Time Trial Discussion

[Fezzik]

Don't you need to update that title? It's 2x rewards.

 

[NevilleNobody]

I've always been bog slow at Willow and I knew this car would be hell to drive. It's so weird, the steering is just odd, like there's a HUGE deadzone then it over reacts.

Won't give this much time I think, just seems joyless.

 

[sdi_03]

Well. I like the Escudo willow combo.
Just be really careful with brakes 😄

1:01.596. Will definetly try to improve this later next week. 👍

 

[snc]

Don't you need to update that title? It's 2x rewards.

Im not the creator of these tutorials and far from the pace ;d Yeah according to blog its 4m cr but for now its still displalying 2m in game tt.

 

[bianconiglio]

1:02.580 with DS5 AT in a few laps.
This trial seems pretty kind to automatic drivers

 

[kowalski__1]

Ok,i'm getting the hang of it, 1:02.687,don't brake on the last corner,😂

 

[Dolph Drago]

I won't try the new time trial until tomorrow or Saturday at the earliest. I'm like some of the others. I don't really care for Willow Springs. I THINK much of that may be due to the surroundings. Dirt and dead grass just make the track so unappealing. If it was surrounded by forest, I may like it more. But unless they add some green things there in real life, it is what it is.

I hate the final corner, too. When do you brake? Where do you turn in? Will you make it onto the front straight or slide off? If you are in a race with tire wear, how much do you kill your tires taking the corner too hard? I swear I never take the corner the same way two laps in a row. And it's not for lack of trying.

I also have not driven the Escudo yet. I missed the first time trial (at another track I don't like). I'm interested to see how it handles.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

I also have not driven the Escudo yet. I missed the first time trial (at another track I don't like). I'm interested to see how it handles.

Totally different, imho. The tires...

 

[GTboyz]

Just tried the combo in the 25th Anniversary race. Really brought my mood down from trying it lol I hate this combo.

 

[zjn]

I THINK much of that may be due to the surroundings.

Sky color changes are indeed amazing. I saw them in the 25th anniverary race, even though I'm not sure it happens in the TT.

 

[Gomario JSP]

Ohboy, that Escudo is a real handfull on Willow, first session for the TT brought me a 1:03,3 so that need some work, i watched the fastest replay, i think i loose a second in the first corner already lol.
this dude janks it with boost in 5th gear so I need to uppen my RPM's in first corner cause i'm in 4th
so i have learned 2 things this morning....

Turbolag & Easy on the brakes

 

[zjn]

I like this challenge, but it's an hard one to me. I have to study a lot, right now I'm too random quite everywhere.
Sitting now at about 108%

I'm particulary struggling at
T1, lot of rear snaps. Most of the times I cannot avoid, but can handle (on loose preciuos time)
T2, see T9 but with less impact
T4, I get @@# here, it looks to me that someone changes the track every time I pass there and the next lap it's a different turn. Really need to figure out the racing line, braking point, turning point. At least....
T9, cannot touch brakes, 9 out of 10 I mess up (spin, to slow, to fast, in the sand outside). I find here earies to just lift

Good news: main straght, I'm quite good 😖

 

[Vule]

I actually don't know if it would be possible to find something worse than the Willow - Escudo combo. The car handles like I'm driving in Need For Speed, totaly artificial and arcade like, and I hate this track so much, the curbes, the endless corners with no apexes or clear braking points, the fricking desert all around, the bumps, the angles, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Either way, I got a 1:03.1 last night, only tenth of the gold time, so I will try again and I will get the gold

 

[Leon Kowalski]

I'm so far off the pace on this one, I must be doing something fundamentally wrong. But I have no idea what it is.

 

[Fezzik]

I'm so far off the pace on this one, I must be doing something fundamentally wrong. But I have no idea what it is.

In my case it is just considering pressing the brake. Apparently the rule for this one is a McRaeism - if in doubt, flat out.

 

[MidnightRun85]

So I had a go at this one last night. I put in about 10 laps or so, with a couple of resets. Managed to get my time down to 1:03.8XX, which isn't a bad start! I found this car is extremely sensitive to braking in anything other than a straight line - any sort of angle and that huge rear wing tries to overtake you rather aggressively! Had to rethink my braking points and go for a much more "brake early" tactic, riding the throttle through the corners and not giving it the full beans until I know it's not going to slingshot me off into the desert! I think with a bit more effort I might be able to knock off enough for a gold time. Hopefully!

 

[tALEz]

Don't fancy the combo of this car + track either.
Did a 1:02.765 just to be done with it. Used AT and turned some assists on too for this. 😜

Hopefully it stands for gold.

 

[zaxs]

This combo is brutal, unforgiving track and monster of car!

So far I made it to post 1:03.611

Not sure can I get gold here.
But I'll try for sure.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Strange. I couldn't get anything going here, being stuck at almost 6%. Then one freak lap, and I'm suddenly at 3.7%, and gold is only half a second away...🤯

 

[Vule]

Similar here, I take every single corner perfectly, but on separate laps... Not a chance to connect one ideal lap without a single mistake, but I will continue to push tonight

 

[kowalski__1]

I can only assume alot of people haven't done this TT yet with World Cup and US thanksgiving because i'm sitting way to near the top,currently 307th with a new pb 1:02.229,

 

[zjn]

as far as you understand, is this car the exact same of the one proposed in the annyversary 1M race, or BOP / other stuff make them two different cars?

just asking because I was easily faster on the race than on the TT

 

[Fezzik]

Watching the pros doing this combo is a humbling experience.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Sooo... this went better than I expected after a weirdly humiliating first try. Watched a Top10 replay, realized how these guys handle T2 and the final entry onto the home straight, and whoohoo, after less than ten laps I was down to 1:02:5, 2.3%, somewhere in the Top 800ths.

 

[Dolph Drago]

1:03.083 for my first try. As usual, automatic transmission to get a feel for the combo. Turbo lag is hurting me. I watched the videos posted in the thread and will try to replicate with manual next time. Easier said than done. They are changing gears left and right which is going to be tough to memorize.

I about pooped my pants the very first turn with a sudden snap of oversteer. But those racing softs are amazing at allowing you to collect the car without crashing. It scares me how fast the aliens are. Gold may be tougher with this combo.

 

[Vule]

Either way, I got a 1:03.1 last night, only tenth of the gold time, so I will try again and I will get the gold

Here we go, I hope this will be enough, I just can't connect the perfect lap, as I'm watching the video I can see at least half a second lost here and there, but...

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Gold may be tougher with this combo.

You're not far away with that time. Keep pushing! For us senior citizens!🤣

 

[kowalski__1]

Well,people must be getting home from Thanksgiving,the gold time has dropped to 1:02.801 and the top time is now under 1:01,

 

[Blayney]

Well I went gold. I still hate the track. Know it a bit better. Still hate it. Sorry. Not sure I'll be putting 500 miles+ into this one!

 

[WRP001]

Happy with this lap. Could probably push to top 100 but will get bumped soon enough anyway so this should be good for gold.