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Managed a tiny improvement at Sardegna not quite the top 100 I was hoping for but pretty damn chuffed
I'm currently at 1:27.273. I was something like 255th last I looked. What is the trick for the extra 3/10ths? I really want to beat you!Managed a tiny improvement at Sardegna not quite the top 100 I was hoping for but pretty damn chuffed
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T1 Coast the bounce off the curb in 4th EDIT: Try not to trail brake but come off them before you turnI'm currently at 1:27.273. I was something like 255th last I looked. What is the trick for the extra 3/10ths? I really want to beat you!![]()
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✅ I shift to 3rd on braking but as I turn in I immediately upshift to 4th and I am on full throttle even before the apex.T1 Coast the bounce off the curb in 4th EDIT: Try not to trail brake but come off them before you turn
✅ Yep.T2 Turn early to catch the grass right at the high curb and short shift to 5th
✅ I use 3rd, but sometimes my fastest has been when the car has broke lose, over rotated and I've powered out in a full on rally power slide. That's by accident and not generally repeatable though with my skill.T3 I started using Hollo's 3rd gear rather than Tidgneys 4th but it depends on the line you can get both work
✅ Yep. In fact for more of this I short shift, typically shifting around the 6500 (?) mark.T4 Stay in 4th and brake just enough to start to get in tight, short shift to 5th and early on the power
✅ This one I stay in 3rd, but short shift up before T6. I pretty much copy @Metalgear9493.T5 3rd but its hard to carry the line and be early on the power, its where I lose 1/10th
✅ I do this one of two ways. As you describe but also the @Metalgear9493 approach which is slam it into 3rd for the corner, then upshift to 4th again pulling out. The later I find works better in race with full fuel.T6 Stay in 4th but dab the brake and chuck it in clipping the curb fully (its annoying this one as its basically when the sector split pops up)
✅ I do.T7 Take a wider line and short shift to 5th again going over the curb so 2 wheels are on the grass
✅ This is where I lose most of my time. Sometimes I've nailed it (ala @Metalgear9493) where he forces a drift of the car into T8 to get the right alignment and then powers though. That is really satisfying when you can pull it off but more times that not, my timing will be off and I'll hit the barrier on the Apex. So, yes I am mostly staying in 5th, braking as you mention. I find that some trailing braking into T8 while also getting on the throttle, also helps. Again, I don't always pull it off.T8 & 9 Stay in 5th brake gently and turn in, coast if you need to but on the throttle before the apex of the first on and use all the curb on the second part.
TBH I don't even notice it and I have issues with seeing certain things. But yeah I should try it, I obviously know the linesGood show.
You're getting good enough to drop the track aids now, right? It improves the immersion.
Accidental send. I wasn't finished. It is duly edited and updated now.@TheNormsk dude you could of used the quote feature so I could reply 🤣
Typical Normsk, just sends it here there and everywhere 😀Accidental send. I wasn't finished. It is duly edited and updated now.
Typical Normsk, just sends it here there and everywhere 😀
And just before a race as is typical I improved.
@TheNormsk here is the VR lap to compare
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The lap in VR
Typical Normsk, just sends it here there and everywhere 😀
And just before a race as is typical I improved.
@TheNormsk here is the VR lap to compare
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The lap in VR
One of the hardest corners for me, I over brake and turn in to much and run wide.what are you using braking reference or are you going by intuition based on depth of field?
Or the gigantic mudflap.I wonder is the humongous Dakar Rally lightbox on the front of my car induces additional drag?
Or the gigantic mudflap.
I still race from the back but the field has all the DR and SR range. Climbing trough is hard especially when there is a dirty driver in there. The same guy was in two back to back race, the first one when I catch up to him he miss a turn and could pass him without drama. In the post race chat I wrote EZ.
So the next race, I had a target on my back I guess. When I catch up to him, I try an overtake but he bump denying me the pass. I settle behind him, he then honk me. From there I just put pressure on him, forcing him to race in his mirror and he did a mistake again and I could pass. Later in the race a victim of the dirty driver took care of him and send him to Narnia.
The huge swing in DR range also gave some good opportunity. Here I ended up 2nd by the end of the first lap.
Erm yeah, race A is definitely something I could camp out in, that car needs some taming 😁
Not sure where I’ll be this week, I want to race Bathurst but I think gr3 might have been better there.
Not sure if anyone experiencing this, but I keep getting this damn error in my qualifying, never in a race, really annoying - but see how I managed to finish the lap 🤣
It doesn't make a difference in sports mode when BoP is on, @Tidgney did a video on it.Ey up all, I hope everyone is well.
Returning to the game after a long time away, I notice almost all my cars are in yellow or red for oil for some reason?
Can someone please remind me if this matters for Sport mode and I'll have to change the oil before using each?
Cheers!
Extremely debatable one mate 🤣Ey up all, I hope everyone is well.
Returning to the game after a long time away, I notice almost all my cars are in yellow or red for oil for some reason?
Can someone please remind me if this matters for Sport mode and I'll have to change the oil before using each?
Cheers!
It doesn't make a difference in sports mode when BoP is on, @Tidgney did a video on it.
For me personally be it psychological or something it is something I can feel in the way the car revs but lap time wise its not a thing or negligible
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So I'm hearing it probably makes no difference but best to change it anyway to appease the Gods, gotcha! 👍Extremely debatable one mate 🤣
Welcome back 👍
I will change my oil if I see it’s normal but there could be a bop setting which equalises everything
Maybe it’s a placebo for me 😁
Welcome back - wondered where you'd gone!Ey up all, I hope everyone is well.
Returning to the game after a long time away, I notice almost all my cars are in yellow or red for oil for some reason?
Can someone please remind me if this matters for Sport mode and I'll have to change the oil before using each?
Cheers!
Better. Just in time for me to head away for the weekend so I can't actually make the most of it! Maybe I'll get a go on Sunday evening if I'm not too dead at that point!Mount Panorama, let's gooooo. Time to set up camp here all week 😂
Nowhere near a clean lap but buzzing for this!
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Hello friend I see I'm only half a second off you at BathurstWelcome back - wondered where you'd gone!
You might well be able to get past me - I've been spending most of my time outside, given our current heatwave! 🥵Hello friend I see I'm only half a second off you at Bathurst![]()
Wow beat STOKIE 😳Well it wasn’t first place but the top 3 split by 1/10th I’ll take! Especially in a semi stacked split 3/4 lobby!
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2 people in that race are currently 1 and 10th globally Ben (1) and Dreamcatcher (10th) respectively. I’ve been following their ghosts all week
Annoyingly they are my friends as well 🤣 so I’m always looking up!
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Bens a pussy cat…..Wow beat STOKIE 😳
That’s good going 😁