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The leaderboard changed a bit, it's now R18, 919 and R92CP in the top 3 in the Americas. I have time for one lunch time race, I wonder what's in the race. This morning a no stop R18 won.
The cars at the top of the qualifying leaderboard seem to struggle more in the race (aside from the Peugeot). It makes the races more varied which is nice.
 
The cars at the top of the qualifying leaderboard seem to struggle more in the race (aside from the Peugeot). It makes the races more varied which is nice.

Aye, TS050 easily won the race. Again, qualify in one car, race another....

I managed to get to 6th with a no stop. Top 4 were all no stops, and 5th was a 919 which managed to pass me after softening up my bumper a few times. I finished the race as the the only driver without a red dot. Penalty zones PD, sooner rather than later.
 
I'm pretty sure Lester's a cyborg.

He’s gotta be, and it doesn’t seem to matter what the track/car combo is either, he’s in the top ten near every week. That’s my ultimate end game, be as fast as Lester across all track/car combos, it may take me until GT15 though. :lol:

Edit: Finally home from work, time to Race!!!! I really love that I don’t have to Hate Monday’s anymore. They went from being the worst day or the week to the best! :D
 
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It looks like the R18 is taking over the qualifying leader board again, while the 919 was the preferred choice in the race by the A+ crowd up front. Only a few people used the pit stop, it's a no stop fuel saving race. No good for me with AT, it was fun having a level playing field in race C while it lasted.

I'm going to try the TS050 next, as that was the most fuel efficient car when I tested them half a year ago. I have no chance with AT in the 919 without short shifting. 2.5 laps in FM3 and the rest in FM2 in the R92CP leaves me with 1% at the finish, let's see if I can get further in FM2 in the TS050.

And disconnected while the race is loading. Guess I'll do a few practice laps in the Toyota sigh.
 
Well race A is a no go, I can’t even make it around for a full lap :lol: , Man that thing is squirrelly. I see the top time hits the wall and sand on the outside of the final two turns, idn’t dat nice. I won’t be wasting any more time on A this week I don’t think. On to Race b now . :D
 
It looks like the R18 is taking over the qualifying leader board again, while the 919 was the preferred choice in the race by the A+ crowd up front. Only a few people used the pit stop, it's a no stop fuel saving race. No good for me with AT, it was fun having a level playing field in race C while it lasted.

I'm going to try the TS050 next, as that was the most fuel efficient car when I tested them half a year ago. I have no chance with AT in the 919 without short shifting. 2.5 laps in FM3 and the rest in FM2 in the R92CP leaves me with 1% at the finish, let's see if I can get further in FM2 in the TS050.

And disconnected while the race is loading. Guess I'll do a few practice laps in the Toyota sigh.
Have you concluded that FM1 with a pit stop is not going to be a viable option with any of the cars? If you've already tried both strategies, do you have the overall time differences?
 
Haha, that's actually why I love Fuji. It's a deceptively flowy track whose lines don't seem to match the outline of the course.

Here's a fun real world track breakdown for it...



Darn, that guide makes me want to race there. But I have hated Fuji, and i never could brake properly at the end of he straight. I last drove Fuji in the game play in GT6. It has changed a lot too i think form GT4, where I think it was much nicer. I've now forgotten what its like, but lots of curves appeal to me, brake point tracks don't, because I am bad at looking at braking point markers, they sort of confuse me and I forget about coming corners etc.

But I hated the Nurb-F1, and now I like it. Or the R8 liked it, which I drove.

I fear Sarthe most of all. In GT4, I got all Golds - well, not quite. That damn fast Nissan LeMans car at Sarthe - I could never get Gold. Before I played the game, I'd always start with three or four Gold attempts at Sarth in the compulsory Nissan. I only got silver a couple of times too, and there was about a two second gap to the Gold. Then one day, before playing, I did my normal few laps at Sarth Gold attempt, and on the second lap, I was 4.5 seconds up on my silver time .... awesome, Gold was in the bag. At last!!! :cheers: 👍 :lol:!!! So I was approaching Arnage - the slow 90 degree turn which leads onto the curves which lead onto the grandstands, and after carefully turning, Kapow .... I drifted wide onto the grass, like God just pushed the car clean sideways, onto the grass and I ended up with front of my Nissan LM almost hitting the frail wooden picket fence there with some creeper growing realistically on it. I missed the Gold by 0.2 seconds. and never got close again. I am still dirty with Sarthe.

