GT4 WRS Week 146 : Race Car @ Fuji Speedway 90's

[gtbadboy]

Been working very hard on 3rd sector. Now if I can put my best three together Kenny could be in trouble this week.

17.828 (best 17.4xx)
34.793 (best 34.5xx)
53.740

Jerry, you've picked another winner here my friend.👍 Once I got over the shock of what this car is capable of and my initial fear of the speed it can accomplish it truly is a great combo. (IMHO)

 

[steven]

Been working very hard on 3rd sector. Now if I can put my best three together Kenny could be in trouble this week.

Jerry, you've picked another winner here my friend.👍 Once I got over the shock of what this car is capable of and my initial fear of the speed it can accomplish it truly is a great combo. (IMHO)

Well done Ron but I'm on your back remember I'll find that one t3 second today or tomorrow ...
I agree that it's a great combo. Isn't this what GT4 is all about? Fast car, stickies, racetrack, superfast curves and tight chicanes

lu edit updated up to post 37

 

[01GTP]

I'm working on this one right now.........

last lap

17.213
33.548
51.820

480


EDIT:

17.409

33.389

51.797

 

[gtbadboy]

Kenny, I don't think I can get to 51.xxx well done my friend. I'm not giving up but, you may have put it out of reach for me.

edit: Almost forgot. No Steve, this is not what WRS is ALL ABOUT! Yes, it is a part of what WRS is about but IMHO WRS is about ANY CAR, on ANY TRACK on any given week. Giving it your best effort and trying to improve yourself as a driver. It is not about "Cherry Picking" your races so you look good to the community.
It is also about helping fellow drivers improve if you have HONEST and considerate suggestions as to how they may accomplish their individual goals. Add to that personal integrity and the pursuit of excellence and once again IMHO you have just a bit of what I feel WRS is all about. Oh yes, least we forget......................Having Fun!!

 

[01GTP]

It is also about helping fellow drivers improve if you have HONEST and considerate suggestions as to how they may accomplish their individual goals. Add to that personal integrity and the pursuit of excellence and once again IMHO you have just a bit of what I feel WRS is all about. Oh yes, least we forget......................Having Fun!!

Nicely said.

 

[hsh]

It is also about helping fellow drivers improve if you have HONEST and considerate suggestions as to how they may accomplish their individual goals. Add to that personal integrity and the pursuit of excellence and once again IMHO you have just a bit of what I feel WRS is all about. Oh yes, least we forget......................Having Fun!!

Indeed, very nicely put, gtbadboy

...and on that note:
Shift a tad early i.e. before rev-meter hits the red.
"Kiddy-view" and DS2.
Topspeed: 410 km/h (255 mph).
TCS: on.

17.016 // 32.431 // 50.038

Cheers and good luck to all 👍

Hekke.

 

[georgetheracer]

Having fun.... getting use to the car and that weird shifting.
New splits.

17.667
34.672
54.123

 

[gtbadboy]

Having fun.... getting use to the car and that weird shifting.
New splits.

17.667
34.672
54.123

George, your making some nice progress my friend. Keep up the effort you've got some great competition up there to push you along!

A few laps prior to supper:

17.460
34.679
53.484

I forgot, I'm running 430. I tried 480 and it just didn't fit my driving style I guess. I also noticed that in using 430 gearing I was easily over 230 mph by the end of the long straight, I couldn't do that with 480.

Kenny, your approaching alien status if you keep up that kind of performance. Doubt I'll catch that "51."

 

[waynz]

I second that have fun. At least if you crash it'll be bigger and better. I nipped a wheel on the grass in the braking zone into turn one.. ohh yeah, repair bill much?

17.287
33.749
52.226

@ 450km/h

waynz

 

[Mr P]

Ran some more to see if I could find anything! .. pretty quick improvement which is always welcome .. but then spend half an hour messing up at the same section before T3 anyway here's where I'm at so far still using 420 auto ..

16.906 / 32.581 / 50.269 ( seen 16.890 as best ever T1 )

I will in no way get close to that 50.0 by Hekke .. but I will try a quick session every night until the deadline if possible to chop the thousandths off
Great splits Hekke! 👍

 

[CMir]

Gearing is extremely important this week. I think 480 suits the corners but it costs a nice amount of power, so I tried 410 and my splits are now:
17.039
32.706
50.510
Not much to say about the last sector, it's full throttle all the way. My best sectors match Hekke's splits, so it's now a matter of putting it together. I've never got a 16.x T1. I'll try 420 next to see if I can do it (and it might help before the chicane too, where 5th gear reaches its limit but I lose time if I shift to 6th)

 

[esh]

17.624
34.006
53.099

400, no TCS. This car's fun, how it lurches.

