Time Trial Discussion

[Gomario JSP]

@Carlos Fandango congrats with that sub 28 lap, i noticed you kicked me down the board...

I'm very sorry, but i reclaimed my spot again
Didn't have that much time this weekend to do decsent stints so had to wait untill this morning,
Frustrated like crazy, i had somany 55.1xx splits after the left-curve-of-death... but i was so bad at the last sector which was the easiest sector of all in the stint before,
Like the lap below, this would def be a 27.7 if i didn't completely stuffed up the last sector.....

Ahh well...... another day.... maby..

 

[Dan_Tes]

Some seriously fast times on Lago Maggiore fellas!

Here’s me still battling with the RX8 on that frustrating sports hard tyre compound. Last night was my final chance before this trial finishes and in the day I’d set a time around 2:21.5 after a frustrating session with little improvement which put me AGONISINGLY close to top 100 (position 101 actually ). Given I’ve had more time to do this trial than any other in the last two months I knuckled down and battled through the usual tradition of a thousand restarts until I got into my groove..

Then it all clicked, I started finding a few little bits of time here and there and here and it really started to come together. Some blistering sectors gave me an optimum in the low 2:21s but only marginal gains on my PB. In the last five minutes I had available I set two new PBs in a row for what will hopefully hold for a top 100 time!

Even though it’s still a whopping 1.5 seconds slower than @EbrahimX7 and slower than the usual forum aliens I am still properly chuffed with this one given how tricky I find the RX8 to drive smoothly on these sports hard tyres. I’ve even uploaded a replay to YouTube coz I’m so happy about it 😬

Interestingly I remember watching a lap guide from a prominent youtuber (nobody who posts here) on a previous Time Trial at Nurburgring GP and I remember him saying 'just get through here' on technical part of sector 1 between T2 and T5... IF ONLY IT WAS THAT SIMPLE!!! Getting that exit right out of the slow left hander into T4... Traumatised

Happy lapping fellas! See y’all on Thursday 😎

 

[D-Mind]

FIRST GOLD EVER 😨🙏



Let's see how long this holds up!

 

[MidnightRun85]

FIRST GOLD EVER 😨🙏



Let's see how long this holds up!

Great work! And an awesome livery too! I've got that on a regular Civic somewhere.

 

[D-Mind]

Great work! And an awesome livery too! I've got that on a regular Civic somewhere.

Yeah, i always feel the need to slap a dope livery on the TT car i use. I'm not good at it myself but luckily there are some amazing creators out there! 😁

 

[MidnightRun85]

Yeah, i always feel the need to slap a dope livery on the TT car i use. I'm not good at it myself but luckily there are some amazing creators out there! 😁

It's well-proven in these forums that the right livery knocks tenths off your time...

Here's a couple of mine if anyone wants a Playboy or Spoon Civic replica from JTC days.

Playboy Civic Type R (EK) Touring Car
Spoon Civic Type R (EK) Touring Car

 

[BWX]

1:28.648 for the first day trying at Maggiore (a couple days ago now). For me a 1:28.000 is probably my goal, but really need to work on that downhill left and the last couple corners for that to happen. It's a fun car and track combo for sure! It's nice in VR but right hand drive cars are still not ideal, need to get used to them still. I kept up with the fastest ghost at the time better than I usually do so that's promising. 😅

vid is a cockpit view, real-time PSVR2 view, and TV replay.

 

[Lomic]

It's well-proven in these forums that the right livery knocks tenths off your time...

Oh that must be why I am so slow 😅

 

[Pesselles]

Hello everyone and welcome back on Gran Turismo Time Trail (with @Tidgney 's tone)

As said yesterday, I've tried the @GlockPants method and.... I'm still in silver BUT.

• created a custom race with similar settings as the LM TT
• won 2 stints of 10 laps with "expert" opponents (thx for the credits) with a PB at 1:29.44x in the 1st and 1:29.45x in the 2nd
• I was able to improve my consistency (mostly in a range of 1:29.7 to 1:30.0)

Then, I've opened the TT and started to lap as I've done previously in the custom race.
After 10 laps on the TT, no improvement so far but I feel much more confident, less stressed, less tense on the controller.
I was in the same range (1:29.7 to 1:30.0) with an optimal at 1:29.434.

So, it works for me!! And I strongly encourage everyone who struggle on the TTS to test this method too.
Thanks @GlockPants

I know and I feel it's only a matter of time to regain my seat in the Yellow Club.
I'll keep practising and pushing this way.

