2021 FIA Series Race Discussion

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I can report that last night it seemed like I had a North American server. Everyone in the US and Canada was 4-5 bars while the best South American was 3 bars. I only ever saw one person below 3 bars, but it was a much more stable connection than I've had in any other Manufacturers race this year.
 
Door #11, Q'd 7th with a 1:38.389, Finished 9th for 87 pts. 130 pts for the win. Started on Meds for 12 laps. Was trying to save fuel and the lag had me running 1:41s when I usually run 1:40s. The lag kept me running close to anybody and I was letting people pass me without fighting. By lap 6 I was ready to quit because of the lag. I love being able to race somebody, swapping positions, running side by side, this is why I race in the FIA races. My finishing position means relatively little compared to the absolute enjoyment I get from close racing with a clean and respectful racer. The lag situation is ruining it for me and a lot of others. I wish something will be done soon, I'll be lost without my GT fix every night.
 
RatlHed6789
So, I know this paints me as a rookie, but what the heck am I supposed to drive on Saturday (Nations R.3)? It only says Gr.X and won't let me enter practice with any of the ones I have in my garage. I've scoured the internet looking for an answer.
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You can use either of the Super Formula cars. Honestly, this game is pretty terrible about putting useful event information in a place that's easy to see, especially if you're new to this.

Here's where you can find the full details for each of the rounds, including the exact cars allowed: https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_1705144.html
 
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Mistah_MCA
No idea, but I hear that even the CSA people don't like the CSA servers. :nervous:
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It's strange. I used to race from South America with my main US account last year. Always had 3 bars but never saw any lag. Yesterday, in a CSA server (which I believe are in Brazil), I had 5 bars but saw quite a bit of lag.

I think they are using both the CSA and NA servers for Americas' Manufacturers races though, just luck whether you end up in one or the other.
 
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I have a feeling they (PD) are going to scrap this season. You can't have quality racing with the servers in this shape. For us also-rans it may not be a big deal. But when the aliens are going through this nonsense, it's hard to justify. These are the ones' you want to represent this "sport" at the highest level. If they are ping-ponging all over the place and losing valuable points to being disconnected or lagging, it's not a good look for the game or the competition as a whole.
 
GTWolverine
You can use either of the Super Formula cars. Honestly, this game is pretty terrible about putting useful event information in a place that's easy to see, especially if you're new to this.

Here's where you can find the full details for each of the rounds, including the exact cars allowed: https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_1705144.html
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this, Finding timeslot/car/track info outside of the in game entry screen is next to impossible.
 
The359
I can report that last night it seemed like I had a North American server. Everyone in the US and Canada was 4-5 bars while the best South American was 3 bars. I only ever saw one person below 3 bars, but it was a much more stable connection than I've had in any other Manufacturers race this year.
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My account is USA but I currently live in Japan. In normal conditions I get yellow (3-bars) connection but so far in the Manufacturers series I am always red or orange (1- or 2-bars). Yesterday in the last time slot (which should have the least number of users connecting) EVERYONE was yellow except me who was barely holding on to orange.

Daily races, Nations series and all lobbies still get normal connections. I gather that Asia and Europe/Africa are also functioning normally. It's only Americas Manufactures that is failing so badly.
 
GTWolverine
You can use either of the Super Formula cars. Honestly, this game is pretty terrible about putting useful event information in a place that's easy to see, especially if you're new to this.

Here's where you can find the full details for each of the rounds, including the exact cars allowed: https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_1705144.html
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Thanks a ton. I've been on that site to look at the full calendar but never caught that info. Luckily I know the track, now I just gotta learn the car. Been playing GT Sport for years, but this is the first time I've actually participated in FIA events. I've been looking for some people to practice with and I'm always up for some good advice from you more experienced guys.
 
I understand the time zone scheduling reason why regions are grouped the way they are but I suspect Japan ends up getting a big advantage for those who can get to the Finals. Last year's Japanese winner relied on the points he held going into the finals to unseat the Brazilian who earned the most points during the finals.

