 1:22.645 with 2 hour stint last night still plenty of time left digging this round 2 combo

Psn ID gtp_importlife 2nd in USA should be p1 later tonight when I put in another stint

 

[Growling]

1:22.738 for me so far. Comparing sectors and missed apex's in my replay only show around a potential 22.5.. I'd better start skidding it..

 

[Brutaka]

Yeah, I know that. My question is, if you've missed round 1 do you still have the chance to get invited to the race camp ?

Cause If i understand correctly you have to set an online time in the first 3 rounds.

"5.5 The performance that each Entrant achieves in rounds 1, 2 and 3, will be recorded, stored and collated by the Promoter, and the best performances will be displayed on the leader board displayed at www.gran-turismo.com (“Leader Board”) for those Entrants performing rounds 1, 2 and/or 3 in the following time frames:
(a)Round 1: from 08.00 BST on 21 April 2015 to 07.59 BST on 5 May 2015;
(b)Round 2: from 08.00 BST on 5 May 2015 to 07.59 BST on 19 May 2015; and
(c)Round 3: from 08.00 BST on 19 May 2015 to 07.59 BST on 2 June 2015."

If you don't do all the rounds you can't go to race camp because you have to finsh all the rounds

 

[2cam16]

Tough round. I always have issues with this track. Good at one sector, bad in another. Improve the bad one, then the good one goes bad. I'd have to drive a lot for it to come together and I don't have time for that.
Gold is good enough for me for 8k+ place. lol

 

[GumballCGT]

I'll just say now that I really don't like this combo! Brands Hatch will be the death of me. I managed to put in a decent time at least and ended up with a 1:22.672.

 

[SileightyCyrus]

Had a break at work, checking to see how far back I slid from last night...and I noticed @outlaw4rc got me by .001! Ha!

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

I'm at a very piss poor 1'23.830 atm. Love the track and no real complaints about the car, just can't get in the groove for some reason.

@RacingLine Why, aren't you just the bees knees sitting up there in P1, great job my friend. Congrats to the rest of the top 10 and beyond, amazing times by all.

 

[LoCoArMeN]

I'll just say now that I really don't like this combo! Brands Hatch will be the death of me. I managed to put in a decent time at least and ended up with a 1:22.672.

Cant stand this combo. I love the car, hate the track.

And I have never felt the grip change everyone is making huge fuss about. Its all in your heads.

 

[STEPTQE]

Had a quick go last night , Silver 1st lap then a few spins at dingle dell before I got Gold. Compared to the last round this is heaps better . Good track and a car that can bite you but does turn in . I found round 1 much harder to get up to speed and much less enjoyable but I hate understeer. Will revisit at weekend to put in a proper time. Need to get more speed through Clark & Graham Hill bends then the time should improve. I'll still be good way off the usual suspects at the top of the timesheet though.
I didn't notice any grip changes unless you put a wheel on the dirt then it bites

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Cant stand this combo. I love the car, hate the track.

And I have never felt the grip change everyone is making huge fuss about. Its all in your heads.

Um, no, its not just in our heads. First session I had tonight, I couldn't even come close to keeping up with my ghost. The closest I could come was about .400. Logged out and re-entered and immediately improved my time by .600 over the course of about 10 minutes. I have experienced this in the previous round as well. If you haven't experienced it then that's fine, but telling others who have that its all in our heads is a little harsh and I kinda take offense to that comment. Kinda like saying we have no clue to what we are talking about, which just isn't the case.

 

[GREASY SAM]

Um, no, its not just in our heads. First session I had tonight, I couldn't even come close to keeping up with my ghost. The closest I could come was about .400. Logged out and re-entered and immediately improved my time by .600 over the course of about 10 minutes. I have experienced this in the previous round as well. If you haven't experienced it then that's fine, but telling others who have that its all in our heads is a little harsh and I kinda take offense to that comment. Kinda like saying we have no clue to what we are talking about, which just isn't the case.

Fully agree! first run had a 1:24.7** with a clean lap. Logged out and tried again took over a second off my time. 1:23.001 good for top Canadian atm 81st overall.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Fully agree! first run had a 1:24.7** with a clean lap. Logged out and tried again took over a second off my time. 1:23.001 good for top Canadian atm 81st overall.

Yep, its crazy how much the grip levels differ from session to session. Congrats on your time and being top Canadian atm, very well done my friend. After watching you in the Seasonals, I knew you would do real well in the Academy here. 👍 Keep up the great work my friend, you are an inspiration.

 

[WadeOhh]

So, is there a hard and fast rule to this logging in then logging out business (IE: is there a consistent rule, eg: going into the track, out once and back in and having better grip) or is it just randomly you'll go in and have better grip than other sessions?

 

[Aaroh]

I was consistently doing late 1:23s, got pissed off, logged out and tried a couple of minutes later and bam, 1:22.9

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

So, is there a hard and fast rule to this logging in then logging out business (IE: is there a consistent rule, eg: going into the track, out once and back in and having better grip) or is it just randomly you'll go in and have better grip than other sessions?

Its been my experience that, once you have a good base time, if you can't get close to it after about say 15 minutes or so, exit the event and then return to see if the grip levels have changed. You should be able to tell a difference pretty much straight away if things are different or not. As far as my experience with this goes, its random as I haven't seen any set pattern. Its been like a 50/50 chance that you'll have good grip without having to exit then return in my experience so far. My advice would be that if you are not even coming close to your ghost, then just exit and return to see if there is a difference. Like I said, it should be pretty obvious if the grip has changed or not.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Just put in a stint and this GT-R does not feel the same as last year's machine. There was a sense of linearity with the oversteer before but now it's either pushing or snapping completely. They just had to ruin my favorite machine.

I did barely sneak into the 22s but my loose wheel is a nightmare for Brands Hatch. I can't tell you how often I clip the grass on the left right before turning for Dingle Dell and to the right at Stirlings Bend because I drift a millimeter too far out.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Just put in a stint and this GT-R does not feel the same as last year's machine. There was a sense of linearity with the oversteer before but now it's either pushing or snapping completely. They just had to ruin my favorite machine.

I did barely sneak into the 22s but my loose wheel is a nightmare for Brands Hatch. I can't tell you how often I clip the grass on the left right before turning for Dingle Dell and to the right at Stirlings Bend because I drift a millimeter too far out.

I agree, it does feel like a completely different car from last years event. Like I've stated before, it doesn't even feel like its running on RH tires imo. I guess I would rather have it this way though as opposed to last years physics model, it just suits my style more.