GT4 WRS Week 6: "Step Into the Ring!"

[Sphinx]

T2: 1'04.795
T4: 2'10.402
T7: 3'46.854
T9: 4.39.819

 

[LoveMyMiata]

Oh boy am I in deep, deep trouble this week. I finally sat down last night for my first serious practice session. I figured I'd just try for a T2 practice session, focusing on getting times down at least to what my D3 compatriots are doing.

So I drove it a few times to familiarize myself, the drove a couple hard attempts. Finally got a good clean run on T2 and looked at the time to find 1'18. I had an inkling that wasn't all that great, but then I looked at some notes I'd scribbled from the week 6 leaderboard, dragged out all my toes and fingers, did some calculations, and quickly realized that my time wasn't even in the same universe as an actual competitive time! I felt the first trickle of sweat of my brow. So I hunkered down and ran it again. And again. And again. And again (lather, rinse, and repeat many, many times). I finally crossed T2 at 1'10. How the heck can I be so far off?!?!?! This week's race is Nurburgring with a Model T, right?

I figure if I ever manage to get an actual entire clean lap together, my best hope will be to get a point in the "boy he sure drives lousy, but by some miracle his car didn't catch on fire" category. Nurburgring and I are not destined to be friends. Acquaintances, perhaps, in the same vein as the Hatfields and McCoys are acquaintances. But not friends. Which is too bad, because I like the car. I even like a lot of the track. I think my mistake was going into my practice session knowing what time I was shooting for. If I could have just gone for getting clean laps first instead of trying to push for every second, I may have been more settled. Ah well, we'll see what the weekend will bring.

 

[Rolfje]

This is the race where you will find out that your family, pets, cellphone and other things you love can not live without you for more than 5 minutes...

Do you remember T times as you go, or do you guys actually fastforward through the whole lap to get all those times? I was thinking of pausing the game as soon as a T time displays, but it messes up my driving.

 

[Kolyana]

LMM .... you made me laugh so much ... what a post!

Would any tips from your worthy adversary be useful? (She says, knowing full well that you have your son and neighbor to draw on if need be).

 

[Kolyana]

This is the race where you will find out that your family, pets, cellphone and other things you love can not live without you for more than 5 minutes...

Do you remember T times as you go, or do you guys actually fastforward through the whole lap to get all those times? I was thinking of pausing the game as soon as a T time displays, but it messes up my driving.

In a slower car I'd pause and scribble down the t-times, but for this one I run the entire lap and glance at the times as they appear. By the end of the lap I know if they're worth copying down or not, and if they are I fast-forward the replay and scribble them down as I go.

 

[Lotrzyna]

If you look in Cyrils leaderboard thread you will see CFM state that villainpl is Div3 still.

Hehe, as you said later - yes im div 2 (with poor times unfortunately) i havnt posted anything yet this week cos I dont have a time to play this week :/(alot of work) (fortunately I could at least take my brodhers TV to play ) also my times on that track are so weak I dont know the track at all) I will send some T times later today - after 3session with that combo (not even one clean lap so far :/)

 

[Tannis]

Finally a clean lap after 2h running:

1'04.469
2'08.952
3'44.307
4'35.764

No div yet.
I'll run the qualifier this week end.

 

[SimRaceDriver]

LMM .... you made me laugh so much ... what a post!

Would any tips from your worthy adversary be useful? (She says, knowing full well that you have your son and neighbor to draw on if need be).

Gotta agree w/you ther Kolyana!
LMM...that post of yours made my day! Thank you so much!
Keep practicing...by the deadline next week, I'm sure you'll know the track a whole hell of a lot better & your T-times WILL come down!

SimRaceDriver:

 

[Toffe]

Last week was a catastrpohy for me!!!! I hate front wheel drive cars !!! And to place third last in Division 2 (where I usually place in the upper middle) is not good for me!!! So this week, I'm on a mission . The mission is to finish at least in the top 10 of division 2 this week! Using a DualShock 2, I think my first two T times are quite good. Here they are:

T2: 1'05.791
T4: 1'11.960

The problem right now is to get a clean lap, because after T4 everything falls ! I'm gonna drive for hours and hours this weekend and hopefully it's gonna give results. I can assure you: right now I hate the ABT Audi and I'm gonna hate it even more when the weekend is over! But I'm forcing myself to drive more and more. Next tuesday I'm gonna be exhausted! I can imagine some of my friends in school on tuesday: "Hey, you look like a ghost! Why?" "I have played GT4 like a maniac." "So what? I thought you liked GT4?" "Yes, I do." I belive something like that gonna happen next tuesday.

