Time Trial Discussion

[Interemptor]

What's this about?.....I've never seen cars SOLD OUT in the regular dealership, only in the used car dealer.

Me neither 😱 WTF ?

No idea but it was at every brand in the Asia zone.. It was gone after the third restart of the game.

 

[Chris30]

Here's the time trial guide for those interested! Apologeis for the delay it's been one hectic day! Certainly interesting to drive, patience is key!

That's right, 2M in a brand new car baby! WOO-HOO...
I want the fame this time.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

I went back 🤐. Braking later with less pressure and tried my darnedest to let the thing roll through the corners without being too aggressive on the throttle.

Fingers crossed for a Gr.3 TT sometime soon.

 

[SPL170db]

No idea but it was at every brand in the Asia zone.. It was gone after the third restart of the game.

 

[KK78]

Happily I netted Golds for both the Mazda and fizzy pop rocketship TT's, so it was on to Watkins to drive a proper racing car.

The Alfa is a wonderful car, full of history, nostalgia and likes been revved to high heaven. I got into Gold quite quickly and have been chopping little bits off the time since, happily now with a 1:15.002. I'm hopeful to get into the 1:14's but am at the point of diminishing returns methinks.

PS- Had a quick few laps in the GTR and I think I need a refund as I appear to have received a rather wayward boat instead of a fine specimen of Japanese engineering, what's with the oversteer?!?

 

[Gomario JSP]

My god......what the heck did they do to the physics??.....the GTR drives like....... it doesn't... I can now understand your previous post @Evilmuffin .... the understeer is so bad it makes me boile up inside 🤣, but then it also feels like 3 tons.... and bounces around the curbs like....yeah I keep that for myself...

first Nokia meters

 

[newmedia_dev]

I've managed a 1:33.9 but it would absolutely be a miracle to hit all those corners consistently like the 1:32 aliens are doing.

Will keep trying but I already feel my skill ceiling has been reached and pushed already!

 

[P-Courty]

See, I was onto something here. Would be a funny challenge to see if the forum aliens could still gold the TTs on IMs or wets...

I remember that I was struggling with the Porsche Living Legend at the HSR TT because I was in IM tyres but I wasn't far off, the bronze drift challenge has died with the recent TTs so maybe this could be the new one 😅

It was just a little test ....
View attachment 1393988 😉😉🤣🤣

You seem to be doing this a lot recently, pack it in 🤣

I have only one word to descript the GT-R....."Graceless".
It is almost impossible to drive it in a smooth manner. I had to drive it in anger, and wrestle with the car's AWD system to get the best time.

And speaking of the AWD system....it sure has a mind of its own (and not a very bright one).

Want to turn in with a slight drift to rotate the car? AWD will be like...ooh noooozzz....rear is kicking out! Induce understeer! Which resulted in me missing the apex. Ok...fine...maybe I will induce less oversteer this time. Car be like...nah...you aren't turning enough....let me give you some snap oversteer!

Trying to push the car at the exit? Ohhh...understeer! Let's induce some oversteer! Now I'm catching an oversteer for no reason. Oh...oversteer! Induce understeer! Me heading straight off the track from the sudden understeer....urgh.... Next time I tried to anticipate the oversteer.....it does nothing....me also head straight off track because I don't enough steering angle.

Beautifully spoken, can't wait for your book to be published about this TT, from this short extract it sounds like it will be a great read 🤣

 

[Lomic]

My god......what the heck did they do to the physics??.....the GTR drives like....... it doesn't... I can now understand your previous post @Evilmuffin .... the understeer is so bad it makes me boile up inside 🤣, but then it also feels like 3 tons.... and bounces around the curbs like....yeah I keep that for myself...

yet you are 161th in the world, does not seem so bad after all

 

[Evilmuffin]

yet you are 161th in the world, does not seem so bad after all

There is a fine difference between dancing with a pretty lady and wrestling with a 2 ton pig 🙈🙈 The end result might be the same, but one is more enjoyable than the other 🤣🤣

 

[half_sourly]

The results for the two TTs that finished today are done:

106	Suzuka Circuit East Course - Mazda Roadster NR-A (ND) '22
107	Grand Valley - Highway 1 - Gran Turismo Red Bull X2019 Competition

With being away last week and work being mad as hell, I only did my first laps in the Alfa today. Am I missing something? The thing just won't turn. In the 80 or so miles I did, I must have restarted to try turn 1 again 40 times.

 

[newmedia_dev]

There is a fine difference between dancing with a pretty lady and wrestling with a 2 ton pig 🙈🙈 The end result might be the same, but one is more enjoyable than the other 🤣🤣

It is so so odd the way that 4WD works.

I know 2 people who've had R35s and they both complained they understeer so badly.

Just a weird dynamic when you consider the Veyron seems to mask its bulk better with braking being its weak point.

I'm just struggling with finding the balance between drift like corner entry but clean exit drive 🥲

 

[Evilmuffin]

It is so so odd the way that 4WD works.

