Time Trial Discussion

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My current progress in meme form:

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The Green Hell givith and the Green He’ll taketh and today it it was all taketh. Since I’m reasonably comfortable that my silver will hold and gold is a foolish dream for me I’ve decided to just try out cars I haven’t really driven. It’s been fun - in the clinch fist anger kind of way lol.

NSX - very fun and planted, brakes amazing, turns in well enough but not the greatest acceleration but nice top speed.
Peugeot VGT - skip this guy
Citroen VGT - potential is there but lacking
AR 4c - such a fun car! Think I was on my way to a new PB but couldn’t string a lap together and ran out of time. Great handling, less understeer than RSR, better acceleration and grip and hit 172 on the straight. Plus I found an amazing livery for it!

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I had 20 minutes this morning and managed to get a lap in. Really starting to gel with the 650S now but a few mistakes cost me a great time! Still made an improvement and staying inside that gold limit; Looking at the WR times there are still a few mistakes/missed apexes there so I reckon they could push the time down another 1-2 seconds. A lot of fun though just stressful! Made a youtube video, definitely worth going TC1 for me! 8:16.043, sub 8:15 definitely on the radar but we shall see!



EDIT: another two laps and I’m down to 8:15.340. I’m going away this weekend which is a shame because I’m LOVING this trial! Shame it’s not RM tyres as that combo would be perfect IMO, RH too understeery on corner entry. Might upload this lap to ‘tube instead as it’s a nicer lap. Room for improvement as always but almost every lap is a PB!

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I highly recommend the 650S to anyone, very agile and excellent body control; rides the kerbs very well and TC1 keeps it well behaved too!
 

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I....can't...feel...my....left....leg.....

Trying to do better time at Nurburgring with my new steering wheel but only managed a 8:26 so far. I can definitely match my controller time but I keep crashing at place where I normally wouldn't even imagine with a controller :boggled: But on those corners where I have trouble with the DS5...I'm doing way better with the wheel. I think I will let me left leg rest a bit before trying again later.
 
IngRobNy
Why is the time changing?! I was very close to silver on Nür (only 0,300 something), but now I'm over a second behind, same happend to another time trial, I had silver, but suddenly I only had bronze.
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All medals are based off the fastest time (103%, 105%, & 110% typically for gold, silver, and bronze respectfully). If the fastest time changes, so do all the required times for medals.
 
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Nurburgring 24h - days 3 and 4.

After brief pause for adult matters I went back to this TT.
Decided to try some other cars to see if something tickles my fancy.

Genesis X GR3 - quick but snappy, too much risk
Corvette C7 Gr.3 - bit more stable, but the rear still nervous on the exits, need to lift too much
GR Supra RC '18 (at the beginning I tried GT500 '97 thinking it is the most used meta because it is THE Supra for me) - no, I wanna live

Finally thought to myself that FR cars are too nervous for my directional buttons/X+O driving and looked over for some MR car.
Decided to go with the Peugeot RCZ Gr.3 and stuck with it for the rest of my tries.
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This car is so planted and it somehow allows me to open gas very early on exits, also can be muscled (in few places) to do mini slides that help to improve rotation. Great!
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Well it is great if it weren't for my last PB lap with RSR which was buggy, but still fast and stringing a decent lap was taking like forever. I restart everytime when I go off track or get penalty, because murdering myself with 5-6 minutes of lap before I can get to start a clean one is not my thing.
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The eventual PB lap was fast at first but one ugly (bad braking at Wehrseifen) and few minor mistakes (too much kerb riding) resulted in my ghost to almost catch up, but good drive through Bergwerk and Kesselchen (with speed advantage of the RCZ over RSR) made me gain some space.
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As always, completely catastrophical Karussell (I get either spit out off the line or go too slow and drive inside it) before the fast flowing section which went quite ok. The corner before Small Karussell was bad, but my RSR drive there wasn't good as well, so a draw. Nice exit for the long straight made me gain again and finally a time of 8:22.5.
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Without major errors in any of the corners I can get to low 20, with a bit of luck maybe even under, but that's it. Can't see the gold now.
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Now the real, murderous grind will begin. :mad:

Anyone on the ds4 that aim for silver time should really try the Peugeot RCZ, it's very friendly for unprecise steering inputs and will most likely cut their times substantially or at least give hope to do so.
 
tmtk
Nurburgring 24h - days 3 and 4.

