Time Trial Discussion

[Talon16]

Today I finally drove one better lap, still 3s from silver, but not far in bronze as in beginning.
It's 3:32.404, way behind you guys here, but it's my reality.
If my G29 doesn't have throttle problem, I would be better.

What's the throttle problem? Maybe it just needs cleaned...? Or you can adjust position within GT7's options.

 

[zaxs]

What's the throttle problem? Maybe it just needs cleaned...? Or you can adjust position within GT7's options.

Needs cleaning, but I don't have tool to open pedals.

 

[bianconiglio]

I didn't try le mans yet, but I'm somewhat confidant (famous last words).
The theory is that the more straight lines there are in the circuit, the easier should be to reach the gold, because in straight line aliens cannot make so much difference, but seconds in straight line still counts for total time (and so for the gap from the best time).

Obviously I was very wrong, really struggling with automatic gearing, managed to do 3:24.655 with R92CP, but I don't think I have much left, this was a very clean lap for me..

 

[seadog777]

Obviously I was very wrong, really struggling with automatic gearing, managed to do 3:24.655 with R92CP, but I don't think I have much left, this was a very clean lap for me..

Corner exit speed will make a big difference. I have not managed to get the R92CP up to full speed yet - it's still accelerating when I need to brake. Hope that makes sense, late here.....

 

[Pesselles]

Obviously I was very wrong, really struggling with automatic gearing, managed to do 3:24.655 with R92CP, but I don't think I have much left, this was a very clean lap for me..

WOW congrats 👍
It was a VERY clean lap because I'm 4,5 second slower on automatic with the 787...

 

[bianconiglio]

WOW congrats 👍
It was a VERY clean lap because I'm 4,5 second slower on automatic with the 787...

Try with the Nissan, I put many laps in the Mazda but managed to do only high 3:25, the R92 is much more stable imo
The sauber instead lose to much time on gear changing and is slower on straight, so with AT I think is the worst of the three.

 

[Pesselles]

Try with the Nissan, I put many laps in the Mazda but managed to do only high 1:25, the R92 is much more stable imo
The sauber instead lose to much time on gear changing and is slower on straight, so with AT I think is the worst of the three.

Grazie for the kind advice, I'll re-try the Nissan (which is the fastest on the Hunaudieres, so far) and run few laps with.
I really need to secure my silver before the aliens invade the track.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Went back to Willow to try and find gold… found sand - lots of it. Also found a tenth, which keeps me in silver. I’m still just under 2 tenths from gold, but I’m not sure I can take another session here😂 especially when Le Mans is the alternative!

 

[Evilmuffin]

Another half hour in the Porsche tonight. Tried a couple of new things including grabbing first gear briefly to help get the car rotated into the first chicane and in the middle of the second chicane which then is helping getting on the power earlier and harder in third - time is now into gold territory by two tenths with a 3:25.37 putting me within spitting distance of @Evilmuffin on my little leaderboard 😜

The 962 doesn’t seem to be a popular car for this and based on my limited testing, it seems slower than the Sauber and the Mazda, but I was determined to get it into gold. Will now spend some time with this other two and see if I can get any further improvement.

Ohh NOs! Just wait...I'm waiting for my Next Level light weight sim rig to be delivered in the next few hrs (found a way to make room for it!). I'm going to try to get into the 23s

Try with the Nissan, I put many laps in the Mazda but managed to do only high 3:25, the R92 is much more stable imo
The sauber instead lose to much time on gear changing and is slower on straight, so with AT I think is the worst of the three.

I have yet to beat the C9 time with the 787....still a good second away from my PB. As for the Nissan....I can't even put together a lap. Always fly pass my ghost in the straight...only to get out brake by the ghost while I plow straight off the track.

 

[Evilmuffin]

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[250Cal]

I'm really short on time this week. What do people think will be "safe" gold times on Willow and La Sarthe?

I'm guessing 1:16.5 and 3:25.0

Thoughts?

 

[JHop]

I'm really short on time this week. What do people think will be "safe" gold times on Willow and La Sarthe?

I'm guessing 1:16.5 and 3:25.0

Thoughts?

After the completely unjustified and unprovoked UFO attack leaving Autopolis in ruins, ...It's hard to predict.

 

[250Cal]

After the completely unjustified and unprovoked UFO attack leaving Autopolis in ruins, ...It's hard to predict.

That's what I'm scared of! I want to get a pre-emptive strike in!

 

[zocker_16]

Here are some statistics for TT28 in the Super Formula SF23 at Autopolis International Racing Course.

