Bridgestone Tour. FINISHED!

[GOTMAXPOWER]

@GOTMAXPOWER was in the mid 44s

That was a fluke lap, I think @Kermit_2142 was almost identical, I was quicker for a while by 0.007s then he was quicker by exactly the same amount until just before we finished. That was on 0 BB, I want to try going forward with that to see if it is any more consistant turning in for that second chicane.

@Drex124 was 2 seconds faster than anybody else, he was loads quicker through turn 1!

 

[MaxAttack]

Ouch. So far I have only done 3 laps but I am at 54's....

My best lap in the test was a 48.something, was like my third or fourth lap, spent the rest of the test chasing it but couldn't beat it. Average was probably in the 49s, not counting the frequent trips into the gravel.

She's a tricky one, that's for sure.

 

[El_Beardo]

@Drex124 was 2 seconds faster than anybody else, he was loads quicker through turn 1!

Drive through penalties in round 5 for anyone who takes the "Drex Line" through T1 next week.

 

[Drex124]

Drive through penalties in round 5 for anyone who takes the "Drex Line" through T1 next week.

That's not a penalty, that's a challenge.

 

[MaxAttack]

"The Drex line" is cutting the first chicane.

"The MaxAttack line" is overshooting the second chicane and going wide at lesmo 1 into the gravel.

Not sure which is faster...

 

[El_Beardo]

That's not a penalty, that's a challenge.

One drive through for each use of the line

"The MaxAttack line" is overshooting the second chicane and going wide at lesmo 1 into the gravel.

Not sure which is faster...

Sounds very similar to my patented "Beardo technique"

 

[MaxAttack]

One drive through for each use of the line



Sounds very similar to my patented "Beardo technique"

You see, by scattering gravel all over the corner exits on lap 1, I greatly increase the chance of mistakes by those in front of me, creating a great chance of a closer race.

I'm just operating on a level of tactics beyond what has been seen before...

 

[Drex124]

One drive through for each use of the line

If the game lets you serve the penalties in pitlane that might just be faster than staying on track.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

"The Drex line" is cutting the first chicane.

"The MaxAttack line" is overshooting the second chicane and going wide at lesmo 1 into the gravel.

Not sure which is faster...

There is always the"Granpa-route", overshoot the first chikane, overshoot the second chikane, hit the gravel ggravel trap at lesmo, overshoot Ascari... Run wide in final turn...

Once I perfected it I will be the most visible on all the replays....

 

[El_Beardo]

Practice lobby in 45 mins. Anyone fancy a punt test?

 

[El_Beardo]

Monza practice lobby open.

0475-4116-5684-6044-4740

 

[MaxAttack]

Just crawled into bed, bad timing have a good test.

 

[Kevstah2004]

48/47 with AT.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Here is my Huracan livery, based of a Kyle Larson car from last year. The lap replay is my best with a decent amount of fuel but it is still tough to find consistency (especially on the exit of the 2nd chicane), it might be useful to someone though.

 

[El_Beardo]

As Max is showing his, I'll show mine. 0.8 slower. Happy with that, considering I couldn't get below a 47 flat, last night.

 

[El_Beardo]

@Mistah_MCA @GOTMAXPOWER @Drex124 @Kermit_2142 @AudiMan2011 @Illum_Concept @bigbeefytaco @Hygrade B @DelboyD @Qyn @Kevstah2004 @NoStopN @RacingGrandpa @HammyMansell @Leftcurl @MaxAttack @Pigems

Hey guys. As Grandpa had an issue with a tag in another thread. Can you "like" this post if you get a notification from GTP that you've been tagged.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

40 laps this morning. One dip into the 47, but most are 48. With the odd 52 thrown in.
Consistency? We don't need no stinking consistency...

 

[El_Beardo]

40 laps this morning. One dip into the 47, but most are 48. With the odd 52 thrown in.
Consistency? We don't need no stinking consistency...View attachment 895204

I wouldn't worry about consistency right now. It's something that me, and Max were struggling with last night, too.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

A whole week off race B on Monza with a gr 4 FR is going to mess with it too.

Edit: it's the chikanes that are killing me... I can't seem to find a steady line through. Lesmo is a bit inconsistent too...
I can zip through the entire track at full speed with my trusted gr 3 Mustang, no hick-ups what so ever... But I am 3 seconds slower with it at the same power/weight settings.
Thank God for BOP in daily and FIA....

