GT Academy 2012 (NA) General Discussion

[awr117]

cool so thats how he does it lol, so can you use the ds3 instead of wheel in finals?

no

 

[lator-illa]

nah, that was a tournament in Japan. highly doubt they'll let you use a pad for a tournament to determine the next racing driver lol

 

[JamesLSn1]

figures lol no way around not getting a wheel

 

[awr117]

figures lol no way around not getting a wheel

I highly recommend getting one. Makes the game much more enjoyable.

 

[z06fun]

Come Sunday night, I'm guessing we are going to have lots of very close times with this being such a short lap. Looking at the global leader board, there are already many ties. I feel for you guys, it would not be fun to miss going to the finals by a tenth of a tenth because they didn't make it challenging enough to really separate people. It is a fun combo though, just needs to be like 2x as long. Last year we combined 2 different combos for the final round and the total combined time was ~4 minutes.

As far as wireless internet, I don't think it matters since you can completely disconnect while you are doing laps and it won't matter until you back out. Perhaps non of you have a crappy connection that disconnects you from time to time like me

My experience from all the season time trails is that cold tires don't matter when tire wear is off. Almost all the top world times I've see set in the past have been on cold tires. You may notice its harder to over heat cold tires, but the initial breaking point on the first turn (of what ever track) never seems to be longer with them. Again this is all with tire wear off like we have here.

As far as going to 3rd early in the slow corners, it can be faster because of the combined effect of the car having lots of low end torque and it taking a long time to shift from 2nd to 3rd when you wind second all the way out. This is a GT specific thing, the shift time for every car is highly dependent on the amount of rpm change that has to happen, even for cars like the GT-R.

 

[opelgt1969]

Hell if I didn't know any better I'd say this is the Gran Turismo Drift Academy.

I for one sure don't want KAZ or his team tuning or working on my real car because they sure don't know how to tune/setup a car. Really isn't this supposed to be a tuned 370Z!
In this final round, your car is a tuned version of the Nissan 370Z.

 

[Rutter200_VR46]

I for one sure don't want KAZ or his team tuning or working on my real car because they sure don't know how to tune/setup a car. Really isn't this supposed to be a tuned 370Z!
In this final round, your car is a tuned version of the Nissan 370Z.

The sport hard tyres don't exactly help the cause.

 

[GTMail]

After my second lap I set a 1:35.996. That might be one of the closest gold times out there. Also my ghost didn't appear on my second lap, anyone else have this?

 

[RACECAR]

After my second lap I set a 1:35.996. That might be one of the closest gold times out there. Also my ghost didn't appear on my second lap, anyone else have this?

You didn't accidentally turn it off by any chance, did you? I ask because I at first had that, only to find out I mistakenly turned it off mid -lap.

 

[GlennGolfer1]

I watched samurai_405's replay and I have absolutely no idea how he/she managed nearly 1:30. He/she sort of jabs at the throttle on and off where everyone else uses partial throttle. I can't figure out how this doesn't completely upset the balance of the car.

I've also been watching his ghost, and from what I've seen, he's really not that quick through the corners, it's at the end of every corner where he takes off like a rocket, i guess he's using the brake and gas at the same time, while shifting, all with the controller, must be double jointed

 

[USARMYCOMBATVET]

I've also been watching his ghost, and from what I've seen, he's really not that quick through the corners, it's at the end of every corner where he takes off like a rocket, i guess he's using the brake and gas at the same time, while shifting, all with the controller, must be double jointed

Is he aiming the car at the apex through a slight oversteer?(or "Scandinavian flick" as I've heard it called in some circles). What about the technique known as: "Appel Contre-Appel?" Is this in use?

 

[GlennGolfer1]

Is he aiming the car at the apex through a slight oversteer?(or "Norwegian flick" as I've heard it called in some circles). NOTE: to anyone reading this: I'm here to learn. Please, be respectful and don't bite my head off.

To be honest, it's hard to tell, from my vantage point, a couple of seconds behind, lol, it looks like his car is handling perfect, no real oversteer to speak of, I'm guessing because he is going rather slow on all turns, but on the way out of the turn his car speeds further away from mine at a pretty decent clip.

 

[te?]

Made a little improvement today but still not able to enter the 1'31 barrier so far im happy with the result and will aim to push further tomorrow.

Previous time 1'32'514
New time 1'32'189

DS3 all aids off ABS1

 

[RackAttack]

To be honest, it's hard to tell, from my vantage point, a couple of seconds behind, lol, it looks like his car is handling perfect, no real oversteer to speak of, I'm guessing because he is going rather slow on all turns, but on the way out of the turn his car speeds further away from mine at a pretty decent clip.

