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Is everyone enjoying the rain madness at HSR? Probably not as it's harder to score a win in wet conditions. Because see, not only do you have to watch your back from hazards and crazy drivers, you also have to keep your car in balance and not spin out from the rain. Can be tricky at times. For people with lower skill levels, always use the assists for turning and braking properly and not in the wrong areas.
 
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Is everyone enjoying the rain madness at HSR? Probably not as it's harder to score a win in wet conditions. Because see, not only do you have to watch your back from hazards and crazy drivers, you also have to keep your car in balance and not spin out from the rain. Can be tricky at times. For people with lower skill levels, always use the assists for turning and braking properly and not in the wrong areas.
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They switched the rain off early Monday. Would have been interesting if the kept it on though lol.
 
As a newbie 🙃 am I right in thinking that at the start of a race the tyres and brakes are cold? In race B this week, whilst I appreciate its a rolling start I really seem to struggle to turn on T1 and slow down at my brake marker on T2 on the 1st lap. After lap 1 my brake markers work a treat (well 90% of the time 🤪)
Appreciate all replies to my question.🥳
 
Bondwhar
As a newbie 🙃 am I right in thinking that at the start of a race the tyres and brakes are cold? In race B this week, whilst I appreciate its a rolling start I really seem to struggle to turn on T1 and slow down at my brake marker on T2 on the 1st lap. After lap 1 my brake markers work a treat (well 90% of the time 🤪)
Appreciate all replies to my question.🥳
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Yes tyres are cold at the start of the race
 
Bondwhar
As a newbie 🙃 am I right in thinking that at the start of a race the tyres and brakes are cold? In race B this week, whilst I appreciate its a rolling start I really seem to struggle to turn on T1 and slow down at my brake marker on T2 on the 1st lap. After lap 1 my brake markers work a treat (well 90% of the time 🤪)
Appreciate all replies to my question.🥳
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Yeah at the start brake just before the second guy, on the left and then either at that guy, or just passed it!
 
brockie
🤣 thanks man, it’s really helpful so I’ll see if I can replicate that, firstly I start by taking the braking area assist off

@NevilleNobody shaved some time I see mate, one of us will find a chunk soon, I went sideways into the tunnel yesterday and kept it, somehow, had I not have messed the last corner up, I would have took a lump out of mine 😁
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Yeeeeeah but man, still not putting a lap together. I really struggle in sector 1, my standard time is a 42.1 which is too damn slow, every once in a while i'll do a 41.5 but then fluff the last sector. On that lap i shaved a tenth, I brushed the wall in the last corner so lost like 3 to 4 tenths, so annoying.

I am not having a lot of fun in the races, top splits are just too fast for me. Starting P13 to 14 and battling not to finish last. I just cannot carry the speed needed through the uphill left (sector 1) and the first 1 and 2 sequence. The 911 feels a touch faster than the Audi twins but the Audi I am more consistent.

Are you in B or A/A+ rooms?
 
NevilleNobody
Yeeeeeah but man, still not putting a lap together. I really struggle in sector 1, my standard time is a 42.1 which is too damn slow, every once in a while i'll do a 41.5 but then fluff the last sector. On that lap i shaved a tenth, I brushed the wall in the last corner so lost like 3 to 4 tenths, so annoying.

I am not having a lot of fun in the races, top splits are just too fast for me. Starting P13 to 14 and battling not to finish last. I just cannot carry the speed needed through the uphill left (sector 1) and the first 1 and 2 sequence. The 911 feels a touch faster than the Audi twins but the Audi I am more consistent.

Are you in B or A/A+ rooms?
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@NevilleNobody hey man, can you post your 1st sector? And I'm ok with the 911 but finding you need to nail, the corner for the straight, cause everything else is freight training down the straights
 
DannyPorter
@NevilleNobody hey man, can you post your 1st sector? And I'm ok with the 911 but finding you need to nail, the corner for the straight, cause everything else is freight training down the straights
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I'll try tonight, but tbh this is my last night for racing as my son has rep volleyball try out Thursday night. Stupid needy family.
 
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NevilleNobody
Yeeeeeah but man, still not putting a lap together. I really struggle in sector 1, my standard time is a 42.1 which is too damn slow, every once in a while i'll do a 41.5 but then fluff the last sector. On that lap i shaved a tenth, I brushed the wall in the last corner so lost like 3 to 4 tenths, so annoying.

I am not having a lot of fun in the races, top splits are just too fast for me. Starting P13 to 14 and battling not to finish last. I just cannot carry the speed needed through the uphill left (sector 1) and the first 1 and 2 sequence. The 911 feels a touch faster than the Audi twins but the Audi I am more consistent.

