GT7 Online Time Trial/Lap Time Challenge Discussion

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Gomario JSP
Pffff, tough thing to get over the danm salami's šŸ¤£ did 10 laps to get to know the car and track, very tactical TT!, nailing a whole lap is going to be very difficult

40.423 on the scout laps, now we build muscle memory šŸ¤£
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See, naturally fast! You should post the friends leaderboard as Iā€™m sure you are now top of it šŸ˜

ā€˜Damn salamiā€™sā€™ šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Well I now have a name for my car at least, The Sharklami! Dank u wel!

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Dan_Tes
See, naturally fast! You should post the friends leaderboard as Iā€™m sure you are now top of it šŸ˜

ā€˜Damn salamiā€™sā€™ šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Well I now have a name for my car at least, The Sharklami! Dank u wel!

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Ohyeah I was indeed on top and placed 1111 with my bad hideous lap šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
This one is going to be fun, I think you are going to be very fast on this one!

Nice livery on the sharlami šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£, Alstublieft!

I made mine in black and gold this time šŸ¤£
The mother of all b#ches is back šŸ¤£
Now let's hope this is indeed a fast livery šŸ¤ŖšŸ¤£

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Did my first test with 10 laps.

I really enjoy that car, and have nothing against this track, so it will be a much more pleasant experience than the previous TT.

Lot of learning ahead, but my lap times got better and better, I need to engrave my visual cues, breaking points, ways to pass turns and so on, but I think silver is possible. Gold will need a lot of work, wait and see...

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MidnightRun85
Good point! The Ferrari 333 SP might be a good semi-replica, or the BMW V12 LMR...

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I'm sure there was a Porsche around this era that also had a similar setup, but I can't remember what it was......
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The Porsche looks Nice, very nice, similar of the design Jaguar is in the game. Now that BMW is a white car with Dell logo, nothing special ))
 
**** those sausages! :banghead: I hate Gardens. It feels awkward from the first turn and I just can't find a good flow. The mountain on the background looks spectacular in VR but other than that it feels like driving around a prison. There's only one track I hate more and that's Gardens Reverse.

The Radical feels alright though. Short shifting at ~6000 rpm seems optimal. PB 1:39.468 1.39.230 1.39.114
 
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Blayney
Right I'm into gold again, so far so good. I already hate the lumps on the apex of that first sector chicane... total lap destroyers. I really need to learn to consistently hit those cleanly... I'm losing easy 1 second there I feel. The rest of the lap is a lovely technical section and the car is massively over tyred it's almost impossible to slide.

However... is anyone else getting a game crash when exiting the TT? I've had it twice in a row now.
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Earlier today i had no problems but now i'm getting booted out of game right after looking at lap times,twice in a row.:irked:
 
Gomario JSP
Pffff, tough thing to get over the danm salami's šŸ¤£ did 10 laps to get to know the car and track, very tactical TT!, nailing a whole lap is going to be very difficult

40.423 on the scout laps, now we build muscle memory šŸ¤£
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After doing about 5 laps tonight I realized I donā€™t know this track at all! Lol.
1:41.0. Guess Iā€™ll load a ghost next time and follow it around to learn the track. Should be a fun one except for the sausages.
 
I have a confession - made a mistake with the time I posted yesterday (found out doing a few quick laps lunchtime today!) - my bronze wasn't 1;42.5xx it was 1;46.5xx, big difference. 1:42.5xx would have been silver, which looks like it may elude me yet again..... šŸ¤£
Good news is doing 5 laps today I got down to 1:46.0xx, half a second gained! Lovely driving this car around this track šŸ‘
 
Did 9 laps this morning (9 because it is the max number of laps you can see on one screen at the recap), improved a bit, not silver yet.

Best lap better than yesterday's optimal :)

New optimal far from silver. WIP

Tried to ride the sausages each time today (while yesterday I stayed outside). Not efficient each time but when it's good, the time is improved. Got to not lose the gains in the following corner.
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ok, a few km's into the new challange,

What have i learned so far......

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1 NEVER hugg the inside of T1 to long, be on the tarmac before the grass ends otherwise you will die....

