Time Trial Discussion

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Evilmuffin
@zjn Read @half_sourly's post many times and have it drilled to your head :D

The braking earlier is probably the best advice. Brake earlier but with less braking force, this gives you extra time for your brain to process what needs to be done next. Once you are confortable, you can then push the braking point a bit.

Another thing is to work on your trail braking, but only after you are comfortable with the corner. Ajust the braking pressure during trail braking and see how it affects the car during turn in. Idealy you want the car feel a bit floaty without the rear swing out too much and need counter steer.

Anyway, take the advice from @half_sourly 👍
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here in italy there was a tradition when I was growing up to say the Christmas poem by heart during Christmas lunch (in more conservative families the child would stand on the chair to be heard and seen by all the relatives present). You reminded me of that torture...feeling...I meant feeling....


that trail braking I dream about at night, at the moment if I want a floaty feeling I have to resort to beers, but I'll get there eventually!
 
zjn
Generic question:
now that I've improved a bit in determination and consistency of the braking point I'd like to start working a bit on the entry point, but unless I'm in decidedly slow cars, I'm struggling to manage shifting, braking, finding apex plus using the turn-in point in that little times. The result is that I don't have a reference turn-in point, and I turn by feel aiming for the apex.

The result of this behavior is that I struggle to make adjustments when I realize I am anticipating the apex too much (I rarely attempt to delay it, instead missing it I am a phenomenon.... 😜 ), I struggle to judge how much the steering angle is varying, and in general there is a lot of variability at that stage.

Are there any suggestions for approaching this issue?

Thanks
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That's kind of a difficult question now I think of it for a while, and thought to myself .. .. how do I manage it?...
And I have absolutely no clue?!....
I think I have sort of a descent GT7 track knowlage ( although some layouts I havent done or don't remember like Suzuka East ) but I think nowadays all my turning points are from following faster ghosts....
I just load the fastest ghost available and try to follow it while I totally fix on brakepoints first cause if your brakepoint isnt spot on you will never hit a good apex ... from there it's trail and error, to fast....to slow....playing with braking later etc etc... and try to be as close to the ghost...

But I think @half_sourly his explanation is a lot better 😁😁🤣
 
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Gomario JSP
That's kind of a difficult question now I think of it for a while, and thought to myself .. .. how do I manage it?...
And I have absolutely no clue?!....
I think I have sort of a descent GT7 track knowlage ( although some layouts I havent done or don't remember like Suzuka East ) but I think nowadays all my turning points are from following faster ghosts....
I just load the fastest ghost available and try to follow it while I totally fix on brakepoints first cause if your brakepoint isnt spot on you will never hit a good apex ... from there it's trail and error, to fast....to slow....playing with braking later etc etc... and try to be as close to the ghost...

But I think @half_sourly his explanation is a lot better 😁😁🤣
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This is me, but I'm slower than ^ that guy. 😂
 
First test in Grand Valley and I love this Red Bull X2019 in this Track !!!!
1'28'295 with optimal time at 1'28'091
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My first time trial gold, but I only started doing them a couple months ago, and finally my first time trial upload in proper quality. Nothing better than having that over the shoulder wheel/controllers view to see the real goings on in the pilots race seat.



Exciting adventure only really from 0:27 - 0:34
 
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Hello everybody! 👋

Long time no see. I'm on TT hiatus right now, so no regular updates from me.
Chasing laptimes became a little bit too stressful and with added amount of stress from the events in real life I gradually stopped enjoying that grind.
This is a game after all and it should give enjoyment above all, right?

But I'm TRYING to follow the events of this place (which I consider my home of GTPlanet) and your joys or struggles.

