GTP Members, post your time lap times!

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MeAgainstYou
thats a LAP!!! đź‘Ť but...

you're putting laps in diffent demos/accounts!!? have you read the terms and conditions!? :confused: careful..
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Thanks MAY đź‘Ť


I know.. :ouch: Just tested the 2 other demos to compare. ( :) ) I have read and as far as I know I have not broken any rules and still fullfill the entry requirements đź‘Ť

I did accidently put my name on the board (JP demo - normal car - exited the event to change settings after one lap and forgot the cable.. :ouch:), I apologize that, but as far as I can see it shouldn't matter and I should get away with it as long as I don't do the same with the tuned. That way I'm not "entering the competition" there. I don't have tools to remove the time & it isn't illegal (regarding the competition rules) to try the other demos.. :)


PART B: HOW DO I ENTER
1. The Online Time Trial
1.1After downloading the Game, entrants can enter the Competition by completing the two online time trials available in the Game. The time trial requires entrants to drive around the track using the selected cars in the fastest possible time (“Time Trial”). The time that each entrant takes to complete the two Time Trial events will be recorded, stored and collated by the Promoter and each entrant will be given an aggregate time for both courses. Entrants’ aggregate times will be displayed on a rankings leader board.


I really didn't mean to record the time on the board (1'47.9xx) but it's done, was an accident ...luckily nobody got hurt :) But again, my deepest apologies again to all JP drivers. :guilty:


 
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davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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I don't see anything wrong or unfair about it. If they are good enough to get through, then they deserve to be there. You wouldn't stop Button, Hamilton etc from racing F1 because theyare good enough to win.

But if he is running laps for his brother, then the both should be kicked out.

Matt.
 
davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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Your comment that it would go against the spirit of the competition if anyone with previous Silverstone experience attended again is a non starter. It’s the same for all sport. Imagine the comments if a rookie from any sport made such a statement. I’m sure they would be flamed to hell and back for even thinking it.

In reference to your belief that Oldbeanee had run his Brothers lap for him; Have you any proof of this, because that is some accusation to make in an open forum?
 
davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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Originally I had the same concerns about the Silverstone finalists from last year competing seeing as how they would have track experience, GTR experience etc, but I guess you could argue that all the finalists from last year had to go up against Lucas who already had some racing experience at that stage already? That's my understanding of it...so maybe all the finalists from last year can justifiably feel that they deserve another shot at it.

It won't just be the UK though, IRT_SolarSystem[NL], danilc007[ES], Midmark[SE], zocker16_GTRP[DE] were all at Silverstone last year and are competing again this year. l1a2r3 [DE] is Lars Schlomer and I expect he will be ineligible due to the racing licence he acquired during his academy training last year.

Back to the topic of laptimes, after days and days of utter frustration and nearly giving up, I finally nailed a 1'47 lap in the normal car and have scraped into the 3'23s. As incredible as it seemed a couple of weeks ago, clearly that won't be enough to be safe in the UK as I'm 18th already...

N: 1'47.991
T: 1'36.004

>>> 3'23.995 [18th in UK]

It's so nice to be able to post an improvement after so long...

All the best
Maz
 
davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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Experience in a real car is a big advantage in Silverstone. I think the top 8 from 2008 had experiences in racing a car or drive it at it´s limit.

Some examples:
Lucas: He drove at a spanish karting-championchip and moved a Singleseater (think formula 3) before. Also a good reason why he was about 3 seconds faster than me on Stowe Circuit during the Singleseater-Competition :P

Luca Lorenzini (Giagua) : He´s driving rally events in Itali:
:scared:

Fabriece (PositionOnePole): He showed me a video with him driving a Ferrari on a racing circuit.

Mark (Oldbeanee): As you said he knows how to drive a Go-Kart.
I think thats why he made the poleposition at the 4h karting race. đź‘Ť

Just comparing this to myself from 2008: Never drove a Go-Kart before, holding a driving license for about 6 months maybe 10.000 km on puplic roads.
One lap at the Nordschleife so 11 minuites racing experince :sly:
I´m sure i could do better this year, i learned a lot last time but i´m still not good as many of them were before Silverstone 2008 ;)
 
Current times:

Tuned - 1'36.168
Stock - 1'48.418
Overall - 3'24'586 - 33rd in the UK


I'm happy with those times, and no way am I going to reach the top 20. Might have one last attempt to reach a low 3'24, and get into the top 30.
 
davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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Completely below the belt dav. I dont cheat.
Me and my brother are good enough to set our own laptimes. If you have any more accusations to throw at me, do it at the national finals face to face.
 
arora
You're brother has experience with karts and other RL racing and you don't? They must lock you in the closet when they go out :dopey:
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Hes quite a few years older, does track days and that with his 600cc bike.

Still havent improved with the stock car yet, i keep trying but only seem to be getting slower, still gutted how i binned it twice in T4 for a low 1'47.9xx.

Has anybody seen takeuchi a low 3'22.8xx now.
 
oldbeanee
Completely below the belt dav. I dont cheat.
Me and my brother are good enough to set our own laptimes. If you have any more accusations to throw at me, do it at the national finals face to face.
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Mark its not below the belt at all its purely an opinion and yes I suppose I am a bit blunt and opinionated, anyway I appologise for making accusation about you and your brother in fact I already know that your brother is good enough from actually seeing him drive at the finals last time. The comment has only come from viewing both of your replays of the normal car which are identical and that you didn't do a fast lap in either car whilst your brother had been doing both.
You must've just discussed which gears and lines etc is best that's all so sorry about that.