Highlights:

• Participation was above average, but more than 20k below the peak we saw at Fuji in Gr.3 cars. I appreciate the link to real life events, but with the recent three events being tough (the most recent two very tough) and the current two also very tough, I can't help but feel some players will be alienated from TTs.
• Overall this was a tough TT, with a few extremely quick times at the front spreading the field. Only 2.46% of drivers got gold.
• Half of all drivers got no reward - I refer you back to bullet 1 above.

Spoiler: Main Results Table

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Spoiler: Summary comparison to previous TTs

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Drivers with gold in all TTs
The number of drivers with gold in all TTs to date dropped from 134 to 130.

As usual I've split the graphs because the high early numbers mean the later low numbers are barely legible when all the data is on one graph.

Spoiler: Data table

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Spoiler: Graph 1 - TTs 1 to 13

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Spoiler: Graph 2 - TTs 14 to date

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Spoiler: Distribution of rewards in this TT versus previous TTs

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Spoiler: Reward distribution bar chart

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Spoiler: But was it easy?

Nope.
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Spoiler: On a personal front

• Real life has been getting in the way, so I've not spent as much time on TTs as I've wanted to. That shows a bit in the results.
• My time at Autopolis of 1:23.331 left me in position 615, which was in the top 0.45%.
• Gap to first (2.31%, so the gold streak continues) and gap to #100 (0.86%) were above my overall averages.
• I will also not spend more time at Willow Springs; think my time should hold for gold.
• And I'll be away on holiday from the weekend, so will miss the bulk of the Le Mans event; might get a session in before I go.

Awesome statistics! Thank you for the work. I was curious how many people are there left in the all gold club.

I´m one of the remaining 130 with all gold in the time trials 😊
No. 29 and 30 also should be safe. Let´s see how long I can go on with this streak.
I´m having some luck with my holidays as the TTs will change in the mid of my 2 weeks journey, so I will have a few days left with No. 31. I hope it will be an easy one and not like the Willow Reverse one where I first had to learn the track 😅

 

[kowalski__1]

Damn you Willow guys 🤣🤣, I tried so hard this morning but called it a day, I'm so frustrated and not by Willow, but those to kittens are killing my GT flow.... after a night of sleep (in the hallway) they are 300% terror and run around the house, over the coach, over me faster then the 787B on the la Sarte backstraight, and that morning time I just need to focus.... ik got to make some changes here I want to have a chance to keep up with some of you 🤣
If you are frustrated and pissed it just won't work....

I did run Willow with TCS to see the difference, and was quicker than my PB but stuffed it up due to lack of focus ....damn cats..... 🤣🤣

Is it time to race now?...my wheel is right in front of the keyboard...

 

[Grimm6Jack]

I´m one of the remaining 130 with all gold in the time trials 😊

How do we know the number of people who have all golded the TTs?

And also, seriously? Only 130 or so? That has to be because people have missed out/didn't participate in some TTs. I have all golds so far but didn't participate in the Skyline/Interlagos and Escudo/Willow TTs because I was doing something else back then.

 

[Lomic]

4 laps tonight , putting my lap count to 16. A slight improvement on lap 2. Still in the 3:35s

 

[Evilmuffin]

Maybe it was a bad idea to play when there is a storm nearby? Was well into the 23s....exiting last corner.....power went out for a second….............ps5 turned off.........

 

[half_sourly]

How do we know the number of people who have all golded the TTs?

And also, seriously? Only 130 or so? That has to be because people have missed out/didn't participate in some TTs. I have all golds so far but didn't participate in the Skyline/Interlagos and Escudo/Willow TTs because I was doing something else back then.

I have all results from all the TTs and use the unique player profile to check which players continue to have gold in each TT. The population of all golds can only come from that group of people who got gold in the first one.

See here. Post in thread 'Time Trial Discussion' https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/time-trial-discussion.409515/post-14026152

 

[manou]

It is NOT easy !!

 

[ZEE]

Well today, I was just tackling the LE mans TT today and found that the BOP is still bollox on these things.

I managed to acheive a 3:30:600 but not sure which car it was in, lol. Maybe the 787B or the Sauber C9?
Usually I have grinded the circuit and done a 3:16 in the peugeot 907 FAP HDI (see video below) but that was in a CE so a similar feeling I guess?



PD need to fix their glitchy BOP measurements/rules, as the cars tend to be all understeery when I drive them in these Time trials. More than usual???

