Hope you made it to Gold! It took me a good 2 hours session this time. I think it has to do with the new physics and more difficult trail braking. The car tends a lot to understeer when trying to brake late into corners. I had to go for very sensitive braking in the end compared to when I started in the first lap. What got me some time was to change ABS from normal to weak in the settings. 👍
@aubitube Yeah the new physics and im hoping for my sake, my 15 year old burnt out wheel 😆....I've never considered changing ABS. I'll see if it has any affect on me. 👍
@@aubitube I think only just attempting it when there was 3 hours left might not have helped. I just couldn’t get used to it in time. I hate that i got a silver so I have to redeem myself and get a 2% wr margin with the V6 Clio lol
Since I am on vacation I could not improve my time and just noticed that I got silver now since probably yesterday. So I feel with you. Really wanted to stay Gold.
Congrats! :) ..and thank you so much for your videos, you help so much to improve! I'd have just one question.. You are using hard tyres here? I feel like going slower with medium.. can it be? thank you!
RH / Racing hard tyres is a given spec you need to use. Mediums are not allowed in this challenge. Intermediates and Wets are allowed, but no sense in dry conditions.
I really don't have time for so many TTs in a week, but just wonder if this is less annoying than the Roadster at Trial Mountain or the Subaru at Eigad? I may give it a try if indeed I have time...
I went for some laps again already and improved my time to Gold again at a 1:38,681. It remains the same brake points as is in the video guide. But thanks for the hint :-)
@aubitube Sounds awesome 👌. Cause I was thinking only the best time lap will take the reward 😀. Not fair, isn't it ? :D 😀 And btw ... thanks for the guide. I understood and saw where I was doing wrong.
Thank you so much for such a practical guide. I started watching your videos since the time attack with F430 at Tokyo. Still couldn’t achieve Gold, but much… much closer than before. I find your driving style is more easily understood, and more likely to be do-able by drivers with decent skills (probably top 5/6% instead of 3%). Keep it up! Looking forward to your contents.
Haven't tried this yet but I wonder what was the reason for staying on the wet line in the straight please? I thought driving with IM or W is just to avoid slipping, and wouldn't that mean you can go as fast in the straight even on the driver part of the track?
Since you need to brake from the wet part over the dry line into the wet again when going to the corner to use the better grip, there is no benefit shortly using the dry line, e.g. after T1 heading to the hairpin. Easier to just stay in the wet.
@@aubitube Just had an hour of drive. Couldn't manage MT shifting, and my best AT drive gives a sub-1:40. I should have a sub 1:39.5, but due to other commitments in life, I may have to let this sit where it now is. Currently, less than 1900 people out of the 56700 managed a gold. It's really really hard.
It's rather annoying that the developers are giving us three cars in three weeks that are heavily understeering, disproportionally high power and even unwilling to turn when coasting. This car took it even further that it could spin when accelerating in a straight line. Currently I just made it within top 5% ranking (a very low 1:55) but only a silver. I think the top time would still improve.
Yeah, agree. Currently the challenges are not as enjoyable… I am also afraid that my time will not be good enough to keep Gold. But I went out of time yesterday and could therefore not try to improve. And as the guide shows, there is room for improvement still :-)
Just stumbled on your channel. Great to see someone that is at my level of driving. I enjoyed your POV on this time trial. I will most certainly take your tips and put them to practice. I'm stuck in the low 7s for this TT. Cheers.
Hey there! Thanks for the comment :-) I am indeed not as fast as the fastest guys out there, usually in the area of +2% to 3% behind the world record. So just fast enough for Gold most times. Hope to see you soon on future videos & Good luck!
Just had my share of suffering at this, got a mid-1:05 and what seems to be a fairly safe top 10% ranking time, and I decided to give up on this one. The car handles very very unusually and I noticed that the past few TTs are handing us a track that force us to drive a car in an unnatural way. The only thing left me puzzled (which may motivate me to do it again) is the corner at 1:59 of your video - it's just so strange to me......
If you have a 1:05 already and it sounds like you did not get the 1:59 corner right. Then that is the key in your case. We got 2 weeks for this challenge. Dont give up on day 3 :-)
@@aubitube i will go back to try for sure as I learned something from P2's drive too. But then on the other hand i also noticed that the ranking boards of the missions are reset, and went to try out the eco challenge, which i came out P2 worldwide for 2 challenges - at least for now. Just that i dont think anyone is interested in making a video of it on RU-vid 😂 EDIT: I tried again, but still haven't grasped the car's control and that particular corner. I don't understand - both the car and the corner behaves to counterintuitive to me......
@@aubitube I made a small improvement at the Subaru to keep myself in a safe silver. Overall speaking, this is a strange car to drive - willing to turn at mid-speed, but very reluctant on low or high speed. The way it turns changes drastically as i adjust the speed and the 1:59 corner is still hard to predict. On the other hand, I squeezed back into gold for the other one with a okay safety margin. I do feel unpleasant if the developers keep giving us cars that require counterintuitive and unnatural driving in the future.
