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and once again Canada (excluding Quebec)
2021 FIA Series Race Discussion
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and once again Canada (excluding Quebec)
Yeah I think Arizona gets screwed too in America? I could be wrong
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- Indiana USA
- tmsheehan
- ToroSports
Groundfish
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- 4,363
- United States
Me too. The racing will be epic. More players involved means EVEN BETTER matching than there is already and it’s already good.
I know at my level this will mean cleaner racing since some of the perpetual dirty NA players will be outclassed and displaced by South Americans.
This is very good news indeed. More quality racers, less riff raff.
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- California, USA
- Mistah_MCA
You can still participate in the FIA races, but when it comes to qualifying for World/Online Tour events, you won't be able to enter it.
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- Australia
- SpacedustDaddy
Well, we got Fuji(Gr.4) in next week's Daily races.
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- Detroit
- Razgriz2118
As an Arizonan I share your pain. I could've had the prestigious S DR award if whatever laws here allowed me to
LeGeNd-1
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- Australia
- GTP_LeGeNd-1
Can't wait to test my mettle against JP/Asia players in Manu, but I do worry lag and connection issues will be even worse than before. Especially since the time slots for Oceania are moved much later and it will funnel most drivers in the first 2 slots.
https://www.gran-turismo.com/au/gtsport/news/00_5135534.html
Also, this should make it a lot harder for Oceania drivers to qualify for Manu. I know a lot of players from other regions have felt we have an easier time to qualify here due to lack of competition (and thus easier to get 40 points compared to other regions).
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- Australia
I'm so happy that ill be able to race the A/A+ Japanese drivers in Manu, cos the drivers I race in Oceania are slow and clumsy, particularly the ones who race in the last slots. And there's gonna be better points.
I wonder how many drivers from Oceania will be able to run in top split in Manu now? Asia having a bigger amount of "top" players, their DR must be logically higher in average?
@Rangeraus do you think you (and other very good Oceania players) will need to boost DR a bit?
@Rangeraus do you think you (and other very good Oceania players) will need to boost DR a bit?
- 2,794
- New Plymouth
I'm jumping in before reading the last 40 or so results, but could suggest picking a middle of the road Jack of all trades type car. Hyundai, jaguar or the like. They are never the OP META of anything, but are usually capable of being fairly competitive in almost any combo outside of the top splits. I think there are a couple others like this, but they will let you figure out how solid you are at managing different aspects of the driving like fuel or tire wear while giving you the base ability to still race.
Whatever you choose, good luck and have fun
And for being down in Oceania it is a 100pct definite 1 slot and done combo again. No room to run more that late. And pretty much no Manu anymore. First slot at 11pm on a Wednesday. No chance in hell.
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- Australia
I have my moments but I am not really at the pointy end of OCE top split that often. So combined regions will be... an experience.
Yes there will still be OCE drivers in Asia top split but the cutoff will be a lot higher than it was last season.
In the 2020 season you could often get into the highest point race of the night in OCE with 55-60k DR, whereas now I think it will be around 75-80k DR. It might be higher or lower but it will probably depend on the race.
Probably not worth grinding too much as a great result in a strong split 2 is probably worth much more than being a backmarker in split 1.
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- Indiana USA
- tmsheehan
- ToroSports
I understand your pain.
If I were to try and stay with my main account the races would be at stupid times for me:
Nations Cup (North America Region)
・Wednesdays: 16:00, 17:20, 18:40, 20:00, 21:20 PST (five races in total.)
・Saturdays: 14:00, 15:20, 16:40, 18:00, 19:20 PST (five races in total.)
Manufacturer Series (Americas Region)
・Wednesdays: 15:00, 16:20, 17:40, 19:00, 20:20 PST (five races in total.)
・Saturdays: 13:00, 14:20, 15:40, 17:00, 18:20 PST (five races in total.)
I am in CET (+9 from PST) so these times equate to:
Nations Cup (North America Region)
・Thursday: 01:00, 02:20, 03:40, 05:00. 06:20 CET
・Saturdays: 23:00 CET
・Sundays: 00:20, 01:40, 03:00, 04:20 CET
Manufacturer Series (Americas Region)
・Thursday: 00:00, 01:20, 02:40, 04:00, 05:20 CET
・Saturdays: 22:00, 23:20 CET
・Sundays: 00:40, 02:00, 03:20 CET
I have my alt account for FIA so the times are better and allows me to race:
Nations Cup (Europe/Middle East/Africa Region)
・Wednesdays: 17:00, 18:20, 19:40, 21:00, 22:20 CET
・Saturdays: 15:00, 16:20, 17:40, 19:00, 20:20 CET
Manufacturer Series (Europe/Middle East/Africa Region)
・Wednesdays: 17:00, 18:20, 19:40, 21:00, 22:20 CET
・Saturdays: 15:00, 16:20, 17:40, 19:00, 20:20 CET
Have you considered switching your accounts around (if possible) to give you better times?