01gtp, you're on your own with this one. Those are some fast times.

 

[steven]

edit: Almost forgot. No Steve, this is not what WRS is ALL ABOUT! Yes, it is a part of what WRS is about but IMHO WRS is about ANY CAR, on ANY TRACK on any given week. Giving it your best effort and trying to improve yourself as a driver. It is not about "Cherry Picking" your races so you look good to the community.
It is also about helping fellow drivers improve if you have HONEST and considerate suggestions as to how they may accomplish their individual goals. Add to that personal integrity and the pursuit of excellence and once again IMHO you have just a bit of what I feel WRS is all about. Oh yes, least we forget......................Having Fun!!

I said it's what GT4 is all about, not WRS my friend ... and on the cherry picking issue: well that's for everyone to decide isnt't it? I come to GTP to have fun, and if i really don't like a combo any given week then why should I race it? But respect to you if you do every combo to improve yourself, even if you don't like that specific race 👍

leaderboard updated

Oh yeah Kenny - great lap you posted, you´ll be in Div2 in no time if you perform like this

 

[gtbadboy]

..... But respect to you if you do every combo to improve yourself, even if you don't like that specific race 👍

It's not a matter of liking or disliking. It is a matter of meeting a specific challenge and having the character to persevere even when the dynamics of the situation are not in your favor. The journey is far more important than reaching ones destination. One must learn to make lemonade out of lemons my friend, but alas you must be right, you're always right. Race on!

 

[mtbiker157]

Whoa! Take us out of a 575kg car and put us in a 675kg car and everything get's heavy! I definitely just enjoy being able to hop in a car that I've probably not spent an extended amount of time in and really get a good feel for it. Joining in every week to get some competition in is an added bonus. I'll post up some new splits after work tonight.

 

[2078TM]

Hah, I thought I'd be a man and not use TCS ...that idea lasted about five minutes

So, with TCS and 420 gears
17.180
33.504
52.008

Feel good about the first sector - probably as fast as I can go there, but the next three turns - the left , the hairpin and the chicane all give me the same problem I always have at this track, which is hitting the braking points. On this set of splits I overcooked all three of them and missed the apexes.

 

[steven]

It's not a matter of liking or disliking. It is a matter of meeting a specific challenge and having the character to persevere even when the dynamics of the situation are not in your favor. The journey is far more important than reaching ones destination. One must learn to make lemonade out of lemons my friend, but alas you must be right, you're always right. Race on!

I'm never right but in thinking what I think is right. That's all. I think humbleness is a great asset in life. You have your goals in life as I have mine. To me the journey is the goal as well.

Anyways tried about 20 more laps fumbling with the gearing and found that tho the car has a slower top speed when you set the gearing higher, the box character improves simultaneously, especially in 2nd gear and when you're on auto like me. So now I'm on 460 with auto and tcs on.
All of my improvement in this session is between t2 and the final righthander: 17.983 - 34.906 - 54.066 and LU EDIT updated up to post 52

I say too: race on!

Ps. about those lemons - I should know as I'm cooking up stuff on a daily basis

 

[CMir]

Now with 420, still some time left:
17.097 (I can't see that 16 yet)
32.662
50.472

 

[01GTP]

Mid-morning session yielded these times.

17.200
33.205
51.634
TCS
420 gearing
actual top speed 237 mph

 

[gtbadboy]

Mid-morning session yielded these times.

17.200
33.205
51.634
TCS
420 gearing
actual top speed 237 mph

Kenny we are using the same gearing. I've tried 410 all the way up to and including 480 and I'm torn between 420 and 430. I can't match your splits but I feel more comfortable with those two settings in any event. I've managed to make some improvements but as usual this late in the week they are measured in .01x's rather than 10ths. Making up 1.8 on your t3 may be realistically out of reach but I keep trying just to get a glimpse of your tail lights.

 

[hsh]

...pretty quick improvement which is always welcome...

...16.906 / 32.581 / 50.269 ( seen 16.890 as best ever T1 )...

...I will in no way get close to that 50.0 by Hekke...
Great splits Hekke! 👍

... Same here... after some 25 more laps...

...17.031 // 32.468 // 49.946

(best T1: 16.901... and T2: 32.375)...
Can´t figure out why my T1 is getting slower as my lap-time is getting faster .... well, there you go


Well, I hope not, Ron ... Damn nice splits by you ... and CMir.
👍

Great improvements all across the board... Keep it up fellas 👍

Cheers, Hekke.

 

[CMir]

17.101
32.564
50.292

Edit: A suggestion: this week may be an opportunity for those who use auto transmission to take a step forward and change to manual: a track without many corners and a car with a terrible gearbox which must be well controlled.

