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You're damn right I will try! šŸ¤£

And don't worry about your mojo fading, I also had periods where I was lacking motiviation, I guess most of us did. I'm sure it'll come back and you'll catch the TT fever again ;)
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Thanks mate, just don't try to hard :lol: :lol:

Todt
It's not always easy to find motivation, especially since we haven't tried the TT yet and the aliens have already taken off. My sessions take place late in the evening, i'm exhausted from the work day and i have to sacrifice a little of my sleeping hours to try to scrape off a tenth! I'm a bit like you, there are ups and downs, but I think that little breaks are good and not doing all the TT suits me too!
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True, i'll prob. lower my playtime a bit indeed, for me it's all mornings, 6 AM alarm to have 2 hours of focus on lapping because i don't want to be be the headphone dad every evening :lol::lol:, family still worth a lot more :)
( Only on thursday i do nokia time the crap out of a new TT on the laptop )

maby i just need some extra sleep :) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
First laps with the Viper.

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Not much fun to drive but i always enjoy the challenge to get the best out of a car that doesn't really match with the track.

You really need to be carefull with the front tires, otherwise you'll get horrible understeer everywhere.
 
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Ed_Night
First laps with the Viper.

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Not much fun to drive but i always enjoy the challenge to get the best out of a car that doesn't really match with the track.

You really need to be carefull with the front tires, otherwise you'll get horrible understeer everywhere.
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I'm very curious how it performs/handels on this track, not a bad start Ed!,
 
Ed_Night
First laps with the Viper.

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Not much fun to drive but i always enjoy the challenge to get the best out of a car that doesn't really match with the track.

You really need to be carefull with the front tires, otherwise you'll get horrible understeer everywhere.
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Sadly I agree, not much fun.

I 'forced' out my 59.7 without experiencing any satisfaction.

Handling this understeering pig around such a cut throat track, where one missed braking point ruins a lap, is a tedious task.

But hopefully with another session I might change my mind about this combo.

Nice time Ed by the way!!
 
Hi folks. Been a bit busy this past weeks and after trying to get to terms with the snowmobile (unsuccessful so far I might add) and getting distracted with the slidy marshmallow dampered E36, I fiddled around with some assists at Interlagos. Set a 1:28.100 with CSA on weak and TCS 1, but switched it both off as it was feeling indirect and sluggish, albeit smoother. Still quickest with no assists and ABS on weak. Actually quite fun feeling for grip during oversteer. Don't know if there's more time to shed for me, but it should hold for gold.

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When the E36 TT came out two weeks ago, my mind was firmly set on picking up the bronze drift challenge once again after a long hiatus from drifting. This was very frustrating at first due to the snap oversteer and weird behaviour on full suspension compression. Really had to learn a thing or two about weight transfer and once Ive figured out how to keep the car from spinning and revs not too high it started to really make fun (wide offset wheels also helped). Never knew Dragon Trail Gardens was such a challenging drift track with possibilities for jumps, huge slides, reverse entries etc. Although being mad fun, getting everything perfectly into one lap was tough. In the end, actual bronze wasn't achieved with full smoking tires, so I uploaded a screen cap of slower attempt plus a bonus lap with more angle and 360 entry.

Before time ran out I did even manage to set a very safe banker lap.

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Edit: excuse the bad quality. This was captured on a potato (PS4 slim). The videos are also shared on my GT7 profile.
 
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Ed_Night
You really need to be carefull with the front tires, otherwise you'll get horrible understeer everywhere.
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Metalgear9493
Handling this understeering pig around such a cut throat track, where one missed braking point ruins a lap, is a tedious task.
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Well the issue is not only me, it seems.

I'll continue the Vulcan for the moment, this one... we'll see.
 
Really enjoyed this TT with the M3, even if a 1:49 was a Must Have, but no worries, I'm very happy with this ranking:

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As I've skipped the Vulcan abomination, I flew directly to Autopolis to test the Snake.

And 87 kms later...

