GTP_WRS Week 85 : Back to School

[8l23ub]

Found 1.2 seconds at the line.

35.133
1:14.533
2:09.033
3:03.183
3:56.567
4:57.383

 

[nursemorph]

@mr_lab_rat Good explanation there 👍 It is definitely down to timing as, on some corners, you can floor the accelerator way before the apex....I frequently think I'm at the point I need and floor it only to find that I am too early and it goes wide into the barrier (either that or I carry too much speed into the corner..did that with the third to last corner yesterday and ruined a 2 second improvement lap )

 

[mr_lab_rat]

Yeah, 3rd turn from the end. That's my nemesis. That's the one I named after Samuel L Jackson's favourite word.

 

[mr_lab_rat]

Made some small progress today. Still not very happy with this lap but I'm not sure how much time I will have this weekend.

34.667
1'13.417
2'07.084
3'00.650
3'52.484
4'52.750

 

[volvodriver]

That long right hander leading into the hairpin in the second half of the lap is my nemesis, always end up lifting off too late and running wide or just managing to pull the car up and getting a really slow run out of the left hander.

 

[JamCar0ne]

35.200
1'15.234
2'09.900
3'04.767
3'58.834
4'59.850

 

[luv2drive]

Slight improvement... T5 is a mess, need to figure out where i'm losing time there.

34.950
1'14.184
2'08'317
3'02.567
3'55.884
4'56.567

 

[schmues_hh]

It's quite frustrating. After the 2nd half of the lap has started I'm doing more and more driving errors. Best splits so far:

34.916
1'13.966
2'08.000
3'02.150
3'54.533
4'54.989

 

[roamer2629]

First splits
34.584
1'13.384
2'07.334
3'01.634
3.54.600
4'54.800

 

[8l23ub]

Left 4 tenths of a second in sector 1, earlier in the week I would have restarted, but I continued and improved by 9 tenths at the finish line

35.433
1:14.500
2:08.650
3:03.033
3:56.317
4:57.117

 

[RacingOtaku86]

Goal achieved!

35.140
1:14.973
2:09.573
3:04.173
3:57.073
4:57.340

 

[mcsqueegy]

Finally managed to improve my lap after way too many spins and crashes... once I calmed it down a bit:

34.184
1'12.250
2'05.400
2'58.450
3'50.100
4'49.634

Aiming for another second at the line, seems doable from how this lap turned out, especially this scary moment 3 corners from the finish

 

[nursemorph]

Managed another 1 second improvement at the line (with 4 PBs in the first 6 sectors) so a reasonable session...was going a lot quicker on the following lap but then binned it as usual. The last hour of the session was very frustrating as I was regularly between 4 tenths and a second ahead of my ghost at the 3rd sector split, only to ruin it in the next sector..finally managed a .5 sector 1 but messed up again. Still a lot of time left out there...am 1.5 seconds down on my theoretical best at the sector 6 split and 4.5 over the entire lap:

S1: 34.733
S2: 1:14.450
S3: 2:08.550
S4: 3:03.067
S5: 3:56.100
S6: 4:56.400

 

[Gravitron]

Finally managed to improve my lap after way too many spins and crashes... once I calmed it down a bit:

34.184
1'12.250
2'05.400
2'58.450
3'50.100
4'49.634

Aiming for another second at the line, seems doable from how this lap turned out, especially this scary moment 3 corners from the finish

View attachment 442493

Psshhhh, you still have almost 2m before hitting the wall, but it's good to avoid those invisible walls.


Some of the pics in the OP have disappeared for me - Just want to reiterate that the walls are the boundaries, and off in the dirt with 4 wheels is legal. As long as it's not red-lapped.

 

[Mires]

After some 3-days restart-fiesta (why to continue entire lap when tapped wall in first few sectors? especially when i had limited time to drive) i managed this:

34.734
1'13.717
2'07.850
3'01.967
3'55.150
4'56.217

And a huge six point two second at the line
Now i see how bad was my second half of the lap, but there's plenty of time still to cut, in entire course

 

[Thematic]

I think I was otherwise just a little slower but used the gears to better effect.