I drove three laps of it last night in the Audi, and the steering is really heavy. Interestingly when I drive the Lambo Huracan, it feels just like the R8 but heavier, and more3 stable, but boy - the steering wheel is really heavy compared to driving R8. The Audi is a lot lot heavier again. I also think that without TC, I'll be burning the tyres out. Maybe I'd have to short shift a lot. I really don't want to go back to using the addictive TC. It's a drug I must avoid. I think I can setup my wheel for different cars though, not sure ... I might try to find out. I guess I can just increase the assistance inside GTSport ...

I also changed my wheel rotation to 300 degrees for race B last week, from the software package, as I was not turning fast enough for that track, and it make a big difference. At Sarthe, the Audi seemed to have much more direct steering anyway, maybe that is why it felt so heavy.
 
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@GT5Power , you’ve dropped to 10th. Shape up:lol:;)

I spent the afternoon after work going to pick up my new G29. Payed €150 for it. The guy who sold it bought it new in late November. So it’s basically in mint condition. For now, I’m using the old pedals, because I’m too lazy to disassemble the new ones to mount them hanging in the rig :lol:. My biggest issue with it is that it’ll take approximately two and a half eterneties to remember that the buttons on the G27-sticklever is dead:lol: That alone might be what makes me sell the G27.

I managed 1 race on Fuji. Poor qualify gave me P13. In T4 (I think. The right left-hander after the loooooong right-hander), someone ahead of me got pushed wide, so he decided to t-bone me on re-entry. I spun for an eternity, and got 8 seconds behind P15. I managed to crawl back to 15th, due to him not being able to scrub off all of his penalties.
Dr dropped ~1000, but still Dr B.
 
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Well the old TT just isn’t the same now, I believe this is the first time I’ve driven it since the update and she just undetsteers so badly now it’s useless pretty much. 1:42.0 is the best I can muster with her. optimal is 1:41.7 but I don’t think the TT is gonna be the car to bring the whole thing around. Viper wasn’t any good, I’m not sure what to try next, the TT was always my go to Gr4 car lol. Hmmm...
 
Well race A is a no go, I can’t even make it around for a full lap :lol: , Man that thing is squirrelly. I see the top time hits the wall and sand on the outside of the final two turns, idn’t dat nice. I won’t be wasting any more time on A this week I don’t think. On to Race b now . :D

Yeah so I checked the current fastest lap for Race A. This is the legit racing line you can take for the last two turns.

So no Race A for me with this nonsense! I've had some fun with Race B and perhaps time to get to grips with a Gr. 1 car.

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Well the old TT just isn’t the same now, I believe this is the first time I’ve driven it since the update and she just undetsteers so badly now it’s useless pretty much. 1:42.0 is the best I can muster with her. optimal is 1:41.7 but I don’t think the TT is gonna be the car to bring the whole thing around. Viper wasn’t any good, I’m not sure what to try next, the TT was always my go to Gr4 car lol. Hmmm...
You're gonna need power on that long straight. Go get a Lambo. It also works well at TCS 0.👍
 
Have you concluded that FM1 with a pit stop is not going to be a viable option with any of the cars? If you've already tried both strategies, do you have the overall time differences?

A pit stop takes about 35 seconds. I didn't exactly time it this time, yet that's a lot of time to make up while tire wear is no issue. The TS050 still had 8% fuel left with 3 laps in FM2 and the rest in FM1, 3 laps FM1 should be possible or use FM1 on the straight and FM2 on the twisty bit for 4 laps. That doesn't seem like a pit stop could help in any way.

