Time Trial Discussion

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mike_racing
Ah gotcha, guess I was missing some info… looks like Hyundai N is running a separate event where you do the ELANTRA N challenge in-game and then post your lap time on their page to score the prizes.
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It appears that this is an external event as part of the N Owners' Club, and requires submitting replays to them:

www.hyundai-n.com

N Owner's ClubㅣHyundai N

Connect with Nthusiasts, join challenges, and earn rewards
www.hyundai-n.com www.hyundai-n.com

Not that it's been well-publicised :lol: At least that's cleared it up.
 
samsaoule
It looks like my gold medal streak is coming to an end with the Opel... 😭😭😭

Not that I don't like the car or the track, but it's too fast for me... And we don't have to worry about the gearbox...😂

I've taken 1,000 starts (that's annoying too), I've crashed 300 times into the barriers at turn 1 and the same number at T4, the left-hander at the top of the hill, and I'm at 9.3, which is 1 second off gold... (or even more to give myself some leeway)...

I can't do better than 25.6 in S1 and 52.5 at the end of S2, when I need 25‘ and 51’......

It's not particularly unpleasant, but it's too fast, do I not have the reflexes or what?... I don't know....🤔🤔😂

It doesn't matter, we'll wait for the next one.......:cheers::gtpflag:
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Hate to say it but you need a mid 24 and a mid 50, I have done 25 flat and 51 flat countless times and still cannot break 8.4.
 
Wilsonson
Bro is putting in some serious machine time for us. I will go find that coffee thing. Thanks for your continued effort.
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You are very kind, thank you, but it's passive time. I just set off the scraper and then it does its thing while I do other things. The scraper used to take about 8-12 minutes depending on number of participants, but whomever runs the site introduced a six minute pause after every minute of scraping, hence the very long wait.
 
half_sourly
You are very kind, thank you, but it's passive time. I just set off the scraper and then it does its thing while I do other things. The scraper used to take about 8-12 minutes depending on number of participants, but whomever runs the site introduced a six minute pause after every minute of scraping, hence the very long wait.
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Ah so they now rate limit it? :(
 
half_sourly
You are very kind, thank you, but it's passive time. I just set off the scraper and then it does its thing while I do other things. The scraper used to take about 8-12 minutes depending on number of participants, but whomever runs the site introduced a six minute pause after every minute of scraping, hence the very long wait.
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newmedia_dev
Ah so they now rate limit it? :(
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Well let me guess why?

"Webmaster-san, some UK IP is constantly overloading our time trial results server that's been running since 95 when we set up with the launch of GT1. What should we do about it?"
 
newmedia_dev
Ah so they now rate limit it? :(
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Yes, initially they introduced 60 seconds, then it became 120 seconds, then about 6 months ago they turned that into three consecutive instances of 120 seconds. That is probably why Digit on his site only downloads the top 5k or whatever regularly, and the rest only infrequently.
 
Since the information isn't valuable (like say real time stock data) they should just make an API and offer it to anyone who has a somewhat legitimate interest that helps promote the game (like you and Digit, even if he also might profit from it). A no brainer in my opinion. But some smart guy in power is probably all like: all the data belongs to us, no one shalt steal it. It's our precious.
 
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Gave the 'burg a go this morning, very happy with this. Beauty of a car to drive, and deceptively smooth, despite the weight of it. Lovely event, this! I like this way more than I was expecting to, as I thought this would seem like a lump to drag around.
 
newmedia_dev
Honestly, this will sound weird but don’t try to over drive it. Coasting and early throttle is your friend

Weirdly for its speed you don’t have to brake a lot and when you do make it very on off.

You’ve got this, just do a few laps building up
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Thanks to Newmédia for the encouragement, but I've already done a lot of laps...
thanks to the ‘guides’, I've improved my T1 transition a lot, but just like Jeje6410, the sequence from T1 to T2 etc... to the top of the hill is very difficult because it goes so fast...

And if, as Neville says, I need a 24.5 in S1, that seems unattainable to me... I'm at 25.6 at best...🤔🤔

But between now and the end of the season, I'll definitely be back...

Anyway, my gold medal streak ended with the NSX at Lago...

Some alien had fun stealing my medal by 2/1000ths... 😡🤬....I had a 1'41.788 and it ended up being 786...!!!!

Alien, I hate you...!!!!!😂😂😂
 
VTEC Driver
@Tidgney, did you published your traditional guide about how to approach the TT with the Honda at the Lago Maggiore?

Am I wrong or none have done it?
I am 4 thousandths slower for gold... and it is quite frustrating missing the gold for nothing...
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I did make a guide, I may have fogotten to post it here as there was like 5,000,000 time trials all at once so apologies if I did.
Jeje6410
Yes, I used it in the same places as @Tidgney . But I really struggled on the first corner to have the same speed as him and on the sequence of turns 2, 3 and 4 (I think) I lost a lot of time. In other words, on the essential parts of the circuit
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In all of those corners its about braking less and letting the car do its thing. So I would just lift off and see what happens with the car. Turn 2 (Top of the hill) release early and then turn in again.
 
NRing TT seems quite enjoyable and easy.
I've got gold in quite few laps. There is still room there, but I'm not sure I have time
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Now... what about this pineapple pizza TT? This car is deceiving, the boots refilling is quite few geological eras doesn't comply with my preferences. Also the track limits for this TT will have the gardner to do a lot of job.
I don't like it, so will stay with this

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Tidgney
I did make a guide, I may have fogotten to post it here as there was like 5,000,000 time trials all at once so apologies if I did.

In all of those corners its about braking less and letting the car do its thing. So I would just lift off and see what happens with the car. Turn 2 (Top of the hill) release early and then turn in again.
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Hi Tidgney, don't worry... I'm so awful that even your best guide can't work miracles on me...
I hope to be able to switch to a manual transmission one day, but the speed at which I have to approach a curve, watching the braking point, setting the trajectory, balancing the brake and accelerator... if I even have to think about shifting, I'm already burned to the wall...
Thanks anyway, as always.
 
Wilsonson
Since the information isn't valuable (like say real time stock data) they should just make an API and offer it to anyone who has a somewhat legitimate interest that helps promote the game (like you and Digit, even if he also might profit from it). A no brainer in my opinion. But some smart guy in power is probably all like: all the data belongs to us, no one shalt steal it. It's our precious.
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To be fair, there's always been a rate limit, as @half_sourly said, and it makes sense from their perspective to protect against excessive use. It's just that their definition of "excessive" has shifted recently. For my own stuff (such as the GTP plug-in) I am therefore using a network of remote proxies to distribute the load. But there is a cost involved with that, so I haven't even suggested it to others. I didn't know it had become this bad.
 

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