Time Trial Discussion

[Gomario JSP]

Morning folks,

What better to wake up and have the beautiful Willow layout with that overly pretty sunlight and those air balloons!....
come on PD...., that track is so much more pretty in other settings!, but ok...

Started with the Renault, planted..... descently fast, easy on the throttle lay offs in therms of speedloss and rotation, very easy to drive, most difficult part with the Renault is the Balcony for me, easy through Monroe.
went for ABS normal, and the thing is VERY stable under braking.

Ended up with a .5 on the first real runs, not to bad but i can't imagine finding 3 or 4 tenths with this ??

Then switched to what seems to be the meta,

Turbo sounds... yes!, love it, sound great that little 4C
Takes a whole different approach compared to the Renault, but is a little more agile but a little more dangerous, but rewarding if you trust the downforce and a fair bit quicker than the Renault too!
Very strong on the uphill part of Balcony , but for me very hard to nail the 3th to 4th transition before monroe, 2 wheels on the sand seems to unsettle the car more than with the Renault but you have to switch gears and exit in 4th....

Needs some work!, but definately time to find with it!

No racing now..... we have work to do 😂

Have a good day

 

[LSFDRX]

Ok guy, something is going on here at Lake Louise... I think there may be a "glitch" happening!

I've been struggling with this one today. Putting in more than 60 laps this morning, and about another 30 this evening.

If I was lucky I'd be pushing high 1:02s, but mostly everything was in the mid 1:03s.

I was losing my mind! Looking here at the times (I know we're pretty quick here, but I'm usually somewhere in the pack) everyone was making good progress, and then looking at replays I'm watching people enter the final turn on the limiter, and exit the final turn at close to 80mph while my car is bogging, barely able to top out fourth, and scratch out 70mph on exit if I'm lucky.

The Corolla I've been using was bought on release day and only ever had suspension and wheels put on it, but I thought what the hell, let me try another one. What can it hurt?

So I went and bought a bone stock GR, put some ice tires on it, and off I went.

TWO laps in beat my PB, TEN laps in I'm in the 1:01s, less than 20 and I landed at a 1:01.869. Average laps fell by over a second even with huge imperfections.

The stock Corolla doesn't bog, is better on the brakes, turns in more eagerly and is just all around better to drive. I have no idea what's going on here, but I went back and tried the "old" Corolla and sure enough, I can't match the pace of the new one.

Oil is good, and the only thing unique about it is the suspension and wheels.

I don't know what's up, but if you're like me and were struggling with this one, go buy a new one and give it a shot. Modified ones may be funky when they're "balanced" for the TT.

Now I'm finally running with the big dogs again, and only have myself to blame ny times! I have invalidated numerous .4s and .5s and theres more in me... but for now, I'm tired, and I'm going to bed.

Now, everyone go buy stock Corollas... and happy lapping!