34.950
1:15.283
2:10.267
3:05.250
3:58.550
5:00.030 (live)

 

[Cats_PJs]

34.916
1'13.883
2'07.583
3'01.550
3'53.916
4'54.166

2.2 better at the line. This might be it.

 

[nursemorph]

Only had 1 clean lap today and, despite being a second down at the end of sector 7, managed to improve my overall time by 4 tenths which just shows the second half of my previous lap was poor....of course, now the first half of my best lap is poor! Just can't get a decent lap together and am starting to loathe this track. Will give it one final try tomorrow but not expecting any improvement:

S1: 34.867
S2: 1:14.234
S3: 2:08.850
S4: 3:03.534
S5: 3:56.867
S6: 4:57.350

 

[Crispy74]

Hot on the heels of last night's fantastic WW online race,

34.740
1'13.590
2'07.224
3'01.507
3'53.757
4'53.757

Found 2.6 at the line

 

[Zolon32]

35.547
1'14.930
2'09.147
3'03.463
3'56.967
4'57.363

Sorry to have not made it to last night's race chaps, but looking forward to Wednesday.

Cheers, Zo.

 

[numbnuts70]

Good 1 Zolon, it'd be good to see you in the EU race Weds.

 

[numbnuts70]

Target beaten and only my 6th clean, complete lap logged.

Probably about a second for me to get until T6 and I know I messed up and dropped a second or so in the last half of the lap but sliced another 1.2secs at the line so maybe another 2/3sec if I can nail a good 'un.

Not sure I'll have another go at this.

34.550
1'13.167
2'06.967
3'00.784
3'52.917
4'52.584

 

[8l23ub]

Another 2 lap run with no pb ghost loaded. Steady lap 1, raced lap 1 ghost on lap 2 and managed new pb by 2 tenths at the line.

35.311
1:14.561
2:09.377
3:03.444
3:56.727
4:57.144

 

[Thematic]

Probably done. 2121 ms improvement with a super sector two, more than half a second peeled off.
34.818
1:14.268
2:09.601
3:04.568
3:58.251
4:59.151

 

[schmues_hh]

A small miracle has happened, I have my leaderboard filled with 8 clean laps . The 2nd half is driving me crazy, but I could still gain nearly 1 second at the line. My new splits, submitted and accepted. Good luck everybody!

34.633
1'13.617
2'07.999
3'01.450
3'53.967
4'54.317

 

[numbnuts70]

Knocked another second off my total time.

Submitted and accepted.

Good luck fellas.

 

[mcsqueegy]

Sat down for a final session earlier but only lasted about 10 seconds with back pain getting in my way... muscle spasm while moving furniture

My stubbornness got the better of me, however, so I'm about to try again after a swim and some painkillers just so I can find that perfect lap! Damn these addictive combos

 

[mr_lab_rat]

Slightly frustrating session yesterday. Found 2 tenths but had a lap that was about 1s quicker until I hit the freaking pit wall just meters from the finish line.

I might put it in couple more laps this morning.

 

[mcsqueegy]

34.083
1'12.183
2'05.266
2'58.433
3'50.050
4'49.533

Braked super early for the left in T4 and thought it was over... funnily enough it helped me to focus in the second half and I came from a hundredth down at T9 to over 7 tenths at the line

There's more out there but I'm happy with my efforts.

 

[numbnuts70]

There's more out there but I'm happy with my efforts.

I'm happy you're happy.

Those splits are insane.....but I know you gotta cover your ass cos another alien from D1G might descend to sneak some mad splits in.

Looks like I might be in for a tussle with @mr_lab_rat but I know I'm leaving a fair bit out on the last half of the track.

Podium or not, it's been good fun lapping, putting in splits I thought were unlikely at the start of the week.

More Sierra or 10mile plus TTs please lol.