Time Trial Discussion

[NAXEHT]

Ohhhh, squeezed into the top 100. Borderline should hold. I think so, only lost two positions since last night. Man, I thought this one was very tough, really had to work for it unlike some other top 100’s which at times comes to you a bit too easy. At least compared the effort and time I put in here. Messes a bit with your mind. But to be fair, the car in stock form isn’t the quickest and Tsukuba is super short so it makes sense...

Had these laps.

0'24.278 / 0'51.795 / 1'02.354
0'24.272 / 0'51.794 / 1'02.340
0'24.258 / 0'51.843 / 1'02.330
0'24.220 / 0'51.752 / 1'02.269
0'24.176 / 0'51.729 / 1'02.225

 

[Lomic]

4th 10 laps stint at Tsukuba, no VR this time, no improvement of best lap, optimal a bit better and medium too.

Spoiler

2nd 10 laps stint at Spa, little improvement of best lap, good improvement of optimal. Need to string everything together and not faq T1 then make a decent Eau-Rouge and next lap get a decent T1 and faq Eau-Rouge... and when the miracle occurs not drive like a moron on the other turns... oh well, there's some time left to improve.

Spoiler

 

[Vule]

It's not been a great New Year, struck down with some horrible flu strain which has stolen all my energy, so it was nice to get a tiny bit of joy returning to the haunted hairpin for an hour today...

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This might be it for me, energy levels are still low. If any of this lot of aliens best me before Thursday, I send warm congratulations, you deserve it, beating down a crippled shivering old man in his hour of darkness, celebrate away and have a magical 2025 ✨🥳✨

Well, you motivated me to go again, and good thing you did

One last push tomorrow night, but I doubt I'll beat you, that's a very impressive time

 

[crome]

Let's start a little off-topic, but I'll get to the TT stuff, I promise

So I had these guys in the mail today (many thanks @Vule for the recommendation) ...

and obviously I had to install them right away

I guess the blue / yellow combo is an unusually "soft" one compared to what most people seem to use, but then again I also have the load cell brake configured to just 40% of its max power. Any more would not work with my setup (pedals placed on the floor), but I'm not complaining - 40% feels firm enough for me to be honest.

I'm happy to report that brake feeling is greatly improved, it feels so much more natural now. I still kind of expected that it would take me some time to rebuild my muscle memory and get back to my previous pace, but that does not seem to be the case at all. I tried Tsukuba one more time, and within a couple of laps I was in striking distance of my PB. And 25 minutes later I had bested it by almost three tenths 😲

Now I'm not saying this is necessarily caused by this mod, maybe I just had a good day. But at the very least I'm not slower than before, and having more fun on the road. Highly recommended!

Spoiler: The lap

Happy lapping everyone!

 

[Vule]

So I had these guys in the mail today (many thanks @Vule for the recommendation) ...

Glad I could help If it feels too soft, you can always use just one spring + 2 elastomers, or order another yellow and use two of them, maybe even red, green, whatever, there could be a hundred different levels of stiffness with these springs, they are dirt cheap and you can experiment until you find the perfect combo

 

[Jeje6410]

Let's start a little off-topic, but I'll get to the TT stuff, I promise

So I had these guys in the mail today (many thanks @Vule for the recommendation) ...

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and obviously I had to install them right away

I guess the blue / yellow combo is an unusually "soft" one compared to what most people seem to use, but then again I also have the load cell brake configured to just 40% of its max power. Any more would not work with my setup (pedals placed on the floor), but I'm not complaining - 40% feels firm enough for me to be honest.

I'm happy to report that brake feeling is greatly improved, it feels so much more natural now. I still kind of expected that it would take me some time to rebuild my muscle memory and get back to my previous pace, but that does not seem to be the case at all. I tried Tsukuba one more time, and within a couple of laps I was in striking distance of my PB. And 25 minutes later I had bested it by almost three tenths 😲

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Now I'm not saying this is necessarily caused by this mod, maybe I just had a good day. But at the very least I'm not slower than before, and having more fun on the road. Highly recommended!

Spoiler: The lap

Happy lapping everyone!

actually it makes a huge difference to put springs. Like you, I changed the Load Cell springs for 10 days now, using 1 yellow and 1 blue. And it's a radical change. Afterwards I no longer know how much the Load Cell is configured but I am really very happy with it. And very happy not to have put 300€ into the V3

Thanks a lot @Vule for your help

 

[Chris30]

Well, I'm in silver range at Tsukuba. I've got less than a day to try to make an effort to the gold territory. I'm tired right this moment so I'm going to run a few more laps and go to bed. I reckon we'll see how it goes. I hope I get some deep sleep and have a fresh mind when I get up. And then I can maybe earn a gold-level time. The real challenge is going to be at Spa. Not a walk in the park there. So far, my PB is a 1'04.658 at the moment. But that could change real soon before the deadline.

 

[Lomic]

Less talking in the wind, more driving

Two 10 laps stints at Tsukuba. First one without CSA and ASM, was loosing the car a bit too much and loosing more time than what those assists would bring so on second stint I put them back on.

Spoiler

First stint, very close to gold, slight improvement

Spoiler

Second stint, well into gold, hopefully it'll hold

Spoiler

 

[Dolph Drago]

Finally an improvement at Tsukuba on the last day. I think that was my fastest first sector ever, but I lost a little time the rest of the lap. Optimal was a tenth better (both sector 2 and 3 from the same lap being quickest, but awful first sector). I gained something like 150 spots globally but ZERO on my friends board. Dang you, aliens!

