I might have to give the Renault a go. I’m currently on a 1:18.3 in the Porsche. I know there’s more time in it if I put a solid 30 minutes not qualifying. But even then, nothing going to save me from getting swallowed up by the Genesis and GTR’s on the straight. I can’t even really make up ground when I’m in their slip.
I've tried a couple of different cars. Started with the Vette (mainly because I was close to missing the race and it was the only Gr3 car I had with RMs already equipped lol)... it was okay. Then onto the Porsche which was pretty good. That's when I jumped into the Genesis which dropped my quali time down into the 17s (17.811 on the #4 account). It took a few laps to get used to it, going from the Porsche to the Genesis is quite the different driving experience. But, got a couple good races in with it.
I improved by B time to 1:18.711 and while not that good for DR A I decided to jump into a race to test the waters. I QT'd in 13th.
There was some drama on turn 5 and I gained 3 spots there. Got another at turn 7 but got out dragged up the hill by a A|B racer in a 911RSR, bumping me in the rear at the bottom of the hill. Entering turn 10 he had pinned me to the inside but a penalty taker was about to unghost and I thought he would get blocked but a gap opened and he appeared to fast'n'furious downshift to suddenly go fasterand he pushed in, forcing me even more to the inside. In this move I miss my braking mark (being blocked by two cars now going three wide) and I, kind of, caused some mayhem into the turn unable to slow as much as I would like. I hit one, turning in who bounces off another, knocking them off track. Some other chaos happens as well. The A|B guy gets a 2s penalty in all this. I came out in 8th after all this.
After that encounter I drive clean with a really solid drive in the M6 and finish in 5th. An 8 spot gain.
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Here are the highlights with a replay of turn 10 from a couple views.
What do you think of my turn 10 carnage? It was accidental on my part missing my braking mark after being surprised by the sudden move of Porsche. You might argue that I should have waited and I considered it but I focused on the guy I hit, who remained in front so I considered that done. I was not aware of the other stuff going on at the time.
I am still having trouble getting a competitive QT but the M6 is an excellent race weapon. It is stuck to the ground like a tank and when it does get bumped it does not move much. I have a tune on it that makes it a bit stickier as well so that helps.
Yeah, not my proudest moment. I got a "tf_man" in the chat during the race after that and I apologized to all - as I did not know who I offended at the time - in the lobby afterwards but there was no further recrimination thrown at me.
I love Road Atlanta, but it can certainly be extremely frustrating!
Watching Petit Le Mans last weekend and tried to pay attention to some of the lap times, I noticed there is quite a bit of fluctuation lap to lap. I know it’s because of traffic, but it still makes me feel good since I can’t turn consistent laps around there. Turns 5 and 7 are killers for me.
So you like the tune? I was just looking at that as I figured Suzuka is a good analogous for RA and it is close to the tune I figured out at Lago last month. That said, I did poorly at LM so hopefully The Praiano tune is better.
You can also ask questions at the https://www.reddit.com/r/GranTurismoOpenTunes/ subreddit.
Thank you, will do!
Find the car you're driving, adjust what you can under BOP restrictions, see how you like it.
Nice rig. I'd still recommend changing the seat out when you can.
I just checked mine. My brake is fine but I have had issues before where it got reset. My accelerator was weird though.
Rig looks good. Surprised you did not bolt the DD direct to the wheel plate though and decided on clamp.
The oddity is that regardless of what the calibration states, the pedal appeared to operate normally with full range except GT would max out at around 97-98%.
Yep, will do that tomorrow. The height of the stand is lowest as can be, seat is as back as it can be, and I can rest my titties on the steering wheel 😂 Did maybe 5 laps before legs and back gave out, and got within 0.2s of my best time on lap 5 so keeping fingers crossed once I make the adjustments and regain my strength.
Playing devils advocate, you can see him better than he can see you in that selection of screenshots.
Lol, I'm not that quick!