You know you can save the replay and watch it in the replay theater on the main menu, right? You can see all the braking and throttle inputs that way.

 

[GlennGolfer1]

You know you can save the replay and watch it in the replay theater on the main menu, right? You can see all the braking and throttle inputs that way.

No I had no idea, thank you, I will try that.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Edit: never mind...

 

[Doodle]

1:32.002 now and I'm so close to the 1:31's! I seem to be quicker with active steering off for some reason. I followed samurai's ghost and following him/her seemed to help me a lot.

 

[glw]

Alright that's it I'm done. I'm 2+ car lengths behind the ghost I am chasing coming out of 4 & 5 and I just can't figure out how to get through there like everyone in front of me. Not only that I can't figure out the last turn either and lose at least a tenth coming to the finish line.

Have fun guys.

I've seen your times posted here before and I hesitate to make any comments at all since I am nowhere near as fast.

But here goes... I try to brake earlier and make the s (turns 4 and 5) part of the straight. That's what made the difference for me. Regarding the last turn (turn 12?), I got my best results with a late apex and all the patience I could muster.

PS: Don't mind me, I'm an old fat guy and only in this for the free cars...

 

[zr1chris]

Happy with my lap 1.32.616 after only a couple hours each of the first 2 days. Think I can still knock off a few more tenths but I think I'm going to need another .8 to even have a outside shot at getting top 32.

 

[cletus 669]

I've seen your times posted here before and I hesitate to make any comments at all since I am nowhere near as fast.

But here goes... I try to brake earlier and make the s (turns 4 and 5) part of the straight. That's what made the difference for me. Regarding the last turn (turn 12?), I got my best results with a late apex and all the patience I could muster.

PS: Don't mind me, I'm an old fat guy and only in this for the free cars...

Nice to see another old fat guy out here, probably alot of us here in America! Just kidding.

I have been a fan of R1600 since last time when he went so far with a controler, then he got a wheel and became even faster in no time at all! I have his ghost saved and am trying to keep up but no luck.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I have his ghost saved and am trying to keep up but no luck.

Sounds like me trying to chase down the guys in the top 10.

 

[zr1chris]

it takes me a good 45 minutes or so just to get in the 'zone' running consistent low 1:32s, then from there it's a case of that one magical run where everything goes right

Same here. Takes awhile just to get a rhythm going for me as well.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Same here. Takes awhile just to get a rhythm going for me as well.

Which is abruptly ruined when you just breathe on a cone...

 

[Jahgee]

Whose bright idea was it to put ****ing cones on the apex of every turn, I have to dodge them just to get a decent lap (And this is in 8-3 & 8-4, haven't even tried 8-5 other than just to see the track)

 

[USARMYCOMBATVET]

Whose bright idea was it to put ****ing cones on the apex of every turn, I have to dodge them just to get a decent lap (And this is in 8-3 & 8-4, haven't even tried 8-5 other than just to see the track)

That bright idea is saving the majority of drivers having to redo the event due to corner cutting. Feel free to search for corner cutting in the forums here. You'll find the cones come up as a solution quite often. Frankly, its been said my many already but I'll say it again: the fastest guys are ahead on the learning curve. Taking the cones away won't suddenly make the average driver's time jump to the top of the leaderboard.

 

[Coiler]

got 302 in motegi trial

 

[CodeRedR51]

That bright idea is saving the majority of drivers having to redo the event due to corner cutting. Feel free to search for corner cutting in the forums here. You'll find the cones come up as a solution quite often. Frankly, its been said my many already but I'll say it again: the fastest guys are ahead on the learning curve. Taking the cones away won't suddenly make the average driver's time jump to the top of the leaderboard.

But moving the cones back a foot or so wouldn't create corner cutting.They're too close to the track.

 

[Jahgee]

But moving the cones back a foot or so wouldn't create corner cutting.They're too close to the track.

Exactly, if you follow the lessons they teach you in GT liscenses, your instinct is to go right where the cones are, now you have to react to them instead of reacting to the track.

 

[LeftyWright69]

I'm showing some pretty week partisapation numbers so far for 8-5. It looks like only 55,000 have showed up world wide and 4,900 for the U.S. Wonder what that means

 

[TorqueHappenS08]

Now my game is freezing everytime i get near the finish line...car is not moving but crowd is and i can still access the PSN menu..wtf? why when i get faster the game wants to **** up now!