Barcelona CE: lacking ideas how to improve

[Lightpilgrim]

Dear community,
I have managed to complete several CEs already (Monza, Spa, Interlagos, Suzuka, Red Bull Ring). I am trying Barcelona now and I just cannot figure out how to. I got a lot of help for Spa and I struggled with S2 there. Some I did super quick and it was easy. Suzuka was flowing and fast. But Barcelona is painful.

Progress so far:

I tried full lap without any practice and was 5 sec off. Then I tried again and was 3.5 off.

Then I tried doing sectors.

SECTOR 1: it is logical and natural for me. I tried several times and did GOLD by 0.3 sec

SECTOR 2: my best effort is 0.2 off, but on average I am 0.5 off. I tried many times, but I just fail to ser how to crack it.

Maybe I stop here because I did not yet do Sector 3 properly.

This is an average from me:



As always, any help and suggestion is very much appreciated

 

[watto79]

Dear community,
I have managed to complete several CEs already (Monza, Spa, Interlagos, Suzuka, Red Bull Ring). I am trying Barcelona now and I just cannot figure out how to. I got a lot of help for Spa and I struggled with S2 there. Some I did super quick and it was easy. Suzuka was flowing and fast. But Barcelona is painful.

Progress so far:

I tried full lap without any practice and was 5 sec off. Then I tried again and was 3.5 off.

Then I tried doing sectors.

SECTOR 1: it is logical and natural for me. I tried several times and did GOLD by 0.3 sec

SECTOR 2: my best effort is 0.2 off, but on average I am 0.5 off. I tried many times, but I just fail to ser how to crack it.

Maybe I stop here because I did not yet do Sector 3 properly.

This is an average from me:



As always, any help and suggestion is very much appreciated

Just off the bat, looks like you can brake later for the hairpin as you're coasting to the apex. The chicane that follows that though you can carry a lot more speed into, and then abuse the hell out of track limits on the right here. Seriously, ride the crap out of that curb.

 

[VTEC Driver]

Dear community,
I have managed to complete several CEs already (Monza, Spa, Interlagos, Suzuka, Red Bull Ring). I am trying Barcelona now and I just cannot figure out how to. I got a lot of help for Spa and I struggled with S2 there. Some I did super quick and it was easy. Suzuka was flowing and fast. But Barcelona is painful.

Progress so far:

I tried full lap without any practice and was 5 sec off. Then I tried again and was 3.5 off.

Then I tried doing sectors.

SECTOR 1: it is logical and natural for me. I tried several times and did GOLD by 0.3 sec

SECTOR 2: my best effort is 0.2 off, but on average I am 0.5 off. I tried many times, but I just fail to ser how to crack it.

Maybe I stop here because I did not yet do Sector 3 properly.

This is an average from me:



As always, any help and suggestion is very much appreciated

Why are you driving without the trajectory and breaking zone help?
That helped me quite often…

 

[Lightpilgrim]

After 100 of attempts I managed to do Sector 2. In all honesty, this is the most painful experience so car for me in GT7. And this is just S2. I feel some tracks are not as painful on a controller. This one is. Very painful. At least for me.