GTP_WRS Week 97: SwivelZuka

[8l23ub]

22.167
41.017

 

[NoirAntares]

21.700
40.434

I just needed to be a bit more gentle through S1 but S2 was magic. S3 could still use some work (a few hundredths, maybe) but I think I'm gonna be having a really hard trying to get close to these split again.

 

[Thematic]

Less than 130 km.

22.233
41.117

 

[8l23ub]

21.954
40.937

 

[RuddRacer]

I sympathise with you mate....I couldn't get any consistency through turns 1 and 2 yesterday...sometimes I could brake into 1, accelerate slightly before braking again for 2... other times I'd brake so deep into 1 that I had to stay off the throttle all the way to turn 2 entry.

@nursemorph if you are unsure what the proper racing line is for this track is you can take a look at videos from past events in the archive.

I would have went crazy during my 1st year in the WRS if we did not have the archive available to us as a resource.
(and I still continue to use it)

 

[mr_lab_rat]

Stop looking at the splits you dumb fat mouse!

21.896
40.663

Terrible final sector.

 

[StanNz]

22.206
41.623
5 tenths at the line better than previous best

 

[Mr P]

21.676
40.343

Scrubbed it on the final turn and lost a tenth easy 👎 Will try again in the morning after work

 

[RuddRacer]

I finally broke into the 21.8xx's tonight (T1) but so far have been unable to put it to good use and of course my new splits have a slower T1 than the previous.

Updated splits

21.968
40.684

 

[Jfrod]

21.960
40.776

 

[Vitessekid]

Messed up a 21.66x T1 in T2... AND T3!!! 🤬

 

[Northstar]

It's been awhile since I've played so I'm fairly rusty (not that I was fast before). This combo doesn't exactly help even though it's loads of fun.

22.757
42.440

 

[tarnheld]

21.984
41.034

Still one tenth gained at the line -- i truly suck in the esses. BB 5/4

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

22.270
41.420

 

[Thematic]

Sector 3 cannot be good.

22.181
40.931

 

[Thematic]

Ok, session end at about 160 km. Should do 4 times that.

22.040
40.973

 

[Northstar]

I managed to improve a little.

22.370
41.686

 

[8l23ub]

After about an hour spent trying to drift all the way through the back half of the circuit, the Jack Daniels wore off and I managed to improve a little.

21.912
40.829

 

[mcsqueegy]

21.652
40.273

Tricky getting that first sector right... nailed it here but the rest slowly fell apart

First sector vid:

 

[Northstar]

After watching @mcsqueegy's video I decided to give it one last go tonight.

22.084
41.284

Not bad for a D4 Silver driver that hasn't touched the game in months.

 

[Vitessekid]

21.652
40.273

Tricky getting that first sector right... nailed it here but the rest slowly fell apart

First sector vid:

I just looked at my 21.66x replay, the braking, turning and acceleration points are all different for me!

 

[tarnheld]

@Northstar, your splits don't show up in the leaderboard, maybe you got a new PSN name?
There you are!

 

[Frenzyhero]

Handbrake is banned? Is that usual?

 

[Vitessekid]

Handbrake is banned? Is that usual?

Yes.

 

[Frenzyhero]

Yes.

Is that because wheel users have handbrake in an awkward place? I'm not an active participant (obviously), so I don't know.

 

[Gravitron]

Is that because wheel users have handbrake in an awkward place?

No.

 

[Vitessekid]

Is that because wheel users have handbrake in an awkward place? I'm not an active participant (obviously), so I don't know.

I am not sure why, but I think it's to add realism. Do you see IRL drivers braking while using the handbrake? Turning while using the handbrake? So yeah, I'm guessing it's that.

EDIT: Ninja'd

 

[RuddRacer]

Slight improvement overall, still unable to get anything in the 21.8's with any consistency in T1.

Updated Splits

21.950
40.666

 

[8l23ub]

Made it to T2 faster on countless occasions, only to see best lap ghost cruise past out of the final turn, missing personal best by a few hundredths, then managed to squeeze a best lap by .003s on final attempt.

22.093
40.926

 

[Rikson]

Do you see IRL drivers braking while using the handbrake?

Unless your last name is Loeb or Ogier and you're driving a WRC I wouldn't recommend it

21.683
40.417

Allmost 2 tenths left overall,but propably never find them in 1 lap