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Fair enough 👍
And another D1 time, really happy with that!
I think you were the only one in the replays I checked. When I saw it, I thought, "what a good idea", as I think it would help slow the car more quickly and let it rotate for an earlier exit. Sometimes it felt like I was waiting a year to get back on the gas there.
Did you watch that part of the video I posted?
Makes me laugh every time I watch it. I like going to those historic races at Laguna, so I would have been there to watch that race. Just funny to learn some of the things those guys are dealing with that you don't think about while spectating. Fair enough. I think you need to slow down or get promoted.
Seriously, that's a very good lap time with a small time commitment. I would venture to guess that including online practice and racing, I spent 6-8 hours on this combo.I would agree with your assessment that your time lost in S3 was likely in the chicane (as compared to the other D1's).
Going to stick my neck out and agree here. Great job @mr_lab_rat, also great job on the lap comments for all.
Just read thisI wasn't dismissing him, I was being a smartass, nothing else intended. Don't be so quick in making assumptions just to jump on somebody...damn. If I was dismissing him, I would have said so. This is how crap gets started by people making wrong assumptions and/or chiming in on something that doesn't pertain to them.
EDIT: Already explained myself to @mr_lab_rat so we are all good, he knows what I meant by the
Yeah, I figured 1:32:0xx was the max limit. One of my goals is to always be within a second of the leader. Didn't make it this week. For me this was a brutal track and tough car for me to get down and had it not been for the extra hours of laps I'd have not even got under 1:33.5xx. Best I could manage for the longest time was in the 1:33.6xx's, right there with you. I ended up sticking with @Cats_PJs's tune and gears. And basically forcing myself to be faster...as the sig would suggest.Onto laguna, and a negative handicap. Losing confidence.
Well done everyone and I didn't think anyone would be breaking into the 1.31s.i was just trying to crack 1.32.6.
A full second off.
So, in short, you lost it in the chicane?
So, in short, you lost it in the chicane?
I guess I like to look for the things you could do RIGHT to improve, rather than saying "Don't do it this way", I would rather look for the things that are "Do it this way".
I can't imagine telling someone about a missed shift when analyzing their replay. If they are consistently shifting up too early or too late, or did not use an optimum gear in a particular corner, I will let them know. Otherwise, it's about "What could I work on to improve?".
Anyhow, you won, it was a great lap, and really not a bad T3. That chicane had a definite luck factor, IMO. I approached it consistently, but my outcomes were anything but.
given that at that point I knew I had a .6 by T2, I was in between the lets not mess up the last sector and lets not be too slow in the last sector either. I guess I was somewhere in between apart from the first sector where Baron ran wide and lost a lot of time, our lines, brake points and speeds were almost identical, the only difference was gear shifts. I guess at some point it will become all about steering angle 
Did you watch that part of the video I posted?
- That would be cool to live close to Laguna. It's been one of my favourites in GT since it was introduced. I always remember the Top Gear episode when Clarkson tries to beat his time set there in GT 4, in real life in the NSX Can't wait to try the new combo!Fair enough. I think you need to slow down or get promoted.
jonjig:
Very clean s1, wheelspin cost you couple of tenths in s2. In s3 roundabout you took the double apex line but didn't really take advantage of by delaying getting back on throttle.
Sorry I didn't take more notes. It was really good lap except for the s3 roundabout.
.. every lap after that I just couldn't beat that line with my normal line...
First of all, Kevin ,thanks for the comments. All are taken to heart.Congrats to Manu for the only time in the 31's and convincing overall win.
Well done by all of the other Division winners and podium finishers.
I got an early start on replay checks, here's what I have so far -
D4 Podium Replays
nail-27Wall hit on the left at the T2 split.
I like you, please don't take the commentary the wrong way, I want to help you improve. But don't leave running and submitting a lap until an hour from deadline on the last day, it sets you up for panicking and ending up with a DQ like this one.
Please DO NOT rename your replay folder. It's an enormous pain to figure out the number of the replay to properly rename it so I can view it on the PS3.
Some tips on your lap.
You can get through the first kink with only a lift, possibly some light braking, but do not need to brake before it.
Your T2 looks pretty good until the final corner. You need to get all the way to the left to set up for the exit right hand corner, even if it means slowing and losing some built up momentum. And, you hit the wall on the exit of T2, so I have to DQ your lap. 👎
You brake too much entering the circle, carry more speed in. Your second apex is too early, hit it later and you can be on the gas for the exit. Final chicane is too careful, but clean.
mtbmik50
You can brake less entering the kink, carry in more momentum, make sure you get to the back as you finish braking for the hairpin. Then can be right back on full throttle for the exit.
Braking is too early for the T2 complex, and you are too slow in the first turn. Try to keep a tighter line in the left hand loop, even if you have to lift some. As much as anything, it's to set up for the very important right hand exit onto a long flat out section. You tried to set up, but the car needs to start further to the left there.
Loop corner looks pretty good, a bit tighter line would be faster, closer to the middle of the track at the deepest.
Chicane, I liked to set up my braking so my right wheels were in a straight line to the right side entry curb, lift the brake before you hit it, blip the throttle, then mash it once you've grabbed the left curb for exit. You don't use any of the curbs here, making you much slower.
Nice and tidy lap, tips are intended to help you learn where to gain the most speed the quickest. Remember that carrying built up speed off long straights and getting on the throttle early as you enter long straights are some of the most important factors to being fast.
Mark_Sebo
Better job of managing braking and apexes this week, but your braking is still careful and early.
Similar to mtbmik, you can brake less entering the kink, carry in more momentum, make sure you get to the back as you finish braking for the hairpin. Then can be right back on full throttle for the exit.
Braking is too early for the T2 complex, but your lines look really good until the last right hander. You need to set up further left to be able to rotate the car and get on the gas sooner. No braking for that last turn of T2 if you set up right.
Loop corner, you braking is too early and too heavy. Try to learn some trail brake technique, easing off the brake to carry more sped at the end of the brake zone, as you transition to apexes. You come in a bit too tight too soon, cauging you to have to modulate the throttle. Make one second apex about 2/3 of the way through the corner and mash the throttle for exit.
Chicane, you also do not optimize your braking line to set up for grabbing all the right saide curb. It causes you to have to take much wheel angle and slow too much for the left hand exit.
Again, looks like you are getting used to the wheel, nice improvement over last week. Just keeping working on accurate braking points. BTW - Are you using fixed markers or that silly line? If you are using the line, get rid of it.
