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Another quarter second shaved. The gap to P1 is still immense though. Not sure I'll go back. Doubting this is safe for top 100 tbh
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I finally got into the 47s the other night, but obviously I just had to throw it all away in S3 (I lost nearly 2 tenths there alone!!!) after finally getting a good S1 and S2 together. The 47.6 I mentioned in my last post seems significantly more likely now, as I've figured out a few more little optimizations. 👍

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Took long enough and about a dozen attempts but I've finally got the sub 28, it was a lot harder than I expected. I did also improve yesterday but it was very minor so I didn't really bother to share but it was from my original time of .121 to a .067. Then today I improved from .067 to a .064 to then a .008 to then finally out of nowhere, a 27.879. I'm not even sure what I did different on the sub 28 lap but I'm not going to question it, this was really not a fun combo, especially with a controller and the amount of understeer from this car is quite frankly ridiculous. But overall, I'm happy with this and I'm glad I don't have to drive this car anymore.

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CosmicMinster
Took long enough and about a dozen attempts but I've finally got the sub 28, it was a lot harder than I expected. I did also improve yesterday but it was very minor so I didn't really bother to share but it was from my original time of .121 to a .067. Then today I improved from .067 to a .064 to then a .008 to then finally out of nowhere, a 27.879. I'm not even sure what I did different on the sub 28 lap but I'm not going to question it, this was really not a fun combo, especially with a controller and the amount of understeer from this car is quite frankly ridiculous. But overall, I'm happy with this and I'm glad I don't have to drive this car anymore.

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That fact that you did this on controller is alien. Well done to you!
 
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Doodle
I finally got into the 47s the other night, but obviously I just had to throw it all away in S3 (I lost nearly 2 tenths there alone!!!) after finally getting a good S1 and S2 together. The 47.6 I mentioned in my last post seems significantly more likely now, as I've figured out a few more little optimizations. 👍

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Ah mate amazing time! I think we are all praying you catch the ghost hiders… many thanks for letting me chase yours!

I don’t know what it is about Dragons Trail because so many parts of it are evil yet it’s strangely addictive.. this trial should be everything I hate (and the Alpine at Catalunya everything I love) and yet… and yet I find myself drawn to it!

Feels like a fast time is still a bit of a lottery over the kerbs, weirdly in VR the chicane of death is actually a joy as it’s more about precision than randomness of kerb physics so despite the occasional top speed wall collision generally I get through there..

That probably is me done now, top 100 secured and shoulder still in tact, I might just take a bit of a break to help it recover..

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Dan_Tes
Ah mate amazing time! I think we are all praying you catch the ghost hiders… many thanks for letting me chase yours!

I don’t know what it is about Dragons Trail because so many parts of it are evil yet it’s strangely addictive..
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Not sure about addictive, but evil is dead on! I'm trying to improve my time at DT and man, the track is absolutely diabolical - especially in combination with this vette! The sheer number of ways in which you can destroy a lap are multitudinous! Touch a curb or the throttle just ever so slightly wrong and the car enters a completely-irrecoverable spin. And nothing matters until you get through the cod at the end of the frikkin lap! Doesn't matter if you're a second up on your PB...it all comes down to the cod. Even if you get through it without touching a wall, if you don't get on the throttle right you're still going to watch the tenths dissappear before the final turn. Just brutally frustrating.

Well, I've managed to chop nearly half a second off so far today. I want the gold here because I don't think I have a chance of grabbing it in the Catalunya TT. I can't believe there's more than 11K people ahead of me on this! I got a 2.56% gold in the last one at Autopolis much much more easily than the effort I've put in at DT and was in the top 8K overall. It seems like as easy as that one was there should have been 20K ahead of me! This and the Catalunya event feel to me like the most difficult TTs in ages...I've dumped at least 7 hours into this thing and still not in gold. :boggled:

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Optimal at Catalunya is in the 29s, but still wouldn't have been enough for a Gold. Was hoping to secure one before I go on vacation mode, cause it may be even harder to go back to time attack mode when I come back.

Maybe I'll try the pad for this TT as well...🤔
 
Hey all - have been running the Alpine this weekend. I don’t enjoy this track but the car seems reasonably well suited to it, albeit vey inconsistent (tyre temps?). Optimal lap is a whopping 4 tenths quicker, but this is my best after about 125 miles split over two sessions. Not sure I have the enthusiasm to go back to the Corvette, so will keep plugging away at Barcelona for now :cheers:
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Some "good" improvement in the weekend, using "" because I'm really far away

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I'm loosing against Tidgney lat corners + main straight due to the exit speed of the last turn (0.8s) and another (0.9s) in the section from brake zone of turn 7 and before brake zone of turn 10.
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Some "good" improvement in the weekend, using "" because I'm really far away

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I'm loosing against Tidgney lat corners + main straight due to the exit speed of the last turn (0.8s) and another (0.9s) in the section from brake zone of turn 7 and before brake zone of turn 10.
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I feel you - these are tricky corners. It may help to watch the replay from the ghosts perspective and note the lowest apex speed. Try not to go below that. For me at least, instinctively I was turning in too early on T7, instead of driving a little deeper and letting the car hook around using the dip in the road to slingshot me. T9 is also tough. There’s some rubber marks on the road that can guide you. Don’t overbrake, hit slowest 108mph or so thru the apex. Have your right tires kiss the curbing to pull you around while you get back on throttle. Eat too much curb and you’ll oversteer, but not enough and you’ll understeer! Tough to get right. Committing to the apex speed forced me to change my line a little bit to stay on gold pace.
 
