GT4 WRS Week 123 : BMW 320i Touring Car @ Tsukuba

[Sjaak]

:: GT4 WRS Week 123 ::

An arcade combo on Tsukuba which I hope will be more interesting by taking more track than usual​

Race Details:

• Mode: Arcade Mode > Time Trial > World Circuits
• Track: Tsukuba
• Make: German > BMW
• Model: 320i Touring Car ‘03

Vehicle Specifics:

• Power: (20%) 309hp
• Weight: (-10%) 1026kg
• Driving Aids: Any
• Top Speed: Any
• Transmission: Any
• Tyre Type: Racing-Hard

Week 123 Race Specifics:

This week we are going to use an extra part of the track.
Between T1 and T2 is a chicane you MUST take.(see pictures)
It is not allowed to hit the cones.

Standard Clean OLR Rules:

• 2 wheels on (or vertically in line with) the track at all times
• rumble/ripple strips are part of the track
• no contact with walls or objects, visible or invisible
• if you're not 100% sure that your lap is clean, then consider it dirty
• no hybrids
• no cheating of any kind
• nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules
• save your replay ('Save Ghost Replay' icon)

Thread rules:
The following info cannot be discussed in this thread (they can, however, be discussed on MSN or via other private conversation methods):

• lap time
• any information which can be used to infer lap time

Submission:
All submissions must be sent by PM to me
(sjaak68):

• you can submit only once per race
• please include in your submission PM your division, name and final lap time
• deadline is Monday 3 September 6 pm GMT
• if you are unsure of the deadline try this site

Time verification:
Save your replay and keep it at least a full week after the time has been submitted:

• all gold times each week will be required to submit a replay for verification
• any submitted time is subject to a time verification request
• when a time verification has been requested, the concerned racer must provide a replay before the next race deadline
• failure to do so will result in the removal of the unverified submission from WRS results
• video replays are not accepted, only .max, .xps or .sps files can be verified

 

[arora]

ah, now that is inovative, I've drivin it that way for fun before..... cool twist 👍

 

[steven]

great week again sjaak 👍 and thanks for posting early. tuesday will be a tsukuba day for me in a car from a favvie brand ... yummie!

 

[Diego440]

This reminds me of TT... funnily enough, in TT I always ended smashing into the wall

 

[Jake]

ah, now that is inovative, I've drivin it that way for fun before..... cool twist 👍

I did that a bunch when I first started GT4 but it's been a long time since I even thought about that chicane. Nice call, keeps it interesting... 👍👍

 

[daddy-o]

Very cool I was actully thinking about this about a week ago. I thinkk I will have a go this week.

 

[Sphinx]

this looks fun.

I'll get some quick laps in....

...
13.101
31.828

Default TopSpeed.

 

[STLbarcelona5]

So I'm off to Lime Rock tomorrow morning to race in my BMW 325is. And here I am going to race in a 320i touring car for WRS. Nice timing there sjaak.

 

[Diego440]

This is going to sound odd... I managed a few laps, but on one, I wiped out all the cones, which of course, isn't valid. But on the following laps, I went really close to the rumble strips, but since there weren't any cones left, I could argue I didn't touch them So, if I were to submit that time, the replay would show I haven't knocked out any cones.

I like to complicate things

 

[Mr P]

This is going to sound odd... I managed a few laps, but on one, I wiped out all the cones, which of course, isn't valid. But on the following laps, I went really close to the rumble strips, but since there weren't any cones left, I could argue I didn't touch them

haha nice try 👍 in all fairness though if you had run the 2nd lap faster when there was no cones to knock over and saved it ... the replay would still show them being knocked over to the best of my knowledge

 

[Diego440]

awww... there goes my über amazing lap

 

[Venari]

I shall try this one, I think, work permitting.

As an aside, Suzuka uses the coned off chicane on Tourist Trophy. This will be fun. I did some drift shots with an AMG Mercedes around this Tsukuba route a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Sphinx]

No work today so I've done some more laps on this great combo. 👍

12.979
31.290

I believe this combo will suit the wheel more than the DS2 I'm using.

 

[Jake]

So I'm off to Lime Rock tomorrow morning to race in my BMW 325is. And here I am going to race in a 320i touring car for WRS. Nice timing there sjaak.

I was going to take my Z there today. I have to work in NYC instead! Have fun. I saw a bunch of cool cars going there on my way out of town: 911, 914, Evo, STI... why oh why do I have to work!

 

[Snod Blatter]

T1: 13.199
T2: 31.721

Already the horrible noise of this engine is driving me crazy.. Like a wasp trapped in a jar. Bleh.

 

[DARCwizard]

deadline would be 18:00:00 GMT correct? I hate time zone conversions....I'm an idiot.

 

[KLR142]

It seems the deadline is 10AM PST, so Georgia is three hours ahead of me if you're on the same time zone as Virginia, so 1PM for you there DARCwizard.

This is an interesting combo, but I don't think I'll be making the time to race it... Have fun guys!

 

[Suzuki]

Guess I will have to dust off my Bspec guys helmet so he can get me some money to buy this car so I can race.

 

[CMir]

Using that chicane is a good idea, I had never used that corner before. Now, sometimes I forget I must turn right and instead I go straight

So far, my splits are:
13.047
31.490
Using top speed of 220 kmh (I think it's better than 210 because I don't have to use 5th gear after t1 and after t2)

 

[Suzuki]

Ran a few laps real quick and came up with these splits...
T1: 13.401
T2: 32.219

 

[GTKJon]

I already feel so remedial

T1: 13.743
T2: 32.361

 

[steven]

first decent splits: 13.441 - 32.895

driving the gear at 220 feels different from 330 but laptime isnt much affected.

GTK, are you on a ds2 or dfp? leave a post & i'll update luxy. thanks!

EDIT updated up to post 25 avoiding double posting. welcome back dan!
thanks to jon (is that your name gtk?) for pm'ing me his steering device.

 

[holl01]

hey, used 210 gears:tup:

12.923
31.142

2nd gear 67, then 2nd, for double right i engine brake down to 92 ish hitting the second rumble only, then tap again at 105 for the fast left (avoiding cones) then its second again at 56 and fro the last corner i veer ont he grass then turn in to it, engine brake down to 137, then power out, avoiding any contact with the rumbles, shift after the redline, time submitted great combo, love the chcikane idea:idea:

 

[Sjaak]

13.170
31.760

Using 230 topspeed.

 

[Sphinx]

Using 230 TopSpeed:

12.998
31.199

 

[CMir]

New splits:
13.026
31.358

Next: trying other top speeds.

 

[Sphinx]

Looks like it will be tight this week

12.925
31.079

 

[DARCwizard]

13.395
32.357

I am open to advice I am losing a lot of time (obviously around a second) after split 1....

 

[Suzuki]

I seem to have found a little bit of time after expermenting with some different lines from start to T2(ahem darc hint).
New Splits:
T1: 13.069
T2: 31.913
It is only .0xx better for final lap time, but theres a huge improvment in my splits. I just need to work on the two corners after T2 and that would bring my overall time down a bit.

 

[Super T]

Long time no race.

T1 13.283
T2 31.939