Morning folks,
@Barareklam 's question yesterday about what i had to do to get any progression on the current GR4 trial got me thinking...( thanks mate! )
I think i had 3 session now that got me close to PB, but not close enough anymore...and i'm driving on the edge every session but OPT is still lower than the PB so there should be time to find right.
The braking would have been my struggle as i replied yesterday so changed a little something for my feeling, easing up...
I noticed the first 30 minutes that i went to hard in on some corners which makes trailbraking even more difficult under sliding.
S1 wasn't the best again but descent,
I was cramping up in S2 most of the time, now tried to be more relaxed what got me to go to 4th after T2 that made the car a lot more stable and less nerveous so was a lot more relaxed exiting the tunnel section and time to aproach the 90 degree basterd before the backstraight.....which i kind of nailed and got a split 58.723 before the orange world again not the fastest but very descent!
For the last corner i got myself a good fixed brakepoint.... start of the fence, that works for me, i know some brake later but i overshoot it every time if i try to brake later...could have be more on the inside i think althouh i had a fairly nice exitspeed coming out and could follow @djolliea (if he knew my OPT this morning he would skip his tarmac breakfast and go again )
All said.... across the line in 1:33.144
The bad thing.... i think i am on 1600km's right now
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Far be it for me to give advice, but maybe my attempts to improve will spur your thought process and help.. The downhill left in the second sector has always been problematic for me. The method that I have settled on is as follows: Straighten out the entrance at the top of the corner as much as you can, clipping the curbing with your two left tires. Don't look at the apex. Look at the bend in the fence. I think only once in a hundred laps have I actually touched the fence. By targeting the fence, I get two tires on the grass and leave only the two right tires on the track, straightening out the turn. I am pretty sure that this only works with 4WD cars.This one is an interesting TT. I'm debating if I want o go again. I know I can get another 10th, but it will be a struggle.
My sector 1 is reasonably decent, I can even do a mid .2s without chasing a ghost.
Sector 2....the downhill left is my problem. I either brake too late, too much, or acclerate at the wrong time....losing a good 3/10s to Tidge's ghost right there. Because of the semi messed up exit, my entey to the next 90 degree left is always a bit odd which compromise the long straight.
THe final hairpin is still a bit of hit or miss for me. I had to be extremely precise on how to release the brake and downshift to get the car to rotate right. Too fast or too slow and the car will just understeer and miss the apex.
I dunno...looking at your time which is .6% off the fastest yet still not in the top 100. The motivation is a bit on the low side 🙈 Maybe I will give it another go just to clear all you bastards who went a few hundredths ahead of me 🤪
Indeed it's a interesting one, but not top one-hundred-able for me i think, they are just to fastThis one is an interesting TT. I'm debating if I want o go again. I know I can get another 10th, but it will be a struggle.
My sector 1 is reasonably decent, I can even do a mid .2s without chasing a ghost.
Sector 2....the downhill left is my problem. I either brake too late, too much, or acclerate at the wrong time....losing a good 3/10s to Tidge's ghost right there. Because of the semi messed up exit, my entey to the next 90 degree left is always a bit odd which compromise the long straight.
THe final hairpin is still a bit of hit or miss for me. I had to be extremely precise on how to release the brake and downshift to get the car to rotate right. Too fast or too slow and the car will just understeer and miss the apex.
I dunno...looking at your time which is .6% off the fastest yet still not in the top 100. The motivation is a bit on the low side 🙈 Maybe I will give it another go just to clear all you bastards who went a few hundredths ahead of me 🤪
Morning folks,
@Barareklam 's question yesterday about what i had to do to get any progression on the current GR4 trial got me thinking...( thanks mate! )
I think i had 3 session now that got me close to PB, but not close enough anymore...and i'm driving on the edge every session but OPT is still lower than the PB so there should be time to find right.
The braking would have been my struggle as i replied yesterday so changed a little something for my feeling, easing up...
I noticed the first 30 minutes that i went to hard in on some corners which makes trailbraking even more difficult under sliding.
S1 wasn't the best again but descent,
I was cramping up in S2 most of the time, now tried to be more relaxed what got me to go to 4th after T2 that made the car a lot more stable and less nerveous so was a lot more relaxed exiting the tunnel section and time to aproach the 90 degree basterd before the backstraight.....which i kind of nailed and got a split 58.723 before the orange world again not the fastest but very descent!