 

[steven]

I have a question for the steward. Does it matter what we do before the startline on the track? My fastest lap sofar is with a cutoff at the chicane before the startline and I don't know if that's ok. Better now than while checking replays i thought but it used to be ok back in the days of Cyril.

17.592 - 34.410 - 53.720 finally leaving the 54's behind

board

 

[EDK]

Man, what an active week so far in the thread.

First splits for me, as I am stubborn and refuse to use the Uber Save and had to go out and earn some credits. My problem, not a comment toward anyone who does, or the selection of this combo.

17.453
34.285
53.032

Another great reason to WRS - 2 straight weeks with a car I've never driven on the game and turned out to absolutely love it. 👍

Kenny - I am going to try my best to chase you down, but you might run away in to the next division with a performance like you have working.

I'll be back.

Kevin

 

[gtbadboy]

Kevin,
I know I can't catch Kenny this week he's really puttin' down this week, but I've got you in my sights old friend.

17.526
34.487
53.201

EDIT: I'm learning to love this car. Just mash the gas pedal down and pick a line.

17.548
34.250
52.756

 

[CMir]

Kenny's ahead of the whole division 2 at the moment, and he has been doing D2-worth laps for the past weeks, even winning his division on some races. Looks like he's heading for a promotion 👍

 

[VEXD]

I have a question for the steward. Does it matter what we do before the startline on the track? My fastest lap sofar is with a cutoff at the chicane before the startline and I don't know if that's ok.

I'm no steward, but the moral standing is this:

The game's in arcade mode, for sure, but your attempting to race a simulation race across the world with all the other WRS'ers as your opponents, also on the track with you.
Due to the flexibility of PS2 racing rules, you can drive your car across chicanes or whatever way you choose, and no-one can say otherwise, as they cant see you, pull up alongside you and flip you the bird for cheating, or make sure the CNN copter catches you doing it and puts your name on the first article for the 6 o'clock news that evening.
This will give you an unfair advantage across the line as you start, as you'll be carrying more speed down the straight.
I say again, this cannot be marshalled, because your racing at home, in front of your tv/monitor.
Were you on a real course, you wouldnt attempt it, consider attempting it, or feel happy if you accidentally did it, and gave yourself an advantage over your opponents.
The question is not one for the steward, as he will not be able to police WRS'ers doing that anyway, but it is more a question for yourself.

Are you happy to start your "fastest" lap, this way?

None of my business, i know, but just where the morals lie i feel.

Good luck keeping up with the inhuman racers who have turned out this week, their T's have already put me off switching the PS2 on.

👍
No offence meant.

 

[EDK]

Kenny's ahead of the whole division 2 at the moment, and he has been doing D2-worth laps for the past weeks, even winning his division on some races. Looks like he's heading for a promotion 👍

Can't disagree with you on that one. Would be a shame to see him leave our division, I love trying to chase him down and some of the close finishes we have. I know he had some issues with the replay device on a few weeks where he won, but I believe his consistent participation and performance along with verifcation of the replay issues with a new thread created by Sphinx for the very issue he was having more than account for that. He's got my vote for the move up. 👍

Kevin,
I know I can't catch Kenny this week he's really puttin' down this week, but I've got you in my sights old friend.

17.526
34.487
53.201

EDIT: I'm learning to love this car. Just mash the gas pedal down and pick a line.

17.548
34.250
52.756

Ron - You might help make this interesting. I have some new ones for you to chase.

17.391
33.771
52.398


Kevin

EDIT: I know there are several differences between NTSC and PAL, but I was just noticing this subtle one.

In the PIC at the top of this thread, the car is shown with Esso as the sponsor. Since they do not operate under that name in the US, our version has Exxon as the sponsor.

 

[Jump_Ace]

Another 30 Min in and this left chicane T1 I think is where I'm behind, everywhere else feels good, anyone have any tips? Maybe the uphill right too, I've been shifting into 5th thru there, should I keep in 4th as this thing takes .357632 seconds to shift?

T1 - 17.056
T2 - 32.896
T3 - 50.780

EDIT - A bit more back at 410 Top Speed
T1 - 16.928
T2 - 32.708
T3 - 50.716 (a couple more tenths and I'll be happy)

Jerome

 

[mtbiker157]

Well he has at least been sitting there for a little while. I have been sitting on my splits for a day. Made some breakthroughs last night. Not much faster than 01gtp but fast enough for the time being. I have an odd feeling he might edge me out this week in the end. I do have the weekend off to help matters further. I think it will be the battle to see who can hit a sub 51 second t3. Splits

t1-17.223
t2-33.384
t3-51.437

Oh and when I had been working to get my 3rd sector time down I definitely laid down two identical times to the thousandth of a second. I have both of the replays. Kind of funny. Never had that happen before.