Time Trial Discussion

[feral and bad]

I was so busy chasing the rabbit known as @Jeje6410 at St. Croissant that I didn't notice all the incredible times you guys have been racking up.
Hats off to @Dan_Tes, @Gomario JSP ,@Stormbreaker ,@Dolph Drago ,@crome,@Carlos Fandango ,@half_sourly as well as the usual suspects, @djolliea , @Barareklam . Incredible times, guys. I can find very few rewards with this combination, just a whole bunch of severe punishments.
I hope to avoid another tenth or two in punishments to try to run down the rabbit.

 

[Lomic]

WR improved a lot since I did my first laps...

Anyway managed to get into silver at least. Need to work more to learn the track.

Medium is shirt, due to a a very sticky barrier which spun me around.

Gold seems far now that aliens know the track better, really not sure to be able to reach it.

 

[Homestead]

Lots of laps here to learn the layout. Even turned on the driving line for help. Maybe a 39.5xx possible? but that's all for today.

 

[Jeje6410]

I was so busy chasing the rabbit known as @Jeje6410 at St. Croissant

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bravo my friend for your excellent time !!!!! 👏👏👏👏

 

[KK78]

I couldn't care less. I will go EA WRC instead to get some Hyundai around the bend... Good luck to all participants!

I'll definitely give it a go but I can't help but feel I'll be left with my typical sentiment that I have when considering GT7 and rallying, and that is... it's nothing like rallying.

I recall the S license test on Lake Louise in the legendary 205 and how it nearly resulted in me moving to the moon in frustration, so yeah, in short, I can't wait

 

[KK78]

So, on to this orange atom bomb and St.Croix. I had quite a lot of trepidation about this one, partially down to the reaction on here, my own PTSD from this car's brother and the Monza TT a while back and also the fact that St.Croix is a fictional track for a reason, namely, it looks like a kid made it on a SpirographTM and has more corners than a rhombicosidodecahedron.

BUT

It's actually not that bad, in fact, once I got a bit of flow, it was pretty fun, particularly because my early times were so poor I would lop chunks off lap after lap, soon getting into silver (which is where I had resigned myself to at the start) A few more laps saw me closing in on Gold and eventually, I've landed just under a tenth into Gold with a 2:41.864 without TC (I've played around with no TC, TC2 and ASM)

I doubt this will last and I won't mind having another go but I don't think I'll be busting a gut to go way faster because for firstly, I'm not sure I can, secondly, I'm still confused as to whether I'm better off with TC or not and thirdly because even though this has been fun, the lap is too long for me, penalties and mistakes mean a restart and I'm still frustrated that I can't see what was great and bad from one lap to the next (aside from the obvious) and I can have a blinding 1st sector only to lose that advantage somewhere in sector 3.

Hats off to those in the sub-1:40.500's you guys have a lot more skill and patience than me

 

[Dolph Drago]

Michelin are doing another sponsor TT...Hyundai Genesis Gr.B at Lake Louise Long Track...

...Europeans only...

 

[crome]

My break from St Croix turned out a bit shorter than anticipated, so hello once again! 🤣

This TT keeps on giving, it's really grown to be one of my favourites by now, surprisingly. There's just so much that can happen in a single lap. You might be down a couple of tenths after the first few sectors and suddenly find yourself en route to a new PB because you nail two or three corners. Which is kind of what happened to me here. S2 split was a 45.932. Not bad but not great either. But then an excellent S3 turned the lap around and at the end of S4 on the bridge I saw 1:51.591. I got a bit scared and played it safe from there, but still bested my previous PB by over three tenths. 🤩

So this is currently top 100, but it won't hold unless I find yet another tenth, better two. Which is not impossible, but I am definitely approaching the ceiling now. We'll see ...



Happy lapping!

