Time Trial Discussion

[ScottPuss20]

Crap I'm out of the gold bracket by 0.011 seconds now.

 

[Gomario JSP]

Crazy how Jeddah is now over 1 second faster than P10 on the leaderboard! This guy is really insane. His latest replay shows he has barely around 100 km in the car as well (assuming he used the same one for whole TT).

That being said I just hit 1000 km in mine. With another record to celebrate on the final lap - 2:13.636 😎. Optimum improved into 2:13.273, but this would probably take another couple hundred kms to get close to. Happy with the 217th position.

I guess I should apologize for spamming this thread so much lately, but I am just so excited. I always struggled with sport tires and could not get into gold for at least 30 laps at the start of this TT.

I looked at my leaderboard this morning and had to blink twice, you did find some real time there mate!, nice job!

Enjoy this beautiful 1:10.726 I have a target of .5 or high .4 but will be difficult 👍

Insane Ebrahim!, i'm driving my bal*s off at 2:14.0 and i'm only 2.5%, thanks mate
You are realy on fire these days!, very cool to see your sliding far more than i would expect!

Keep it up!, ( altho you may stop now for this one ) 👍💪

I had ..panting......never ....feel....panting....so exhausted...panting...after a hot lap. My heart was pounding, my hands were shaking, I was hyperventilating....

Guys, this muffin......, he came out of nowhere.... and it's evil indeed!
It keeps getting faster, before we know it this muffin is out of our reach....

Nice times!

 

[GlockPants]

I think I'm going to have to abandon the HSR and join everyone at MP, Gold is secured there.

I anticipate I'm going to need many days and laps to see if Gold is possible for me. So far I only have done 5 laps on Day 1 and I need to find about 3-4 seconds off my current PB.

Anybody have some data on how stripes affect the MC20?

 

[Gomario JSP]

I think I'm going to have to abandon the HSR and join everyone at MP, Gold is secured there.

I anticipate I'm going to need many days and laps to see if Gold is possible for me. So far I only have done 5 laps on Day 1 and I need to find about 3-4 seconds off my current PB.

Anybody have some data on how stripes affect the MC20?

It does, i even heared somewhere that @djolliea even striped his helmet? , my forlast fastest lap was with the above.... but with PS socks,
this morning i was wearing normal socks and shaved off a tenth again, so clearly it's in the stripes

Good luck!

 

[half_sourly]

Jeddah, dude, you really need to stop!

Guys, how about we go 10€ each and buy Jeddah Xbox and Forza, this really needs to stop. I mean gold is now almost at 2:14.6 and it feels right now that statistics will show least number of participants getting gold. I mean even less than on 1,5% for OS one.
@half_sourly am I right or it just feels like that?

We won't know number until the end, but in terms of proportion, the Olympic one will take some beating. With the bar increased there to 1.5%, only 0.83% of drivers got gold. Of the 'normal' 3% ones, there are still a few tougher ones:

• Suzuka - McLaren MP4/4 1.90%
• Road Atlanta X2019 1.96%
• Nordschleife tuned NSX 1.30%
• Autopolis SF23 2.46%

With @crome 's widget showing 2% at the moment, it would make this TT 4th most difficult so far, ignoring Olympic, in terms of getting gold.

 

[Gorefast]

Bathurst is a real test of both car and driver so if it takes you a while to get comfortable, don't stress. Even the best drivers struggle around this geological oddity.

I was warned and because of that not shocked after my first stint at MP. The car ist beautiful (especially in 'blu nettuno') so no stripes for me and hopefully Bronze. It is really awesome how fast some of you can go without contact. It reminds me of the definition of flying: it is like falling without hitting the ground.

 

[EbrahimX7]

Insane Ebrahim!, i'm driving my bal*s off at 2:14.0 and i'm only 2.5%, thanks mate
You are realy on fire these days!, very cool to see your sliding far more than i would expect!

Keep it up!, ( altho you may stop now for this one ) 👍💪


Guys, this muffin......, he came out of nowhere.... and it's evil indeed!
It keeps getting faster, before we know it this muffin is out of our reach....

Nice times!

I cant stop PD rarely put these cars in a combo I need to enjoy every millisecond while it last. I hope for pagani huayra or a maverick on sport hards on next street car TT 🙏🙏🙏 please PD

 

[Barareklam]

@EbrahimX7 👽

Your lap is out of this planet!

I needed to watch your lap to see how you are doing it, liked and subscribed too, and while watching it I noticed how you go into T2 with both full brake and gas at same time.... 😊 Excellent foot work there 😊

If one day you consider to post video with two additional videos edited into your lap, a cam showing steering wheel and a cam showing pedal work, and need help with video editing, I can help.

 

[EbrahimX7]

@EbrahimX7 👽

Your lap is out of this planet!

