Time Trial Discussion

[Dolph Drago]

Back to Fuji again today. It took about 10 laps to finally start getting a better understanding of the track/car combo. It felt much better than last night and can be faster.

Of course I had a poor sector 2 compared to my previous laps... I finally got a good run through the final turn for once, though it is still a mystery to me.

Hopefully @Gomario JSP doesn't get too mad...

 

[Interemptor]

Another small improvement and a optimal of 1:33.0 but I can't get another clean and fast lap together. 30+ Laps in one day is enough..Time for a break 😄

 

[zaxs]

In my 400km evening stint, I improved only 12 thousands of second, and now I have exact same time as @Pesselles

If I continue like this, I I'll never get gold, that is with new leader now even further...
Kajracer and company, calm down please!

 

[Pesselles]

When I look at some scores in my leaderboard, I wonder if we all use the same car with the same BoP on the same Fuji...

No improvement for me, despite tens of painful laps, mostly in a range of 1:34.2... to 1:34.8...

The only positive points are those "sub 1:34" optimals...

But currently, I'm still 0.5 sec from gold and I need a full sec to be safe in the yellow territory.
And I really don't see where and when I'll save all these tenths.

 

[BeRSeRKeR_TR]

First try today. Car feels really nice. Last sector is a nightmare though. I'm struggling hard to hit apexes with required speed. Almost a gamble every lap. Do you guys use TCS?

Managed a 1.32.6xx with TCS1

High 31's would be an achievement for me...

 

[Pesselles]

Do you guys use TCS?

I use: TC1 + crucifix + Holy water + a pic of Angela Merkel (like @crome and @Interemptor).
Not very efficient for now but I'll keep pushing.

 

[skydragon49]

I use: TC1 + crucifix + Holy water + a pic of Angela Merkel (like @crome and @Interemptor).
Not very efficient for now but I'll keep pushing.

What a recipe! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What about a glass of a fine french wine and a pic of Eva Green?

Spoiler

 

[Pesselles]

What a recipe! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What about a glass of a fine french wine and a pic of Eva Green?

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Eva is a nice woman but I really don't like the way she kiss... Maybe it's me...

 

[skydragon49]

Eva is a nice woman but I really don't like the way she kiss... Maybe it's me...

But she's French ... 👀

 

[Gogga]

I use: TC1 + crucifix + Holy water + a pic of Angela Merkel (like @crome and @Interemptor).
Not very efficient for now but I'll keep pushing.

 

[Pesselles]

But she's French ... 👀

I understand, you're disappointed like I was.
I've prefer to broke up, she was too possessive....

 

[Fezzik]

When I look at some scores in my leaderboard, I wonder if we all use the same car with the same BoP on the same Fuji...

No improvement for me, despite tens of painful laps, mostly in a range of 1:34.2... to 1:34.8...

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The only positive points are those "sub 1:34" optimals...

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But currently, I'm still 0.5 sec from gold and I need a full sec to be safe in the yellow territory.
And I really don't see where and when I'll save all these tenths.

Got my optimal down to a 33.9 as well, that’s all I have to show for a 45 minute session.

Standard red livery wasn’t working. Need something new, something orange.

 

[Evilmuffin]

Finally a decent lap. I still hate each and every single corner on this track tho

ps LOL 1st sector

 

[Dolph Drago]

Finally a decent lap. I still hate each and every single corner on this track tho

ps LOL 1st sector

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Well, I enjoyed being the top piece of bread in our trio sandwich for a few hours at least. Back to being the meat, albeit by only that .001 margin over @Gomario JSP. I fully expect to be the bottom bread by the time I wake up tomorrow.

 

[tmtk]

Here's further 1.5 hours with the soundtrack of Nikola Tesla's wet dream:

Just when you think "that's it, no more!", you get that nice exit from the corner to overtake your ghost and red lapping it on the blue tarmac, so...

Plan minimum (top 10,000) is done, plan optimum (top 50 of the LB) is still far away...

