Lexus IS F CCS-R '11 One Lap Time Trial: Nürburgring 24H

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Oh hell...
Although I like the ring very much, running a TT makes me feel like I loose 10 minutes of my life for every lap... Having to start another 10-minute lap after a DQ is way too frustrating. :banghead:
I will not try to gold this one. This is too much effort just for a miserable paint color, this is not motivating at all.
 
LJP64
Oh hell...
Although I like the ring very much, running a TT makes me feel like I loose 10 minutes of my life for every lap... Having to start another 10-minute lap after a DQ is way too frustrating. :banghead:
I will not try to gold this one. This is too much effort just for a miserable paint color, this is not motivating at all.
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Well said. My thoughts too.
 
Tried coming back to this several times, and only just now did I post a clean time. After a few restarts during this session, I managed 9:16.248 with a DS3, beating a couple of my racing wheel using buddies.

This became nerve-racking pretty quickly (well, any trial event does if you wind up repeatedly messing up). The very first attempt I made at this, I enjoyed myself because I was driving the ring pretty quickly and I felt very comfortable with the car. Then I made a mistake at the end that disqualified me, and that set off a long series of failed attempts because of minor mistakes in places that I had no problem with in the first run. (Which is generally what happens when I do a good run on the first try, only to cock everything up at the very end.)

Felt good to get that time, and almost had a mini-heart attack after Fuchsröhre, because I hit the curb and nearly rolled the car. Mildly unnerving when your car is propped up on two wheels.
 
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Finally went under 9:20.00 although only just, 9:19.97. Very sore thumbs, still only the 3rd completed lap.
Wish they had made it a separate race for each section, like in an earlier GT time trial, in German cars I think it was.
I only reach 7th gear at the top of the hill on the final straight, is that how everyone gets there?
 
Dalone
Finally went under 9:20.00 although only just, 9:19.97. Very sore thumbs, still only the 3rd completed lap.
Wish they had made it a separate race for each section, like in an earlier GT time trial, in German cars I think it was.
I only reach 7th gear at the top of the hill on the final straight, is that how everyone gets there?
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Mostly everyone, but I kept it in 6th down the final straight. :lol:

The reason being is that the ISF makes peak power pretty much at the rev limiter and if I recall correctly, although I got close, I didn't hit the limiter at all down the straight.
 
Jbaffoh
I hate this car. I'm having the hardest time with this. Practicing in daylight arcade mode, I'm still 7 seconds away from gold. I don't know why, but this has been the toughest challenge in GT6 except for the shifter carts at GT Arena (before that was fixed).
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For my money, this car's acceleration is quite poor, and that translates to a lot of lost time over 9 minutes. The upside is that the car is able to handle corners at speed better than expected.

My first lap was 9:32:xx. I was driving the car like it was a tuned Gallardo and expecting it to do the work with acceleration out of the corners. It didn't and so I kept that in mind for the next lap. Instead of late braking and accelerating out, I tried to keep momentum through the corners. Often, you can remain one gear higher than the suggested gear--dropping in revs if necessary. That gave me 9:22:5x, and with the aid of the ghost replay, I was able to cut of 5 seconds for the third lap.

Just a thought. Maybe it will help.
 
Best TT ever!

I just love it. Perfect Track / Car combination and perfect timing while the real 24h race.
I compete with 9 friends via PSN / whatsapp. So much fun.

World's best lap time is unreal. Don't know how any human being is able to hold this crazy speed together for a whole lap.
 
Stewyripper
Well i finally cracked the way to drive this car and went from 9.21.??? to 9.11.243 and there is more time to come yet.
Come on geezers you can do it. 💡 :cheers: :):):):):) :gtpflag:
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Yeow, What a great lap Stewy! :cheers:
I believe that puts you in front of zona, our resident ancient alien.:dopey:

I better get cracking on this one.
 
waukazoo
Yeow, What a great lap Stewy! :cheers:
I believe that puts you in front of zona, our resident ancient alien.:dopey:

I better get cracking on this one.
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Tom (zona99) will get his alien hat on now and pass me again. :cheers:
 
Tbh as the Lexus is geared towards Gentleman drivers I'd probably want a setup like this doing the Ring IRL.

For those struggling in the TT to get gold here's a top tip: don't. There really is no need. On the Nordschleife it's better to enter any corner well under the limit and regain some time by powering out of the corner. That pays off more than going in too hot and run out of track mid corner or on the exit. Forget 7th and 8th gear as you don't really need them. For most of the twisty bits 4th is your friend even if you drop in the midrange rev band. Gives you more time to concentrate on corner exits anyways :)

Relax and put in a conservative lap and work from there. The goal should be completing a lap and not any heroic driving which more often than not results in a red lap. This is NOT the Lamborghini seasonal from long ago.

I bet you with this approach anyone fairly familiar with the track should gold the event in no more than 10 laps. Drive swift but conservative, stay off the curbs and always aim for good corner exits even if you compromise on entry. It will give you gold eventually.

Oh and for the record: the CCS-R qualifying lap in this year's N24 was a 9:30 IRL ;)
 
The OCD is kicking in--does purchasing the car provide a paint chip or only getting gold in the event?
 
