Time Trial Discussion

[Pesselles]

This new time trial can be a tad frustrating with that rear end! Highly recommend if you're struggling just keep it in 3rd and don't touch 2nd! Here's the guide for those interested, plenty of time left in my lap I can see a 1:50.8 with my best sectors.

It's always a pleasure to be able to mistreat an old German lady like that....
Great lap, great advices, great score!!

Merci @Tidgney

 

[Dairyworker]

Just barely got gold at autopolis, i think, haven't checked lol

I am awful at that track and not great with race cars. I am however looking forward to gr3 at Mt . Panorama, one of my favorite tracks so hopefully i can manage a decent time.

That new one looks like it's right ip my alley, so i am also looking forward to giving that one a try.

I haven't been here much recently, hope everyone is doing well in this crazy world

 

[Chris30]

There's a bunch of sausage curbs that can unsettle the balance of the car meaning it's a risk. I wonder where they got the name of the track, there are no dragon's around, xP. I'm curious, I tried doing research about it a week ago but couldn't find anything relative and explaining it. I gotta think of a master plan trying to control the beloved Mercedes car on a semi-long track with sausage curbs galore!

 

[Evilmuffin]

Hmmm.....not Mount Doom hard but not a walk in the park either. Did 15-ish laps to get used to the track....havn't chase Tidg's ghost yet. This is going to be fun

 

[seadog777]

I was away for a few days this week, and happy to keep silver at Autopolis.
Saw the new TT was reverse and my heart sank, but it's actually quite enjoyable.
The Merc is OK but fairly easy to spin...... crept into bronze, aiming to make that safe.

 

[GlockPants]

@half_sourly always interesting to see the breakdown of which cars are being used for these types of time trials.

I'm surprised that there were as many McLaren F1 GTR's used, but not surprised that it was ranked so low on the average lap. I checked a couple days ago and the quickest logged time I found was a 2:01.0xx, I think.

The only reason I used it was because I had just bought it from the LCD. But my barely Gold time must be one of the quicker examples. I wouldn't know how to go about checking for myself in an efficient manner.

 

[Vule]

This is going very well!

 

[skydragon49]

Yes, Dragon Trail should be a blast to race at especially in a road car. Sigh, I did not get gold at AP which I already knew I probably wouldn't considering the time I had left and all the players that got gold fairly quickly. Now I golded all the sectors and the lap at DT-Gardens so I'm reasonably a good driver there.

Wow, it's gonna be sweet driving in a classic Mercedes car!! Looking forward to the next 2 weeks! I failed the AP course. I've got to gwt my third gold this time, I mean it. Here was my last lap at AP with the MT that I recorded on Monday evening, after 455 laps I still could not find the secret move!!

The sound is up full blast this time, dang. These cars have loud engines, some sound like mufflers, xD.I've never seen the beat in my life, god what a workout the past 3 days, I am just shocked, i kept messing up turn 1, my exit lines were poor, I always clocked S1 at 0'22.001-0'22.536.

No matter how hard I tried I could not get to the hairpin in under 1 minute, I wish I could have found that extra speed somewhere. I'm kind of burned out on that last one, I may not get to the new TT until this weekend. I just don;t understand, I am not getting the wheel because I'd be sweating bullets trying to manage the MT there, there's no freaking way I'd attempt that extra stress on my body.



So, what you do all think of that? Honestly I wasn't impressed by it, I was hoping to get in the mid 55's.

As the fellow GTP member said, I am a controller user too.

My 2 cents, if I may.

1 - While learning to drive MT, ignore the suggested gear. I see many times in your replay you drop to the suggested gear, when you could stay 1 gear up and get faster. T1 and the right hander after the back straight were examples of that.

2 - Time your downshifts. Especially in race cars you can downshift faster than what you did in your replay. Engine braking is a valuable trick to slow down the car.

3 - look, I'm not the fastest and also English is not my first language but I hope what I'm gonna say now makes sense. When you approach a turn, there are a series of movements/commands you gotta do with your car/controler. Like, break, downshift, turn, throtlle. In my mind, I try to knit these things as tight as possible BUT also as smooth as possible. Example: when you turn, try to use as little movement from/on your controller as possible. That's smooth. Try to get the car on the right position to exit the apex applying the minimal input. Again, smooth. Downshift the car and pay attention to the sound of the revs. You can tell by what you hear how smooth you are, and also of course if the balance of the car remains cool.

Be a smooth operator. But be fast too.

Edit: corrected some typos.

 

[Lomic]

I did not get gold at AP [...] and all the players that got gold fairly quickly.

Not exactly quick for me and I barely done it this time 😅

MP will may be result in a silver, not sure at all.

Not tested the last one, seems fun. Sausage party with a german lady, what could go wrong ? 😁

 

[half_sourly]

@half_sourly always interesting to see the breakdown of which cars are being used for these types of time trials.

I'm surprised that there were as many McLaren F1 GTR's used, but not surprised that it was ranked so low on the average lap. I checked a couple days ago and the quickest logged time I found was a 2:01.0xx, I think.

The only reason I used it was because I had just bought it from the LCD. But my barely Gold time must be one of the quicker examples. I wouldn't know how to go about checking for myself in an efficient manner.

