Time Trial Discussion

[Pesselles]

Please update your leaderboard screenshot. I am now ahead if you.

Yeah, I just saw your post when I was posting mine!!!

Congrats Alex, you must be proud of you and I'm really happy for you cause your gold score is trully amazing!

You clearly deserve...

...the Champagne (not Margot ^^)

 

[skydragon49]

Very unconsistent but satisfying morning session at Le Mans.

After +/- tens tries (invalidated laps, crashes, false starts, etc), I've finally managed to complete a decent lap.
My first sector is now acceptable (38.6xx) and I have enough speed to follow @Tidgney 's ass to the first chicane in the Hunaudières. After that, it's another story...

Some points of the circuit are still "delicate" (the entrance of the Esses Porsche because that Bug' don't like to brake in turning, and the finale chicanes where I've probably lost some precisous yellow tenths) but I'm confident now in a possible new color for me.

Anyway, I'm now at +0.2 from gold and I bet the WR won't change a lot. Only very few (pro) players can score such insane time.

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My "Under 10.000th" ranking should be safe till the end The next step is to secure an "Under 5.000th" ranking and possibly with a different colour.

Because sharing is caring, my replay is available:

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Here is my leaderboard with some very famous friendly aliens and lovely humans players:

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Special mention to @KAlex122 @zaxs and @smoothbore12 : honoured to be close to you!


And a friendly wink to @P-Courty when I've opened my 4⭐ticket at the roulette this morning... #SorryNotSorry

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Happy lapping, friends!

Be patient my friend, that's what I kept saying to myself last time I went to LeMans. The track is too looooong and as soon as you get things right the improvement is big.

What worked for me here was "cutting" the corners as much as possible. So much time to be gained exploring track limits.

Be patient my friend, the gold result will come soon.

 

[Pesselles]

Be patient my friend, that's what I kept saying to myself last time I went to LeMans. The track is too looooong and as soon as you get things right the improvement is big.

What worked for me here was "cutting" the corners as much as possible. So much time to be gained exploring track limits.

Be patient my friend, the gold result will come soon.

Obrigado for your kind words and your smart advices, my friend
I know, it's a long circuit (13.6 kms) and many things can happen along the track.

Patience is the key here to be fast, you're absolutely right.

 

[djolliea]

For the VR users - @Evilmuffin , @djolliea - What RPM are you short shifting in the Bug? Earlier people were mentioning shifting halfway up the rev bar, but we have to rely on the poor tach design in the car.

I shift right after the bar has fully passed 6k rpm, which is about halfway up the bar on a flat screen.

 

[KAlex122]

Pesselles, are you doing LeMans with AT or MT? I'm still on AT.

 

[Pesselles]

Pesselles, are you doing LeMans with AT or MT? I'm still on AT.

I'm on AT

 

[Evilmuffin]

I will second @Lomic 's suggestion for the Evo at RBR. There are fewer days to work on it. Maybe get yourself a decent score and then move on early to La Sarthe?

For the VR users - @Evilmuffin , @djolliea - What RPM are you short shifting in the Bug? Earlier people were mentioning shifting halfway up the rev bar, but we have to rely on the poor tach design in the car.

slightly pass 6k rpm 👍

 

[Gomario JSP]

I know the day is early....but will this be another top 100 finish?

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This Amazon delivery bugbear somehow just clicks with me and it errgh...delivers 🤪

That's a decent lap mate, nice!, could well be holding up to the first page!

Looks very stable, and looks like I would get a thousand times invalidation if I ran that wide 🤣🤣

 

[330_D]

I did about 20 minutes last night and got myself a silver. Was NOT feeling it so I stopped.

Drives me nuts when I don't have the time to put in to these things. Usually takes me an hour to find my rhythm on a new TT then I just grind until it's not fun or I find the ceiling. I didn't watch any lap guides until I was in bed last night and I think my biggest problem was that I was revving this torque wagon out too far. I see we are short shifting way lower in the rpms than I was doing. The faster I get the more I realize how important this actually is. It is the same with the Evo. Shift points are crucial.

I've always liked LeMans but it's another where I'm not that fast. Hopefully I can find some time to chisel into gold a little. Cheers all.

 

[P-Courty]

And a friendly wink to @P-Courty when I've opened my 4⭐ticket at the roulette this morning... #SorryNotSorry

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Now that is just disgraceful behaviour 😭😭

Buy one for me 😂

 

[P-Courty]

@Pesselles this is torture now.

I just opened my two 4 star tickets and got carbon brakes for the standard Mazda 3 and 10,000cr.

I opened my 6 star car ticket and there was a Bugatti Veyron right there on the screen and you can guess what happened.... I got another damn Enzo instead 😭

 

[Pesselles]

 

[Jeje6410]

New test today in Le Mans and improve my time with Bugatti Orange 🤣🤣 at 4'20'487 with optimal time at 4'19'986

 

[K1LLD0z3R]

I'm on AT

With AT here it’s going to be shifting way to late and costing you all kinds of time.

 

[zaxs]

New test today in Le Mans and improve my time with Bugatti Orange 🤣🤣 at 4'20'487 with optimal time at 4'19'986
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You have secured gold, congratulations!

 

[Jeje6410]

You have secured gold, congratulations!

Thanks my friend !!!

 

[samsaoule]

the weekend's off to a good start.....

I've just returned to Le Mans with my favourite driver......196 kms and many red laps......grrrr😡
but still a lap in 4' 20.604.......