 

[crome]

1:28.648 for the first day trying at Maggiore (a couple days ago now). For me a 1:28.000 is probably my goal, but really need to work on that downhill left and the last couple corners for that to happen. It's a fun car and track combo for sure! It's nice in VR but right hand drive cars are still not ideal, need to get used to them still. I kept up with the fastest ghost at the time better than I usually do so that's promising. 😅

vid is a cockpit view, real-time PSVR2 view, and TV replay.


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Just wanted to congratulate you on your impeccable taste in liveries

[...] But, I mean, isn't it a beauty? 😍

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[BWX]

Just wanted to congratulate you on your impeccable taste in liveries

It's a very nice looking livery!

 

[Evilmuffin]

Some seriously fast times on Lago Maggiore fellas!

Here’s me still battling with the RX8 on that frustrating sports hard tyre compound. Last night was my final chance before this trial finishes and in the day I’d set a time around 2:21.5 after a frustrating session with little improvement which put me AGONISINGLY close to top 100 (position 101 actually ). Given I’ve had more time to do this trial than any other in the last two months I knuckled down and battled through the usual tradition of a thousand restarts until I got into my groove..

Then it all clicked, I started finding a few little bits of time here and there and here and it really started to come together. Some blistering sectors gave me an optimum in the low 2:21s but only marginal gains on my PB. In the last five minutes I had available I set two new PBs in a row for what will hopefully hold for a top 100 time!

Even though it’s still a whopping 1.5 seconds slower than @EbrahimX7 and slower than the usual forum aliens I am still properly chuffed with this one given how tricky I find the RX8 to drive smoothly on these sports hard tyres. I’ve even uploaded a replay to YouTube coz I’m so happy about it 😬

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Interestingly I remember watching a lap guide from a prominent youtuber (nobody who posts here) on a previous Time Trial at Nurburgring GP and I remember him saying 'just get through here' on technical part of sector 1 between T2 and T5... IF ONLY IT WAS THAT SIMPLE!!! Getting that exit right out of the slow left hander into T4... Traumatised

Happy lapping fellas! See y’all on Thursday 😎

Finger hovering over the unfriend button.....

 

[zjn]

Finger hovering over the unfriend button.....

What would happen if I reasoned in the same way... 🤕

 

[Gogga]

A decent improvement for me today. 1:27s are possible. The more I drive this car, the more it's becoming one of my favorites.

 

[330_D]

Optimal was 27.717 😁🍻

 

[Evilmuffin]

Jeeeze.....people are really putting in some fast time at Lake Maggiore!

 

[D-Mind]

FIRST GOLD EVER 😨🙏



Let's see how long this holds up!

Made some further improvements, optimal lap now even in the 1:28. Done for now, @EbrahimX7 please don't ruin this for me 🙈😆

 

[Boabdulrahman]

Had two days off GT7, and went straight back to the Civic TT today. Funny how muscle memory works, I was so familiar with the track that I didn't need to warm up. Only 6 laps later and a new PB of 1:27.594

It's a very satisfying TT to do over and over again. Maybe there are two more tenths left in the tank.

 

[luv2drive]

Well....the Logitech G Pro (replacement) finally arrived this morning! Testing out the new toy immediately with the Civic of course....I was expecting to be much slower since I have to adjust to the new wheel and pedals (both are much heavier!)

I guess I was wrong.......improved by nearly 2/10s after a 20 laps session.....
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Now I can really feel what the car is doing mid corner. Some of the corners were very nervous with the G923 because I don't know what the car is about to do..now I'm like....ooh...the car is fine...keep going! Also it kinda solve my problem of my not turning enough when I'm getting close to the apex.

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Obligated cat (not) helping pic.
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Nice lap!

I love my Logitech G Pro also - such a great upgrade over the G923 I had for years

 

[UsualSuspect]

I everybody!

Been lurking for a while on this forum, since i bought a new wheel and the "itch" came back

Was around a couple a years ago, on WRS foruns, so it´s nice to see some familiar names.

Glad to see so many "aliens" and the will to help others.

I´m from Portugal, already past 50, but my mind refuses to accept that

 

[mattmouth]

Congrats on the Platinum! My plan is to get it till the end of the year but no idea how much of a grind it really is.

Go for it! It really wasn’t a grind at all, doing these Time Trials (and the Circuit Experiences to help learn tracks) makes so much money - all I needed to do was wait for cars to go on sale. There were a couple of slightly tedious trophies like taking 100 Scapes photos and driving miles on oval tracks, but they weren’t too annoying.

Never had one of these, but I'm close as well. One of the last trophies is the "Three legendary cars" trophy. The only car I still need for this is the Ferrari 330 P4 which went on sale recently for 20 million credits. Think I have to complete some more CE's to be able to afford that

Yeah, that was the last one for me too. If you have the patience to gold the Nurburgring CE that will earn you $5,000,000 (a quarter of the Ferrari bill!)

