600PP GT500 Super Lap - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

[Stotty]

Another session after work and quickly picked up the 0.4 I thought was left yesterday.

Down to 1'15.445 for 12th, but now I see another 0.2 left.

Lovely car/track combo, and fantastic tune @Mini Stiggy 👍

 

[Mini Stiggy]

Thanks for the gearing setup @eclipsee

Down to a 15.059. Lost about 2 car lengths on my ghost car on the corner before the corkscrew! I really suck at that corner.

Now for the 14s

 

[Stotty]

Lost about 2 car lengths on my ghost car on the corner before the corkscrew! I really suck at that corner.

That one's a bitch 👍

That corner, and the one at the bottom of the hill.

 

[Mini Stiggy]

Down to a 15.039. Would've been an easy 14 if I didn't screw up at the corkscrew(ha).

 

[Stotty]

It's an interesting (and good) combo, this one.

When I started, I couldn't see how a 15 was possible, never mind a 14. I thought the car was an understeering pig and I've never liked Laguna.

Once I stopped overdriving the car, and got the start of a semi decent tune, I could just about see a 15. When I 1st tried Stiggy's tune and Ramon's gearbox I thought a 15.5 might be a good time, and after getting a 15.4, I now see how a 14 is doable (though likely not possible for me).

Really enjoyed this one 👍

 

[TommyC]

Hopefully, he prefers to race but he jumped into the RTRacing tune and banged that p9 for fun!

I'm gunna give it an hour now see what I can do! I've tried that many tunes I don't even know who's I'm using anymore!

 

[01Michael]

Noo, I was .168 ahead of my time and lost it in the sand the tragedy

...I was about a second up on my 15.3 when I went into the sand... on the entrance of turn 1 because I didn't brake

 

[Stotty]

...I was about a second up on my 15.3 when I went into the sand... on the entrance of turn 1 because I didn't brake

PMSL

 

[Stotty]

Another thought on this one...

I don't remember another car which is so sensitive to minute gearing changes. With Ramon's gears, 2600 is too short for me. With a 2550 final, it works perfectly in T1 and 2, but it a touch short in T3. At 2500, it's a touch too long in T1 and 2, but perfect in T3... I'll try 2525 next, but I've have never noticed such a small change in final having such a big affect on drivability before.

 

[TommyC]

Finally some improvement! 1:15:667 puts me 19th overall, 2nd on ds3, perfect lap a 15:3 but we all know they never happen!

 

[Weider]

Finally some improvement! 1:15:667 puts me 19th overall, 2nd on ds3, perfect lap a 15:3 but we all know they never happen!

I don't know about that, there was that time Nora Batty said you were perfect in her lap

 

[TommyC]

I don't know about that, there was that time Nora Batty said you were perfect in her lap

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means

 

[Weider]

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means

Type Nora Batty into Google!

 

[TommyC]

Type Nora Batty into Google!

How does she even come into your head from what I said!

 

[Weider]

How does she even come into your head from what I said!

You remind me of her on screen admirer, William Campo... I imagined you doing the heroic lap times in her honour like a true trooper Tommy Cooper!

 

[MoKami]

Woo! Finally broke into 15's with a 1:15:913 on my DS3! Really proud of it because I've never been good at Laguna no matter what game I played it on.

If I can pull down to mid 15's(was on for a .7 but got to excited) then I'll be satisfied

Edit: Knocked it down to an .876 then a .835 back to back with esclipsee's gears set to 2.500

 

[ODB]

Hnnnnnnnnngh! Everybody's doing laps in 1.15's

 

[MoKami]

Hnnnnnnnnngh! Everybody's doing laps in 1.15's

Speaking of 15's I've now got a 1:15:698 ! 2 days ago I didn't even believe I could go that fast

 

[ODB]

Speaking of 15's I've now got a 1:15:698 ! 2 days ago I didn't even believe I could go that fast

That's fast indeed, I think I'm quite happy if I manage 1.15:9xx though it should be doable if I just keep on pushing... This maintance is timed badly for me since it's right at the time I usually play, now I get bit too relaxed waching shows and waiting. I think that after work it's easier to start playing once I'm already agitated

 

[Growling]

Threw away about 20 1:16.s last night, ended up with a weak 1:17.1 with miles of time to go.

I swear I nearly frickin' ate my G27 a few times..

 

[Konnichiwa]

Threw away about 20 1:16.s last night, ended up with a weak 1:17.1 with miles of time to go.

I swear I nearly frickin' ate my G27 a few times..

Im on .17.089 with ds3!

 

[eclipsee]

I now see how a 14 is doable (though likely not possible for me)

You're adding ballast yourself thinking this way.

 

[Konnichiwa]

General speaking, what's better, with turbo or without?

 

[Stotty]

You're adding ballast yourself thinking this way.

Just combining my best sectors... doing that wouldn't yet get me a 14!

 

[ODB]

You're adding ballast yourself thinking this way.

Yeah, I guess if you ain't trying a lap that's like second faster than nobody else's it's always "plausible" not impossible.

But at least I try not to set my self too high, I know this is very much a personal preference but for me it works best in sort of "do the best you can" principle and I have already many times surprised my self doing a lap that I thought was totally out of my reach at the day one, and that's really inspiring for me. But yeah, confidence is a huge factor when it comes driving fast, million times I have spoiled my lap for what I think has just been a sort of insecurity or such...

And for @Stotty, there's a week left, just go for it!!

 

[Growling]

Im on .17.089 with ds3!

Good job! I'm a ham-fisted ogre with a ds3

I've only been playing gt a couple of months and i've just discovered time trials, they're great. The 97T at spa was my first and I managed about world 150th.

Targeting top 100 on this one

 

[Mahen N]

Got a 1:16.269 this morning with @nebneb1978 combo tune with the DS3. Many thanks to @nebneb1978 but also thanks to @praiano63, @Mini Stiggy and @eclipse for making the tunes and the gearbox setting available so that this tune could be made possible. I was staring at the 1:17. wall but now a 1:16 flat is very possible, car feels so much better.

 

[eclipsee]

General speaking, what's better, with turbo or without?

In this combo the way to go IMO is engine stage 3 + oil change + rigidity improvement, no turbo.

Just combining my best sectors... doing that wouldn't yet get me a 14!

I know there's something else than a pretty face behind your wheel :ron: , how many miles did you spend in this combo so far?

 

[Stotty]

In this combo the way to go IMO is engine stage 3 + oil change + rigidity improvement, no turbo.

Rigidity improvement?? Haven't tried that yet

I know there's something else than a pretty face behind your wheel :ron: , how many miles did you spend in this combo so far?[/QUOTE]

There is something other than a pretty face... there's a tired, old man's face :ron:

I had just under 400 miles on my HSV when I stopped yesterday.

 

[Mini Stiggy]

70/70
11.21/13.00
1/1
1/1
7/7
0/0
0.00/0.00

BB- 6/8

Gearbox- @eclipsee's:
1. Final gear to 3000
2. Top speed to minimum
3. 1st and 2nd gear all to the left
4. Don't tweak 3rd
5. 5th and 6th all to the right
6. Tweak 4th in order to make an imaginary diagonal line from 3rd to 6th
7. Set final gear to 2500 or 2600 (at your will)


Diff- 13/11(Decrease if you want less corner exit oversteer, increase for more)/6

Stage 3 engine, no turbo, reduce power

DF- 400/500

No rigidity improvement


Current time: 15.039 Could be better.

*Bold means it is new

Tune updated with @eclipsee's gears. I also went back to 6/8 brakes which helped.