Had a go at this last night, and got a 9'23.6. Lost about 10 seconds waiting for the car to turn in to the hairpin at the far end of the GP circuit.
Losing lots of time being conservative through the high speed corners.
 
UUUUHHHGGG:ouch: This one is very frustrating! 9:26:xxx was the fastest I have so far. ...and that was my roommate, not even me. I think my best was 9:31:xxx. I know there are too many turns I'm braking for and should be giving it gas the whole time but I'm always worried about overshooting the turns and its such a heartbreaker getting a RED Lap 5 min into it.
Oh well, looks like another one to add to the "did not Gold" list. It stinks cuz i really like the car. Orange is a good color:p
 
I'm curious how they'll address the reward for gold once the event has expired. I know a couple of the prize paints have cycled back through, so maybe it will too.
 
TexRex
I'm curious how they'll address the reward for gold once the event has expired. I know a couple of the prize paints have cycled back through, so maybe it will too.
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I've completed all the seasonals but don't remember any colours being repeated. Do you remember which ones by chance?
 
I know that this is a non-tuning event. but does anyone have any 'Must Do' tips to get gold? like certain driving options that HAVE to be to OFF? or anything to make this much easier?
I only ask because i remember a few of the license test were Literally impossible until you turned off Traction Control. Anything like that going on here? Or am i just not fast enough?
No point in using a top 10 Ghost. can't see them after turn 4.
UUHHGG i need some chocolate
 
Teflonicus
I've completed all the seasonals but don't remember any colours being repeated. Do you remember which ones by chance?
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I know with absolute certainty that the Chrome (009-N?) most recently awarded in the Huayra loaner car Super Lap was awarded previously and I pushed my completion of it until the last day ranking registration was to be held because of that fact. I'm also pretty sure one of the Flourescence or Polarized was also repeated, but I could be wrong about there being more than one.
 
TexRex
I know with absolute certainty that the Chrome (009-N?) most recently awarded in the Huayra loaner car Super Lap was awarded previously and I pushed my completion of it until the last day ranking registration was to be held because of that fact. I'm also pretty sure one of the Flourescence or Polarized was also repeated, but I could be wrong about there being more than one.
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I didn't know that. I'd just assumed that the colour names that were similar had a "w" at the end, or something, making them a slightly different tint/shade/tone to what had come before.

For the last three, or four, sets of seasonals, I've been checking out the colours received by testing them (often on the car I completed the seasonal with). I don't recall any in that time being repeated but I wasn't keeping a close eye before that.
 
Teflonicus
I didn't know that. I'd just assumed that the colour names that were similar had a "w" at the end, or something, making them a slightly different tint/shade/tone to what had come before.

For the last three, or four, sets of seasonals, I've been checking out the colours received by testing them (often on the car I completed the seasonal with). I don't recall any in that time being repeated but I wasn't keeping a close eye before that.
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The name looked familiar when I saw it as the prize for getting gold in the Huayra and I wanted to be sure I didn't already have it since, at that time, I really didn't want to bother driving a Huayra. Both the number and the letter that followed were the same between the two paints and I'm pretty sure they were 009 and N respectively.
And to get back on topic, still no valid lap. I've passed the bronze time a couple times and quit, maybe I should nail a time so it can provide something more than bright blue lines.
 
So after about 15 attempts I managed to get a clean lap in (I'm rubbish through the GP circuit, and am probably easily loosing 3-4 seconds there) but as for the Nordschleife, I really didn't feel I was leaving much on the table, thanks to the new FFB it really felt like I was on a grip knife-edge through many of the corners.... and it only yielded me a 9:42, so after about 10 more DSQ laps I banged another one in, this time only 4 seconds off Gold... then I gave up for the night.

I know its the ring, so consistent small gains will really add up, but honestly I'm a minute behind the leaders.... a whole minute. I never expect to be the fastest, because I'm simply not that good, but a minute? I honestly have no idea where these guys are pulling all these extra seconds from! Sure, I miss a couple of apexes, and I normally have at least one slight wobble-and-off-the-power moment, I just can't help but feel I'm doing something fundamentally wrong! It's demoralising! After 15 years, 3 consoles, 10 game releases and hundreds, maybe thousands of laps of the Nordschleife.....!

I do have one question, since I'm not used to racing at night... Is the track less grippy at night? I don't seem to be able to push quite as hard on the GP section of the circuit in the opening minutes compared to later on at the likes of Wippermann etc. ?
 
Can't really say is it the update on FBB or just the fact that I haven't done any serious hot lapping on Nürb since GT4 but I really felt like travelling back in time. The car is great, feels pretty insane how you can dive in to these corners whit what seems like too much speed, but just by steering (or tapping just a hint pf brake) you can reduce the speed mid corner!!! Don't really recomment on braking in mid corner though...

Best thing about nürb is the intensity, especially in the car like this it feels like beeing in the middle of a dog fight.
 
Actually I began my time travel on la sarthe and arrived after few laps on nürb :D great job from PD
 

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