Are you constantly getting quicker?

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I believe anyone's potential is limitless, it's WE that put limits on ourselves :).

When we think we reached the top of our game, we stop trying and just sit at that level.
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Amen, and absolutely every champion driver has said that in one way or another. Emmo had a great one to the effect that as soon as you think you're the best, you'll start losing.

There's another adage I really like... a guy goes to a martial arts master and asks "how long would it take for me to become a master?" The master replies "ten years, give or take." The guy thinks this sounds like a long time and asks "what if I work really hard?" The master replies, "twenty years." The guy is now really dismayed and says "what if I dedicate myself entirely, spend all of my being on it, how long then?" The master replies, "thirty years."
 
Lewis_Hamilton_
I feel like I am getting slower all the time. I used to just become focused, drive in an autopilot manner and handle cars rather aggressively. These days I think about and attempt far too much at being smooth or "clever" and as a result, feel slower. Though going back to notoriously difficult events such as the Alfa Romeo at Eiger in the Grand Tour, I beat my previous record on my 2nd lap. I remember spending around 10-12 laps in order to gold it first time around.

There is another game that I play as well, although admittedly I used to play it religiously, when I spent sometime on it again recently, my lap times were no where near what they used to be and I just can't figure out how I used to do it . In an actual race however, especially in GT5, I still stand a good chance of winning as generally my skills with dealing with traffic and alternative racing lines to get around people have become second nature now, rather than hardcore lap times.

So in other words, I'm not as good in time trial conditions, but better at worming my way through a field of cars on the circuit.
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This suits my situation exactly. Don't know why it's happening, maybe it's the times, some we are doing well, some we are giving our 100%, and some we can't even come third in a race online with amateur people.

Hope i don't stay that way 👍
 
Pit Crew
I definitely got better after GTAcademy Demo Trials. Round 8-5 (and Tidgeney) taught me a technique that definitely improved my lap times over Pre GTA Demo Time trials I did.
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I saw someone else mentioning a certain technique, is there any video of this, or a description somewhere?
 
I give it my all, and rarely ever get anything higher than last online.
But I'm having fun, so I don't really care.
 
gamerdog6482
I give it my all, and rarely ever get anything higher than last online.
But I'm having fun, so I don't really care.
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I hear that man, it's those guys and their 'alien' tunes lol, I can't keep up with them either. I stick to drifting!
 
Not sure.

I feel that I have a much steeper improvement in lap times, but I guess being older than I used to be I will have lost that ultimate celerity when I react to problems and even looking far ahead and picking out potential problems.

However if the physical side of things is on the slide - the mental side only gets better, I know way more now than I did (x) years ago. From much softer lines with consideration for tyres and not treating the car like I am man handling it arround a track. Now I feel I drive with more synergy with the car. Using a higher gear to limit the power and get less wheelspin, more car control and balancing the car. In the past I would get the car into a bad spot, and have to thrash about to save a spin/crash. Now I don't make as many foolish mistakes, overcommiting to a corner, or dropping the hamer on the exit of a corner. I Still make mistakes, but I feel I am spotting the mistakes much earlier and reacting, doing what ever it takes to control the car - and knowing how to do this. Without really thinking about it, just automatically turning into a slide, getting creative with the brakes when I lock a wheel.
 
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