 

[kowalski__1]

New PB in the sand, 1:16.863....still need to find .159,

 

[JHop]

Well today, I was just tackling the LE mans TT today and found that the BOP is still bollox on these things.

I managed to acheive a 3:30:600 but not sure which car it was in, lol. Maybe the 787B or the Sauber C9?
Usually I have grinded the circuit and done a 3:16 in the peugeot 907 FAP HDI (see video below) but that was in a CE so smilar feelign i guess?



PD need to fix their glitchy BOP measurements/rules, as the cars tend to be all understeery when I drive them in these Time trials. More than usual???

You've done your Peugeot lap before the 1.31 physics update.

Also the tyre compound might be different than what you're used to.

 

[ZEE]

You've done your Peugeot lap before the 1.31 physics update.

Also the tyre compound might be different than what you're used to.

Then it is very possible the updated physics model is much inferior now, if I go back and try the CE again I probably wont get the same time lol. Pretty sure the CE was on Racing hards as this time trial is.

 

[Vitesh Patel]

Please, nobody set a new fastest lap, I just made it under 3%

 

[TumeK5]

Please, nobody set a new fastest lap, I just made it under 3%

I'm pretty sure it will improve.

 

[Grimm6Jack]

This TT has potential for the top 1 to be a high 3:18... But not much lower than that. I really doubt we'll have anyone on the 3:17s, but hey, wouldn't be the first time I would be surprised/wrong about this. Some guys get tenths out of almost nowhere.

I have all results from all the TTs and use the unique player profile to check which players continue to have gold in each TT. The population of all golds can only come from that group of people who got gold in the first one.

See here. Post in thread 'Time Trial Discussion' https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/time-trial-discussion.409515/post-14026152

That's neat.

And damn, I just missed on an opportunity to have bragging rights about being one of the few that have golded every single TT... Since the 2 I didn't do would be easy golds for me. 😅

 

[rheinaoi]

50+ laps at the Trail Braking and Constant Throttle Challenge Willow Springs TT today.

Guess who has a major problem with track boundaries? For added pain, see what the invalidated time was for lap 41.

I like this track, but PD needs to be less vicious with the penalty zones, and there need to be more corner markers. That lone shrub at the inside of this turn is my reference. If someone moves it or something eats it, I'm doomed.

Is it me or does the Fugu Z punish the driver especially brutally if they aren't great with trail braking? The car feels all sorts of random, and I'm never quite sure when there is grip and when there isn't.

Still, persistence paid off with Gold for now
1:16.586

I can breathe a little easier and start to shift my focus on the Le Mans TT. I love Group C cars, and it seems my favorite car is the meta at the moment. I'll have no excuses. Though that won't stop me from complaining if I find that PD's BoP turner has made a mess of my favorite car.

No, this livery is not accurate. It's better. Because it's green

The track limits at La Sarthe are just...!! Mostly the two chicanes on Mulsanne, though I do sometimes get dinged at the final chicanes. I wish PD would have the option to show a "track limits line" so you can actually tell when you cross over. Because I swear it feels like it varies from one lap to the next.

I ran over 100 miles tonight and completed only 3? clean laps. My best was a pickup of 8 tenths from yesterday, to 3:24.137, but there were mistakes made. I did have a lap where I crossed with a 23.7, but alas, it was for naught thanks to a penalty I picked up in the final chicane. Infuriating.

Oh... Oh no

I will be expecting a cease and desist letter in the mail from PD soon about my rampant disregard for track limits at Le Mans.

Side Note: I'm struggling to keep up. Two TTs is a bit much for me. By the time I've understood how to get gold, turned that into muscle memory and then start pushing past that, the event is over. It's better to jump back and forth between the two TTs, I know, but with gold starting so far out of reach, I feel I can only focus on one at a time.

 

[Evilmuffin]

Well today, I was just tackling the LE mans TT today and found that the BOP is still bollox on these things.

I managed to acheive a 3:30:600 but not sure which car it was in, lol. Maybe the 787B or the Sauber C9?
Usually I have grinded the circuit and done a 3:16 in the peugeot 907 FAP HDI (see video below) but that was in a CE so a similar feeling I guess?



PD need to fix their glitchy BOP measurements/rules, as the cars tend to be all understeery when I drive them in these Time trials. More than usual???

Circuit Experience uses race mediums instead of hards thus the time difference.

 

[ZEE]

Circuit Experience uses race mediums instead of hards thus the time difference.

Ahhh ok, thanks for pointing that out, but I did find them better than hards before the update.