The Jimny at LeMans.Ok I think I'm done with the Civic. I tried to go for another session and after 6 laps I just felt like I had enough 🤣
I wonder what we are getti.g tomorrow.....that little jeep thingy on a rally stage?
This could be one of the few cars for me to keep up with the fast guys on this track. 😌The Jimny at LeMans.
The only thing I know is that the new TT will be absolute challenge for me.Ok I think I'm done with the Civic. I tried to go for another session and after 6 laps I just felt like I had enough 🤣
I wonder what we are getti.g tomorrow.....that little jeep thingy on a rally stage?
I would be done too if I had a .6xx 💩🤪🤣Ok I think I'm done with the Civic. I tried to go for another session and after 6 laps I just felt like I had enough 🤣
I wonder what we are getti.g tomorrow.....that little jeep thingy on a rally stage?
I burned myself out on it. I might try once or twice again but I just don't have it in me to go harder. My neck and shoulders hurt for two days from the tension. 😂😂😂Ok I think I'm done with the Civic. I tried to go for another session and after 6 laps I just felt like I had enough 🤣
I wonder what we are getti.g tomorrow.....that little jeep thingy on a rally stage?
Not sure if he explicitly mentioned it this time but Tidgney often deliberately presents a safest (but still fast) rather than faster way to take a corner. This usually means exiting in a higher gear to avoid the risk of power oversteer. "We're trying to get gold here, not the world record".
Long session yesterday, in my pursuit to crack the top 1,000. For the longest part, it felt out of reach. I was consistently doing sub 1:29 laps, but never came close to my previous best.
Then, as is often the case for me, the moment I accepted that it wasn't gonna happen today, I did a last stint without any real ambition, just to try some slightly different lines, and suddenly everything felt easier, and then this happened:
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Optimal time is now at 1:27.997! But the stars would have to align perfectly for me to get there. Today I am going to give my arms and hands some rest though
Edit: here's the lap:
All points are exactly the same for me. Well, took me more like 3 hours…
Now I've fallen below 1,000 as expected, but still way ahead of where I usually am.
It's a bit addicting seeing how high on the leaderboard when you start digging deeper into Gold. Most players seem to move on once they clear the mark. So just a couple tenths improvement can have substantial results on your placement.Very nice lap!
I was all proud of myself last week that I cracked the top 1,000 for first time ever. As I kind of guessed, the reason was because I never do TTs that early.
But since I've had a taste, I'm definitely going to have to spend some more time with this combo to see if I can shave a few tenths off my time!
... it brought an improvement!@NAXEHT coming in like clockwork at the end with a top 100 time with a track/car combo he doesn't particularly like. Some things never change.
A ridiculous lotto passage through the chicane, I was dead sure it was invalid as I went through it but somehow it stayed valid, quick mind reset to resume momentum “oh ****, keep going, man!” and do the final corner. What a sigh of relief.
Yeah, I would say that much of the time if I can get Gold by a comfortable margin I'll stop there.
Really enjoyed reading your post, to me this shows what a great place & community GTP is!Wow, I can't imagine how some of you can even play this game with a controller, let alone set fast times with it!
This reminds me of when I first started playing GT and was introduced to the world of Sim Racing. It's kind of a long story, but there seem to be some really cool guys that hang out on this thread, so I hope some of you will indulge me. If not, feel free to move on, and sorry for making you scroll
I'm a huge movie fan, and in 2008 when Blu-Ray players became widely available, the most economical way to get a Blu-Ray player was to buy a PS3, so that's what I did. For over a year, all I did with the PS3 was watch movies
Then a year later, I was thinking I should probably try out a game. When I was a kid I played some of the first video games, Atari and Intellivision, but by the time Nintendo and PlayStation came around I was already in college and/or working, and so I never joined the "gaming" community in those days. Anyway, I'm in BestBuy one day and I was talking to the one of the kids there about what would be a good game for PS3, and he gives me GT5 Prologue.
I got the game home, and was instantly impressed, but after 10 minutes of trying to play it with a controller I came to the conclusion that there's no way that I'm really going to enjoy this game without a wheel. So the next day I put down a couple hundred bucks for a Logitech DFGT. I pull the thing out of the box and I'm like, "what in the hell do I attach this to?" It was clear I had no clue about gaming. In any case, a TV tray did the trick, and within an hour, the addiction began!
I discovered GTPlanet not long after, and I was amazed to learn about the long history of the franchise, and discover a really cool online community of fellow enthusiasts.
GT5 was unlike anything I could have imagined, actually being able to feel the handling differences in the all of these different cars that I would never own in real life. it just blew my mind how far gaming technology had come. And this was in 2010! I was never a real racing guy like many of you, but I did love the driving arcade games as a kid, and I loved going fast and driving on twisty roads where I could find them in the concrete jungle of southern California.
Of course, as soon as GT5 was released I upgraded to that and spent a few years with it until GT6 was released. After a while the series got a little stale, and other competitive 'racing sims' appeared such as Project Cars and Assetto Corsa. I spent some time with those, never really got into GT Sport, and had a couple year hiatus due to a back injury that is thankfully now completely healed.
Speaking of the wheel, he DFGT didn't last long and I upgraded to a G29 probably within the first year. That wheel lasted several years until it gave out and I replaced it with a G923. In 2013 my wife was nice enough to give me a Playseat for Christmas, which I had to replace once
I sas playing ACC and AC on PC for a while with Quest 2 VR, but finally got back to GT with the launch of GT7 (even though I had to wait 6 months because you couldn't get a PS5 without a $300-400 markup in 2022.
Last year I upgraded my setup with PSVR2 and splurged for a Logitech G Pro, both investments I don't regret for a second. I'm having more fun and driving faster than ever.
Thanks for letting me reminisce a little. It's hard to believe that I've been playing this game and coming to this forum for something like 14 years now. It sounds like many of you are in the same boat, and I imagine you have similar stories. The one story I hear often repeated is how great GT4 was. I guess I jumped on the bandwagon just after that game which may have been the pinnacle of GT.
I'm kind of sorry I missed that, and even though I never became a "gamer", I've had countless hours of enjoyment from this franchise and several of the others, and can fairly say I'm a "sim racer"
) and quite a new member compared to the majority here, this topic alone makes me smile every time I get back to read the new replies.
😂 despite pulling my optimal splits down to 27.6xx.
Naah he only throws poo's at dutch people....Excuse me, sir. It might have been you, who has been in my mind regarding the Dutch...
Too much going on here to sum it all up & drive some lap times.
I don't know........ i am chasing a miracle lap for 3 sessions now..... and only won i think....886 to 816..... in total
It is a rare occasion that I use the brown emoji. This one looks awful and not inspiring regarding car and track. The Civic thing is better but that is where I look awful...
A few years ago I did preorder WRC10 and had some fun at my PS4. Now I have a round wheel and PS5 and that's why I return. There are newer offerings like "WRC Generations" or "EA WRC". I cannot recommend between them.
