Time Trial Discussion

[Barareklam]

Tell me you don't know the track/car combo without telling me...

Tell me you learned track and car at least a bit without telling me...

 

[VSpec_R]

Thats the improvement I was looking for. 😃

 

[Panoz]

Hit a personal milestone by getting my 100th gold award after the 155 at the Glen TT.

 

[newmedia_dev]

All this alien white noise is distracting.

Has anyone said that a GTR doesn't handle like this in real life.

alien noise, chatter, noise alien .6 this :27 that alien noise, more alien chatter**

 

[manou]

I don't like VGTs, but it seems the opposite is untrue, VGTs seems to like me, I never have any issue with the TTs on VGTs...

I could push, but I just don't care ^_^

 

[SPL170db]

oh ? really ? I did 4 laps only by pure chance so I did not done more than that, but there is an electric boost that goes away after a few laps ? good to know, I'd probably have not figured it myself and would have been wondering why I was unable to make better laps after the lap 5.

Technically yes, but what I was doing is if I messed up a lap I would just drag the brakes down any of the straights to recharge the battery for the next lap. You can stretch your stints out a bit longer that way.

Assuming you're not running consecutive clean fast laps

 

[Korvregn]

All this talk is making me want to listen to Genesis and eat a croissant. And I don’t even like Phil Collins!

Not super excited about the TT though…

 

[Dan_Tes]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear

Has anyone that has done a NOPE on the Genesis VGT trial actually tried it? ITS FUN!!!

The car is quite nice, once you get it turned in it’s quite balanced and gets through the corners nicely on partial throttle, it sounds the absolute nuts. I have no idea what RPM to shift at but I don’t really care, the visibility is good, it looks good.. it’s challenging but fun I like it! Some of the VGTs are great, don’t knock em till you’ve tried em!

The track eh, St Croix has some good combos, don’t think I’ve driven this one before. It’s quite fun but quite a few corners are blind and look very very similar so remembering braking points is a challenge!!

On the whole. I love it. No surprised there given my recent history 😇😂

A choke on the final corner cost me a world top 10 time when I set the lap and leapfrogging @djolliea. Oh well, that’s why he’s always faster than me. Got to be on your game all the time at the pointy end!

Back in the GTR, took me a good long while to get used to it after a weekly race and the VGT… it’s so much fun when you get on it, just like a GTR in real life 😉😉😉

Plenty of time on the table but a clean lap comes every once in a while thanks to those tyres getting overwhelmed just a little too easily

Away for the weekend now so hopefully a couple more attempts at NBR sprint before it finishes 🙂


(Love you all)

 

[newmedia_dev]

Has anyone that has done a NOPE on the Genesis VGT trial actually tried it? ITS FUN!!

I tried it at 8:01 this morning.

I can get the appeal but when we have an E36 M3 in the game that doesn't get a TT.

My enjoyment of the TT is not in mastering the thing they give us but the things I can get emotionally connected to on one level or another.

Vision cars on one of the most awkward fake circuits just has no immersion for me, couple that with a very long lap and fine margins when you want pace. It becomes a disconnected chore rather than fun like "how fast can I take the bus stop in a 90s classic V6" to how do I not run wide with a 10000000hp car that doesn't actually exist and when it turned a wheel it did not do that in anger.

Horses for courses and challenges are challenges and that is cool, just not my thing and that is ok

 

[Dan_Tes]

I tried it at 8:01 this morning.

I can get the appeal but when we have an E36 M3 in the game that doesn't get a TT.

My enjoyment of the TT is not in mastering the thing they give us but the things I can get emotionally connected to on one level or another.

Vision cars on one of the most awkward fake circuits just has no immersion for me, couple that with a very long lap and fine margins when you want pace. It becomes a disconnected chore rather than fun like "how fast can I take the bus stop in a 90s classic V6" to how do I not run wide with a 10000000hp car that doesn't actually exist and when it turned a wheel it did not do that in anger.

Horses for courses and challenges are challenges and that is cool, just not my thing and that is ok

I hear what you are saying! I get a little frustrated by some of the choices made and sometimes feel a little unimaginative. But that’s the beauty of time trials. All I’m saying is that we should always give them a chance and not write a combo off straight away as usually there joy to be had and skills to be learnt ☺️

 

[newmedia_dev]

I hear what you are saying! I get a little frustrated by some of the choices made and sometimes feel a little unimaginative. But that’s the beauty of time trials. All I’m saying is that we should always give them a chance and not write a combo off straight away as usually there joy to be had and skills to be learnt ☺️

100% agree.

2 things, my opinion is purely mine so peeps did peeps not listen to Glen.

I love the TT format, don't always agree but that's cool I can opt out and focus on daily TT and races so it's all good.

I personally don't feel the need to master that machine on this combo is all.

 

[Chris30]

Tell me you don't know the track/car combo without telling me...
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Lol, how did you get 9 bad laps? Don't worry mate I ran 15 laps and messed up 10 of them this afternoon. I'm sure @Dolph Drago will not like the looks of this one. There's so many factors and things you have to consider here at Croix, some places are narrow and you can easily hit the wall. Some corners are tricky, I tell you that course map comes in handy. It lets me know what's coming up and I can sense when and what direction to turn. It's a nasty VGT car when the TCS is set at 0. I spun out midway during 3 of my runs.

 

[TheNormsk]

My GT-R time was a 2.97% which was probably safe at this point but still it was a bit too close. Having been away for a trip, I jumped back on and gave it another go. I took a chunk of time off with my optimal being in the high 1:33s but I probably won't go back now. Still, it's a decent time for me.

I then tried St Croix. For the layouts I've done before I kind of like St Croix, but this one I've never done. I was a complete fish out of water. My current time is pretty mediocre but my optimal is in the 2:42s just outside of gold so there is lots of potential.

I've just got to learn the track and put it all together. Lots of learning to do.....

But, I fear the gold will drop a lot on this one. I'm not so good on longer tracks. What should I be aiming for?

 

[ScottPuss20]

New Time Trial

Racing Softs, BOP On

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NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE I REFUSE I REFUSE I REFUSE. The track is DREADFUL and I just know that I will SUCK at it.

 

[ZevZoq]

This car is garbage. It's terrible. And the track...sheesh. What a jagged angular mess. Anyway, I think this is likely it for me in this one...

 

[TheNormsk]

I came (back), I conquered, I got gold 😁

I’m warming to the track and car as I start to figure it out. I’m beginning to like this one. Call me weird!

Edit: oh and driving the VGT in VR is a trip. You feel you’re steering an ocean liner. It’s sooo loooong. 😁

Steers about as well as one as well. With that said I found steering on trail braking (with default ABS) to be the key for me. It turns in pretty well with about 30% brake.