Time Trial Discussion

[Lomic]

I think you're confusing me with @Barareklam 😅
I'm using a 8nm wheel and trying to go through that perfect line is making me tense up, hence the forearm pump 😂

ah yes, sorry !

 

[PMK]

Ah yes, Try, my favourite type of oval.

 

[Eggstor]

The only thing that's really tough is the force feedback on high-powered wheels. A few laps with the TGT2 got my hands tingling. I did manage to get down to just a couple ticks over 35.7, though I had a mid-35.6 lap invalidated at the line.

For some "not human" players, every TT is gold, and if possible in the Top 100. And they'll fight each others here, like they do on all others TTs.

For some players, gold isn't possible on every TT. Sometimes, it's one time on two. Like many others here, I'm in this category. I'll do my best, I'll grab that easy cash and I'll play without complaining.

But for some others players, simply getting silver is already a real challenge, and sometimes it's simply impossible to them. We all trend to forgot that but there are so many players with different skill levels. No, we are not all talented, no, we are not all fast, and no, we are not equals.

So even if you find this TT stupidly too easy/pointless, let's keep in mind that's a kind reward and a kind way to encourage those who struggle to usually get silver and can't even dream about gold.

🙏

The good news is silver is still the usual 5.0% above the fastest time and still pays the usual 1,000,000 Cr. I could use that after spending 3 weeks of the last 4 mired in bronze territory.

I think it is exactly that - a combo 'gift'/ April's Fool. Fair play to them; can't accuse them of not providing variety.

Not so pleased about the change in medal cut-offs; all sorts of opportunities to screw up my scoreboard spreadsheets...

And that's the bad news. I'm anticipating my current WR+0.50% time to not be anywhere near the percentile my just-finalized time around Sarthe was, even though that one was well off the usual gold standard of WR+3.0%.

 

[Barareklam]

@Barareklam will be interesting to compare our settings on this one, remember that Tomahawk test 😉

Yeah, we can do that, I am looking forward to come home from work and test new TT. Whole internet is on fire about this try-oval TT.

On the opposite side from Dino TT, well I am guessing but I assume it is qualified guess, that there will not be so much discussion about to turn countersteering on strong or not, on this one haha

Edit: and yes @Tidgney just out of curiosity, how many laps would it take for you to gold Dino TT on gyro? I have seen your video and hear you haven't used controller for a long time, and especially not used motion control. I know many people have hard time to get used to it, so if you are curious and have time to test it, I think it would be interesting not only for me, what do you say?

 

[ZevZoq]

For some "not human" players, every TT is gold, and if possible in the Top 100. And they'll fight each others here, like they do on all others TTs.

For some players, gold isn't possible on every TT. Sometimes, it's one time on two. Like many others here, I'm in this category. I'll do my best, I'll grab that easy cash and I'll play without complaining.

But for some others players, simply getting silver is already a real challenge, and sometimes it's simply impossible to them. We all trend to forgot that but there are so many players with different skill levels. No, we are not all talented, no, we are not all fast, and no, we are not equals.

So even if you find this TT stupidly too easy/pointless, let's keep in mind that's a kind reward and a kind way to encourage those who struggle to usually get silver and can't even dream about gold.

🙏

absolutely true. In the current Dino TT I had a look at the boards online yesterday and basically a little over 100,000 people have posted a time. I'm currently a tenth out of gold at 1.05.922, and I'm ranked about 11,000th overall. So, roughly 90,000 people or 90% have silver or worse. And that's the people who bother to post a time. Gold ain't easy by any means...

Actually I see today it's about 113,000 times posted and I'm at about 13,000. Same point though basically.

 

[P-Courty]

Ah yes, Try, my favourite type of oval.
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Why is the challenge called Try-Oval but the track is called Tri-Oval 🤔

 

[Talon16]

Top 100 probably gonna be like .005" delta

 

[P-Courty]

Tri = three. Like triangle or tricycle. The track has three turns, so it's considered a tri-oval.

I get that bit but why call the challenge "Try" is it a spelling mistake or is it because we all have to 'try' harder to become aliens on this one 👽

 

[Lomic]

2nd stint of 10 laps with the Dino, improved my best a little bit but still 0.7s to enter silver... Gold will be hard on this one for me.