Some quick shouts. My dear Jeje stopped informing about which input he used for his (usually) crazy-fast laps which saddens me.
Good luck to Chris in his chase for that elusive gold - you will eventually get it, but don't beat yourself up if you don't. Try to enjoy.
Congrats to Dan_Tes for that fourth bar, the chair on USS Enterprise awaits!
Wishes of quick recovery to NAXEHT! I've had my share of bike crashes, so I know. Treat yourself to some good listen!
Thanks to half_sourly (and crome) for keeping it together and running the show!

I hope to develop the TT hunger again and return to the hunt at some point, maybe not in such competitive capacity, we'll see...

BUT... I have not stopped playing GT7 entirely. Every Sunday I do line up at the start of another Clash of Titans race.
It's so much fun and I still enjoy it a lot!

This weekend is the free multiplayer weekend at Playstation Network, which means that everybody can sample some multiplayer racing even without PS Plus subscription. Come and join the fun of racing together (especially at 1st turn where everyone wants to take that ideal TT line and shirt happens :lol:). Looking at you, Jeje, again.

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We're quite evened out group. There are some resident aliens (the muffins we're due to receive is, well, huge), lot of mid-packers, some backmarkers as well but that depends on the track/car combo sometimes. But basically, anyone can win (depending on outcome of the 1st turn mayhem 😅).

Only at Titans the Aphrodite shares her OnlyFans account!

Even more fun and laughs is at the voice chat where the ever entertaining duo of John (@K1LLD0z3R) and Martin (@MUC76) will jokingly comment on your on-track achievements or mishaps. We've got shouters, heavy-breathers and silent assassins. Listen in, you won't be disappointed!

That's all from me. See ya on track or in thread!
 
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tmtk
Hello everybody! 👋

Long time no see. I'm on TT hiatus right now, so no regular updates from me.
Chasing laptimes became a little bit too stressful and with added amount of stress from the events in real life I gradually stopped enjoying that grind.
This is a game after all and it should give enjoyment above all, right?

But I'm TRYING to follow the events of this place (which I consider my home of GTPlanet) and your joys or struggles.

Some quick shouts. My dear Jeje stopped informing about which input he used for his (usually) crazy-fast laps which saddens me.
Good luck to Chris in his chase for that elusive gold - you will eventually get it, but don't beat yourself up if you don't. Try to enjoy.
Congrats to Dan_Tes for that fourth bar, the chair on USS Enterprise awaits!
Wishes of quick recovery to NAXEHT! I've had my share of bike crashes, so I know. Treat yourself to some good listen!
Thanks to half_sourly (and crome) for keeping it together and running the show!

I hope to develop the TT hunger again and return to the hunt at some point, maybe not in such competitive capacity, we'll see...

BUT... I have not stopped playing GT7 entirely. Every Sunday I do line up at the start of another Clash of Titans race.
It's so much fun and I still enjoy it a lot!

This weekend is the free multiplayer weekend at Playstation Network, which means that everybody can sample some multiplayer racing even without PS Plus subscription. Come and join the fun of racing together (especially at 1st turn where everyone wants to take that ideal TT line and shirt happens :lol:). Looking at you, Jeje, again.

20240922-tokyo-400r-png.1390594


We're quite evened out group. There are some resident aliens (the muffins we're due to receive is, well, huge), lot of mid-packers, some backmarkers as well but that depends on the track/car combo sometimes. But basically, anyone can win (depending on outcome of the 1st turn mayhem 😅).

Only at Titans the Aphrodite shares her OnlyFans account!

Even more fun and laughs is at the voice chat where the ever entertaining duo of John (@K1LLD0z3R) and Martin (@MUC76) will jokingly comment on your on-track achievements or mishaps. We've got shouters, heavy-breathers and silent assassins. Listen in, you won't be disappointed!

That's all from me. See ya on track or in thread!
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tmtk
Hello everybody! 👋

Long time no see. I'm on TT hiatus right now, so no regular updates from me.
Chasing laptimes became a little bit too stressful and with added amount of stress from the events in real life I gradually stopped enjoying that grind.
This is a game after all and it should give enjoyment above all, right?