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S1: 0.22.103
S2: 0.40.937
S3: 1.00.054

Honestly, I really don't know what to think about this combo. I've played a lot with the gearbox to stabilize the car. Here more than everywhere else, don't push too hard on the front end of the car otherwise, the Viper will punish you immediatly. Anticipate your braking points, let the car rotate while control it with the gas and the gearbox. It's a bit tricky but doable with patience.

I guess I can shave some tenths in the final sector, the place where I was the less comfortable. I'll definitly come back to secure my yellow score. But not sure yet to want to spend hours here for the ranking.

Sayōnara folks!!
 
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Gomario JSP
Thanks mate, just don't try to hard :lol: :lol:


True, i'll prob. lower my playtime a bit indeed, for me it's all mornings, 6 AM alarm to have 2 hours of focus on lapping because i don't want to be be the headphone dad every evening :lol::lol:, family still worth a lot more :)
( Only on thursday i do nokia time the crap out of a new TT on the laptop )

maby i just need some extra sleep :) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I know your morning routine :lol:

As you say, family comes first, that's why I do this when everyone is sleeping.
 
Its been quite a long time since I've had a go at TTs, mainly busy with uni and other fun things. Quick stint in the Viper (on controller this time) and posted a time that i'm actually quite happy with.

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Might have a crack at going properly quick on a wheel when university exams are over, getting into the 2:00s or the low 1s seems possible for me.
 
I've never been much of a fan of Vipers in really any game. Not really very enthusiastic about this new TT. But after doing my daily marathon in a rental on the controller this morning I sit just outside of silver at 5.25% which isn't too bad for me so a high silver for sure and perhaps gold. We shall see.
 
ZevZoq
I've never been much of a fan of Vipers in really any game.
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My Viper GTS '02 is one of my best cars in this game (was even better before 1.45) but I don't use it with wood tyres šŸ˜… and it has some WR
ZevZoq
But after doing my daily marathon in a rental on the controller this morning I sit just outside of silver at 5.25% which isn't too bad for me so a high silver for sure and perhaps gold. We shall see.
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I am confident you'll do much better, I did 2 laps and am at 4.92% and you end up most of the time above me on the leaderboard.
 
This one's actually pretty fun, not as bad as the SH tires on a torque'y FR American muscle car would have you believe haha.

Threw a handful of laps at it this morning, having fun with this one. I'm sure there's some more time to be found if I decide to go back and play later but I imagine this should be safe for now....although Jeddah hasn't posted a time yet :D



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P-Courty
So... My wheel still shows the little bars for the brake and accelerator even when I adjust the pedal dead zones
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Speaking of G29... it's already two or three times (not in a row), that during the same GT7 session here and there the downshift paddle operates a double shiftdown.
This is quite annoying and distracting, whereas not dangerous.
Anyone saw something similar?
 
Hi guys (and Greek)

Still very confused about this combo... Dunno if I like it or not...
This bloody Snake has a different behaviour on every lap, it's really confusing, disturbing, and painful.

Because I don't know if I'll keep on this one, I've set a personal objective around 2:02 flat, based on Tidgney predictions for gold.
Then, I've took a look at his splits to see where I had to work the most.

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S1: 0:22.257 - Bad S1, I left 2 tenths here compare to my best
S2: 0:40.544 - Not really proud but it's enough for now
S3: 0:59.748 - Similar as S2, it simply does the job

With work, patience, and dedication, I could gain +/-0.5 here

BUT

Dunno if I like this combo. It's not really fun but not awful too.
Dunno if I'll keep on chasing a better score and ranking.
Dunno if my current gold score will hold till the end.

For now, I've switched off the PS5 and I will focus my mind on something else.

See Ya Goodbye GIF by VH1
 
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Pesselles
This bloody Snake has a different behaviour on every lap, it's really confusing, disturbing, and painful.
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I'm jumping in the future and see myself writing the exact same sentence after my TT section.

In a parallel world I also see the "AutopolisTrackUser" writing in the GTPForumForTracks this post
"This bloody zjn user has a different behaviour on every lap, it's really confusing, disturbing, and painful."
:indiff:

I think it will be worth for me to use telemetry since the very beginning here, at least I will have something to look at to try to understand.
 

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