Time Trial Discussion

[crome]

Alright, after my second session in the BMW tonight it is really starting to click. Yesterday wasn't so bad either: I was in the gold zone after just a few laps and then relatively quickly dropped to a low 1:50. Naturally I wanted to conquer the 1:49 (mostly for bragging rights here ), but it just wasn't gonna happen. I must have had at least five 1:50.0xx laps, but I always messed up in the last sector.

Today started out similarly, but then I finally figured out a better line through the chicane (more turn-in for the initial right-hander, which opens up the following left). With that I could finally enter Club 49.

I won't post the lap though, because I believe I can go faster. Actually, I don't just believe it, the game told me so

This is a pretty ridiculous optimal, and I am not sure if I can replicate this again, but at least a few more tenths should be in the cards.

Disclaimer: as avid visitors of this thread will know, I am a shameless proponent of CSA a.k.a "Steery Cheat Mode", and just like the last time we visited this track in the 190 back in February, it feels particularly cheaty here. So if you struggle, or are simply curious what it does to your lap times, try it for yourselves.

Happy lapping!

 

[Vule]

it will (probably) go into the 48s and then I'm done

Ta-daaa!

It was a nice lap, of course I cannot take the final chicane for the life of me and I keep losing 2-3 tenths easily there compared to the top ghosts, but 48s are 48s, I'll take it and forget that this layout exists

 

[VSpec_R]

Big push with the M3! 😮‍💨

 

[skydragon49]

Hello there!

This car is so much fun.... I remember I got the same excitement and joy when we had the Red Bull time trial with a BMW M3 '89 evolution.

Am I becoming a BMW enthusiast now? 😅

Anyways, I digress.... Friday night, another time trial session, another improvement.

The lap:

Spoiler

(hints, points to improve and advices are most welcomed)

 

[Dolph Drago]

I was going to celebrate my lap, but then @Vule and @VSpec_R had to post theirs first to make mine look meh.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

I never thought I’d say this about any of the VGT “cars” but I’m really enjoying this event and learning this track. First session of the weekend (yes, I know it’s Friday) with a goal to improve upon my previous 2:40.1 best.

Well, ta-daaa as @Vule would say 😂. Super happy with the lap, and the optimals look very interesting!

 

[skydragon49]

Hi there! (It's me again, sorry)

Another tenth gained with the M3 '97. New PB down to 1:50:659. I want to think the gold is now secured. 😎

The lap:

Spoiler

 

[D-Mind]

I'm afraid i'll keep the Genesis TT at silver, its just too long laps for me to want to grind to gold.. BMW M3 TT looks like fun, even though it kind of moves like a brick on sports hard. 😅 But it reminds me of the time trial with the Mercedes a whole while back and i had a great gold there so who knows 😁

 

[Chris30]

I was going to celebrate my lap, but then @Vule and @VSpec_R had to post theirs first to make mine look meh.
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Don't worry mate, at least you are almost in the top 100! That's a special rank IMO. Keep going if you can...

 

[hyperspeed980]

Considering how well I did with the 190E here, I almost felt like it was mandatory for me to make history twice.

 

[ScottPuss20]

@Chris30 there's no point spewing out all your thoughts at any given time, because you will find yourself making contradictory statements. Don't tell yourself that it's going to be easy and then complain when it's not. Lower your expectations and just see where each time trial takes you before jumping to conclusions. Do a few laps to understand what you're dealing with before focusing on specific problem areas. If you feel like you're braking to early somewhere, brake later. If you feel like you're turning into a corner too late, turn a bit earlier. Focus on the little things and you will see the times fall.

 

[Chris30]

@Chris30 there's no point spewing out all your thoughts at any given time, because you will find yourself making contradictory statements. Don't tell yourself that it's going to be easy and then complain when it's not. Lower your expectations and just see where each time trial takes you before jumping to conclusions. Do a few laps to understand what you're dealing with before focusing on specific problem areas. If you feel like you're braking to early somewhere, brake later. If you feel like you're turning into a corner too late, turn a bit earlier. Focus on the little things and you will see the times fall.

Or the more simple thing for me to do is to just do the TT's and shut up, and only worry about bronze/silver. Gold is not on my mind anymore thanks to TumeK5 for talking some sense into me the other day. Actually no one needs to complain about any TT because they should be used for fun, not for trying to be better than everyone else.

I'm sure other users, like our @Gomario JSP complained/bitched about it when they first started the TT's a little while after gt7 came out. But after a lot of practice they started to grow and get much better.

@crome Welcome to the 49 club, enjoy your fame and glory.

 

[Vule]

Actually no one needs to complain about any TT because they should be used for fun, not for trying to be better than everyone else.

Well that's just not true I'm always trying to be better than @Dan_Tes or @bliprunner for example, but more often than not, fail in my mission
But that's the beauty of it, searching for those last thousands, perfecting the lap, otherwise I would just do the gold and leave it, like I used to do before.