How much time do you spend on a Seasonal Time Trail

[DTM]

Just wandering how much time you hardcore Time Trail drivers spend on a Time Trail.

This is not meant for the braggarts who want to posts "i golden all the Time Trails in only 1 lap". We all know there are a lot of people who can do that and use the seasonal as a cash cow. Nothing wrong with that, i'll do the same (using it as a cash cow . But some Time Trails i like so much and really go for them. If such one comes by. I can spend up to 10 to 15 hours on a Time Trail (some times a little less). So if you really going for a Time Trail, how much hours do you spend on it, during the 2 weeks.

I'm curious to know, if i'm the only one that spend so much time on it or are there folks out there who laugh about it and spend much more. Or are some of you that talented, that you spend 2 or 3 hours on it and place yourself in the top 20? But expect a very very few vote on that one. So only if you end up in the top 20 in only a few hours,vote that one. (Yes i also mean at the end of the event)

So please fill in the pole (in all honesty) and leave a post what you voted. Thanks

Cheers Dennis




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[GTracer98]

I spend about 1 hour on a time trial, I'm not so hardcore.
I'm done and happy if I end up atleast in the top 1500.

 

[Morgoth_666]

I don't know if I'm hardcore or not, I'm certainly not terribly fast. But I do enjoy the time trialing as racing the AI is a waste of time, particularly outside of Arcade, and the TT's usually let me not use online superglue tires.

The time varies widely for me depending on whether I enjoy the event or not and of course whatever else I'm doing in my life. Most of them I'll spend half an hour to an hour until I feel like I set a decent lap and then quit. I'm often not even concerned about my rank and using a stock car that may or may not even reach the PP limit.

Most of the time if I give a decent attempt at it this will get me into the top 2 or 3 thousand, sometimes a little higher. Of course I never know what that really means since the car makes a huge difference. I rarely use the "preferred" cars. In the recent Lotus event I ran my premium Esprit for about an hour, constantly tweaking the tune and couldn't even quite reach gold. Then I went and got the 111R I've messed with a bit and after I think 2 slidey red laps I beat the Esprit's time by 2 seconds on a fairly sloppy lap.

If I enjoy it I'll come back usually three or four more times, usually 45 minutes to an hour a day. I tend to hit the wall around then but if I give it a break and come back later or tomorrow I often find I'm able to run a little more consistently fast. I wish I had had a chance to take a few more attempts at the Cape Ring 700PP event, I so wanted to get gold with my Vertigo and I was so close. But hey, I was the third fastest Gillet at least

 

[Chiochan]

Usually I spend 1-3 hours at this. I only use stock cars for these events so I never place near the top, but still manage to get gold.

 

[JeremiahTB]

I'll spend a few hours trying to get as high as I can. However, I usually never even get close. But it doesn't stop me from trying.

 

[playnthru]

I am not a hardcore TT driver. I mostly spend 30 minutes to 1 hour,max. I believe I normally end up inside the top 1000.

 

[DTM]

I'll spend a few hours trying to get as high as I can. However, I usually never even get close. But it doesn't stop me from trying.

I am not a hardcore TT driver. I mostly spend 30 minutes to 1 hour,max. I believe I normally end up inside the top 1000.

Did one of you to Vote 1-3 hour talented end up in top 20.

If you did. You really didn't understand. Only a very few people can click that button.

 

[hoolio]

I'll do a few laps to get gold and if it's one I enjoy like the last duo i'll return and do x laps each night until it closes usually 30-40mins a sitting.

 

[playnthru]

Did one of you to Vote 1-3 hour talented end up in top 20.

If you did. You really didn't understand. Only a very few people can click that button.

I did not vote.

If you are only asking for the top 20 to respond? Good luck 👍

One showed up, lol.

 

[whose online]

I usually spend more than 15 hours and normaly finish somewhere in the top 3000. My best ever result is 414th.
I generally play around with alternate cars before switching to the favoured one to set a time.
I use the stick for steering and AT.
Currently I compete against 2 other players.
I'm always on the look out for more friends of a similar standard so send me a friend request if you want some friendly competition.

 

[PR1VATEJ0KER]

Most Often I will spend ~1 hour on a time trial.
But I usually wouldn't finish top 100 with that.

These are the likely times I would spend to get a position.
Top 50 = 2-3 hours.
Top 25 = 3-5 hours.
Top 10 = 10-14 hours. (Not Garuanteed of course)

I've twice had top 10 finish, and both of those times
I put in at least 10 hours over the 14 days.

Did one of you to Vote 1-3 hour talented end up in top 20.

If you did. You really didn't understand. Only a very few people can click that button.

Ooops, I clicked it.
I just saw "1-3 hours".

I definately wouldn't be garanteed a top 20 with less than 3 hours.
But I've done it at least once, on TT32 #2 I finished 11th after 2 hours play.
That was because I know Indy road course so well from the GT Academy Demo 2010

Also spent about 3 hours on TT50 @ Sukuka finished 19th, but I know that track really well too.

