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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