Time Trial Discussion

[Evilmuffin]

New gold time is 1:24.007

Meh...I think I will call this done and focus on the Street of Willow. I'm still a good 0.5 seconds away from gold with the Fugu Z. I start to think 2 active TTs might be a bit much for me >.>

I don't even have time to do anything else in the game other than driving the 2 TTs

 

[GlockPants]

Meh...I think I will call this done and focus on the Street of Willow. I'm still a good 0.5 seconds away from gold with the Fugu Z. I start to think 2 active TTs might be a bit much for me >.>

I almost feel the same. I'd kinda hoped that two active TT would distract the aliens. I'm pretty dialed in with the SF right now, so I still think I'll try to get gold. Going forward, I might only try to gold one and silver the other. The effort I need to put in for gold just requires too much of my free time. I'd like to do other things from time to time, afterall.

 

[QTheRacer_31]

Oh God… Gold time is 1:23.895 now. I thought I was safe with my 1:23.865 😯

His lap looks perfect so I’m hoping he turned off his console 🙏🏻

 

[newmedia_dev]

I have no shame in admitting defeat in this cycle and just taking bronzes.

The Formula cars need something I just don't have and while I like the classic Z extracting the grip is a bit of a struggle for me so just gonna see where they land this cycle throrough.

 

[JHop]

Oh boy. That was hard. I was on the 15 threshold for a long time. Went from 16.034 to 16.024. Was about to flick the controller out of the window after that, but bit my lip and kept going.

I ended up using TCS 2, so if you're struggling for that grip, theres something that might help.

 

[GlockPants]

Oh God… Gold time is 1:23.895 now. I thought I was safe with my 1:23.865 😯

His lap looks perfect so I’m hoping he turned off his console 🙏🏻

I just watched the replay, too. That was an absolute heater of a lap. Much more aggressive than the lap he set earlier but still so clean.

Incredible.

 

[787Bee]

Well there goes any hope of gold on Autopolis lol. Only 2,540 people sitting in gold right now, surely the toughest yet?

 

[QTheRacer_31]

Well there goes any hope of gold on Autopolis lol. Only 2,540 people sitting in gold right now, surely the toughest yet?

Nords in the NSX is still the toughest 3% gold TT. There are even less people in the gold zone for the Fugu Z TT.

 

[787Bee]

Nords in the NSX is still the toughest 3% gold TT. There are even less people in the gold zone for the Fugu Z TT.

NSX at Daytona? That was super easy to gold using Countersteer Assist for me

 

[tmtk]

NSX at Daytona? That was super easy to gold using Countersteer Assist for me

He meant NSX at Nordschleife, Daytona was fun.

 

[Mowgli_]

And there was me wondering how I was ever going to get to 1.24.2 - posted a 1.24.6 last night. Log in tonight and discover my alt was no longer in silver. So got to 1.24.4 with my main....and for me an incredible 1.24.240 with the alt - which would have been gold 5 hours ago. Still improving on my weaker corners/exits so maybe.....just maybe I can push a bit more tomorrow night. My earlier comment that the floggings will continue until moral improves - seems to sum up the week. One thing I have picked up over the last few months - if you are having a good session - keep going - if you start making all the new mistakes you were never making before during a good session, then take a short breather and get back at it. When I am somewhat "in the zone" I seem to post big improvements.

 

[GlockPants]

2nd (70 laps) stint at Autopolis didn't result in any better posted times, but my optimal was at 1:23.7xx.

I don't know why I can't seem to put it all together. I'll give it another go tomorrow after some sleep and the GT World Series race.

This silver will hurt more than the 24hr TT last week. At least I knew I had no chance to gold then.

 

[Dolph Drago]

This is getting a little scary. I took a break and didn't power up my PS4 yesterday. I thought I had a fairly safe gold at Autopolis. Now I see it's only a tenth to the good.

 

[Dan_Tes]

Well I didn’t see that coming, is it me or does that lap not even look real? Incredible driving if so, that’s just next level!

