Time Trial Discussion

[787Bee]

If you are referring to getting your replay on the leaderboard, I think you have to be in the top 10? in order to get your ghost upload there. Otherwise just share your replay and people can search it in the showcase.

I regularly load ghosts that are as low as 2,000 from the rankings page in the TT, I just can't get mine to show up there. I can load it personally via ghost settings

 

[djolliea]

Just finished a 300km session at RBR. Really like the car and I've always found the track nice too. My PSVR2 lost tracking mid corner during my fastest lap (of course) but still managed to get a 1:28.691. I must have lost at least a tenth there so a 28.5 should be possible.

I regularly load ghosts that are as low as 2,000 from the rankings page in the TT, I just can't get mine to show up there. I can load it personally via ghost settings

Any lap time with a ghost/replay available in the Rankings was in the top 10 at some point. There's no other way to get it there.

 

[Evilmuffin]

I regularly load ghosts that are as low as 2,000 from the rankings page in the TT, I just can't get mine to show up there. I can load it personally via ghost settings

At one point they were probably the top 10. My guess is some people wait for the time trial to begin and immediately log a lap.

 

[Evilmuffin]

Ok ....this is a much better lap. Still can't seem to be getting all the corners right. Aside from turn 2 and the 2nd left turn in the infield, the rest all feel wrong.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Ugh. Sector 1 was awful on my fast lap. I did improve by .021 to get into the 12.7's, but I only picked up 16 spots overall. It could have been MUCH better if I had run a respectable 1st sector. That final corner is a giant pain in the butt. I lost count of how many laps I was ahead of my best, only to blow the last turn. One more day tomorrow to try and improve a bit.

 

[Chris30]

Ugh. Sector 1 was awful on my fast lap. I did improve by .021 to get into the 12.7's, but I only picked up 16 spots overall. It could have been MUCH better if I had run a respectable 1st sector. That final corner is a giant pain in the butt. I lost count of how many laps I was ahead of my best, only to blow the last turn. One more day tomorrow to try and improve a bit.View attachment 1278853View attachment 1278852

Yeah tbh, I don't know if I'll have anymore patience to give by tomorrow, I have tried at least 250 times and still no results, from my 1'15.389 time. I keep blowing the later half of the track. I'll do good on the first part, and most of the time at the end i'll run into the wall which gives me a penalty, and then the lap is void.

So, there again, my reward is based on how much of an effort I put in tonight and tomorrow before the ranking closes.

 

[Chris30]

Ok ....this is a much better lap. Still can't seem to be getting all the corners right. Aside from turn 2 and the 2nd left turn in the infield, the rest all feel wrong.

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Hey, I watched your run on BMB. Still have not improved, idk if it's the way the car resists me when I'm trying to turn, but I always end up on the far right trying to strain my hands to get the car to stay on the left side of the track. Durn, this is challenging. Still trying to get to silver at least.

 

[Uday9479]

Just did my first laps in the Viper trial, and my god I hated it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten gold by a couple tenths, I just couldn't communicate with the car at all. Blows the mind how the best are 2 seconds faster.

If this same very car had RS or a RM tyres I bet you would've loved it. Your frustration is shared by many & it's because of how shady Sports tyres are when it comes to grip.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Yeah tbh, I don't know if I'll have anymore patience to give by tomorrow, I have tried at least 250 times and still no results, from my 1'15.389 time. I keep blowing the later half of the track. I'll do good on the first part, and most of the time at the end i'll run into the wall which gives me a penalty, and then the lap is void.

So, there again, my reward is based on how much of an effort I put in tonight and tomorrow before the ranking closes.

I understand your frustration. The second half of the track can be a struggle. The second to last turn can be especially difficult, as the wall wants to come out and bite you. Sometimes you can get lucky and brush it light enough to avoid a penalty, but it still kills your lap time. Or you get the penalty and the next lap gets completely ruined, too.

I was going to offer some advice after watching your videos, but @Evilmuffin hit on pretty much everything I was going to mention. The biggest thing I noticed was braking too early into turn 1. You can go in much deeper. Also there is a lot of room on the outside of the final turn that isn't being used. If you can avoid lifting as much coming out of the corner and let the car run up closer to the wall, I think that would help your exit and gain you some straightaway speed.

