How's everybody doing so far? SLS AMG event

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peterrod
Good Idea, I'll do that, run a slow lap with another account. Thanks. I know that Europe is a lot more competitive, and I am not an elite level driver. I just enjoy trying to improve my own times as much as I can. Also, is there any way of loading your ghost to analyze the driving? I haven't done many time trials before so I don;t know if it can be done, but I would really like to learn from fast drivers like you. Thanks.
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If you go into the rankings and go on any of the top 10 times, you can save the replay and also use it as ghost if you have the event loaded up. You can go on data logger if you press triangle on the replay you saved in the replay section and overlay your own saved reply and see telemetry for both. I have yet to try it on this event but should work like normal.
 
threw away a 1:15.0 yesterday by cutting to much over the paint on the fast right hander. its a shame this event ends so soon because the regular TT's are boring with all the tuning.

it'd be nice to see more one make, standard car events as well as a tuned car event to keep everyone happy.
 
Great lap EDDSKILL:tup: Only a small improvment on your previous time, but you improved on an already perfect lap time.

I plan to run it a bit on the weekend, with no active steering, and aim for a sub 14.5.
 
MarkWebber
Great lap EDDSKILL:tup: Only a small improvment on your previous time, but you improved on an already perfect lap time.

I plan to run it a bit on the weekend, with no active steering, and aim for a sub 14.5.
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I warn you that the event might expire by then as far as entry into the leaderboards goes unless you do it early Saturday morning. Tomorrow is really the last day for me on this.
 
Sweet teenage jesus, just .237 behind Eddskill coming into the last sector I got it all wrong on the second last corner and smashed into the barrier:crazy:.

It was pretty horrific :nervous:, my heart dropped worse than the time I lost 800 euro on a hand of poker. (I then quit poker).
So now im retiring from this time trial.
I'm sure it will be within one second of the best time, so I'm happy enough.

Learned a little more about gran turismo and have a new found love for TGTT.
Its a pity all the online races on TGTT are just guys smashing jay leno's tank car into the barriers down the Runway.

Best of luck everyone.
 
PR1VATEJ0KER
Sweet teenage jesus, just .237 behind Eddskill coming into the last sector I got it all wrong on the second last corner and smashed into the barrier:crazy:.

It was pretty horrific :nervous:, my heart dropped worse than the time I lost 800 euro on a hand of poker. (I then quit poker).
So now im retiring from this time trial.
I'm sure it will be within one second of the best time, so I'm happy enough.

Learned a little more about gran turismo and have a new found love for TGTT.
Its a pity all the online races on TGTT are just guys smashing jay leno's tank car into the barriers down the Runway.

Best of luck everyone.
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I know how you feel. Done that a few times myself today, probably would have been about 2-4 tenths down and either brake too late, or too early or get it in and go too much on grass on exit on my good first and second sector laps. The laps I have poorer first and second sectors, I end up doing well in the final sector, hence why I have done about 4 or 5 8XX times today. Just need to do a good overall lap, hopefully I can get time to attempt this tomorrow for the last time.
 
Let's not forget that Ed is not a robot that only does perfect laps, he told me that he has messed up plenty of laps that are a lot faster, we're all short of our limits but obviously his is a lot higher than most. Its all part of the game, same for everyone.;)
 
davissi
Let's not forget that Ed is not a robot that only does perfect laps, he told me that he has messed up plenty of laps that are a lot faster, we're all short of our limits but obviously his is a lot higher than most. Its all part of the game, same for everyone.;)
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His replay looks like it is being driven by a robot though :sly:. Perfect traction and driving close to the ragged edge. He didn't seem to nail the last sector as good as his previous best lap. His optimum is probably a sub 14 time but that would require absolute perfection. My optimum would put me around somewhere around the current 4th place and I came close to achieving it until the final two corners. This track really is a test track and also a test of patience. David, do you know what wheel Edd has got, is it still the G25? Do you still have a G25 too?
 
1:17.741 and I can breathe easy.

Didn't want to let this one go - I did a 17.9 but it wasn't saved (I think I quit out of GT without returning to the 'life' screen)

Congrats to all those in the 16s and better, I just can't live with that sort of speed.
 
PR1VATEJ0KER
Sweet teenage jesus, just .237 behind Eddskill coming into the last sector I got it all wrong on the second last corner and smashed into the barrier:crazy:.

It was pretty horrific :nervous:, my heart dropped worse than the time I lost 800 euro on a hand of poker. (I then quit poker).
So now im retiring from this time trial.
I'm sure it will be within one second of the best time, so I'm happy enough.

Learned a little more about gran turismo and have a new found love for TGTT.
Its a pity all the online races on TGTT are just guys smashing jay leno's tank car into the barriers down the Runway.

