"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Stencedaddy]

I will take gr3 at any real track over pretty much any other combo. Excited to get back to nurb gp.

 

[O604]

That's what happens if you don't use your turn signal during the race. It's a safety issue. 👍

Cool so if you drive with the turn signal accidentally blinking on one side the whole race you only get 10 seconds?

 

[meekrab]

Aww they had a good run choosing interesting combos. Now we're back to boring and overused stuff.

There's a very simple something they haven't tried yet: filtering that's not limited to FWD-only for Gr.4. RWD and AWD-only can also be a thing and would bring just as balanced racing, both in tire wear and sprint races.

Even just a one-make with one of the off-meta cars like the SLS or Citroen would be more interesting than the Understeer 500 they always default to.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Cool so if you drive with the turn signal accidentally blinking on one side the whole race you only get 10 seconds?

If you are in a BMW and you use your blinkers they deduct 20 seconds from your time.

 

[Natalie_GT]

Did some qualifying practice for about 2 hours for all three races. Think I'm gonna be running Race B the most this week along some Race C's here and there.

I did qualify for Race A, in the Sirotkin (Scirocco), and I am pretty confident I can get into the top 10 times, but honestly? Not really going to bother improving. I hate FF. Especially around corners like the ones Laguna Seca has. If it had a bit more runoff area then it would be more feasible, like the time they had the Sirotkin one-make at Fuji (even then it was a snooze fest, FF cars and long sweeping corners don't go well), but I still think I wouldn't run it . Plus I've already had shocking enough experiences in last week's Race A, so no thanks .

Race B? Ohohoho yes. I don't get to run Nurburgring GP often, other than lobbies (which mostly run max. power / min. weight Gr.3's with RSS tyres, yes it's fun but... eeeeh). Gonna go with the out-of-the-box approach and into the Vantage GT3. As far as my qualifying saw, it can keep up okay through the corners (the final chicane and turn 4 make it die a bit though), but the power it has... MMMM yes. Getting a good run out of the last corner put me well ahead of the AMG GT3 ghost I was chasing right at the start of the lap. Pair that with slipstream and I think I've got something cool going for the race !

Race C... eh. I like Gr.2 but... eh. Fuji isn't my best track (I despise the last sector with the uphill corners, throws me off so much ), even at my fullest I'm well over a second behind top 10 times, don't know if I should focus on that too much but I do .

 

[O604]

Tried a Race C. Got punted Lap 1 by someone who obviously mistook the track for the short version, then they quit. Managed to salvage the race. Finished 8th. Mondays.

 

[Natalie_GT]

Tried a Race C. Got punted Lap 1 by someone who obviously mistook the track for the short version, then quit. Mondays.

Do they have no HUD, no track map, no nothing? How do you even... did they not qualify?

 

[Sven Jurgens]

My race report for last week's epic Nordschleife!

I raced mostly without qualifying which was disastrous for SR but kept races fresh with different people and different 'experiences' ranging from awesome close racing to wreck fest. I got to see all SR and DR ranges in action, never a boring race until Sunday after I qualified. My best finish time racing from the back was 8:12.511, most positions gained from the back, 11, however much lower on average. I have never seen so many not qualify for the whole week. Usually half the grid started without a time.

Sunday morning I got disconnected during matchmaking and decided to set a qualy lap. I ran 8:02.070 on my first lap thanks to the better grip during qualifying and was comfortably ahead of that in my second lap but had to quit to sign up for the next race. Priorities That time gave me a couple pole to flag victories yet most of the races turned into watching the gaps grow with a 7:57 qualifier on pole (most of the day) who ran the race in avg 8:02 time. My best time finish time was from 2nd, 8:05.595, watching the gaps grow, already over a second separation before Flugplatz. The first section of the Nord is my weakest since I always cruise carefully through there from the back, and with the weakened slipstream, those 8:57 qualifiers are gone after Flugplatz.

No matter, relaxing Sunday drives at SR.99. There are no issues indeed maintaining 99 SR when you drive most races alone lol. I did get bumped off in two races and crashed myself in a few others which was a nice change from driving by myself, the chase was back on for a bit working myself back to my starting position Only in a few races did I get some competition from behind, and in a few others an A+ driver crashed himself ahead of me so I could gain a spot. Just once did my SR drop under 90 to get matched in the lower SR.S room, where a different 8:57 DR.B qualifier started on pole. Anyway the A+ people took a couple small breaks which allowed me 11 pole to flag victories in my biggest Sunday marathon run yet, 56 races in a day.

I raced most of the day on Sunday until the very last race. GT Sport was on my secondary tv, doing everything else in 11 minute intervals between races. One long afternoon break yet rest of the day, 18h Nordschleife challenge, 8 minutes at a time I was kinda trying to see if I could reach A+ again, I got close yet the competition just wasn't there to gain DR. Victories / 2nd place only worth 200 points, most of the time only one other DR.A in the room. It was a lot easier when more people still played. This was more grinding than racing. Racing the track!

