TGC 2.0 Week Three----*RESULTS POSTED*

[Jetboy.]

Round Three
Suzuka Full Course
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Discuss only T-times.
Typical OLR Rules Apply:
No wall touching. Period.
Keep 2 wheels on the track or rumblestrips at all times.
No hybrids
No Cheating of any kind
Time Submission:
Send your time via PM to me, including splits and final run.
Submit the time listed in replay file name by 1700 Monday, January 25th (GMT-0). You may run as often or as little as you like; you've got the full week to perfect your line and gain the fastest single lap that you can. Please mark it as Week ‘X’ Final Time. Also, Please list what team you drive for along with your splits. Try to make it that you don’t resend your times via PM; that can save headache on my part.
Any questions or comments, ask them in the Discussion Thread.
Pictures are welcome! Show the beauties!!!👍👍👍👍

 

[Jetboy.]

Week Three Results
1st: stidriver-------50.406---1'31.073---1'53.478
2nd: Austin343-----51.173---1'32.517---1'54.803
3rd: mcsqueegy----51.358---1'32.978---1'55.307
4th: Greycap-------51.012---1'32.661---1'55.340
5th: Jetboy.--------51.612---1'33.356---1'56.011
6th: Leonidae-------52.944---1'35.369---1'58.389
7th: paddycars1----53.735---1'36.496---1'59.765
8th: oldmodelt------53.621---1'36.882---2'00.051
9th: Adamgp-------52.988---1'37.126---2'01.127





Current Garage Standings
1st: MFT-----60 Points (40+20)
2nd: JHoS----52 Points (34+18)
3rd: MCG-----40 Points (26+14)
4th: GME-----32 Points (32+0)
5th: AMN-----28 Points (28+0)
6th: SPM-----20 Points (20+0)

Privateer Standings
1st: stidriver--------58 Points (38+20)
2nd: Austin343------50 Points (32+18)
3rd: mcsqueegy-----42 Points (26+16)
4th: Lucas----------38 Points (38+0)
5th: paddycars1-----36 Points (22+14)
6th: oldmodelt-------30 Points (18+12)
7th: TheStig13--------6 Points (6+0)

Individual Standings
1st: stidriver-------RVV Privateer---58 Points (38+20)
2nd: Austin343----JHoS Privateer---50 Points (32+18)
3rd: Greycap------MFT Owner------40 Points (26+14)
4th: mcsqueegy---GME Privateer----38 Points (22+16)
---: Lucas---------RVV Privateer---38 Points (38+0)
6th: Jetboy.------JHoS Owner------32 Points (20+12)
7th: mafia_boy----GME Owner------14 Points (14+0)
8th: Leonidae-----MFT Owner------12 Points (2+10)
9th: paddycars1---SPM Privateer---12 Points (4+8)
10th: Adamgp------MCG Owner-----10 Points (6+4)
11th: KidrauhlM5---AMN Owner------8 Points (8+0)
12th: oldmodelt----MCG Privateer----6 Points (0+6)
13th: shoman------SPM Owner------0 Points (0+0)
14th: TheStig13----SPM Privateer----0 Points (0+0)

 

[Watchman]

I love this track. May submit final time quickly due to almost no free time.

 

[Austin343]

Four laps brought splits of 51.260 - 1'32.791. I like driving this car here, but it remains to be seen whether that will hold true when I start demanding perfection from each corner.

Edit: After a couple more laps, I set a lap with splits of 51.173 - 1'32.517, and then spent quite some time fruitlessly trying to beat it. I am usually ahead of that lap in T1, mostly by .05 or .1 but by as much as .182, but even though I know that I've taken the hairpin .1 or .15 faster and feel sure that I can take Spoon significantly better, I always lose that advantage by T2. Once, I was ahead there by .088 but took 130R one MPH too fast, causing the right rear tire to graze the dirt on exit and spinning me violently. Obviously, if I make any gains during the rest of this week, they will be slight.

 

[Lucas]

Four laps brought splits of 51.260 - 1'32.791.

Edit: After a couple more laps, I set a lap with splits of 52.173 - 1'32.517

I'm not going to ask you to go into detail how did you manage to lose a second and recover it afterwards.

Anyways, though I dislike this track, I will race here with the M5. A shame to have lost last round, hopefully I will make it up in this one. 👍

 

[Austin343]

Oops! Thank you for pointing out the typo. 👍

As usual, I doubt that the Corvette will even finish within a second of the M5s, but I think that it is fast enough for third place.

 

[stidriver]

Here is what I have after a short run for this week.

T1: 50.993
T2: 1'32.011

 

[mafia_boy]

I've been lazy this week....I'll get into it, I promise.

 

[oldmodelt]

Having a good time on a track that I know well. T's are where I would expect them. Once again I'm not good enough to get the best out of what these cars have to give. Will run one more time on Friday.

 

[stidriver]

Looks like this week's round will happen over the week for all.

 

[oldmodelt]

Looks like this week's round will happen over the week for all.

Not for me. Busy weekend. Time submitted.

 

[mafia_boy]

stidriver & Austin are once again making all of us who didn't use the M5 look like fools.

This is my first real clean lap, the other one I was driving Miss Daisy around.

T1: 52.591
T2: 1:34.779

I should have T1 down by around 0.5, T2 should be another 0.7-1sec because I took it cautiously up to the straight, and T3 I'll improve by atleast another second because my driving around 130R and the chicane was absolutely appalling, I should be atleast 20km/h faster in both corners.