 

[Jeje6410]

My break from St Croix turned out a bit shorter than anticipated, so hello once again! 🤣

This TT keeps on giving, it's really grown to be one of my favourites by now, surprisingly. There's just so much that can happen in a single lap. You might be down a couple of tenths after the first few sectors and suddenly find yourself en route to a new PB because you nail two or three corners. Which is kind of what happened to me here. S2 split was a 45.932. Not bad but not great either. But then an excellent S3 turned the lap around and at the end of S4 on the bridge I saw 1:51.591. I got a bit scared and played it safe from there, but still bested my previous PB by over three tenths. 🤩

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So this is currently top 100, but it won't hold unless I find yet another tenth, better two. Which is not impossible, but I am definitely approaching the ceiling now. We'll see ...



Happy lapping!

😍😍😍 Very very very beautiful lap my friend !!!!!!
Bravo !!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏

 

[Lomic]

Anyway managed to get into silver at least. Need to work more to learn the track.

Well I am not at all in silver, not sure what I smoked yesterday, need at least 0.5s to enter silver...

 

[ikon_313]

My break from St Croix turned out a bit shorter than anticipated, so hello once again! 🤣

This TT keeps on giving, it's really grown to be one of my favourites by now, surprisingly. There's just so much that can happen in a single lap. You might be down a couple of tenths after the first few sectors and suddenly find yourself en route to a new PB because you nail two or three corners. Which is kind of what happened to me here. S2 split was a 45.932. Not bad but not great either. But then an excellent S3 turned the lap around and at the end of S4 on the bridge I saw 1:51.591. I got a bit scared and played it safe from there, but still bested my previous PB by over three tenths. 🤩

View attachment 1397911

So this is currently top 100, but it won't hold unless I find yet another tenth, better two. Which is not impossible, but I am definitely approaching the ceiling now. We'll see ...



Happy lapping!

Glückwunsch! Insanely clean driving 👽 Hope this holds or you can improve even further to secure that top 100.

And take some pics of good old earth from the mothership while you're up there

 

[Barareklam]

MICHELIN Alpin Challenge 2024 Time Trial Opening on Friday, 18 October! - Gran Turismo™ 7 - gran-turismo.com

The MICHELIN Alpin Challenge, a time trial event from Michelin, will get underway on Friday, 18 October.Returning for its second year, this year’s Michelin time trial will be a European-exclusive competition, open to participants from certain European countries/territories. The player who...

www.gran-turismo.com

Michelin are doing another sponsor TT. Europeans only, Hyundai Genesis Gr.B at Lake Louise Long Track. Winner gets a trip to the GTWS finals.

 

[Barareklam]

@half_sourly do you have country originis too for previous Lake Louise with Yaris, if you do, can I pleae get a list from country origin for P1 to P30, I wonder how many were from outside of "Europe" on that one? I put a quotes around "Europe" since I see Michelin for example do not count some countrys in Europe for this TT that will start on Friday, like Serbia, so I guess Vule will not be able to participate.

thank you !

EDIT:*
Nevermind, I tried to go one by one profile manually and I think I got 11 from Europe

 

[half_sourly]

@half_sourly do you have country originis too for previous Lake Louise with Yaris, if you do, can I pleae get a list from country origin for P1 to P30, I wonder how many were from outside of "Europe" on that one? I put a quotes around "Europe" since I see Michelin for example do not count some countrys in Europe for this TT that will start on Friday, like Serbia, so I guess Vule will not be able to participate.

thank you !

Only 11 of the top 30 were from countries who may enter this new TT.

Spoiler: Lake Louise

 

[Barareklam]

Only 11 of the top 30 were from countries who may enter this new TT.

Spoiler: Lake Louise

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Thank you, I thought not to bother you and started counting manually and by the time I was done I see you were done with calculations before me. thank you!

 

[half_sourly]

Thank you, I thought not to bother you and started counting manually and by the time I was done I see you were done with calculations before me. thank you!

And here are the total participants split by qualifying or not for the new TT.

