Time Trial Discussion

[Lomic]

Last stint for me at Spa, won't have time tomorrow 😞

Improvements but far from enough, I'd need to train everyday during the TT to hope to get gold at Spa with this combo, but I've prioritized other stuff last week.

Best lap improved from 2:21.694 to 2:21.456
Best invalid lap 2:21.176
6 laps invalidated in Eau-Rouge
1st lap ok but I lifted.
Only three laps where I went through Eau-Rouge without lifting, without doing a good S1 anyway.

Optimal is just gold, but I've been unable to put a good lap together. Overall optimal is 0.5 under gold.

5 stints of 10 laps in the end, may be with double that I'd reached gold. Next time...

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[hamishl]

I usually give up if I get myself to a comfortable gold (or just gold, if it's taken me a while to get there), but on my first run at Spa I was struggling to complete a clean lap and my optimal time was just above the gold mark. Then, when it finally all came together I managed a time half a second better than my optimal!

So I was encouraged to keep going with both TTs this time and finally broke into the 2:19s at Spa last night. Sadly, it seems lots of people feel the same way this time (or they just find the Gr3 cars easier than me) and my 2:19.982 is nowhere near my best placing

Doing better at RA (road cars seem to suit my skills better), though painfully short of the 1:32s (1:33.052). Current 2,186, which would be my best placing yet, but I think I'll have to have another go before it finishes to keep it there.

 

[Dan_Tes]

Hi folks! Last chance saloon at Spa, again a lacklustre S1 let the team down and I left two tenths on the table… I’ll not be topping the gtplanet chart but a proud boi nonetheless placing highly with all assists off and ABS weak! It was definitely a case of coulda woulda shoulda but hey you can’t get the perfect lap all the time!!

Still fun trial, I enjoyed it very much

 

[Dolph Drago]

My miracle lap. 75 miles of failing, then half a second gain out out of the blue.

@Dan_Tes, thanks for making my lap look like utter poo by posting your alien time just before me.

 

[Chris30]

I give up at Spa, I tried hard. wasn't able to catch most of my friends times on the leaderboard. My final time was 2'24.296. Well it was fun while it lasted. Spa is a demanding track and you have to fully understand it before you can even get a time below 2'20.000.

@DolphDrago smashing lap there and that Kool-Aid GIF was hilarious. I'm glad the Spa challenge is over. Time to move on, shall we? Off to Daytona Road Course tomorrow. The bollards at Spa was a nightmare, everytime I touched them when I was having a good run which was annoying as hell. I tried several ghosts and I just couldn't keep up with the drivers. So I gave up after 3 hours today. Well, guess I'll be waiting for my measley bread crumbs.

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