 

[Talon16]

I get that bit but why call the challenge "Try" is it a spelling mistake or is it because we all have to 'try' harder to become aliens on this one 👽

Yea, I misunderstood what you were asking and edited my post but too late apparently.

 

[JasonMcDonald]

Sardegna was a though one for me 1.05.766 close but currently gold 🥇
The Oval what should I say …I follow the yellow line 🙈…stupidly time trail so far .

 

[Famine]

"Try" is it a spelling mistake

Yes. They swapped it out for the correct spelling at about noon UTC.

 

[Interemptor]

Had to capture this because something like that will never ever happen again and will be gone in minutes 🤣

Not my kind of TT. I'm not that precise with the pad. And that car sounds so weird 🙈

 

[Lomic]

And that car sounds so weird 🙈

Always better than a Tesla 😁

 

[Barareklam]

Also I would not be so surprised if we get Suzuka soon, since there will be F1 race there on 7th of next month.

 

[crome]

😂
I don't think this is possible though, at least I haven't found a way to get the threshold info from the API. So the only way would be to hardcode the 1% for this specific event, and then update the plugin every time this happens again. Which would be kind of stupid.

@half_sourly Well, it is kind of stupid, but I did it anyway.

The new version is here as usual.

 

[half_sourly]

@half_sourly Well, it is kind of stupid, but I did it anyway.

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The new version is here as usual.

Good man! Hopefully it will not be a regular thing. The only other one to date with a gold threshold other than 3% was the Olympic one at 1.5%.

 

[ZevZoq]

aww jeez...gold is down to 35.887 now? lol...I'm gonna end up having to spend a couple hours lapping Daytona I guess right aliens?

 

[PlanetJanet]

aww jeez...gold is down to 35.887 now? lol...I'm gonna end up having to spend a couple hours lapping Daytona I guess right aliens?

Surely there's a pretty hard cap to how quickly this can be done, the WR won't change massively. Surely?!

 

[Meythia]

the WR won't change massively. Surely?!

In a very specific voice "and then Hefest has this run."
Requires following Trackmania.

 

[DivitLad]

Hope it's not gonna be abused by folks using a script, finding it hard to keep the line the top time does

 

[MidnightRun85]

@half_sourly Well, it is kind of stupid, but I did it anyway.

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The new version is here as usual.

I'm stunned there's still one player with a bronze time.

 

[Chris30]

I clocked a 1'08.541 in the Dino a couple hours ago, I uploaded a video so it may take a few minutes. I would like to post it and see what you guys think, it's an MT run also.

The oval is my friend now, I think it's gonna earn me an extra 2M instantly!!

 

[MidnightRun85]

I was thinking of leaving the Daytona TT until next week, but then I remembered that if you post a time first, the next person to post the same time is placed behind you. With such tight margins there will be thousands of people recording the same times as other people... So I'll definitely get a banker in tonight so I'm at least in the ballpark and with a little luck holding a gold and reasonable position.

It would be lame to have a gold time but rank 88,986th...

 

[Chris30]

I wonder if the top time will have some ties. It's like basketball, where at the end of the game both teams have a score of 45 points meaning that it's a tie.

 

[Famine]

I wonder if the top time will have some ties. It's like basketball, where at the end of the game both teams have a score of 45 points meaning that it's a tie.

No, for the reasons stated in the post directly above yours.

 

[SPL170db]

Not exactly thrilled with this choice of TT. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Chris30]

Well the bad thing is we're stuck with it for 14 days.

 

[skydragon49]

I wonder if PD is trying (on purpose) something different with this TT.

Maybe trying to spark a leaderboard position fight, instead of the regular percentage challenge?

But given how bad PD is at decision making when it comes to game design, I'd say it is not the case. 😂

 

[half_sourly]

I was thinking of leaving the Daytona TT until next week, but then I remembered that if you post a time first, the next person to post the same time is placed behind you. With such tight margins there will be thousands of people recording the same times as other people... So I'll definitely get a banker in tonight so I'm at least in the ballpark and with a little luck holding a gold and reasonable position.

It would be lame to have a gold time but rank 88,986th...

Even on day 1 it is hurting; best get that time in.