 

[dabearded1]

How ever long it takes me to gold it. I don't concern myself with rankings. Sometimes I don't bother with the drifting ones. I just can't master drifting and the best I've down is a bronze-usually I'll get a car to about 90 degrees then all the points go back to zero then I wash my hands with that event.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Depends on the time trial and how long the event is open for. Lately I've just been concentrating on the WRS time trials which are open for a week. For those, its nothing for me to spend 45+ hours on those. For the online time trial events that PD puts out every two weeks, those I spend around 100 hours on. I take my time trial events very seriously and go for every last .001 I can get...and then some.

Just to add, before any of the smart-ass "you need to get a life" comments start rolling in, I am disabled and can't work. So, you can keep your comments to yourself about that. I wish I had a life, be thankful for yours.

 

[Ryk]

Not long at all.

Most has been 10 laps - Usually it is 3 laps - some times a dissapointing single flyer will gold.

Never been close to the top times, I enjoy getting gold with No ABS and the like and also using an off beat car if I can.

I would guess that folks that spend most time in Time trials will also honed their skills golding the licence tests.

I like to aim for a car that can just get gold and try to work up my pace with clean laps (Obviously) until I get gold.

I quite like looking over a stint, and seeing how much I sand bag for the outlap, banker lap, but just how much time you can shave off a lap time by not pussy footing about.

How long to get in the Top 20?
Too long - I look at the times - notice that the top 250 tends to be 247 ABS addicts.
Then they tend to pick the trick car (No fault in that) But I run the TT to get under the Gold time...

Not caught the hotlapping bug where I would return to a TT event to beat a target time. Did it a bit during GT4 - But even then I tended to limit myself to 6 laps or so.

Question I'd like to know is how many extra laps does it take for a hotlapper to improve their lap times by 1%... Law of diminishing returns - any drivers time should plateau... but drivers tend to swap set ups, and sometimes even driving tips (Take the hairpin in 3rd gear)

 

[Doodle]

I usually spent 8-10 hours when I'm really into the combos and want to get top 10's or if I'm lucky, a top 5. If I don't really like one but I want to try to get a top 50, I'll spend about 1-3 hours.

Did one of you to Vote 1-3 hour talented end up in top 20.

If you did. You really didn't understand. Only a very few people can click that button.

I think that option on the poll is a little misleading. I think a lot of people are going to end up picking that one and not seeing the 'for talented top 20' part. I'm sure that there are many people who only spend that much time but never reach the top 20.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

Depends on how competitive TT and if I got a good car, generally I find going into top 20 for final standings is very possible for me in 1-3 hours or less for seasonal TTs. Some after only a few laps I am there but I think that is more to do with car though. Maybe there is a lower number of competitive people who are competing this year. Getting the final few tenths for higher standings is the hard part though and you can spend a good few hours on that. If it is like GT Academy competitive level then I have never got there .

Edit: OP, I noticed you put Trail instead of Trial.

 

[wWsLack]

I usually spend more than 15 hours and normaly finish somewhere in the top 3000. My best ever result is 414th.
I generally play around with alternate cars before switching to the favoured one to set a time.
I use the stick for steering and AT.
Currently I compete against 2 other players.
I'm always on the look out for more friends of a similar standard so send me a friend request if you want some friendly competition.

This is how a couple of my friends play as well. The ps profile I use for this is wWsLack3, add me if you like.

My goal is generally to get with 2-3 seconds of the best time. Sometimes easier than others. A plus to having a large friend list is that it helps with competitiveness, Braggin rights & all. Although, I'd hate to be friends with the anyone on the leader board.... Talk about inferiority complex, performance anxiety... plenty to keep one humble in this game!


It's getting obvious to me that the new changes with the seasonals have pushed the ole driving skill and enthusiasm to new levels. WTG GT5 crew! 👍

I'm curious. What is the average total number of participants in a most TT's. To break gold is generally 20,000th place but some struggle getting bronze or silver. I did not so long ago... Don't even mention drift trials - a new frontier in GT5 for me. Something I'd like to see more time of in the near future. I'm grateful for the game. It's a great recovery tool for me, after extreme daily commuting.

 

[Rit]

I usually only do enough to gold any event which is usually less than 1 hour of race time.This lack of dedication to TTs though never gets me within a sniff of a top 20 result.

Therefore, by your own rules I cannot vote!

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

This is how a couple of my friends play as well. The ps profile I use for this is wWsLack3, add me if you like.

My goal is generally to get with 2-3 seconds of the best time. Sometimes easier than others. A plus to having a large friend list is that it helps with competitiveness, Braggin rights & all. Although, I'd hate to be friends with the anyone on the leader board.... Talk about inferiority complex, performance anxiety... plenty to keep one humble in this game!


