Spec II - Master licences

[Pk89]

I'm surprised to see how many people thought S-10 was harder than S-5.

I guess it depends on how fast you figure the track and the car out. What's your time in s-10 (suzuka)? I guess that in this track i was just inconsistent. I had laps where my first sector was 28.9 or 29.0 but then the pressure was on because I knew that it was a good sector and I always screwed up a few corners later. I even got under the bridge in 46.6 but then lost the brakes. On my gold lap, first sector was a meh 29.450 and after that I had no pressure and gave it all. Under the bridge in 47.0 and then 1.25.1 after the spoon before the 130R. 😎

 

[Awong124]

I guess it depends on how fast you figure the track and the car out. What's your time in s-10 (suzuka)? I guess that in this track i was just inconsistent. I had laps where my first sector was 28.9 or 29.0 but then the pressure was on because I knew that it was a good sector and I always screwed up a few corners later. I even got under the bridge in 46.6 but then lost the brakes. On my gold lap, first sector was a meh 29.450 and after that I had no pressure and gave it all. Under the bridge in 47.0 and then 1.25.1 after the spoon before the 130R. 😎

I don't remember exactly what my time was. I remember that it was about half a second faster than gold. And it took me about 20 minutes to do it. The snow one on the other hand, took me 3 hours to get gold by half a tenth... The snow one took me longer to get gold than the rest of the S tests combined.

 

[Pk89]

Haha the exact opposite experience! Snow was easier for me, got it by half a second, but the suzuka was hell.. If you want, check the video, I just uploaded it 😎

 

[Mintlou_UK]

IB-4, NSX on Suzuka is kicking me right now. I am a hundredth of a second out.

 

[GlockPants]

IB-4, NSX on Suzuka is kicking me right now. I am a hundredth of a second out.

This is the one through the esses, if I'm remembering correctly.

The key I found is partial throttle to control the car. Lift off to get the correct angle for each exit.

This one took a little while for me to get down, but I eventually was able to match the Demonstration time, or I got really close to it.

 

[newmedia_dev]

This is the one through the esses, if I'm remembering correctly.

The key I found is partial throttle to control the car. Lift off to get the correct angle for each exit.

This one took a little while for me to get down, but I eventually was able to match the Demonstration time, or I got really close to it.

Exactly this, the first sector is like a pendulum you have to time it right -tick tok - tick tok through them

And as odd as it sounds the last right hander is one you want to make sure you go slow enough to move as far right EARLY for the fast up hill left in to Degma one.

 

[KAlex122]

Thank you for the live changing hint with MT!

Yesterday i thought: ok, i want the McLaren. Let's try the Master License S.

As i read before, S5 and S10 would maybe be the hardest ones. So i started with them so i wouldn't be upset later if i couldn't gold them.

After 40 km at Suzuka (1,6 seconds from gold) and 20km at Lake Louise (more than 2 seconds from gold) i reckoned that Lake Louise would be doable but Suzuka and your hint of MT worried me tenfold.

After some laps Lake Louise was done in a pretty good fashion.

I then tried Suzuka with MT my first time as i solely drove on controller with AT up to now. CSA strong and TC1. The double shifts often didn't work. They where not recognised at all or only with the gear in between due to me not finding the right timing. Even on my final lap i did not get the double shift done on the first straight, had one second of 4th gear before getting to 5th in the Dunlop curve and did an unintentional triple shift from 3 to 6 on the last straight. But what should i say, its done! It was enough for gold.

I hope i don't disappoint myself on the other S licenses and from now on i will not be that afraid of MT when it is so favourable on online Time Trials.

Thanks again!

Edit: within the last hour i did MS1-4 and 6. So only 7-9 to go. The Valkyrie looks especially dangerous.

Edit2: Done! Valkyrie was not that hard.

Thank you all again!

 

[Barareklam]

Hmm... I didn't saw this thread at all.
Here is one of my laps, Master S-5 on DualSense controller with motion control

 

[Chris30]

Hey, I just wanted to ask something. Is it possible to complete of these license tests with gold using all the assists, and setting the TCS to 0? I'm really stressed and frustrated with some of the challenges. I will go step by step. My first one is Master IB-4, the NSX one. This is very hard for me, I keep losing my rhythm somewhere in the esses and my speed will slightly decrease which costs me time, I will show my example in a video later of where I'm struggling. I'm glad this forum exists for this section of gt7.