 

[Gomario JSP]

Jeeeze.....people are really putting in some fast time at Lake Maggiore!

It's insane, and I already have a leaderboard of terror AGAIN....
Aliens pop up like mushrooms, it's an invasion....we have to stand our ground and get into the 7's a.s.a.p mate 🤣🤣......but yeah......last sector....🙈🙈🙈 but again LiTTLE improvement 🤪

@Boabdulrahman you may stop now..... you have made your point, you are beyond abduction and have already left us ....

@UsualSuspect welcome "back" as i understand, one of the oldschool drivers 🙏
and guys...... this is another one....,he sneaked into the thread and posting a sub 28 immediately, Keep your eyes on this one 😁,
Nice job! 🙏

god this trial thing has gone wild with @half_sourly his stat magic..... the competition has become insane!

 

[Jeje6410]

Jeeeze.....people are really putting in some fast time at Lake Maggiore!

It’s the beginning of the year syndrome !!!!🤣🤣 They will quickly get exhausted from having extraordinary times !!!!🤣🤣 They will quickly come back to Earth !!!!!🤣🤣👽👽
Very quickly because by only playing once a week, I no longer follow them !!!!🥵🥵🤣🤣

I everybody!

Been lurking for a while on this forum, since i bought a new wheel and the "itch" came back

Was around a couple a years ago, on WRS foruns, so it´s nice to see some familiar names.

Glad to see so many "aliens" and the will to help others.

I´m from Portugal, already past 50, but my mind refuses to accept that

Welcome back in this forum !!!!and welcome to the over 50 club but with a young spirit 🤪🤪🤣🤣

 

[Carlos Fandango]

@UsualSuspect used to kick my butt a decade ago in the WRS time trials… we’re both over 50 now but he’s certainly not got any slower!!

@Gomario JSP I think you’re safe from me now at least. My optimals are 27.75, but any portion of that last two tenths in the same lap may be impossible.

 

[GlockPants]

Day 2 at LM. After watching the WR replay and the lap guide by @Tidgney, it's rewarding knowing that a lot of the things I was doing without any outside influence was kinda correct.

But still some adjustments need to be made. Specifically in regard to S2 and where I can take more advantage of track limits. So I'm still working on my line through there, finding turn in points, etc.

I only managed a minor improvement to my PB, but my optimal is down about 4 tenths. So, still a productive 20 lap stint.

@UsualSuspect while everyone else welcomes you back, I say greetings! I didn't recognize your friend request when I received it, but accepted once I saw our mutual friends. I realize you keep good (and fast) company

 

[Lomic]

welcome to the over 50 club but with a young spirit 🤪🤪🤣🤣

I love this forum, makes me feel like a teenage dirtbag all over again 😁

 

[330_D]

It's insane, and I already have a leaderboard of terror AGAIN....
Aliens pop up like mushrooms, it's an invasion....we have to stand our ground and get into the 7's a.s.a.p mate 🤣🤣......but yeah......last sector....🙈🙈🙈 but again LiTTLE improvement 🤪

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@Boabdulrahman you may stop now..... you have made your point, you are beyond abduction and have already left us ....

@UsualSuspect welcome "back" as i understand, one of the oldschool drivers 🙏
and guys...... this is another one....,he sneaked into the thread and posting a sub 28 immediately, Keep your eyes on this one 😁,
Nice job! 🙏

god this trial thing has gone wild with @half_sourly his stat magic..... the competition has become insane!

You are correct. It's a snake pit right now. I'm shaving a tenth or two a day but I can't do that much longer.

 

[Gomario JSP]

You are correct. It's a snake pit right now. I'm shaving a tenth or two a day but I can't do that much longer.

Yeah its bizar! But this time I can't see myself top 100, that's a 27.6 ..... 😳😳
But I like this close challenge on the board, somany new names and somany fast people!
Your .802 is fast!, just keep that tenth a day and see where it ends 😁🙏

Nice job!, maby ill do some laps tomorrow morning 😁👌

 

[Pesselles]

Nice job!, maby ill do some laps tomorrow morning 😁👌

If I may correct:

maby ill do some laps tomorrow morning

This is more realistic...

 

[330_D]

Yeah its bizar! But this time I can't see myself top 100, that's a 27.6 ..... 😳😳
But I like this close challenge on the board, somany new names and somany fast people!
Your .802 is fast!, just keep that tenth a day and see where it ends 😁🙏

Nice job!, maby ill do some laps tomorrow morning 😁👌

I do still find little bits here and there where I can up my delta so when I have a really good one going I try them and they have been working. 4th gear all the way through the first turn and shift exactly at the apex into 3rd gained my tenth today.