GTP_WRS Week 3 : MCMLXXIII - MMII
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- 4,023
- Wisconsin
- GTP_Eggstor
And it won't. What the manual calls "deterioration" (mileage, engine condition, oil condition, and body rigidity) gets reset after an arcade run, along with any damage.
In a "free run" (a "test drive" in the garage), only damage gets reset after a run. In career mode or online, both deterioration and damage stay on the car.
Mighty nice times.
- 5,068
- Glasgow
- GTP_iainoflo
Just done some more miles since posting that, but my mileage hasn't gone up.
- 55
- Seattle, USA
- GTP_ohitsyoubob
Excuse me for a moment...
Ok, much better.
Spent 2 hours last night unable to touch my PB. Apparently "really wanting to" is not enough to go faster. Mainly I'm getting frustrated with the number of slightly different ways I'm approaching the 90 turn that all feel like they have the same result.
Perspective check: I'm closer to the top time than I was last TT, and I know I'm doing well for my division...
...but damn it I still want those tenths!
Ok, much better.
Spent 2 hours last night unable to touch my PB. Apparently "really wanting to" is not enough to go faster. Mainly I'm getting frustrated with the number of slightly different ways I'm approaching the 90 turn that all feel like they have the same result.
Perspective check: I'm closer to the top time than I was last TT, and I know I'm doing well for my division...
...but damn it I still want those tenths!
- 492
- Lives in Sweden
- NemoNiente
@Bochawa72 - I actually have one more: The only corner that NEEDS to be traversed in 2nd gear is the first in Sector 2- the 90 degree right-hander. All other corners can be driven in 3rd gear (or more if you are brave). Don't follow the driving line there (if you use it) brake to around 80 km/h and then take it very close to the apex and then GENTLY accelerate out of the corner, you will end up right on the dr.-line. with acceleration going right into third.
I might be a newbie, but that corner is the only one I get through with room and speed to spare, this way.
you can do it - if not today, then tomorrow 👍
- 4,023
- Wisconsin
- GTP_Eggstor
Good thing the mirrors are small on this car and barely extend beyond the fender flares.
I took to putting the camera directly over the car on one questionable section (just before T2) to make sure I could see the rumble strips between the wall and the car. I probably could get 2, maybe 3 pieces of sheet metal in between them.
I probably won't be submitting that lap anyway.
- 8,128
- 2 smacks past uranus
- Somebodyshootme
Got a few more in today :-) took a full second off my time which is great, but I can't seem to break into the 56.xxx at T2. Oh well.
30.060
57.144
new splits. I saw a 29.xxx but it was wasted on missing the braking zone for the next turn by a margin :-(
30.060
57.144
new splits. I saw a 29.xxx but it was wasted on missing the braking zone for the next turn by a margin :-(
- 52
- Naples
- Bochawa72
Yes I did all that. It was the zero mileage thing that got me thinking maybe something wasn't sticking in the TT. I think it's just that I'm not the driver I was hoping to be! This is week three and my third TT. My learning curve goes like this. Day 1- Slow
Day 2- Slow
Day 3- Slower than the first two days.
Then sometime after that things might start to click. Certainly never clicked in the FXX though. I wish I was back in college and had nothing but time!
- 55
- Seattle, USA
- GTP_ohitsyoubob
Other general driving questions I've been wondering as I experiment with this combo:
1. When braking and downshifting into a turn, when is the best time to downshift? It feels to me like my stopping distance just before the 90 degree turn is shorter if I brake in gear, and then downshift just before accelerating (as opposed to downshifting immediately as I brake.)
2. I would think a car turns best when shifting weight forward (either by braking or letting off the gas), but this car feels like a slight bit of gas helps with turning. Am I wrong?
1. When braking and downshifting into a turn, when is the best time to downshift? It feels to me like my stopping distance just before the 90 degree turn is shorter if I brake in gear, and then downshift just before accelerating (as opposed to downshifting immediately as I brake.)
2. I would think a car turns best when shifting weight forward (either by braking or letting off the gas), but this car feels like a slight bit of gas helps with turning. Am I wrong?
- 492
- Lives in Sweden
- NemoNiente
my experience... is not great, but no you are not wrong, this particular car, in that particular corner turns best with a slight bit of gas all through the corner.
- 1,086
- St-Hyacinthe, QC
- GTP_pilmat
- pilmat
1. These tires don't like being upset, so I too find it better to downshift later in the braking zone. Basically keep it off the rev limiter.
2. This combo likes balanced throttle. GT6 is normally punishing to those who balance the throttle early in the corner, iRacing is brutal to you if you don't... But this combo likes the car to be kept even keel, and balanced as much as possible. So, in short, yes. And by balanced I mean not accelerating or decelerating, keeping constant speed against the lateral forces.
- 4,504
- West Berkshire
- Argon56
If it's just a case of acclimatization to the car and the rack , try turning the driving line on ( if you haven't already) and as other have suggested start slowly. See where the driving line is good and where it's bad and experiment a little then increase speed as you get more familiar with the feel of the car around a track that is deceptively demanding.
Sounds like you know your pattern and it's just a case of running laps until it clicks
Good luck 👍
- 698
- Bern
- akz24
I feel that im getting better.....im really curious when i see my position on the leaderboard
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56.517
29.734
56.517
kreezydoed
Premium
- 261
- Usa
- GTP_Kreezydoed
29.745
56.262
Nice improvement! Just that T1..
56.262
Nice improvement! Just that T1..
- 1,198
- United Kingdom
Eurgh! 150 miles on this car and it's gone from one of my favourites in GT5 to me now hating it. Miraculously improved my S2 time for the first time in 2 days...by 0.05, so small that I can't be bothered to post it. Have managed to get 2 sub 30 S1s, only to mess up the next sector. My ultimate pace would be 1/2 second quicker than my actual best for the S2 split but cannot get near it so am retiring the car as I am hating it more lap by lap due to notbeing able to find any consistency with it. Good luck to you all for the rest of the week
- 4,504
- West Berkshire
- Argon56
Don't give up mate. I have weeks like that as well, actually most of them, and I just walk away for a day or so then have another bash with fresh spirits and fresh ideas on line, approach etc.
- 55
- Seattle, USA
- GTP_ohitsyoubob
While I see that div 4 podium slipping further away, gotta admit nice splits!
