GT7 Online Time Trial/Lap Time Challenge Discussion

[TheNormsk]

I went back to the Afeela only to see the time trial was about the time out. So I had a good old go at it. I improved my time and got up to 64th on the leaderboard, 10th fastest American. I’m happy.

 

[Gomario JSP]

Morning folks,

Sunday was a lazy day, no early laps around the windmills with the bulgy Suubawuu
But i couldn't let the monday getting started without some proper yeeeting.
Multiple good S1's were thrown at the Germans amoung us but the curse of the S3 was real.
Fastest S1 was a .803 but painfully invalidated on the slow righthander befoe the last corner... where i never invalidate,
split .280 again... that would have been victory

Changed my colour on the board though, that means PB.
With a bad S1 .944 but fought my way back a little in S2 and had a very descent S3.
Lining up for the last corner is so difficult!, little throttle management did the trick...

Still @crome Cromyfied though.... so close, yet......

 

[crome]

@Gomario JSP I don't suppose there's something I can do to divert your attention to the beautiful TT at the HSR?
I don't think my four thousanths lead survives two more morning sessions of yours ... 🤣

Blistering S3 there, I would kill for one of those. I haven't shared my lap yet, but it was a 1:59.388 with a 1:16.256 S2 split, so do the math ... and that was already one of my fastest S3s ever 🙈

 

[Gomario JSP]

@Gomario JSP I don't suppose there's something I can do to divert your attention to the beautiful TT at the HSR?
I don't think my four thousanths lead survives two more morning sessions of yours ... 🤣

Blistering S3 there, I would kill for one of those. I haven't shared my lap yet, but it was a 1:59.388 with a 1:16.256 S2 split, so do the math ... and that was already one of my fastest S3s ever 🙈

Thanks buddy! ,this was my fastest S3 to until now, very hard to nail and lots of dreams have been crushed here
But your .256 split is faster than i have seen on my own screen
so for now.... your still save

And no...... def. no HSR for me

 

[NicoGmbh]

@crome @Gomario JSP

You guys are amazing 💪

Yesterday, I made another attempt to barely save 0.175 seconds.

My best sectors show 59,600, but that’s another story... I really think that once again, I will fail to join the top 100.

At my level, achieving the perfect lap and winning 0.400 to join you, it remains an Everest.

And I am not talking about the drivers who pulverize the barrier of .59.000 !

 

[MP81]

I went back to the Afeela only to see the time trial was about the time out. So I had a good old go at it. I improved my time and got up to 64th on the leaderboard, 10th fastest American. I’m happy.

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Very nice! Wanted to go back at that one, but with my throttle pedal issues...alas, I was unable to. I think I was in the upper one-hundreds last I checked.

 

[Gomario JSP]

@crome @Gomario JSP

You guys are amazing 💪

Yesterday, I made another attempt to barely save 0.175 seconds.

My best sectors show 59,600, but that’s another story... I really think that once again, I will fail to join the top 100.

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At my level, achieving the perfect lap and winning 0.400 to join you, it remains an Everest.

And I am not talking about the drivers who pulverize the barrier of .59.000 !

Thanks mate!

Roaming around in a sub 2 min lap isnt bad buddy!, thats still quick! that deserves some credit! and for what it's worth... getting top 100 on the roadcars is getting harder and harder though, the amount of top players lurking around here is mindblowing and everybody seems to want a piece of the pie, and there ain't enough pie 🤣 and I'm not sure how everybody keeps evolving 🤣

So S3 practice for you it is 😁

You got this!

 

[Lightsider74]

Since the gas pedal was starting to flake again last night, I wanted to swap in the AXC-Sim linear potentiometer for the gas pedal, TruBrake and a new harness.

And I'm glad I did get the harness...because I think this may have been the problem all along.

My next wheel, if I get one, won't be a Logitech. I'm on my 4th at now and had issues with them all. Not straight away after a good few months of heavy use. 3 had pedal issues similar to your problem and one had a paddles fault where occasionally it would do double shift up or down unintentionally.

But what to get instead!?

 

[MP81]

My next wheel, if I get one, won't be a Logitech. I'm on my 4th at now and had issues with them all. Not straight away after a good few months of heavy use. 3 had pedal issues similar to your problem and one had a paddles fault where occasionally it would do double shift up or down unintentionally.

But what to get instead!?

I'd probably stick with Logitech if I replaced, but go straight to the Pro setup, as it should fix any of the common failure points of the G923 (direct drive, load cells/contactless hall-effect sensors, etc). Fantec is obviously out there as well.

I'm not sure what the issue is with this new linear potentiometer - it seems like the scale is off, or it isn't positioned right on the PCB, but I'm waiting to hear back from their customer support on it. If needed (though annoying), I can swap my original potentiometer back in, as I think it was the harness being all mangled, and not the pot itself. But I'm hoping it is a more simple solution...

