GT7 Online Time Trial/Lap Time Challenge Discussion

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Road car on sports tyres, that's my bread and butter.

This car is quite the challenge to get right, particularly around such a technical track as Suzuka. The rear end is incredibly loose under braking which makes T1 in particular a bit sketchy, but once you understand how to control it, you can use the looseness to help point the car at corner exit. Being AWD also helps pull you out of any slides without too much trouble.

There's another 2 tenths to find in the optimum here, but I'll leave that for now. Got too nervous through the final 2 sectors because I could see I was up by 2 tenths on a .592. Missed my braking point for the hairpin, slightly slow through Spoon and then didn't take the final chicane optimally.

Happy to be in the top 100 for the second time this year.

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Onto the MX-5 at Road Atlanta, which I'm happy to see is at sunset instead of midday again.
 
Been away for a few weeks, jumped on last night and saw these two TT. I thought they looked decent and may suit me and I was right. Managed gold in both, the Mazda within 4 laps, the Celica was tougher as it is so sketchy under brakes but 10 laps in managed a low 29 so that should hold.

The Mazda is a real joy to drive and is well suited to Road Atlanta, fun combo, best in ages TBH.
 
one last go at Suzuka… although the grind was real I’m going to miss this one, surprisingly fun given the ingredients! I was desperate to get a world top 10 finish as I gelled with this one but it ended up being harder than I imagined, managed to nail the perfect first three sectors and then the last sector was bang average.. but hopefully enough! Just a couple of thousands and it would have been 6th… c’est la vie!

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EDIT: oh and thank you @ADAM18 for the ghost to chase! What a beauty of a lap that was 🫡
 
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Since I apparently hate myself - but moreso probably due to the beer pairing tonight - I went back at Suzuka.

Did I get into the 2:26s? Of course not! Apparently my version of the vehicle and track simply will not allow me. But I did at least find another tenth, down to a 2:26.173, so I guess at least I got closer (Sorry @NicoGmbh 😅).

Optimum was a 2:26.806, so of course that wasn't possible to ever get on one lap unless I almost did, and the car screwed me yet again.

Oh well, it's as good as it's gonna get without me A) staying up for another hour, B) screaming random obscenities at my television and C) mentally destroying myself. The beer is helping me not care as much as I usually would, so therefore beer is clearly a health beverage! 😂
 
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@MP81

Like me, you dreamed very strongly about joining the club. 26.XXX.

Your self-suggestion even leads you to write 2.26.173 instead of . 27.173 😂

On my side, maybe because of a lower driving time or distracted by the finalization of my rig while waiting for my RS Shifter + RS Handbrake (I reassure myself as much as I can 😂), I didn’t manage to find the flow reached with the Subaru in Sardinia.

I had a lot of trouble finding consistency for several turns and Suzuka does not forgive any approximation.

I had an optimum. 26,700, so in the end, it will have been very tight for us.

Congratulations on your final effort and a special mention to @Dan_Tes ... what fluidity in your ultimate replay 🤩
 
Dan_Tes
one last go at Suzuka… although the grind was real I’m going to miss this one, surprisingly fun given the ingredients! I was desperate to get a world top 10 finish as I gelled with this one but it ended up being harder than I imagined, managed to nail the perfect first three sectors and then the last sector was bang average.. but hopefully enough! Just a couple of thousands and it would have been 6th… c’est la vie!

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EDIT: oh and thank you @ADAM18 for the ghost to chase! What a beauty of a lap that was 🫡
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Congrats, great lap and result at the board. 💪

I had to much trouble through S1 and S2, never got them right at the same lap. So no 2:25 for me, the few better attempts untill S3 were messed up through the final sector. 🥲
Couldn't even motivate myself for a final session yesterday, because i knew i'm going to screw it anyway. 😂
 
Been posting these on Reddit, maybe they're of use here as well.

Toyota Crown Athlete G '13

Graph/revbar visualization
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Revlimit of 7000 RPM, revbar 5525 - 6435 RPM when stock.

Summary:
Rev it out. As close to 7000 RPM as you dare. Shifts are fast and target is revlimit, so upshift instead of holding gears.

Assumptions as always: Stock or BoP, full throttle, not grip limited, instantaneous shifts.
 
