Well it was all sunshine and lollipops as I built my alt account up a bit tonight. B race was quite clean, I got lucky.
People do have a lot of trouble with the uphill right hander t5?
That’s underrated dangerous, that. TCS default served me well. It was funny in one race I overtook the fella in second on the straight and had a biiiiig gap under braking into t5, he tried to use me as a brake, but my Autech was planted and barely blinked an eye when his left front hit my pass side door.
I could tell....His mind was blown. His car barely upset mine muhahaha. I love tcs as much as I hate people who try to dive.
One good thing about cockpit cam is you have such a solid viewpoint in situations like that.
He’s way back, I turn in on t5, at apex impact, slight power cut, and I’m hooked up and accelerating. Not only did he not get ahead, I didn’t lose too much time.
The idea I have read elsewhere here that says whoever is ahead at apex is imo poppycock. There’s a racing line. The turn in let’s say region is pretty specific within say half a car length. A driver who if he or she has the wrong idea about etiquette thinks they just have to nose ahead by apex has the WRONG idea.
If the lead car can’t even see you at the turn in point then backout!
Overlap must be established earlier than what a lot of say c s b s even a s even sometimes a plus s drivers seem to think.
That overlap also has to be sufficient.
Further I’ve no idea why people love to fight t1 lap 1 at Seaside and try to go side by side. They are dumb. That’s perfect for me in third I get a run and pass as you people bonk around and end up winning lol.
One thing that’s lost on a lot of folks and the announcers at the live events even alluded to it is the idea of not fighting during certain times.
A lot of times if I make the mistake lap 1 I will make it VERY easy for the fella behind to get by without slowing down and tuck in behind. It depends where on the track that it happens.
I’m really into the strategy of racing. I find on many corners, even if I am all over the guy ahead, I back out a bit at the brake zone and focus on an aggressive exit. So show on his bumper in radar then backout a touch, then if he gets nervy and sloppy on exit you can walk right up again and say hello or even walk away.
A common mistake I am seeing everywhere is the “I am gonna ride your bumper mentality.” Pressure is something to apply as much as possible, but not to the point it prevents you from passing, if you think about it what does it take to overtake (hehe)?
You only need to be a lot faster over one section or turn, well, if you are one inch back of the car ahead and bumper riding how are you gonna get a run?
Many times backing out 3-4 car lengths on entry yields a good run. Of course the better the drivers you face this is not so much so, errors are smaller the better the driver.
Sorry guys been playing five races just now, and don’t mean to talk down to many of the users of gt planet that are way faster at the game than me, this is more for the players below say top 5 percent...
I swear, it’s kinda funny after playing enough just how predictable and repetitive the mistakes are at certain levels of play.
You’ve got players lap one in heavy traffic tight field who will try to go two wide on a compromised line through exit onto the longest straight on a track or dive in and challenge which bunches the field Lol.
Don’t be that guy.
Somewhere if you want to look for it
@Pigems showed some books he read, those have racing etiquette explained.
If you find the section that talks about shutting the door, and you see how that works, it neutralizes 96 percent of the “the inside line is mine no matter what” people common at mid level.
The response to racing along clean and having some jackass cheater trying to bump pass on inside is to have tcs on default, turn in on em hard and take a little orange arrow. They never expect it!
If their ploy is effective, I say PUNT at earliest opportunity, and if the pen comes accept what you have done.
Just never pick a fight you can’t win haha.
Hehehe, sometimes sr down is the correct thing to do. EDIT:be prepared to deal with the consequences if you misjudge things and should have conceded. Your mistake is your responsibility lol.
Carry on, and thank you for making it this far if you did.
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The alt received the Grande Macchina as a daily workout gift the other day, which will be useful because the Ferrari tends to be good in such races.