 

[GT_Tuga]

Is there anyone kind enough to tell me if the World Record at Tsukuba changed or is it still the same?


... I've made it into Gold territory today, but only by the smallest of margins (no more than 0.06 thousands) so yeah... I'm sweating bullets here lol

 

[NAXEHT]

Is there anyone kind enough to tell me if the World Record at Tsukuba changed or is it still the same?


... I've made it into Gold territory today, but only by the smallest of margins (no more than 0.06 thousands) so yeah... I'm sweating bullets here lol

It’s unchanged as of right now but I do have a feeling L-shooter is lurking around on this one. I’d try to push that time down a bit more if I were you.

 

[GT_Tuga]

It’s unchanged as of right now but I do have a feeling L-shooter is lurking around on this one. I’d try to push that time down a bit more if I were you.

Oh God, L-shooter... just what I needed

Wise words, in fact I wanted to improve my PB this morning but didn't have enough time for that... it's out of my hands now, I'll just have to embrace the pain and pray for a miracle 🙏

 

[eggmann]

I've joined the 2% club.
Still CSA Strong ABS Weak

 

[Chris30]

I've got less than five hours to make a move at Tsukuba. Well done to everyone who earned gold there. I'm in the silver club atm and broke a new record, 1'04.524!

 

[Gogga]

New Time Trial
Sports Hard, Bop on

 

[Hiropairippu]

I got in nice and early for GOLD today on 4th lap attempt. Enjoy

 

[SPDN Stefano]

I struggle at Road Atlanta a little bit because the track is so different from how it used to be in Forza Motorsport, especially the first sector. It is going to take some time to unlearn that muscle memory.

 

[Gomario JSP]

My leave for work time is around 8 am so only did about 3 laps.... understeer 🤣
But fun few laps, no real time set tho with a 33.7 or something I was 6th tho at the time 🤣🤣

 

[Lomic]

My leave for work time is around 8 am so only did about 3 laps.... understeer 🤣

Used your lap as ghost and did a poor first test lap. That TT will not be easy but it is a nice combo.

As for last TT, my gold stood.

So I am happy 😁

Mind is free to attack Spa !

 

[Vule]

But fun few laps, no real time set tho with a 33.7 or something I was 6th tho at the time 🤣🤣

Let the games begin

First 10 laps without any ghosts, just having fun, it's much more likable than I thought it would be, and I didn't notice any understeer really Of course, when I start chasing the WR ghosts it won't be fun, but for now, not bad at all!

 

[Gomario JSP]

Used your lap as ghost and did a poor first test lap. That TT will not be easy but it is a nice combo.

As for last TT, my gold stood.
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So I am happy 😁

Mind is free to attack Spa !

Congrats on the gold at Tsukuba! nice job
Yeah my early lap should had a replay indeed, but that would prob. not even hold for gold

 

[Shah1]

Didn't get Gold at Tsukuba but managed to go under 1:04 - finished with a best of 1:03:716, close but not quite fast enough for Gold.

 

[Gorefast]

Didn't get Gold at Tsukuba but managed to go under 1:04 - finished with a best of 1:03:719, close but not quite fast enough for Gold.

That is a good result and just bad luck that it didn't end golden. New TT, new chance... 😉

 

[ElectricNaz]

Love this TT already.... Haven't used this car before at all but had some fun slinging it around! Really wanted to try and get an early top 10 replay on the leaderboard before I start work but it isn't to be I don't think... 😭

 

[MidnightRun85]

Only had one 5-lap attempt at Tsukuba, and that ended in silver (I think). Hoping to get more time in the Focus RS - it's a car I haven't really driven in a very long time! Road Atlanta isn't one of my strong circuits though, so I'm not holding my breath for much better than silver again...

 

[Gogga]

This one is fun. Had an early session for a change. P100 on the dot.
The trick here is not to be aggressive on the downshifts. Gear down late.

Happy Hunting Folks!

 

[half_sourly]

The results for TT122 at Tsukuba Circuit in the Honda NSX Type R '02 are over here.
I have updated the opening post with the index of all TTs and the second post with the community scoreboards.

Here are some interim statistics for TT123 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Gr.3.

Spoiler: GTP Scoreboard

 

[Chris30]

Time to crush Road Atlanta with my selected livery for the Ford Focus! Let the games begin! I joined the 1'03.000 club at Tsukuba, 1'03.995

So I was thrilled to score that time last night around 11:00pm.

 

[Gomario JSP]

The results for TT122 at Tsukuba Circuit in the Honda NSX Type R '02 are over here.
I have updated the opening post with the index of all TTs and the second post with the community scoreboards.

Here are some statistics for TT123 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Gr.3.

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Spoiler: GTP Scoreboard

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Picture swich

 

[Chris30]

Well, I wasn't too far off gold, but I just wasn't fast enough to pass the gold line. The NSX took advantage of me, everytime I took a turn it kept pulling me back and I had to fight to get a grip on the car. I only put a mere 60 laps in this, not like I did at Goodwood. so, off to Spa which is the next TT that will end January 16th. Actually I'm trying to get my self esteem up by getting a faster time than most people, but I'm not succeeding so far. Most of my life during school, when I got bad grades, my parents got all over me which made me feel bad.

Looks like I'm on my own as usual. I feel like I'm in a tug of war battling for the best time. You guys are pulling me in the mud. My self-esteem is so low it's gonna take years to get it back up, and being the best, fastest driver isn't the solution apparently, from my point of view.