Finally getting some love going with the Corvette at DT, thanks in large part to using TC 1 for the 1st time in a long time. I just can't get this tail happy lump through the 1st chicane without squirrelling around like a hippo on ice, so TC1 it is. Started to get a groove going and netted a sub 1:49 time :cheers:

A quick test run in the Alpine at Catalunya tells me the car is great, except around corners where it appears to have the turning circle of an oil tanker, so more time needs to go into that (I also dislike Ctalunya, I want to love it but it just seems to unintuitive as a layout- I understand this is a me problem)

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Jeje6410
If you have a little space at home, I advise you to go and look at this site :
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Thanks for the advice! I have indeed not a lot of space, and crucially no dedicated man cave. The PS5 is hooked to the main TV in the living room, so my rig has to be at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing. To be frank, the Playseat Challenge never met that standard with its camping chair look ;) … plus it‘s also increasingly obvious that it just can‘t handle the DD Pro. I have had more and more flex over time (or I just notice it more these days) and it‘s also become quite noisy, overall seriously degrading the fun I have while driving.

So I just pulled the trigger on a Playseat Trophy which seems to tick all these boxes and gets pretty great reviews. Hope I won‘t regret the pretty hefty investment.

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… and when it arrives it‘s finally time to crush this so-called world record™ 😅
 
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Yes! I finally got into the 49's! I actually slid coming out of the chicane of death and thought oh dear, I've just fluffed up my lap again. I did not expect to see a 49 show up. My first 2 sectors were average and by no means my absolute best so I can probably make up another tenth or two. That's fine by me though because I love this car.
 
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crome
Thanks for the advice! I have indeed not a lot of space, and crucially no dedicated man cave. The PS5 is hooked to the main TV in the living room, so my rig has to be at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing. To be frank, the Playseat Challenge never met that standard with its camping chair look ;) … plus it‘s also increasingly obvious that it just can‘t handle the DD Pro. I have had more and more flex over time (or I just notice it more these days) and it‘s also become quite noisy, overall seriously degrading the fun I have while driving.

So I just pulled the trigger on a Playseat Trophy which seems to tick all these boxes and gets pretty great reviews. Hope I won‘t regret the pretty hefty investment.

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… and when it arrives it‘s finally time to crush this so-called world record™ 😅
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👍👍 I think you did a very good job because as you say it has very good reviews, just a little flexibility at the seat level
 
Buckethead75
Sometimes you need to take a break :
Almost 40 laps this morning, no improvement on my 1.28.9 at Catalunia.
5 laps this afternoon after watching the world record replay : 1.28.695, even after leaving 0.2s in the first sector.
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yeah for sure. It's a strange thing. In fact, I often find the break doesn't even need to be more than a couple minutes. I'll spend an hour fruitlessly trying to improve my time, then get up to go to the bathroom and come back and start driving again and within 2 or 3 laps set a new PB. Happens quite regularly.
 
I took a step back in the trials too, and I must say it feels good to have a bit less playtime, Catalunya I won't toutch anymore and DT still goes strong for a top 100, Thursday morning ( 9am for the new one in my timezone ) ill have very limited time due to a work appointment, so still have so free time before I'm lapping again 😁

One day I am hoping to @NAXEHT way thru with a one session top 100......yeah....never gonna happen 🤣🤣

Let's pray for a nice combo
 
Gomario JSP
I took a step back in the trials too, and I must say it feels good to have a bit less playtime, Catalunya I won't toutch anymore and DT still goes strong for a top 100, Thursday morning ( 9am for the new one in my timezone ) ill have very limited time due to a work appointment, so still have so free time before I'm lapping again 😁

One day I am hoping to @NAXEHT way thru with a one session top 100......yeah....never gonna happen 🤣🤣

Let's pray for a nice combo
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There it is... :lol: (btw, I'm sure it will, dude)

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T1 was hella annoying (as well as the kerb cutting in the esses) but eventually managed to get some decent consistency. Had a couple of mad moments in this lap, thought I had ruined it when you go full attack and cut the kerb at 25 secs as I had an iffy passage and went flying in a non optimal way but somehow (still wondering how) it lands alright and I regain control, getting to the first split at .380. The chicane felt pretty damn good too and after hitting that lotto I almost undo all work ’til that point by steering too much to the left entering the tunnel, the left mirror is even clipping through the barrier. Again, somehow the lap is still on and we carry it home.

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Not looking forward to Tokyo Expressway... I also have to see whether I can continue with the silver streak after the Vette. I'm about 1 second away from the silver cutoff with the Alpine, I think it's possible, my optimum was about 3-4 tenth away. The 370Z looks intriguing. Never drove one IRL, just a 350Z convertible on PCH around San Francisco, but I like its look much better than the 350Z's or the new Z's - so far I had some luck with the recent road car TTs, bring it on!
 

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