Time Trial Discussion

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As @mike_racing pointed out...

Hyundai is giving away one logitech G pro wheel and pedals and also two PS VR2 , who apply to participate in ElantraN TT and submit time, printscreen and save replay, and log that in on hyundai-n web page. See above link from Famine.

Just a reminder to very fast people here, @Metalgear9493 @bliprunner @Dan_Tes @ERAZER @NAXEHT @Ed_Night @Partymix007 and apologize to all others very fast ninjas for not listing all your tags here...

What I want to say, as it is right now, some of you are there for a good nice prize, @bliprunner as example

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mate, just apply ...

And here are best times they got after first week... sooo.....


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Just saying.....



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Cheers for the mention, If you didn't I wouldn't have known about it🤣. Coincidentally I did try one session on Thursday after not having touched GT7 in over a week, didn't look at a single replay and was only 1.5 tenths off at split 3 to the WR time while using incorrect gearing in one corner. So I'll certainly try and capture this prize, not that I'll keep it...:gtpflag:
 
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i still can't even crack 1:11. Can't understand that car. One told me the overtake feature can shave off 2 seconds a lap, but for some reason i can't feel any effect. Where to activate it?
assign a convenient button on your controller to the function. The car has 4 seperate uses of boost. You'll hit the button 3 times on the long straight before the chicane and then one more time after the chicane heading to the S/F line. Then you'll quit and restart to try again since the boost doesn't refill without restarting. If you're like me you'll do it about 1 million times and then be stuck at 3.2% for eternity.
 
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I'm a half second below my target time. See you at the next track. Happy lapping!

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Cheers for the mention, If you didn't I wouldn't have known about it🤣. Coincidentally I did try one session on Thursday after not having touched GT7 in over a week, didn't look at a single replay and was only 1.5 tenths off at split 3 to the WR time while using incorrect gearing in one corner. So I'll certainly try and capture this prize, not that I'll keep it...:gtpflag:
Ah now I see... P21
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😂😂😂
 
Morning folkieeess,

A nother session between the walls of terror...
had a little better result in the Mustang but not as good as could be 🤣

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But did ran a faster lap than yesterday, bit more stable and not as nasty as it did look yesterday 🤣🤣

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For the once who want to chase a low 15, replay saved under #MustangJSP, or in the friends collection ofcours 😁

@Barareklam nice lap!, good sector 3 split, that exit onto the mainstraight def. did cost you a sub 21 mate!
Maby ill go again, don't know yet, kind of not motivated to get back 🤣

@Metalgear9493 yeah, don't keep it! donate it 😁😁🤣🤣
 
Yesterday I Improved my lap in the afternoon, so close to the 14s. My optimal is a 14.8 so there is still a teeny tiny bit of time left in this before I hit the limit of my talent. Will keep trying to chip away!


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Super tidy lap young lad! Hope you'll earn your alien badge this time around👽

Mid session stats from today:
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I love this track. It's like a mix of Nordschleife and Tokyo Expressway.
 
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Cheers for the mention, If you didn't I wouldn't have known about it🤣. Coincidentally I did try one session on Thursday after not having touched GT7 in over a week, didn't look at a single replay and was only 1.5 tenths off at split 3 to the WR time while using incorrect gearing in one corner. So I'll certainly try and capture this prize, not that I'll keep it...:gtpflag:
I'm the first person to jump on this but.... You can always use my address 😂😂😊
 
i still can't even crack 1:11. Can't understand that car. One told me the overtake feature can shave off 2 seconds a lap, but for some reason i can't feel any effect. Where to activate it?
Best places I found is after the chicanes going downhil and then over the crest, and then again after the two right handers before the long straight, you lose so much time on the long straight at Road Atlanta, use up the overtake/boost there. Give it a try and let me know. @Tidgney is most helpful for this.
 
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Farewell my dear Stratos, I know things between us didn't start (well) on the right foot, but eventually we managed to put our little disagreements aside and win another golden nugget :D

At the beginning of this week, I was just about ready to settle for a Silver on this Time Trial... until I made the wise decision of coming back to it for another push and, hopefully, improve my time.
I did have to rely on Traction Control to keep the thing nice and steady.
Traded a 1:17.093 for a 1:16.404, which was good enough for Gold but definitely NOT the safest gold I've scored so far... I was just 1 tenth above the target so I did sweat a little bit but thankfully the World Record didn't change so welcome 2 million credits!!

Now, the Elantra at the Nurb:
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What a nice surprise this car is, really like the way it handles and that engine is pretty good as well, overall this is a sedan with a very sporty attitude despite its weight.

Might not be as capable or wild as a Civic Type R, but nonetheless it's definitely NOT a boring Hyundai. If the real life Elantra is anything near as good as this, then Hyundai seems to be doing a very good job atm, they're not just EVs all day long, apparently they also know how to make a very well built sporty sedan!

My Gold medal here seems to be quite safe so, my job here is done. Next stop might just be that american pony car on a hillclimb down under, uuhffff sounds like the perfect recipe for disaster :lol:
 
I reakon we have more grip than they did in 1992. One of the all time great "leave nothing out there" laps from the late, great, Peter Brock. 5 litre v8 like baby Jesus intended. Watch it.



This is an awesome post - Thank you for sharing… it’s inspiring to see him locked-in and pushing the limit. I didn’t realize he was 46 when he did this!! Gives my 41-year old self some hope 😂 Also… amazes me how detailed and true to life some of these tracks are modeled in GT7.
 
