Time Trial Discussion

[Evilmuffin]

Did another 20 laps or so with a slight improvement. Made it into the 1:54.5s with a 1:54.578. Can definitely be faster as the optimal was 1:54.2.....just need to put them all in one lap 😢

 

[330_D]

WG. Silvia. Had the golden lap (for me) today. Not actual gold but I strung it all together for a silver. I was a hundredth away for 3 days.

1:57.790 flat.


I'm new here. Not new to GT, I've been a d pad smasher since the OG. First time online was a week and a half ago. I don't compare to most in here but I've already learned enough to gain multiple seconds just today.

I tried to add a photo but I'm new and haven't made any posts so I think I have to wait.

Anyway, thanks for the help, even though I haven't been active in here I've been reading and lurking a bunch and so many posts have helped me increase my exit speeds and tactics.

🍻

 

[icycls]

Edit wrong thread.... sorry guys/gals, carry on....

 

[Arkseven]

1:55.558 at Watkins Glen driving the Cayman. Ideal time is below 1:55, oof

1:09.258 at Tsukuba.

If I get gold on both, then my record will be 8 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze

 

[Gomario JSP]

I could not get myself to do some Tsukuba laps, i think i could go faster but not that much, still top 1000 with 806 so i'm happy with that!

My goal lies at The Glen....., there still was one car to gold, the dam* M4..., i drove a few laps but it wasn't good, the car is just slow, that's it, tried to exit in 4th and that was a little better, still slow a* but ladies and gentleman....

156.299 ( altho i didn't check if there was a new gold time this morning?)

But i'll make it official....

BMW M4
Just don't........

I find it so nice to see that the time trials are on fire with everybody, the miles everyone puts in are insane, and along the way some have realy grown to be realy fast guys, we practise, we learn and we get better and try to help others out getting faster.

So for the once that are giving advice and are seriously trying to help out.... that's just gold!

Keep it up all, and on to the next one,

 

[MidnightRun85]

siiiiigh. Miserable qualy in the G70; botch the first lap and I can't get anywhere near my free practice time, start P12. Begin daydreaming in the lobby and you can likely guess what happens next - I forget to change onto hards. Oh yes. But it gets worse. Lap one, someone spins out and veers in front of me, doesn't ghost and , bam, 2 sec penalty. Absolutely nothing I could have done.

I seriously entertain the idea of DNF, knowing that I am going to have to take the pit-of-shame on lap 7. I have a serious aversion to DNF, can count on one hand, I think, in thousands of races so I slog on since this is a stupid, lame, 8 lapper. Can only manage P8 before I pit, even with the tire advantage. One did dnf, so P15.

miserable race, miserable car, miserable driver.

Wrong thread?

 

[Boabdulrahman]

If it wasn't for all the crazy flying Finns, it wouldn't look as bad. I'm convinced there is either snow, ice, or rain on the road at all times up there, so that's all you know. It's the only thing that could explain such domination! I did manage to split the other Nordic guys. That feels like win for me!
View attachment 1266997

That's why I'm proud being up there on the list coming from a desert filled country 😂

 

[half_sourly]

Here are some statistics at the halfway point in the Watkins Glen TT in Gr.4. Fair to say it is one of the easier ones.

 

[Exosum]

I don't like this TT at all car wants to go anywhere but where I want it to go..... Hopefully 1.40.8 is good enough to keep me in gold for next 2 weeks.

 

[Pesselles]

I'm very happy to share with you my first gold medal on a GT7 TT: Tsukuba ♥

As some guys decided to push me out of the gold at Watkins Glen while I was on holidays, I have no other option to come back in the game! After tens laps, couldn't improved my 1:56.335 but I swear, I will!!!

Tested the new TT on Brands Hatch 👍 with the G70... Scored a first mediocre silver after few laps with a low motivation to make it better.

 

[IngRobNy]

Here is the new TT for those who are away from their PS4/PS5:

I did some practice yesterday with best time at 1:43:502, so I'm not sure I can Gold this one.

 

[Fezzik]

Here is the new TT for those who are away from their PS4/PS5:

View attachment 1267059


View attachment 1267060

I did some practice yesterday with best time at 1:43:502, so I'm not sure I can Gold this one.

come on @Tidgney , so close to the world record

 

[Pesselles]

Here is the new TT for those who are away from their PS4/PS5:

View attachment 1267059


View attachment 1267060

I did some practice yesterday with best time at 1:43:502, so I'm not sure I can Gold this one.

Congrats Mr Alien, 1:43:502 is a second faster than me

About this TT, I'm sure I have no motivation to gold it

 

[Jeje6410]

I would love to have the secret of Jeddah Racing to always be in first place in these (all) TTs !!!!! It is the use of nitro, or secret passages in the circuit, or a shorter circuit....🤣🤣🤣

 

[Pesselles]

I would love to have the secret of Jeddah Racing to always be in first place in these (all) TTs !!!!! It is the use of nitro, or secret passages in the circuit, or a shorter circuit....🤣🤣🤣

This could help (sorry, no English version available): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potion_magique

 

[Jeje6410]

This could help (sorry, no English version available): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potion_magique

I am french. Ah ok it's the magic potion !!!! I want her !!!!!😛😛😛😛 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Pesselles]

I know you're French

But you're right, some guys are always on the top of every TT and I admit I'm very impressed.

 

[Tidgney]

come on @Tidgney , so close to the world record

Haha, I mean to be fair I had it for a little while which is nice as I've not had one for awhile, nice to be the first into the 39's ! But ye I may have another go at some point as I really REALLY enjoyed this time trial for 15 minutes this morning!

Guide is here for those interested with additional upgrades!

