GT7 Online Time Trial/Lap Time Challenge Discussion

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Well I hadn't planned to at all but I decided to go in for one more run and I found another couple seconds. That'll do!

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linksracer
Managed a grand total of 2 valid and complete laps over 250km...

This trial has highlighted that I am not that competitive without a ghost 1 tenth in front of me being reset every sector.
My first attempt I tried to keep up with the number 1 time, but that didn't go very well so I switched to a slower ghost about 7 seconds off the pace and I still couldn't really keep up with that either.

Can't wait to see the participation numbers for this one, being 10 seconds off the pace and still top 100, this will surely be under 150,000 entries.

Having to hold the boost button for 9 and a half minutes straight was not at all painful and annoying.
And I can only imagine that this car is not performing similarly to its real life counterpart, barely able to breach 250kmh even downhill, and it really shows its weight under braking and direction change.

Normally I love a good Nurburgring trial, not this time.

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And now we have a VGT at Laguna Seca ... sigh

I am in a bad mood today and it is certainly coming through in this post :lol:
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Your bad mood is warranted and encouraged. I, too, have been wondering just how low the participation numbers will be given my placement while merely barely being in gold.
 
Sum1s2pid
Really struggling with the Honda at Laguna Seca.

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Skipping the IONIQ 6N Challenge. The thought of holding down the Boost button almost the entire lap annoys me. 😤 😅
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I need to take a closer look at that livery.
 
Well, assuming nobody comes and knocks another second and a half off the time, I'm leaving Nurburgring alone because...no.

Found a good half a second at Laguna Seca in The Inconsistency Machine, down to a 1:24.587 with a .393 optimum. Some laps it is game to rotate, others, it seemingly wants to ignore physics being a thing.

There might be more time in it, but we'll see if I go back to it tomorrow, or do a first pass on the new one.
 
I popped on the console after a week away and found out I was in bronze with 5 hours to go at the Nord.

First hour or so I managed only one complete lap, the rest crashing off into oblivion. But I progressed to silver. First +3.61%, then +3.32%, 2 seconds off gold. This was beginning to look achievable.

As I approached the 500km mark for the evening my time had dropped to 9:44.006 just +3.07%.

But I was beginning to get frustrated. The tape on my overtake button kept on slipping and I kept on losing time. Then I thought, I needed some sort of clamp!

A rummage through my tools yielded this.

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It worked! I few more laps that I fluffed, I could see I was significantly up. I just had to keep it on track.

I did! With 1:40 hr left on the TT timer.

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This was hard and this evening it took me over three hours. In the end I enjoyed it.
 
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linksracer
Can't wait to see the participation numbers for this one, being 10 seconds off the pace and still top 100, this will surely be under 150,000 entries.
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It‘s actually just 78,347* which, looking at @half_sourly master table, makes it the second least popular right after the Red Bull X2019 on the same layout in December 24. I am not surprised. 😉

* in fairness, this is the number of participants who actually managed to complete a valid lap, and it‘s safe to assume the quota is way lower here than on any other track.

Edit: damn, @half_sourly beat me by a couple of seconds
 
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I love Nordschleiffe but I didn't bother posting the time, because I hate having to constantly press an extra button while driving. I have a bigger steering wheel these days, so I have to stretch my thumb more than before. I golded the previous Nordshleiffe TTs, so golding shoudn't be problem (except for the first one which I was unable to attend).
 
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Famine
Quoted top speed is 257km/h, which I can only guess is limited by design for heating/derating purposes. Could be the max the drive will spin to I suppose, but I don't think PD got the acceleration right even accounting for N-GRIN Shift. I drove the 5N a couple of years back and it was quite a lot quicker - and I didn't use the boost from rest because that's silly.
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Top speed does not seem to be that different from the real life one indeed :
No clue about acceleration though
 
zaxs
How I'm disappointed when PD can't pick one car for TT, instead going on whole group where in the end always comes out one meta car as Genesis now...
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You can pretend it’s a single car event by jumping in the Genesis. Others will welcome the challenge of trying to achieve gold in a nerfed Gr.3 car
 
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Wow, Kaz really breaking out the craziness for this next TT. Ah well, an easy 2mil.
 
zaxs
How I'm disappointed when PD can't pick one car for TT, instead going on whole group where in the end always comes out one meta car as Genesis now...
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Here's the thing, at Watkins the same car started as the Meta but has fallen to the third most common car behind the BMW and the 296. I suspect the 296 will be very strong at Suzuka, it responds very well to trail braking which is key in sector 1.
 
