Time Trial Discussion

[lhunatic]

I am tired boss. Those last mid 36s were produced out of sheer hatred for the controller understeer. I know I can do even better but I am not willing to put in the time on this to get the optimal sectors. Hard to keep my composure here probably not the only person in here.

At this point I know I must get a wheel for the future and of course pedals and most likely some online coaching to get out some bad habits I built up to improve even further.

P.s anyone in the market for 37s,36s go on grab it off my timesheet I have no love for it.

My excuse list: Original PS4 and Dualshock 4, getting jaded just driving into sector 3 and the last chicane and sprinkle some understeery anger into this because why not at this point.

To anyone else I wish you luck in getting the result you set yourselves for.

Edit: ABS weak, everything else off yes even the brain.

 

[Uday9479]

Today ran 95 laps of the Sardegna TT (took a break of 10 mins in between). Ironic thing about this is that I was able to only better my PB from 1:38:939 to 1:38:929, even though I lowered my Optimal Best to 1:38:518.

The reason I kept going on & on was because I was till the end able to nail the apexes & braking too but just couldn't stitch my best 3 sectors in 1 lap. I'm trying to enter inside top 1000 ranking...so will try again...

BTW, I tried the same Sardegna Track Blayout in Time Trial within the 'circuits' option. I kept the hp to 226 but ran on RM tyres to feel the difference. In a few laps, I could touch 1:32:9xx which just shows the grip difference between RM & CS.

 

[Ed_Night]

Top10 is possible.

Alright...

...done. 🥳🤪😂

Already lost 0,1s in turn one and of course some more through the right hander after S1, which is probably my main problem why i'm not able to keep up with the top guys at S2. 🥲

Steady lap Dolph

Your first sector is quite good, and indeed you lost a little time om S2 compared to me 1:05.278 / 1:05.135. But fairly close, so that means work on the 3th sector! 😁😁

My S2 for this lap was a 1:05,012... so yeah you guys have some time left on sector 3. 🤭
But i really hit it perfect, even a bit faster than @Metalgear9493. 😏

 

[sinncere27]

If you switch gears while going over the sausage kerb it allows you to take the chicane smoothly without the steering derping out. I don't know how this works but it just does (video related)

Thanks for sharing, will try this. I've been shifting into 3rd between the left-right switch. It's also been frustrating to see all the time gained from the first three sectors and know that I'm gonna lose a chunk of it going into that finall chicane.

But really, I gotta work on the first sector. It's improving for me, but so far I'm only able to do low 26s for it while the WR does it at 25.5. That's a chunk of momentum I'm not carrying early on in the lap.

 

[Met Entso]

Hey folks!

So I'm not the best driver out there and I'm always having a hard time with those twitchy high downforce cars. Still I thought I give this a try.
So I did a lap and tbh it felt quite good! But then I saw my result🥺

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I don't get it! Sure, I guess I could squeeze out a few tenths in the hairpin and the chicane and maybe I didn't hit every apex perfectly. But still, I can't see how to improve enough to even get into bronze territory here. I was on full throttle almost all the time! It feels like I'm doing something fundamentally wrong but I just can't figure out what it is🤨

Maybe you guys can give me some tips? Here's the video of my lap:

You are doing Suzuka reversed and it's not, it's the normal version of the track! (also the video is reversed for some reason, wanted to confuse us??)

 

[Gomario JSP]

Alright...
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...done. 🥳🤪😂

Already lost 0,1s in turn one and of course some more through the right hander after S1, which is probably my main problem why i'm not able to keep up with the top guys at S2. 🥲


My S2 for this lap was a 1:05,012... so yeah you guys have some time left on sector 3. 🤭
But i really hit it perfect, even a bit faster than @Metalgear9493. 😏

I can understand finding a tenth to lower my S2 plit to a 1:05.0xx but then I have to find another 3 tenth in sector 3 ?! 🤣🤣 were in gods name am I going to find that??

Congrats on that top 10!
Stupidly fast Germans these days 🤣🤣😇😇😇

 

[NicoGmbh]

@Dolph Drago , your last participation with the z4 reminds me how fast you are and I wish you all the best after your surgery 🤞🏼🍀🤞🏼🍀

It took me some time to find a little finesse after the habits taken with the wrx.

Thank you to @Metalgear9493 for showing us the path. I hope that the time will last until the last day and see my wish come true.

 

[imChris]

If you switch gears while going over the sausage kerb it allows you to take the chicane smoothly without the steering derping out. I don't know how this works but it just does (video related)

This also works on the inside kerb at turn 9 by the way. This combined with some throttle blipping through the esses helped me set a new personal best

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Morning all - had a good run this morning with my new Arrows livery! Nearing my limit now as my optimal is only a tenth quicker, but also have gone faster than I expected.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Pretty much maxed out here. Not much juice left!

 

[zjn]

@Dolph Drago keep pushing for your goals mate!!!


Finally some wheel time for me over the we

I think i have more in Sardegna, but two things I'm missing: 1) that uphill bumpy right hander i don't understand. i know I'm missing something, but can't figure out what 2) i don't know how many tons of laps i invalidated before even starting, or just before ending on the last chicane. I can tell you at least 6-7 different ways to screw it...

Suzuka I'm one and done after a 2 hour session. I like it more than expected, but i know i will stay away for few days, and it will take another 2 hours to get back to my rithm

 

[Gorefast]

Congrats on that top 10!
Stupidly fast Germans these days 🤣🤣😇😇😇

Yes, but unfortunately not on the A3 today.... 😡 I gave in with the Z4 and have a lot of respect for Suzuka but that is the way to go for me.

 

[pcmfocus]

Day 2 on Suzuka 6 short sessions hope it holds for gold still some time to get best optimal was 36.4 but ... during the week its dif to get free time 🤔

 

[Dolph Drago]

This is the last run before I leave. I kept up my trend of picking up roughly half a tenth of a second. I blitzed sector 1, my best ever. But I delayed getting on the gas on the first right turn of sector 2 and took it way too easy through that stupid final turn of the same sector. Finally, I got quite sideways in the final turn which surely cost me some time. I think a 38.0 would have been possible if I continued for a few more days and hit every sector. I did also have a 38.100 invalidated because I got a millimeter too wide on the exit of the final turn. With still a few days left, I don't know if it will be enough to keep me in the top 150. A top 100 has continued to be elusive for me recently. I haven't had one since some time last year.

 

[snc]