GTP_WRS Week 63 : GT Academy - Prologue Style

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Oh grief... tonight is not my night for this it seems... Got the first couple of laps completed, all thereafter when I tried to push they ended in the famous wall behind T1 already. Spent more time now driving back to the chicane than the right way around... :ouch:

First splits anyway cause I love watching Fetchbot at work :lol:

T1: 33.846
T2: 1'02.552
T3: 1'20.200
 
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Spent more time now driving back to the chicane than the right way around... :ouch:

I know what you mean. Well at least I get to practice my handbrake turns :P 👍

Much better splits and 7 tenths at the line:

T1: 33.233
T2: 1'01.365
T3: 1'18.828
 
Doh!!!! :dunce:

I've been trying to catch you guys and I can't...

I was using the 350, not the Fairlady Z.

Back to the garage. :D
 
Ooh, she does bite on the throttle, doesn't she?

Still:

33.317
1'01.638
1'19.188

I was a bit // out of the first part of the bus-stop though :D I'd love to break in to the 18s, I might set myself that as a target, as I'm free on Thurs/Fri.

Am I the only one that find that hairpin before the first timing beam to be really tough? I try to bring it in early, and I could go and make a cup of tea in the amount of time it takes for me to get back on the throttle, go wide, and I struggle to get near the a-pex. Mind you, tonnes of run off out there. Just a bit of practice me thinks, a bit like that first corner. Still, I normally loose loads of time in this sector at DR.
 
OK, back with the correct car.
By the way, in the 350 I was getting a 1'20.629 for T3.

My worst corner (besides bus stop) would be the tight left coming onto the oval.
I'm trying to use 3rd gear and keep momentum, but the understeer kills me.

The 2nd corner, I'll have to get back to you on that.
I don't use much runoff though.

33.402
1'01.709
1'19.266
 
Nice improvement on my splits and major improvement at the line! (though that says almost nothing, with my previous splits I was practically standing still at the bus stop ;))

T1: 33.555
T2: 1.02.062
T3: 1.19.694
 
Found a quick 30 mins within my revision to have a go at this :)

First splits:

33.219
1'01.515
1'19.015
 
0'34.352
1'03.409
1'21.050

Did a much faster lap but ended slightly on the grass in the second to last corner but I will be getting a G25 next month to be more competitive but those will be my day 1 splits
 
Slight improvement:

T1: 33.122
T2: 1'01.336
T3: 1'18.785

Still quite a few tenths left in my overall time.
 
25 more laps

33.230
1'01.468
1'18.972

Bus stop must have been good because I have been below that T3 split a number of times without quite being able to capitalize on it.
 
Another session today. Nice car.
Though it ruins a good lap, it's fun to carry a slide through the corners with this setup. :sly:

33.368
1'01.526
1'19.014
 
First attempt:

0'33.372
1'01.493
1'19.072

Plenty of time left to improve.
 
Did some first runs, improved what I did in December as preparation on the Academy with more then 2', but from the other splits, I'm still doing it wrong.

Will give in splits, when I figure out what is wrong or if this is really it.
 
Giving it a second shot tonight :)

T1: 33.823
T2: 1'02.478
T3: 1'20.049

I suck at this!
 
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Methinks you're in the wrong car. Check it.

That would be bloddy good news for me! But I'm afraid it's as little true as the TC thingy in the demo... there's just no excuses :scared:

But as we're at: would you mind giving me the full title of the CORRECT car (the name used in the garage) ??

Thanks a mil! 👍

Nevermind, I just checked: Fairlady Z Version S'07 .... that's what I'm using alright, and it's quiet clear in Post 1, too.

But thanks for inducing that short-lasted spark of hope in me!

Let's recap, though: I suck at this :lol:
 
It's a tough track, that first corner is very hard. High speed circuit results in some very tough driving. I jumped on it yesterday and couldn't get within 1/2 a second of my posted split on here.
 
End of session now, things are getting from bad to worse :crazy::lol:
Slight improvements:

T1: 33.610
T2: 1'02.052
T3: 1'19.576
 
I don't really want to do this, but this should show how frustrated I am right now.

33.701
1'02.104
1'19.624

Yet, I'm .4 quicker at the line. This lap did have a fantastic bus stop, if only I could combine my best T1 and T2 earlier in the lap, and I could go a further .4 quicker at least. In the same session tonight I've done a .305 in T1, and gone on to bugger it up.

Did I mention, I hate this track.
 
First quick (7 laps) try tonight:

33.682
1.02.227
1.19.986

I basically had never race in this track, I have a lot to learn.
 
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