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Gents how far off of your optimum are you usually in your quali’s?

Each week I find myself 3-4 tenths away from my optimum and I feel like this is too big a gap? Like this week I have a 1.31.993 and my optimum was a 1.31.613

I trying to self diagnose and I feel with my wide range in race pace of 1.5-2 seconds between laps and being this far off optimum I have a real consistency problem?

Are you guys much closer to your optimum?
Hard to say, cause my optimum always improves following my pace's improvements. Basically it start to really "shrink" (I mean the gap between actual and optimum) when you get near the top of leaderbord (lets say inside the 100 best times). Usually it depends also from the average gap we have from the best times. The higher this gap, the higher room for improvements; wich gives a bigger delta from actual to optimum.
Especially when "it clicks" and we unlock a particular corner or sector. Pace wise I believe it's more important to be able to stay within 2-3 tenths from your best time consistently.
F.i. me getting in the 34's club at Deep Forest, one of the tracks I know best.
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There are still few outliers when pushing, but I'm sure you'll get my point.
 
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This is the biggest secret sauce, not being the fastest but really comfortable running a certain pace. That buys optionally and instinctive control which avoids some of the drama and over pushing.
Unfortunately I’m missing the sauce. I’m content enough with my out and out pace as it’s keeps me mid grid in A which would give me some good racing if I could get consistent race laps.

Need to work out what I’m doing wrong.

Not sure if it’s easier to build consistency or pace. Guess I’ll find out 😂
Hard to say, cause my optimum always improves following my pace's improvements. Basically it start to really "shrink" (I mean the gap between actual and optimum) when you get near the top of leaderbord (lets say inside the 100 best times). Usually it depends also from the average gap we have from the best times. The higher this gap, the higher room for improvements; wich gives a bigger delta from actual to optimum.
Especially when "it clicks" and we unlock a particular corner or sector. Pace wise I believe it's more important to be able to stay within 2-3 tenths from your best time consistently.
F.i. me getting in the 34's club at Deep Forest, one of the tracks I know best.
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There are still few outliers when pushing, but I'm sure you'll get my point.
Yes so you’re looking at a tenth there not a big gap like mine so there’s fundamentally something wrong as I have that gap every week.

Agreed on the staging within your best time so that’s something I need to put some focus into!
 
Unfortunately I’m missing the sauce. I’m content enough with my out and out pace as it’s keeps me mid grid in A which would give me some good racing if I could get consistent race laps.

Need to work out what I’m doing wrong.

Not sure if it’s easier to build consistency or pace. Guess I’ll find out 😂
Honestly, it’s not technique it’s refining consistent pace. You can’t build from a good lap without good consistency and you only get quicker consistency with better understanding of how you make the lap corner to corner.

There comes a point when you really have to start mentally preparing each corner 2 corners in advance and let the subconscious take over the moment stuff. It frees up so much thinking and prep time it’s unreal. Plan, perform, do again each lap.
 
You’re keeping your lap times in the race fairly consistent though aren’t you?
Last night I did yeah, I think i did 11 between 33.1 and 33.5 in free air. I do find the BB needs to be shifted as the stint wears on, in the 911 anyways, I start at +3 and move it forward as the tyres fade to stop the rears locking into the tight sector 2 corners. Not massive lock ups but enough to bleed a few tenths.
 
Yeah I feel that pain mate on learning new tricks. That's why I'm going to trial out these two accounts in A and B and just race wherever I'm having the most fun that week. That way it doesn't matter if PD give a shocking combo, I will find somewhere to race competitively.

Hope you find a solution mate, always good to tussle with you on the leaderboard.


Funnily enough God of War was the first ever game I played when i bought my first ever PlayStation last year at the ripe old age of 43 :) was incredible and bought the follow up Ragnarök immediately after. New one coming out soon as well!

Yes I think we've all been guilty of that DR hunting taking away the enjoyment of racing, seems like it all hit us most when we were closing in on A for the first time, which i think is understandable as you just want to achieve it. I do remember following your rise to A closely and it was exciting!!!

I just want to have a competitive race now and that doesn't matter if it's for P1 mid pack or racing a couple of people the whole round not to finish last, just finding enjoyment in the actual racing as taken a whole bunch of stress off! Obvs more fun to be at the font but happy to be in a fight wherever.

Where are you racing this week Mr B?
Switched from Race A to Race B. Found Race A fun but was constantly being hit on the rear 1/4 causing me to spin & end up going from pole to last.
Set a solid Race B Q time so always in top 3 at start and just by playing nice seems to bring home the bacon.
As for ripe old age of 43 you are just a whipper snapper as I’m heading towards 62 😳🤠
 
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