Something else I've found in TT's is I tend to do better by doing longer runs. Unless I keep bottling it up in the first turn(s), I won't restart right away. But once I've been out there a while and feel like I'm gaining absolutely nothing, I'll start a new session. Sometimes I hit my fastest lap instantly when I do that, because I'm not distracted looking down to see if I'm ahead or behind my best lap. The mental aspect can make a huge impact on your performance. I know it does for me at least.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Managed to grab 20 mins tonight - my time in the Viper seems to be holding for gold by the slenderest of margins at 2.99%, so I decided to have a quick run at HSR for the credits. Finished after 40 miles with a mid-55 second lap which should be safe for gold (at least safer than the Viper). It goes against the grain to not put more effort in on these to get better lap time, but I just don’t have the time at the moment, and I don’t want to miss out on the credits.

Haven’t tried the GTR at RBR yet, but there’s plenty of time to get that done, and hopefully the new event on Thursday won’t be very interesting while I have visitors in town 😂😬

 

[787Bee]

I struggled on the RBR, 1:30.488 after an hour. My first sector was terrible, 22.7XX when I know it should be a few tenths faster.

I hope my time sticks - it's a familiar track with a Gr3, surely the times set can't improve too much?

 

[Gomario JSP]

Had my second stint at the RBR today, still blazed by thr difference in controller between the PS4 and 5, I love the throttle feedback!, but I'm struggling a bit with the controller pressure on the braking, but slowly getting there, but I'm no where near my DS4 times, takes some time i quess....🙈

At the RBR, it's not the quickest time but glad to be in the 29's right now, but have lots of days to get better 🤣

So just because I can now finally upload HD's 😁😁

 

[Cabelmania]

Only needed a couple of try to get a 1:30:217, which should be safe

 

[Barareklam]

Had my second stint at the RBR today, still blazed by thr difference in controller between the PS4 and 5, I love the throttle feedback!, but I'm struggling a bit with the controller pressure on the braking, but slowly getting there, but I'm no where near my DS4 times, takes some time i quess....🙈

In the settings for DualSense you can select between weak and strong haptic feedback on the triggers, maybe that helps 😊

 

[Pesselles]

At the RBR, it's not the quickest time but glad to be in the 29's right now, but have lots of days to get better 🤣

How to say I'm an alien without saying I'm an alien...

 

[Gomario JSP]

How to say I'm an alien without saying I'm an alien...

🤣, it's a good gold time but once @Dolph Drago and @Dan_Tes and the rest of the big boys will set 28's on the board it feels not that quick anymore 🤣🤣

@Barareklam thanks, maby ill give that a try, or just get formiliar with it, I'm not sure 🤣

 

[Barareklam]

I think that current RBR TT is great opportunity for anyone who wants to get better and faster. It is still ongoing for 50 days.
A lot of time to practice, to study ghosts from top ones, to post your laps/questions here and get advices.

 

[Buffalo_DRD]

I can only manage gold when the TT’s are considered “easy”. But it seems I still have work my tail off to earn it.
Approximately 100 laps in and I’m currently in the gold zone.
But will it hold?

 

[Evilmuffin]

I can only manage gold when the TT’s are considered “easy”. But it seems I still have work my tail off to earn it.
Approximately 100 laps in and I’m currently in the gold zone.
But will it hold?

I highly doubt the aliens can find another 2/10s for this TT, so you should be safe. 👍

 

[GlockPants]

Well, I wasn't really able to string it all together for the final day at BMB. I still managed some progress, still had optimals in the low 1:13's. But after 30 laps, I really only had 4 good laps.

Hanging this one up and onto HSR to see if I can break into the 54's.

 

[Jeje6410]

A little review before the end of BMB: 2 golden medals guaranteed :
The first at BMB with a time of 1'13'563 (I think I could have done a little better but I didn't go back drive this liner),
The second in HSR with a time of 0'55'005 (I'm really very happy with this time without wall-riding. Maybe I could go below 0'55 but not wanting to do wall-riding I'll leave it at that).