The highest place F1 is 1506th with a time of 2:00.797. Your time of 2:01.709 makes you the 7th fastest in that car

02:00.797​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.077​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.220​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.265​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.281​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.669​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95
02:01.709​	McLaren F1 GTR - BMW '95

 

[BWX]

The results for TT64 at Autopolis International Racing Course in Gr.4 are over here.

I've also updated the opening post with the index of TTs and the second post with the community leader boards.

Interim Results for TT65 at Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit in Gr.3.

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Spoiler: GTP Leaderboard

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Spoiler: Car Performance

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Spoiler: 0.1second increments

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That's cool that you keep up a leader board. Maybe it'll give me some motivation to try harder and git gud!

And using a wheel.

gran-turismo.com

Gran Turismo Official Website

www.gran-turismo.com

How do you keep track of everyone's times though? Do you have to go through the thread or can you see it in the person's profile somewhere?

 

[half_sourly]

That's cool that you keep up a leader board. Maybe it'll give me some motivation to try harder and git gud!

And using a wheel.

gran-turismo.com

Gran Turismo Official Website

www.gran-turismo.com

How do you keep track of everyone's times though? Do you have to go through the thread or can you see it in the person's profile somewhere?

I'll add you in from next week. I get the data from the results pages (like this one) using some coding magic created by @crome. Then I do some Excel fiddling to create the stuff you see.

 

[BWX]

Wow that's pretty cool! Thanks.

 

[TheNormsk]

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So wait, Mt P gold has dropped to 2:01.717 now?

My current time is 2:01.716!!! Still gold but by 0.001 of a second. TOO CLOSE. 😧

I have a feeling this new one with the Merc is going to be tough.

You mean worse than Mount Panorama?

 

[Fezzik]

You mean worse than Mount Panorama?

Yep, because the roadcar aliens will return and they are way too fast.

 

[Talon16]

You mean worse than Mount Panorama?

Yep, because the roadcar aliens will return and they are way too fast.

What he said. Seems like the time difference between the king aliens and the rest of us is more dramatic with road cars.

 

[Evilmuffin]

You mean worse than Mount Panorama?

Nah...easier. Still not entirely a cake walk either....probably a little harder than the Deep Forest TT with GT350.

 

[PlanetJanet]

What he said. Seems like the time difference between the king aliens and the rest of us is more dramatic with road cars.

Seems to be the case for the most partz according to the great stats that @half_sourly gives us.

Never feels that way to me in all honesty, I am relatively much weaker in the race cars it seems.

 

[Stormbreaker]

1.51.855 i like this tt, very fun combo!

 

[MidnightRun85]

The results for TT64 at Autopolis International Racing Course in Gr.4 are over here.

I've also updated the opening post with the index of TTs and the second post with the community leader boards.

Interim Results for TT65 at Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit in Gr.3.

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Spoiler: GTP Leaderboard

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Spoiler: Car Performance

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Spoiler: 0.1second increments

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Crazy to see how much faster the Genesis X is over the McLaren 650S (1.5s!) versus the McLaren over the AMG GT3 '20 (0.02s!). Is it just that the Genesis X was the favoured car by such a margin or because it's genuinely that much faster on average? Out of interest, where did the top-finishing 650S and AMG GT3 finish in the global rankings?

 

[PlanetJanet]

This is a car just begging for a cool DTM livery, what's all this plain black I see?

 

[Vule]

Ugh... I'm really really not liking this combo, I don't know why, just doesnt sit well somehow... I hope this will be enough for gold, I don't think I'm gonna chase this even though it just started...

 

[Fezzik]

This is a car just begging for a cool DTM livery, what's all this plain black I see?

Unfortunately PD have used their usual logic and set up an event with a car we can't currently buy (don't think it''ll be available until April) to add a livery.

 

[PlanetJanet]

Unfortunately PD have used their usual logic and set up an event with a car we can't currently buy (don't think it''ll be available until April) to add a livery.

I assumed everyone would have one by now, they're not expensive!

 

[half_sourly]

Crazy to see how much faster the Genesis X is over the McLaren 650S (1.5s!) versus the McLaren over the AMG GT3 '20 (0.02s!). Is it just that the Genesis X was the favoured car by such a margin or because it's genuinely that much faster on average? Out of interest, where did the top-finishing 650S and AMG GT3 finish in the global rankings?

I suspect it is was a self-fulfilling prophecy with the Genesis X having a slight margin, thus used by quick players, thus bringing down its average time, while slow/ casual players just pick their favourite car (likely not the Genesis X), meaning the X does not suffer too much from slower players using it.

First McLaren 650 S at that time was 11th; first AMG 49th.

 

[OldandSlow]

This is going very well!

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Looks like another Joey Chitwood move. Love it.

 

[SPL170db]

Did a handful or so of laps this morning and was able to get in there, but only just.

 

[D-Mind]

This is going very well!

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This is amazing 😂 looks like a fun TT, Gonna Give it a spin tomorrow morning.

 

[Lomic]

while slow/ casual players just pick their favourite car (likely not the Genesis X), meaning the X does not suffer too much from slower players using it

 

[NuttyClown]

Hello, I'm new to gtplanet. I use dualsense and automatic transmission.