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Lester's already number 1 at race A & B. :lol:

@suprajef shares the “Turismo” tag with Lester in his PSN name, I wonder if he can shed some light on the Mysterious RoboLester? I wonder if he has a background in real racing or just really good at GT? I’ve been tempted to send Lester a friend request on PSN but I’d imagine his account is closed to that sort of thing. Being that good he probably gets a ton of them.
 
I'd love to see his process to get a fast lap. I imagine he knows all the tracks well, but does he go all out and work on sections he makes mistakes, or does he start slow and build. I did a quick couple laps in the A race, and haven't made it through the esses yet. Top guys are wide open through there.
BTW, awsome early lap @sturk0167 ! Well done...you should post a vid to help me catch you!:lol:
Thanks, Rex. I had a bit of time to mess with it, before work, this morning. I'm no expert, but what I do is start with a safe lap and don't push the envelope too much, then try getting closer and closer to the edge of what my tires can handle. I just compete against the ghost, trying different braking points and entry angles, to see what gains time and what loses time. I assume that's what most people do.

I don't think I've ever saved a qualifying lap replay. I think it would be easier to help someone with qualifying if I saw a replay of what they're doing. I can help you with the esses. If your speed at the checkpoint, at the top of the hill, after the esses isn't at least in the mid 70s, it won't be a fast lap. But again, I'm no authority on the subject. I'm still over 3 seconds behind #1. :lol:

@Pigems Turismo Lester has a Facebook page, Instagram, Twitter, all under his PSN name.
 
Thanks, Rex. I had a bit of time to mess with it, before work, this morning. I'm no expert, but what I do is start with a safe lap and don't push the envelope too much, then try getting closer and closer to the edge of what my tires can handle. I just compete against the ghost, trying different braking points and entry angles, to see what gains time and what loses time. I assume that's what most people do.

I don't think I've ever saved a qualifying lap replay. I think it would be easier to help someone with qualifying if I saw a replay of what they're doing. I can help you with the esses. If your speed at the checkpoint, at the top of the hill, after the esses isn't at least in the mid 70s, it won't be a fast lap. But again, I'm no authority on the subject. I'm still over 3 seconds behind #1. :lol:

@Pigems Turismo Lester has a Facebook page, Instagram, Twitter, all under his PSN name.

Ah ok, I’ll have to look him up then I guess. I don’t really do social media, I mean, I’ve got a FaceBox, a Tweeter and an Instintgram but I rarely use them, I basically only have them so I can go on and like the things my wife and son post. :lol:

Finally home from work, Honda, here I come! :D
 
Since this weeks races look rather boring to me I figure to give driving without aids a try. I haven't driven without TCS since GT6 so beware! I also want to see how this short shifting actually works. Shifting is mapped to X and square so I'll try that first (although my right thumb is kinda painful from rsi)

Race A first, slow and steady, or slow and very much not steady :cheers:

Pressing more buttons does not make race A any more exciting. That car doesn't need TCS anyway, it spins out on deceleration instead.
 
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Ah ok, I’ll have to look him up then I guess. I don’t really do social media, I mean, I’ve got a FaceBox, a Tweeter and an Instintgram but I rarely use them, I basically only have them so I can go on and like the things my wife and son post. :lol:

Finally home from work, Honda, here I come! :D
Ha ha. Part-timer. I won't get home for another 6 or 7 hours. Jealous
 
What are the best TCS & BB settings for the Beat in Race A? I’d imagine that being a relatively low-powered car, TCS can be turned off, and given that this is an MR car, the BB is gonna be towards the front, but by how much? All the way to -5? Finally, what else should I know for the next time I try to set a better time? I have a time of 2:11.xxx at the moment. Would there also be a day of the week or time of the day where I may be more likely to get placed on pole position? I.e. would more concurrently playing players - assuming there are some additional players that’d likely be matched with me - change the likelihood of being placed in a room where I’m on pole? Like maybe a Friday or Saturday night?