Hi, I dont understand how you are able to exit turns with full power at 3rd and 4th gears when we have to reduce to 2nd or even 1st gear. You jumped from 1st to 3rd at 1:06, then again here at 1:23 this turn has to be done in 2nd gear but you jump to 4th, maintain it and then exit the turn without losing power? I dont understand this. It is not nitro because it is not allowed in this event, so is it a turbo setting that I am not aware of? What?
Reducing to 2nd or 1st gear when entering the corner will increase load change to the front so you get that little bit more grip to make the car turn instead of understeering. Due to the car having very high torque in low rpm already and for the fact of going downhill, you want to use a higher gear going out of the corners. If you maintain a sudden speed in the corner the car can easily handle the higher gear without too much performance loss. And it should be easier to handle due to lower risk of oversteering and in addition you do not loose time for gear shifting when accelerating to the next section.
I haven't tried the other one yet - I noticed that this lasts for just one week and went for this first. City tracks are always annoying as we are a lot more used to abusing the kerbs than restricting ourselves to have more than just the 4 wheels within the track limit, and it is a lot worse on controller with X and square input. I only managed a very high 2:05 on AT (although with a corner or two to improve), but I honestly don't enjoy it and I doubt I can remain gold if I do not improve. Anyway, thanks a lot for the guide.
Thanks for the comment. As I mentioned in the guide, I dont really like the track. But on the other hand, once I figured out how to take the corners to be more or less fast my mindset changed and I was eager to push more. Maybe if I review other peoples guides I could improve some more. But for sure it might be easier for me on a wheel. Why dont you use L2 / R2 for brakes and power?
@@aubitube Mainly skills level and time. Many people are saying that it's a matter of practice, but time isn't what I have in abundance - not just work but also these weekly time trials which I am determined to squeeze my best from. Tapping the X and square is still easier than using the triggers for me, let alone I would occasionally try to do the TT on manual shifting if circumstances demand or permits, such as the Eiger Nordward. Btw that one is a real pain compare to this one - I haven't watched any video guide on that one yet, but I was surprised that the car was so unwilling to turn / roll without braking at a low speed......
I understand your point. I also mainly got the time once in a week to do the time trials and guide videos for the channel. Eiger Nordwand is very different from Tokyo. Absolutely true, also was quite tough to me until I got a time that was OK from my POV. Was stuck at a time that was just slightly below the Gold border. Did not make me happy so I checked the recorded video of V. Gallo and changed some drive style of mine accordingly. Still tough to do cause those guys also use some handbrake actions in the first tight corners… On my wheel I may not reach that button in time to do so. Maybe that is an option easier to do for you on the pad…
One section, that is correct. But at least also possible in reverse. I was more confused that they converted the tunnel to the pit lane. Really liked the track back in the days of GT5 Prologue.
My fastest time is 1:23:00 on this track. With this car. I am struggling to learn my self shifting how you are doing it. I'm not used to shift all the way down in the first corner and then go to third again
But in general you are using manual shifting, do you? If so, it is just a matter of getting used to it. For example I also trained myself to not use TCS anymore. When starting to change habits, it is really strange and exhausting at first, but once you are getting used to it, it is nice to see improvements in laptimes 👍
@@aubitube yes i always use manual shifting. But my habit is to use the gears more for example in the first corner on this track i shift to second gear and then i give gas end then i shift to third. I still use TCS too but i have set it on 4.
Wow, TCS 4 is pretty restrictive. Maybe try lower and go to the accelerator pedal more sensitive. Should give you a time benfit with some practice on the long run.
This is certainly no easy challenge. The car control is very peculiar, to say the least - strong horse power, strong brakes, both of these characteristics being an outlier compared to a normal car. Then the track is also peculiar in its own way - super wide at certain corners which takes much longer for me to understand or to find the best line. Put these together, I have gotten stuck at a low 1:22 for quite a while, and my provisional gold time right now is certainly not safe if P1 nails a perfect lap (there's definitely 0.1-0.2 to cut if all he pulls an absolute ideal lap).
I can absolutely comprehend your explanation. Also first got stuck in low 22‘s before getting to constant high 21‘s and Gold sector already. But due to not feeling safe I tried some more until I got to 21,6‘s and finally to the 21,450 to feel safe until the challenge ends 👍
If you're just trying to get gold, don't cut the kerbs...slow down for the first chicane, slowing the car before the left hand kerb is visible (down to second briefly, then up to third for the exit), stay off the kerbs. Similar story with the second chicane, but take a wide line, don't go near the left kerb. If your sector is 22.000 of under, you're on track. Keep the tight right hander smooth, don't be afraid to shift into first to kick the rear around, but shift up before accelerating (turn on TCC to 1 temporarily if you have trouble with a good exit). Brake early for the last chicane, (120m), cut the corners as much as you can, but don't touch the grass at all, exit in 4th. ^This is good for a Gold time on a slightly above average lap
@@aubitube I hear you bro , did you ever think of doing vids on the licences the last 4 or 5 is destroying my life. If u have done it I will check it out. Keep well bro.
Sitting at a very low 1:00, provisionally gold, with a very tiny gap to breath. Will try to push under 1:00 when my arm and finger recovers from yesterday's driving