Result for the week, rocky mountain week with many DR resets earlier in the week.

I missed my mark of reaching 12K total races, 11,986 it stands at and will stay there for a while.

I kinda like that track and Mount Panorama is a mini version of the Nordschleife.

I broke my previous record of 56 victories on the Nord in a week, 86 this week (missed to capture one)

Almost did the 91 victories trophy in one week, 75 victories without qualifying and 11 from pole position.

I was expecting better competition on Sunday like last week on Sarthe, however this was the strongest line up of the day

An anomaly, someone near my qualifying time and 3 fast people running away together. It was another watch gaps grow races, nr 5 could not keep the pace his time suggests. The majority of my races either had nr 2 or nr 3 on pole and me starting second. It's like they had a schedule, one disappeared, the other took over the next race It was great trying to follow them, watching where I lost time and patting myself on the back where I could claw back some time from a better corner exit. Yet never finished closer behind than 2.5 sec.

Epic week, the Nordschleife always delivers. I'll stick to non qualifying, Qualifying is safer for SR but the majority of races aren't really races and you learn no racecraft that way imo. It was kinda funny in a shadenfreude kind of way to see a new 7:55 qualifier show up, not able to adjust to the different race physics, crash and then unable to get back to the front. Those 3 up there had no trouble beating the challengers who showed up for a race or two. Track experience >>> qualifying experience.

Time for a break from GT Sport again. Good luck!
Thanks for all the great races to everyone I met on the track this week

 

[NoStopN]

Aww they had a good run choosing interesting combos. Now we're back to boring and overused stuff.

There's a very simple something they haven't tried yet: filtering that's not limited to FWD-only for Gr.4. RWD and AWD-only can also be a thing and would bring just as balanced racing, both in tire wear and sprint races.

We had that last week. Apparently nobody liked that. (After I posted more videos from that combo than my races at Big Willow)

 

[MIE1992]

What seems to be the popular car(s) for Race A? And am I reading it right that Race B also has provided cars? If so, was it just the complete Gr.3 roster, or what?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

The clean race streak survived longer than expected from the middle of the grid at the Nurburgring but it had to end at some point, here is #64 the final one, I was trying to play it safe and give everybody lots of space until the YouTuber (@Tidgney) showed up, you have to have some fun when you're on camera :





#65 is on the end too, a shame to lose the streak but I don't think I could've done anything different, I guess he didn't see the bright yellow Audi . According to https://www.jasonguernsey.net/gts/leaderboards 64 is 7th on the leaderboard, I guess some of the top 6 won't have been racing but just driving around at the back. Now that is over I can have some fun with SSRX tomorrow

 

[O604]

The clean race streak survived longer than expected from the middle of the grid at the Nurburgring but it had to end at some point, here is #64 the final one,

I fully expect to see a DR reset on SSRX now.

64 is the best number. 👍

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I fully expect to see a DR reset on SSRX now.

64 is the best number. 👍

A reset for me or my new best friend?

He did say he was sorry which was nice, lifting off the gas would've been more appreciated though

 

[Sven Jurgens]

The clean race streak survived longer than expected from the middle of the grid at the Nurburgring but it had to end at some point, here is #64 the final one, I was trying to play it safe and give everybody lots of space until the YouTuber (@Tidgney) showed up, you have to have some fun when you're on camera :





#65 is on the end too, a shame to lose the streak but I don't think I could've done anything different, I guess he didn't see the bright yellow Audi . According to https://www.jasonguernsey.net/gts/leaderboards 64 is 7th on the leaderboard, I guess some of the top 6 won't have been racing but just driving around at the back. Now that is over I can have some fun with SSRX tomorrow

Awesome, well done!

Yep I've been carefully driving from the back as well to get to 97, although after reaching 81 (my goal then) I went for it until I couldn't avoid getting hit from behind in race #98.

Some of those on the leader board probably set the records when the penalty system was off, every race was a clean race bonus if you could simply stay on (or near enough) the track. You still get CRB with minor 0.5 sec track limit penalties and without a penalty system you could make as much contact as you want. Actually the profile of the one of the top has a long suspicious dip to DR.D / DR.C (from A/A+)

Great effort!

Btw this is the SR profile of #4 on the list with a clean streak of 76 (oddly #2 can't be found, and #3 is me driving from the back)

#5 has 93 poles out of 144 races, #6 can't be found. You deserve the top spot!

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Awesome, well done!

Yep I've been carefully driving from the back as well to get to 97, although after reaching 81 (my goal then) I went for it until I couldn't avoid getting hit from behind in race #98.