I needed to watch your lap to see how you are doing it, liked and subscribed too, and while watching it I noticed how you go into T2 with both full brake and gas at same time.... 😊 Excellent foot work there 😊
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If one day you consider to post video with two additional videos edited into your lap, a cam showing steering wheel and a cam showing pedal work, and need help with video editing, I can help.

I definitely did not press full gas and brake at the same time lol, thats just downshifting quickly makes the gas meter go full on its own. Car rev matching by itself maybe? 😅

 

[Saargasm]

Respectable improvement of almost 1.3-seconds but still need to find 1.1-seconds somehow somewhere lol.

 

[Dan_Tes]

Morning all!

Fresh from a couple of days away I had a quick session last night starting at Mt Panorama and very quickly ending at Mt Panorama… so I went back to the HSR as it’s now the lesser of two evils in my mind. Very frustratingly I was on to get below 54.4 only to go for every last millisecond heading into the tunnel and overcooked it into the wall.. I might just try and improve on this one and see if I can get higher than my record placing (P36 I think). It’s not enjoyable, it’s not realistic, it’s not fair, but it’s better than the Maserati Bambi-on-ice challenge for me 🤣

 

[Gomario JSP]

I cant stop PD rarely put these cars in a combo I need to enjoy every millisecond while it last. I hope for pagani huayra or a maverick on sport hards on next street car TT 🙏🙏🙏 please PD

Yeah, they are fun!, i like the roadcars combo more than high downforced etc, but some are just more challenging than others, and this one is quite a handfull with sports and place 507 and only 2.5x% is insane
so ease up, and i'll see you on the next one!



and @Dan_Tes , yeah man, just leave MP for what it is........, for once let me win.....

 

[aguia]

This week's TT, H.S.Ring -Mazda LM55 vs M.Panorama-MC20. The first one closed in 2 days and yesterday it had +154,000, the second one closed in 9 days and yesterday it had +61,000 (the first one on the same day had +90,000).
I have gold in both (very little above), in the first (0.55,859) I am at +30,000 and in the second (2,14,550) I am at +1100.
This to show that the second TT will have much less people and few can get gold.

 

[Pesselles]

Sorry, I don't share (fabulous) videos like our Saudi-Alien friend, so you'll only have a written feedback from me

Worked this morning with Godzilla on RBR TT. After some laps in a range of 1:30.9xx - 1:31.1xx, I've finally scored my first gold time with 1:30.643 🥰
I'm happy but the 1st sector was terrible (22.9xx) and I know this weak gold time will not hold 49 days. Good news, I have 49 days to improve this damned first sector, so if the planets are correctly aligned, I could score something around 1:30.3xx
#KeepPushing


@Gomario JSP : I completly second your message about the Devil-Muffin...

 

[Barareklam]

We won't know number until the end, but in terms of proportion, the Olympic one will take some beating. With the bar increased there to 1.5%, only 0.83% of drivers got gold. Of the 'normal' 3% ones, there are still a few tougher ones:

• Suzuka - McLaren MP4/4 1.90%
• Road Atlanta X2019 1.96%
• Nordschleife tuned NSX 1.30%
• Autopolis SF23 2.46%

With @crome 's widget showing 2% at the moment, it would make this TT 4th most difficult so far, ignoring Olympic, in terms of getting gold.

OK thanks. I guess motion sensor steering is far more challenging now with Maserati on SH tires than Nordschleife tuned NSX.
Anyone else on motion sensor steering and how does it go for you on Mount Panorama Maserati TT?

 

[Evilmuffin]

Yeah, they are fun!, i like the roadcars combo more than high downforced etc, but some are just more challenging than others, and this one is quite a handfull with sports and place 507 and only 2.5x% is insane
so ease up, and i'll see you on the next one!



and @Dan_Tes , yeah man, just leave MP for what it is........, for once let me win.....

So what's next? Engine swapped Samba bus at Tokyo expressway central....in the wet? 😱

 

[Pesselles]

So what's next? Engine swapped Samba bus at Tokyo expressway central....in the wet? 😱

Sorry but I'm a bit more ambitious, so I would prefer something more difficult like the Jeep Willis '45 on Special Stage Route X !

 

[Gomario JSP]

So what's next? Engine swapped Samba bus at Tokyo expressway central....in the wet? 😱

Yeah prob. Tokyo Wet with an ambulance on comfort hards......

 

[Evilmuffin]

Sorry, I don't share (fabulous) videos like our Saudi-Alien friend, so you'll only have a written feedback from me

Worked this morning with Godzilla on RBR TT. After some laps in a range of 1:30.9xx - 1:31.1xx, I've finally scored my first gold time with 1:30.643 🥰
I'm happy but the 1st sector was terrible (22.9xx) and I know this weak gold time will not hold 49 days. Good news, I have 49 days to improve this damned first sector, so if the planets are correctly aligned, I could score something around 1:30.3xx
#KeepPushing


@Gomario JSP : I completly second your message about the Devil-Muffin...