Edit: Could this also be why I sometimes find myself being matched with very similar groups of players, one entry after another? Because I may be playing at a time-of-day when most players are at work?
 
What are the best TCS & BB settings for the Beat in Race A? I’d imagine that being a relatively low-powered car, TCS can be turned off, and given that this is an MR car, the BB is gonna be towards the front, but by how much? All the way to -5? Finally, what else should I know for the next time I try to set a better time? I have a time of 2:11.xxx at the moment. Would there also be a day of the week or time of the day where I may be more likely to get placed on pole position? I.e. would more concurrently playing players - assuming there are some additional players that’d likely be matched with me - change the likelihood of being placed in a room where I’m on pole? Like maybe a Friday or Saturday night?

Edit: Could this also be why I sometimes find myself being matched with very similar groups of players, one entry after another? Because I may be playing at a time-of-day when most players are at work?
I tried moving the brake bias back and forth on consecutive laps, and sometimes front felt better, then sometimes rear felt better. I ended up concluding that for me, it didn't seem to be faster one way or the other.
 
I tried moving the brake bias back and forth on consecutive laps, and sometimes front felt better, then sometimes rear felt better. I ended up concluding that for me, it didn't seem to be faster one way or the other.

I was just about to ask myself, I’ve got it +5 to the rear right now to try to control the back end a little bit but like yourself I don’t know if it’s actually helping or not lol. TCS is on 0.

I’m down to 2:13.8 so far, I’m starting to find the lines and the feels for this combo. :)
 
I love how y'all are stalking Turismo Lester. :lol:
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All of us whenever he shows up in our lobbies.

I usually set times right when the rotation happens. I always think I have a good time until he obliterates it some hours later. :lol:
 
Here i am stuck at work wondering how i can be any faster in that stupid honda and i just don't get it. I have watched a few replays and i know i can't follow the lines and speeda they are taking without losing the car. If i get online tonight i just want to try and find my way around that track in a respectful time
 
Ah, you must be West Coast, I’m East Coast lol. Don’t worry though, I’ve got two attempts in so far and didn’t make it through the chicane in either, at this rate I’ll be lucky to set a single lap time by the time you get home. :lol:
I hear that. The time I have up so far includes a nice, high speed pirouette, along with a beautiful cloud of smoke in the middle of the esses. Probably not the fastest way through there.
 
Race A, too slow for me. Race B, too much shifting lol. Race C, that's where I wanted to see the difference between AT and MT anyway. First attempt in the 4C, easily made it in FM1 while shifting early. Just a little problem, I'm playing with the sound very low, kids watching and playing on the tv next to me, so I have to keep looking for the red to appear to shift. I guess I'll get used to the rhythm after a while. I did already reach my same lap time as with the fuel map in lap 3. finished last though due to spinning out and getting rammed off the track.
 
Race A, too slow for me. Race B, too much shifting lol. Race C, that's where I wanted to see the difference between AT and MT anyway. First attempt in the 4C, easily made it in FM1 while shifting early. Just a little problem, I'm playing with the sound very low, kids watching and playing on the tv next to me, so I have to keep looking for the red to appear to shift. I guess I'll get used to the rhythm after a while. I did already reach my same lap time as with the fuel map in lap 3. finished last though due to spinning out and getting rammed off the track.
How about the earphone that Sony so generously bundled with ps4? God forbid it was an actual stereo set, but hey, it might work for you. :D .
My wheel is clunking and whirring so much there's no much use in playing with kid around:lol:
 
For race A the best thing to do is set a time with your DS4 even if you are wheel user, the car is way more stable while turning. Using my wheel I could not find any speed adjusting BB. I leave TCS on 0 for all cars. After running 20 some laps in the Beat I pick up my DS4 and set a better time in 3 laps. Time to find a way to use my DS4 triggers with a wheel set up, the magic PD builds I to the DS4 is huge.
 
