Time Trial Discussion

[Nebuc72]

This would be so much better if it was pouring rain.

It would be better if it was anything else!

 

[BWX]

Yup...it means exactly that...31 in the US.

However........Not to rain on your result, but US really lack some fast aliens. If you make it into the top 200s, there is a good chance you are top 5 in the country. Most of the time there are only 1 or 2 people in the top 100 🫣

As a country with so many players....we are pretty damn slow. Maybe that's why our European friends keep saying the Americans only know how to drive high HP cars in a straight line 🤧

That's crazy! There was a lot of lead in our paint and gas for a very long time.. that didn't help with how "quick" we all are, on average anyways. LOL
Or maybe not that many people actually care about it, who knows. It's depressing though either way.

 

[2cam16]

Much as I love Le Mans, not a fan of the Veyron but I'll give it a shot.

 

[half_sourly]

But we go REALLY fast in a straight line. 👍👍

And you're pretty good at turning left, and turning left again, and then turning left.

 

[Tidgney]

As my VPN has just failed and waiting for it to restart I thought I'd share this picture. I needed some money on my other accounts (TCR for fun racing, Tidgney is the Car Profile Account) so jumped on to each and managed to get a podium! Never done that before, and something you don't see to often, good productive lunch hour haha.

 

[Fezzik]

The aliens are cloning themselves now

 

[Talon16]

He's got the cheat code.

 

[GlockPants]

And you're pretty good at turning left, and turning left again, and then turning left.

Note: mild language warning

 

[zaxs]

Now this changes my point of view and target

 

[crome]

As a country with so many players....we are pretty damn slow. Maybe that's why our European friends keep saying the Americans only know how to drive high HP cars in a straight line 🤧

@half_sourly do you think what I am thinking?

 

[Steer]

As my VPN has just failed and waiting for it to restart I thought I'd share this picture. I needed some money on my other accounts (TCR for fun racing, Tidgney is the Car Profile Account) so jumped on to each and managed to get a podium! Never done that before, and something you don't see to often, good productive lunch hour haha.

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I was getting quite excited first thing this morning when I was actually faster than your ghost exiting the Mulsanne corner. By the time I had finished my self congratulations, and checked the leader board you had gone another 2 seconds quicker than the ghost I was following. Oh well, any illusion I had of becoming an alien quickly passed!

I quite like this combination and don't know why others are down on it.

 

[Pesselles]

This is outrageous, this is not acceptable, this is way too much, this is...

.... hilarous

Really dunno if I'll be able to get gold here, as this circuit is really demanding in term of concentration on every instant.
Sure, a Gr.4 car is a bit more easier to drive, way more than any Gr. 1 (908, R18, TS050, etc) but still, it's a very challenging combo.

First step: find an appropriate livery

 

[Touring Mars]

First step: find an appropriate livery

Yes, I can confirm that the blue version of the car is about 10s slower than the orange one.

Also, my medal for this TT has changed colour already, and I'm not sure it will change back.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

The results for TT67 are over here.

I've also updated the opening post with the index of TTs and the second post with the community leader boards (or will soon - work is getting in the way...).

Interim Results for TT68 at Red Bull Ring in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR GSR '06.


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Spoiler: GTP Leaderboard

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Spoiler: 0.1second increments

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Amazing - thanks @half_sourly! There are 19 of us here in the top 500 - crazy how this forum drives the competition 🔥

 

[Pesselles]

Yes, I can confirm that the blue version of the car is about 10s slower than the orange one.

Also, my medal for this TT has changed colour already, and I'm not sure it will change back.

I'm not a big fan of the orange (a bit "déjà vu") on a Bugatti, even if apparently, it's a very fast color.
I'm not surprised at all for the standard blue, which is always a disappointing color speaking about perfs.
That color parameter should be added in the @half_sourly data.

I sympathize with this involuntary change for your medal, brother scot but it may continue with the others aliens...

 

[MidnightRun85]

Yes, I can confirm that the blue version of the car is about 10s slower than the orange one.

Oh man, really? I started making a custom livery for mine, but it's a satin blue chrome... 10s is a lot to lose around here!