I made a slight improvement today and got into the 1:22 club, I made a few mistakes so I reckon a perfect lap would have been a 1:22.7xx but I’m more than happy! I really enjoyed that. NEEXXXTTT!

Good luck all pushing for the next level, that WR is just insane. mr K De Bruin has made some powerful enemies today 😂😂

 

[GlockPants]

Well I didn’t see that coming, is it me or does that lap not even look real? Incredible driving if so, that’s just next level!

I made a slight improvement today and got into the 1:22 club, I made a few mistakes so I reckon a perfect lap would have been a 1:22.7xx but I’m more than happy! I really enjoyed that. NEEXXXTTT!

Good luck all pushing for the next level, that WR is just insane. mr K De Bruin has made some powerful enemies today 😂😂

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That's a nice looking lap! Do you happen to know your sector times on that? The video didn't display them while you cleared them.

I think I'm too slow through sector 2, but my line through sectors 1 and 3 look pretty similar to yours.

 

[Dan_Tes]

That's a nice looking lap! Do you happen to know your sector times on that? The video didn't display them while you cleared them.

I think I'm too slow through sector 2, but my line through sectors 1 and 3 look pretty similar to yours.

Yeah weird it keeps doing that, I click 'save best lap replay' and then go into it later on and screen record using the playstation that way. Sometimes it shows sector times but I never get it on the HUD like I do while I'm playing (I suppose I could record my gameplay in realtime and then crop it but.... I'm too lazy to do that lol). From memory a good sector one was like 16.8? I can't remember the second and third at all.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Whew. Now I feel safe(r). It was a weird lap. I paused after a crappy turn 1 to look and see if I could switch TC to 1 (I hate using aids) just wondering if it would make the car less twitchy. It was grayed out, and I couldn't make a switch. I didn't feel like restarting, so I unpaused and continued with my lap. That meant a mess of turn 2 also since I was now out of rhythm. Of course, I then proceeded to blast around the rest of the track and EASILY set my personal best. Many attempts and better sector 1's later, I never could match that overall lap time. I have no idea what I did on the lap to set that time. Oh well. I will try to limit my complaining. At least I've got a solid gold.

 

[Evilmuffin]

Whew. Now I feel safe(r). It was a weird lap. I paused after a crappy turn 1 to look and see if I could switch TC to 1 (I hate using aids) just wondering if it would make the car less twitchy. It was grayed out, and I couldn't make a switch. I didn't feel like restarting, so I unpaused and continued with my lap. That meant a mess of turn 2 also since I was now out of rhythm. Of course, I then proceeded to blast around the rest of the track and EASILY set my personal best. Many attempts and better sector 1's later, I never could match that overall lap time. I have no idea what I did on the lap to set that time. Oh well. I will try to limit my complaining. At least I've got a solid gold.
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Sometime it happens like that. Kinda like the Nurburgring TT last week...I screwed up a corner in sector 9 losing a good 1.2 seconds. I drove the rest of the lap like normal thinking...ahh well....whatever, but somehow it was my personal best and got me into gold

 

[kowalski__1]

Well,all good things come to an end eventually....i had a gold time yesterday at AP with a .020 cushion but now i'm .310 away and it's looking bleak for the gold streak.
In the desert i'm stuggling there as well,did a 1:17.19x today to get under.400 away but now that time has dropped again and i'm .439 away.

 

[Darwock]

What kind of person puts all their effort in to breaking the record with only 1 day remaining for everyone else to respond? I’m really effed off lol

 

[D_Dragline]

I spent a bit of time in the SF23 at Autopolis late last week and set 1:24.0xx Whilst I never hooked up a really great lap, I was a comfortable 2 tenths clear in gold, and checking most days confirmed that it should be enough. Now I find out I've got approx. 24 hours to find a minimum of 2 tenths when I haven't driven it for at least 5 days!!!

Dear Aliens who aren't K.DeBruin; What the hell were you doing leaving so much time on the track? Dunces.

