Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27109924-20160701130136

First, I am not super talented time trialist.. For me to get good competitive times takes many repeated efforts, and I generally don't do it as it's time consuming..

Anyways, today I started to go thru collecting the 1g or 2g in the old time trials, as per here:

Came to Melbourne track, where I am quite strong I thought, and after a reasonable run with almost fully upgraded car, I was about 2.5secs off the leader.. Sure, some of that was me learning the car, but truth be told I was taken back at how slow my 'fast' time was:(

So I started to play with it, using my normal driving, but I was still around 1.45secs off the leader.. So I raced his ghost, and noticed how he's just so much faster in and out of the corners..

Momentarily I thought the leader must be cheating somehow, perhaps by using adjusted higher grip settings, but few seconds latter I naturally dismissed that..

I was taking the corners at my normal driving maximum (braking in - then on the gas out), especially the 1st corner and the upcoming chicane, then the next corner - but still couldn't keep up.. Watching the leaders ghost told me nothing as to how he is doing this, so I started experimenting driving on my own and with "feathering" the gas pedal..

That is pumping the accelerator fast once or twice thru the corner! And after some corner entry adjusting, it was a real eureka moment as I saw my ghost times fall behind me.. 0.15secs faster thru the 1st corner, etc etc..

It is deceptively effective way to go faster, and now I am pretty sure this is what the big boys of WTTT do with all cars.. Feathering the gas!!:)

I have done this feathering instinctively in the F1s a bit, or when overspending into a corner, but now will try to incorporate it into my everyday driving.. No more just brake, wait, then gas.. Had no idea it makes such a huge difference to the times..

Earlier today I got to 0.65secs off the leader, and I made a run this evening to quite quickly better my Time Trial in the Amateur, Road car International, BMW Z4 M. Granted, as it is a new time trial, many of the big boys haven't raced it yet, so I'm sure times will get faster.. I think I could better my time by 0.3+secs realistically still..

I have tried to record the drive, but when you listen to the engine on the replay, you cannot really hear the "feathering", sorry:(

https://youtu.be/1spoUCY_26U

In the first corner, chicane and the next corner, I feathered at least 2x in each.. From memory the first corner was 3 feathers:) Many other corners were also heavily feathered:)

So really, if anyone wants to improve their times, I would recommend learning in a slow car, to get the dynamics of it, perhaps racing a leaders ghost to see if you can keep up..

You have to use Tilt B, as the "feathering" involves a momentarily drifting, which cannot work with Tilt A (you would start to brake|!)..

 