Now I just have to focus on RBR with Godzilla to improve my time of '1'31'182 and this silver medal and finally get a gold medal on this circuit. My motivation is to get closer to @Gomario JSP (and others aliens) who with his super DS5 and went below 1'30. More than 1'2 seconds to catch up 😱😱😱.

As the coffee intake succeeded me on HSR, I think that to be on top tomorrow I will do caffeine infusions tonight 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Pesselles]

A little review before the end of BMB: 2 golden medals guaranteed :
The first at BMB with a time of 1'13'563 (I think I could have done a little better but I didn't go back drive this liner),
The second in HSR with a time of 0'55'005 (I'm really very happy with this time without wall-riding. Maybe I could go below 0'55 but not wanting to do wall-riding I'll leave it at that).

Now I just have to focus on RBR with Godzilla to improve my time of '1'31'182 and this silver medal and finally get a gold medal on this circuit. My motivation is to get closer to @Gomario JSP (and others aliens) who with his super DS5 and went below 1'30. More than 1'2 seconds to catch up 😱😱😱.

As the coffee intake succeeded me on HSR, I think that to be on top tomorrow I will do caffeine infusions tonight 🤣🤣🤣

As mentioned by the big boys on BBR TT, don't forget to add stripes to the car, apparently it helps a lot
Congrats for your gold scores, this is awesome and completly deserved

You're much more motivated than me, as my ambition is only to gain 0.7 sec with Godzilla.
"Wise are men who know their limits" - Harry Callahan

 

[tmtk]

New controller arrived just for the last session with the Viper tonight.

They say "red is faster" - we will have to see about that...

Let's stay silent on my tries with motion steering

 

[250Cal]

I've got RBR exhaustion. It's been used so often that once I set a gold time I've no motivation to chip away at it.

That said, none of these combos are the sort that I enjoy lapping any longer than I needed to in order to put a gold time in.

 

[250Cal]

New controller arrived just for the last session with the Viper tonight.
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They say "red is faster" - we will have to see about that...

Let's stay silent on my tries with motion steering

One of Us! One of Us!

See that, @Gomario JSP ?! That's proper.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

New controller arrived just for the last session with the Viper tonight.
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They say "red is faster" - we will have to see about that...

Let's stay silent on my tries with motion steering

Controller needs stripes!

 

[Gomario JSP]

A little review before the end of BMB: 2 golden medals guaranteed :
The first at BMB with a time of 1'13'563 (I think I could have done a little better but I didn't go back drive this liner),
The second in HSR with a time of 0'55'005 (I'm really very happy with this time without wall-riding. Maybe I could go below 0'55 but not wanting to do wall-riding I'll leave it at that).

Now I just have to focus on RBR with Godzilla to improve my time of '1'31'182 and this silver medal and finally get a gold medal on this circuit. My motivation is to get closer to @Gomario JSP (and others aliens) who with his super DS5 and went below 1'30. More than 1'2 seconds to catch up 😱😱😱.

As the coffee intake succeeded me on HSR, I think that to be on top tomorrow I will do caffeine infusions tonight 🤣🤣🤣

Before you know it you will get below 29' 😁
Maby you can share your lap and we could get you there in no time! 😁😁
I must say that the WR is a bizar fast time if I look at my own lap, so also I have a lot of improvement to do! 🤣🤣🙈

 

[kowalski__1]

Managed to drop a little over half a second today at HSR ,should be enough to hold for gold .

 

[Evilmuffin]

Doh! At RBR, optimal dropped by nearly 0.15 sec down to 1:29.411, but no improvement on lap time.....

 

[Evilmuffin]

Another session at RBR. Made it into the 1:29.6s.

I found a problem with the way I drive so I was just doing laps to see if I can correct it or not. Had race info turned off and just do laps regardless if I spin or hit track limit. It guess it worked....kinda. It was a lot if information to process so pretty happy I was able to improve.

Optimal is still in the 1:29.4s, so at less that's consistent. 🤪