It's surprising how much difference the wet line makes in the slower corners where you're braking hard and need the traction on the exit, outside of those two 1st gear corners I've seen people running the racing line and going at a similar pace so I reckon throttle control is more important than the line.
I see you're using traction control, I wouldn't be able to drive in the rain with that on because you're losing the feedback of how much grip there is and how hard you can push the car, ideally to be quick you'll be right on the limit of losing traction, any more than that you'll spin, any less you're underdriving the car and dropping time.
Here's a 2:44 in similar/maybe slightly wetter conditions to show my line, it also shows the throttle, I'm trying not to go to 100% until the car is fully straight on the exits:
I need to work on my pace in the dry I'm 2s a lap off the pace.
That was one hell of a lap! Yeah do agree I was probably massively underdriving the car as the TC never really got activated in my lap
The wet line did help quite a bit on braking zones (like I can brake 50m later and still make the corner) in my few testing laps in Wet but will definitely need more seat time for throttle control and determine how hard I can push.
I believe you have already found most of the 2s you needed on Dry
Great QT time you have there!
COuld the race at the Glen next week be Gr2 with the introduction of the GT-One?!? Could PD be thinking outside of the box?! That would be awesome.
I really hope they would rebalance the Gr.2 BoP before they do that. Should be a real blast to drive Gr.2 on the Glen though.
6 B races this morning in the Evo and it’s competitive but a lot of work when a GTR is close on the finish straight.
All 6 races I ended with Clean Race Bonus !!
@icycls was prophetic but he had more confidence in me than I did 😂
Fun getting it done for the first time.
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Congrats on getting to A+! Just so you know your do have more pixels on the DR bar than I do now...
It wet meter varied between 50% to 70%.
View attachment 1341519Talon was on IM and I lost roughly only 1 sec/lap relative to him, which makes me think that W was the better tire in this condition because Talon should be considerably faster than 1 sec/per lap. He is A+ and I'm mid-B.
But then I have seen other A+ folks like AdxRE and GOTMAXPOWER using IM in the same condition (see their posts on this page). So maybe for A+ folks, IM is best and for mere mortals like me, W is better.
GOTMAXPOWER will probably the better person to answer this as I had (and still have) no idea what I am doing on Wet weather
In that particular Wet races where I finished DFL, the NSX was on Wets and he was around 1 sec faster per lap than those on IM on slightly wetter conditions. Agrees with
@Talon16 that IM is probably better if this is the wettest it would get, as it will eventally dry out towards the end of the race.
I’VE DONE IT! Clicked my DR over to the next level. Now a DR A driver. Feels good to finally achieve it (just got to try and keep it now 😂).
So my both my main and 2nd accounts were on 99% DR B (checked on Kudos).
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Just need to race my main account now over the weekend and just tick that one over too.
GT1 in GTWS can’t wait! Might need to do some practice before hand on heavy damage…
Have to say the McLaren has been amazing to drive round this circuit. I drove the McLaren in the very first GTWS event on GT7 and it was good to drive then, until PD killed it. Since then I’ve never really driven it, or I’ve never got on with it but yeah feels good round here.
Congrats on getting to DR A! This is probably the best track/tyre/tyre wear combo for the McLaren in my experience even after they nerfed it slightly. Though the difference in the handling between QT and Race is still annoying.
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Did 2 more races last night. First race I was running well behind
@GOTMAXPOWER and even had a nice side-by-side battle that lasted a few corners. That was until I forgot to read the weather radar and did not pit for Wets when it pours down (It was bone dry at Eau Rouge in the next lap, by the end of Kemmel straight I was already aquaplaning and flew off track). Rage quitted for my stpuidity but should have stayed to practice my wet weather driving in hindsight.
Second race again had GOTMAXPOWER's company and I don't know how on earth you caught that slide at Eau Rouge on Lap 1! I would have binned it with million seconds of wall penalty myself. Was a bone dry race and went long in first stint to get some clean air, and managed consistant 2:17's after pitting. For the first time this week I was able to pull clear from people behind and reel in the Supra in 4th from 2s behind. Bagged another Top 5 at the end in what could be my best race performance this week.