Time Trial Discussion

[Barareklam]

I quit for now....it's a long story. I'm tired of this, and I know I'm bad at Mount Panorama, so idk about it. Earned bronze at the Viper TT(BMB). I'm just gonna have to invest in wheel, that's just the crux of the matter.

Cool beast time, jeje!

Have you tried motion sensor steering?

 

[Tidgney]

That Maserati was hard to drive this morning 😂😂. Managed to make the guide before setting off to Amsterdam (already en route), for those interested.

 

[Chris30]

Have you tried motion sensor steering?

Yes, I had more trouble with that so I went back to what I was originally doing.

 

[250Cal]

I've not "driven" every car in the game, but the MC20 is one of the absolute worst I've tried. There's no way that the manufacturer has sign off on this as being a reflection of their product.

At time of writing, only 108 people are within the gold time. And Jeddah is going quicker.

 

[Chris30]

Jeddah is the most fastest insane alien I've ever seen, his driving is unquestionable. Does he use a wheel or controller. I'm really curious.

 

[Jeje6410]

Jeddah is the most fastest insane alien I've ever seen, his driving is unquestionable. Does he use a wheel or controller. I'm really curious.

he uses a steering wheel but tell yourself that some are faster on the joystick than on the wheel. On some circuits I'm faster at the joystick than at the wheel. And vice versa.
the steering wheel has nothing to do it's just practice, practice, practice

 

[Chris30]

Ok, thank you for telling me before I bought one and wasted money. Time and money is valuable for me and my family,

Have a good day!

 

[Pesselles]

he uses a steering wheel but tell yourself that some are faster on the joystick than on the wheel. On some circuits I'm faster at the joystick than at the wheel. And vice versa.
the steering wheel has nothing to do it's just practice, practice, practice

That's true and I would add that we must accept that some players are better, no matter the car, the circuit or the setup they have. Like on real races
As said @Jeje6410 only practicing can help you to have better scores. Like on real races

 

[250Cal]

Jeddah is the most fastest insane alien I've ever seen, his driving is unquestionable. Does he use a wheel or controller. I'm really curious.

Wheel

 

[Barareklam]

...
the steering wheel has nothing to do it's just practice, practice, practice

Maybe I am wrong since I don't have steering wheel at the moment, but in my opinion controller can be very competitive up to a very good times, but after all feedback I have seen about controller steering, I still believe that number 1, winners of TTs are steering with wheel.

 

[Chris30]

Well all I can do is just accept that other people are way better and faster than me, it's no point in griping about it cause it's taking my energy. I need to conserve it to be the best driver out there.

 

[Pesselles]

Well all I can do is just accept that other people are way better and faster than me, it's no point in griping about it cause it's taking my energy. I need to conserve it to be the best driver out there.

That's the best way, the best mindset
There's only one Senna, one Schumacher, one Loeb or one Vatanen, others are just only human drivers!

 

[zaxs]

After catastrophic start with RBR and 1:35, 34 times, today everything went much better, so I did my pb of 1:31.468!

Safe silver and gold is not impossible.

 

[snc]

 

[Saargasm]

Oh boy! This one is a doozy lol. These penalties are ruthless man! I thought I’d do well quickly since I did so many daily’s last week on this track - but yeah, Gr. 3 braking and input is sooo different than this ‘ol boy. Need to find 1.5-seconds to get to the early gold time. Which means probably closer to 2-seconds or even 2.2-seconds. All it takes is one of the aliens to get the perfect slide in one of those middle section tight turns to rain on the party for everyone else lol.

I’m happily frustrated with this combo!!! Sure I want gold right away to feel like I’m good at driving, but I lose motivation to keep going once I secure a safe gold time. Aside from wet Spa, these TT’s have been too easy (and I’m not even close to an alien)

 

[Talon16]

Oh man, this one is going to be hard! An MR road car going down the mountain at Bathurst... what could go wrong?!

Unfortunately, I was unable to participate in the Viper TT as due to life events my rig is torn down. I've since pseudo set it up somewhere else but it's far from idea. I'll be giving this one a go, though. GL to all!

