GT Academy July 2013!!

I've had a bit of a break from GTA for a few days, came back this morning with a bang! Felt so switched on and was flying through T1, improved on my PB by .2. T3 I felt like I nailed too, but like before T2 was my weak point, still I felt like I had improved.. ever so slightly. Anyway on the only full lap I managed... I was still .1 down at the line.

Its all T2. I think it was Tidg who said picking brake markers in T3 was easy, and due to all the restarts I'm happy with my markers in T1. But for the life of me I just can't seem to get T2 right. I'm so inconsistent. One lap I'll ace Brooklands and Luffield, then mess up the rest. Next lap I'll mess up Brook + Luff and ace Maggots + Becketts. So frustrating!
 
Its all T2. I think it was Tidg who said picking brake markers in T3 was easy, and due to all the restarts I'm happy with my markers in T1. But for the life of me I just can't seem to get T2 right. I'm so inconsistent. One lap I'll ace Brooklands and Luffield, then mess up the rest. Next lap I'll mess up Brook + Luff and ace Maggots + Becketts. So frustrating!

Welcome to the club! 👍

S2 is frustrating.. Nailed it a couple of times straight during my run yesterday, but I did'nt hit S1 and S3 that good at all..

And suddenly, BOOM! 37.741 is S1... -> S2 messed up bad in Brooklands.. :banghead:
And that's litteraly a second after I saw my first split.. There's a saying in Sweden that goes "Beautiful is short".. So true..

Then there's a saying that goes "The most important situations are the ones you have'nt faced yet. The ones you've tackled are history" -> As in "forget it and look forward to the next challange".. 👍
 
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Its all T2. I think it was Tidg who said picking brake markers in T3 was easy, and due to all the restarts I'm happy with my markers in T1. But for the life of me I just can't seem to get T2 right. I'm so inconsistent. One lap I'll ace Brooklands and Luffield, then mess up the rest. Next lap I'll mess up Brook + Luff and ace Maggots + Becketts. So frustrating!

Hehe it was :), Like yourself I had a 3 day break from GT Academy mainly to let my knee heal more and for training/work purposes but similarly did a ton of .1's,.2's again last night. T3 as you say you have such specific brake markers it's not to much to worry about but Sector 2, especially Maggots/becketts/chapel you have to get right and because it's such a fast entrance it's so easy to lose tenths there. Even if you get a bad Sector 1 and end up on a well say 37.8 would be pretty diabolical for me (whatever time you would restart yourself), I'd still carry on knowing if I nail the rest especially sector 2 I can still improve at the end! Plus practice of Sector 2 always helps :)!

A Break from GT Academy always helps as you come back with a fresh mind and everything sunk in to your memory/brain so it can suddenly become second nature :D!
 
Bad news about your Jedi, Spurgy. What sort of damage?

Little improvement for me to 2'17.771.

P.s. is it top 20, or top 16 for the UK ?
 
I have no idea how guys can do 2'16s, I barely managed to score the gold trophy!
 
Bad news about your Jedi, Spurgy. What sort of damage?

Little improvement for me to 2'17.771.

P.s. is it top 20, or top 16 for the UK ?

Top 16, although there may be some ineligible contestants, the only one I know of currently in the top 16 though is Twissy 👍
 
Again ti-tech85 beats immortalpilot and got 2:16.464.

That lap should have been a .2! He absolutely nails luffield, messes up copse completely then absolutely nails maggots/becketts/chapel! I feel for that copse corner because that would have been THE mega lap right there.
 
Ouch. :ouch:

That corner doesn't look very friendly. The change of elevation post-apex is quite steep.

Yep, I was going around it fine yesterday and felt like I had more grip today, so not sure why it gave out so much. :(

And it didn't take Ti-tech long to get back on top then :P
 
Nice lap Spurgy:tup:! It's amazing how fast you guys can go. I wish I could find that kind of grip... I will be pleased if I make it to the regional finals unless I find out what I am doing wrong.
 
Whens the end date, ive been uber busy lately with little to no spare time. Not even set a full lap yet :( but i shale be putting down over 24hrs when i can.
 
Hey guys,

Just bought me a DFGT after struggling to improve my 1.18.384 set by DS3, however even after a good evening of training with the wheel, I only managed to set a 1.18.8, I feel like whenever the car slides it is impossible to recover from it.

I thought this is due to the DFGT settings but found no settings of it in the GTA demo.

Do you guys think 1 week is enough for me to master a steering wheel after I got used for almost 6/7 years to a pad ???
 
Hey guys,

Just bought me a DFGT after struggling to improve my 1.18.384 set by DS3, however even after a good evening of training with the wheel, I only managed to set a 1.18.8, I feel like whenever the car slides it is impossible to recover from it.

I thought this is due to the DFGT settings but found no settings of it in the GTA demo.

Do you guys think 1 week is enough for me to master a steering wheel after I got used for almost 6/7 years to a pad ???

:lol: figure it out for yourself.
 
When i first got my wheel i put it back in box couldnt catch any slide. However after 6 months stuck at it and now refuse to play gt without a wheel! Takes practice.
 
Anyone have a spare 2:20 replay i could borrow?

Do you know if GTA is region locked? I'm PAL UK but have a 2:20.005 or a 2:19.575 you could have.

edit: Just had a look and didnt realise you couldn't export from GTA gallery. Sorry bud, dont have a snazzy capture device either.
 
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Redlined a 16.9 again today :(, think it was a .943. But I have improved slightly on the leaderboard lol! .092. I've been trying to work out a more consistent maggots because I think it throws me off alot going in, I'm managing to work out a much smoother line now with no compromise on time and no sliding involved which is kinda nice, still room for improvement there, and I completely messed up luffield on that lap, but it's nice to know I've alot of time in the bag if I put it together :D!
 
Yay 16.998!! Finally hit my target with 7 days to go :D! Been on it in this hour of playing I've done, absolutely all over it, wasn't even my fastest sector 1/2 or 3!! Was ahead of Ti-tech in sector 1 on a few laps previous and hit a ton of .1's so! So I guess now just little improvements, but I'm totally buzzing now!! Similar feeling to when I got the x2010 on a pad all that time ago! May have woken a few people up/scared the animals but happy now haha!
 
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