Best of luck everyone.
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Most amount I've lost in one hand was $120, when there was a 4 way all in, I had AA, other guys had QQ, JJ, and AK. This was at the Melbourne casino, and as flock of excited people crowded around the table, eagerly awaiting the outcome of this rare hand, my heart sunk through the floor and down into the basement, as a Queen was flopped:ouch::dopey:

I'm sure the pain of your loss, sufficient enough for you to retire from poker, is too difficult to re-enact.
 
I finally managed to get Gold with a 1:17.918 currently ranked at 865 on the NA server. Not bad for an old man....
 
Wait, active steering makes a difference?

I always played with this one turned off. I´ll try tonight to see what´s up.

EDIT - Bingo, 14´907.

Don´t know if it was me playing this one again or if it really makes a difference, but the car seemed to handle better for my driving style.
 
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Oh no!!!

In the first part in a lap I'm in 32.366 and in the second part in 51.425, ith this lap 1.14.4 is possible, but in the hammer head I have cut, for nothing, rrrrrr I'm in 1'15.062 but I know 1'14.5 is possible for me...

Sorry I don't speek good engilsh.

EDIT: I can do 51'30x at the second part of track, in my 1'14.751 my 1rst part is in 32.41x and the second part is 51.360 but in this lap (1'14.751) I have do a very bad follow trough...

EDIT2: At the second part, I have -0.3xx of Mathlesly (10) but at the end I have, +0.07x my 3 part of the track is very bad, if I do the 3 part of the track of MathLESLY I'm in 1'14.3xx :embarrassed:
 
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MarkWebber
I'm sure the pain of your loss, sufficient enough for you to retire from poker, is too difficult to re-enact.
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Yeah it probably wasn't quiet the same,
I had just come second in a massive MTT with a small buy-in ~$5
And won US$800, feeling invincible I went onto the $2/4 table, got pocket 8's in the third hand, made a decent raise, one caller, flop was 10,8,duece rainbow. Ended up all-in after the turn, would'nt you know it my caller had pocket 10's. :crazy: Never felt so sick. I kept track of all my play with pokertracker, ended up almost breaking even after playing for 2 years and quit. It gets really boring after a while, especially if you are not winning.

I'm gonna have one more go at the TT, are you gonna have a crack at it? Only a few hours left really. You should be able to get a 1'14.4xx or better considering your time b4 the boards were reset.
 
Last night I hit this thing like for three hours. Managed to drive regularly in the 1.17.xxx and my best time was 1.16.769 (130th-140th in NA leaderboards) with no corner cutting at all. I know I could put down around 3-5 tenths more if I had more time. Loved this time trial, I hope PD did more single make/car time trials.
 
Japanese leaderboard has the most competitive top 10 as expected. Fight for global 1st place is intensifying. Edward is doing UK proud by staying top marginally with his new time of 1:14.145 . Elder512 best time so far is a 1:14.149 . I wonder if Arnaud will make a serious last minute attempt? Will make things interesting if he does.
 
Just got off the phone with Ti-Tech85, he told me he can't go any faster and has reached his peak. He said anyone above him is god damn gifted.
 
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PR1VATEJ0KER
Just got off the phone with Ti-Tech85, he told me he can't go any faster and has reached his peak. He said anyone above him is god damn gifted.
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While secretly having his PS3 paused in the event with an alien time waiting to be updated to the leaderboards...
 
Big congratualtions to EDDSKILL for dominating this event and proving the doubters wrong as usual and on a more (non-internet forum) positive note showing just how fast that car can be squirmed around that track.

Some people struggle more with the low grip cars but that guy is even quicker.
 
davissi
Big congratualtions to EDDSKILL for dominating this event and proving the doubters wrong as usual and on a more (non-internet forum) positive note showing just how fast that car can be squirmed around that track.

Some people struggle more with the low grip cars but that guy is even quicker.
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EDDSKILL for sure had a sub 14 in him if this went long enough. He beat the target time of 1:14.1. His first sector was insanely fast, and started doing a different technique that involved using the handbrake. Congratulations to him for getting No 1 globally, he has done UK proud 👍 and was in a league of his own.

I'm gutted with myself, threw away at least 5 good laps on the last two corners that would have put me in the top 10. My best lap time I set in the end also didn't have the best ending.

After setting that time, I did my best run. if I had done a half decent final sector, a tenth slower than most, I think it would have put me 4th but ended up doing 1:14.808 by losing about 4 tenths compared to the best in that sector and 2.5 / 3 tenths compared to mine. In the end it wasn't meant to be. It was strange as earlier I was doing the last sector very well and the first two sectors average. Ended up the opposite.

All in all a good experience and I have learnt a bit more on how to drive faster. If there is another GT Academy, hopefully I can make it to the top 20.
On a side note, I think this is true, my time is faster than every American and German time set but more importantly faster than the time Arnaud set (There are a few more countries not mentioned). I know that if the event was actually for something like the Japanese one, then that would not have been the case as I would probably be ranked something like No 400.
 