Are you in B or A/A+ rooms?
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B rooms currently, fight out of the low ones and getting back to high due to my Saturday drink racing escapades,

I know it’s so tough putting a decent lap together but I tried @Gurzu method of using a top 100 ghost to load, I chose the slowest 😁 but really works to sort of chase the ghost at 0.3, god knows how they come out so fast from turn 2 😳

Had a race at lunch and got turned at T1, lap 1 🙄
 
When you race the same guys night after night you establish some kind of bond even without knowing who they are IRL or crossing any words with them besides the standard "have a good race" or "nice to meet you again"

This kind of "bond" is essential to have a good race at Laguna Seca (or Brands hatch for example) and is hard to describe in words how satisfying is a side by side battle with decent people when the track is so narrow

In the following clip Im defending P2 with almost no tires (made an early pit to gain 2 positions).
We arrive at the corkscrew side by side and he knew that I would give him the space at the entry to try that outside line as I knew that he wouldnt push me wide at the exit.



And for closing this post I have some gem to share for anyone interested in the kind of stunts that @GOTMAXPOWER pulls sometimes.
The guy is Hawco (canadian Alien that I assume almost everybody knows here) and the dude takes the corkscrew with a controlled drift that blew my mind.



 
brockie
B rooms currently, fight out of the low ones and getting back to high due to my Saturday drink racing escapades,

I know it’s so tough putting a decent lap together but I tried @Gurzu method of using a top 100 ghost to load, I chose the slowest 😁 but really works to sort of chase the ghost at 0.3, god knows how they come out so fast from turn 2 😳

Had a race at lunch and got turned at T1, lap 1 🙄
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Happy to hear that, m8. You'll see, by the time improvements will come almost automatically. Top 10 btw. 😉 Personally I pick the guy with the lighter livery, so it's easier to look "through him" when very near.
Friday I'll be on track already before noon, so I might share a video of my QT with the ghost in it (beginning and end of session) . I'm seeing the M6 back on top of leaderbord with the Merc, but interestingly also the R8 evo among some GTR. I'll be either on the RCF or the McLaren, if not on the 911 that I really wanna master as before all those idiotic BoP changes.
@NevilleNobody
That left at T1 is uphill, so trailbraking there, leaving the car roll for a bit keeping momentum before start applying throttle, is better than smash on the brakes and gas it out almost with no transition. It helps to exploit that lil late apex that allows in the end to straighten out the road to the long banked hairpin.
 
Gurzu
I'm seeing the M6 back on top of leaderbord with the Merc, but interestingly also the R8 evo among some GTR. I'll be either on the RCF or the McLaren, if not on the 911
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There really is no clear meta this week in B, just some of the elevation changes and bumps make some less stable than others.

As long as you understand how to “get out of the corners” you can get most cars setting good times.

I’ve got a few tips for T2 exit and for sector 3 if anyone would be interested
 
newmedia_dev
There really is no clear meta this week in B, just some of the elevation changes and bumps make some less stable than others.

As long as you understand how to “get out of the corners” you can get most cars setting good times.

I’ve got a few tips for T2 exit and for sector 3 if anyone would be interested
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Let's hear them, I'm truly struggling with the RWD cars on TM, would love to drive the Merc and a few other cars, Porsche, if you stay on the brakes, to long, you get snap oversteer, or I kill my corner speed!
 
DannyPorter
Let's hear them, I'm truly struggling with the RWD cars on TM, would love to drive the Merc and a few other cars, Porsche, if you stay on the brakes, to long, you get snap oversteer, or I kill my corner speed!
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For T2 the exit isn’t about the optimum entry but that does help is being off the power when you start the turn in to it but then adding a bit of power as you go through, this is earlier but very gentle compared to most corners, and when you are starting to straighten add the power but feed it rather than stamp on it. In my shared replay or the VR one you can see/hear it.

For the last sector (and actually the up hill bit in Sector 1) it’s really all about throttle management or lining the car up to take more acceleration. But in sector 3 out of the tunnel brake earlier but lighter than you think lift and wait until you are lined up with the apex and accelerate through it same for the next left hander.

Going in to the final tunnel you don’t actually have to brake that hard or for very long, don’t over apply the brakes. Smooth brake a little lift off and see what you line is doing then wait wait wait goooooo

The last 3 corners are all about timing the throttle management and what lines you have from the start of the sequence. If you are really nicely wide going in to the final corner don’t be tempted to take the tightest line as you hit the inner raised curb wrong and need a bigger lift or **** the wall.

I can do a proper breakdown if I get time.
 
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newmedia_dev
For T2 the exit isn’t about the optimum entry but that does help is being off the power when you start the turn in to it but then adding a bit of power as you go through, this is earlier but very gentle compared to most corners, and when you are starting to straighten add the power but feed it rather than stamp on it. In my shared replay or the VR one you can see/hear it.

For the last sector (and actually the up hill bit in Sector 1) it’s really all about throttle management or lining the car up to take more acceleration. But in sector 3 out of the tunnel brake earlier but lighter than you think lift and wait until you are lined up with the apex and accelerate through it same for the next left hander.

