Time Trial Discussion

[feral and bad]

Hey, it's five now! That's missing the Yaris TT!

I do of course understand both perspectives, I'm just throwing in my 2c.
My point on the top 10 is just because that's what GT natively highlights as the 'best' - up to only giving the top 10 ghosts. If they highlighted up to top 15, 50 and so on in the same way I'd also be bummed out to be pushed out of it.

My apologies, I had not loaded the data from the time trial ending last night. Congratulations on a personal high of 30th overall.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Got that sub 2:14 kinda feel, y'know? Will definitely revisit this one - lovely drive!

 

[Dragonwhisky]

Having said that, what kind of an argument is that? None of the things you do in a video game matter in the grand scheme of things, does that mean people can't have an opinion on things and discuss them? Then what are you even doing here?

Having an opinion and discussing things. Plus, it's entertaining reading those who poke fun at each other. Which is why I usually read this thread.

Look, it wasn't my intention to rain on @TheNormsk 's parade, I rooted for him and am genuinely happy he did so well. I am sorry it came across differently. Seriously, congrats! Also, when I said I don't see the appeal in having multiple accounts, it was literally what I meant: that I don't see the appeal, and I wasn't suggesting that everyone should see it the same way.

My comments weren't aimed at you specifically in any case. I personally don't see the appeal either. I did create an alt account when I got VR, solely for the purpose of comparison to my main. I don't want to spend the time to run races or TTs on more than one account. I don't hold anything against others, who do have the time and inclination to do so however. Pretty sure Normsk created those accounts for very specific reasons, not related to TT leaderboards, and he appears to have the time to run all three for his own enjoyment. To that I say "Road On!".

And to get this post back on track a little, I generally wait to do these TTs until very late in the cycle. I'm usually able to get a silver time in my first session and, depending on how close I am to gold in that session, may do another 1 or 2 sessions. I rarely run more than 30 minutes a session. I feel compelled to say, @half_sourly 's "difficulty-o-meter" is fairly accurate. First session in that Yaris wasn't even bronze range. It was also the first time in over a year of exclusively driving in VR that I got the whoopsies. Took a break for about an hour, then tried it again and got a barely bronze time and another case of sweaty whoopsie feels. Still about 4 seconds from silver and 12th out of 13th on my friend LB. It was getting late and I figured 1 more session, if for nothing else than to get my daily mileage in for that day's ticket but got distracted and the day flipped and reset my mileage to 0.0. I was all like, "well crud, go to bed or run another anyway". I ran another and, while I did improve the time, I was still 2 or so seconds out of silver. Cost to benefit ratio was not expanding at all so I called it a night.

 

[Lomic]

Tried the X2019 TT... 7min02... not very good. Especially when I did 2 laps in 13min54 with other cars in the way on the manu cup event, with RM instead of RS...

Need to practice more.

They put bronze treshold at 20% from WR... they knew what was coming...

 

[crome]

First session in that Yaris wasn't even bronze range. It was also the first time in over a year of exclusively driving in VR that I got the whoopsies.

Oh yeah, same here. I was sure I was way past this, but this thing seriously got to me. I think it wasn‘t so much the track itself but the handbrake 180 I did before each lap. Glad that it‘s over

 

[Nakano219]

The S2000 is a really fun car to drive! It feels especially good when you nail the double left into right at the start of the second sector before the slow corners.

 

[Chris30]

OMG, that Red Bull Competition challenge is gonna be a nightmare, I am getting my new ps4 by next week, so I might have a few days to maybe enter that event and try to earn a bronze time, silver maybe. We'll see what happens next weekend. Good luck guys! Nurb 24th is not a fun track for beginners, even amateurs driving in the field.

 

[Buckethead75]

Holy crap, I was gold this morning at the Nurb, now I'm bronze. Crazy times.

 

[Chris30]

Holy crap, I was gold this morning at the Nurb, now I'm bronze. Crazy times.

Apparently some more aliens/pros beat your best time. I know that's gotta suck. Well, don't worry. You'll get back up in the rankings. Good luck to you out there. The Nurburgring is a difficult track to improve lap times, so practice and adequate sleep are the key to not making errors.

 

[TumeK5]

Apparently some more aliens/pros beat your best time.

Yes, because that's totally how the TTs work.

I know that's gotta suck.

It does.

 

[ZEE]

Well today the little S2000 run was pretty good, logged on, hooned around, tried it and got this!

Where is the Gen 2 facelifted S2000 in this game?

 

[skydragon49]

Hello there (2)

As my wife and daughter went out on another appointment, I had the living room for myself and could start another session with the S2000.

This time with a nice improvement. 2:14:503

The lap:


I'm still not 100% sure about the braking at the very beginning of sector 2. I also have had better/smoother sector 3 runs which makes me think I may have another push at this time trial.

 

[2cam16]

Good enough for me. Wee bit too much understeer.
Gran Turismo® 7_20241128143122 by 2cam16, on Flickr
Grand Valley - Highway 1_ (4) by 2cam16, on Flickr
And yeah,NO, I'll pass on the Red Bull. Definitely not feasible with a controller on auto for me! lol

 

[peniu]

I know opinions are split on RB one, but I like it as it seems like a cool challenge and feels much more fair than the rallycross one. Hardest things about it are probably bumps unsettling the car and convincing the brain that going faster = better turning.

