GT4 WRS Week 46 : "Rotaries are back in town"

[Tedehur]

I need to post this one in advance because I'm not sure I'll have an internet connection available tomorrow. For a change we'll run on sports tyres and on a short city track too, so that you can run the NRS Finale too (Yellow Bird on the Ring) without having to quit your job or your wife ...and perhaps drifters will have a chance to run competitive times this week.
Make sure you set the correct power, we're not running a full modded car this week !

Week 46 : Mazda BP Falken RX-7 (D1GP) '03 @ Clubman Stage Route 5 reverse

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Game mode :
Arcade Mode / Time Trial / City Courses / Clubman Stage Route 5 reverse

Car specifications :
Mazda BP Falken RX-7 (D1GP) '03 :

• -13% power (350 hp);
• -10% weight (1 107 kg);
• any driving aids ;
• any transmission mode ;
• any tyres.

Race rules :
Standard clean OLR rules :

• 2 wheels on track at all time ;
• rumble strips are part of the track ;
• no contact with walls or objects, visible or invisible ;
• if you're not 100% sure that you lap is clean, then consider it dirty ;
• no hybrids ;
• no cheating of any kind ;
• nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules ;
• save your replay ('save ghost' icon).

Thread rules :
You can discuss anything (T times, sector times, speeds, settings, etc) except :

• lap time ;
• any information which can be used to infer lap time.

Submission :
All submissions must be sent to me by PM (flat-out).

• you can submit only once per race ;
• please include in your submission PM your division, name and time(s) ;
• deadline is tuesday 7th march 9pm GMT (L.A. 1pm, New-York 4pm, London 9pm, Paris 10pm, Tokyo wed. 6am, Sydney wed. 8am).

Time verification :
Save your replay and keep it at least a full week after the time has been submitted.

• fastest times each week will be required to submit with verification ;
• any submitted time is subject to a time verification request ;
• when a time verification has been required, the concerned racer must provide a replay before next race deadline ;
• failure to do so will result in the submitted time to be removed for the WRS results and/or GTPlanet Times Database ;
• video replays are not accepted, only .max, .xps or .sps files can be verified.

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[Casio]

Ooo....Looks interesting...

Hold on...Is this that stupid car with the non-matching wheels?

 

[zoxxy]

Yep

 

[Thirdeye]

Cool combo! Too bad if I use road tires, and actually drift, i'll probably lose time Looks like i'll be gripping this week

 

[TheWizard]

Looks like a cool combo 👍

Just one question, though: any particular reason the power is set to -13%? I am just wondering if maybe that was the original power of the vehicle or if there used to be races with this car and that particular power, in the past. Or if you just liked the number - 350 HP

The Wizard.

 

[MADFORCE]

cool 👍

this will be the first time that i drive on this track *g

lets see, how it is

 

[Thotozam AZ-1]

Looks like a cool combo 👍

Just one question, though: any particular reason the power is set to -13%? I am just wondering if maybe that was the original power of the vehicle or if there used to be races with this car and that particular power, in the past. Or if you just liked the number - 350 HP

The Wizard.

Maybe it was to make it easier for drifters. Most of the drifters on the Drifting forum use low power, but there are a few exceptions. Maybe it's for a nice happy medium so grippers and drifters will like it.

For this one, I'm not insanely worried about the time, because this will be like another GTPDC for me. I

After I send in my final time for week 45, I will start fiddeling with this one.

we'll run on sports tyres
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Car specifications :
.....
any tyres.

Which is it? Hopefully we are allowed to use N tyres, sports tires drift really, umm "oddly". Maybe N and Sports.

 

[Casio]

Any Tyres (I assume you can only use 'S' and 'N' tyres on this)

I'm 99% sure you will be allowed to use N tyres, I'm also 99% sure that if you use them, you could be almost half a minute off the mark.

 

[Dr_Watson]

I'm also 99% sure that if you use them, you could be almost half a minute off the mark.

i'd love to see a good drifter make you eat that statement.

 

[Thotozam AZ-1]

Any Tyres (I assume you can only use 'S' and 'N' tyres on this)

I'm 99% sure you will be allowed to use N tyres, I'm also 99% sure that if you use them, you could be almost half a minute off the mark.

I bet I could get within 10 seconds of your best time, even if I drift...(with sports tires though, this car has too much understeer to successfully drift with N tires)
I will have some times up later today. I'm not the fastest drifter, but not slow either. Man, I need to get Sheron in this one...

 

[Thirdeye]

I ran about 35 laps earlier today, I think i'm finally at my limit, but unfortunately that lap wasn't completely clean I just barely grazed the wall on the 2nd right turn

 

[Thirdeye]

By the way, i've found that without aids i've gotten significantly better times (better by over 3 seconds), because it's easier to handle the final curve without using aids.

 

[Tyre King]

Usually, Guys!