 

[jrbabbitt]

I have a good suggestion, I would like to see PD add a buzzer tone to when you break track limits, mainly because when i go about trying to do a good lap and when i bust a track limit the numbers go red and i will finish out the lap, i do not hit restart as it upsets my methods, and when my numbers are red and if i was to bust another track limit i would never know. If there was a buzzer sound associated with the track limits and you continue on you will hear it when you break another therefore alerting you about THAT violation.

 

[Touring Mars]

I have a good suggestion, I would like to see PD add a buzzer tone to when you break track limits, mainly because when i go about trying to do a good lap and when i bust a track limit the numbers go red and i will finish out the lap, i do not hit restart as it upsets my methods, and when my numbers are red and if i was to bust another track limit i would never know. If there was a buzzer sound associated with the track limits and you continue on you will hear it when you break another therefore alerting you about THAT violation.

Yes, this is a great idea - I was thinking the same thing this morning, and it would be especially useful when the lap / lap time is longer.

The right-hand kink before Indianapolis got me a couple of times today already - I checked the replay and I had two tyres on the rumble strip and two on the tarmac, but the faint, broken white line beyond the rumble strip is beyond the edge of the rumble strip and is apparently where the track limit is there. At least the track limits are not as bad at Le Sarthe as they were in GT Sport, though.

 

[Pesselles]

... I started making a custom livery for mine ...

Just for intellectual curiosity, may I ask you a file of your custom livery, please?
I'm absolutely not a creative person but just curious to see how it's done.
No problem at all if you don't or can't, it's not mandatory of course

 

[Famine]

I have a good suggestion, I would like to see PD add a buzzer tone to when you break track limits, mainly because when i go about trying to do a good lap and when i bust a track limit the numbers go red and i will finish out the lap, i do not hit restart as it upsets my methods, and when my numbers are red and if i was to bust another track limit i would never know. If there was a buzzer sound associated with the track limits and you continue on you will hear it when you break another therefore alerting you about THAT violation.

Yes, this is a great idea - I was thinking the same thing this morning, and it would be especially useful when the lap / lap time is longer.

The right-hand kink before Indianapolis got me a couple of times today already - I checked the replay and I had two tyres on the rumble strip and two on the tarmac, but the faint, broken white line beyond the rumble strip is beyond the edge of the rumble strip and is apparently where the track limit is there. At least the track limits are not as bad at Le Sarthe as they were in GT Sport, though.

One thing I very much like about Forza Motorsport is the AR track limits graphic. It would help GT tremendously, especially given the sometimes vague limits, and it's not like they haven't been in the game before...

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Managed to slip under 4:20, heh. This one is weird. It's godly slow and understeers like a dog. You really need to brake and flick it into some of the corners otherwise you're heading for a red lap.

Where is everyone shifting? I've noticed it's fast to shift at 3/4 red bar rather than full red bar.

 

[Lomic]

Really dunno if I'll be able to get gold here, as this circuit is really demanding in term of concentration on every instant.

Not so much on long straights and flatout sections, you need to concentrate on 1/3 of the track I'd say, and not fall asleep on the other 2/3 🤣

 

[half_sourly]

@half_sourly do you think what I am thinking?

There is a good chance. Something like this?

 

[Lomic]

There is a good chance. Something like this?

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[snc]

 

[half_sourly]

I though Malta was just red and white?

 

[Lomic]

I though Malta was just red and white?

I don't even know how to read the graph 🤣

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Thanks for this. You've answered my question above about when to shift gears. You'll find more time as I think you can abuse track limits far more than you did here! Good luck 👍🏻

 

[snc]

Thanks for this. You've answered my question above about when to shift gears. You'll find more time as I think you can abuse track limits far more than you did here! Good luck 👍🏻

thx to @Mistah_MCA

 

[GlockPants]

I hit up both TT's today. I still have a bit of work to do.

RBR is just barely into Gold. But I've not studied any guides yet. Many, many invalidated laps.

At Le Mans, I ran out of time before I could really set a fast lap. First time driving this car, so maybe there are some tricks I'm missing.