 

[Adamgp]

Not doing well here at all. First time racing at this track in about a year.

Splits are not good, T1 is somewhat close to others here but T2 stinks:

T1 - 53.671
T2 - 1:37.277

 

[Jetboy.]

T1: 52.296
T2: 1'34.084

Roughly half a second to a three-quarter left out there if I can get the car to cooperate and tighten my line.


Cheers
Corey

 

[mafia_boy]

Man, don't tell me I have to go a bit faster to make you eat my dust AGAIN??

Once again, have at you!!

 

[Jetboy.]

Man, don't tell me I have to go a bit faster to make you eat my dust AGAIN??

Once again, have at you!!

Last week was a farce. It is this time you shall recognize defeat via four iconic circular tail lights.

 

[Austin343]

stidriver & Austin are once again making all of us who didn't use the M5 look like fools.

I don't use the M5; I'm in Jetboy.'s Corvette. Lucas is the other M5 driver.

I will probably submit with my current times, even though there are some really ugly moments in my lap, such as at Degner 1, where I braked mid-corner because I was going too fast, and at the hairpin, where I braked too late and ended up taking an awfully weird line. But it's just too hard to find that speed elsewhere on the track.

 

[Lucas]

Austin343, stidriver. I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you. 👍

Can't be bothered to race. Honestly, I think I'm disliking this game with every day that passes. I may start hunting A-Spec points one of these days...

 

[Jetboy.]

I don't use the M5; I'm in Jetboy.'s Corvette. Lucas is the other M5 driver.

Put this man in an M5 and I bet he'd be a better contender. His performances are about 70% driver and 30% car.


Cheers,
Corey

 

[viperin]

G'Day all,

Just in the process of submitting my times, a bit early but will not get another chance before deadline as I have a long weekend to enjoy ( also my PC is really giving me some grief and I may well lose the use of it altogether ).

Anyway -
T1 - 52 . 771
T2 - 1 ' 36 . 190
I cannot see where I can improve much let alone 2 seconds as some seem able to do. I am not driving that poorly so I suspect the Corvette is just outmatched.

 

[mafia_boy]

G'Day all,

Just in the process of submitting my times, a bit early but will not get another chance before deadline as I have a long weekend to enjoy ( also my PC is really giving me some grief and I may well lose the use of it altogether ).

Considering there's about 4hrs to deadline, you're not really early.

Anyway -
T1 - 52 . 771
T2 - 1 ' 36 . 190
I cannot see where I can improve much let alone 2 seconds as some seem able to do. I am not driving that poorly so I suspect the Corvette is just outmatched.

Just highlighting this so Jetboy knows his car is a bucket in anyone's hands EXCEPT for Austin.

Off for my final run.....and considering I've only had 1 chance to really drive this week, expect me to use EVERY LAST SECOND before deadline to get my times down.

 

[mcsqueegy]

I'm probably going to submit with these splits cobbled together...

T1: 51.275 (.021)
T2: 1'33.061

Horrible from T1-T2, but I nailed the corner after. I've been too busy getting ready for a new school, that I only spent 100km on it this week.

Edit: wait a minute... Jetboy has the deadline as 5pm on the 25th, which would be 3am on the 26th where I live. So that's 27 hours. Yet Mafs is saying the deadline is a day earlier...

I'm confused.

 

[Adamgp]

Just highlighting this so Jetboy knows his car is a bucket in anyone's hands EXCEPT for Austin.

Viperin is driving for MCG, not JHOS. There are 2 Corvettes in this competition.

But yeah, the car isn't as good as I thought when I built it (put it together in a matter of hours to make the deadline). The car just has alot of understeers that did not show at the tracks I tuned it at originally.

The Viper has flaws too. It handles well (for the most part, the settup came from my 1000+hp S3 tired monster in my garage) but feels sluggish for something with 620hp. I was definately too conservative with the gearing on this one.

Anyhoo, I am terrible at this track. Going to make one last effort to get a better lap before submitting.

 

[mafia_boy]

Viperin is driving for MCG, not JHOS. There are 2 Corvettes in this competition.

*imitates Simpson stonecutter episode to "it's a secret"* Shut uuuup. I just wanted to heap 🤬 on Jetboy.

macca, it was my mistake, I've been used to the past 2 weeks being Monday 3am deadlines for us. 👍

T1: 52.254 (have gone 52.0 though already)
T2: 1.34.395 (have already been 1.33.8 but screwed last chicane)

More attempts coming right now, I should see another second off easily after seeing Macca's times, and the fact I'm still driving like a sook. 👍

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

T1: 0'52.944
t2: 1.35.369

 

[stidriver]

T1: 50.922
t2: 1'31.836

 

[mazdaman]

T1:50.934
t2:1'34.836

Had a little to much fun in the ending.

 

[mcsqueegy]

mazdaman, what car are you using? Because that's a pretty fine T1, but you've lost a little time in T2.

I'm going to give this another shot today, as I just don't feel satisfied with my time... I can probably do 1/2 second's improvement at T2.

 

[Austin343]

I'm sorry, mazdaman, but I don't believe those splits for a second. You are not as fast as stidriver, and even if you were, then it would make no sense whatsoever to suddenly lose three seconds in the second sector. You need either to stop conjuring times from thin air or to stop posting here.

And if you simply made a typo and meant 52.934, then please disregard what I just said.

 

[Jetboy.]

Unless that T1 is a typo for '52, those times are very in-congruent, as you lost some good three seconds you otherwise had. In an Aston or Speedster that aren't quite up to spec. Please explain.