I found what works for me was to brake a tiny little bit early....get the car rotated and point at the apex and putting power down ( to maintain cornering speed) before hitting the apex. This seemed to give me the best exiting speed.

 

[Pesselles]

I found what works for me was to brake a tiny little bit early....get the car rotated and point at the apex and putting power down ( to maintain cornering speed) before hitting the apex. This seemed to give me the best exiting speed.

Thanks for your so valuable advices, Mr Devil-Muffin Yes, the exit speed is my issue here. Should be more focus on the breaking point and when and where to power down.
I'll try to follow your path, as long as I keep human

 

[Evilmuffin]

Thanks for your so valuable advices, Mr Devil-Muffin Yes, the exit speed is my issue here. Should be more focus on the breaking point and when and where to power down.
I'll try to follow your path, as long as I keep human

Stumbled upon this....worth watching

 

[Gorefast]

Sorry, I don't share (fabulous) videos like our Saudi-Alien friend, so you'll only have a written feedback from me

Worked this morning with Godzilla on RBR TT. After some laps in a range of 1:30.9xx - 1:31.1xx, I've finally scored my first gold time with 1:30.643 🥰
I'm happy but the 1st sector was terrible (22.9xx) and I know this weak gold time will not hold 49 days. Good news, I have 49 days to improve this damned first sector, so if the planets are correctly aligned, I could score something around 1:30.3xx
#KeepPushing


@Gomario JSP : I completly second your message about the Devil-Muffin...

Wow! You're really into this. Usually we're literally a few thousands of a second apart and so far our optimum lap was equally about 1:30:5xx. I aim for silver on this TT and guess that the gap between us will be larger than before. Good work! 👏

 

[Pesselles]

Wow! You're really into this. Usually we're literally a few thousands of a second apart and so far our optimum lap was equally about 1:30:5xx. I aim for silver on this TT and guess that the gap between us will be larger than before. Good work! 👏

Vielen Dank my friend, yes we are usually very close and that is a great emulation for both of us.
I'm not worry, I'm sure you will gold this one as you're really close now

 

[Jeje6410]

Little improvement today at RBR 1'30'436 with optimal time at 1'30'248.
With more practice I think I can go below 1'30 without bands on the helmet or the car and without logo on the socks 🤣🤣🤣 but with bare feet and especially with a liter of coffee 🤪🤪 🤣🤣

 

[aguia]

Sorry but I'm a bit more ambitious, so I would prefer something more difficult like the Jeep Willis '45 on Special Stage Route X !

Yeah prob. Tokyo Wet with an ambulance on comfort hards......

So what's next? Engine swapped Samba bus at Tokyo expressway central....in the wet? 😱

GR.2 at Suzuka

 

[Gomario JSP]

GR.2 at Suzuka

Yeah it was already up a few days indeed, I was refering to when the current maserati slidefest is over, we prob get another slidefest 🤣🤣😁😉

 

[aguia]

As Bathurst is my home track I will be focusing any time I get to play GT7 into getting my best possible lap time.
The MC20 is a bit of a handful on sports hard, I think it would do better to have sports soft tyres but also the power band and gear ratios make it an absolute nightmare on corner exit unless you use a gear (or 2) higher than normal.

Currently my time is a 2:13.749 which puts me at 260th as I write this, however I have an optimum of 2:13.250 so there is still plenty of time to find. A lot of my best laps have been lost to wall contact penalties so it has been difficult to string consistent laps together. This isn't helped by the twitchiness of the car when on throttle.

I hope the gear ratios on this car are different in real life, as they are in the game 2nd gear is absolutely useless.

For sure! The real says 325km/h, in the game goes to +600km/h. I also don't understand why the gearbox is different.

 

[Jeje6410]

Another little improvement in RBR
1'30'274 with optimal time at 1'30'222.
For today that will suffice. I will try the next few days to secure this gold medal a little more. With this Godzilla the RBR circuit is not that bad

 

[Pesselles]

Another little improvement in RBR
1'30'274 with optimal time at 1'30'222.
For today that will suffice. I will try the next few days to secure this gold medal a little more. With this Godzilla the RBR circuit is not that bad

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"You put the barre very high" (with the accent of the Grande Vadrouille). 1:30.274 is a fantastic score and can't wait to see you in the very select "Under 1:30" club!

Yes, Godzilla is my fav beast IG and IRL.

 

[Boabdulrahman]

After around 250KM and with only ~15 clean laps in total, I'm safe in gold with a 2:14.047. I don't know how I feel about this TT, sometimes it's fun and most of the time it's frustrating, but it seems that my improvements are all substantial. So maybe I'll get back on it later on to see if there is a low 2:13 in the tank.

I believe that anybody who is struggling can benefit from seeing his own lap and paying attention to the throttle (and lack of) within the 2nd and 3rd sector. Sometimes you overestimate how much throttle you're adding.