I missed the next race due to internet trouble, will try to squeeze a bit more out of the TS050, then maybe try a pit stop with the R92CP on full power. As long as I don't confuse the very different breaking points I should be allright...
 
You're gonna need power on that long straight. Go get a Lambo. It also works well at TCS 0.👍

Yeah man I just tried Lambo and it definitely lets you get on it way earlier without spinning at all compared to before when it was a spin machine. I can’t get the timing of the gears down yet though but it’s a much improved car. I’m a second slower so far with it but it might be the one if I can get the gearing downs :)
 
A pit stop takes about 35 seconds. I didn't exactly time it this time, yet that's a lot of time to make up while tire wear is no issue. The TS050 still had 8% fuel left with 3 laps in FM2 and the rest in FM1, 3 laps FM1 should be possible or use FM1 on the straight and FM2 on the twisty bit for 4 laps. That doesn't seem like a pit stop could help in any way.

I missed the next race due to internet trouble, will try to squeeze a bit more out of the TS050, then maybe try a pit stop with the R92CP on full power. As long as I don't confuse the very different breaking points I should be allright...
The Toyota can do the whole race on full fat fuel mix, no need for any lifting or short-shifting either. The Peugeot might be quicker though even with a lot of fuel saving.
 
I would be doing a few qualifying laps, maybe even a race before bed.

However, all I get when launching Sport mode, is a blank, black screen. Had the same thing on Saturday while trying to enter the FIA manufacturers race. This is going to be a fun week . .
 
Hot Damm, that R18 is one Spicy Meat Ball!! This is gonna be a fun week, I’ve got a 3:28.2 so far and there’s plenty to shave off of that time. What’s the deal with the race, We have to fuel save? I don’t know how to do that lol.
 
A pit stop takes about 35 seconds. I didn't exactly time it this time, yet that's a lot of time to make up while tire wear is no issue. The TS050 still had 8% fuel left with 3 laps in FM2 and the rest in FM1, 3 laps FM1 should be possible or use FM1 on the straight and FM2 on the twisty bit for 4 laps. That doesn't seem like a pit stop could help in any way.
Thanks for the info. It sounds like pit stoppers won't have any chance. Like I said, I just jumped in the first race last night, with no strategies in mind. I pitted after lap 3, and ended up 5th, which was 40 something seconds behind the winner. Might have to ditch the Mazda.

Yeah man I just tried Lambo and it definitely lets you get on it way earlier without spinning at all compared to before when it was a spin machine. I can’t get the timing of the gears down yet though but it’s a much improved car. I’m a second slower so far with it but it might be the one if I can get the gearing downs :)
That engine sounds angry, doesn't it? :mad: Try A/T. It'll be one less thing to mess with, so you can just focus on your braking points and apexes. I think it drives pretty well with A/T, but then I've never tried it with M/T. If you do have the time to try it, I be interested to know the time difference. Good luck 👍
 
Thanks for the info. It sounds like pit stoppers won't have any chance. Like I said, I just jumped in the first race last night, with no strategies in mind. I pitted after lap 3, and ended up 5th, which was 40 something seconds behind the winner. Might have to ditch the Mazda.


That engine sounds angry, doesn't it? :mad: Try A/T. It'll be one less thing to mess with, so you can just focus on your braking points and apexes. I think it drives pretty well with A/T, but then I've never tried it with M/T. If you do have the time to try it, I be interested to know the time difference. Good luck 👍

It does! I’ll give it a go and report back with my findings. :)

Meanwhile, I’ve got my C time down to 3:25.4. OMFG this car Flies!! I’m loving it! :D
 
I had one last chance to win the Group 3 race at Nurburgring GP, but I wasted it once again. I hit the fence dividing the track and the pit wall on the last corner:lol: An absolute embarrassment that cost me the win. But don't fear, because I got a win in the Tuscan one make. Only just though, as the car is a pain to drive at the limit - I was sliding everywhere and the crap automatic gears didn't help.
 
