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- Dallas, TX
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GTP_WRS Week 32 : Round Trip from Daytona to Tokyo
- Thread starter EDK
- 171 comments
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- 1,625
- Australia
- GTP_JTV
Starting with the left right combination at the end of sector 1. Use 3rd gear and it can be done full throttle, if your close enough to both walls, though the car can get a little loose through the right hander, so a small lift is acceptable(I often do).
For the next right left combination, reduce speed early and smoothly to get a tight entry in to the right hander allowing you to get on the throttle early and hard all the way to the hairpin.
Your aim for the hairpin is a late apex and avoid the kerbing to straighten your run through the next 2 corners.
Use the kerbing on the right and let the car go all the way out to the wall, but keep the car rotating to keep the weight on the left of the car. You can take some of the kerbing again but not too much, you don't want to touch the inside of the kerb at all. Turn the 2 corners into a single long radius one for best results.
For the next right left combination, reduce speed early and smoothly to get a tight entry in to the right hander allowing you to get on the throttle early and hard all the way to the hairpin.
Your aim for the hairpin is a late apex and avoid the kerbing to straighten your run through the next 2 corners.
Use the kerbing on the right and let the car go all the way out to the wall, but keep the car rotating to keep the weight on the left of the car. You can take some of the kerbing again but not too much, you don't want to touch the inside of the kerb at all. Turn the 2 corners into a single long radius one for best results.
- 1,660
- Winnipeg
- RacingOtaku86
35.102
1:01.602
1:01.602
- 1,625
- Australia
- GTP_JTV
Even with this combo I'm finding it difficult to spend much time on it, I only managed about 25 laps before I'm on to something else. Looking forward to the online race thoughYou read my mind.Ever since you posted your splits I've been like, "What the ...?????" 👍
Welcome back, buddy.
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- 2,175
- Maryland
- GTP_Patrick1
Jon normally jumps in a car a little before the weekly race and finishes near the top. With some practice doing the TT this week, he will be really tough to beat.You read my mind.
Welcome back, buddy.
Edit, posted before I saw Jon say he only did 25 laps. Well it is 25 more than you normally do before a race
- 1,527
- Vienna
- GTP_MeisterFetz
35.120
1'01.520
what a bad sector 2 am I running?? It's always the DH start sector 2 where I kill my time.
EDIT: Only did 15 laps until these first splits
ReEDIT: After watching the board it's not that bad. Just feels like beeing really slow...
1'01.520
what a bad sector 2 am I running?? It's always the DH start sector 2 where I kill my time.
EDIT: Only did 15 laps until these first splits
ReEDIT: After watching the board it's not that bad. Just feels like beeing really slow...
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- 138
- Scotland
- couttsy21
Yeah I found this quite a tricky combination to nail at first but if done right you can full throttle from the apex of the first right hander, right up untill the braking zone for the hairpin. I brake just before the overhead sign, maybe 10m before, drop down to 3rd and start to turn in. I find staying in 3rd always pushed the car out too wide, so a quick change to 2nd helps to get the rotation. Don't change to second too early though or you will bounce off the limiter. Then back up to 3rd just before the apex staying as tight as possible and if done right you should be able to plant the throttle right down through the left hander, staying off the kerb obviously as that will almost certainly ruin your lap!
On my lap currently on the board I messed this section up by braking too late (think I got excited after seeing my T1 split
) and ended up too wide meaning I had to balance the throttle through the left hander and my ghost caught up with me so hoping there is still some improvement left if I get another session. Although it will be tricky as the rest of the lap was pretty much perfect, for me!
- 5,198
- UK
- marunda/GTP_FordMKIVJ5
Just had a lap less than a tenth slower than my current with a 1:00.5 T2. So I definitely lost around .2/3 in the last sector on my current lap.
I'm keeping it in 3rd. you want to get the car rotating nicely onto the brake and then settle it with the power, skim as close to the inside wall as you dare and then plant the power. If you've got it right the second part is easy flat- if you've got it perfect you have to use the weight shift to slide the car slightly to take it flat.
I found that using second meant I was always taking off too much speed.
Yeah I found this quite a tricky combination to nail at first but if done right you can full throttle from the apex of the first right hander, right up untill the braking zone for the hairpin. I brake just before the overhead sign, maybe 10m before, drop down to 3rd and start to turn in. I find staying in 3rd always pushed the car out too wide, so a quick change to 2nd helps to get the rotation. Don't change to second too early though or you will bounce off the limiter. Then back up to 3rd just before the apex staying as tight as possible and if done right you should be able to plant the throttle right down through the left hander, staying off the kerb obviously as that will almost certainly ruin your lap!
I'm keeping it in 3rd. you want to get the car rotating nicely onto the brake and then settle it with the power, skim as close to the inside wall as you dare and then plant the power. If you've got it right the second part is easy flat- if you've got it perfect you have to use the weight shift to slide the car slightly to take it flat.
I found that using second meant I was always taking off too much speed.
- 557
- Gilleleje
- GTP_Big-Dane
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1,01,301
et_
(Banned)
- 1,950
- erazer13
- elias_johansson
Squezed in a few laps, but I got to say I'm not a big fan of the car, not because it was too soft like I suspected. In fact, both the chassis, engine, and suspension feels quite alright. But the gearbox is horrible, the shifting is so slow, and the gears are too far apart, so it's so easy to fall out of the powerband.:/
34.550
1'00.167
Super bad 3'rd sector, need to work on that.
34.550
1'00.167
Super bad 3'rd sector, need to work on that.
RoeszaGT
Premium
- 444
- It Hearrenfean, Fryslân, NL
- RoeszaGT
- 4,757
- Wpg / Canada
- Allibubba99
Finaly got to sit down with this one. First 300Km's
Al
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1'02.233
Al
35.517
1'02.233
- 228
- Netherlands
- Tuesday_Black
improved quite a bit after i realized that the white lines are part of the track 
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1'01.164
35.164
1'01.164
- 4,074
- buenos aires
- GTP_Roamer2629
New splits, slowly getting there, sector 3 can be a lot better
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1'01.898
35.515
1'01.898
- 2,175
- Maryland
- GTP_Patrick1
Not my best T3 by a long shot, but I gained 3 tenths at the line.
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1'00.869
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1'00.869
- 1,660
- Winnipeg
- RacingOtaku86
Does anyone feel the need to play music from the game "Outrun" while doing this time trial?
- 234
- Autobahn A6
no, but I had my espadrilles on
- 4,074
- buenos aires
- GTP_Roamer2629
You know your age is out in the open now don't you? I popped quarters into that machine like a madman when I was a kid. Remember the blonde's hair swinging in the wind? One crash and you were done...
- 727
- San Jose, CA
- GTP_Strop
Defender and Galaxian got all of my quarters (twenty cent pieces really), so I might be even older :-)
- 2,809
- LoomRock, CA
- GTP_LeftyWright
Fun combo and the car works well 👍
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1'01.667
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