+ In two weeks time I'm gonna have a Driving Force Pro! Can't wait! Keep up the good work everybody!

 

[Canoe]

"boy he sure drives lousy, but by some miracle his car didn't catch on fire" category.

Many of us are with you!

The track is a real ego buster. The largest track in the game and our expectations of mastering ourselves enough to drive it quickly in only a week will mostly not be met.

Sure is fun though!!

 

[Z]

Finally got T2 down to a 1'05.2 consistently and 2'11.5 for T4, but now I can't even get through Wehrseifen. I've been through here many a time, but I still don't know the proper way to take the right without the bump kicking me out to the leftmost wall. Any tips?

 

[Tyre King]

Ok guys and gals, a very faint line in the sand from me!

T2 1,07.740
T4 2,16.231
T7 3,57.358
T9 4,54.055

So faint and So far away from the top, it looks like a little tiny faint dot! But it is a line, and it's better than it was!

Amazing what 4hrs can do, init?

Neil

 

[Barbol]

New times for me:

1'05.4
2'12.6
3'50.8
4'44.514

 

[Thurzo]

At last...
After a few runs i've done this, not yet perfect but i still have some time to improve.
My T's:.
T2- 1'05.081
T4- 2'10.667
T7- 3'46.934
T9- 4'39.569
not bad but there is a problem, i've lost a lot of time on the final sections, must improve.
one thing i know, and that's where i'm losing time

 

[KLR142]

ARGH! This is some rough stuff, and the car flies all over the place... Watch your replays and you see it lifting a wheel(and wheels) all over the place. Anywho, I'm having a rough time laying down a COMPLETELY clean lap. It sucks... I'll be working on it more late tonight and over the next couple days.

So far, clean up to T7, with uncertainty after T4, I've done better after T4, but ruined it later on. So for now(two offs that slowed me after T7):
T2: 1'07.338
T4: 2'16.682
T7: 3'59.439
T9: 4.57.xxx

And I'm using DS2, no ASM/TC. My thumb hurts...

 

[KLR142]

I'm Div. 3 btw, but that might change as time goes on... We'll see...

 

[BenW]

Will someone please slow down to help me off the bottom of the spreadsheet!

 

[daan]

I've gained a whole second. Wooo. MY splits are pretty much the same as they were tho'.

And for luxy/small_fryz, I use a DFP.

 

[Nuvolari]

Any thoughts on whether the 320kph v. 330kph v. 340kph gearing helps on some sections of the track and hurts on others---on corner exits?

And what's the technique jumping Quiddlebacher, shift in the air, shift before, shift after?

 

[MR8]

BLAST!! Once again, after some intense concentration for 5 minutes I screwed it all up flying into the grass right after T9 and proceeded to spun out.

Still can't get that high 1'05 T2 back from my bag of tricks.

Latest lap:

T2: 1'06.275
T4: 2'12.210
T7: 3'50.726
T9: 4'44.246

Previous high:

1'06.261
2'12.513
3'51.063
4'44.441

DFP/ASM & TCS off.

I just figured out how to pull out that "carpet grip" thingy at the bottom of the pedal box. I've had it for 2 months now and I just found that out. How stupid am I?

 

[hOt6o4bOi]

hey SRD, for circle 2~

the first turn in which is the left, should almost be flat out and then when your car settles down you brake for the next right in 4th, then down to 3rd then 2nd for the left and then 3rd for the right

lol sounds kinda confusing probly, but hope that helps....

im still recovering from crashing at the end of the straight
after having a t9 time of 4'35.5xx~~~

 

[LoveMyMiata]

LMM .... you made me laugh so much ... what a post!

Would any tips from your worthy adversary be useful? (She says, knowing full well that you have your son and neighbor to draw on if need be).

My son (I Don't Know) has yet to drive a lap in this week's race. My neighbor (JMitch17) hadn't driven any as of yesterday evening when I stopped by to chat with him and his wife. We have the weekly neighborhood "Survivor" and "Apprentice" watching tonight followed by our viewing of last week's fast laps, so tonight is probably out. Then he said something about being out of town for some golf thingy-ma-bob (that wuss). So they'll be no help.

