GTP_WRS Week 20: Bathurst and the 650S

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GT7 Week 20: Bathurst And The 650S

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Hotlap Event in World Circuits Time Trial

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McLaren 650S GT3 '15

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Mount Panorama Circuit - Full Course

:: Open to All GTPlanet Registry Members ::

:: Members are not obligated to take part ::

Overview (How Does This Work?):
  • You must be part of our registry to participate.
  • These are Time Trial Events, we have Online Races here.
  • Set the game up according to the event, car and track details below.
  • Save Your BEST LAP replay before exiting your session.
  • Be sure and run cleanly to the end of the first sector after setting your fast lap. If you exit right away, your time stamp may not show up in your replay.
  • Report your split times in here, so you can compare your pace to other racers, without revealing the full lap time. (Note: this is required if participating)
  • Our leaderboard shows how you stack up during the week, before the deadline.
  • Submit your lap via PM to our Fetchbot, before the event deadline.
  • On deadline day, we will publish the results in our leaderboard and in a thread in this section.
  • Identified replays will be checked by your fellow participants to be sure you meet the event regulations.

Race Details:
  • Mode: World Circuits > Time Trial
  • Track: Mount Panorama Circuit - Full Course
  • Car Type: Garage Car
  • Make: McLaren
  • Model: 650S GT3 '15
  • Max Power HP: 542 (Stock)*
  • Weight: 2,734 lbs (Stock)*
Driving Options:
  • Transmission: Auto or Manual
  • Tires: Racing Soft* (front and rear)
  • Driving Line, Cones, Markers: Optional
  • Traction Control | ASM | ABS: Optional
  • Brake Balance: Optional
  • Countersteering Assist: Prohibited
  • Tuning: No Tuning Allowed: Power and weight are to be stock.
  • In-Race Multi-Function Display (MFD) Functions: Optional
  • Custom Wheels: Allowed if available
  • Custom Body Parts: Not Allowed
  • Paint and Racing #: Livery editor Allowed
Course Settings:
  • Time: Optional

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Standard Clean OLR Rules (These Apply to ALL Events):
  • The event MUST be run using your registered PSN account.
  • The use of the clutch is strictly prohibited.
  • Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited.
  • No Contact with walls or other objects. Any contact with walls, no matter how minor, will result in a DQ.
  • At Least 2 Tires must be in contact with track at all times (See image below).
    • In situations where contact with the track is not possible because tires are airborne (above the ground), then the run is only legal if at least two tires in-line would have made contact with the track if the car were not airborne.
    • If track contact cannot be 100% determined, then consider it dirty.
  • Rumble/ripple strips are part of the track.
  • No contact with walls or objects, visible or invisible.
  • If you're not 100% sure that your lap is clean, then consider it dirty.
  • No hybrids.
  • No cheating of any kind,these are relaxed races and we are experienced racers, we know what times can be done,and we can read your mind. We will know.
  • Nothing that goes against the spirit of the rules.

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Race Specifics (Rules for This Specific Event):
  • Red 'n White Rumble Strips and Tarmac are Track Surface. No other surfaces are track.
  • No Contact with walls or other objects. Any contact with walls, no matter how minor, will result in a DQ.

Steward's Comments:

This week we visit Mount Panorama with the equally spectacular, McLaren 650S!

Taken from the vehicle description on GT7: “This racing version of the 650S was developed in accordance with the GT3 specifications. The car is technically better than the MP4-12C, in nearly every way. It burst onto the scene after winning the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour race in Australia.”

I have had this Time Trial sitting in my pending list for many weeks. It’s time to Send It!


Saving Replays, Viewing sector times and Submissions:
  • You need to make sure you use the 'Save Best Lap Replay' (ghost replay), not the 'Save Replay' (See pic below).
  • Before saving your replay ensure that you continue running after completing your fast lap until at least the end of first sector. This will ensure you have a complete replay.
  • To view your best lap replay, go to 'My Library' and watch the replay from there using the 'Replays' option.
  • While viewing your Replay, enter the live timing screen to view your sector splits. You will need to do this after your car has passed the sector markers to see it listed.
  • Simply post the splits that are shown in the live timing screen, and our Fetchbot will parse them and add them together for your total sector time.
  • When saving your fastest lap replay please ensure that you watch the replay to the end and that it displays your full lap time. Any replays submitted that do not show the posted lap time will result in a DQ.
  • Remember - When you submit your time you're also declaring that your run is 100% clean. We request replays for the purpose of verifying to all those concerned that the drivers claim is correct, which in turn safeguards the integrity of the driver, and just as importantly, the WRS. The golden rule is to check your replay before submission. If youre still unsure, check it again, ask for a second opinion and if youre still undecided, run the lap again.

(Best Lap Replay Save)

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Thread rules:

The following information cannot be discussed in this thread (they can, however, be discussed on Discord or via other private IM service.):
  • Total Lap Time.
  • Any information which can be used to infer your total lap time.
  • If you choose to Share your Best-Lap Replay via GT7 before the deadline,your full lap time will be considered to be shared publicly which contravenes our rules. Even if you've only shared with Friends.
The following information can be discussed in this thread :
  • The first 3 sectors: T1, T2 and T3 times.
  • Any settings discussion.

