GTP_WRS Week 70 : AuTopless

[Special_K]

@Special_K @Mr P

So are we saying gift cars are slower after all? Or was it just the compound change?

No false alarm, gift cars maybe different not checked but I doubt it. Just a school boy error on my part. Sorry guys.

I almost always sell a car I've bought if i get the same one as a gift, so 99 percent of my cars are gifts

What a find if this is how it is

 

[Special_K]

Something is not right, how can Ron and I be nearly .5 off the pace through 1 turn?

 

[Mr P]

Something is not right, how can Ron and I be nearly .5 off the pace through 1 turn?

Mine is lack of racing and inexperience with this track for sure mate.. last time it was up I run 3 horrible laps there and was 10 secs off everyone on my friends list

 

[Mr P]

@Special_K @Mr P

So are we saying gift cars are slower after all? Or was it just the compound change?

I almost always sell a car I've bought if i get the same one as a gift, so 99 percent of my cars are gifts

What a find if this is how it is

Yeah it's just the compound change mate! It was well spotted by Special K but not what we thought it was 👍

 

[EDK]

I always wondered how guys were so fast in the driving school events in these Mazdas, they have a strange gear change and makes me wonder if it's the same for everyone else.

What start line speed are people getting?

Something is not right, how can Ron and I be nearly .5 off the pace through 1 turn?

It's day one and a brand new track. When I put the combo up yesterday, I was in a lobby for a bit with Roamer and PASM. We were all within a couple tenths of one another.

And my time in the lobby was actually slightly better than what I posted here. With a brand new car that I only put the livery on, and tuning restricted in the lobby.

Came out of the lobby and ran maybe 10 laps and set these. But that was after quite a bit of running for testing on the prior day, and in the lobby as well.

Not sure about start line speed, and it's really early on the straight, so terminal speed might be a better indicator. What braking point are you guys using for turn 1, and what gear? I use the cones, and am braking about halfway between the initial brake marker cones and the turn in cone. I use second gear, but shift down late to not upset the car and work to keep the car from drifting/rotating. Get to the apex and hammer out of there.

Maybe it's not the car, or the game. Maybe it's a matter of learning the combo. I'm not fast everywhere, but I'm fast often enough that I would prefer that to be the default assumption.

 

[Philtaylor17]

Yeah it's just the compound change mate! It was well spotted by Special K but not what we thought it was 👍

Cheers guys @Mr P @Special_K 👍

I was worried for a while there!

Glad to know I don't need to buy an entire new garage, plus it would kind of muddy the results of previous TT's if there were disadvantages to gift cars

 

[EDK]

Cheers guys @Mr P @Special_K 👍

I was worried for a while there!

Glad to know I don't need to buy an entire new garage, plus it would kind of muddy the results of previous TT's if there were disadvantages to gift cars

I think we would have figured that out a while ago.

Hope you have a chance to give this one a go, it's loads of fun.

 

[Philtaylor17]

I think we would have figured that out a while ago.

Hope you have a chance to give this one a go, it's loads of fun.

Very true, just the initial surprise took me off guard, plus I wasn't sure if maybe it was from a recent update.

Me too it looks mega fun - you can't not love an mx-5! I barely managed last week's though so i guess I'll have to see what this week holds, inbetween work and studying that is

 

[dranddad]

29.093
46.882

 

[MikeyLCR]

29.697
47.822

Nice combo, I'm away from Thursday so will have to try and put some time in before I go

 

[roamer2629]

New splits, messed up T1, much better lap at the line.
29.358
47.038

 

[roamer2629]

New splits
29.082
46.982

 

[oldguy58]

29.528
47.647

Weeeeee

 

[shoenboggie]

Wringing it out in all the gears. BB +2

29.081
47.032

 

[Pigpin13]

29.612
47.782

Fun combo.

 

[geeTeye]

29.327
47.855

 

[andrew1990]

Well... just realised this is on the short course. I'll have to do some new laps, but if it's as much fun as the long course then it shouldn't be a problem!

 

[roamer2629]

Well... just realised this is on the short course. I'll have to do some new laps, but if it's as much fun as the long course then it shouldn't be a problem!

It's actually more fun 👍

 

[Mr P]

@ Roamer... can I ask why your T1 is not as fast since your early splits? 29.3 and 29.0 is quite a bit slower than your original 28.6? sorry just curious.. feel free to tell me to sod off haha 👍

 

[EDK]

@ Roamer... can I ask why your T1 is not as fast since your early splits? 29.3 and 29.0 is quite a bit slower than your original 28.6? sorry just curious.. feel free to tell me to sod off haha 👍

I've not been able to go back and look at mine, but it's possible I was the one with the T1 Typo on Sunday.

I think you had a T1 typo.

 

[roamer2629]

I've not been able to go back and look at mine, but it's possible I was the one with the T1 Typo on Sunday.

@Mr P This, my mistake really, should have checked before correcting it. Sorry if I misled anyone regarding what was possible. Still think you guys can get at least into the .8s given enough time.

 

[Mr P]

No probs guys I was just curious, I ran about 20 laps on this event and never dipped below 29.0 maybe I have another tenth or so there at the most.. it's a very strange bend that felt wrong no matter how I approached it haha The rest of the track is Great! It's just that turn 1 has no steady rhythm for me 👎

Thanks for not being offended by my curiosity/noseyness 👍

 

[roamer2629]

Thanks for not being offended by my curiosity/noseyness 👍

We are stewards Ron, being honest is part of the job description No offense at all 👍

 

[Bass Addict]

29.364
47.391

 

[racer_xis]

29.242
46.974

Using bb+1 ,but only because people say they are using, I dont understand the car

 

[Special_K]

29.098
46.586

Seen my first .9 in the first sector so they are possible.

Not the greatest final sector but it's a start.

 

[Bass Addict]

29.314
47.112

 

[shoenboggie]

Need to figure out the first corner.

29.058
46.761

 

[roamer2629]

Need to figure out the first corner

We all do

 

[oldguy58]

More fun with the slip-n-slide

29.353
47.335