After brief pause for adult matters I went back to this TT.
Decided to try some other cars to see if something tickles my fancy.

Genesis X GR3 - quick but snappy, too much risk
Corvette C7 Gr.3 - bit more stable, but the rear still nervous on the exits, need to lift too much
GR Supra RC '18 (at the beginning I tried GT500 '97 thinking it is the most used meta because it is THE Supra for me) - no, I wanna live

Finally thought to myself that FR cars are too nervous for my directional buttons/X+O driving and looked over for some MR car.
Decided to go with the Peugeot RCZ Gr.3 and stuck with it for the rest of my tries.
View attachment 1257755
This car is so planted and it somehow allows me to open gas very early on exits, also can be muscled (in few places) to do mini slides that help to improve rotation. Great!
View attachment 1257756
Well it is great if it weren't for my last PB lap with RSR which was buggy, but still fast and stringing a decent lap was taking like forever. I restart everytime when I go off track or get penalty, because murdering myself with 5-6 minutes of lap before I can get to start a clean one is not my thing.
View attachment 1257757
The eventual PB lap was fast at first but one ugly (bad braking at Wehrseifen) and few minor mistakes (too much kerb riding) resulted in my ghost to almost catch up, but good drive through Bergwerk and Kesselchen (with speed advantage of the RCZ over RSR) made me gain some space.
View attachment 1257758
As always, completely catastrophical Karussell (I get either spit out off the line or go too slow and drive inside it) before the fast flowing section which went quite ok. The corner before Small Karussell was bad, but my RSR drive there wasn't good as well, so a draw. Nice exit for the long straight made me gain again and finally a time of 8:22.5.
View attachment 1257759
Without major errors in any of the corners I can get to low 20, with a bit of luck maybe even under, but that's it. Can't see the gold now.
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Now the real, murderous grind will begin. :mad:

Anyone on the ds4 that aim for silver time should really try the Peugeot RCZ, it's very friendly for unprecise steering inputs and will most likely cut their times substantially or at least give hope to do so.
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Bravo mon ami !!!!👏👏👏👏. With your DS4 you are in automatic or manual transmission ?
 
Hi everyone,

I've been a long time lurker of the site and been following @half_sourly TT stats (fantastic work and very much appreciated). I've taken particular interest in his stats because I was very proud of the fact that I had gold in all of the TT's, but that came to an end with the Olympic TT. My country Cyprus was not a participant in the event and I was met with an error saying I could not enter. It would make me feel much better if you could put a notice of some kind or separate it from the other TT's due some countries not being allowed to have a go at it.

Thanks again @half_sourly for the effort you take to bring these stats to us 👍
 
tmtk
Nurburgring 24h - days 3 and 4.

After brief pause for adult matters I went back to this TT.
Decided to try some other cars to see if something tickles my fancy.

Genesis X GR3 - quick but snappy, too much risk
Corvette C7 Gr.3 - bit more stable, but the rear still nervous on the exits, need to lift too much
GR Supra RC '18 (at the beginning I tried GT500 '97 thinking it is the most used meta because it is THE Supra for me) - no, I wanna live

Finally thought to myself that FR cars are too nervous for my directional buttons/X+O driving and looked over for some MR car.
Decided to go with the Peugeot RCZ Gr.3 and stuck with it for the rest of my tries.
View attachment 1257755
This car is so planted and it somehow allows me to open gas very early on exits, also can be muscled (in few places) to do mini slides that help to improve rotation. Great!
View attachment 1257756
Well it is great if it weren't for my last PB lap with RSR which was buggy, but still fast and stringing a decent lap was taking like forever. I restart everytime when I go off track or get penalty, because murdering myself with 5-6 minutes of lap before I can get to start a clean one is not my thing.
View attachment 1257757
The eventual PB lap was fast at first but one ugly (bad braking at Wehrseifen) and few minor mistakes (too much kerb riding) resulted in my ghost to almost catch up, but good drive through Bergwerk and Kesselchen (with speed advantage of the RCZ over RSR) made me gain some space.
View attachment 1257758
As always, completely catastrophical Karussell (I get either spit out off the line or go too slow and drive inside it) before the fast flowing section which went quite ok. The corner before Small Karussell was bad, but my RSR drive there wasn't good as well, so a draw. Nice exit for the long straight made me gain again and finally a time of 8:22.5.
View attachment 1257759
Without major errors in any of the corners I can get to low 20, with a bit of luck maybe even under, but that's it. Can't see the gold now.
View attachment 1257760
Now the real, murderous grind will begin. :mad:

