GTP_WRS Week 31 : It Almost Feels Like A Race Car

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Bertracer
Going to give this another spin now.
What TCS is is everyone running?
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0 TCS, though I could understand turning it up with this car.
 
Bertracer
Going to give this another spin now.
What TCS is is everyone running?
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LOL, almost missed the "give it a spin" pun :)
I don't think TCS will make you faster other than giving you confidence. Putting the power down is only problem in turn 2 and 4 for me. Oversteering the car under deceleration is much bigger problem and TCS won't help you here (partial throttle does).
TCS will make you slower in all higher speed turns. The last turn for example. There is a bit of wheelspin coming out but you are going fast enough that the downforce won't allow you to spin out.
 
mr_lab_rat
LOL, almost missed the "give it a spin" pun :)
I don't think TCS will make you faster other than giving you confidence. Putting the power down is only problem in turn 2 and 4 for me. Oversteering the car under deceleration is much bigger problem and TCS won't help you here (partial throttle does).
TCS will make you slower in all higher speed turns. The last turn for example. There is a bit of wheelspin coming out but you are going fast enough that the downforce won't allow you to spin out.
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Normally I'm the first to give TCS a go when I struggle with a car but I agree with @mr_lab_rat, it's not really necessary this week. As for oversteering on deceleration, that is avoidable too if you don't downshift in the mid to high rev range 👍
 
mr_lab_rat
LOL, almost missed the "give it a spin" pun :)
I don't think TCS will make you faster other than giving you confidence. Putting the power down is only problem in turn 2 and 4 for me. Oversteering the car under deceleration is much bigger problem and TCS won't help you here (partial throttle does).
TCS will make you slower in all higher speed turns. The last turn for example. There is a bit of wheelspin coming out but you are going fast enough that the downforce won't allow you to spin out.
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I can´t remember whenever using TCS made me drive faster in a time trial. It allways was a question of learning and therefore patience. There´s nothing TCS can do that I can´t learn. ;)
 
swsc73
I can´t remember whenever using TCS made me drive faster in a time trial. It allways was a question of learning and therefore patience. There´s nothing TCS can do that I can´t learn. ;)
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My best WRS results have been in FWD cars with TCS. I managed to beat a lot of better drivers that were too stubborn to use the aid.
 
mr_lab_rat
My best WRS results have been in FWD cars with TCS. I managed to beat a lot of better drivers that were too stubborn to use the aid.
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So it was lucky for you and respect for your performance! 👍
 
20.400
35.733
51.317
1.17.100
 
splits
19.590
34.406
49.606
1'13.123
 
Wow, way to many people running low to mid 1'13s :)
 
worth a couple of hundreds at the line....

19.767
34.950
49.967
1'13.600

Grotesquely ugly Surtees, like Elephant Man with pink eye ugly. It's so ugly that I'll be embarrassed to submit this lap. But other than that a pretty nice lap for me. I had hoped to knock a half second off my Tuesday time and happily I've done so. I've been deliberately very cautious around the last high speed right in order to avoid hitting the restart button too often, so still a little time hanging out there.
 
19.930
35.180
50.180
1:14.180

Pretty good improvement, I say.
 
This combo is killing me. I managed to match my PB once (0.000 difference). Then I shaved off some time for new PB and now I came within 0.001 of that one.
The good news is that I'm seeing some mid 1'13s now.
 
mr_lab_rat
This combo is killing me.
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My short session yesterday got me nearly 2 seconds - in the red. :confused:
I think I'll try again tomorrow.

edit: one excuse is that my S2 is (15.017, dual) 17th on the leaderboard.
 
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My first splits! Lots of work left to do!!!!

Al

20.617
35.817
51.183
1'15.533
 
So after having four nearly identical laps at the top of my times table (separated by less than 0.01) I managed to smash it by three tenths :)

19.783
34.950
49.866
1'13.400
 
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19.800
34.633
49.700
1:13.150
Screwed up 1st and last sector
Dont feel confident under braking in second last corner
Any tips?
 
20.133
35.950
50.900
1:14.917

Seems I'm quicker with an auto box on this combo...
 
DieselDave
20.133
35.950
50.900
1:14.917

Seems I'm quicker with an auto box on this combo...
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If automatic helps you to keep the car under control when decelerating it's probably much bigger advantage compared to the small benefit of revving past the redline.
 
Last short session of 10 Laps before I leave for the GP weekend @ Spa-Francorchamps.

Still used 4/1 BB but this time no TC and could now correct the car with the throttle. Not all of it but this felt good.

20.052
35.252
50.202
74.185

For the first time there where no red laps.
 
19.467
34.400
49.334
1'12.434

Might be my last go, pretty happy with the end of the lap, .250 or so somewhere in there but I doubt I'll get it AND finish it off.

2/0 BB

** EDIT: Submitted this lap, using the v1.0x software prize car with all the settings reset and it was accepted - phew!
 
Never could get the hang of the Elise.

20.883
36.466
51.616
1'17.450
 
First 30 minutes:

19.516
34.583
49.350
1'12.816

I anticipate a lot of spinning cars in the online races :)
 
Weird >2h session, a lot of red laps. Held onto continuous laps for most of it. Gain quite modest, like half a laps worth. Saw a sub twenty T1, no idea why.

20.150
35.300
50.550
74.834
 
Have Sunday off... Going to really go for it then.
 
20.415
36.032
51.365
1'17.165
 
19.700
34.650
49.633
1'13.100
 
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