I haven't had the courage to race yet but having a blast driving the s660.

2:18 best so far. But I still lose it every few laps trying to push it. I've probably destroyed around 10 cars this morning. Sorry Honda.

I guess I'm aiming for 3 clean laps of 2:15 before entering. Then hope I don't see Pigems. :scared:
 
For race A the best thing to do is set a time with your DS4 even if you are wheel user, the car is way more stable while turning. Using my wheel I could not find any speed adjusting BB. I leave TCS on 0 for all cars. After running 20 some laps in the Beat I pick up my DS4 and set a better time in 3 laps. Time to find a way to use my DS4 triggers with a wheel set up, the magic PD builds I to the DS4 is huge.
I always wondered about that. I see DS4 replays where cars make moves that I think would be imposible whith my wheel...
 
First clean race bonus with MT and no TCS on the daily C. I only gained 2 positions though. My fastest lap was only 2:11 in the Huracan, no stop. No stop is not the way to go but it's fun playing with the fuel consumption. I'm spending way too much time looking at the HUD instead of the road to go fast, however it's already faster than using AT and fuel map to save fuel. And here I thought I was playing a racing game all that time, GTS is just a stealth brain washing tool to get people to save the planet by shifting early!
 
Do they purposely choose the worst handling cars for race A? Once it starts sliding, good luck catching it without hitting something or spinning. Taking long sweeping turns at 50mph isn't my idea of fun racing. N100 races should be in beginner league, not Sport mode.
People were saying there were going to be Porsche Speedsters, but imagine how much it would cost PD to repair 16 collectable Porsche Speedsters after every darn SR "E" to "A" category race.
 
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People were saying there were going to be Porsche Speedsters, but imagine how it would cost to repair 16 collectable Porsche Speedsters after every darn SR "E" to "A" category race.
And I thought it may be the Abarth 1500 Biposto Bertone '52, until I read that only one of them was ever built. So, obviously, that would be impossible.
 
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Please help me with the SR loss in Race C.
Why am I the only one getting -SR when others are just punting me?
Is there also -SR for going wide in turn 2/3 ?
Anything else?
 
-Do you suppose time of day and/or day of the week could factor in with what sorts of players I get matched with? For example, in the evening, or on weekends. Like if more players are online, does that also potentially mean that the pool of potential players I'd be matched with ends up expanding? Could also I move up in qualifying position in this case?

-What do you think is a larger factor in determining the ideal brake balance: the car's engine placement, or personal driving style? Or could it be both, or maybe it's more on a car-by-car basis? Like two MR cars could require different brake balances even if they were both generally biased towards the front.

-On a similar subject, how do you avoid lift-off oversteer, like with the Honda Beat in Daily Race A? My understanding of the concept leads me to think that easing off the accelerator rather than simply letting go of R2 would mitigate it, and similarly, so would slowing increasing the pressure on L2 instead of jamming it in.

-As for TCS, what general trend do you go by? I personally keep in on 1 or 2 if it's a powerful car, like for Gr.3, Gr.B, Gr.2, Gr.1, and various N-series & Gr.X cars with higher power. Especially since many IRL drivers of these sorts of cars use it, including that one Japanese Toyota driver for the TS050 (I think his surname was Kobayashi) which uses TCS when he plays GT Sport. I may leave it on 1 for some Gr.4 cars, but it's a bit more grey overall in that group. And if a car is something in N400 or lower, I just turn it off.
 
Holy cow. That's 7 questions. I might be able to help with this one.
-On a similar subject, how do you avoid lift-off oversteer, like with the Honda Beat in Daily Race A? My understanding of the concept leads me to think that easing off the accelerator rather than simply letting go of R2 would mitigate it, and similarly, so would slowing increasing the pressure on L2 instead of jamming it in
I guess we are both using controllers, but I use the X button for gas, so there's no easing off for me. It's either full throttle, or no throttle. When I get lift-off oversteer, I tap that X button to give it a little throttle blip, and throw in a bit of counter-steer, if needed. Adding a bit of power will help some cars to straighten out, in that situation. It should work with your R2.
 