Spoiler: Lake Louise

	don't qualify for new TT			do qualify for new TT
AE	183
AR	347
			AT	1,442
AU	3,014
			BE	1,811
			BG	139
BH	25
BO	12
BR	2,226
CA	3,382
			CH	1,390
CL	260
CN	85
CO	118
CR	76
CY	25
			CZ	1,117
			DE	12,110
			DK	597
EC	26
			ES	7,260
			FI	1,098
			FR	10,814
			GB	9,236
			GR	875
GT	24
HK	1,881
HN	10
			HR	385
			HU	799
ID	161
			IE	440
IL	64
IN	91
			IS	20
			IT	5,571
JP	13,497
KR	269
KW	46
LB	17
			LU	139
MT	36
MX	453
MY	318
NI	2
			NL	2,294
			NO	581
NZ	590
OM	35
PA	23
PE	48
			PL	1,759
			PT	1,654
PY	8
QA	19
			RO	195
RU	895
SA	207
			SE	588
SG	191
			SI	134
			SK	284
SV	7
TH	257
			TR	530
TW	628
			UA	276
US	13,858
UY	64
ZA	565
	44,043 (41%)			63,538 (59%)

 

[Chris30]

I was so busy chasing the rabbit known as @Jeje6410 at St. Croissant that I didn't notice all the incredible times you guys have been racking up.
Hats off to @Dan_Tes, @Gomario JSP ,@Stormbreaker ,@Dolph Drago ,@crome,@Carlos Fandango ,@half_sourly as well as the usual suspects, @djolliea , @Barareklam . Incredible times, guys. I can find very few rewards with this combination, just a whole bunch of severe punishments.
I hope to avoid another tenth or two in punishments to try to run down the rabbit.

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Wow, incredible time, you know I'm gonna give this another few rounds this weekend, my aim is to be in the silver club by next week but it depends on how this machine cooperates with me. I'm one of the slow ones, the tortoise. Please wish me a lot of luck, I have to be brave and beat this track like a boss would! I'm not scared of those corners, I'll beat 'em to a pulp!!

 

[S-car-Go]

I've been stuck in at st croix TT and feel the car's badly lacking round here no way am I getting anything like 75% out of what the car is theoretically capable of lots of time sat in 3rd gear to hit those apexes, why can't I change the ratios for a 200mph peak...,

 

[Childe Roland]

For those struggling with the GTR, I found that grip levels continued to improve through the first 6-8 laps... like the tires would take a v. long time to warm up. Started doing longer runs which helped me.
Not feeling much motivation for either event right now though, as I've reached my potential on both I think. Sitting at 206th in the GTR on 1:33.308, and 142nd in the Alfa on 1:14.384 so just waiting for the new event to come out. Good luck and happy lapping to those still grinding out the tenths

Last night I decided to try the gold at Nurbg gp with that awful GTR and placebo or not your tip helped me.
At lap 7 (without changing any line or braking point) I started to gain some tenths and I reached a 2.92% wich I believe should be safe.
Thank you!

 

[Gomario JSP]

I've been stuck in at st croix TT and feel the car's badly lacking round here no way am I getting anything like 75% out of what the car is theoretically capable of lots of time sat in 3rd gear to hit those apexes, why can't I change the ratios for a 200mph peak...,

I realy don't think the car is lacking around there, it just needs another way of driving, why are you stuck?, what's your laptime?

 

[Chris30]

I give up at Nurburgring, I surrender and wave the white flag!

Bronze it is, 1'36.597

 

[TheNormsk]

WR improved a lot since I did my first laps...

I noted that last night. my gold had slipped to silver at 3.02%. Grrr.

I'll think I'll wait until the weekend before giving it a go again. Hopefully by then the WR will be stabilizing a bit.

 

[zjn]

I'm just making a quick stop to the forum to say hello. I have seen the “usual” monstrous times posted, which in this TT are a little less “usual” than usual.
I have made a small improvement, now the silver should be safe, but I have been struggling a lot here.