 

[Lightsider74]

I'd probably stick with Logitech if I replaced, but go straight to the Pro setup, as it should fix any of the common failure points of the G923 (direct drive, load cells/contactless hall-effect sensors, etc). Fantec is obviously out there as well.

I'm not sure what the issue is with this new linear potentiometer - it seems like the scale is off, or it isn't positioned right on the PCB, but I'm waiting to hear back from their customer support on it. If needed (though annoying), I can swap my original potentiometer back in, as I think it was the harness being all mangled, and not the pot itself. But I'm hoping it is a more simple solution...

I've owned an old Fanatec (Porsche Wheel Turbo S) but had issues with that too. It would just disconnect randomly when the car tyres were on the edge of grip esp on long sweeping turns. Replaced the pedals eventually with some CSR Elites and they seemed ok.

Out of all the wheels I've owned the Logitech G25 seemed to be the most reliable. Maybe it's the quality control that's not what it used to be. Logitech customer service seems reasonable too so that's a plus.

 

[TheNormsk]

Since the gas pedal was starting to flake again last night, I wanted to swap in the AXC-Sim linear potentiometer for the gas pedal, TruBrake and a new harness.

My next wheel, if I get one, won't be a Logitech. I'm on my 4th at now and had issues with them all. Not straight away after a good few months of heavy use. 3 had pedal issues similar to your problem and one had a paddles fault where occasionally it would do double shift up or down unintentionally.

I'd probably stick with Logitech if I replaced, but go straight to the Pro setup, as it should fix any of the common failure points of the G923 (direct drive, load cells/contactless hall-effect sensors, etc). Fantec is obviously out there as well.

Not wanting to get off-topic from time trialing, but i'm going off-topic...

I had a Logitech G23 with TruBrake set up. Getting the TruBrake and then properly anchoring my brake pedals to a board significantly improved my driving and propelled me to A rank from mid Bs. However, you still have to deal with the plasticly Logitech products and lack of feel. I ultimately abandoned all of that and got a Fanatec setup. Direct Drive is truly transformative. I'm happy with my 8NM DD with a 330mm RS rim and don't feel compelled to upgrade further on the wheel part. I might replace my pedals (CSL Elite V2) with Podium Pedals when they come out, but wheel is good for now.

If you have the opportunity to do DD, be it Logitech or Fanatec, do it.

 

[MP81]

I've owned an old Fanatec (Porsche Wheel Turbo S) but had issues with that too. It would just disconnect randomly when the car tyres were on the edge of grip esp on long sweeping turns. Replaced the pedals eventually with some CSR Elites and they seemed ok.

Out of all the wheels I've owned the Logitech G25 seemed to be the most reliable. Maybe it's the quality control that's not what it used to be. Logitech customer service seems reasonable too so that's a plus.

I know there's a glitch out there right now with one of the Fantec wheels where it does something different, but similar.

Not wanting to get off-topic from time trialing, but i'm going off-topic...

I had a Logitech G23 with TruBrake set up. Getting the TruBrake and then properly anchoring my brake pedals to a board significantly improved my driving and propelled me to A rank from mid Bs. However, you still have to deal with the plasticly Logitech products and lack of feel. I ultimately abandoned all of that and got a Fanatec setup. Direct Drive is truly transformative. I'm happy with my 8NM DD with a 330mm RS rim and don't feel compelled to upgrade further on the wheel part. I might replace my pedals (CSL Elite V2) with Podium Pedals when they come out, but wheel is good for now.

If you have the opportunity to do DD, be it Logitech or Fanatec, do it.

Yeah, it seems like their Pro line is much more robust in terms of feel. The Pro base has 11Nm of torque, so it's healthy as hell. My pedals are secured to my stand, but my chair is not, so that is the next step, especially with the TruBrake requiring more force overall - gonna have my chair scooting back, and I just lost my Official Chair Location Mitigator (a box with a set of brake pads in it that I finally just installed ), so I'll need to something new to keep me where I want to be in the meantime.

 

[TheNormsk]

a box with a set of brake pads in it that I finally just installed

You don't been brake pads. They just slow you down....

 

[Dragonwhisky]

I know there's a glitch out there right now with one of the Fantec wheels where it does something different, but similar.


Yeah, it seems like their Pro line is much more robust in terms of feel. The Pro base has 11Nm of torque, so it's healthy as hell. My pedals are secured to my stand, but my chair is not, so that is the next step, especially with the TruBrake requiring more force overall - gonna have my chair scooting back, and I just lost my Official Chair Location Mitigator (a box with a set of brake pads in it that I finally just installed ), so I'll need to something new to keep me where I want to be in the meantime.

Is what I used to firm up chair to pedals relations.

 

[LeandroSvSt]

This Camaro is a nice car to drive. Fits perfectly in this track. I want to explore more this car with default tyre, because with RS tyres seems a easy car to drive.