Did a couple of laps in the Genesis and got into Bronze. Was about to stop but thought of trying out the Ferrari. After also a couple of laps I was able to cut a second off the Genesis. The 296 seemed a bit faster,IMO.
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I don't typically enjoy higher downforce TT's, but this one wasn't too bad - figured I'd spend potentially my last TT session of the week at Suzuka, as I'm quite happy with my lap at Laguna Seca (and I know that if I improve, @PowerJunkie and @bigfluffy888 will just go in and nail an even better lap while I'm on vacation, with no chance for a rebuttal :lol:).

Got myself down to a 2:00.350 with an optimum of a .082, so 1:59s are definitely (maybe) in the cards the last few days when I get back...assuming I remember how I drove the car, which I likely will not. Either way, a decent first session in cars I tend not to excel at, and probably a safe gold in the event that we, for some unforeseen circumstance, could not leave vacation and had to stay up there even more days.
 
Put some more time in Laguna and still with no beer. Uhg. 😂
Really wanting the .4xx but just missed it. Yep @MP81 I will be making laps in your absence. 🤣 (have fun BTW) I am seeing .3xx possible. So I gotta try for it.
@2cam16 when I move on the Suzuka I will be using the 296 as well.

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Laid down a 2:02.427 in the 296 GT3 which I thought was pretty swell for the first time out. Going to try the meta Hyundai soon and some others.

I also took the McLaren F1 for a jaunt and regrettably I still feel like all the F1s have terrible understeer. Maybe it is the adjustment to the high speed and a small turning radius. Am I doing something wrong?
 
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MP81
I don't typically enjoy higher downforce TT's, but this one wasn't too bad - figured I'd spend potentially my last TT session of the week at Suzuka, as I'm quite happy with my lap at Laguna Seca (and I know that if I improve, @PowerJunkie and @bigfluffy888 will just go in and nail an even better lap while I'm on vacation, with no chance for a rebuttal :lol:).

Got myself down to a 2:00.350 with an optimum of a .082, so 1:59s are definitely (maybe) in the cards the last few days when I get back...assuming I remember how I drove the car, which I likely will not. Either way, a decent first session in cars I tend not to excel at, and probably a safe gold in the event that we, for some unforeseen circumstance, could not leave vacation and had to stay up there even more days.
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😂 I might try one of the endurance races in the power pack over the long weekend, so that’ll take up most of my time, with substantially less time to time trial. You’ve got more than a shot to get ahead of me!! 🙂 I put in a decent first effort, definitely more time on the table but given how unfamiliar I am with the new-ish physics, I’m happy with it 😋

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Jumped in and got more laps before dinner. Didn't feel like I was even close to this time, I lit the back tires up on the exit of the final turn and it lost close to .100, but I will take it! Sets me in P2 of the USA!! 😎
S1 was off a bit and the exit of the corkscrew I went a touch too deep, so some time to gain there on this lap. Looking at my sectors, I'm seeing high .1xx. So P1 is possible.... I gotta keep trying after I eat. 😎
Shared the replay in showcase.
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Dammit, you motivated me.

Didn't even realize I actually beat my previous best with a 1:24.565 early on in the session, but got that down to a 1:24.354 with an optimum of .213. Shame I don't have more time at my disposal to further improve this, as it's actually pretty fun when it behaves, and I definitely have time in Sector 1...but damn did I nail Turn 5.

I was mainly just killing time before midnight so I can finish my weekly challenges and get Saturday's weekly roulette ticket as well (spoiler alert: it's probably also miserably small...or a part/engine I can't sell and don't want for a car I don't have), but hey, I'm happy with ~2.5 tenths of unexpected improvement! Puts me in 70th, for now - let's see if that stays under 100 by next Thursday (doubtful).

 
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Dammit, you motivated me.

Didn't even realize I actually beat my previous best with a 1:24.565 early on in the session, but got that down to a 1:24.354 with an optimum of .213. Shame I don't have more time at my disposal to further improve this, as it's actually pretty fun when it behaves, and I definitely have time in Sector 1...but damn did I nail Turn 5.
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Great lap!
I'm telling ya...that thing is just too much fun. I am having blast with it, even when i get tired I just keep making laps. 😂
 
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