Time Trial Discussion

[330_D]

Gradually getting faster at Monza, the Gold time looks more in reach now I've chopped off a second over the last day and am now in the high 1:25's. I've focused on getting on the power earlier across the board and trying to get some flow through 2nd Variante but I'm still slow out of the 1st Variante (I don't know how @Tidgney is so fast out of there) and struggling to not hit the kerb at the 2nd Lesmo, well either that or run wide while trying to avoid the kerb. The rest of the lap seems relatively comfortable now, fingers crossed for more improvement

Less is more. Less braking, less throttle mid corner, less steering input, half throttle until you are straight straight. That helped me

 

[Stormbreaker]

Oh yesssss!!

 

[imChris]

I think I'm done with EV's for a while 😵‍💫

 

[Rossell2]

Scraped into the silver at Monza. Sure there's more speed but the kerbs, man..

 

[NevilleNobody]

The EV is a struggle, I got silver easily but not finding more time, need about 1.5 seconds sooooooooooo that's quite a bit.

 

[Dolph Drago]

I thought I might enjoy the Ioniq when I mapped the overtake button properly. Nope. I can't even get my optimals into the 36's. I have absolutely no clue what my car is going to do lap to lap going into the hairpin in sector 2. I swear I'll hit the brakes at the same spot 3 laps in a row with different results. One lap the car doesn't even come close to making the corner, the next I'm crawling around the inside bleeding time, and the following lap it will be perfect. And as bad as the final chicane is in just about any car, it feels even worse with this thing.

 

[KK78]

Less is more. Less braking, less throttle mid corner, less steering input, half throttle until you are straight straight. That helped me

Good advice, thanks buddy, I'm trying to incorporate these elements into my driving whilst trying to undo 30 years of muscle memory playing a lot of arcade racers amongst a few sim racers

 

[eggmann]

Switched to ABS Weak for minimal gain. All other aids as they were.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

Annoying lumbering pig thing. 😅 🐷

 

[newmedia_dev]

I thought I might enjoy the Ioniq when I mapped the overtake button properly. Nope. I can't even get my optimals into the 36's. I have absolutely no clue what my car is going to do lap to lap going into the hairpin in sector 2. I swear I'll hit the brakes at the same spot 3 laps in a row with different results. One lap the car doesn't even come close to making the corner, the next I'm crawling around the inside bleeding time, and the following lap it will be perfect. And as bad as the final chicane is in just about any car, it feels even worse with this thing.
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Have you talked to your car? I mean been vulnerable and opened up to before you lap?

You need to be weak to be strong, talk to it and be open to what it says back, digest don't react just listen to it.

Enough of that rubbish, there is some funky braking stuff going on with that car. I can't put my finger on it but it has regen/self braking capabilities in the real ones (don't know about the N spec ones) but ignoring the normal road car crap brakes stuff it's not like them or the VGT things.

Obviously not excuses "cough cough" but that my tin foil hat!

And I suck

 

[Metalgear9493]

Overtake button imprint..

#NeverAgain

 

[Chris30]

I can't imagine what would have happened if PD had included the Nürburgring Nordschleife track. It would have been an IONI-Q disaster for many. It's such a long and brutal track for beginners and even amateurs. I can never get a lap under 9 minutes there to save my life. It's ridiculous. If I see anymore TT's there, I won't do it, even for a bronze time.

@Metalgear9493 what did you mean by the photo? Wow, your thumbs got to be real sore. Show 'em who's boss. Think you'll gain top spot?

 

[Metalgear9493]

I can't imagine what would have happened if PD had included the Nürburgring Nordschleife track. It would have been an IONI-Q disaster for many. It's such a long and brutal track for beginners and even amateurs. I can never get a lap under 9 minutes there to save my life. It's ridiculous. If I see anymore TT's there, I won't do it, even for a bronze time.

@Metalgear9493 what did you mean by the photo? Wow, your thumbs got to be real sore. Show 'em who's boss. Think you'll gain top spot?

There's a clear red circle on the fingerprint of my thumb that matches the exact diameter of the R2 button on my TGT .

But yeah, as for going for the top spot, no chance in hell.

I just aim to try and reach my own personal limit based on my analysis of split times. I don't think I've ever tried to beat someone in GT7, it never works out If you do that because usually you're aiming for a time that's beyond reach.

 

[Chris30]

Yeah, I agree. If you feel you've reached the max limit and get totally stressed, then stop. That's what I always do in a hard TT. Wow, that's wild the fingerprint on your thumb was the same size as the diameter of the R2 button. That's got to be a rarity in many cases. Impressive times everyone, I read all the posts and looked at the entertaining/amazing pictures of your liveries. You all amaze me and make me laugh most of the time.

I'm sorry to hear that, @Vule. I hope you and your family are doing good and are safe. Good luck with your mission and journey. You don't have to be sorry about not tagging us, we will always remember you as a dedicated and strong/fast member here. Thank you also for being supportive of me even though I was negative and complaining at times. At least your equipment will be safe until you're ready to get it out again. Take care chief!!