I did sit down over lunch and looked at the two sources of "racing line" discussion that I have and realized I'm pretty far off the good racing line. If I didn't have other such important events like work and parent/teacher conferences I'd zoom home right now and try out these different lines. I can see where they're good for multi seconds off my times. So I may well want (need) some help, but for now I'll try out these new lines. I can see that my biggest error is driving each corner in isolation. More so than most or all of the tracks we've done so far, the setup out of one corner to prepare for the next one is extremely critical and I'm not taking that into account. Either that or I just plain stink and I should be glad my car hasn't burst into flames or ejected me from the driver's seat out of embarassment.

So far I'm still working on step #2 of Teledriel's official "How to Drive the Nurburgring Quickly for Dummies" (TM) check list.

 

[MR8]

And what's the technique jumping Quiddlebacher, shift in the air, shift before, shift after?

I stay in 5th all the way from Quiddlebacher to Flugplatz, then shift into 6th when it redlines. Works for me. 💡

 

[Kolyana]

I just figured out how to pull out that "carpet grip" thingy at the bottom of the pedal box. I've had it for 2 months now and I just found that out. How stupid am I?

HAHAHAHA, I can't imagine trying to play without that thing down ... you must have been cussing as it scooted across the floor all the time!

 

[Z]

Words cannot express my hatred for cellular phones at this moment. After 45 minutes of running against my previous ghost, I had set a 1'04.9 T2, 2'10.1 T4 and was just about to exit the 'back straight' when off in the distance, my phone rings. Natural reaction is to pause and see who it is, but not this time -- I'm running too fast to allow any interruptions. Whoever's calling can surely wait a few minutes for my lap to finish.

Well, the ringing continued and began to overtake my focus. Thinking quickly, I paused before I fscked anything up and took the call. Back to my lap.. feeling confident as ever (it's silly, but the controller had been resting on the couch long enough for the sweat from my hands to dry up. This would be comparable to the difference between gripping a steering wheel with and without driving gloves. lol). So, everything's in my favor, right? Nope. Lost my focus and took the fast left exiting the back straight a little too fast and met the wall.

And what's the technique jumping Quiddlebacher, shift in the air, shift before, shift after?

I like to shift into 4th just before the hill.

 

[MR8]

HAHAHAHA, I can't imagine trying to play without that thing down ... you must have been cussing as it scooted across the floor all the time!

Yes!! I can't even remember how many fast laps were ruined because that box slipped out of my leg's reach, then I would be 🤬

Now I'm 💡 👍

 

[hOt6o4bOi]

finally got a lap im happy with

but still see atleast a second to improve

t2 - 1'04.247
t4 - 2'08.532
t7 - 3'43.368
t9 - 4'34.482

i watched my replay and its fully legit, but i had 2 scares when 2 wheels went off on 2 exits~ i swear i could have had a heart attack, it actually felt like i was gonna crash into a real wall and it would have been over

thank god i didnt leave the track tho~

 

[Tyre King]

If Quiddelbacher and Flugplatz are the two rights after T1, Then i am either in very high 5ths or middle/high 6ths after 'easing-off' the throttle just a tad to keep it settled over the jump (and stay to the left- the crest is less severe) depends on how well i took the complex!

New times!

T2 1,07.303
T4 2,15.081
T7 3,56.003 👎
T9 4,52.610 👎 👎

But better! OVER 13 seconds faster at T9 in one evening! Maybe given a week more, i could be at my limit, but i know i can go shed-loads faster by not mistaking one or two of the corner's for other's! It'll come, i hope!

Neil

 

[hOt6o4bOi]

If Quiddelbacher and Flugplatz are the two rights after T1, Then i am either in very high 5ths or middle/high 6ths after 'easing-off' the throttle just a tad to keep it settled over the jump (and stay to the left- the crest is less severe) depends on how well i took the complex!

try shifting to 6th b4 the jump, and staying flat out for both turns.

should be around 167km/h mid apex of the corner

hope this helps you guys out

 

[Tyre King]

That's what i am getting to, most of the time! But my real problem is in the t6-t9 sectors.

It's mainly in my head, i know, but some corners just scare me stiff!

I can't get the 'Karussel' right! I either go into it too slow and take it in 2nd, up to 3rd for the exit, or too fast and exit SLOW!

How are you fast guy's taking it?

I can't use the pavement on the inside, it's just not in my nature! Opinions?