GTP_WRS (GT5) Week 50 : Running with the Night

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I'm still using a DFP. Simple plastic pedals on springs. I didn't want to take them apart, and when talking to Jake about it, he gave me some packing foam used to ship electrical components. I wedged a 1" piece of foam behind my brake pedal to give it more resistance.
Not only am I using less brake, when I release it, the pedal is quicker to release. And it's much easier to tap the brake to set the nose of the car, without dropping speed.
I put a piece on the gas, too. Same effect. Faster pedals produced faster laps!!
A cheap and easy solution that seems to have worked rather well!! :)
 
chukabilly
I'm still using a DFP. Simple plastic pedals on springs. I didn't want to take them apart, and when talking to Jake about it, he gave me some packing foam used to ship electrical components. I wedged a 1" piece of foam behind my brake pedal to give it more resistance.
Not only am I using less brake, when I release it, the pedal is quicker to release. And it's much easier to tap the brake to set the nose of the car, without dropping speed.
I put a piece on the gas, too. Same effect. Faster pedals produced faster laps!!
A cheap and easy solution that seems to have worked rather well!! :)
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Do you think a kitchen foam sponge would be able to do the same trick? Definitely easier to come across haha.
 
Great lap, hit my target time but unhappy of course. I thought I had it in my pocket; can't see where I'm losing time but hopefully see when Chuk puts up his replay.
T1: 29.767
T2: 27.849
Compared to my PB splits I lost less then 0.050, not counting the miracle T1 I had.
 
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Do you think a kitchen foam sponge would be able to do the same trick? Definitely easier to come across haha.
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Yes I do. That's the first sponge we tried!

edit: Another thing I did was to take a few laps in the cockpit view. This helped me position the car correctly, giving more room to the left side, while pulling in the right side. Just after t2, I slide the entire corner just inches from the wall, foot on the gas. I think I could do that because I knew the bumper cam was centered, but the driver was not.
 
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29.882
28.078

Didn't turn early enough though for the 2nd turn of T3 so it wasn't quite as good as it should have been... one more session to go!!

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29.877
28.139

A bit more out of T3, pulling it all together. Maybe one more try right at the deadline :)
 
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More controlled and tidy lap - faster splits, and overall better lap:

T1 30.158
T2 28.173

Awesome splits chuck, very impressive. Might have to try and jam some foam behind the square and x buttons on my ds3 lol.

Good luck to everyone still running, I might submit with these splits.

Cheers
 
Just caught up on the last three pages of this thread...

@Chuk, in all seriousness, that's a world class set of splits - outstanding effort and just look at the names you are ahead of :bowdown: For the record, even if you don't win, I'll remember that you were ahead at the T2 split for a long time to come. Very, very impressive.

@Blair, your splits are almost as impressive considering your D3 Bronze ranking. I'd imagine you won't be there for too long 👍
 
I give up - not in the zone tonight and can't beat my 3rd sector from this lap I did 3 days ago:

29.958
27.922

Didn't think much of it at the time, just had a faster 3rd sector but the split at T2 was 0.25 down on my best. So I thought I'd get that later and end 0.25 up. Not to be and I can't get anywhere near that last sector now. Half a second down on Chuk, I don't think my run to the line is quite that good though. :P
 
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Submitted with splits on the board. My finish is terrible but it is what it is. Someone needs to warm the bottom of the list! :D

Hope I can get some time to run the Elise this week. Looks fun!
 
Submitting with current splits.

Poor entry to penultimate turn in T2 cost me a tenth and probably costs me a place on the podium too. I set all 10 fastest laps tonight though :D

Fantastic week. Look forward to seeing some replays!
 
Go to the track again Chuk.
SFR is always on what's used latest.
Hopefully for you it's [OFF]

Amazing splits if so! 👍
 
chukabilly
I always do. But how do I check the replay to verify that?
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Don´t really know because that´s a secret that Kevin doesn´t reveal.
But the best way is to go again to the arcade mode, because it saves what you used before.
 
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Don´t really know because that´s a secret that Kevin doesn´t reveal.
But the best way is to go again to the arcade mode, because it saves what you used before.
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It's kind of like black magic. Tough to control and dangerous in the wrong hands. ;)


But these guys are right, check what the game has set when loading. Based on your splits and total time, I would think you would be able to do even better with SRF turned on.

I assume you've run your normal 40 hours at this combo, and you've made some equipment upgrades, so that lap is not out of the realm of possibility.
 
Well, I was looking for .2 but ended up getting .8. Although I was a bit concerned with turn 2. I worked out T3 very late this week, managed to pick up half a second in the last half hour or so. Here's my new splits. Submitting this.

30.063
28.325
 
30.317
28.448

I decided to try foam too! Gained about a quarter of a second at the line early on (mostly in T3, with the above splits), and then could not really come close again... Resting a bit before an ultimate session, maybe.
 
I honestly don't know if it was on or off. If it was on, then going faster than Wes makes sense. If not, then yippee for me.
I just ran a few laps with it turned on, and turned off. My splits were about a tenth slower in t1, and two tenth by t2. I don't know if it is me or not, and I'm too nervous to fix it. I've always just looked for the heads up display.
This is a bummer.
 
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