Sincerely,
Chris

 

[ScottPuss20]

I'm quite pleased with this lap time. Found 3 tenths of second after sitting at a 37.9 for a while and seemingly going nowhere. The IONIQ 5N is a quirky car on all fronts, so it's more than worthy of it's place in Gran Turismo. Do I love it? No, but I find it far more interesting than a 1800HP electric hypercar.

 

[Gomario JSP]

I was planning for a good TT stint this morning..... but PSN network has other plans 😡😡...man I never knew a grown man could be that dissapointed on not beeing able to play a game 🤣🤣

 

[eggmann]

Baby steps... Turned TCS down to 1 and lost a tenth. Since then I've turned off CSA, and I think I can go faster that way, but not today.

 

[JRFrench]

Final go at Monza and quite content with this time now.

 

[CosmicMinster]

1:36.566 possibly fastest controller lap on the global leaderboard(?) Didn't get close to my fastest split on sector 2 so there is more time left on the table.

 

[CarreraGT]

Annoying lumbering pig thing. 😅 🐷

Truly horrible isn't it

 

[MUC76]

I can't imagine what would have happened if PD had included the Nürburgring Nordschleife track. It would have been an IONI-Q disaster for many. It's such a long and brutal track for beginners and even amateurs. I can never get a lap under 9 minutes there to save my life.

Don't care! Nobody could do it under 9 minutes in the IONIQ as one would have to charge between Ex-Mühle and Kesselchen for a while to reach Hohe Acht. 😆

 

[Gorefast]

Final go at Monza and quite content with this time now.

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I did a first test drive with my second account yesterday and now I am deeply impressed instead of "nice!" 😂 Awesome lap time! Congrats!

 

[Gomario JSP]

Pleasant surprise this morning that PSN was online again, so before fixing the family sunday morning bacon and eggies meal I went out outbraking myself again with the Voltage thing...

After some laps my brain finally got the message to ease up a little instead of creating understeer madness.
Plus I mapped the overtake to R1 on the pad, that's way better than O I had before, still hurts after some laps but it's less 🤣
I think I was to fast too hitting it in my last session, so this session gave that a bit more attention too .

Descent run this time altho my midsection was a bit mehh.

But fairly happy but i doubt this will stick top 100 🫣🙄

Plus..... I started my session turning ASM on to check if it did something... don't know if it did but certainly didn't make it worse, we will see next session



Have a good weekend!

 

[skydragon49]

Don't care! Nobody could do it under 9 minutes in the IONIQ as one would have to charge between Ex-Mühle and Kesselchen for a while to reach Hohe Acht. 😆

The real life car is capable of doing ,2 laps around Nordschleife before it needs another charge. 👀

 

[MUC76]

The real life car is capable of doing ,2 laps around Nordschleife before it needs another charge. 👀

Then it will definitely last longer than me. I'd need fresh pants every lap on the Nordschleife. 😆

 

[newmedia_dev]

The real life car is capable of doing ,2 laps around Nordschleife before it needs another charge. 👀

That's really weird, his car has brakes 🤔

 

[Metalgear9493]

1:36.566 possibly fastest controller lap on the global leaderboard(?) Didn't get close to my fastest split on sector 2 so there is more time left on the table.

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Punisher has you beat in terms of controller honours with his 36.317. He is a dualsense user.

 

[Guffaluff]

Got on the F3500 TT couple of days ago, and it's a tough nut to crack! Got my gold on the 30th lap and am apx. a tenth clear. Hope it'll stick!

Love this car, but not sure I want to chase the gold again if the benchmark time dips below my lap

 

[GT_Tuga]

Just a quick disclaimer if any of you guys are wondering where I've been during the past few days: I'm taking a break from GT7 (and any Time Trials of course).

I've been playing this game for well over a year now, and it feels like it's time for a break... even though I'm definitely not a daily player, the vast majority of my play time is found during the weekends, and it rarely exceeds 2-3 hours.

I'm quite pleased with my personal improvement on the Time Trials lately, and this very thread and every single one of you guys contributed immensely to it, but I feel like I should give it a rest for now, play something completely different... as I still have a lot of other games sitting on the shelves, just waiting to be played.

Can't really say for how long I'll be away, might be a month, might be 2... but one thing I know: I have plans to come back and do some more Time Trials with you guys, it just won't be anytime soon.
I might keep on following this thread and the GTP Forums as a whole, though.

However, I might just fire up the game again soon... just to collect my birthday gift as I'm about to turn 33 in a couple of weeks!

So that's it, before I head out into the sunset (lol) I'd like to thank all of you guys that make this TT community such a nice place, keep on chasing those aliens (or becoming aliens) and wish you all the best!


KEEP RACING!!

 

[ZevZoq]

Finally got some seat time in for the first time since the revelation last week that the Ioniq has overtake and was fairly quickly able to take half a second off my PB to get myself into a somewhat secure gold spot. Hopefully this holds...