For the last corner i got myself a good fixed brakepoint.... start of the fence, that works for me, i know some brake later but i overshoot it every time if i try to brake later...could have be more on the inside i think althouh i had a fairly nice exitspeed coming out and could follow @djolliea (if he knew my OPT this morning he would skip his tarmac breakfast and go again )
All said.... across the line in 1:33.144
The bad thing.... i think i am on 1600km's right now
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I know..... terrible right, but those optimals where hunting me 🤣🤣You’ve done 1,600 kms on this one?
Hi guys (and Greek)
Just came back from Switzerland where the weather was pretty nice over Deep Forest circuit.
In the past few days, I had many optimals in 1:34.2xx / 1:34.3xx so I knew I had the potential to shave 2 or 3 more tenths on my PB (1:34.511).
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As the track was available, I took the opportunity to do a few laps to have fun. And it was a good move because I improved my PB again (-0.247)
S1 - 26.400 - not bad, pretty happy with this score (less than 0.5 from @djolliea S1 which is the reference)
S2 - 33.310 - miserable score here (dunno where I failed but I did badly). +/- 5 tenths are available here.
S3 - 34.554 - not bad too, probably one of my best S3 so far. The speed exit of the hairpin is the key here.
Theorically, a '1:33' could be doable but I need to find motivation and time to fight for that insane quest. If the next TT isn't exciting, maybe...
Once again, I couldn't imagine to get such score when starting this TT. I feel a bit more comfortable with the wheel, with the gear box (ok sometimes, I mess severly), and the Sony headset was the real game changer to me.
BRAVO Lomic, that's an excellent score!!! #TeamBreizhView attachment 1388247
Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
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I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
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(Titans underlined in yellow)
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Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
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I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
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(Titans underlined in yellow)
Bravo mate , hope to join you in the 15.000 number 😂View attachment 1388247
Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
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I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
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(Titans underlined in yellow)
Of course he is!! However I'm American and am still semi-slow,Bravo mate , hope to join you in the 15.000 number 😂
Only run once and i think is quite safe your gold cause the nature of that compo doesn't give so much room to the Aliens to get away ( fast car -short track and isn't Eiger 🤣 ).
Are you become a German ?
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Those times should be safe. As long as the leaders don't improve their times by 5 hundredths of a second. Which actually I think Jeddah is done in Monza. I doubt he'll be able to improve his time. It's difficult enough for me to get in the 1'53.000's, let alone get down below a 1'50.000 time.In a rare turn of events I've managed gold on both current time trials! Just hoping there's no movement up top at Monza - I'm away for work until the weekend!
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What are we thinking guys: is that time safe?? 🤞🤞
Sorry, but that is fake! We wear WHITE socks in Birkenstocks!Bravo mate , hope to join you in the 15.000 number 😂
Only run once and i think is quite safe your gold cause the nature of that compo doesn't give so much room to the Aliens to get away ( fast car -short track and isn't Eiger 🤣 ).
Are you become a German ?
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Yes, you're safe at Monza (and congrats for your next 2 golds, mate).In a rare turn of events I've managed gold on both current time trials! Just hoping there's no movement up top at Monza - I'm away for work until the weekend!
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What are we thinking guys: is that time safe?? 🤞🤞
Bravo mon ami !!!!👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪View attachment 1388247
Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
View attachment 1388248
I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
View attachment 1388249
(Titans underlined in yellow)
Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
View attachment 1388248
I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
View attachment 1388249
(Titans underlined in yellow)
Nice work!View attachment 1388247
Yabadabadooooo ! I'm golden 😁
A good sector 2 and boom! (S3 was not too bad either, for my standards)
View attachment 1388248
I think it'll hold but I'll try to improve, unless next TT is even better for my taste.
30 laps in so far.
And for once, some Titans are behind (but it won't last...)
View attachment 1388249
(Titans underlined in yellow)
Fear the Shooter!I was too busy to play recently, but I just tried the Mucielago @ Monza time trial since it expires very soon, and after about half an hour, I got a time that's just a few hundredths off the gold threshold! I think it was 1:53.122 or something like that, which AFAIK is 2.96% off the top. Unless a new top time is accomplished by early next morning, I think I'm gonna get gold for this one.