Assetto Corsa - Time Trial

[trashbat]

I was going to put in some time tonight but my G27 has stopped working with AC 1.1.5. Works in the menu, not in the game.

Edit: going to the Windows calibration piece has resolved this, although I now have a new issue whereby gear selection doesn't work for about five seconds after every hotlap restart

Also knocked 0.3 sec off my time, and I can see there's ~0.5 sec still there for the taking, but once again can't quite grasp it.

Edited by trashbat on Thursday 16th April 21:04

[Asterix]

I think I'm going to invest in some Clubsport pedals.

Braking is a huge Grrrr!

[trashbat]

Have the springs helped at all?

[RobM77]

trashbat said:

I was going to put in some time tonight but my G27 has stopped working with AC 1.1.5. Works in the menu, not in the game.

Edit: going to the Windows calibration piece has resolved this, although I now have a new issue whereby gear selection doesn't work for about five seconds after every hotlap restart

Also knocked 0.3 sec off my time, and I can see there's ~0.5 sec still there for the taking, but once again can't quite grasp it.

Edited by trashbat on Thursday 16th April 21:04

That's a shame. For the record, I'm using a G27 and did about 15 minutes last night after updating AC and had no problems. I tried the Abarth at Imola and got down to 1m48s, but nowhere near the top times of 1m45s! I haven't driven the Arbarth much (I think we did some hotlapping ages ago at Valleluga in it and that's about it), and it should be similar to the cars I used to race, but somehow it feels very different and I can't put my finger on it; however I think it's down to a huge amount more aero and the lack of feel from actually being in the car, which is everything with a modern slicks and wings car. I doubt I'll get time for a proper go before next week to be honest.

[Asterix]

trashbat said:

Have the springs helped at all?

Hasn't arrived yet so I stuffed the existing brake spring with foam from a scotchbrite bad. It's a bodge but it's working OKish.

Better than before.

[Asterix]

Actually, it's bloody good. Just set a pb at Spa in
the BMW. And then raced with the first five laps under 2:17.5 secs.

It's making me far more consistent.

[JoeMk1]

Thought I'd try out NVidia Shadowplay, so here's a 1:45.3 if it helps anyone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkDWIgcEVSk&fe...

Lost a lot of time in turn 5 so I think I could get in the 44s if I put it all together.

Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.948	0:30.182	0:39.888	0:35.878
trashbat	Rob P	1:49.487	0:30.954	0:41.158	0:37.375

[trashbat]

JoeMk1 said:

Thought I'd try out NVidia Shadowplay, so here's a 1:45.3 if it helps anyone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkDWIgcEVSk&fe...

Lost a lot of time in turn 5 so I think I could get in the 44s if I put it all together.

Cheers. Confirms I have the gear selection right, just need to finesse things and keep the speed up.

Your hairpin looks a bit slow, and then maybe the left hander at the top of the hill too, so I agree you could get more out of it.

Did that count as Pro? I notice that RSR is a bit more stingy than the game when it comes to whether you've stayed in the track or not, especially coming out of the chicane.

Edited by trashbat on Friday 17th April 19:48

[trashbat]

A little improvement:

Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.948	0:30.182	0:39.888	0:35.878
trashbat	Rob P	1:48.927	0:31.344	0:40.223	0:37.360

Based on my best splits, there's another .7 sec in sight, so I'll be very happy with anything under 1:48.

That middle section was my best yet, but either end was less than optimal.

[craste]

Do any of you play this with a thrust master t300 rs and also play Drive club?


If so how do they compare?

[trashbat]

trashbat said:

A little improvement

And a big one.



Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.948	0:30.182	0:39.888	0:35.878
trashbat	Rob P	1:47.772	0:30.598	0:40.443	0:36.731

Very happy now. I'll have another stab at it tomorrow.

[Asterix]

Update.

Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.084	0:29.707	0:39.777	0:35.600
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
trashbat	Rob P	1:47.772	0:30.598	0:40.443	0:36.731

[enjo]

Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.084	0:29.707	0:39.777	0:35.600
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
trashbat	Rob P	1:47.772	0:30.598	0:40.443	0:36.731
enjo	mr_enjo	1:49.41	0:30.856	0:41.114	0:37.446

First sector isn't terrible but showing my true form in 2/3!
Thanks for posting the video, it helped break 1:50.

[trashbat]

The tips in this thread are spot on - primarily just be more aggressive everywhere, and sometimes use higher gears. Use as much of the track as RSR validation lets you get away with too, as not doing that was my mistake for a long time.

However if you can hold off doing any of that until Monday, that'd be great

[FourWheelDrift]

I've had no time to try this and tomorrow I'll be glued to the racing, BTCC, BSB, WSBK, F1, MotoGP.

[Asterix]

Hoorah! My Upgraded spring has just arrived - looking forward to having a go later when I'm home from work.

It's a shame I've pretty much got the braking sorted with my dishwashing sponge mod

It would be hugely ironic if the sponge mod is better than the new spring...

[trashbat]

My best time was achieved by sticking a bit of dish sponge in the pivot, not even dismantling anything!

[trashbat]

Unfortunately I spent most of my free hour today trying to sort my G27 centering issue, which I either have fixed or has gone away again by itself. However, 0.3 sec off. I can see where there's more, but I'm probably out of spare time to do it in.

Formula Abarth, Imola

PH Name	RSR Name	Time	Sector 1	Sector 2	Sector 3
Asterix	Asterix	1:45.084	0:29.707	0:39.777	0:35.600
JoeMk1	JoeMk1	1:45.541	0:29.723	0:40.081	0:35.578
trashbat	Rob P	1:47.474	0:30.487	0:40.635	0:36.352
enjo	mr_enjo	1:49.41	0:30.856	0:41.114	0:37.446

This is my second closest to a WR across all of my current RSR history, so I'm pleased with this week's progress. Most importantly it's now become fairly reproducible, rather than fluke.

I know I set the car & track but I've really enjoyed this week as a drive - much less infuriating than some of the previous attempts.

[Asterix]

Guess which was which...?

[RobM77]

Do you have a link to the pedals you bought?