Time Trial Discussion

[Dolph Drago]

I know I should've been attecking the TTs....but I just couldn't help 🙈

Good luck getting a clean race bonus in that minefield!

 

[Chris30]

Phew, I broke the barrier and entered silver territory, I will post my video in a few hours, I'm at 2'07.863. I passed about 20,000 drivers in just one super-lap! You'll notice the changes I made when you guys see it tomorrow. I was brave and just floored through all the turns, walls and corners like a beast.

I need another second and a half to reach gold, so I will do my best over the next 3 days. Wish me luck,

I'll have to go even faster and show them walls who's boss!!

 

[Chris30]

Like I promised, here it is. Wow what a huge improvement, and a huge comeback. I was not expecting this and I only ran a total of 16 laps. That tells you how easy and smooth this Ferrari drives on the tarmac. It sticks to the road like glue or paste. I still struggled at the middle section, but I'll work it out. The white diagonal lines help though, I try to trace a line that gives me more speed and exiting from coming out of the corner. Those walls don't scare me!

Well wish me luck, I'm going for the gold if I can, but I think I'm safe for silver this go-round!

 

[Famine]

It's still weird why the Tokyo challenge is only good for a week, and the Eiger one is for a 2-week period? Maybe some time trials have different duration periods each month.

Gran Turismo 7 Online Time Trial: Let's Get Physical

Having shortened the Gran Turismo 7 Online Time Trial schedule to fit around today's 1.49 update, with reworked game physics, Polyphony Digital has posted two new time trials this morning. Online Time Trial events usually run for two weeks, with a new event each week replacing the oldest of the t

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Online Time Trial events usually run for two weeks, with a new event each week replacing the oldest of the two. However, the physics change for the 1.49 update meant that running a time trial across the update would render an entire week’s worth of driving moot and PD opted to bring them both to a close simultaneously.

Two new events are now available, each using new content from the update, with the first one lasting for only one week in order to restore the staggered scheduling.

Lol, damn. What the hell was that, xD. It looked like an earthquake was shaking the ground and all the Samba busses were flying in the air. That blows my mind, may look scary to some people. But not me. i don't feel like attacking the TT's either but I gotta keep going at Tokyo. That was wicked cool to watch, how'd you do those effects like that?

Gran Turismo 7’s New Physics Are Not Entirely Going Well

Although today's Gran Turismo 7 game update, 1.49, has brought in a sweeping set of physics changes that have largely been for the better, it's safe to say that not everything has gone to plan. There's a significant number of clips going round social media that present some exceptionally bizarre

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[Barareklam]

One chase cam replay from Eiger Nordwand TT😊

 

[Chris30]

One chase cam replay from Eiger Nordwand TT😊

Ahhh, you're using the motion sensor setting where you can move the controller without pressing the joystick or directional buttons. Well I'm off to bed. The Eiger track takes a while for me to learn, Sector 3 always gets me and I lose time there. So far I'm in the 1'08.000 club. But it took 10 laps to reach that goal.

I need 7-8 hours of sleep to recharge my brain/mind.

So when did you start using that motion sensor trick? I never did it because I don't feel confident that I will master it,

 

[TumeK5]

@Barareklam has been using the motion steering for a while now, perhaps since the first few TTs.

 

[krazislaw]

First proper runs with new tt's. Eiger was intense! I can lap constantly around 1.04.8xx but finding the rest of gold time was hard. Still having problems with s3. Will come back here if needed

Then comes the ferrari, did some laps, trying to find some limits, found a lot of them hitting some walls . It is enjoyable a lot

 

[Barareklam]

@Barareklam has been using the motion steering for a while now, perhaps since the first few TTs.

Correct, since GT7 come out, day one 😊

 

[BeRSeRKeR_TR]

This is utter pure joy.

 

[Talon16]

Went back into both of these TTs today.

The Ferrari one was still within gold, but by less than a .100" so I didn't feel that was safe at all. Dropped that to a 05.5 so am happy with that. The Ferrari is really fun to drive; the new physics model has done the road cars right, IMO.

I had gold in teh Subaru from the first day, but got bumped out (which I expected to happen) as people learned the physics/track/car. So time to revisit this stupid combo. Not a fan of this whole coming out of a corner and upshift the car into 9th gear. So dumb. Like, why even have 2nd gear, it's worthless on this car. Anyway, this one is not fun to me; more of a chore. But, despite being bumped out of gold I was still close (within .020") close so I figured I could get back in... and eventually I did with a 04.4. Hoping that's safe as I do not want to go back...

 

[BWX]

Been slacking lately... but the more I play, the more I like these new physics.

It's cool that you can be fast using no ABS too. At Eiger I used no aids and no ABS and golded it.
I feel like GT7 now rewards you instead of punishes you with no ABS, at least on some cars/ tracks.
Been playing all the single player races like that too for the past couple days.

I tried no ABS with Ferrari at Tokyo and I can't remember my time exactly but it was silver and even my optimals are not gold so i think I'll switch ABS back on for that one and try again. I know that track like the back of my hand from all the grinding, so I thought it would be easy, but I guess not!

At first I wasn't sure but now I think the new physics / FFB are a huge upgrade. Good job PD! More "sim" and less "arcade".

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edit- LOL GTPlanet won't let me post my vid because it thinks there's a swear word in it! LOL 😆
Never seen that before! I'll post my GT7 playlist link, should be 1st vid in there. 🤷‍♂️
Youtube even put "CUS" in the link. What the heck? Weird! 🤔

See if that link works..

edit- oops uploaded wrong sector chart before.

 

[Evilmuffin]

This F430 TT has to be one of the most white knuckled TT I had done. A 2:03s is possible but might need a miracle lap >.>

 

[P-Courty]

Went back to Tokyo today for a little bit whilst the missus was sleeping off a hang over 😂

Was playing around with settings again getting used to the new physics, lets just say it was interesting....