It's also annoying when top times are going 5 gears down in split second only to shift up two in a while, hopefully it will be possible to get gold without fully copying that.

 

[ZEE]

I did try the Red bull one TT, but the car is so twitchy to control on the nurburgring, but still worth a try!

 

[CosmicMinster]

Hello everyone, it is that time of the week once again and as I expected, we got two time trials this week due to GTWS and I decided to go with this one first because I absolutely love the Nurburgring, X2019 not so much though. So in my first session today best I manage is a 6:20.694 which is not too bad for my first run but there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. I believe a 6:18 may be doable if I can correct all the errors made in this lap but a 6:19 is definitely doable, I could have gotten it on this lap but I made a silly mistake towards the end which cost me almost a whole second. Also there is the S2000 at Grand Valley which I have not set a lap for yet but I will be doing that one tomorrow and then I'll come back to this one on Saturday and then work more on the S2000 on Sunday. The S2000 combo looks very fun and I look forward to driving it!

 

[ScottPuss20]

My brother went faster so I responded with this. I hope it's enough to stay ahead.

This car, in combination with the tyres, gives you an incredible amount of feedback. It's great.

 

[skydragon49]

Hello there (3)

First of all, sorry for the repetition. Secondly, VTEC for the win! 😁

2:14:375

I think I improved my middle sector, however I have seen better sector 1 splits in my runs. I'll come back for more then.

 

[ZevZoq]

A decent first run for me...

 

[Dolph Drago]

I'm still not a fan of Grand Valley (as much as I enjoyed the original in previous games) and seem to struggle around there no matter the car. My first few laps were waaay off. My fast lap was scruffy with definite room for improvement.

I also don't care for the Red Bull, but I love the Nurb. Though I'm worried it may not end up gold, I plan to try it out anyway.

 

[TheNormsk]

First session at Grand Valley. This is one of my favorite circuits, but I’m not a fan of comfort sport tires. To say the S2000 is sketchy is to say the least. For me I found TCS1 with ASM on (which I almost never use) was best for my driver far.

Not too many successful laps, with most laps being invalidated due to crashing out or track limits as I push to see what this car can do.

But the results so far is OK to begin with (top 1000 but early days).

PS I’m only racing on this account

Edit. Improvement (Especially as the WR improved during this time - almost in the 2:11s now).

Ditched the ASM and running TCS1 with ABS default. I’m finding default better than weak here.

 

[jrbabbitt]

That Mission X at RB is an understeering lump of lithium....

 

[crome]

Only got a narrow gold yesterday in my first attempt at Grand Valley (2:15.911) so I have a lot of catching up to do to compete with you guys. I find comfort in the fact that I was a wee bit intoxicated after the company christmas party 😂, and as I‘ve known before, drunk-driving in GT7 is almost as bad an idea as IRL, so …

Happy lapping, and drive responsibly!

 

[TheNormsk]

First session at the Nord. Good god that is tiring.

Quite a few invalidated laps lead to three improving laps as I starting to figure this out.

Gold is a pipe dream but got silver with first run. I fear this is not good enough to be safe but I’m not sure how much more I’ll be able to improve.

I’ve no idea how my sectors compare but if you’re trying to get into Silver, these are mine.

@half_sourly i’m coming for you! 😀

This TT demanded my formula wheel. At this speed you can definitely turn faster with a 270mm rim rather than a 330mm rim.

 

[Rossell2]

Why is it on time trials where bronze is 500,000 am I disappointed when I get silver?

 

[Gorefast]

A decent first run for me...

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Same story here. Almost golden and my so-called friends are one second faster after their first stint. But why hurry when you enjoy the ride?!? 😀

Some minor damages while looking for the limits but good fun because of understandable driving behaviour. The hunt is on!

 

[nickf1gr]

Without traction control engaged, the Porsche Mission X slides like crazy in Red Bull Ring..

 

[Lomic]

@crome : I guess that your plugin does not color the cell with bronze color if the time is lower than 10% of from WR ? So all people getting bronze but below 10% do not get bronze background color, right ?

 

[jrbabbitt]

Without traction control engaged, the Porsche Mission X slides like crazy in Red Bull Ring..

Poor doggie

 

[Gomario JSP]

Morning Folks,

First real session on the S2000 is done, a good o six-O-clock GT7 alarm to take seat in the brother from another mother from the past time trial in the Civic at Lago Maggiore
So VTEC Brrraaaaaaaaaaaaapppp it is.....

What a delight this TT, realy nicely balanced that S2000 and it suits the track quite good!, altho the last sector is a bit weird, that tight righthander after the bridge still feels sort of floating or dancing on ice in 2nd gear.
And i'm not realy friends with the bollards that follow there..

Key to this TT is def throttle control mid corner, those tiny lift off throttle moments ( what isn't even noticable on the replay ) prevent you from sliding to much, but found i was faster with some agression on it, i even drifted in T8 - T9 but i had a faster split on the bridge...

Lots of fun! and not to Shaaabbbyyyy at all this morning

Maby i'll run some laps during the weekend, but time is limited, have a great day all,

@Barareklam get well soon mate!