I have been wondering the same thing as the thread starter.
I picked up GT5 recently, ran a lap in my Ferrari F430 on Suzuka Circuit.
Thought I would at least get within 3 or maybe 2 seconds of the record time. I got 5,5 seconds away from it. Having to do my very best to get within 3,5 seconds.
How the hell does this guy to this.
I followed his ghost replay, for once I can't even generate the starting speed this guy starts off with. And then just for an example:
At turn ONE, the very first turn where I can look to see what he's doing right. He brakes at least a second later than me and steers in.. múch tighter. Not even possible to try in my eyes.
I tried to replicate that brake-turn in move, but it would take maybe even a week for me to even get that first turn. He can't be having that much grip now can he. This is impossible.
It's not like I expected it to be easy. But this is just some kind of supernatural force driving right in front of my eyes when looking at the ghost driving in front of me.
Has anybody ever at least came close to that 2'09.927 ridiculous record? I even thought that it might have been possible the guy is registered on GTPlanet.
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A few problems.
You picked up GT5 "recently". The people with the #1 times have had it since it was launched 2.5 years ago. They have thousands of miles of experience with GT5P. Alot of them have taken part in hot lap competitions like the WRS on a weekly basis for dozens of weeks now, fine tuning their skills. Its amazing how much you can improve in one month if you practice hard enough. These guys have had 30 months to improve.
Next, have you adjusted your brake bias? The cars have equal setups but you can adjust the brake bias, maybe thats how they are able to brake so late going into turn 1.
And these drivers at the top of the time charts are the absolute best in the world. The top .001% of GT drivers. Drivers who have participated in that Gran Turismo Driving School or whatever its called, who have had the opportunity to race real GTRs.
Next, if you don't put in the time they do then there is no reason to expect to beat them or approach them. If your not running the WRS every week or something similar no reason to expect to get within 2 seconds of them. Sadly I lost the passion to be one of the fastest way back in the days of GT4. The amount of time, effort and energy it took was too draining for me. I remember getting within something like .8 of the fastest time ever at Midfield in a 787b, but in the process I had logged over 1,000 laps at Midfield to do it. However there is success stories, cpp214 has improved his skills from a mid level driver to the winning driver of the GT5 Time Trial demo. It can be done if you put the heart and effort into it that cpp214 did. I remember racing GT5P online and he was like sorry guys can join you I'm practicing for the WRS. And all his hard work paid off.
Also someone mentioned in this thread "naturals". A natural is someone who when trying to do something for the first time does it for the most part the correct way. The way they think you should brake in racing, the way they think you should turn and when, etc etc is the way you suppose to do it. So therefore they are a "natural" at racing. There is very little about their driving style they have to change to go faster.
Those of us who are not as natural as these must work harder to weed out incorrect driving habits. Some of us never realize our own bad driving habits. In order to go faster you must figure out what you are doing wrong and you must correct it.
For a natural his footwork etc is already almost perfect, all he has to do is perfect his racing line and other little things.
. I've had Prologue since 2008 Summer, and I'm a lot better now than I was in 2008, because I played the crap out of it, got a wheel, learned the cars and tracks, like the GTR's wobbly braking, or the Frod GT LM's lift off oversteer, and that you take the S curves at Suzuka around 70-90 mph in 2nd or 3rd gear, depending on the car.