Otherwise, personal life and work are communing to keep me away from the track, so I glory in having done a lot less red laps than you in the last few days , hoping to get back to average in the next few.

 

[Dan_Tes]

Hi folks

Quick pitstop before work; I think im done at NBR Sprint, it’s just a bit too tough to tie it all together with the GTR being difficult to be consistent in. Was a fun trial and my lord I do value a short lap! Very slight improvement last night which was not the lap but happy nonetheless

Back to St Croix, I’ll just reiterate that I do like this one a lot; it takes a little while to adjust to especially after the GTR. This thing is pretty mega though, loves to trail brake, rotates really well on a partial throttle. It’s more stable than I was expecting in 3rd gear exits after watching @Tidgney and chasing his ghost.. using 3rd here and there is saving me a lot of time so if I get more opportunity I’d love to get a lap in with this new found knowledge and without mistakes, a slightly scruffy lap got me a new PB but I left another half a second on the table here; not in @djolliea territory but he is a certi-alien so what can ya do

If it rains any more here I’ll have to build an Ark to get to work, see you in a few day folks!!

 

[feral and bad]

Caught the rabbit and accomplished my 2% goal. 2:39.xxx is theoretically possible but extremely unlikely for me. It was mentally exhausting to get this far. Times in the 38s like @djolliea and @Dan_Tes are putting up are beyond my comprehension (not to mention ability). Big thanks to everyone who has pushed and dragged me this far in the journey.

 

[Dan_Tes]

Caught the rabbit and accomplished my 2% goal. 2:39.xxx is theoretically possible but extremely unlikely for me. It was mentally exhausting to get this far. Times in the 38s like @djolliea and @Dan_Tes are putting up are beyond my comprehension (not to mention ability). Big thanks to everyone who has pushed and dragged me this far in the journey.

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It’s less than two tenths of a second. You can make that up on one good corner exit. There are many corners. YOU GOT THIS

feral? ✅
bad? ❌
Capable of a 2:39.xxx? ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

 

[CosmicMinster]

Hi folks

Quick pitstop before work; I think im done at NBR Sprint, it’s just a bit too tough to tie it all together with the GTR being difficult to be consistent in. Was a fun trial and my lord I do value a short lap! Very slight improvement last night which was not the lap but happy nonetheless

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Back to St Croix, I’ll just reiterate that I do like this one a lot; it takes a little while to adjust to especially after the GTR. This thing is pretty mega though, loves to trail brake, rotates really well on a partial throttle. It’s more stable than I was expecting in 3rd gear exits after watching @Tidgney and chasing his ghost.. using 3rd here and there is saving me a lot of time so if I get more opportunity I’d love to get a lap in with this new found knowledge and without mistakes, a slightly scruffy lap got me a new PB but I left another half a second on the table here; not in @djolliea territory but he is a certi-alien so what can ya do

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If it rains any more here I’ll have to build an Ark to get to work, see you in a few day folks!!

You have the exact same time as me at St. Croix although I almost went 3 tenths faster yesterday

 

[KK78]

Chopped 7 10th's off in a couple of laps tonight at St.Croix, now on a 2:41.133, still lots of time to find, had a few mistakes on this lap, I guess it depends on what the next TT is and whether I want invest the time to improve further on this combo, I think trying to get more apex curbing and squaring corners more is a way to improve. This lap is with TC1 and I'm still not sure what the best setting is as I've done ok with no TC and then also TC2

As always, I welcome any feedback on my lap if anyone takes a look 👍

 

[Gorefast]

I remembered that I liked the GT-R at the short Ring and gave it a final run as I was just outside of gold. Lap no.9 was it and unfortunately lap.no.10 became red as I gained another tenth and came really xlose to you, @Pesselles ! That has been quite a long time ago...

So, let's hope for a Gr.1 machine in the new TT! (Guess I am the only one with this wish...)