ATAQ - a time trial experiment

[rheinaoi]

Today was procrastination MR day for me.

Maserati MC20
54.5x - Does everything well. I really should be focusing on this one.

Lamborghini Countach LP400
55.5x - A missile on the straightaways. Highest top speed of this group. But no front downforce. Twitchy.

Toyota MR2 - No Swap - Low RPM Turbo
54.8x - Well balanced and LOUD.

Chevrolet Corvette C8 - Stock suspension and no weight reductions because why not?
55.0x - The C8 hides its weight with the power of science. The suspension handled my silliness admirably. Playful on throttle.

De Tomaso Pantera - No Swap - No Brakes
55.1x - Naturally Aspirated V8 noises + point and shoot driving. We don't talk about the braking distances.

Alpine A110 Premiere Edition - Low RPM Turbo
55.2x - Slower than expected. Too much rotation when releasing the brakes. PP system punishes it for being too light. Also LOUD (❤️)

Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car - Suzuki VGT Gr.3 Swap
54.7x - Perhaps it could faster with shorter gear ratios. I was too tired to set the gearbox. The Japanese engine makes the car sound more Italian now.

It was a nice change of pace. Though slower, I like the rotation I got from these cars on and off the throttle; especially in the middle of the track. This challenge has exposed my bad habits here. I'm braking too late into the hairpins and running too wide in the second and final hairpin. Also, I need to rethink my tuning.

The Smoothbore Express
Everything normal (and a bunch of very NOT normal cars) that I've tested has formed a line behind the Mitsubishi Evo Final Gr.B Road Car. What's up with this car? It's doing Godzilla things.

@smoothbore12 , chasing your time feels like chasing 1% gold in the Time Trials. Seriously great lap. My best is 53.2x. My goal is to match your time by end of this challenge. I'll see what times I can get out of it at the 700pp Alsace race later.

 

[Gorefast]

Today was procrastination MR day for me.

Maserati MC20
54.5x - Does everything well. I really should be focusing on this one.

Lamborghini Countach LP400
55.5x - A missile on the straightaways. Highest top speed of this group. But no front downforce. Twitchy.

Toyota MR2 - No Swap - Low RPM Turbo
54.8x - Well balanced and LOUD.

Chevrolet Corvette C8 - Stock suspension and no weight reductions because why not?
55.0x - The C8 hides its weight with the power of science. The suspension handled my silliness admirably. Playful on throttle.

De Tomaso Pantera - No Swap - No Brakes
55.1x - Naturally Aspirated V8 noises + point and shoot driving. We don't talk about the braking distances.

Alpine A110 Premiere Edition - Low RPM Turbo
55.2x - Slower than expected. Too much rotation when releasing the brakes. PP system punishes it for being too light. Also LOUD (❤️)

Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car - Suzuki VGT Gr.3 Swap
54.7x - Perhaps it could faster with shorter gear ratios. I was too tired to set the gearbox. The Japanese engine makes the car sound more Italian now.

It was a nice change of pace. Though slower, I like the rotation I got from these cars on and off the throttle; especially in the middle of the track. This challenge has exposed my bad habits here. I'm braking too late into the hairpins and running too wide in the second and final hairpin. Also, I need to rethink my tuning.

The Smoothbore Express
Everything normal (and a bunch of very NOT normal cars) that I've tested has formed a line behind the Mitsubishi Evo Final Gr.B Road Car. What's up with this car? It's doing Godzilla things.

@smoothbore12 , chasing your time feels like chasing 1% gold in the Time Trials. Seriously great lap. My best is 53.2x. My goal is to match your time by end of this challenge. I'll see what times I can get out of it at the 700pp Alsace race later.

There are a lot of good Cars and surprising results. Well done!

I did return to Tsukuba yesterday and am happy that I slightly improved my best 4wd lap time with an Evo without too much magic as I am working on future rules.

I did try some FWD as well but cannot replicate the magic lap with the Megane and give this up. Unfortunately I have no clou how to drive a RWD! Of course I went with a Sileighty as I love this Car but I keep sliding (a bad habbit...). MR is better as my best lap so far was with the Cayman but still a lot slower than @911RSR.

I will keep at it until next tuesday as I won't have time for serious lapping any more until 11th of May. Have a good time and hopefully free labour day!

 

[Meythia]

No improved times on my end.
Tried NSX 02 and felt really good but was really slow.
Also had a run on Subaru 22B - best lap but this car has a "cheat engine" ...

 

[Gorefast]

No improved times on my end.
Tried NSX 02 and felt really good but was really slow.
Also had a run on Subaru 22B - best lap but this car has a "cheat engine" ...

The NSX is my personal "Endgegner". I want to like it but cannot handle it. Respect for that!

 

[ikon_313]

Great lap times @rheinaoi

I think I've hit my limit with the Evo VIII @51.3. Something in me really wants that sub 51, but I doubt I'm quick enough. Maybe someone else has the finesse to get it there.

So far I haven't done any more laps with "normal" tunes and need to build tamer versions of the NSX '02, RX7 Spirit R, R34 GT-R and have yet to test the Evo X Road Car. Eager to see what times those are capable of.

@Gorefast @Meythia the NSX has great handling, but is not an easy car to set up. I'll share my settings when I get around doing some further testing.

 

[smoothbore12]

Today was procrastination MR day for me.

Maserati MC20
54.5x - Does everything well. I really should be focusing on this one.

Lamborghini Countach LP400
55.5x - A missile on the straightaways. Highest top speed of this group. But no front downforce. Twitchy.

Toyota MR2 - No Swap - Low RPM Turbo
54.8x - Well balanced and LOUD.

Chevrolet Corvette C8 - Stock suspension and no weight reductions because why not?
55.0x - The C8 hides its weight with the power of science. The suspension handled my silliness admirably. Playful on throttle.

De Tomaso Pantera - No Swap - No Brakes
55.1x - Naturally Aspirated V8 noises + point and shoot driving. We don't talk about the braking distances.

Alpine A110 Premiere Edition - Low RPM Turbo
55.2x - Slower than expected. Too much rotation when releasing the brakes. PP system punishes it for being too light. Also LOUD (❤️)

Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car - Suzuki VGT Gr.3 Swap
54.7x - Perhaps it could faster with shorter gear ratios. I was too tired to set the gearbox. The Japanese engine makes the car sound more Italian now.

It was a nice change of pace. Though slower, I like the rotation I got from these cars on and off the throttle; especially in the middle of the track. This challenge has exposed my bad habits here. I'm braking too late into the hairpins and running too wide in the second and final hairpin. Also, I need to rethink my tuning.

The Smoothbore Express
Everything normal (and a bunch of very NOT normal cars) that I've tested has formed a line behind the Mitsubishi Evo Final Gr.B Road Car. What's up with this car? It's doing Godzilla things.

@smoothbore12 , chasing your time feels like chasing 1% gold in the Time Trials. Seriously great lap. My best is 53.2x. My goal is to match your time by end of this challenge. I'll see what times I can get out of it at the 700pp Alsace race later.

The Smoothbore express at Alsace is like Orca the killer whale , i bet 53:s in clean air won't be a trouble at 670 pp configuration, at least that was my best .

 

[Meythia]

Alfa Romeo 4C Gr.3 Road Car - Suzuki VGT Gr.3 Swap
54.7x - Perhaps it could faster with shorter gear ratios. I was too tired to set the gearbox. The Japanese engine makes the car sound more Italian now.

Pick the "normal" 4C with low rpm turbo and I guess you would be faster with not much effort.