Advanced driving skills

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I have been playing gt since gt prologue .. and I have many skills in driving like breaking and release break fast to make it slide .. my point is .. I want to improve my skills to reach Gtp_holland not sure about his ID.
So .. any ideas I could use it
 
You've got two hopes of beating Holland; no hope & Bob Hope (& Bob Hope's dead)! Good luck with that.


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I dont want to beat him .. I just need some advices ..
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simply put, there is nothing you can do other than practice, practice ,practice.

in the end, you either will get that good or you wont, everyone is different in this world, not everyone can achieve the very same things in life.
 
Practice is your only ally.

I can sit here and throw page upon page of my racing theory at you but what good will it do? if you don't have the essential skills to begin with that you can only learn fully with experience and seat time it will just become white noise and you won't really learn anything, you'll just go through every corner trying to remember what I told you.

Drive, drive as much as you can. Feel out your cars limit and push it constantly, that's the best way for you to get faster.

If you haven't already, put some effort into learning how cars work, weight transfer, inertia etc.

I'll give you some basic advice though - Out in out isn't the be all and end all of racing theory.

I dunno, it's a complicated thing to really discuss without feeling like I sound as though I'm saying "I can't be arsed" but it's really not the case.. just.. yeah.

Experience is the best teacher.
 
Practice Practice Practice Practice and more Practice, try downloading some of the fastest ghost to drive against. and practice some more.
 
As others have said, practice is the only thing that will help you. You could also check this link out and join the WRS.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=117

It is a group of some of the best racers here that you can learn from. Holland was also a member until he got banned from the forums. Alot to be learned from the people there.

There is no magical advice that anyone can give you that will make you an instant alien. It is up to you, your dedication, and how much time you can put into the game. Its not easy and is a very long road to the top. Trust me, I have been on that road for about two years now. I can regularly place in the top 100 in the Seasonal Time Trials, but that wasn't always the case. Keep practicing, it will pay off in the end.
 
Practicing is definitely very important to make good progress. Getting familiar and comfortable on a track/car combination takes many many laps of practice. However, I think knowledge about what driving techniques are available is paramount and is something that is acquired. Many real life race drivers wouldn't share with others their knowledge/techniques, as their techniques/knowledge is what differentiates them from others, along with skill of course.

You can practice all day and keep getting the same lap times, then one advice or discovery and you improve considerably. So one needs to make an effort to acquire new techniques and knowledge, either by watching other good drivers, or through direct advice (from a mentor for example), or from racing books. There are several good racing books around.

One technique that I've added to my driving in the last couple of years made a big difference in my lap times. Many drivers, usually in low traction/high power cars, use gradual throttle input to apply power without spinning and losing traction. You apply the throttle gradually from 0% to 100%. In many cases this is not actually ideal. What if the car would lose traction starting at 60% throttle, then there is no need to go gradually until 60% throttle. You could quickly apply the throttle to 60% then slowly continue until 100%. This technique is definitely superior to gradual 0% to 100% throttle application, and would improve lap times. We can call this technique "Partial Throttle Stabbing".
 
Master trail braking. Look it up in the forums, this will give you the biggest gain quickly. All of the fast guys are masters of this.

GTP_CargoRat
As others have said, practice is the only thing that will help you. You could also check this link out and join the WRS.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=117
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^ That is your best bet. Nothing can help you more than practice.

Also master tracks, every track has different lines. Some cars may use different lines on the same track. Some tracks have really "odd" lines that looks slow but are actually fast (grand valley is a good example).

If you have a DS3, you most likely need a wheel (DFGT is all you need). Anything more expensive will not make "that" much of a difference.

If you have a wheel with a clutch, go back to using the auto-clutch-blip even if you are a heal-toe master the game will be faster.
 
12 things to make you faster.

It helped me go from back marker to mid pack with a few months of minimal practice. You will find a lot of advice from some of the fastest gt5 racers. Hopefully it can help you.
 
Joining the WRS would definatly help you. :)

Running constantly with people faster than you will force you to improve.
 
mike_gt3
Joining the WRS would definatly help you. :)

Running constantly with people faster than you will force you to improve.
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Yep, I am proof of that. I have improved greatly since running with you guys. Still a long way to go tho, but its progress.
 
Yeah you are improving at every event i seen:tup: :)
 
Thanks for the books .. I think I might need some theory lessons .. also I have been playing gt since long time more than 4 years and I can reach to top 100 easily like in the latest gt academy for middle east
I am just bored and stuck with my style in driving because I just learn by my self
 
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Master trail braking. Look it up in the forums, this will give you the biggest gain quickly. All of the fast guys are masters of this.



^ That is your best bet. Nothing can help you more than practice.

Also master tracks, every track has different lines. Some cars may use different lines on the same track. Some tracks have really "odd" lines that looks slow but are actually fast (grand valley is a good example).

If you have a DS3, you most likely need a wheel (DFGT is all you need). Anything more expensive will not make "that" much of a difference.

If you have a wheel with a clutch, go back to using the auto-clutch-blip even if you are a heal-toe master the game will be faster.
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Just got a G27...but I don't know what the "auto-clutch-blip" is...wasn't covered in the manual:sly:

Everyone has covered the practicing and education parts of this discussion well. My contribution is the mental part of things. I've fooled myself a couple of times into thinking I've reached my limits in the game, only to discover that I can go faster. I have found my biggest improvements come from keeping an open mind to everything about the game, from technique to tuning and everything in between. Once you convince yourself that you are at your limit, you are, once you convince yourself you cannot improve, you won't. I dislike TT's myself, about all I can stand is a half hour or so and many of them I just do one green lap, but I usually download the replay of the leaders and watch them a couple of times to see what they are doing differently. Watching DHollands Nurb replay was humbling to say the least but it served to remind me that I've just begun to learn how to get the most out of a car in this game.
 
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The 370Z comes with Synchro Rev feature - auto blip when downshifting in real life, does this accurately modeled in GT5 when using steering wheel + clutch shifter ? Sorry if off topic ...
 
I think it would be modeled into the car in GT5 itself, and do it regardless of input device used if it was.
 

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