Some of those on the leader board probably set the records when the penalty system was off, every race was a clean race bonus if you could simply stay on (or near enough) the track. You still get CRB with minor 0.5 sec track limit penalties and without a penalty system you could make as much contact as you want. Actually the profile of the one of the top has a long suspicious dip to DR.D / DR.C (from A/A+)

Great effort!

Btw this is the SR profile of #4 on the list with a clean streak of 76 (oddly #2 can't be found, and #3 is me driving from the back)

#5 has 93 poles out of 144 races, #6 can't be found. You deserve the top spot!

I think I remember the clip of your run ending, was it the hairpin at Catalunya?

Full credit to anybody with those numbers, even if they aren't driving at full speed it's a lot of races to keep concentration, if anything running flat out is easier because you can get into your own rhythm.

Here is the profile for #2 https://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=3420021

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I think I remember the clip of your run ending, was it the hairpin at Catalunya?

Full credit to anybody with those numbers, even if they aren't driving at full speed it's a lot of races to keep concentration, if anything running flat out is easier because you can get into your own rhythm.

Here is the profile for #2 https://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=3420021

It was 2 in the same race, first I got tapped from behind in T7 (Wurth) SR Down when having to slow down for 2 cars battling in front of me, then that same person ran me off in the hairpin (La Caixa) for a penalty to me. And yep, it's actually much harder to stay on the road while continually lifting and avoiding cars in front and coming from behind. Especially since DR slowly dwindled to nothing due to finishing in the back half over and over, worse and worse grids to drive with.

There are easy ways to game it, run one lap from behind, sit in the pit for the rest of the race... Screw up, disconnect, clean streak is not effected. You still got to complete that many races unharmed but there are plenty ways to game the system.

Going full speed for 64 races never screwing up isn't easy either!!!

Lol that profile, hard to spot where he even set that record
I see he got the win count as well, totally legit.

 

[Tidgney]

The clean race streak survived longer than expected from the middle of the grid at the Nurburgring but it had to end at some point, here is #64 the final one, I was trying to play it safe and give everybody lots of space until the YouTuber (@Tidgney) showed up, you have to have some fun when you're on camera :





#65 is on the end too, a shame to lose the streak but I don't think I could've done anything different, I guess he didn't see the bright yellow Audi . According to https://www.jasonguernsey.net/gts/leaderboards 64 is 7th on the leaderboard, I guess some of the top 6 won't have been racing but just driving around at the back. Now that is over I can have some fun with SSRX tomorrow

Haha was good fun racing that Video is rendering now and it certainly is in

 

[koshmare]

This week hot laps

 

[O604]

Going full speed for 64 races never screwing up isn't easy either!!!

Right?

I'm my experience MAX doesn't have a non-MAX setting. His volume is stuck on 11.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

It was 2 in the same race, first I got tapped from behind in T7 (Wurth) SR Down when having to slow down for 2 cars battling in front of me, then that same person ran me off in the hairpin (La Caixa) for a penalty to me. And yep, it's actually much harder to stay on the road while continually lifting and avoiding cars in front and coming from behind. Especially since DR slowly dwindled to nothing due to finishing in the back half over and over, worse and worse grids to drive with.

There are easy ways to game it, run one lap from behind, sit in the pit for the rest of the race... Screw up, disconnect, clean streak is not effected. You still got to complete that many races unharmed but there are plenty ways to game the system.

Going full speed for 64 races never screwing up isn't easy either!!!

Lol that profile, hard to spot where he even set that record
I see he got the win count as well, totally legit.

I wish you would've told me the backing out trick before It's stressful being around any cars, you're trying to look all around to see where the danger is coming from. Lower DR is more dangerous to race against than low SR because they're more likely to do something unexpected.

Right?

I'm my experience MAX doesn't have a non-MAX setting. His volume is stuck on 11.

I'm amazed I went that long without twatting somebody off the road too

 

[Natalie_GT]

Had a very good race in Race B this afternoon. I'll upload it later .

A/S is proving very enjoyable! Hope I stay here !

 

[Mistah_MCA]

Is it even worth making a guide for Race C? I've already done those guides in April and December (even with the same laps, tire, and fuel multipliers).

 

[Pigems]

Is it even worth making a guide for Race C? I've already done those guides in April and December (even with the same laps, tire, and fuel multipliers).

Just repost your old video, no sense spending hours making a new one for the exact same race. 👍 Plus, you’ll need all that extra time to practice for SSRX!

 

[Redneckchef]

If you are in a BMW and you use your blinkers they deduct 20 seconds from your time.

When did BMW's get blinkers? I dont believe you're thinking clearly there.

 

[Natalie_GT]

Is it even worth making a guide for Race C? I've already done those guides in April and December (even with the same laps, tire, and fuel multipliers).

Just reupload. Stonks.