So, did three runs last night and yeah, Simply can't pull it off with the Porsche. While it may have a better system then the Toyota, it seems to not be able to go the distance while on pace or can but has to conserve fuel for about two laps before you can actually push to the end.

Gonna see if the good ole 'yota can work its magic again. This is the car afterall where I was able to do this with no conserving whatsoever.
 
Best I’ve done so far, 3:24.4 in the R18. Gonna try the Toyota next, is there more than one? If so which one makes it the whole race? Thanks! :)



@sturk0167 I can’t make the Lambo faster in MT, I’m still a second slower than my TT time even though I feel like I’m going faster :lol: . Gonna try it in auto now. :D

Edit: I’m definitely slower in Auto, not because it’s slower though but because without keeping track of my gears I have no idea how fast I’m going haha. I don’t ever really look at my speed, I just know each corner is gear X at Low/Mid/High rpms to enter, it would take some getting used to to make it faster for me. I appreciate the suggestion though and it was definitely worth a try! :)
 
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Yeah so I checked the current fastest lap for Race A. This is the legit racing line you can take for the last two turns.

So no Race A for me with this nonsense! I've had some fun with Race B and perhaps time to get to grips with a Gr. 1 car.

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I don't get that. I ran some hot laps and got penalties there a bunch of times. I figured if you went on the green with your inside tire you got a penalty. Maybe it has something to do with where you cross? I put down what
I thought was a good Q lap in that oversteering monster (56.6xx) and raced one race. Finished 4th but SR down to 92 due to being used as a berm in that same corner, and an accidental tap to the rear bumper of the guy in front in T2-3. My race pace is probably 58's, maybe high 57's. That car is so loose it's hard (for me) to be consistant. I wouldn't stand a chance if it wasn't for all the GT 350 races.
Looking forward to the other 2. I might skip Q at Fuji and run from the back...or maybe at le sarthe...I do like the Toyota hybrid. My finish position vs my Q position has sure improved since I did the no Q at Suzuka last week to get my SR-S back. It's amazing how much better I've done when not pushing so hard, and relaxing and waiting for passing oppertunities instead of trying to force it.
 
The Toyota makes it without conserving, yet I get passed by about everyone on the straight. I'll give it one more try. The positive, I'm faster in it than in the R92CP while conserving fuel. The acceleration and faster cornering make up for the low top speed. In the last race I did, LM55 and R18 made the top 3.
 
I don't get that. I ran some hot laps and got penalties there a bunch of times. I figured if you went on the green with your inside tire you got a penalty. Maybe it has something to do with where you cross? I put down what
I thought was a good Q lap in that oversteering monster (56.6xx) and raced one race. Finished 4th but SR down to 92 due to being used as a berm in that same corner, and an accidental tap to the rear bumper of the guy in front in T2-3. My race pace is probably 58's, maybe high 57's. That car is so loose it's hard (for me) to be consistant. I wouldn't stand a chance if it wasn't for all the GT 350 races.
Looking forward to the other 2. I might skip Q at Fuji and run from the back...or maybe at le sarthe...I do like the Toyota hybrid. My finish position vs my Q position has sure improved since I did the no Q at Suzuka last week to get my SR-S back. It's amazing how much better I've done when not pushing so hard, and relaxing and waiting for passing oppertunities instead of trying to force it.
Are you using TCS? I drove it on TCS 2 and it felt fine.
 
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Are you using TCS? I drove it in TCS 2 and it felt fine.

Duh! I didn’t even think about TCS when I tried it, I totally forgot about it. Stoner moment. :lol:

Edit: Grrr, mystery penalty through the first chicane. Can you not even get your outside tires over the curb? I didn’t think my insides went over, I’ll have to check the replay.
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I’m definitely slower in Auto, not because it’s slower though but because without keeping track of my gears I have no idea how fast I’m going haha. I don’t ever really look at my speed, I just know each corner is gear X at Low/Mid/High rpms to enter, it would take some getting used to to make it faster for me
I can't that say I really know what you mean, there. :boggled:
 
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