It's getting obvious to me that the new changes with the seasonals have pushed the ole driving skill and enthusiasm to new levels. WTG GT5 crew! 👍

I'm curious. What is the average total number of participants in a most TT's. To break gold is generally 20,000th place but some struggle getting bronze or silver. I did not so long ago... Don't even mention drift trials - a new frontier in GT5 for me. Something I'd like to see more time of in the near future. I'm grateful for the game. It's a great recovery tool for me, after extreme daily commuting.

That is exactly what my friends list looks like. I have just about every alien driver there is on my friends list, and quite frankly, I wouldn't want it any other way. Oh sure, I always finish far down on my friends list, but the tips and advice I get from them guys is priceless. Not to mention competing against them all the time really helps to bring up my skill set.

 

[nebularis23]

I spend a lot of time. I don't know how many hours as I tend to measure more in terms of how many miles I've put on the car. Typically it's about 2000 miles per tt. It takes me an embarrassingly long period of time to get dialed in to the track and to understand the car, not to mention the headaches of tuning.

I'm always amazed by those who can post a far better time than me in just a couple of hours or sessions and I always wonder, "How do they do that???"

 

[Rikson]

I'm curious. What is the average total number of participants in a most TT's. To break gold is generally 20,000th place but some struggle getting bronze or silver.

Depends on the combo.
I have several accounts,with one of them I allways do some really slow laptimes,just to make sure I'll be the slowest participant of the world
With another account,I try to get as near as possible to the 'gold' time.

If a seasonal TT is popular,there will be over 100000 participants.
The last one on Suzi east showed just over 65000,of witch nearly 30000 did'nt manage to get a 'golden' time.

Time I spend varies allso on the combo,can be 4 minutes,can allso be 12 or 15 hours.

 

[m8h3r]

When I actually do the time trials I always aim for at least 107% time. I won't stop until I get this. Once I get this I normally just enjoy the time trial.

 

[wWsLack]

That is exactly what my friends list looks like. I have just about every alien driver there is on my friends list, and quite frankly, I wouldn't want it any other way. Oh sure, I always finish far down on my friends list, but the tips and advice I get from them guys is priceless. Not to mention competing against them all the time really helps to bring up my skill set.

Yep, I coax a couple buddies along. The key is to break it down systematically **.

For this last Trail Mt tt the first couple apexes seem to be where most time is lost if not hit correctly. After following the #1 ghost for awhile, the lines become clear. I could never get in front of the ghost but I'd be dead on the bumper till the tunnel.. If I could get a perfect lap I'd do OK, but every lap seems to find an over anxious accelerator pedal, a late corner turn leading to a missed apex. Every track has a perfect line for each car. The trick is to find it, Patience & self control are at a premium when working on such things... As in life!

** When frustration sets in, change it up. Race against your own ghost for a while. During each lap one tends to know where time is lost. Luckily there is an good A-spec Seasonal race on Trail Mtn where the Rx can be used. Passing helps with adjustments which come in handy when "Chronic Missed Apex Syndrome" sets in. Also, the Ferrari challenge uses this track. Get to know the track. Race there in as many races as you can find. Practice with lesser cars or Comfort Mediums (CM). Then when you hit the TT in CS it'll seem much easier. Faster times will come!

 

[zuperkiwi]

Until I get gold.
I always try it with a stock premium car, so no top 1000 for me

 

[NCRthree]

Seasonal TT's not much time: anywhere between just grabbing gold to a couple hours at most. Actually haven't done one in many months. Used to use ASM, ABS etc... and tune the cars but have lost interest in that stuff recently.

I've done some WRS and some group TT's and spent longer though at most 5 hrs tops per week. Any longer and my interest wanes.

 

[Ills1999]

Did one of you to Vote 1-3 hour talented end up in top 20.

If you did. You really didn't understand. Only a very few people can click that button.

Yes, very few out of ALL GT5 players can rightly click that button.

As a percentage of players who also use gtplanet? Probably higher is my guess.

 

[Johnnypenso]

I dislike most of the track/car combo's, so for me most of the time it's one clean lap and out just to get the dough. In the rare TT's that I'm actually interested in, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Can't remember one I spent any more time at than that.

I honestly admire guys that can go at this for 5, 10 or more hours. I am bored to tears in about a half an hour, so even an hour is a struggle for me...lol. My best finish is 70ish and I know if I could stick to it I could make top 50 or top 30.

 

[Musolini187]

i never do them since they give no car and not a lot of money.

 

[RHODRIEWILLIAMS]

It changes from tt to tt last round i spent between 1-2 a day on suzuka for 11 out of the 14 days
and for the lotus tt i spent 45 mins on the last day

results were 15th and 248th guess which way round the results were

If the car starts off great and you know the track its much easier to set a good lap time quickly bad set up takes much longer to over come than track knowledge

 

[ugabugaz]

Think the most I've ever spent was 6 Hours spread over the lifetime of the event. Really depends on if I like the event/car combo. Regardless I either try to beat friends or go for #1 in the US - which admittedly isn't always all that good but regardless

I've only had a couple of TTs that I've dedicated any real time to so for most I'll get gold, take my money and leave it at that.