Btw, my two races happened to be clean for me, but I agree completely. Would be fine with no contact allowed. Penalties or whatever.
first race back race b in 4-5 days was abysmal. missed my marks, caught in gravel, yada yada. 2nd race, started 2nd, and ran 2nd the entire way for my first podium finish ever. tada !
Well, tried race A, punted off immediately.
Rammed multiple times. Not fun at all.
I enjoy the car combo but the racing sucks there.
No apologies nothing.
Not worth my time if I’m honest
The only reason for that is because I will only respond by going dirty back and making it worse.
I wish we had a real penalty system.
It’s so frustrating to realize the potential of this platform. If only PD would invest some money and do what it takes to get a working penalty system.
Right now I would take no contact allowed with no pens just sr down every contact major/minor and measured over time.
This is just too lenient. This isn’t racing right now.
This failure of a penalty system is the reason people leave Gran Turismo.
I've noticed that too many people can't be trusted to police themselves with this non existent penalty system so no racing for me. I can't and won't race like that.
My qualifying is coming along yawningly nicely and I've beaten Sigrun 3 times but I'm getting bored and casually browsing out of stock graphics cards. Kinda weird (and sad) as I know if I go that route, it could be the end of me and GT. Especially with the next game a year away...
Well I saw some utter filth in a few race A just now with only 1 penalty handed out. For when I got rear ended clear to the barrier. To his credit the driver did slow down and say they missed their brake point by a mile, but they got 2 seconds. I got used as a bumper to make a.turn twice, and both times the perpetrator got off free. A revenge side whack on someone got me an SR down though. Hadn't seen one of them in a while.Penalties are back in force, at least in Race B.
Penalties are back in force, at least in Race B.
I really struggle with track limits here. So many ridiculous 0.5s penalties. I even ran deep into turn 2 and lost about 1.5s of lap time then got a 0.5s penalty... WTF?To add insult to injury. I also got a .5s penalty for track limits.
I got a couple of poles last night in race A. Completely botched the first one by missing a braking point by about 50m. Got away cleanly in the second race and had a 2.5 sec lead by the time I got to the top of the hill, and won by about 8 seconds. Apparently things happened behind me in this one...
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I think experience is the key there. You already know that you need to brake earlier, it is just gaining the specific knowledge as to how much in a given situationRace B again for me this week. Two races were absolute madness, started on P5, got punted about 5 or 6 times and still finished P9, because people in the back kept pushing and pushing and pushing. Decided to try again a couple of hours later just to ruin races for two people by my unfortunate late braking. Apologised after the race and they were understanding. Stopped playing and went to watch "Driving close to competitors" by Tidgney, will check if what I saw helps. I usually try to brake earlier if I follow someone, but too often I brake too hard and I loose time because of it. Is it something that comes with experience? Knowing when and how best to brake? Will it evolve as some kind of instinct?
https://gtsport.r1s3.net/user/14640709Can you please share what's that site you use to view the post-race info?
I'm not that good but my best times in quali have been with the C7 and the Vantage. 1:29.7xx (so far), I believe. I can't remember which one put that time up but they were both fast for me.Thoughts on using the Corvette C7 Gr.3 for Race B? I saw it appear at least once in the top ten times, but then again, it was last morning when the race was new to the rotation. At any rate, I might see what happens when I try using the Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
I'd say it's pretty good.For Race B qualifying, I got a time with the Vantage GT3 that barely placed me in the top 1000 times for my region. Is that any good? I don’t feel like it is, but then again, I recall hearing that there are generally more participants in Races B and C than there are for A, where I usually get in the top 500 times for my region.
Thoughts on using the Corvette C7 Gr.3 for Race B? I saw it appear at least once in the top ten times, but then again, it was last morning when the race was new to the rotation. At any rate, I might see what happens when I try using the Aston Martin Vantage GT3.