Slapped a quick clubsport style livery together and went back to it....

Hopefully safe to hold onto gold with such a short TT.

After getting more and more used to it I am enjoying the new physics a lot on motion steering 😁

And then the inevitable happened.... I went back to having fun 🤣

Will have to try out the WRX next weekend.

Happy lapping everyone

 

[Vule]

Finally tried the Scuderia TT, and yes, it's an absolute joy to drive, perfect pairing with the SM tires, glorious sound, amazing car in this BoP setup.

But of course, not a huge fan of the track, I mean the track is good, the flow can be amazing when you nail it, but the walls, oh my, even the slightest brush, not even a scratch on the car, and it's invalidated.

I had one amazing lap where I hooked up almost every corner nicely, 2:03.719, but of course, touched the wall with my ass enough to wipe the dust off the car, and yes, it was red. But at least I know I have it, just need few more attempts in upcoming days to put it all together.

And it's a nice pair of 3s

 

[Blayney]

Completely missed a standard TT for the first time last week...

Back now and put in a small session tonight.

Enjoyed the Ferrari at Tokyo - love that circuit. Got a 2;03.782. Opt of 2;03.5 so not far off.

Impreza I only did a handful of laps - I've not had much success with that but into gold at least.

 

[TumeK5]

Completely missed a standard TT for the first time last week...

Back now and put in a small session tonight.

Enjoyed the Ferrari at Tokyo - love that circuit. Got a 2;03.7

Small session and already 2:03.7? That's rapid!

 

[Blayney]

Small session and already 2:03.7? That's rapid!

I like that track and always do well with road cars on sports tyres - I set that time on lap 16. So around 35 minutes?

 

[VSpec_R]

This looks to be a safe gold. I can finally move from Eiger lol. I will try to improve to a mid 2:03 or better @ Tokyo Expressway.

 

[Chris30]

I like that track and always do well with road cars on sports tyres - I set that time on lap 16. So around 35 minutes?

That's impressive man! My time is 2'07.863 so far so I am in the silver zone. I just sent you a friend request, there were 340 people that had that name, so I hope I sent it to the right one.

@VSpec_R I sent you one too. Maybe we can share each other's replays on a certain TT.

 

[Parenji]

My 65 years old dad is doing good

 

[TumeK5]

my 65 years old dad is doing good

He's still got it, bless him!

 

[Chris30]

My 65 years old dad is doing good

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He's still going strong!! Hope he lives a long time,

My grandpa's 84 and still in good shape. His blood pressure is normal. Tell your dad he's a superb driver in Tokyo.

 

[ZevZoq]

Took another few tenths off my time at Tokyo...

 

[Chris30]

Well guys, I better go, I'm gonna be busy tomorrow, I hope my time at Tokyo holds because if I don't beat the gold time, I still want the silver one.

@ZevZoq hey, I'm not far from your time, I'm at 2'07.863. So I'm exactly 2 seconds off the gold time. Now the task is to find those missing two seconds if I want to strive for the 2M reward.

@Vule that is an impressive time, I'm sure that @half_sourly will honor your time once the rankings and challenge ends. Lol, I need some of your superior skills for this game.

 

[ScottPuss20]

My 65 years old dad is doing good

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My dad would never even think to play a video game, let alone GT7. He hates technology. Unless it contains adult content; in which case he doesn't hate it at all.

 

[crackhaed]

Equal parts love this and frustration, largely due to the long run to a tricky T1. Also didn’t realize until after I was watching the replay that these mean little curbs stick out from the walls!

If anyone cares, here’s a VR onboard of chasing the P2 ghost and then 3rd person with my telemetry. If any of you super fasties have advice I’m happy to hear it but I do know I could use some more track in quite a few spots. I just need to stay sane.





This is only my second time in the top 100 (just recently with the 300SL) so hope it sticks!

 

[crome]

Hey everyone. Finally had the chance to do a proper session (2 hours plus) last night for the first time in ages, and it felt really good!

I started with Tokyo where I had previously clocked in a 2:05.392 (I think). Still not the biggest fan of the track with those walls of death and the long straights with nothing to do except worry about said walls of death, but at least I understand the car better now. When I hit the wall (which I still did frequently), it felt like a consequence of my own mistakes rather than pure bad luck, and I can certainly appreciate that. New time is a safe gold with a few more tenths to gain, I think:

However, it's unlikely I'll spend much more time in the Ferrari because I'm having an absolute blast at Eiger Nordwand. An action-packed short track, beautiful scenery (sublime in VR) and a great car make for an excellent combination I can totally get lost in. I dipped into the 1:03s and I felt like I only "unlocked" some parts of the track in the last few laps, so maybe I can still find some time in the next session, but even if not, I'll be having fun trying.

 

[TheNormsk]

I ran a second session on my main account but plateaued early and after a couple hours I still haven’t improved that 1:05.1 mark. I switched to the abroad account and soon got the same. Again I found I couldn’t improve. I’m just at a loss on where to get that extra second.

Switched to my VR account and with in a 1/4 hour had bested my prior times. This is a new landmark for me. I’m actually faster in VR than bumper.

The VR gives much better sense of realistic speed, depth and the width of the car on the track. Also killer is an appreciation for the undulation and camber of the track that is totally lost in the 2D world.

I’ve still got a lot of work to do to get gold, but there is good news; I’m the leader on my ”friends” Board. 🤣

 

[Gorefast]

Enter the bronze drift challenge again 🤣 handbrake is available 😉

I would like to hear your opinion whether drifting became more difficult or more real? I spin a lot more and can not rely on steady throttle anymore. Sorry to you all for this off topic excursion!