But I'm TRYING to follow the events of this place (which I consider my home of GTPlanet) and your joys or struggles.

Some quick shouts. My dear Jeje stopped informing about which input he used for his (usually) crazy-fast laps which saddens me.
Good luck to Chris in his chase for that elusive gold - you will eventually get it, but don't beat yourself up if you don't. Try to enjoy.
Congrats to Dan_Tes for that fourth bar, the chair on USS Enterprise awaits!
Wishes of quick recovery to NAXEHT! I've had my share of bike crashes, so I know. Treat yourself to some good listen!
Thanks to half_sourly (and crome) for keeping it together and running the show!

I hope to develop the TT hunger again and return to the hunt at some point, maybe not in such competitive capacity, we'll see...

BUT... I have not stopped playing GT7 entirely. Every Sunday I do line up at the start of another Clash of Titans race.
It's so much fun and I still enjoy it a lot!

This weekend is the free multiplayer weekend at Playstation Network, which means that everybody can sample some multiplayer racing even without PS Plus subscription. Come and join the fun of racing together (especially at 1st turn where everyone wants to take that ideal TT line and shirt happens :lol:). Looking at you, Jeje, again.

20240922-tokyo-400r-png.1390594


We're quite evened out group. There are some resident aliens (the muffins we're due to receive is, well, huge), lot of mid-packers, some backmarkers as well but that depends on the track/car combo sometimes. But basically, anyone can win (depending on outcome of the 1st turn mayhem 😅).

Only at Titans the Aphrodite shares her OnlyFans account!

Even more fun and laughs is at the voice chat where the ever entertaining duo of John (@K1LLD0z3R) and Martin (@MUC76) will jokingly comment on your on-track achievements or mishaps. We've got shouters, heavy-breathers and silent assassins. Listen in, you won't be disappointed!

That's all from me. See ya on track or in thread!
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Yes, please show up on sunday! I hope for someone of my speed (around 2:15 at the moment) to not race alone as I look to be a bit off... C ya!

Okay, back to business! After almost 2 happy weeks in France I am back home and earned the yellow medal for my Lancer lap.

The first two hours back at GT7 were a mixed bag with an interesting and rather tough Red Bull at VG1, a short stint with the Miata that was less fun than expected for me and my first flight in a Corvette. I never before left the hemisphere in a car and will never touch this thing again. So, these are the standings for today:
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I will try to secure gold with the Miata and spend the other seating time with the Red Bull machine. Silver should be reachable...
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Have a good time everyone! See you on sunday... 😉
 
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tmtk
Hello everybody! 👋

Long time no see. I'm on TT hiatus right now, so no regular updates from me.
Chasing laptimes became a little bit too stressful and with added amount of stress from the events in real life I gradually stopped enjoying that grind.
This is a game after all and it should give enjoyment above all, right?

But I'm TRYING to follow the events of this place (which I consider my home of GTPlanet) and your joys or struggles.

Some quick shouts. My dear Jeje stopped informing about which input he used for his (usually) crazy-fast laps which saddens me.
Good luck to Chris in his chase for that elusive gold - you will eventually get it, but don't beat yourself up if you don't. Try to enjoy.
Congrats to Dan_Tes for that fourth bar, the chair on USS Enterprise awaits!
Wishes of quick recovery to NAXEHT! I've had my share of bike crashes, so I know. Treat yourself to some good listen!
Thanks to half_sourly (and crome) for keeping it together and running the show!

I hope to develop the TT hunger again and return to the hunt at some point, maybe not in such competitive capacity, we'll see...

BUT... I have not stopped playing GT7 entirely. Every Sunday I do line up at the start of another Clash of Titans race.
It's so much fun and I still enjoy it a lot!

This weekend is the free multiplayer weekend at Playstation Network, which means that everybody can sample some multiplayer racing even without PS Plus subscription. Come and join the fun of racing together (especially at 1st turn where everyone wants to take that ideal TT line and shirt happens :lol:). Looking at you, Jeje, again.