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Farewell my dear Stratos, I know things between us didn't start (well) on the right foot, but eventually we managed to put our little disagreements aside and win another golden nugget :D

At the beginning of this week, I was just about ready to settle for a Silver on this Time Trial... until I made the wise decision of coming back to it for another push and, hopefully, improve my time.
I did have to rely on Traction Control to keep the thing nice and steady.
Traded a 1:17.093 for a 1:16.404, which was good enough for Gold but definitely NOT the safest gold I've scored so far... I was just 1 tenth above the target so I did sweat a little bit but thankfully the World Record didn't change so welcome 2 million credits!!

Now, the Elantra at the Nurb:
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What a nice surprise this car is, really like the way it handles and that engine is pretty good as well, overall this is a sedan with a very sporty attitude despite its weight.

Might not be as capable or wild as a Civic Type R, but nonetheless it's definitely NOT a boring Hyundai. If the real life Elantra is anything near as good as this, then Hyundai seems to be doing a very good job atm, they're not just EVs all day long, apparently they also know how to make a very well built sporty sedan!

My Gold medal here seems to be quite safe so, my job here is done. Next stop might just be that american pony car on a hillclimb down under, uuhffff sounds like the perfect recipe for disaster :lol:
Well done on the Eiger Nordwand challenge in the Stratos. It must have taken you quite a while to get to that level. You guys are improving fast as each day goes by. Good luck this next week! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
 
Well done on the Eiger Nordwand challenge in the Stratos. It must have taken you quite a while to get to that level. You guys are improving fast as each day goes by. Good luck this next week! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Thanks, actually this 2nd stint I've made earlier this week was no more than 15 laps... I don't know, I guess something just clicked on me that day, the car felt different somehow and I could perform a better racing line through the track, still it wasn't that easy.

Taking another look at Tidgney's lap guide sure helped me a lot, there were quite a few details that I was missing/ doing wrong.

About this new Mustang TT, it's an absolute nightmare! Tried it yesterday, and I'm barely into Silver territory... kept crashing into those walls, especially on the downhill section... my only hope is that eventually they'll just come down for crashing into them so much!

I guess I need to adopt a different strategy: slow down my pace, build up my confidence and find a proper racing line through that part of the track that I'm comfortable with.
 
I did 4 laps on the mountain and scraped the wall 4 times, no feeling with the stang, so went for the Elantra although I didn't had much motivation...
Did kind of worked out though, not the best sectors combined but a descent result in the end and into the .8xx

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650 split on S3 but a better chicane, bit a worse last corner..... mist the apex completely so definitely mist half a tenth or more there if you ask me..... 😡🤣

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This was a 587 split on S3 😱🙈, but ofcours I stuffed up the last corner ending in a 918....
I had one invalidated 20.780 on the chicane bollard....so it's possible... 🤣


Ghostlap in the video, Calster at 0.4
 
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Do tell me more about it....
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Great lap btw...
(Also.. Not really important, but your recordings are pale in color, someone had same issue and posted solution here but I forgot what was needed to be done...)
Yeah you have the same frustration, I wasn't expecting anything else 😁.
If you nail all a .7 is fairly doable but yeah.... you know how it works 🤣

I noticed indeed that they look pale.... I have no idea.. I have a standard workflow and have no idea how to do it different...?

I screen record my best lap from the showcase, then I look it up in the media gallery and click edit in share factory studio,
Output there is highest quality...

Anyone? 😁

Great split, you'll make it, I'm sure!
 
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Not too bad all round, did everything correct but just a little harsh on the steering at times, very disappointing corner before split 2, the right hander that can be random at times with how the car pulls up, lost most of the time there.


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Can someone please help me with what I'm supposed to put in these 2 fields? It's a bit vague. Thanks in advance
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And finally, my new set-up! Way better table and an improved chair.
 
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Yeah you have the same frustration, I wasn't expecting anything else 😁.
If you nail all a .7 is fairly doable but yeah.... you know how it works 🤣

I noticed indeed that they look pale.... I have no idea.. I have a standard workflow and have no idea how to do it different...?

I screen record my best lap from the showcase, then I look it up in the media gallery and click edit in share factory studio,
Output there is highest quality...

Anyone? 😁

Great split, you'll make it, I'm sure!

I think it’s the HDR to SDR conversion that’s causing the pale color. Have you tried setting your PS5 to SDR, recording the lap, then uploading?
 
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Not too bad all round, did everything correct but just a little harsh on the steering at times, very disappointing corner before split 2, the right hander that can be random at times with how the car pulls up, lost most of the time there.


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Can someone please help me with what I'm supposed to put in these 2 fields? It's a bit vague. Thanks in advanceView attachment 1483742
And finally, my new set-up! Way better table and an improved chair.

Here you go.
 
Well, I initially wanted to get a safe gold and run away, little did I know that would take 300km.

What a joke of a trial, having to restart after every lap you use the boost is quite ridiculous, and once again we have a trial where controller users are disadvantaged.

After countless restarts, I finally managed a sub 1:08 which felt like a reasonably safe gold. Trying to build flow here is impossible with all the restarting. I found the best strategy was to do a bunch of warm up laps before actually using the boost for a fast lap and hope you don't stuff it up.

Vast majority of the time lost in the lap was in S1, where the wheel users take T1 flat and carry way more speed through the rest of the sector. Also the exit of T7 onto the straight would always cost me a good chunk of time, even with the boost.

Very emotionless car, probably won't ever drive it again. Interesting movable rear diffuser I guess.

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