 

[MaxAttack]

A whole week off race B on Monza with a gr 4 FR is going to mess with it too.

Edit: it's the chikanes that are killing me... I can't seem to find a steady line through. Lesmo is a bit inconsistent too...
I can zip through the entire track at full speed with my trusted gr 3 Mustang, no hick-ups what so ever... But I am 3 seconds slower with it at the same power/weight settings.
Thank God for BOP in daily and FIA....

"The straight lines are fine, it's the corners that are getting me"

Yep, me too. It's gonna be beneficial to mentally isolate this combo from Gr.3. This car is sooooooo unhappy on the kerbs, it's almost more like F1 at this point.

Gonna run a little more practice this weekend - at this point you're faster than me

 

[RacingGrandpa]

"The straight lines are fine, it's the corners that are getting me"

Yep, me too. It's gonna be beneficial to mentally isolate this combo from Gr.3. This car is sooooooo unhappy on the kerbs, it's almost more like F1 at this point.

Gonna run a little more practice this weekend - at this point you're faster than me

I hold the throttle at a neutral setting when I cross a curb, it's more settled then.

 

[El_Beardo]

I hold the throttle at a neutral setting when I cross a curb, it's more settled then.

Agreed. It does feel much happier over curbs at something like 50% throttle.

 

[El_Beardo]

I've also noticed that despite the usual MR trend of feeling more stable running a brake bias towards the front, this thing feels quite haply running neutral brake balance.

 

[MaxAttack]

I hold the throttle at a neutral setting when I cross a curb, it's more settled then.

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Agreed. It does feel much happier over curbs at something like 50% throttle.

B-b-but I want to STOMP it...

Just kidding. The only kerb I've had real trouble with is the right hand kerb at Ascari, I'm sure with a little more restraint I can figure it out. Pretty sure if I stitch all three chicanes together on one lap, I can be at a competitive-ish pace here.

However I know for a fact I'm slow around the all important Parabolica most times out on this track.

EDIT: Yeah I didn't touch the brake balance either, default seems about right to me.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I have tried a lot of different BB settings. Right now I am at -5....

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The curbs themselves are okay most places (the right at Ascari is tough). The problems are if you cut too much and launch off the sausage it gets out of shape.

The car seems to lose grip mid corner rather than on the brakes so a front BB doesn't seem to help much. I used +2 last night to help with the Lesmos.

 

[Illum_Concept]

Hmmmm, you all seem to have done waaaay too much practice at this stage of the proceedings. Best get my act together so as not to embarrass myself here.

I'm still working on the transition to wheel. Struggling with oversteer coming out of the slow corners at Big Willow, more so than I recall on the pad, which is strange because I thought that would be much easier on wheel / pedals. Good thing the Group 3 Lambo is such a stable machine and I won't suffer any such problems at Monza.....

 

[El_Beardo]

Hmmmm, you all seem to have done waaaay too much practice at this stage of the proceedings. Best get my act together so as not to embarrass myself here.

I'm still working on the transition to wheel. Struggling with oversteer coming out of the slow corners at Big Willow, more so than I recall on the pad, which is strange because I thought that would be much easier on wheel / pedals. Good thing the Group 3 Lambo is such a stable machine and I won't suffer any such problems at Monza.....

I found the same thing to be an issue. I'm assuming there's some sort of assists built into the coding for DS4 users to make things smoother, that can't be turned off. You'll get there. I was matching my DS4 pace within a couple of weeks.

Then I hit a brick wall for a few months until something clicked (no idea what) and I shot from 25k DR to 40 odd in a little over a week.

 

[Illum_Concept]

I found the same thing to be an issue. I'm assuming there's some sort of assists built into the coding for DS4 users to make things smoother, that can't be turned off. You'll get there. I was matching my DS4 pace within a couple of weeks.

Then I hit a brick wall for a few months until something clicked (no idea what) and I shot from 25k DR to 40 odd in a little over a week.

Thanks man, yeah, I'll stick at it for sure. I expect it'll click for me around the time GT7 comes out on the PS5. Everyone will bugger off to play that, so I can win loads of GT Sport races because I'll be the only guy on track. Might even get the 15(?)clean race achievement if that happens!!!

 

[Pigems]

I haven’t done a lap yet, I’m prepared to finish last in this death trap!