Going in to the final tunnel you don’t actually have to brake that hard or for very long, don’t over apply the brakes. Smooth brake a little lift off and see what you line is doing then wait wait wait goooooo

The last 3 corners are all about timing the throttle management and what lines you have from the start of the sequence. If you are really nicely wide going in to the final corner don’t be tempted to take the tightest line as you hit the inner raised curb wrong and need a bigger lift or **** the wall.

I can do a proper breakdown if I get time.
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I'm going to practice this tonight! Seems like I still have a lot to learn!!!!! I'm going to try a few different cars!
 
DannyPorter
I'm going to practice this tonight! Seems like I still have a lot to learn!!!!! I'm going to try a few different cars!
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I tend to stick to a car for the whole week, it’s been cool recently having different cars to race, the Porsche, last week the Mazda3, the Viper some weeks ago etc, I used to use the Porsche a helluva lot so it’s nice driving it again.
Gurzu
Top 10 btw. 😉 Personally I pick the guy with the lighter livery, so it's easier to look "through him" when very near.
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Yeah I guessed a slower ghost than top 10 would be easier to start off with 😁 but I already felt myself getting closer in places and another great tip with a light livered ghost 👍
newmedia_dev
I can do a proper breakdown if I get time.
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Always welcome and cheers for the time to help, just a bumper cam view of a fast lap would do me matey, hopefully we can all be fighting over hundreds soon enough 😁
 
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Childe Roland
When you race the same guys night after night you establish some kind of bond even without knowing who they are IRL or crossing any words with them besides the standard "have a good race" or "nice to meet you again"

This kind of "bond" is essential to have a good race at Laguna Seca (or Brands hatch for example) and is hard to describe in words how satisfying is a side by side battle with decent people when the track is so narrow
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I agree. I often find myself against a chap called Greg Ors and I always know when he's coming up on me that he's going to do everything cleanly and to be clean back. To the best of my ability tbh. I do get a little worried sometimes in a race if I smack someone off and they're on this forum 😂
 
Rossell2
I agree. I often find myself against a chap called Greg Ors and I always know when he's coming up on me that he's going to do everything cleanly and to be clean back. To the best of my ability tbh. I do get a little worried sometimes in a race if I smack someone off and they're on this forum 😂
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An observation I have…

People that have actual car control vs those that don’t. Typically they are ghost coming out of a barrier a lap later, yet the guys you can race are right there in front or behind.

My races on the US servers was mixed, I think clumsy mostly but not what you’d expect but it is what it is, I saw some excellent racing I also saw some of the weirdest moves, just clumsy rather than being race fast, it’s a short race but it’s a long lap…
 
Childe Roland
When you race the same guys night after night you establish some kind of bond even without knowing who they are IRL or crossing any words with them besides the standard "have a good race" or "nice to meet you again"

This kind of "bond" is essential to have a good race at Laguna Seca (or Brands hatch for example) and is hard to describe in words how satisfying is a side by side battle with decent people when the track is so narrow

In the following clip Im defending P2 with almost no tires (made an early pit to gain 2 positions).
We arrive at the corkscrew side by side and he knew that I would give him the space at the entry to try that outside line as I knew that he wouldnt push me wide at the exit.



And for closing this post I have some gem to share for anyone interested in the kind of stunts that @GOTMAXPOWER pulls sometimes.
The guy is Hawco (canadian Alien that I assume almost everybody knows here) and the dude takes the corkscrew with a controlled drift that blew my mind.



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The majority of the races I remember with a big smile on my face aren't those I've won. Instead are those where I didn't win, but had the best side by side battles (even for 10th place in race A). There's nothing better than be able to trust and be trusted by an opponent racing hard. but fair with lot of respect. Sadly it doesn't happen so often, so I really cherish those moments.
 
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Rossell2
I do get a little worried sometimes in a race if I smack someone off and they're on this forum 😂
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Some years ago at Lemans I was behind a wall of 3 cars and I missed my braking marker at Mulsane.
I punted really hard a notorious youtuber in front of hundreds of his viewers.

That was really, really embarrasing and I still feel ashamed when I remember the incident 😝
 
Childe Roland
Some years ago at Lemans I was behind a wall of 3 cars and I missed my braking marker at Mulsane.
I punted really hard a notorious youtuber in front of hundreds of his viewers.

That was really, really embarrasing and I still feel ashamed when I remember the incident 😝
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Life moves on so does YT fandom but 100 points for killing a streamer 🤣

But honestly this is how we improve, we just drive better and cleaner with more car control
 
Gurzu
The majority of the races I remember with a big smile on my face aren't those I've won. Instead are those where I didn't win, but had the best side by side battles (even for 10th place in race A). There's nothing better than be able to trust and be trusted by an opponent racing hard. but fair with lot of respect. Sadly it doesn't happen so often, so I really cherish those moments.
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Whilst I’m a newbie I have to agree with Gurzu’s statement 👍. Best races are those where you battle fairly with a competitive driver with equal skill and fairness. Being 60+ I often let the young thrusters past and gleefully watch as they wipe each other out! 😂🤣
 

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