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Submission:

All submissions must be sent by PM (Subject title: GTP_WRS Week 20 Submission ) to (WRSFetchbot):
  • Please submit your FULL LAP TIME in the following format on a single line:
    X:XX.XXX
    (Example-)
    1:10.100
  • You will get an automated response within 15min, letting you know whether your submission was accepted, or if you had an error.
  • For those of you who were used to submitting replays on GT6, you no longer have the ability to export the files.
  • If you have an error, don't panic. Just review the instructions for submission and submit again. If you are having trouble and cannot figure it out, please post your question in the race thread.
  • Users can ask the bot for the current submitted time by sending a message with the Subject: "GTP_WRS Week 20 Get Entry" and any text in the body.
  • Users can delete their submitted time by sending a message with the Subject: "GTP_WRS Week 20 Remove Entry" and any text in the body.
  • If you want to submit multiple times in the week just reply to the conversation with your new time. Fetchy always uses the last submitted time as the final one.
  • The deadline is Monday, August 29th 2022 11:59pm GMT
  • If you are unsure of the deadline try this site.
Why Use GMT?:
GMT is World Time and the basis of every world time zone which sets the time of day and is at the centre of the time zone map. GMT sets current time or official time around the globe. Most time changes are measured by GMT. Although GMT has been replaced by atomic time (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.

Replay Checking:
  • Division winners and overperformers will be required to submit a replay via the GT7 Share function for verification AFTER Unofficial Results have been posted.
  • Participants will be expected to check each others' replays for cleanliness, for replays marked in the Results thread as (Replay Verify Required).
  • Video/Youtube/Twitch replays are not accepted as a form of verification.

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Good luck,
:gtplanet: & The WRS team.
 
Long and difficult track so there will be some variance this week - already evident in those early times. Looking forward to trying it out.

EDIT: Did a few laps and went to watch my replay only to find that is the only replay there. All my other replays including Lancer at Tokyo are gone. No rhyme or reason. FFS.

Anyone know why that might happen and how to prevent it?

Anyway, to Australia
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Long and difficult track so there will be some variance this week - already evident in those early times. Looking forward to trying it out.

EDIT: Did a few laps and went to watch my replay only to find that is the only replay there. All my other replays including Lancer at Tokyo are gone. No rhyme or reason. FFS.

Anyone know why that might happen and how to prevent it?

Anyway, to Australia
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You haven't changed between PS4 and PS5 (editions or console), have you? I believe they need to be publicly shared to save to the cloud. If not though I have no idea.
 
Damn I'm gutted.. went back to this combo just beat my best lap from last night saved it and went back to track was ahead on the downhill and my wheel just powered down and the game paused and said controller disconnected and now after multiple restarts and unplugging everything the wheel is absolutely dead!! I cant get nothing.. no lights no power nada!! what a joke.. only had this wheel just over a month :(

I saved my updated lap I hope but I have no way of racing until I get some kind of replacement :mad: Looks like I'm out on this one 👎
 
Nope, no changes at all. I see the shared items are still under 'shared'. It happened a few weeks ago too but as it was my first use of Showcase (for sharing the replay of the first of these time trials I did) at the time I presumed I did something wrong.

I've saved my best laps from my first couple of goes at Bathurst and they show up, but no idea if they will still be there next Monday...
 
Damn I'm gutted.. went back to this combo just beat my best lap from last night saved it and went back to track was ahead on the downhill and my wheel just powered down and the game paused and said controller disconnected and now after multiple restarts and unplugging everything the wheel is absolutely dead!! I cant get nothing.. no lights no power nada!! what a joke.. only had this wheel just over a month :(

I saved my updated lap I hope but I have no way of racing until I get some kind of replacement :mad: Looks like I'm out on this one 👎
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully still under warranty?
 
I must have found all the speed I had in GT6. If only I had kept up with GTSport,....

It seems playing chicken with the rev limiter is helpful...as long as you don't bounce off it.

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Getting a lap in without incident is proving problematic... GT7, please don't lose my replays again.
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Any tips on getting through the 3rd sector, I've yet to get below the 33.xxx sector time? Specifically the start of it with hard braking section and that tight left hand kink. I have to be super conservative in both areas or I just throw away every lap.
 
I'm not the fastest so take my advice with a pinch of salt, but if you mean the section at the top of the mountain then I've been experimenting with pushing brake balance further forward for just that section from -2 to -5. It is still precarious but a bit more stable.

Then back to -2 before the tight left leading to the long straight else you oversteer there.
Edit: that's got me to 1:32.25 or so.
 
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@RuddRacer I use BB: -1 and down from the mountain I try to be very smooth and same time aggressive - I don't know how to tell my driving there. I just let car run it speed and try to keep it very steady, soft braking, early throttle. Very hard to tell how to do it.
 
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Really fun combo. I’m mostly losing time in the last two sectors, probably because sector 3 is constant precision and 4 needs me to have some concept of the speed I can carry through the turn I drive the least.
 
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Thanks for sharing your feedback @jammy21 & @half_sourly. I have not tired using -BB.

I agree, getting through the braking zone cleanly is all about feel; being fast & smooth all while being aggressively cautious (a bit of a task for this old dog)

The occasional snap oversteer on that sharp kink to the left will keep you from getting overconfident :banghead:

I'll keep grinding.
 
Post today's upgrade my Bathurst replay has disappeared from showcase. Anyone else the same?
 

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