Anyone on the ds4 that aim for silver time should really try the Peugeot RCZ, it's very friendly for unprecise steering inputs and will most likely cut their times substantially or at least give hope to do so.
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The two laps I did at Nurb were with the RCZ, it was 8.23
 
Rev9k
Hi everyone,

I've been a long time lurker of the site and been following @half_sourly TT stats (fantastic work and very much appreciated). I've taken particular interest in his stats because I was very proud of the fact that I had gold in all of the TT's, but that came to an end with the Olympic TT. My country Cyprus was not a participant in the event and I was met with an error saying I could not enter. It would make me feel much better if you could put a notice of some kind or separate it from the other TT's due some countries not being allowed to have a go at it.

Thanks again @half_sourly for the effort you take to bring these stats to us 👍
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Oh that's a horrible way to lose your gold streak! That feels entirely unfair.
 
Rev9k
Hi everyone,

I've been a long time lurker of the site and been following @half_sourly TT stats (fantastic work and very much appreciated). I've taken particular interest in his stats because I was very proud of the fact that I had gold in all of the TT's, but that came to an end with the Olympic TT. My country Cyprus was not a participant in the event and I was met with an error saying I could not enter. It would make me feel much better if you could put a notice of some kind or separate it from the other TT's due some countries not being allowed to have a go at it.

Thanks again @half_sourly for the effort you take to bring these stats to us 👍
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Welcome to gtplanet. I didn't realise the Olympic event wasn't open to everyone, that's a shame. However, I wouldn't want to separate the results for that event, mainly because:
  • It would create extra work and with a new event every week now, my plate is pretty full.
  • I'd have to make two of every table or graph in my end-of-event post.
  • It would affect averages, ranks for easiest and most difficult, etc. which for the majority of drivers (all those who could take part in the Olympic TT) would then be 'wrong'.
  • My statistics are not official, just a community service for entertainment and information.
  • If my own experience is anything to go by, that majority that could take part in the Olympic event worked awfully hard for their gold, silver or bronze rewards, so to separate it out would not feel fair on them.
  • For those who could not take part if they wanted a personal results table from me, they can say that they couldn't take part in that TT and I'll exclude it from their table.
And as a final thought, you know what your results have been so I think you can continue to be very proud that you have gold in every TT you took part in. :cheers:
 
Blayney
Oh that's a horrible way to lose your gold streak! That feels entirely unfair.
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Yes, was a real kick in the guts. Don't understand why they did the registration for the event the way they did. They should of done it the regular way they and then if you want to submit your time to the Olympics, then by all means do so. Also missed out on the juicy 4 million payout 😭

half_sourly
Welcome to gtplanet. I didn't realise the Olympic event wasn't open to everyone, that's a shame. However, I wouldn't want to separate the results for that event, mainly because:
  • It would create extra work and with a new event every week now, my plate is pretty full.
  • I'd have to make two of every table or graph in my end-of-event post.
  • It would affect averages, ranks for easiest and most difficult, etc. which for the majority of drivers (all those who could take part in the Olympic TT) would then be 'wrong'.
  • My statistics are not official, just a community service for entertainment and information.
  • If my own experience is anything to go by, that majority that could take part in the Olympic event worked awfully hard for their gold, silver or bronze rewards, so to separate it out would not feel fair on them.
  • For those who could not take part if they wanted a personal results table from me, they can say that they couldn't take part in that TT and I'll exclude it from their table.
And as a final thought, you know what your results have been so I think you can continue to be very proud that you have gold in every TT you took part in. :cheers:
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Thanks for the welcoming @half_sourly. Fully respect the points you make about not wanting to change things, and certainly wouldn't expect you to change how you do things on my behalf. :cheers:
 

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