All the matters is the person in 20th place is given the opportunity they deserve and I'm just making sure everyone's playing ball because there is many from last time not able to get in the top twenty at the moment.
 
davissi
What's the feeling on those who have already been to Silverstone here ? I mean surely having done it all once is a major advantage knowing the cars etc and against the spirit of the competition ?? I mean as an example Oldbeanee, he's a director of a kart track, already been to Silverstone therefore has previous experience of the cars and has even probably done his brothers laps (Mr__Arrogance) so that Mum and Dad can come along to London.
All I hope is that there's not some new guy that makes it to Silverstone who would be an awesome teammate to Lucas knocked out of the competition by someone with so much experience.
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That is my big concern. I've only ever done one trakday, at Knockhill, I'm kinda worried that if i get through (here's hoping :D), I'm going to be at a disadvantage to quite a few people. Not that i'm making racing driver excuses or anything....

Seriously though, I think I, and anyone else who may be at a disadvantage, will just have to deal with it.
 
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To be honest, I would be concerned about lack of driving experience but it seems very unlikely that I will make it to silverstone, unless I develop alien abilities out of nowhere. I am looking forward to hopefully being in the finals anyway, it should be a laugh.
 
Stevisiov
To be honest, I would be concerned about lack of driving experience but it seems very unlikely that I will make it to silverstone, unless I develop alien abilities out of nowhere. I am looking forward to hopefully being in the finals anyway, it should be a laugh.
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I would say just go enjoy it, relax and have a laugh to anyone who makes the finals.

If last year's final is anything to go by I wouldn't be at all negative on anyone's chances. Pressure and the short format are great levellers and I'm convinced that any 3 of the 20 participants last year could have made it through. If you can relax and get a little bit of luck on the day you never know.
 
Just knocked 2 tenths of my tuned time today. Almost hit the 1'35's which was my ultimate goal that I never thought I'd reach. Got a 1'36.013 ..soooo close :D
 
Nice. I can't even imagine a time that low. I'm digging at a 1'39'5xx if I can manage it :grumpy:, but I have a controller, not a wheel, so it is very difficult.
 
Dessy182
Kept at it and just hit 1'35.994! Over the moon! This demo is so rewarding if you put in the effort! :)

best of luck everyone
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Great Time Dessy...... i've been watching you whittle that Tuned time over the last week. Sub '36 is THE benchmark obviously.

Out of curiosity, how many hrs have you put into the Tuned, and how many in the Stock?
 
Found a bit more speed in the untuned and moved up a few places myself tonight... back to 10th in the UK for a couple of hours until they wake up and knock me back to 17th :dopey:

1'47.931 / 1'35.859 = 3'23.790

Another .1 or so in the untuned to go and then I'm calling it a day, Good luck to all :cheers:
 
Was three tenth up in the normal car at the penultimate split only to screw up turn eleven completely. What makes it even more irritating is that I don't really have any problems with that turn anymore.
 
Mr P
Found a bit more speed in the untuned and moved up a few places myself tonight... back to 10th in the UK for a couple of hours until they wake up and knock me back to 17th :dopey:

1'47.931 / 1'35.859 = 3'23.790

Another .1 or so in the untuned to go and then I'm calling it a day, Good luck to all :cheers:
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Sensational times Ron!! At this stage of the competition in the super-competitive UK to be able to jump from about 17th to 10th place is really excellent and a massive boost for survival chances.

Great job mate :cheers:

All the best
Maz
 
Fortunately portuguese ranking is not that competitive so my time in the low 25s is enough for top 20. I still hope to make into the 24s, but not into the 23s :)

11 Gaviao_GTPT 1'36.591 1'48.591 3'25.182
 
carmad_Hainesy
Is it the top 20 of each country that qualify for finals, or just the quickest driver?
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Top 20 that qualify of course... there might be people in the UK list that either a) are too young, b) don't live in the UK, c) other reasons that are against the rules.

C.
 
osg
Great Time Dessy...... i've been watching you whittle that Tuned time over the last week. Sub '36 is THE benchmark obviously.

Out of curiosity, how many hrs have you put into the Tuned, and how many in the Stock?
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Cheers man. Well I hadn't done a time in the tuned for over a week and then last monday I started. I was on 1'36.7xx.. In the first day I got it down to 1'36.441.. then over the next few days .302 .. .2xx .. yesterday I got .127, .013 and then finally the 35'994 all in one sitting. So basically that was the progress.. there was one day I didn't play because my internet wasn't working so I just played GT5P. But I played every day.

The thing I find surprising is at the start of the day I am always over a second off my best time and I feel it is going to be really hard to get back up to that speed. But after an hour or two I find myself doing natural laps at times that were my best a few days before. My best improvements have come late in the day or night after about 4 to 5 hours overall. I can feel I am close so I just stick at it despite having a really sore neck, back and eyes lol.

I am going to have one more day of the tuned car and then focus on the the normal so hopefully I can join the 3'23 club :D ..I feel if I leave the tuned car now and come back at the end of next week I will have no chance of improving. With the way things are going I am aiming for a top 250 in the Global standings. Here's hoping :)

Best of luck guys!
 

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