Time Trial Discussion

[rikku-mw]

Last time that I can do a stint in the early hours of a new TT before I will be back at work next week. I wached laporty's and tidgney's lap and tried the genesis - "just" a 48.8.

So I waited for @Tidgney guide, thank you very much! I picked the Ford and got quite fast an optimum of a low 46.1. But I wasn't able to get a good lap together. I threw a good lap in T1 or bus stop away. It took me 11 laps to get both quite good together.

So it was not that easy @Tidgney in comparison to the Focus at RA where I will now go back to reach a 32.

Thanks this forum I am able to fight for gold so often.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Just did a few laps hopefully this will stay safe

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Tried the Genesis first and boy o boy does that thing not like any turning angle under braking or acceleration! Switched to a non meta car and found myself a tenth faster despite lacking in straight line speed. Fun combo 😁

 

[Chris30]

Well, I suppose I'll give the Daytona Road Course a go this afternoon.

@NevilleNobody you're right, I do get nervous a lot near the corners and bollards there, but I can't help it. I can't imagine driving a real car in life which I have never done due to my disability and autism. Well I'll keep watching and following Tidgney's guides and trying to see my friends replays.

It's still weird though how some of the top 100-200 drivers has a blue icon next to their time showing their replay, while me and most of my friends shows no icon next to their times, meaning I can't view mine or their replays from that point of view.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Tried the Genesis first and boy o boy does that thing not like any turning angle under braking or acceleration! Switched to a non meta car and found myself a tenth faster despite lacking in straight line speed. Fun combo 😁
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It's a great combo especially with everything (pretty much) being viable, the only oddity is I'm doing this in VR and still adapting the banking doesn't "feel natural" if that makes sense? It's not a problem just something different.

Adjusting to the different brake markers as well as in VR my braking has changed quite a bit in that I have more fidelity for want of a better word on it.

 

[Chris30]

Nobody answered my question about the ABS a few days ago. Is there a difference if I set it to default? I normally have it on the weak setting. Which probably means the car won't be that stable while braking during hard turns and corners, even U-turns or esses. Thought I'd ask again because I'm getting nowhere hardly. Well I'm glad there's a larger variety of Gr. 3 cars to select out there to race at Daytona. That's all I know.

I wish I had a dollar for everytime I fumbled a lap, went off-course or ignored people's advice here, I'd be a millionaire or even an even more rich fellow than that. I can see now why I struggled in school for 12-13 years, I get confused and don't pay attention clearly due to my autism.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Nobody answered my question about the ABS a few days ago. Is there a difference if I set it to default? I normally have it on the weak setting. Which probably means the car won't be that stable while braking during hard turns and corners, even U-turns or esses. Thought I'd ask again cause I'm getting nowhere hardly. Well I'm glad there's a larger variety of Gr. 3 cars to select out there to race at Daytona. That's all I know.

Honestly no for me or you mate, for the fast guys sometimes it makes a difference.

It's not the ABS intervention that is our issue, it's how we are braking in the first place that is the thing.

Just try it and see how it works for you, it might work better or worse. I've found that I'm changing less and less stuff and just getting comfortable with how I drive before looking for those last bits of improvement.

 

[Chris30]

Ok, thank you for the advice, it's Glen to the rescue! I'll do the best I can based of my ability.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Ok, thank you for the advice, it's Glen to the rescue! I'll do the best I can based of my ability.

Honestly Chris bud that's all I'm doing and most of us are doing.

Just think every time you do a lap where can you improve and do it incrementally like each corner at a time. That's how I do it, but I'm just in a different place in my journey that's all.

 

[VSpec_R]