 

[Redneckchef]

Is it even worth making a guide for Race C? I've already done those guides in April and December (even with the same laps, tire, and fuel multipliers).

Just re title it daily race C round number whatever.

 

[KosmoKazi]

My race report for last week's epic Nordschleife!

I raced mostly without qualifying which was disastrous for SR but kept races fresh with different people and different 'experiences' ranging from awesome close racing to wreck fest. I got to see all SR and DR ranges in action, never a boring race until Sunday after I qualified. My best finish time racing from the back was 8:12.511, most positions gained from the back, 11, however much lower on average. I have never seen so many not qualify for the whole week. Usually half the grid started without a time.

Sunday morning I got disconnected during matchmaking and decided to set a qualy lap. I ran 8:02.070 on my first lap thanks to the better grip during qualifying and was comfortably ahead of that in my second lap but had to quit to sign up for the next race. Priorities That time gave me a couple pole to flag victories yet most of the races turned into watching the gaps grow with a 7:57 qualifier on pole (most of the day) who ran the race in avg 8:02 time. My best time finish time was from 2nd, 8:05.595, watching the gaps grow, already over a second separation before Flugplatz. The first section of the Nord is my weakest since I always cruise carefully through there from the back, and with the weakened slipstream, those 8:57 qualifiers are gone after Flugplatz.

No matter, relaxing Sunday drives at SR.99. There are no issues indeed maintaining 99 SR when you drive most races alone lol. I did get bumped off in two races and crashed myself in a few others which was a nice change from driving by myself, the chase was back on for a bit working myself back to my starting position Only in a few races did I get some competition from behind, and in a few others an A+ driver crashed himself ahead of me so I could gain a spot. Just once did my SR drop under 90 to get matched in the lower SR.S room, where a different 8:57 DR.B qualifier started on pole. Anyway the A+ people took a couple small breaks which allowed me 11 pole to flag victories in my biggest Sunday marathon run yet, 56 races in a day.

I raced most of the day on Sunday until the very last race. GT Sport was on my secondary tv, doing everything else in 11 minute intervals between races. One long afternoon break yet rest of the day, 18h Nordschleife challenge, 8 minutes at a time I was kinda trying to see if I could reach A+ again, I got close yet the competition just wasn't there to gain DR. Victories / 2nd place only worth 200 points, most of the time only one other DR.A in the room. It was a lot easier when more people still played. This was more grinding than racing. Racing the track!

Result for the week, rocky mountain week with many DR resets earlier in the week.

I missed my mark of reaching 12K total races, 11,986 it stands at and will stay there for a while.

I kinda like that track and Mount Panorama is a mini version of the Nordschleife.

I broke my previous record of 56 victories on the Nord in a week, 86 this week (missed to capture one)

Almost did the 91 victories trophy in one week, 75 victories without qualifying and 11 from pole position.

I was expecting better competition on Sunday like last week on Sarthe, however this was the strongest line up of the day

An anomaly, someone near my qualifying time and 3 fast people running away together. It was another watch gaps grow races, nr 5 could not keep the pace his time suggests. The majority of my races either had nr 2 or nr 3 on pole and me starting second. It's like they had a schedule, one disappeared, the other took over the next race It was great trying to follow them, watching where I lost time and patting myself on the back where I could claw back some time from a better corner exit. Yet never finished closer behind than 2.5 sec.

Epic week, the Nordschleife always delivers. I'll stick to non qualifying, Qualifying is safer for SR but the majority of races aren't really races and you learn no racecraft that way imo. It was kinda funny in a shadenfreude kind of way to see a new 7:55 qualifier show up, not able to adjust to the different race physics, crash and then unable to get back to the front. Those 3 up there had no trouble beating the challengers who showed up for a race or two. Track experience >>> qualifying experience.

Time for a break from GT Sport again. Good luck!
Thanks for all the great races to everyone I met on the track this week

This is a HOF post on this forum, as far as I am concerned. Epic...



I am purely an amateur. (And one of the guys you pulled away from by Flugplatz on Sunday...)

 

[Tidgney]

This weeks Daily/Weekly race guide is up. Some great racing in this one, and one moron unfortunately, but hey at least it's a 2 to 1 ratio

 

[Natalie_GT]

Pretty cool race I had earlier today. The V12 Vantage certainly has an advantage if you can keep it under control. I'll have to work in my qualifying time though since a few tenths of a second mean the difference between starting in 3rd to starting in 6th, A/S is very competitive. I like this .

How the stats are looking:

 

[CTznOfTime]

just venting my frustration... i am trying to get a clean lap in, and people drive like idiots, bumping me THEN i am the one who get the penalties...

So much for giving them room to maneuver around me... but they HAD to go and kick you in the dirt as they pass you...

This penalty system is not working out


EDIT:

where do you have to go to see your DR and SR points ?