 

[Fezzik]

Don't think gold is an option for me here. Never mind the fact that I suck with road cars, I don't think I've ever really nailed Paddock Hill Bend in thousands of laps. This will be a fortnight of constant restarts.

Looking forward to it

 

[Touring Mars]

Don't think gold is an option for me here. Never mind the fact that I suck with road cars, I don't think I've ever really nailed Paddock Hill Bend in thousands of laps. This will be a fortnight of constant restarts.

I have a love-hate relationship with Brands Hatch - I love it except for Paddock Hill Bend, which hates me.

I find it to be one of the hardest corners to consistently get right - Turn One at Watkins Glen and Autopolis are not much better... at least it is right at the start though, and when you do nail it, you feel confident for the rest of the lap!

I think I'm going to struggle here too though - I used Brands Hatch as a testing ground for GT3 cars, but road cars are not my favourite to say the least.

 

[IngRobNy]

Don't think gold is an option for me here. Never mind the fact that I suck with road cars, I don't think I've ever really nailed Paddock Hill Bend in thousands of laps. This will be a fortnight of constant restarts.

Looking forward to it

I'm constantly beacing the G70 and this car don't like any of the BH turns. 😂

 

[Pesselles]

For those who whant to learn more about Brands Hatch track

#CulturePoint

 

[IngRobNy]

at least it is right at the start though, and when you do nail it, you feel confident for the rest of the lap!

Not necessary, I got a really good exit once, but the excitement got the better of me and I messed up the rest of the lap. 😂

For those who whant to learn more about Brands Hatch track

Oh we will learn it okay. 😂
(Cool name, Dingle Dell 😄)

 

[half_sourly]

Here are some statistics for TT30* in the Audi TTS Coupé '14 at Tsukuba.

Highlights:

• Participation edged up again.
• It was a pretty easy TT based on reward distribution. It was third easiest to get gold and easiest for silver, making it easiest for those two combined. It was also second easiest measured by drivers getting no reward.
• Oddly it was difficult measured by proportion of drivers within 1% of #1, because as usual with these tricky car/track combinations, there are a handful of people who are just a class apart.

Spoiler: Main Results Table

Spoiler: Summary comparison to previous TTs

Drivers with gold in all TTs
The number of drivers with gold in all TTs to date remained at 126.

Spoiler: Data table

Spoiler: Graph 1 - TTs 1 to 13

Spoiler: Graph 2 - TTs 14 to date

Spoiler: Distribution of rewards in this TT versus previous TTs

Spoiler: Reward distribution bar chart

Spoiler: But was it easy?

After four very difficult ones, finally a big Yes.

Spoiler: On a personal front

This lap gave me this result:

• Time: 1:08.415
• Position (percentile): 309/125,538 (Top 0.25%)
• 1.06% off #1 and 0.3% off #100.

* The eagle-eyed among you might notice we've had TT30 already. I've decided to mark the Olympic event as such and use numbers only for the normal events. The key reason is that the thresholds for gold (1.5% instead of 3%) and bronze (20% instead of 10%) were different from normal. That messes with my rankings and conditional formatting, so the Olympic event is excluded from those. This applies to the main table RAG only; the Olympic TT result is included in all other aspects such as all gold, averages, etc.

 

[Hiropairippu]

let's up the gold count again!

Bloody Olympics when I had an injury to my back cost me that 1 silver!

It will forever haunt me

 

[Hiropairippu]

Here are some statistics for TT30* in the Audi TTS Coupé '14 at Tsukuba.

Highlights:

• Participation edged up again.
• It was a pretty easy TT based on reward distribution. It was third easiest to get gold and easiest for silver, making it easiest for those two combined. It was also second easiest measured by drivers getting no reward.
• Oddly it was difficult measured by proportion of drivers within 1% of #1, because as usual with these tricky car/track combinations, there are a handful of people who are just a class apart.

Spoiler: Main Results Table

View attachment 1267074View attachment 1267075

Spoiler: Summary comparison to previous TTs

View attachment 1267076

Drivers with gold in all TTs
The number of drivers with gold in all TTs to date remained at 126.

Spoiler: Data table

View attachment 1267082

Spoiler: Graph 1 - TTs 1 to 13

View attachment 1267079

Spoiler: Graph 2 - TTs 14 to date

View attachment 1267081

Spoiler: Distribution of rewards in this TT versus previous TTs

View attachment 1267077

Spoiler: Reward distribution bar chart

View attachment 1267080

Spoiler: But was it easy?

After four very difficult ones, finally a big Yes.
View attachment 1267078

Spoiler: On a personal front

This lap gave me this result:

• Time: 1:08.415
• Position (percentile): 309/125,538 (Top 0.25%)
• 1.06% off #1 and 0.3% off #100.

* The eagle-eyed among you might notice we've had TT30 already. I've decided to mark the Olympic event as such and use numbers only for the normal events. The key reason is that the thresholds for gold (1.5% instead of 3%) and bronze (20% instead of 10%) were different from normal. That messes with my rankings and conditional formatting, so the Olympic event is excluded from those.

So I have 30 Golds and I got Silver at Olympics TT @ 1.51%.
Are you saying i am 1 of only 126 in the world to have all Gold TT except the Olympics TT??

 

[half_sourly]

No, the 126 drivers with all gold have gold in every single TT, including the Olympic one.

 

[IngRobNy]

No, the 126 drivers with all gold have gold in every single TT, including the Olympic one.

So at least 126 aliens on earth confirmed. 😂

 

[half_sourly]

At least 126 aliens on earth confirmed. 😂

The truth is out there...

 

[half_sourly]

Some driver rating distribution statistics for Tsukuba: