GTS S9 - Fastest Laps & Race Times

So, another year has finished.
This means more data!! Who isn't excited about that

As I like to do at the end of a season and to prepare for the next seasons Division placement is to see how everyone compared to each other. As well as the trend in how the group of racers performed in the car across the board.
In this post, I've included both the Total 9 Seasons and Season 9 only.

To view the spreadsheet correctly, you need to Download it.
Complete ALL 9 Seasons of data
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15KDzbpGB-_ipUfrQEJRtTMzcXrhrVCey/view?usp=sharing
Season 9 data
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1umkdwlBh45suvmA9gs1SOW03rMmpl3nP/view?usp=sharing

For starters, there is a lot of information at your fingertips.
To filter the chart down, on the chart itself there is a drop down called 'driver'
Click this and then scroll through the list to choose only the racers you wish to look at.
This data is created by comparing your FL and RT (broken down into Milliseconds) to the fastest achieved, using some fancy Excel work.

In Short - The higher the number, the slower you were.

Some stand out info, you can see that in the faster GR cars the field is further spread out (with the exception of S7) You can see the trend of a fast car and a spread out field against a slower car and a condensed field.
Personally, I've been getting better, this was my best season ever in terms of overall pace, but my position in the overall hasn't changed. I'm still mired in the bottom half of the Time sheets. This to me means that overall we are all improving
As is now almost common knowledge, some racers who normally do well, struggled and vice versa
Since year has seen myself be promoted from D4 to D3, but I've gone backwards in terms of finishing position over the year.

We had 67 racers compete across the 7 events.
Race 7 had the most on track with 52. This has to be a record or something. The last round having the most on track..
Race 5 had the least with 33. The Enduro.
Avg turnout was 44 racers per round.

Division 1 & 2 had the most diverse range of podium winners with 9 different racers earning a podium
Division 3 & 4 had 7

NOTE - It was Keeden's worst season, since GTS
If you have any questions..Fire away.

how did @NAACS compare to the div 1 midfield of:
myself @apex2691 @Pubs16 @Kephin_07
just this season please

You mean this


Remember that Keeden is 1. I call Alien pace at below 1.005, D1 pace from 1.005 to 1.015, D2 from 1.015 to 1.025, etc
Round 1 - Apex beat Naacs (Def had D1 pace in this race)
Round 2 - Everyone was a little slower here, likely due to the less amount of practise compared to Rd1, but Naacs is still solid Mid pack D1.
Round 3 - Very tight, as expected due to the track. Bigkev raced his little heart out here. Alien in training
Round 4 - Apex had a less than stellar race with D2 pace. Naacs held his head high with very good pace. D1 once again.
Round 5 - Enduro round, spreads the numbers a bit, bit still solid D1 times.
Round 6 - Naacs didn't race. Bigkev and Pubs were fighting for it, but D2 pace, Hat and Apex were D1 pace.
Round 7 - Pubs had a screamer, as did Kev. Naacs beats Hat for his the first time this season. Hats pace at the end of the season waned, dropping into D2.

Would be interesting too to hear your thoughts on the battle between the Div 1 boys overall as the cars have developed and changed season to season? Mainly Jono, Razor, Xlxy, Risky, Hatfield, myself and anyone who isnt keeden that you may think is a main stay in Div 1. Love seeing the stats after every season, makes for an interesting comparison as to what we see on track week to week and who we can directly compare ourselves to. For myself it is @razor4797 another controller driver who I consider to be absolutely equal with me round to round which makes for some great battles as we saw in the final round at Spa

I'll get to this. Might take a bit to break it down, but I'll get it sorted for you.

Let's start with S9, then I'll do a complete 9 Season breakdown


Due to the sheer numbers of consistent D1 racers, it makes the chart a bit hard to read, but here goes.
Apex - I see as a very solid mid pack racer for D1. In battles with others a lot, has the occasional 'poor' race. Has the potential to break into an Alien. NOTE - Spa data didn't come through as you didn't finish the race.
Chopper - Pure mid pack battler. Very solid D1 racer.
BigKev - Reasonably new D1 racer, however would be considered on par with Chopper and Apex. Very solid D1 racer. Exceptional effort at Bluemoon.
Risky - Same as Chopper and Apex, although a little more consistent.
Hat - Same as Chopper, Apex and Risky, but even more consistent. Tabled as close to 'best of the rest'.
Groover - Another reasonably new D1 racer, however very close to Alien status. On par if not a little faster than xlxy. Alien in training.
Razor - I see Razor as a pure mid pack battler. Shows glimpses of pace (RBR and SPA, being Razors best pace, being on the cusp of Alien status, however other results didn't go his way.
Bryan - Wasn't around much this season, but his results were always at the top end. On the cusp of Alien.
Pubs - Another newish D1 racer - Although some results were in the D2 range, a lot more were in the D1 range. Pure mid pack battler.
Viper - A bit of a hidden talent here. I would class Viper as a 'best of the rest'.
X3 - Another newish D1 racer - I see as another mid pack battler, just a little more consistent with his results. at the higher end of the mid pack, generally.
xlxy - Is on the cusp of Alien status, consistently in the top half of D1.

I'll do the complete 9 Season breakdown later, my 6yo is demanding my attention..

And now ALL 9 seasons


TL : DR version
Pretty chart

Keep in mind that the division splits remain the same. DA - 1 to 1.005, D1 - 1.005 to 1.015, D2 - 1.015 to 1.025, etc
Initial thoughts.
You can clearly see some trends happen over the 2 years of data captured.
In the slower GR4 cars, the field performs very well, S2, S4, S6 and S9.
As the speed increases, the difference between the racers exacerbates. S3 in the Lexus and S7 in the Fittipaldi are classic examples.

Overall Trends
1. Risky was our early Alien in training, however although his pace hasn't slackened much, everyone around him has improved.
2. Bryan is a stand out, being consistently either Best of the rest or podium material.
3. Groover is on the path to improving, starting out in the D2 space, being promoted to D1 and having a red hot go of it.
4. Hidden in the chart is Razor and Hat, both very consistent racers, generally best of the rest.

Season 1 - GR3 Porsche
With it being the first season on GTS, everyone was new (ish) to the game. No aliens in sight with the pack chosen. Keep in mind that several of the current mainstays for D1, were in D2. Apex, Hat are 2 that come to mind.
The stand outs in this season are.
1. Viper had a poor season, hitting D3 times overall
2. Apex wasn't much better with mid pack D2 times.
3. Risky was the front runner here with the only one with a 'D1' time, just.
4. The rest of the pack would have been D2, battling for the podium.
Season 2 - GR4 Mustang
Slower car this time.
1. Groover had a decent season, albeit in D2 at the time.
2. Several of the racers begin to make headway to find their pace, moving in the D1 pace range. Apex, Bryan, Hat and Risky.
3. On Risky, another wonderful season for him, showing what he is truly capable of. On track for Alien status if he can keep it up. Obvs, the slower car at this point in time suited him.
4. As before, the rest of the pack would have been D2 podium battlers.
Season 3 - GR2 Lexus (AKA the bucket of )
Fast car, that handled like a turd.
First thoughts as you can see if that everyones pace suffered with not a single racer hitting the mark for D1 pace.
1. The best of them all was Bryan, closely followed by Hat and Chopper.
2. Groover, I think still in D2 had an ordinary season.
3. Risky our first near Alien, didn't gel with the car, falling to the back of the mid pack.
Season 4 - N400 Toyota (our first 'Road' car), if you call a racing concept a 'road car'...
Slow car, close racing.
Everyone seemed to get in on the action after S3 with all but Groover making the 'D1' cutoff.
1. Xlxy seemed to like this car as did Knuckles, both performing at almost Alien pace.
2. The rest were having the time of their life all occupying the same space on the track it seems...
3. Risky seemed to have been gobbled up by the pack, but was right in the mix.
Season 5 - GR1 Nissan R92 (Wonderfully fast with good cornering car)
Unlike S3 and S7, the Nissan R92 was a car you could really drive hard with and it just kept on giving. 1 of my personal favorites out of all the cars chosen so far. It cornered like it was on rails as well.
1. Jono came out on top here, with Razor right behind him.
2. The rest all were a little slower, but into D2 pace, battling for that D2 podium if they were in that division..
3. Groover and Chopper had a battle for the spoon.
Season 6 - GR4 Renault (My first Championship win!!)
Another slower car, however upon first glance the car didn't work / gel for all.
1. Bryan lead the way, with Xlxy on his heels. So close to Aliens here.
2. Viper was another in the top end of the Division.
3. Bigkev's first season and is battling for the D2 podium...
4. Pubs first season after 3 away and comes out swinging with solid D1 times.
5. The rest are mid pack battlers.
Season 7 - GRX Fittipaldi (A fast car that didn't handle that well, needed a learned touch)
1. Jono did not like this car at all
2. Chopper however did really well in it, as did Bryan.
3. Everyone else fell inbetween these 2 extremes.
Season 8 - GR3 Bettle (Jono's car)
1. Firstly, this is the car that Jono runs his FIA with so is very intimate with it.... (take that how you wish ), This is evident in his pace, being a bees dick away from Alien status. Most of had picked this to be the season that Keeden would be toppled. Jono gave it his all,but Keeden still managed to reign supreme. The turn around by Jono is simply amazing here.
2. Everyone else is crammed right into the midpack here.
3. Groover I believe this was his first season in D1.
Season 9 - GR4 Ferrari 458 (Wonderful little car, not overly powerful, but fast enough. Cornered ok)
At first glance, the grid finally got it's act together and finally ALL racers selected were in the D1 pace range.
1. Xlxy definitely had the pace over everyone else, but left after a few races... Very close to Alien here.
2. Viper, Bryan and Groover were the best of the rest for S9.
3. Everyone else was mid pack.

Since you asked this question of me, what are your thoughts of the above data / races?

G29 and bumper view.

I'm not sure what happened to me last season, I put in a lot of practice and in some races was right in amongst the div 1 guys but in others I was mid to lower div 2 - div 3 pace, very inconsistent.
I ran two races this week in Race C in GTSport. The race was 10 laps of Autopolis in GP 3 cars with heavy fuel and tyre usage, usually I go well in these. In my first race I chose a 458 and qualified not well, with a time about 2 - 3 seconds slower than @pat65 who I use as a bench mark along with a few others that are around my pace. In the race I was in trouble with tyre wear so much so that the car was nearly undrivable by half distance and slithering around everywhere. I had made up a few spots from my 10th place start but then fell right to the back. In the 2nd race I chose @JonoStan96's pet Beetle and immediately improved 2 seconds on my qualifying, I started the race in third and was quickly up to 2nd when the 2nd place guy slithered off the track. From lap 2 to 6 I was gaining ever so slightly on the leader from about 2.5 seconds back (he had qualified a 1 second or more quicker than me). From lap 7 I closed right up so that I was on his bumper heading into turn 1 on the final lap. I didn't try to dive bomb but my presence so close caused him to outbrake himself and I was through for a comfortable win. My tyres on this car were hardly worn but the tyres on the leaders Atenza were more than twice as worn as mine. The variables in this game are astounding.

I use Bonnet cam, I suppose when you're this dedicated to a game, you learn to drive it really fast no matter how you're operating lol.

As for the data I absolutely adore it. I'm a sucker for a good spreadsheet and statistics so this is awesome. The data matches how much I've enjoyed each car as well as trends when I began racing at the top tier of FIA Oceania. To be apart of a racing league where the racers are committed enough to create masterpieces like this is an absolute honour, and that's without commenting on the flawless driving on track that leaves me speechless at times. To have a Div 1 pack so diverse that season to season you aren't sure who will be 'best of the rest' is exciting and I'm sure it keeps a lot of people on their toes. Amazing work mate

What Jono said
But in reality, S1, S2, S5 and S6 were the seasons were where no one beat your times, either FL or RT.