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- New Plymouth
Nah, if I switch to my Americas alt it has me racing at lunchtime, when I am normally at work. I'm just going to have to bail knowing that the player base from my area is microscopic anyway in the scheme of it all. If I can make a race then cool. If not then I have the dailies and maybe a chance at a lobby or more time at something else. Had issues last time with some time schedule changes and only just able to make last slot.
It is what it is. I have enjoyed some variety thanks to the FIA, I just wish it was Nations getting the time slots I can't do as I seem to be much better at Manu.
Edit: here's the setup I am dealing with. Everyone else seems to have early slot issues, mine are the opposite.
Nations Cup (Oceania Region)
・Wednesdays: 21:00, 22:30, 00:00 NZDT (3 races in total.)
・Saturdays: 20:00, 21:30, 23:00 NZDT (3 races in total.)
Manufacturer Series (Asia-Oceania Region)
・Wednesdays: 23:00, 00:20, 01:40, 03:00, 04:20 NZDT (5 races in total.)
・Saturdays: 22:00, 23:20, 00:40, 02:00, 03:20 NZDT (5 races in total.)
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I can't decide what to go for, last time I did 3 nations USA had Dodge, Aussie had Mitsubishi and EU had VW. Not sure if I will run all 3, but might and just going to go for one. Much more sensible, so thinking of Ford or maybe Hyundai. But wait GT is dead so should I even bother? Any other good solid suggestions? Not doing MR as I can't get them to work for me YET!! And not doing FF because PD wants you to.
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- Ulricehamn
The two Mustangs has been somewhat neutered in the second to last BOP adjustment.
You can pick them if you like but the Aston and the Jag might be faster this time around.
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- Australia
I think the Jags will be good all-rounders. Lexus is another option.
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- Ulricehamn
Hyundai might also be a good all-rounder. Never the best but never worst either.
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- United Kingdom
- Hasnain282
Mercedes would be pretty decent if you want something that's pretty easy to drive.
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- Behind you
Never get on very well with the Lexus, but the Aston usually suits me. Maybe I should fly the flag, be patriotic and all that nonsense. The Jag I usually find OK, but never quite as good as the Aston.
- 1,724
- Australia
I drove Aston last season. The Group 4 Jag is better than the Vantage, Group 3 BoP changes will bring the Jag and Aston closer together I think.
- 51,508
- Australia
- SpacedustDaddy
I really like the handling of the AMG GT GT3, but not sure about the Gr.4 SLS overall. The posistive for that car over the Gr.4 Mustang, seems to be its FMR characteristics. May be better on the tyres. The Mustang, I feel, has the better handling(in terms of pointing the car where I want it to go) and grunt. However, the suspension is stiffer than the SLS. So, not as good over curbs.
The Gr.4 choice can make or brake your season.
The Gr.4 choice can make or brake your season.
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- Behind you
Silly question time and I'm not expecting concrete answers, but can you state if best guess or knowledge.
So my accounts are all around 12000 (B) with an S rating, but not all at 99. So does it make that much difference for FIA whether it's S at 81 or S at 99. I know they match by SR first, but how they do the split is the question, is it by numbers or just the letters?
So my accounts are all around 12000 (B) with an S rating, but not all at 99. So does it make that much difference for FIA whether it's S at 81 or S at 99. I know they match by SR first, but how they do the split is the question, is it by numbers or just the letters?
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- United Kingdom
To get in the top SR lobbies you want to be over 90 really. Any lower and you’ll likely be thrown in with the top A’s.
Time slots are always a problem, I don’t see why they don’t host the lobbies for a whole 24hrs with intervals at 60 or 90minutes. Give everyone 3 tickets to enter in case of disconnects and you’ll find more people would attend and most people would naturally fall into their general timezones anyway negating lag issues. It would really help those that struggle to make the pd times or are between timezones. They can still score per region as they do now and also worldwide like they do in the Timetrails.
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Although I do get your point, having set times means everyone has to play then so you should get closer splits. Doing the Aussie one last time, even with just 3 slots the 3rd one I'd often see A+ drivers and maybe even Ds, but Cs definitely. Just take dailies, high pop I just see B/S (taking I'm one) low pop and I'll see anything.
Maybe having slots throughout the day, but not more slots??????????
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- United Kingdom
Yh the downside to my idea is player spread and maybe you wouldn’t see similar faces as often as you do now? However if lobbies were worldwide or even just broadened and open for 24hrs you could see new players entering who can’t enter now which would boost over all numbers.
Myself for example, I can’t make the EMEA times since the last time shift so now I race in NA. If there were wider region lobbies there would be a crossover of EMEA and US times where lobbies would fill 50/50 as EMEA people go to bed and NA finish work etc.
Same goes for dailies really, why not open the regions up, other than lag (where major problems are unlikely), I’ve raced with nations all over in private lobbies with little to no problems really and often my ping from the UK to NA is better than SA to NA.
Everything is a compromise I know but I think we can all agree that FIA kills dailies in every way, so increasing the player base for FIA can only be a good thing for everyone.
Looking forward to the new season anyway, going with Mazda for this one 👍.
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