What Cyril Quotes as the tyre spec, is the SOFTEST compound we can use. If he states we MUST use a tyre type, then we will use that tyre type.
Otherwise, again, USUALLY if he states sports tyres as the ones to use, what he will mean is that the softest compound tyres we can use will be the softest sport ones available (ie SS)

If you want to use harder tyres so you can drift, then why not?
They are of a harder compound,
provide less grip,
give lower corner speeds (generally),
therefore would yeald slower, but more interesting lap times!

Neil

 

[Thotozam AZ-1]

I am seeing three problems at the moment....
1. Braking is like week 44
2. This is a hard course to drift nicely without scrubbing the wall (see GTPDC 5)
3. Massive understeer with N tyres

I've been trying sports tyres at the moment (the normal tyres are giving me way too much angle)
So far I like S soft up front and S medium in the rear. Still drifting, but not quite as much angle as the normal tyres.

 

[Thirdeye]

Took me a ton of laps to finally get a clean one that's actually respectable time-wise. This combo is all about momentum Whenever I'd clear the first two corners cleanly, i'd get nervous and mess up, so it's important to keep your cool and just relax. Time your turns in the S-section carefully, and take them as close to the inside as you can, a couple of them you don't even need to brake around.

 

[Thotozam AZ-1]

I have found the first two corners very difficult, the rest of the course isn't too bad. The last corner is crucial to getting a good time, I've only done it twice the way I want to do it. No clean laps yet (I hit the barrier on one [or both] of the first two corners every time).

 

[Thirdeye]

I concur, the first two turns I usually scrape the wall gently, and reset the race a good 5 times so far because of it, sometimes i'll just finish the lap to get the practice, but since I think I got the rest of it down, i'm just restarting the race everytime now I'm pretty confident with my time thus far, and I just ordered a sharkport on ebay just in case i'm somehow on top of Div 3 for the first time I never bothered to get one because I never thought i'd be good enough, but this time i'm actually confident in my time!

 

[Iceman]

The key to the first turn is getting as far to the left as possible and braking as late as possible into the apex. One little screw up on the first turn and you can kiss a good T1 good bye.

 

[Casio]

I bet I could get within 10 seconds of your best time, even if I drift...(with sports tires though, this car has too much understeer to successfully drift with N tires)
I will have some times up later today. I'm not the fastest drifter, but not slow either. Man, I need to get Sheron in this one...

I meant if I raced using SS/SS, and you drifted using N's. Although, I havn't given this a shot yet, Clubman is quite short, so maybe half a minute was exaggerating a bit.

Giving this a shot now, back with times soon 👍

EDIT:
Current Best times
T1 - 20.0xx
T2 - 34.8xx

 

[shockwaveracing]

i'd love to see a good drifter make you eat that statement.

as would i...

i like the look of this comp, haven't had a crack at the playstation much since submitting for WRS45 like a week ago...

 

[holl01]

had a solid hours an a half sess and managed

19.808
53.852 ---> typo, read 33.852 (edited by flat-out)

i didnt drift one corner at all- i tried to maintain momentum in the high speed left right by staying in 4th and half throttling it, this car isnt drift friendly.

i didnt fully press down left or right on the d-pad also, as i noticed that whenever u try and do that in corner, it starts to understeer.

so i tried to be gentle with the turning and focussed on exit speed.

it is an ok combo cyril, but hard to be consistent with it due to the walls. this course/track is highly unenjoyable, particularly the first thre corners

 

[Smallhorses]

holl01 although it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the T2 you've just listed is in fact your lap time, I'd take a closer look, and maybe edit that!

 

[Casio]

30 Minutes worth of splits

T1 - 20.212
T2 - 34.509

Hopefully get a second+ off by end of week.

i'd love to see a good drifter make you eat that statement.

Isn't 'good drifter' an oxymoron?
(throws fuel on fire)

 

[shockwaveracing]

20 minutes of this one so far, bit more difficult than i had anticipated, but still i am giving it a crack...

some splits so far

20.293
34.535

probably another 0.5-0.8 left in it (maybe a whole second if i rip it up but i doubt it)

 

[Smallhorses]

Some splits for me now I've finally managed a clean lap!

T1 19.968
T2 34.430

Bit disappointed though as I lost about 2/10ths in the last turn.

 

[Casio]

Another 30 minutes.
T1 - 19.877 (Best: 19.710)
T2 - 34.268 (Best: 34.217)

 

[holl01]

holl01 although it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the T2 you've just listed is in fact your lap time, I'd take a closer look, and maybe edit that!

indeed that was a 33.852 split (T2)👍

 

[ferrari_chris]

indeed that was a 33.852 split (T2)👍

But you can't post your lap time can you? I think you need to edit your first post, number 21 in this thread.

 

[Casio]

But you can't post your lap time can you? I think you need to edit your first post, number 21 in this thread.

It's not his lap time. It's a typo.

I'm 99% sure a 53 is not possible. Nevermind a 53.8xx

 

[ferrari_chris]

It's not his lap time. It's a typo.

I'm 99% sure a 53 is not possible. Nevermind a 53.8xx

Oh.

My mistake then.