 

[Interemptor]

Here's further 1.5 hours with the soundtrack of Nikola Tesla's wet dream:

No way you do this with sound on!? That's torture 😂

 

[K1LLD0z3R]

No way you do this with sound on!? That's torture 😂

After driving it I keep looking around for my freshly made popcorn. 😂

 

[Interemptor]

After driving it I keep looking around for my freshly made popcorn. 😂

The disappointment when you find none 💀

 

[330_D]

Better yet. It's starting to feel better for me. Honestly drives like the old GT500 Supra a little bit. That mid range pull to the screaming top end is phenomenal if not really hard to tame. I wish it turned in just a little harder. Of course that would make it even tougher to keep the rear end behind you...

Optimals are consistently .3-4 better than I'm running for every session I've had. I think I'll just keep plugging away until I feel at my limit. Fun car. Fun track when it's fun. Frustrating as can be when it's not working. 😂

 

[K1LLD0z3R]

10 laps at Fuji tonight and it’s a good start.

 

[peniu]

I've been quite silent in the thread lately but I was following it and it is great to see so many people progressing in here! TTs got a bit stale for me and I only set 'safe gold' times slightly over 2% off the top time usually.

Today though, after several months of debating if it's a good idea I got a used Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0, wiped dust off my old G29 laying in the corner and for the first time played GT7 on it, as I never had a good way of setting it in front of my TV. I guess it is time to see if it will be fun enough to justify spending energy on setting it all up before playing. If not then I guess the stand will get 3rd owner .

I fired up GT-One TT for testing, that I set 1:32.767 on a controller before and only got within 1.5 s of it after around 15-20 laps. That will be a steep learning curve 😅. Would you guys have any general tips or settings you use to make the transition a bit easier?

 

[skydragon49]

Session #3 at Fuji, the top time went down a little bit, and so did I. This time with a new (unfinished) livery.

I'm afraid Fuji is where my gold streak ends.

 

[BeRSeRKeR_TR]

@skydragon49 It's too early to give up gold. You can do it mate.

@peniu you are fast with the controller. That means you know what this beast takes to tackle a whole lap. I think it's just rustiness and will come to you naturally. Using fast wheel driver ghosts would be helpful though

 

[Baka_Marimo]

Definitely have a couple more tenths in me, especially after watching the #1 replay and realizing I should be shifting much later. But I won't be touching this TT again, unless my time falls out of gold range. For that to happen, the world record would have to drop to a 1:30.832.

Welp, I kinda saw it coming, so half a day after making this post I went against my word and improved my laptime preventively. I took it down to a 1:33.268 and I am now again sitting just within gold range. I can probably do a 1:32, but that would require one hell of an effort. The world record would need to drop to a 1:30.550 for this new time of mine to fall out of gold range, so let's just hope that doesn't happen

 

[seadog777]

Received Cr 250k for the Dino TT, I'm glad to see the back of that one!
Just into bronze with the new one, lots of work to do but will be travelling a lot next week - there, that's my excuse out of the way. 😇

 

[ScottPuss20]

I got this time just before I went to bed last night. The last sector is tedious and I missed the apex of the second last corner, but getting within 2 seconds of the fastest time isn't terrible.

 

[KAlex122]

0,1% out of gold. I use TC1 as well but also feel like CSA gives me the possibility to accelerate a lot sooner and safer out of corners with that car. Can anybody confirm or is CSA somehow against the good spirit of that challenge?

 

[Pesselles]

Can anybody confirm or is CSA somehow against the good spirit of that challenge?

The rule is simple: CSA is forbidden... if you're faster than me.


(seriously, feel free to use all the options available if it's help you to be faster. As long your score is valid, no shame to have.)

 

[KAlex122]

Ok, I'll wait until you are golden first.

(seriously, i think i won't have focused and not-tired GT-time for the next 6 days)

 

[NicoGmbh]

33.7… absolut pain in the #!?

I doesn’t understand where i can gain something 🤪