GTP_WRS Week 1 : BallS1 to the Wall

[Doodle]

Gave it the gold old canadian try and did 7 laps, so far things seem good

S1: 24.221
S2: 49.032

Ill try later but i have a rfactor event and trying to do two things at once is never good

That's a brilliant sector 2 for only 7 laps!

 

[ME71]

I found that grass trick out pretty fast

 

[Eggstor]

Second, the title name is, to some extent, a reference to the first post I ever made on this here GTPlanet. Now where's my Seattle track!?

Tell the road crews to finish construction. I'd like to see CenturyLink Field in GT6 myself.

 

[EDK]

I found that grass trick out pretty fast

What grass trick is that?

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Well, 5 hours in and still trying to wrap my arms around this track. Never have driven it before up until the few times here in GT6. I like the track and all, but it just seems to have some sort of weird flow to it that I have yet to figure out......but I will. Looks like its going to be one of those late night/early morning sessions. Will post my splits when I'm done for the night/morning.....tomorrow, whatever the hell it turns out to be when I'm done.

Thanks for week 1 and getting all this started so soon. Appreciate your efforts here.

Grass trick??? I was wondering about that myself. All Black Magic must be shared.

 

[AspecBob]

Ok... hopefully I'll be able to post some D2 splits soon, but in the meantime:

25.928
51.911

 

[Doodle]

What grass trick is that?

Putting a tire or two in the grass in some areas helps the car rotate more in the corners.

 

[jimipitbull]

Is SRF on by mistake perhaps?

SRF was on, unfortunately.

Thanks again for checking the replay Gravitron.

Here's my previously posted splits for fetchy

24.416
49.832

 

[mcsqueegy]

Gave it another 5 laps... short bursts after a break seem to work for me

24.269
49.469

Nearly 0.2 better at the line, but need to find that missing tenth on the hairpin

 

[EDK]

Putting a tire or two in the grass in some areas helps the car rotate more in the corners.

There was a grass trick in GT4, that made the car go faster in a straight line while the tires were on the grass. That sort of chicanery will not be tolerated.

And if the abuse of this particular situation is too great, we might just have to change the rules to 4 on track for future events.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Putting a tire or two in the grass in some areas helps the car rotate more in the corners.

Ah, is that all?? I thought perhaps he was talking about the "other" grass trick.

 

[Doodle]

To be honest I have no idea. I was just guessing from my own knowledge.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

There was a grass trick in GT4, that made the car go faster in a straight line while the tires were on the grass. That sort of chicanery will not be tolerated.

And if the abuse of this particular situation is too great, we might just have to change the rules to 4 on track for future events.

And that was the grass trick I was thinking about. That trick actually worked in GT5 as well. While going down a straight, you only needed to have one side of the car in the grass and the car would actually pick up more speed than it would with all 4 tires on the track.

 

[DigitalBaka]

Wow! What a blast!

24.644
50.311

Gotta get that under five-oh now that they stuck D2 next to my name.

So is everyone staying in 5 for the big loop in T2 or going down to 4? Hasn't seemed to make much difference to me yet so I'm keeping 5. Would 4 give me a better exit?

 

[Doodle]

And that was the grass trick I was thinking about. That trick actually worked in GT5 as well. While going down a straight, you only needed to have one side of the car in the grass and the car would actually pick up more speed than it would with all 4 tires on the track.

I always thought it made you go slower, so I never tried it.

 

[EDK]

Wow! What a blast!

24.644
50.311

Gotta get that under five-oh now that they stuck D2 next to my name.

So is everyone staying in 5 for the big loop in T2 or going down to 4? Hasn't seemed to make much difference to me yet so I'm keeping 5. Would 4 give me a better exit?

Late change down to 4th for me, to rotate the car and get some pull out of the corner.

 

[AspecBob]

Well, studied those videos more carefully (thanks Chris and Andrew), and picked up over a whole second already! Which moves me from, let's see, #29 to #27 Boy, this could be a rough week...

25.100
50.683

 

[Allibubba99]

Withdrawals over!!!!!!!! Thanks WRS Staff!!!!

1st splits for TT #111 in a row!

Al

25.214
51.214

 

[EDK]

Withdrawals over!!!!!!!! Thanks WRS Staff!!!!

1st splits for TT #111 in a row!

Al

25.214
51.214

111 - That has a nice ring to it.

 

[mcsqueegy]

So is everyone staying in 5 for the big loop in T2 or going down to 4? Hasn't seemed to make much difference to me yet so I'm keeping 5. Would 4 give me a better exit?

I keep it in 5th personally, the car seems to have enough torque to accelerate out but I find it difficult not to run wide as a result

I found a bit more time, will return to this later!

24.300
49.433

Surprisingly held my advantage in the last sector too. Close call on the chicane though...

 

[DigitalBaka]

24.729
50.246

Marginal split improvement but down six tenths at the line. "Thrash it mercilessly" definitely seems to be working.

 

[Gravitron]

111 - That has a nice ring to it.

Eleventy.

I also drop down to 4th in the middle of the left loop, like Kev said. 👍

 

[Cats_PJs]

Whew, I was getting a little stir crazy.

24.157
49.191

Love the combo, can't wait to get up and run some more in the morning. It's amazing how quickly the feel for the track came back, so good to run it again.

 

[ME71]

Yea the car rotates very well, almost to good when you drop two tires on the two last corners in the first sector. Other then that you guys are crazy with your tires on grass in a straight line crap. haha

Couldnt Resist and did 20 more laps

S1: 24.056
S2: 49.067

Couldnt put that sector 2 together like before, which is always a great frustration.

Also funny my name is Andrew too haha

 

[mcsqueegy]

Whew, I was getting a little stir crazy.

24.157
49.191

Love the combo, can't wait to get up and run some more in the morning. It's amazing how quickly the feel for the track came back, so good to run it again.

Nice, are you sure you're not meant to be in D1?

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Yea the car rotates very well, almost to good when you drop two tires on the two last corners in the first sector. Other then that you guys are crazy with your tires on grass in a straight line crap. haha

Its true. I seen it myself and tested it myself, so I know it to be true. There was also a big thing about it one year in the Academy trials, I believe it was the second Academy for GT5 using one of the electric cars. I think it was DHolland that showed it to me for the first time in one of the Seasonal TT's early in GT5. Sorry for off topic Kevin.

Anyways, I too have been going down to 4th for that corner. I've tried both ways and 4th always seems to give me a better exit speed.

 

[DigitalBaka]

Last one for tonight.

24.627
50.144

Slowly making progress. I will try using 4 tomorrow but 5 was working OK for me.

 

[jimipitbull]

Made sure the settings were right this time

24.322
49.489

 

[Doodle]

Also funny my name is Andrew too haha

Two Andrews in D1 Silver. It only gets more interesting from here.

111 - That has a nice ring to it.

If only the week 1 combo was with the Elise 111R.

 

[Need4Speed685]

Feel like I've exhausted my potential for this time trial. Hope you guys are having fun and good luck!

Anyways, here's my splits.

S1 - 24.500
S2 - 50.083

What do you guys make of my splits? Are they decent for someone using a DualShock 3?

Going to send my replay to FetchyFetch in a sec.