 

[Chris30]

Thank you Talon, good luck to you too! We're all in this together so we have to stay strong and fight through it.

 

[Evilmuffin]

Walls.... walls everywhere....
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Dammit.... penalty is back. Why can't they just invalidate the god damned lap instead?

 

[OldandSlow]

Ran some at RBR, got to 1:34.668. About 2.3 secs into Bronze.

Off to Bathurst later. Good luck, everyone!

 

[TumeK5]

I only drove a handful of laps around Mt. Panorama so far, but I can already tell I'm going to love it. About time we got a trial around the ruthless Bathurst, with a slidey car no less.

No doubt the MC20 has wonky physics, but if you just ignore the fact that it's a modern Sportscar, and think it's an old racecar with only mechanical grip to rely on, it changes your whole way of thinking. That's what I'd expect an old car to handle.

 

[kowalski__1]

Thursday ,payday, 2,010,000 and a new TT.
I'm hating it big time already,sports hard tires,i couldn't even get a silver time yet,bye bye gold streak ,blah!
I guess we've had too many easy TT's lately,....GL all.

 

[787Bee]

Any early indication on if ASM and Traction Control help on this one?

 

[AshenGraey]

Mount Panorama with Sport Hard tires!! 🙄 Really PD?? They sure know which button to push to really annoy people 😮‍💨

 

[IngRobNy]

Damp track, Sport Hard tires and a fast car is not a good combo, again PD have made a challenging TT, PD, I don't know if silver is possible for me this time, but I'm going to try.

 

[Gorefast]

Dammit.... penalty is back. Why can't they just invalidate the god damned lap instead?

I guess they want to register more than 20 valid laps in These 2 weeks. That's why...🙄

 

[Uday9479]

Had a go at the Mt. Panorama TT. My 1st lap was a lap filled with unknowns due to the car's performance & kept overshooting some corners to clock a time of 2:43:xxx. After 8 or 10 laps, I got my best down to 2:19:253.

I must say this car did surprise me a little. The car's handling is quite stable especially when exiting turns & despite being on Sports Hards. The braking ability of this car is damn awful though. I had to brake much earlier than normal just to kiss the apex.

I believe anyone can shine in this TT as long as that individual understands the braking standards of this car. I enjoyed the 10 laps or so mainly because the car's stable in turns & over the kerbs.

I guess they want to register more than 20 valid laps in These 2 weeks. That's why...🙄

And 1.5 seconds worth of penalty even if you nudge the wall is still quite a big penalty. I think they should make the penalty system of RBR TT the norm where that lap gets invalidated.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

This TT gave me anger. I was seeing red. I'm so painstakingly close to gold but I know it'll move as the days go by. It feels like every slight turning input results in the wheels spinning. I never wanna do this again.

 

[Pesselles]

Very lightly improved my PB on RBR TT with Godzilla at 1:31.033 with an optimal at 1:31.028.
My weak point is clearly the 1st sector where I'm mostly round 22.9xx which is clearly too low. As long I can't gain 0.3 / 0.5 here, I won't deserve the yellow reward.
My objective is still 1:30.5xx here.
#KeepPushing

 

[sdi_03]

Panorama, best track in the game IMO!
Had some doubts how fun this would be after watchin @Tidgney s quide.

But must say, this is actually quite good, car is fun to drive 👍

Now, just remeber the same tips apply to this one as on the rain TTs.

Dont let the car slide too much or spin the wheels.
Dont brake too late and brake carefully.
Over driving will overheat the tires fast, so this makes this TT really hard. Be reeeeeallly smooth, all the time.

2:14.4 atm. Did roughly 25? Laps or so.
Will be back on this one for sure. 👍

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Collected my Cr.2M from the Viper-monster and then realized that might have been easier than the new TT!! Bathurst, poor light, damp track, SH tires and over 600hp... what could go wrong?!?! Quick 10 laps before work, I think maybe two were clean and avoided barrier penalties, with a "best" of 2:18 and just outside silver. This one isn't going to be straightforward!