 

[samppa_944]

These current TT's are not easy. More often than not I get gold, but this time I have silver time by 0,45 sec (SF23 Autopolis) and 0,6 sec (Fugu Z Streets of Willow R) respectively. Kinda curious if I can improve my 1.17.6 at Willow (gold seems too tough still), but SF23 one is tough, and I struggle to get the power down. I actually liked the Nations Cup race at Deep Forest more in that car 🤔

 

[ScottPuss20]

Here I am thinking that I'm on my way to another 2 Million credit payday only to drop out of the gold bracket with 1 day to go. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Gomario JSP]

This was so damn hard, i didn't notice de Bruin his newest time, so this morning after 300km i did a 23.944....... i threw my DS4 on the couch and yelled, "yeah baby"...., exited to save my lap seeing i had silver
that was real painfull, i will try tomorrow morning and set my alarm clock again at 6....., but i think i'm not able to gold this, i realy have a hard time with it......

i feel kind of defeated, and it sucks....... i'm jaleouse of you guys getting in the goldzone....

You all freaking from Pluto or something

 

[ikon_313]

A couple of weeks ago, I made an alt to get more than one daily miles reward (kinda reduntant since last update lol). I also started doing TTs on that account and oddly enough the Autopolis time posted with the alt is almost half a second quicker than the PB on my main account (which is now just shy of .010 seconds outside gold). Tried to match the alt PB yesterday, but couldn't get below 1.24.

 

[DaGoerd]

K. De Bruin we need to talk. You can't just cut the gold time by four tenths one day before the end of the TT. You have to give the people enough time. Not everyone starts the day to control the times. I now have 27 gold medals and your time forced me to improve my time. And I hate super formula cars.

 

[Cabelmania]

Did a 1:24:026 at Autopolis, gold for the moment I might return before thursday, however; I have a bad feeling

Guess what ? I was right

 

[zjn]

This was so damn hard, i didn't notice de Bruin his newest time, so this morning after 300km i did a 23.944....... i threw my DS4 on the couch and yelled, "yeah baby"...., exited to save my lap seeing i had silver
that was real painfull, i will try tomorrow morning and set my alarm clock again at 6....., but i think i'm not able to gold this, i realy have a hard time with it......

i feel kind of defeated, and it sucks....... i'm jaleouse of you guys getting in the goldzone....

You all freaking from Pluto or something

So, what is your routine? Wake up at 6, start driving at? 6:10 or so? or take your time and start driving maybe at 6:40-7:00?
Don't want to be too much indiscreet, I'm just curious

If it's me, trying to drive at 6:10, I probably figure out that I'm sitting on the wheel and steering the chair after 3 laps

 

[Pesselles]

So, what is your routine? Wake up at 6, start driving at? 6:10 or so? or take your time and start driving maybe at 6:40-7:00?
Don't want to be too much indiscreet, I'm just curious

If it's me, trying to drive at 6:10, I probably figure out that I'm sitting on the wheel and steering the chair after 3 laps

wait, there are players sleeping??

 

[Gomario JSP]

So, what is your routine? Wake up at 6, start driving at? 6:10 or so? or take your time and start driving maybe at 6:40-7:00?
Don't want to be too much indiscreet, I'm just curious

If it's me, trying to drive at 6:10, I probably figure out that I'm sitting on the wheel and steering the chair after 3 laps

, for me it kind of works because with a 19 old daughter running around, a wife that doesn't like the monotome sound of the engine thru the soundbar and 2 terror kittens who tear down the place...... doesnt' help for me haha

So my routine, 05:45 alarm, at 6 downstairs with a big cup of coffey.... and start racing, then most of the time i have an hour before the daughter comes down for her internship, she leaves around 7:15, then i have untill 08:00 until i have to prepare myself for work, shower + dressing in 15 minutes, grab some frozen bread and hop in the car, 08:30 at work

It's the only time i have for myself ( if the kittens are reasonably calm ) that i can truelly focus.
beside i'm kind of a morning person, 11 pm and the brain shuts down...., but maby that's because i go up early each day, kind of an addiction