I'll spot you a 1:30.6.Groan......I had 5 or 6 possible 1:30.6s at Laguna Seca but ended up screwing up somewhere. It is starting to get a bit annoying
I know your pain, though. It took quite a few miles to get that time, but over 2 tenths better than my previous top time when I hit it. And yet was still a scruffy lap, meaning more time is out there.
Groan......I had 5 or 6 possible 1:30.6s at Laguna Seca but ended up screwing up somewhere. It is starting to get a bit annoying
, i know the feeling, i did spend 190 km's this morning stuffing things up, i was .414 up on my previous lap of 1:30.851 
Tell me about it... 😁. Last evening session...😬Groan......I had 5 or 6 possible 1:30.6s at Laguna Seca but ended up screwing up somewhere. It is starting to get a bit annoying
For the corkscrew, use 3rd gear. The car will be much more stable. For the next left....use that light/shadow line as your brake marker. Then apply very very little braking to drag your car to the left (4th gear).Well,got gold last Thursday, Monza is golden but my god i'm struggling big time at Laguna.
I've picked up some time this week but still only 1:32.400, optimal has never been under 1:32 and the gold time keeps dropping.
I'm good until the corkscrew and that ackward left corner....looking like two silvers out of the last four,....must be my old age setting in, lol.....ya that's it...
There is your problem, 15 laps and your done and expecting to be within 3% of the world's fastest GT7 simracers.....
If you are talking about using the throttle and brake with the buttons then that is going to be a major hindrance. The buttons are digital not analog like the triggers. Think of it as if you were driving a real car and the only thing you could do is fully mash down to the floor the brake and throttle pedals....no gradual application of either.
I've gotten gold on a couple and I also have played since the beginning and usually can gold most everything. Gt7 for me has def been the hardest to figure out. I love time trials but I have a hard time with gold for them all. I've gotten a few but not like the rest of the aliens here. Don't forget this is a collection of the nerdiest hardcore players in the world (mad respect meant by that comment) a lot of times that post in here. Bronze is respectable in the real world where most people don't have the time to invest to take you to the next level. Cool thing is, none of it matters. I have a blast running the wheels off just for bronze most of the time. That's mostly the point for me. Not the medals.
Back in the day, when the game was more fun, I didn't mind doing tracks in hours, not laps, but that day is long gone. So I agree with you; more work = a better result, but GT for me isn't about work, so I limit my laps.
Yes, that's exactly it, I need to get better with the triggers. I also realize the entire game has been geared towards using a wheel, which only hurts. I know there are aliens that can still get gold with the D-Pad, but overall the game is geared toward buying a wheel.
I've gotten gold on a couple as well, and get silver probably 80% of the time, but usually settle for bronze if I don't like the car + track combo. It makes it more fun for me to just let it go. It does hurt to post up a great silver time only to come back and see it has been downgraded to bronze, but it is what it is. Thanks for your thoughts dude.
I did play several GT's before 7 but the online timetials on 7 are something different, I agree that it cost a lot more time to be at the level for the top split, I'm somewhere in the middel I think on Dualsens, and for some I need hard work, and if I do not practice, it ain't going to be pretty 🤣.
While the wheel does allow for smoother, more detail and consistent input, it is also very unforgiving. Many slides that can be easily caught with a controller is a total spin out with the wheel. I spent a good month or more after getting the wheel just to catch up to the time I used to be able to do with the controller.
I was the same with GT7, I couldn't get to grips with the wheel even though I used it on all other racing sims/games and previous GTs, it was so different to GT Sport to start with, especially the slides (as you said) are harder to catch on a wheel
Have a look at my post here
While I don't appreciate you moving the time up making it harder for the rest of us, I do appreciate an American at the top of the leaderboard. That is often a rarity on the global rankings. Considering the size of the country we seem to be under represented in good drivers compared to some other nations. 👍Several hours of dealing with a mental block later and I finally got the time I should've got yesterday. High .7 is doable but that would be too insane for me
but I do admire your skills!!! Just out of this world!!! Thanks for sharing replays, I try to learn how you are doing it and replicate as good as I can. I do get better times, so thank you for that!
