Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge #140 – The bully on the beach

pretend racer
1.38.513 pc



I love this track, its damn near one of the best for hotlapping. The car, well not one of my fav's. I used a tune from the setup market by a guy with a bunch of numbers for a name. I adjusted fuel, and psi to suit. I can post the vid of the lap I did, but I expect that a faster lap will be posted soon.

@Totall Wrytoff I'm not sure if you know this but UPS sucks, a lot! I refuse to use them or any other "private" company for international deliveries. I refuse to pay brokerage fees. Since I live out in the boonies they won't deliver to my PO box anyways. Which means I have to drive 50 km to the nearest depot, and I have to get there during working hours which is impossible for me. Like I said I refuse to use UPS cause they suck. (sorry rant over)

Looking forward to a pic of your new cockpit once you get it all setup!

 

Yikes..power is out in London town....good thing you didn't go! The first thing I did today was check the thread to see what your package contained! So excited to see new gear!
Well, I am pretty stoked to be within about 1 sec or so from LeiF and Pretend but I did that time while (whilst) stone cold sober! I'm off for a pint or two of craft IPA with a buddy and then I will see if I can navigate the track with mucho gusto!!

 

Friday’s current standings:


1. F1415182235 1:38.146 Xb1
2. pretend racer 1.38.513 pc
3. Leif 1.38.558 PC
4. AB770577 1.38.592 PS4
5. Lewisxbone 1.38.776 Xb1
6. Neilski 1.39.045 PC
7. Biner 1:39.464 PC
8. Moodyryder 1.40.328 Ps4
9. Totall Wrytoff 1.40.483 PS4
10. Emmanuel Tubbiolo 1.40.573 Xb1
11. Rod100 1.41.301 Xb1
12. Hondo 1.41.341 PC
13. Laughing gravy 1.41.678 PS4


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You all knew!
Well, I've taken a cab across town to the UPS Depot to collect and guess what. They don't have the packages. The cab brought me back home.

I rang UPS to check before and was assured that I could collect. I then rang again to check and was told they have them there and ready, no problem. UPS Customer "Service" now, "don't have track" of my packages. They cannot confirm a delivery time, nor can I arrange to collect. I have to start again on Monday, they cannot help further.
UPS are an absolute shambles.
Let's think what U.P.of S. might actually stand for!
Back to the G29, without much enthusiasm, maybe a stiff drink first.
Gutted.

 

Just to confirm, power is on across London... except at UPS.
If you Google UPS you see at least five, blatant lies!

OK, over it now.

 

Apparently a low 38 is possible with aero set to 0/0. Interesting...

 

OMFG what a cunch of bunts. You should seriously ask them to pay for your cab, not to mention your time. Unbelievable. Well done for getting over it so quickly!

 

Hondo
improvement
1.41.115
pc

 

Improvement - 1:38.010

Soooo clooooooooooose...

 

Biner
Micro improvement 1:39.312
PC

 

Emmanuel Tubbiolo
Improvement 1.39.874
Xbox one

Well so much to say. Haven't been much around this week. I think we should all get in a plane to London and sort out those UPS people.. really sorry Totall, we all feel for you. I hope it will be sorted soon.

Also delighted for you Lewisxbone taking over from Tibor the Great.. very kind from you to take on the job for us to continue having fun.

I'll be gone tomorrow for a couple of weeks and I don't think I'll have time to improve that. Gonna miss driving in my front room but it's for the good cause.

 

Beautiful

 

1.39.047-XB1
Thank you to everyone who posted setup tips. Not much of a fan of gt3 cars as they have too many setup options but I am pretty satisfied with my laptime.

 

Current standings :


1. F1415182235 1:38.010 Xb1
2. pretend racer 1.38.513 pc
3. Leif 1.38.558 PC
4. AB770577 1.38.592 PS4
5. Lewisxbone 1.38.776 Xb1
6. Neilski 1.39.045 PC
7. Mustang 500 1.39.047-XB1
8. Biner 1:39.312 PC
9. Emmanuel Tubbiolo 1.39.874 Xb1
10. Moodyryder 1.40.328 Ps4
11. Totall Wrytoff 1.40.483 PS4
12. Hondo 1.41.115 PC
13. Rod100 1.41.301 Xb1
14. Laughing gravy 1.41.678 PS4

Don’t forget everyone the chequered flag is at 18:00 hrs



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That is fantastic!
Thank-you very much @F1415182235, you make it look absolutely effortless.
Off to try the set-up and change my whole approach to driving this track!

 

1.40.262
XB1

i really wanted to do well this week but only had 2 tries to make it good. 1st try i got stuck at 1.41.9 as i was doing all the wrong settings... Today i just had a 30 mins run and got this result. I find the track really nice and challenging. I think with much more practice i can shave 0.5s off, but this is it for me this week. see you on the next one.

Really good job to 1.38.xxx guys!

 

not sure if too late but improvement
Hondo
1.40.660

 

Final standings:


1. F1415182235 1:38.010 Xb1
2. pretend racer 1.38.513 pc
3. Leif 1.38.558 PC
4. AB770577 1.38.592 PS4
5. Lewisxbone 1.38.776 Xb1
6. Neilski 1.39.045 PC
7. Mustang 500 1.39.047-XB1
8. Biner 1:39.312 PC
9. Emmanuel Tubbiolo 1.39.874 Xb1
10. LXM323 1.40.262 Xb1
11. Moodyryder 1.40.328 Ps4
12. Totall Wrytoff 1.40.483 PS4
13. Hondo 1.40.660 PC
14. Rod100 1.41.301 Xb1
15. Laughing gravy 1.41.678 PS4


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Here's the flag!

That’s it for WHC#140!

Final standings as above, thanks Lewis. (beat me again!)

After a chaotic and late start to the week things picked up fast. Shockingly fast in fact!
But before any analysis of the events, I think we all take our hats off to @F1415182235, for a quite brilliant - 1:38.010 – and look, a console player too!!
To put that time into context, it’s more than half a sec faster than the incredibly fast Pretend racer.
And we can watch it to our hearts’ content! Brilliant. @F1415182235, this week’s clear winner, no quibbles, no ghost times! Many congrats to him.

@Pretend racer, number two this week and very modestly suggesting his time of 1.38.513 would be beaten, was beaten, but as we see, not much in it and beaten only by real excellence! Many congrats!

@LeiF is number three this week. With a strong opening time of 1.38.8, he fixed Lewisxbone in his sights and nearly went and beat Pretend racer (did I mention how difficult that is?) with a great 1.38.558. If Leif tells you he is not getting on with something….beware!

Not on the podium this week, but special mentions for @AB770577, sooo close, no cigar though. Moral victory – a 1.38.5 is a very, very good time for this week’s challenge.

And @Lewisxbone, with a 1.38.776, just a couple of tenths behind! We know he will have been trying very hard to get those tenths, but he’s also had to manage Mrs Lewisxbone’s birthday this week too and I’m delighted he is able to help with the timekeeping – Respect and thank-you!

Whilst we are in the mood, special mentions to @Neilski, who set his time on the mediums, @Mustang 500, who made some very pleasant observations about the excellence of the combi and @Biner, for his very well observed and gracious appreciation of the intro.

In fact, everyone has done really well this week.
Except UPS.
Thanks for all of your supportive comments. I’m sad I didn’t see Pretend racer’s advice until I had been to the depot and back. Delivery is now slated for tomorrow…. Best to be completely cynical!

On to WHC#141!