I estimate that Europe and South America (now both Americas) had fiercer competition in the regular season and semi-finals which led to a more even point distribution.

Even though Asia has the most number of people but I bet it has the least number of GT users. Only really Japan and Australia have rich, deeply-rooted car/racing culture. Places like New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan are hip to the game but have very low populations. Places like China and Korea have big populations and/or strong gaming culture BUT geopolitically have sour historical relations with Japan and I suspect heavily boycott Japanese game systems and game developers.

That being said, competition inside Japan is fierce and the skill level is incredibly high. When I compare the practice time leader boards between my USA and Japanese accounts, the times are always lower on the Japanese one.
 
csmirnoff
It's strange. I used to race from South America with my main US account last year. Always had 3 bars but never saw any lag. Yesterday, in a CSA server (which I believe are in Brazil), I had 5 bars but saw quite a bit of lag.

I think they are using both the CSA and NA servers for Americas' Manufacturers races though, just luck whether you end up in one or the other.
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They are, and it looks like each split uses either NA or CSA servers. For example, in the first time slot yesterday, top split was using the NA servers, while 2nd split were in the CSA servers. How each split determines which server to use... I do not know.
 
HaydenFan69
Or instead of the pointless Free Practice settings, include tire wear and fuel usage.
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It’s frustrating that your choices are a Semi-Filled random practice lobby, the Free Practice with basic BOP, or a custom race against the AI and hope you set everything right.

I hope PD addresses race prep soon, but personally I’m not expecting anything like that until GT7. If the AI was better - or The races more customizable - it would help. Like the Barcelona Super Formula in the Nations Cup, we need to race on both medium and soft tires yet there’s no custom option to set a tire requirement.

I just keep driving and trying to practice in settings as close to FIA as possible, but they make it so hard sometimes,
 
Ran some practice laps at la Sarthe last night to check out fuel and tyre strategies. Unsure of the likelihood of people running the mediums here. 7 laps on the mediums is entirely possible, but hards are mandatory and pit loss is massive. I'm predicting this to be a hard tyre sprint race with fuel saving critical to save time overall.
 
GTWolverine
This is what I saw during my first attempt last night...
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Aww man, all those sweet overtakes wasted.

Did a couple of laps practice on both Nations and Manu.

Nations I was only just over a second off a couple of the guys here. Either they haven't run any decent laps yet or I might be naturally closer for this combo. *gulp*

Manu. I know already where the car will try and kill me in the race. The Indianapolis kink. Should be fine in qualy but I'll have to slow a bit with tyre wear and hards in the race.
 
A cool feature would be an automatically-generated race picture at the end of the FIA races, to share instead of the same parc ferme shots they provide with the final results summary. It could be perhaps random, perhaps some fuzzy logic to determine it, but a nice action shot from the race, at a key moment when you were near a car that finished near yours in the end, would be easy enough for the game to generate. Then we could use those to share on social media, here, etc.
 
KosmoKazi
A cool feature would be an automatically-generated race picture at the end of the FIA races, to share instead of the same parc ferme shots they provide with the final results summary. It could be perhaps random, perhaps some fuzzy logic to determine it, but a nice action shot from the race, at a key moment when you were near a car that finished near yours in the end, would be easy enough for the game to generate. Then we could use those to share on social media, here, etc.
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TBF that would be easy for the game. FIFA already do that with the news items in their career mode. Would be a cool addition.
 
KosmoKazi
A cool feature would be an automatically-generated race picture at the end of the FIA races, to share instead of the same parc ferme shots they provide with the final results summary. It could be perhaps random, perhaps some fuzzy logic to determine it, but a nice action shot from the race, at a key moment when you were near a car that finished near yours in the end, would be easy enough for the game to generate. Then we could use those to share on social media, here, etc.
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They can't even get a penalty system to work at the moment, or retain reliable server status for the Americas. :indiff: :eek:
But I agree that would be quite cool...
 
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