I briefly passed Jéjé, but he improved at the same time as me: here I am again behind.......normal 😂😂

I even had a lap in 20.2xx almost in the bag, but the sausage at the last chicane sent me into the gravel on the left........re-grrrrrr😡😡

well, now, a good beer and a good time in front of the TV with the MotoGP ....un peu (beaucoup..) moins avec la F1......😂

 

[Pesselles]

the weekend's off to a good start.....

I've just returned to Le Mans with my favourite driver......196 kms and many red laps......grrrr😡
but still a lap in 4' 20.604.......

I briefly passed Jéjé, but he improved at the same time as me: here I am again behind.......normal 😂😂

I even had a lap in 20.2xx almost in the bag, but the sausage at the last chicane sent me into the gravel on the left........re-grrrrrr😡😡

well, now, a good beer and a good time in front of the TV with the MotoGP ....un peu (beaucoup..) moins avec la F1......😂

Wow, another French member in the 4:20 Club... Bravo !!!

 

[Jeje6410]

the weekend's off to a good start.....

I've just returned to Le Mans with my favourite driver......196 kms and many red laps......grrrr😡
but still a lap in 4' 20.604.......

I briefly passed Jéjé, but he improved at the same time as me: here I am again behind.......normal 😂😂

I even had a lap in 20.2xx almost in the bag, but the sausage at the last chicane sent me into the gravel on the left........re-grrrrrr😡😡

well, now, a good beer and a good time in front of the TV with the MotoGP ....un peu (beaucoup..) moins avec la F1......😂

Bravo mon ami 👏👏👏👏

 

[Pesselles]

I can't deny, it was very helpful on Grand Valley....

Now, I'll see if it helps to on le Mans...

Stay tuned!

 

[P-Courty]

Started today with the weekly challenges then hit the Bugatti TT.

Well, after around 20 red laps I managed at 4:20.46* but I dipped a wheel over the curb at Mulsanne and continued to do this many many more times, so it seem you don't have to be near the bollards there, just dipping a right wheel over the curb is invalid 😡

In the end after many more red laps I hit 4:20.971 I know I can improve because I started to chase my PB ghost at 0.5sec ahead of me and I got it in the rear view mirror after the very first chicane only to end up... well you know... Mulsanne 🤬

I also realised that on my PB I slowly shifted down gears, but when braking and quickly shifting down on the following laps I made up so much time on entry and on corner exits.

So I think there is definitely a very low 4:20 or maybe even a 4:19 in there but I don't think I will go back to this unless my not very safe gold turns to silver (or @Pesselles beats me).

 

[Pesselles]

So I think there is definitely a very low 4:20 or maybe even a 4:19 in there but I don't think I will go back to this unless my not very safe gold turns to silver (or @Pesselles beats me).

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First, I'm very happy to see you finally bought your missing Bug... oups sorry for the misunderstanding

Then, I can only congratulate you for your brilliant 4:20 score with an ORANGE Bugatti. I'll have a look at your ghost, with your kind permission

At last, I would never beat a friend. I'm not that kind of guy. I'm loyal, truthful, and French. You can safely take a nap for the next 11 days...

 

[P-Courty]

First, I'm very happy to see you finally bought your missing Bug... oups sorry for the misunderstanding

Then, I can only congratulate you for your brilliant 4:20 score with an ORANGE Bugatti. I'll have a look at your ghost, with your kind permission

At last, I would never beat a friend. I'm not that kind of guy. I'm loyal, truthful, and French. You can safely take a nap for the next 11 days...

I only went for orange with it being the fastest colour, and not even having this Bugatti in my garage either made it limited to colour choice.

My lap is uploaded with the normal gtp gold pcourty tags so you can go chase it.... And only chase it, do not pass it as I really don't want to go back 😂

 

[Touring Mars]

I thought I'd try using the wheel and see if I could improve from my silver 4:24.4xx time.

Very first lap, I managed a 4:25.0xx, so wasn't too optimistic. Next lap was aborted. Lap 2, and I managed to improve with a 4:23.5xx, but I had sussed out several points where I was losing time, and somehow managed to spring a 4:21.460 on my third full lap, which is just inside a gold time.

I honestly was not expecting that, and yes, the car was orange

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Now 4:21.434 😅 Annoyed at myself, though, as I was over 0.6s up on another lap and ran wide at Virage Corvette and killed it

 

[Jeje6410]

The Orange Bugatti is the key !!!!!🤣🤣
Again improve my time with some errors in the S, with time at 4'19'290

 

[smoothbore12]

The Orange Bugatti is the key !!!!!🤣🤣
Again improve my time with some errors in the S, with time at 4'19'290
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Damn, you just reveal the secret " cheating" code, the orange is the key !!!!

Thanks mate , I'll celebrate that like an English man....... but not nesesery in New York.

 

[Pesselles]

I only went for orange with it being the fastest colour, and not even having this Bugatti in my garage either made it limited to colour choice.

My lap is uploaded with the normal gtp gold pcourty tags so you can go chase it.... And only chase it, do not pass it as I really don't want to go back 😂

I'll do my best to follow your Ghost... As fast as possible
Happy napping

 

[P-Courty]

 

[Jeje6410]

Damn, you just reveal the secret " cheating" code, the orange is the key !!!!

Thanks mate , I'll celebrate that like an English man....... but not nesesery in New York.

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Yes it's the key !!! 🤣🤣

 

[330_D]

Yes it's the key !!! 🤣🤣
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I see the alien secret now. Moloko milk.