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-Do you suppose time of day and/or day of the week could factor in with what sorts of players I get matched with? For example, in the evening, or on weekends. Like if more players are online, does that also potentially mean that the pool of potential players I'd be matched with ends up expanding? Could also I move up in qualifying position in this case?

-What do you think is a larger factor in determining the ideal brake balance: the car's engine placement, or personal driving style? Or could it be both, or maybe it's more on a car-by-car basis? Like two MR cars could require different brake balances even if they were both generally biased towards the front.

-On a similar subject, how do you avoid lift-off oversteer, like with the Honda Beat in Daily Race A? My understanding of the concept leads me to think that easing off the accelerator rather than simply letting go of R2 would mitigate it, and similarly, so would slowing increasing the pressure on L2 instead of jamming it in.

-As for TCS, what general trend do you go by? I personally keep in on 1 or 2 if it's a powerful car, like for Gr.3, Gr.B, Gr.2, Gr.1, and various N-series & Gr.X cars with higher power. Especially since many IRL drivers of these sorts of cars use it, including that one Japanese Toyota driver for the TS050 (I think his surname was Kobayashi) which uses TCS when he plays GT Sport. I may leave it on 1 for some Gr.4 cars, but it's a bit more grey overall in that group. And if a car is something in N400 or lower, I just turn it off.



This is worth a watch. Especially the part about weight transfer. I believe it's in this episode.

I'm struggling with Daily A but finding the less lifting and less steering input I'm using in the chicanes, the quicker I'm getting. Trying to reduce the amount the weight is being thrown around and upsetting the balance.
 
-As for TCS, what general trend do you go by? I personally keep in on 1 or 2 if it's a powerful car, like for Gr.3, Gr.B, Gr.2, Gr.1, and various N-series & Gr.X cars with higher power. Especially since many IRL drivers of these sorts of cars use it, including that one Japanese Toyota driver for the TS050 (I think his surname was Kobayashi) which uses TCS when he plays GT Sport. I may leave it on 1 for some Gr.4 cars, but it's a bit more grey overall in that group. And if a car is something in N400 or lower, I just turn it off.

It depends on the car. Some have said the Porsche GR.3 car a very interfering TC. If its set on "2", and the Porsche GR.3 car is straight, the TC mostly doesn't work, maybe in first and a bit of second gear. So to drive that car, the TC sort of trained me to apply the power when the car was straight, otherwise it felt like the car was sort of dead when you apply the power with the steering wheel at an angle. if i switched the Porsche to "1", I typically would spin somewhere. On "2" I would not. Then I turned it off and applied the same rules - being careful applying power when the wheel was turned I wasn't spinning the car and to my surprise I was quicker without the TC.

One thing about TC - on a powerful car you won't spin if a rear powered car's tyre loose traction, such as on a striped curbing. You can very easily with TC on zero. Until you get better throttle control.

TC will make you faster for a while and you'll spin less. Imo beware of TC "1" because I think at least the Porsche GR.3 911 shaped car is deadlier to drive on TCS "1" than zero. Every car is different though. I still use TCS on a grid start when there is a chicane in front of me when the race starts.




This is worth a watch. Especially the part about weight transfer. I believe it's in this episode.

I'm struggling with Daily A but finding the less lifting and less steering input I'm using in the chicanes, the quicker I'm getting. Trying to reduce the amount the weight is being thrown around and upsetting the balance.


Wow - thanks for this link. 👍 :O :cheers:.

i have queried this site for his video lessons and nowone has posted a link for me. And I have not been able to find them on Google, or any others search engine. I think I'll contact him and let him know that the net or Google doesn't Thanks.
 
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