 

[Awong124]

Hey, I just wanted to ask something. Is it possible to complete of these license tests with gold using all the assists, and setting the TCS to 0? I'm really stressed and frustrated with some of the challenges. I will go step by step. My first one is Master IB-4, the NSX one. This is very hard for me, I keep losing my rhythm somewhere in the esses and my speed will slightly decrease which costs me time, I will show my example in a video later of where I'm struggling. I'm glad this forum exists for this section of gt7.

I'm pretty sure you can use whatever assists you want, as long as you get the time.

 

[Chris30]

I am having a lot of trouble with the Super licenses, I have earned no gold there yet. 7 tests I earned a silver score and the other three I earned a bronze score.

 

[Snah2]

Finally got the S10 with the new physics. Now the s5 is waiting for me.

 

[Chris30]

Finally got the S10 with the new physics. Now the s5 is waiting for me.

Great work, did you save your replay so we can take a look? If you didn't, that's okay.

 

[Snah2]

As a matter of fact I saved it. I don't know how to make it public to be honest

 

[Chris30]

Well it's okay, there are walkthroughs on Youtube where other players have earned a gold medal on that specific test.

 

[newmedia_dev]

As a matter of fact I saved it. I don't know how to make it public to be honest

Go to showcase and select it. Under the play button is a share button.

Share it and add a description and tags etc and then people can search for it

 

[Snah2]

What helped me a lot was tc1 for the whole track but the last chicane with ts2. Brake balance full to the back and AT. Always tried to keep the revs up (due to turbo)

 

[Chris30]

What helped me a lot was tc1 for the whole track but the last chicane with ts2. Brake balance full to the back and AT. Always tried to keep the revs up (due to turbo)

Let us know if you get stuck in one of the tests of the Master license section, we'll try to help. Just give us the information and what part of the test/track you're stuck on.

 

[Snah2]

Go to showcase and select it. Under the play button is a share button.

Share it and add a description and tags etc and then people can search for it

I uploaded the replay...
License S10 post 1.49
Something like this in the description

 

[Chris30]

I uploaded the replay...
License S10 post 1.49
Something like this in the description

I'll take a look tomorrow or Wednesday depending on what my schedule looks like!

 

[Snah2]

Let us know if you get stuck in one of the tests of the Master license section, we'll try to help. Just give us the information and what part of the test/track you're stuck on.

I am struggling with the s5. The first sector is as fast as the Demo-Ghost, but after that I lose too much time.
Did you play with the torque differential for specific corners?
My best time is 1.43.5 unfortunately

 

[Chris30]

I am struggling with the s5. The first sector is as fast as the Demo-Ghost, but after that I lose too much time.
Did you play with the torque differential for specific corners?
My best time is 1.43.5 unfortunately

Yeah, I'm not a fan of snow/dirt tracks as you have to control the car even more. Easier said than done.

 

[VR]

I never got around to doing the Master License tests when they came out and with the benefit of hindsight that might've been a mistake. I've now been stuck on A-4 test for longer than it took me to gold the original S-10 on Spa. Having checked an older YT guide I noticed the required times are actually faster now than before the new gold limit being 27:560 instead of 27:830 which it used to be. I thought the consensus was that the new patch made people slower so what gives? Anyway I think I clocked like 300 kms on this single test and I never even passed the 27.700 mark. This one's gonna be a doozy.

Edit: Thought I had it but 0.016 from Gold after god knows how many hours. Well... I figure if I do some couple of hundred tries more I can find those 16 thousandths of a second somewhere or just luck it out eventually. But enough for today.

Video for reference from earlier patch:

 

[Chris30]

They have made the gold time a little bit tougher for the Master !A exam. It's gonna take me a long time to master this, getting a time under 57 seconds in that machine.

 

[Chris30]

Phew Master A-10 sure is harder for me to even score a silver time on. I've tried at least 250 times and still no success.