Time Trial Discussion

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seadog777
Well that's me done. Tried a few times today and the car is now such a mess with adding bits I can't remove and trying different tunes I couldn't get to within 3 seconds of my best so far.
Which is pretty dismal and several seconds off bronze. :dunce:

It's the first TT I haven't bronzed, apart from one where I did get bronze, went away for a few days and came back to find the Aliens had bumped me out while I was gone! Oh, and that Red Bull one that I just couldn't be bothered with.

I am disappointed. It is a track I used to dislike, but grew to be very fond of. I have gold in all sectors in Circuit Experience but after around 10 tries am still silver on the full lap. I think my brain just can't concentrate for that long! After half a lap I slip into Sunday Driver mode.... 😂

Well done to all of you who got bronze, really well done to those with silver, and :bowdown: to those who managed gold.
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Other than TC1 I have set braking zone and racing line. Ususally I turn them off because I want to use "real" references, but here they help my brain to recall what is coming next and give me some more confidence.
I started with close to 0 knowledge of the track, with terrible lap times coming from errors. Then slowly I moved to 7:20 and now 7:10, sure Bronze.

I don't have any time left to try, but I guess I'm quite close to my limits
 
So far my best i can do. 1,5-2 sec hiding somewhere but i cant get it in 1 lap. Opt 50.3 😭
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learned a lot from this TT.
Please PD more from that caliber 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
 
I managed 7:01 with a controller today. I began at 7:09 and have slowly gnawed away the time. Im at silver for now. I have been playing racing games since Rad Racer on Nintendo but never ever have Nordschleife been a favorite track until now. I love this track especially the part between the two carousels. If you get the flow right its magic.
 
kowalski__1
Well,dropped close to another .600, 6:58.553...doubt i can gain 4.142 for gold but i'd like to get back in the top 2000,currently 2017th.:cheers:
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Any time below the 7th minute mark is a good time. Be proud of that.

The only thing I hated about this time trial, other than having to adapt to several different tuning setups, was doing about 300-400km in a single session and completing 2 or 3 full laps. It demoralizes you (at least it does to me) when I'm over 3 minutes into the lap and wreck myself because of a tiny costly mistake.

That's the Nurburgring for you.
 
I think I'm going to have to call it. Two weeks and I've still not tamed the random under/oversteer and weird disconnected feel to the extent that I have confidence enough in the car. I'm sure there's a very simple tune I could be doing, but I can't find what it is.
With no telemetry, I can't find any way of scientifically homing in on something as fundamental as camber angle. Pardon the pun, but I'm just going around in circles now.

Ironic, as the real car I owned could be absolutely thrashed with total confidence.
 
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250Cal
I think I'm going to have to call it. Two weeks and I've still not tamed the random under/oversteer and weird disconnected feel to the extent that I have confidence enough in the car. I'm sure there's a very simple tune I could be doing, but I can't find what it is.
With no telemetry, I can't find any way of scientifically homing in on something as fundamental as camber angle. Pardon the pun, but I'm just going around in circles now.

Ironic, as the real car I owned could be absolutely thrashed with total confidence.
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The stock car in the game is actually a pretty sweet drive, or at least it was a few updates ago when I used it for the Time Trial of a thread here in the forum that someone made.

This tuned version with it's restrictions for this TT, no matter the tune, is an absolute pig. I actually had my fingers tired during some sessions from the hassle I have with the throttle and steering control (I don't use assists other than ABS).
 
Grimm6Jack
Any time below the 7th minute mark is a good time. Be proud of that.

The only thing I hated about this time trial, other than having to adapt to several different tuning setups, was doing about 300-400km in a single session and completing 2 or 3 full laps. It demoralizes you (at least it does to me) when I'm over 3 minutes into the lap and wreck myself because of a tiny costly mistake.

That's the Nurburgring for you.
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No worries, i was quite happy with that time,until i just dropped another .740,new time is 6:57.813 and the crazy part is i almost re-started because i was a good 1.5 seconds behind my ghost.
Kept the hammer down and now sitting in 1783rd place ,3.402 away from G :dopey:
 
Last night, on my dirtiest lap ever, I managed to shave half a second off my PB, landing me in place 600 something with a 6.53.691, using DS4. Watching the replay I don't get how I got so fast, albeit screwing up most key corners. Astonishing, how each lap the past days bore its own different mistakes but lap times consistently stuck around 6.54-6.56. And even though I do believe there's another 1-2 seconds for me to loose I'm glad this is over.

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The less said about this TT, the least popular by participation and most difficult by all my measures, the better; enjoy the numbers below. At least I somehow kept my gold streak.

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i never bothered with it...dont like this track and to spend 7 mins per lap and potentially make 1 silly mistake and its all over...just a pointless TT for anyone other than the top split drivers to get Gold
 
I best brush off my best WRX TT livery and pull the WRX out of the shed for this one! Love the Gr.4 WRX!

I gave up on the NSX after a single lap. Posted a 7:51, completely stock. I didn't fancy tuning the bejeezes out of my NSX so I left it in the garage and used a rental. It was abundantly obvious this wouldn't even challenge for a reward time, so I just went back to grinding and building my car collection...

A Gr.4 challenge around Sardegna, however. That's more up my alley.
 

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