20240922-tokyo-400r-png.1390594


We're quite evened out group. There are some resident aliens (the muffins we're due to receive is, well, huge), lot of mid-packers, some backmarkers as well but that depends on the track/car combo sometimes. But basically, anyone can win (depending on outcome of the 1st turn mayhem 😅).

Only at Titans the Aphrodite shares her OnlyFans account!

Even more fun and laughs is at the voice chat where the ever entertaining duo of John (@K1LLD0z3R) and Martin (@MUC76) will jokingly comment on your on-track achievements or mishaps. We've got shouters, heavy-breathers and silent assassins. Listen in, you won't be disappointed!

That's all from me. See ya on track or in thread!
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My dear friend, what a pleasure it is to see you here again and to read your posts.
You're right to take a break if you're no longer enjoying it. There is no point in adding stress to yourself on top of everyday stress. If you want to know if for the last TT I wouldn't say anything 🤣🤣 !!!!
For the TTs at Deep Forest, Dragon Trial Seaside and Suzuka I used the steering wheel and for this TT at Grand Valley I used the DS5. I hope one day I can come to a titan race to enjoy driving with you. Until then my dear friend, take good care of yourself
 
@tmtk Hey, what a pleasure to see you back here to chat/race with us. And to participate in the TT's. My mom fell this morning outside when we were unloading groceries on our cart, we put so much on there it broke, and it hit her in the knees, I had to postpone my time trialing for today and help her out with cooking and getting her supplies too. So I won't be able to post my runs until tomorrow night. How are you coming along, did you try the Corvette TT yet at Seaside?

It's a bumpy one and very tricky to get a gold time, I doubt I will be able to get in the high 1'55.000's. I guess I'll depend on MetalGear's replay.
 
That's why I'm not touching the Red Bull TT with a ten foot pole. :lol: Meanwhile, I grabbed a couple tenths at Suzuka. Finally, a really good turn 1, though I feel I left a little bit on the table in the final corner. Even with the course being so short, it's STILL hard to put all three sectors together.
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A_Higher_Place
Top 1000 and not even gold. wtf
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That means there's a good possibility that between 800-900 players have achieved a gold time, that means they are professionals at using these Red Bull X2019 machines out there. Looks like K De Bruin is the master and got a time under 1'25.000 which is incredible. Durn there's a huge gap between bronze and silver so I think a majority of people will get a bronze time, but I could be wrong. Who knows.
 
Loving the MX-5 TT for this week as it is another "Easy to Gold, Hard to Master" TT. It is as "Real life" as it gets where most of us can relate to that kind of power, grip and cornering speed in track days. Agree with @MineralBlurb7 that this kind of "momentum" TT is good fun and is a good place for practicing such a key technique in GT7.

1:01.152 is all I managed - maybe 1/10th left in the middle sector where I was a bit too conservative in the S curves but sector 1 and 3 were among the best I have done for the evening.



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It is tight at the top of my friends list... @Gomario JSP @half_sourly @Homestead @Dolph Drago

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Livery Story: This livery I picked was inspired by the only Mazda MX-5/Roadster that raced in JGTC/SuperGT, and it was the NA MX-5 entered by Team Kagiesen in GT300 classs back in 1998. It was, to me, some of the best years in JGTC where we had everything from a Ferrari F355 to a Toyota AE86 racing in the same GT300 class. The MX-5 had a 13B Rotary from the RX-7 and is my favourite MX-5 Race car, and that is unlikely to change in the forseeable future. Full credit to the person who recreated and shared this livery in GT7.

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Managed to chip off another tenth and a half yesterday, before Kevin De Bruyne came in and lowered the time even further!

I wonder if this will be one of the lowest number of gold earners with such huge gaps in the top 10.

Replays were hidden for everyone in the 1:25s so I wonder what they have discovered?

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