2 NEVER have the salami on any other point then exactly between the tires on T2/3/4 otherwise you will die.....

3 NEVER not use the shortshift shenanigan action...., otherwise the gearbox will die.......

4 NEVER asume that T7 and T8 feel natural.... they don't....you will die

5 NEVER brake hard before the SupaTrupaDupaQuadripplerighthander... you will die....


I have so much trouble placing the car into T3 on pad, not even funny :lol:
after to short sessions, this is by far all ready the most restarted TT for me, and i think i made the most airmiles since GT7 came out .....but i like it!
and i'm after a 39, that must be doable with 40.2 after 2 short frustrating restart sessions....

Awesom,tricky,addictive and frustrating.... :lol:

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Gomario JSP
ok, a few km's into the new challange,

What have i learned so far......

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1 NEVER hugg the inside of T4 to long, be on the tarmac before the grass ends otherwise you will die....

2 NEVER have the salami on any other point then exactly between the tires on T11/12/13 otherwise you will die.....

3 NEVER not use the shortshift shenanigan action...., otherwise the gearbox will die.......

4 NEVER asume that T7 and T8 feel natural.... they don't....you will die

5 NEVER brake hard before the SupaTrupaDupaQuadripplerighthander... you will die....


I have so much trouble placing the car into T12 on pad, not even funny :lol:
after to short sessions, this is by far allreday the most restarted TT for me, and i think i made the most airmiles since GT7 came out .....but i like it!
and i'm after a 39, that must be doable with 40.2 after 2 short frustrating restart sessions....

Awesom,tricky,addictive and frustrating.... :lol:

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According to the map, looks to me like you're doing this TT the wrong way round?
 
djolliea
**** those sausages! :banghead: I hate Gardens. It feels awkward from the first turn and I just can't find a good flow. The mountain on the background looks spectacular in VR but other than that it feels like driving around a prison. There's only one track I hate more and that's Gardens Reverse.

The Radical feels alright though. Short shifting at ~6000 rpm seems optimal. PB 1:39.468.
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1:39.4? You are already in alien mode again, right?šŸ¤£

Yes, the sausages are a pain. When I watch the replays of the guys on top of the leaderboard, I ask myself: why are they not catapulted into the air, like I am? Why don't they get a track limit penalty, like I do? Well, back to practice...
 
KAlex122
Haven't tried yet but seems i will have to settle with bronze this time due to not shifting manually.
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I think you can do it with regular training.
Jeje6410
1'40'734 with DS4 with automatic transmission
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Yep, I am sure silver and gold are reachable even in AT.

Not far from silver myself after less than 20 laps, I am confident I'll get to silver. Not sure for gold though.
 
Leon Kowalski
1:39.4? You are already in alien mode again, right?šŸ¤£

Yes, the sausages are a pain. When I watch the replays of the guys on top of the leaderboard, I ask myself: why are they not catapulted into the air, like I am? Why don't they get a track limit penalty, like I do? Well, back to practice...
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Hardly :D getting consistent lap times is difficult when those damn sausages are ending more laps than I can finish. Going over both two is crucial for a good time but it gets super frustrating when the Radical goes airborne every time you even think of touching one of them. :ouch:
 
djolliea
Hardly :D getting consistent lap times is difficult when those damn sausages are ending more laps than I can finish. Going over both two is crucial for a good time but it gets super frustrating when the Radical goes airborne every time you even think of touching one of them. :ouch:
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I agree, experiencing same thing. At least in this TT it is nice that penalty is served before going on acceleration for new lap, so next attempt is not ruined like they had in some previous where serving penalty ruined start of next lap too...
 
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Leon Kowalski
1:39.4? You are already in alien mode again, right?šŸ¤£

Yes, the sausages are a pain. When I watch the replays of the guys on top of the leaderboard, I ask myself: why are they not catapulted into the air, like I am? Why don't they get a track limit penalty, like I do? Well, back to practice...
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You basically have to straddle them near perfectly, to not get a pen, not have the car kick around, or not have them force the rear to slip, itā€™s very very frustrating. I wish after all these years theyā€™d just make the track limits 2 wheels inside the sausages for this particular chicane.
 

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