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.
 
Morning folkiessss!

Another few miles in the Elantra, took me ages to get the feeling this morning.
could not get T12 to work nomatter what i tried, i had somany descent splits after T8 with multiple .27x's but could not get glued together with that weird T11-12 section.

Fastest split between 12 and 13 this morning was a very low 6, i believe .603, so there is def. still a tenth alone in the first sector, and some more in S2.

So.... as i yell in every timetrial lately...., it's soooo hard to put it all together in one lap :lol::lol:
So a new PB but still no sub 21 :mischievous::mischievous::lol:....close though!

@Barareklam your turn to hit the 20's first, seeing the leaderboard this morning when i booted up made me smile big time!


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S3 split was a .694 but yeah.... you have to take that last corner...., and i still don't know where to brake?? ...
Do you guys go for a later apex as i did or are you using the inside curb for the rotation a bit sooner?

Had to drive the same way to work cause i was late hotlapping, so only had time for the quick ghostlap upload :lol::lol:

btw.... i noticed i added a second extra in the name of the upload with a 2.22 :lol: :lol: .

 
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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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I followed a different guide. Don’t use boost until the right hander on to back straight. Then use it 3 times climbing the hill.

For the last one, use it after the S on the climb to the bridge.
 
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zjn
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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Very true, the Elantra is a nice drive and the GP layout still present after a few weeks. It is good fun and very predictable. That gave me this result after only 5 laps:
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I'll take it and go on with something else...
 
Morning fellow's

Man, the less i set my alarm-clock the less sleep i get :lol: :lol:
I was awake 2 times, 2AM....don't know.... 3AM cat ....... 4.30.....Wife....ceiling...giant spider :lol::lol:
and it's now 7.14 AM and at the office..... i'm alive but that's all :lol::lol:

But... there are some pro's next to the cons ofcours... playtime..
With my eyes half closed i started again with the Elantra, but what a terrible session it was, no 4 sectors together that worked out.

Did manage to get into the 20's though but with a terrible lap.
I was already a tenth slower in S1 ( .626 is exact a tenth, 524 was the fastest ) and couldn't win it back in sector 2 with a split .387( where the fastest was .266 ) and had a 747 split starting S4.

The only thing that saved me was the chicane and last corner, which went ok for once.. :lol:
Yeeted the absolute cr*p out of it.

So.... technically i could shace off another tenth an a half..... maby with some sleep who knows :lol::lol:

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well i did rewarded me with 3 places within top 100, very close there, i noticed 3 people were at .004 ( previous PB )

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PB lap last corner, this is a rental but my standard decal " do not faint, it's only paint" would have fitted nicely on the back here :lol:

I don't realy know if i'm going at it again, depends on what we get tomorrow, and if it sticks for a first page.
Sure there is room still, and it's fun, but not 2 weeks of pushing fun for me, and the personal goal of 20's had been reached, we will see.

I did put the ghostlap in the video, Calster in front at 0.4 with reset.
( Very short cut at the end of the lap because the replay wasn't longer from the game, very annoying! )



See ya!
 
Gomario JSP
Morning fellow's

Man, the less i set my alarm-clock the less sleep i get :lol: :lol:
I was awake 2 times, 2AM....don't know.... 3AM cat ....... 4.30.....Wife....ceiling...giant spider :lol::lol:
and it's now 7.14 AM and at the office..... i'm alive but that's all :lol::lol:

But... there are some pro's next to the cons ofcours... playtime..
With my eyes half closed i started again with the Elantra, but what a terrible session it was, no 4 sectors together that worked out.

Did manage to get into the 20's though but with a terrible lap.
I was already a tenth slower in S1 ( .626 is exact a tenth, 524 was the fastest ) and couldn't win it back in sector 2 with a split .387( where the fastest was .266 ) and had a 747 split starting S4.

The only thing that saved me was the chicane and last corner, which went ok for once.. :lol:
Yeeted the absolute cr*p out of it.

So.... technically i could shace off another tenth an a half..... maby with some sleep who knows :lol::lol:

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well i did rewarded me with 3 places within top 100, very close there, i noticed 3 people were at .004 ( previous PB )

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PB lap last corner, this is a rental but my standard decal " do not faint, it's only paint" would have fitted nicely on the back here :lol:

I don't realy know if i'm going at it again, depends on what we get tomorrow, and if it sticks for a first page.
Sure there is room still, and it's fun, but not 2 weeks of pushing fun for me, and the personal goal of 20's had been reached, we will see.

I did put the ghostlap in the video, Calster in front at 0.4 with reset.
( Very short cut at the end of the lap because the replay wasn't longer from the game, very annoying! )



See ya!
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Have you tried turning off the radio and the air conditioning? That should give you couple of HP more :D
 

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