Best Track Times in a GT4
#1516
Hey everyone,
I’m working on a leaderboard app that hopefully strikes the right balance between being useful and fun, but not go overboard trying to be a car setup journal or something official or requiring a moderator. If any of you have any opinions about what would make the app useful versus what should be left out, I’d love to hear about it. No point in going forward if it doesn’t scratch the itch for enough people. Here’s the direction I’m going:
- Opening screen is a searchable list of tracks, each with a map, number of turns - basic info. I’m building a database of all tracks in the US, CA, and UK.
- Pick a track to go to the next screen, the Track Leaderboard. On the Track Leaderboard, you can toggle between seeing the public leaderboard or your laps. You can set a filter for just a particular make and/or model, car vs bike, wet vs dry track, DOT tires vs race tires, street legal vs… not street legal.
- You can post your own laps, as many as you want. You don’t have to make any of them publicly visible. In fact, they won’t be included on the public leaderboard unless you say so AND you include a link to a YouTube video or upload an image of your gear as “proof”.
- There will be no ability to comment on anybody’s laps. I don’t want to have to moderate comments.
- There will be no attempt to catch dishonest people. Instead, if you don’t believe somebody else’s lap, you can choose to hide the lap from your view of the leaderboard. I want to avoid being the judge and jury of laps, and leave it to individual users.
For a business model, I’m thinking everybody can view laps for free all they want, but charge a $1/mo subscription to be able to post your own laps (start and stop any time you want). That way there is some money coming in to pay for some cheap AWS resources.
I don’t want to derail this thread, so if you have any thoughts please just DM me.
I’m working on a leaderboard app that hopefully strikes the right balance between being useful and fun, but not go overboard trying to be a car setup journal or something official or requiring a moderator. If any of you have any opinions about what would make the app useful versus what should be left out, I’d love to hear about it. No point in going forward if it doesn’t scratch the itch for enough people. Here’s the direction I’m going:
- Opening screen is a searchable list of tracks, each with a map, number of turns - basic info. I’m building a database of all tracks in the US, CA, and UK.
- Pick a track to go to the next screen, the Track Leaderboard. On the Track Leaderboard, you can toggle between seeing the public leaderboard or your laps. You can set a filter for just a particular make and/or model, car vs bike, wet vs dry track, DOT tires vs race tires, street legal vs… not street legal.
- You can post your own laps, as many as you want. You don’t have to make any of them publicly visible. In fact, they won’t be included on the public leaderboard unless you say so AND you include a link to a YouTube video or upload an image of your gear as “proof”.
- There will be no ability to comment on anybody’s laps. I don’t want to have to moderate comments.
- There will be no attempt to catch dishonest people. Instead, if you don’t believe somebody else’s lap, you can choose to hide the lap from your view of the leaderboard. I want to avoid being the judge and jury of laps, and leave it to individual users.
For a business model, I’m thinking everybody can view laps for free all they want, but charge a $1/mo subscription to be able to post your own laps (start and stop any time you want). That way there is some money coming in to pay for some cheap AWS resources.
I don’t want to derail this thread, so if you have any thoughts please just DM me.
#1517
Rennlist Member
718 GT4 Stock at Barber Cup2s. Just braking it in, only 500 miles!
1:41.43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1L12ZE7ZY&t=2s
1:41.43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1L12ZE7ZY&t=2s
Nice work. You may think about sitting a little closer and locking in your seatbelt to give you a tighter grip in those sofas.
#1518
Advanced
Ha! I never noticed the 'crack', until you said, it must be on the vbox camera, not windshield. Oh well, Ill check it out . Great weekend at barber love that place. Ill be back on 2/20-2/21 with chin.
Thank you for the suggestion. I am all over the seat. Getting my Recaro's installed in a couple a months hopefully fix my sofa.
Thank you for the suggestion. I am all over the seat. Getting my Recaro's installed in a couple a months hopefully fix my sofa.
#1519
Rennlist Member
Thread Starter
718 GT4 Stock at Barber Cup2s. Just braking it in, only 500 miles!
1:41.43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1L12ZE7ZY&t=2s
1:41.43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1L12ZE7ZY&t=2s
#1520
Advanced
Thanks Matt,
im new to rennlist. So much good stuff here.
The GT4 PDK is awesome. When you threshold brake it downshifts quickly and gets to the gear needed just in time. Stays in the power band around the entire track. You can even shift midturn without upsetting the car. Only issue i have found with GT4 pdk is the brakes. I failed to properly bed them so now they have hotspots and vibrate on street. This video was stock and i m new to the car. With camber plates and better tires surely there is a 138 at barber, even with a amateur driver like me.
im new to rennlist. So much good stuff here.
The GT4 PDK is awesome. When you threshold brake it downshifts quickly and gets to the gear needed just in time. Stays in the power band around the entire track. You can even shift midturn without upsetting the car. Only issue i have found with GT4 pdk is the brakes. I failed to properly bed them so now they have hotspots and vibrate on street. This video was stock and i m new to the car. With camber plates and better tires surely there is a 138 at barber, even with a amateur driver like me.
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#1522
It not a GT4, but a 2018 Cayman GTS. I don’t expected to be on the GT4 list, but want to share with other track rats as we don’t have a list on our forum.
Homestead road course 1:37.61
Homestead road course 1:37.61
#1523
Rennlist Member
#1525
Drifting
New year 2021, new PB for me.
981 GT4 at COTA , 2:27.65 on fresh Good year F1 3R tires.
Mods: front camber plates, toe link, 19" forgeline wheels 265/305.
Rest is stock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMbF1JpphGQ&t=67s
981 GT4 at COTA , 2:27.65 on fresh Good year F1 3R tires.
Mods: front camber plates, toe link, 19" forgeline wheels 265/305.
Rest is stock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMbF1JpphGQ&t=67s
#1527
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#1530
NJMP Thunderbolt. I picked up a 2016 GT4 back in November. Today was the first time I took it to the track. I was impressed and really like the car.
Michelin Cup 2
Dundon headers
Cobb AP off the shelf tune.
1:32.337
Michelin Cup 2
Dundon headers
Cobb AP off the shelf tune.
1:32.337