No point talking about 'nearly' laps mate, everyone has magical 'nearly' laps that are 4 tenths quicker, if you can't nail them then that's where all the psychological issues are. I didn't spend much time on this combo until the last 3 days but there were still laps where I was ahead of Ed out of hammerhead but then lost out only to experience catching him up a couple of tenths from the hammerhead to the end of the lap the very next lap! You think to yourself how the hell can I allow myself to do that. The answer is not to use the ghost at all.
Its like snooker, all the top pros can't miss a ball when it doesn't matter but the champions who aren't neccessarily better snooker players are all better pressure performers.
I always try to do a 'Kimi Raikkonen', just put yourself in a mindset where you really couldn't care less, that psychopathic trait detaching yourself from your expectations and fears helps you nail those 'nearly' laps. Those who have it naturally are hard to beat with techniques though.
Ed just happens to be the nicest psychopath I've ever met! :)
 
davissi
No point talking about 'nearly' laps mate, everyone has magical 'nearly' laps that are 4 tenths quicker, if you can't nail them then that's where all the psychological issues are. I didn't spend much time on this combo until the last 3 days but there were still laps where I was ahead of Ed out of hammerhead but then lost out only to experience catching him up a couple of tenths from the hammerhead to the end of the lap the very next lap! You think to yourself how the hell can I allow myself to do that. The answer is not to use the ghost at all.
Its like snooker, all the top pros can't miss a ball when it doesn't matter but the champions who aren't neccessarily better snooker players are all better pressure performers.
I always try to do a 'Kimi Raikkonen', just put yourself in a mindset where you really couldn't care less, that psychopathic trait detaching yourself from your expectations and fears helps you nail those 'nearly' laps. Those who have it naturally are hard to beat with techniques though.
Ed just happens to be the nicest psychopath I've ever met! :)
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I know. There were so many of them so just was saying. I think what cost me is it was later at night and I drove restrictively as to not make much noise with the DFGT. The laps were very smooth as a result with not much steering movement but the last section requires a bit more aggression which I struggled to do minimising noise (Virtual Racing Driver excuses :sly:).

I found the best thing to do is use a slower ghost than your best time. Then you can build a reference on how much faster you are going by the rear view mirror. It helped me improve my base pace a lot. Are you sure you were catching Edds time by two tenths, which ghost were you using? I would have thought you would have been very high up by doing that as I never done a sector as fast as Edd.
 
I'm not very happy of my 15th position, because the 1'14.3 is possible for me and my last sector is very bad...
I'm not happy because I had not seen it ends Saturday, I had seen after my 1'14.751 at Friday. During the week, I have not played to much at this event because I thought this event end Wednesday (I don't know why I thought this) and I want play this Week End at this event...

But it's a good result.
 
EddSkill is a Genius, hopefully more events like this.
I can't tune worth crap :(

Saidur, how come I have not seen your PSN in other time trials?
You're pretty fast, and with no TC
 
PR1VATEJ0KER
EddSkill is a Genius, hopefully more events like this.
I can't tune worth crap :(

Saidur, how come I have not seen your PSN in other time trials?
You're pretty fast, and with no TC
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I usually participate in fixed leaderboard events only and try and be competitive. This is the first one I've done using the view that all the fast people seem to use. I ditched the cockpit view I've been using since GT5P. I only really drove the F2007 in GT5P for time trials and I think I was ranked 50 last year around the London track.

This is my best position on a leaderboard that requires setups, I just copy the ones on the internet though http://i55.tinypic.com/21n093r.jpg. I think I have gone down to 4 or 5 in F1 2010 on that track now, I was a nearly man on that track as I could have beaten the top time by a few tenths before I messed the lap in the final stages of it.

I did take part in GT Academy time trial and finished 60 in the UK. I used cockpit view as I liked the relativity but now I think I can drive better in the view that all the fast people seem to use.

I like EDDSKILL's driving style, his GT Academy lap stood out for me as it was so smooth and driving the way he was, his tyre wear would be good as the tyres rarely went red while driving insanely fast. I'm hoping to close the gap to him by upgrading to a G27 and improving on my mental strength and skill in GT5 ;). A few years ago I couldn't even get bronze in GT4 license tests, I have come a long way since then but I think that is due to becoming older and grasping the concepts of braking points since beginning watching F1 again ;). I thought to myself, hang on they just brake at a similar braking marker point, turn in and power out, how hard can it be and that transferred into the game, but before I used to think how do they drive so perfectly. Now gold is close to first attempt for me since getting a wheel last year.
 
Congrats to EDDSKILL for securing the P1 in this short-lived modified TT event, an event that I dedicated 2 half hour sessions to, resulting in a sloppy 1'14.660 lap time.

Hopefully more future TT's are created, that rely purely on skill alone, as I also suck/have no interest in, GT-mode combo's, cheers.
 
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