GTP_WRS Week 12 : 500W

[Jump_Ace]

How this combo works so well is beyond me. Underpowered FF on dirt? Surprisingly fun combo.

24.366
50.933


Jerome

 

[Teamsreth]

Couldn't read my own handwriting.

24.102
50.754

 

[Jump_Ace]

24.166
50.509


Jerome

 

[Jump_Ace]

23.867
50.200

Sloppy T3, but that uphill right after T1 is brutal.

Jerome

 

[Argon]

Tricky little 🤬

23.871
50.720

 

[Jump_Ace]

23.867
50.150

Much better T3. Wife wants to see the new Cap'n movie so I'll oblige


Jerome

 

[Argon]

Backwards in sector 1 but a handy gain at T2 and the line
24.137
50.454

 

[Mark_S]

Ran a few test laps, tips from @Vagabond helped improve time.

25.474
53.324

 

[roamer2629]

@MisterWeary : The problem, unfortunately, isn't getting comfortable with manual as I'm sure I could adjust relatively quickly...it's just my fingers cannot cope with the adjusted position on the back of the controller.....I tried using manual back some time ago and my hands and fingers ached within 10 minutes of using it (not to mention I forget about changing gears due to my poor concentration levels) . I'm hoping to get a DS2 which, hopefully, will be more comfortable but need to find a half-decent adapter first.

Last year my psoriasis got really hard to cope with (no job after being free lance for 10 years, mortgage, deaths in the family, the works) and felt that way too: Could handle half an hour in auto, but stretching my fingers reaching for L2 R2 gave me hell. Was it Gt4 where you could use auto but still hold upshifting holding R2? It helped a bit...

First splits, painful to see that second gear struggle uphill but loads of fun
24.474
51.591

 

[ollie57]

Could not resist a go at this..

24.283
51.400

 

[nursemorph]

Don't feel bad. I was just ashamed to post my 53.3 T2
I'm assuming the last of the high speed turns before the bridge is a good candidate for e-brake, no?

I honestly have no idea if it's a good candidate or not.....I have never used the handbrake in the game (only occasionally used it in GT5 for initiating drifts) and I doubt I would feel confident using it either. To be honest, I am just not that good at running fast times in rally events.....adjusting the brake bias is something I may look at but I am just accepting that I am not good at this

 

[Vagabond]

Just an FYI... I am also not using the handbrake at all. Tried it but to be honest, can't see any advantage to using it anywhere.

 

[mr_lab_rat]

Last year my psoriasis got really hard to cope with (no job after being free lance for 10 years, mortgage, deaths in the family, the works) and felt that way too: Could handle half an hour in auto, but stretching my fingers reaching for L2 R2 gave me hell. Was it Gt4 where you could use auto but still hold upshifting holding R2? It helped a bit...

First splits, painful to see that second gear struggle uphill but loads of fun
24.474
51.591

I think you can still do that (hold the downshift button to delay auto shift)

 

[LeftyWright69]

Finally something I might have a shot at (I hope )

24.238
50.704

 

[Jump_Ace]

Just an FYI... I am also not using the handbrake at all. Tried it but to be honest, can't see any advantage to using it anywhere.

Same here. It gives the car a delayed oversteer when you don't want it.

The leaderboard is in proper order this week too I see

Jerome

 

[Vagabond]

23.450
49.567

Lost a tenth in sector 2 again, this time exiting the chicane. Lost another tenth in sector 3 but progress is good I think. I'll do that 1st sector vid now. 👍

 

[LeftyWright69]

24.238
50.704

Cracked a 24 in the first sector on a slower OT so I think I got the mo figured out in the first sector

24.017
50.334

 

[Allibubba99]

Cracked a 24 in the first sector on a slower OT so I think I got the mo figured out in the first sector

20.017
50.334

I think you have a typo Lefty

 

[Vagabond]

23.627
49.410

Dropped the ball on the uphill in sector 1 but made up for it in sector 2. So looking for 2 tenths in sector 1 and maybe another 1 or 2 in sector 3.

Sector 1 vid uploading....

 

[LeftyWright69]

24.017
50.334

Starting to feel the fingernails digging in with the careful application of power as I'm clawing at the turf.

23.760
50.160

 

[Vagabond]

Good to see you back in for a week Lefty 👍

First sector 23.450:

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[Airsick]

Had to dust everything off and give this one a go.
24.109
50.359

 

[LeftyWright69]

Good to see you back in for a week Lefty 👍

Thanks "V", work has been demanding lately and it being tax time here across the pond, I haven't found much more than an hr here and a hr there to try to drive but I just can't pass up a chance to battle on more familiar turf

I was watching your vid and it doesn't look you are modulating your throttle much when I'm at 90% trying to find traction. Great 1st sector 👍

 

[Jump_Ace]

Chris confirmed my suspicions about letting off the throttle slightly in certain sections so avoid that dredded oversteer slipping. Cleaned up T3, no new splits to report.

Jerome

 

[ItsAllAboutWins]

Hmmm..

Should bring back memories of being a teenager and driving my ford tempo on dirt backroads at high speeds. Got a pretty funny story about going 70 mph and having turkeys flying off the windshield with my best friend that passed away in 2012.

Bring it.

 

[Windy_1238]

Nice video! Catching the soft dirt on the inside helps a lot.

 

[LeftyWright69]

23.760
50.160

I feel perdy darn happy with this effort since I prob. won't get another chance until next weekend. Everything came together in my last session as I was trying to take some decent brakes between tries so I didn't burn out. I can just run lap after lap after lap.

23.730
49.880

Good Luk everyone 👍

 

[Gravitron]

I have no idea how this happened. I was running laps repeatedly just shy of the one posted on the LB (50.794 at T2), and then all of a sudden the front wheels started gripping and I started sliding like Colin McRae.
Over a second gain at the line.

23.651
49.701


EDIT: Submitted and accepted. Phew.

 

[ItsAllAboutWins]

Never mind. Im an idiot.

 

[Jump_Ace]

I don't know how I'm missing so much time here It's not easy for me to get consistent lap times, I think I'm doing the same thing, only to find out I've gotten slower, hmm.

Jerome