What am i doing wrong at the monza chicane?

Lamborghini Huracan @ Monza. I feel I am wasting more than 1s at this chicane. WHat am I doing wrong? I can't even get bronze which is 1:50.00 (gold is 1:47.00...)

Man, Monza is hard. And those long straights don't help either, you just have more time to think about how you messed up the chicanes.

 

From a quick look without sound and without being able to view full screen (I`m at work), I would say you`re braking too early, not using enough road (turning to tight) and not on the power early enough for the long straight.

The sooner you can mash the pedal out of that chicane, the better

 

I've told you this before on similar thread. In the video you are not using the whole track. Keep it to the left (almost on the white line) untill you turn in. After the chicane you are way too late on power, use the track.

Anyway, here's my setup I got the gold time with. It's not perfect but worked for me. Good luck.

 

All of the above ^^

Also, have you ever tried cockpit view? It makes it sooo much easier to appreciate where exactly you are positioned on the track and where all four of your wheels are. I predict you will find a couple of seconds if you get used to cockpit view. Your "eyes" are currently mounted on the front bumper, I really cannot stress enough how much more difficult it makes it to correctly position the car (i.e. Not in the middle of the track when you turn in to the slowest corner on the track!)

Good luck!

 

Not making use of the maximum amount of track is one of my faults when racing. I have a habit of drifting towards the apex of the corner before I have even arrived. It is something that I need to work on...

 

I can't go below 1.53 with this car because I can't turn it. I went really mad and gave up driving Huracan. I'm good with R8, Z4, SLS and GT-R. Huracan just makes me feel very unskilfull.

 

55km/h is your minimal speed through that chicane and it occurs right before exit, so you are driving it with a fast in slow out line (baaad). The trick to gain time there is to treat it as two corners, you sacrifice the speed and exit position at the first one to gain superior entry to the second one.
So Brake a bit later, turn in much later from the green astroturf on the right (start the braking from the middle of the track with car pointing to the left so that you end your braking on it). Use minimal trailbraking (only enough brakes so that maximum grip goes toward cornering) - you want to turn as tightly as possible while still carrying a lot of speed through the first corner without sacrificing track position.
Then depending on setup and driving style you can even throttle a bit between the turns - it can help with making the switch from turning right to left quicker which is very important too (be more aggresive) and then apply throttle even before the second turn apex. Proper line should give you enough road width to spare for almost full acceleration even without TC.

 

It is not possible. Physics vs. challenges target inaccuracy.

Only 20 guys out 150+ have been able to go lower than 1:50, and none under 1:47.

http://www.radiators-champ.com/RSRLiveTiming/index.php?page=rank&track=20&car=2166

 

@Kade: thanks for the setup, I'll try it.

@da1507 I know how you feel, I have no idea how I made my best 1.51...

@CamsX Kade got gold on this so, I don't know (his setup is above). Besides, RSR leaderboards have been reset a few weeks ago, maybe that's why we don't see gold lap times.

@Nao I don't understand, why should I brake from the middle of the track and not position myself as left as possible and brake in a straight line?

Thanks guys, a lot to take in, I will try everything and get back with an update, maybe with a video if I manage to improve!

 

haha, Kade is an alien. I don't expect Kunos to set all their targets for alien drivers.

Not even Ferrari GT2 can beat 1:47 and that IS a faster car.

http://www.radiators-champ.com/RSRLiveTiming/index.php?page=rank&track=20&car=41

 

@Rex You do brake in a straight line, that's the point! Try to imagine a line where you finish braking on the green stuff on the left and brake in straight line, the only way to do that is to start closer to the middle, if you do it from the outermost line your left tyres are on the grass from the start. The biggest advantage here is that the braking is very safe, there is no way to put a tyre into the grass and you can concentrate on getting the most out of the braking.

The time loss of the few more degrees you have to turn the car in that corner is well offset by having larger turning radius by starting the corner further left than normally possible and more confidence from the driver (more precise entry).

 

Kade got this achievement on October 12th, which was before GT3 cars were balanced by 1.3.4 update that came out on October 24th
At that time Huracan was the fastest GT car at Monza and fast guys were doing sub-47 times. I doubt that it is possible now, so relax and wait for Kunos to fix this impossible achievement (and some others too)

 

I don't think your tires are at the optimum operating temperature?

 

Seems like it might be that, I've tried this challenge yesterday and it took me about 2-3 laps to get the car to turn well.

 

@LetsTestDrive, @D1visor: what tyre pressures do you use in setup?

 

Simple, you're not trail braking into the chicane and carrying speed in. The fact you actually had to get back on the throttle before you'd hit the first apex says you are not carrying near enough speed in.

That FOV is horrible though. Very difficult to pick up fine details of positioning and car attitude.

 

@Rex Pressures/temps look ok. If anything the problem would be the unscrubbed softs... In that video you have grip drop like driving on "green track" due to that. If you want to use softs, you have to do a warm up lap to get them to correct grip.

 

@Guybrush Threepwood True, I did stab the throttle midway which is not good. And for some reason I can't drive in cockpit view. I used to at least have the nose of the car visible, but now I can't stand even that.
@Nao Yep, I had 92% wear there...

 

Jut tried again for about an hour. My best was 1.51.8. I didn't feel I did my best driving, but it would be hard to beat that. I don't know what to say, I have no idea how some guys are going below 1.50.

 

Ok, so world record is now: Brazil - Ricardo Macieski 1:47.817 - 2015.11.15. 20:29.

It must be a trick in the setup? I don't understand how you can go to 1:47. The date proves it has nothing to do with the tyre model changes.