I know 2 people who've had R35s and they both complained they understeer so badly.

Just a weird dynamic when you consider the Veyron seems to mask its bulk better with braking being its weak point.

I'm just struggling with finding the balance between drift like corner entry but clean exit drive 🥲

I don't know about IRL, but all the GT-Rs in the game drive a bit weird. They always do something opposite of what you expect...and sometime, the AWD system can't decide if the car should oversteer or understeer. The 400R seems to mask this behavior the best, but the R35 always feel like the worse offender. They do ok in something like a fast sweeper, but in slow corner, they are clumsy as hell. Dunno...maybe it has to do with the weight distribution? They are kinda front heavy.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I don't know about IRL, but all the GT-Rs in the game drive a bit weird. They always do something opposite of what you expect...and sometime, the AWD system can't decide if the car should oversteer or understeer. The 400R seems to mask this behavior the best, but the R35 always feel like the worse offender. They do ok in something like a fast sweeper, but in slow corner, they are clumsy as hell. Dunno...maybe it has to do with the weight distribution? They are kinda front heavy.

It's the type of car where when ALL the electronics are switched on it's at its best...like the F22 or Stealth fighter or bomber where it's only stable with all the systems working.

Now if we could choose our own torque distribution like you can in the road car this might be a more predictable and enjoyable set of laps.

 

[Interemptor]

Eww.. That TT is not my cup of tea 😂 Barely made it into gold but that won't hold.

 

[P-Courty]

This one was fun to drive IRL with one of those experience days, although it did feel overly heavy, and I mean heavier than my van and Land Rover feel 🤷🏻‍♂️

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FYI it was 800BHP

 

[KK78]

54 miles in the new GTR and just about into Gold with a 1:34.776, for now, this one seems to be a real test of patience, for me at least.

 

[skydragon49]

Hi there

Gold collected:

Spoiler

Gold safe(ish)???

This one is hard for me to understand the car. This GT R is all over the place. And besides that, the track is not a favourite of mine, I remember it took me some time to gold the CE at it. At least the practice I had there with the CE was useful today. 😁

Edit: I changed the ABS from weak to default, and set the ASM on. Also, this lap was a very first lap after a restart. (One of many restarts....)

 

[Gomario JSP]

yet you are 161th in the world, does not seem so bad after all

True ofcourse, not a bad start indeed, but like @Evilmuffin said, its more the journey of the piggy that irritates me 🤣
It's a weird driving experience 🙈🤣

 

[NAXEHT]

Anyone who already set a time with the 155 tried it again post-1.52? Any noticeable differences?

 

[ZevZoq]

Anyone who already set a time with the 155 tried it again post-1.52? Any noticeable differences?

Yeah the fact that the update released with an active TT running tells me the changes were specific to certain cars and the Alfa ain't one of them...

 

[ZEE]

Managed to improve my time at watkinnyss with the ALFA touring monster!!! Very cool! Got me silver with the GTR so far on GP nurburg, cars tires are letting it down, the car acts like a heavy boat with them!

 

[Talon16]

Man, that GT-R is a flipping boat. What a chore to drive that 3,900lb fatty. Did not enjoy, 34.0... good enough.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

There is a fine difference between dancing with a pretty lady and wrestling with a 2 ton pig 🙈🙈 The end result might be the same, but one is more enjoyable than the other 🤣🤣

Allegedly...

 

[Evilmuffin]

I went back to dance with the washing machine again, and I guess I sorta getting a hang of it. Still not that fun tho.

I'm reasonable confident I can get into the 32s if I grind the hell out of it.....but not sure if I want to do that 🙈🙈

 

[Vule]

Anyone who already set a time with the 155 tried it again post-1.52? Any noticeable differences?

Not much, if any, I just finished a marathon 450km session 20 minutes ago, it maybe feels a BIT more stable under braking into the bus stop, but the times are more or less the same, can't see anyone improving their time because of the update.

And speaking of improving

Even though I should be happy with this time and P41, I'm so mad at myself, I had numerous .1xx laps in the bag, just perfectly nailing the first sector (.660-670), flying through the bus stop and the long right hander (.130-140), just to throw everything away in the second to last or the last corner - EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I firmly believe I can go very close even to a .150, but I "just" need to do a proper last sector. Maybe over the weekend, we'll see.

 

[ZevZoq]

Got some time into the new TT. Yeah....the car is a houseboat. But I sorta started to get the hang of it eventually. Gold might be in the cards...we'll see.

 

[2cam16]

Did a handful of laps with this handful of a car. lol Good enough for now.
Gran Turismo® 7_20241003142058 by 2cam16, on Flickr
Nürburgring Sprint_ (2) by 2cam16, on Flickr

 

[Dolph Drago]

The GT-R does seem inconsistent with its handling. And as much as I hate the final chicane, the track limits are very lenient on entrance, which I was not expecting.

 

[Doodle]

Well this is never happening to me again.