Sure ...another reverse.... why.... just why.....a track is designed for one way right?

Can you imagine the FIA during the driversmeeting " yeah folks , welcome to Suzuka, slight change, we are running it backwards this weekend "

God i hate it when they do this
 
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I realise I should've given this one a second session as it was pretty cool to drive but alas, only managed to find time for the one attempt. Unfortunately I completely botched Casio Triangle but the rest was pretty alright.
Dan_Tes
one last go at Suzuka… although the grind was real I’m going to miss this one, surprisingly fun given the ingredients! I was desperate to get a world top 10 finish as I gelled with this one but it ended up being harder than I imagined, managed to nail the perfect first three sectors and then the last sector was bang average.. but hopefully enough! Just a couple of thousands and it would have been 6th… c’est la vie!

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EDIT: oh and thank you @ADAM18 for the ghost to chase! What a beauty of a lap that was 🫡
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Goddamn, man. Well done.
 
Gomario JSP
Sure ...another reverse.... why.... just why.....a track is designed for one way right?

Can you imagine the FIA during the driversmeeting " yeah folks , welcome to Suzuka, slight change, we are running it backwards this weekend "

God i hate it when they do this
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There are a few examples of real racing tracks being reversed. The most recent one I can think of is Misano.
 
Vule
It's actually a fun layout in reverse, I did two daily races last night, it takes some getting used to but it flows nicely when you get out of sector 1.
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"it flows nicely" sounds good, i am curious, i'll report back if my brains is on the same page with yours :lol:
Buckethead75
There are a few examples of real racing tracks being reversed. The most recent one I can think of is Misano.
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Yeah true, i know and maby i am yelling to soon :lol: i am going to try my best like always ofcourse :lol:
Beautiful track btw Misano!, didn't knew it
 
I don't mind fictional tracks being reversed but Nordschleife reverse would obviously never work in real life because of the gaps in the barriers. So that is kind of a dumb track imo that I am not motivated to learn. Shouldn't have been added.
 
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Gomario JSP
Sure ...another reverse.... why.... just why.....a track is designed for one way right?

Can you imagine the FIA during the driversmeeting " yeah folks , welcome to Suzuka, slight change, we are running it backwards this weekend "

God i hate it when they do this
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Its a decent variant, only sector 1 is somewhat complicated due to the lack of any proper braking markers.

So for turn 1. I judge a gap between a post and the little red marshall (thanks mate for being there and not moving as I drove 50 miles).

Turn 2 (excluding the actual turn 2), just before a set of trees. Turn 3 is just after a little darker fence post.

Pretty easy to make up your own braking point for everything else.
 
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Set myself a goal: Get a time good enough for bronze, then push for gold. Ended up exceeding that goal after 6 laps with a 2:30.3 ( Which got me Silver) and then it only took one lap to get gold. And now for the first time in the game, I am up to 50,000,000 credits
 
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Except... it does:
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Ok rally drivers drive everywhere, between trees, rocks, everything. But you can't do a serious race on this reverse layout. Look at the gap at 1:25 for example.

But yeah I understand you can do everything you want on a videogame.
 
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Metalgear9493
Its a decent variant, only sector 1 is somewhat complicated due to the lack of any proper braking markers.

So for turn 1. I judge a gap between a post and the little red marshall (thanks mate for being there and not moving as I drove 50 miles).

Turn 2 (excluding the actual turn 2), just before a set of trees. Turn 3 is just after a little darker fence post.

Pretty easy to make up your own braking point for everything else.
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So it seems this variant gets some love, thats good news,
Thanks for the tips, i'll yeet the crap out of it tonight on my regular remote style session on the couch next to the wife watching "the rookie" ;) :lol: :bowdown:

And uuh,.... nice start :)
 
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The results for TT195 at Suzuka Circuit in the Toyota Celica GT-FOUR (ST205) '94 are over here. I have updated the opening post with the index of all TTs and the second post with the community scoreboards. A reminder that each driver's results for every TT are in the Excel file attached to the latest results post.

Here are some interim statistics for TT196 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in the Mazda Roadster Touring Car.

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I'm really disappointed with reverse layout, that shouldn't exist for any track!

They had fantastic streak with great combos and now it's over.
 

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