"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[GTP_TO Blue]

First time playing since June 2020. Race A as a gentle easing back. 2nd race, and get a 2 second penalty for the usual idiocy. Brazilian pissing around on turn 3 to 4, just drops down, slams into me, I hit the car below me, they hit the wall...... penalty for me. Putting the controller back until GT7. This ain't fun!!

 

[D_Dragline]

Pretty bummed that race C is a fuel saving race as I cannot save fuel to save my life. So I miss a rare chance to use my main in a daily

My Q time of 8:45:9xx put me 3rd in an A+/A lobby and all I could do was run the hards and stop for a splash of fuel. Entered the pits with a 5 second lead, and could only manage to get back to 8th at the end, 23 seconds behind the leader. Not a fun way to "race" for me at all at my best chance of doing well for the week. Thanks, PD.

If you need to pit, use mediums for a lap. The small amount of time you lose for the tyre change will be more than made up for by your improved speed on the softer compound.

The one stop can be competitive if you are starting near the front (which you will be with that qualy time) and get away from the pack early. The biggest challenge comes from finding good places to overtake the fuel savers on lap 2.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

A second train line has just opened up around the docks, if enough of your friends buy a ticket it can work

 

[barak181]

I’ve only been playing for about 3 weeks and tried Race B tonight. Only my second online race. Not super exciting but I’d welcome any constructive criticism. Started 5th. Finished 3rd.

If you upload a video from your POV, it'll help us a lot in giving you feedback. If you don't know how to do it, after you load up the replay press the R1 button to cycle through the different POVs. Choose one and upload the video that way. (I personally think chase cam shows the most so that's usually what I choose when I upload but it's all up to your personal preference.) Also, if you press the circle button, it will bring up playback options at the bottom of the screen. The cog will bring up the "Display Race Info" option. Choose "Display All" and that'll show your inputs, as well as other race data. Again, very helpful in being able to give you feedback.

Welcome to the community! It's mainly a bunch of grumpy old guys but most of the time there's a lot of helpful advice to be given here and even some good racing buddies to be had.

 

[Little_Guppy]

I’m thinking of taking the Scirocco Gr.4 to Race C, and I’m thinking that I should set the BB to -3, but what do you suggest?

It's all personal preference really. There isn't a magic number since everybody drives different.

Beware of BB+5 on the start/finish straight. In the TT the backend can swing around sending you for a 180. It happened to me about at least two or three times until I just slowed down (re: N24 from early Jan). There was no one around just me. I was not steering under braking. There is an elevation drop at that part of the track and it is super smooth.

I cannot explain it but somehow the backend gets light. Only happens at the Nurb. The TT is not the same car as the VW but they are similar (both FF).

Also BB+5 is recommended when tire wear is an issue. Tire wear is not an issue for this combo. Under fuel saving they are fine. With a stop they are fine.

I have been going with BB+3 but I have no A/B results to compare.

 

[Groundfish]

Good evening friends,

I just joined daily race B, you know, the Toyota GR Supra one make at Dragon Trail Seaside?
I had time for just one lap in the Mustang which netted me a 37.9.
I felt good going into the race having nailed a nice lap. I began in 14th position. Mid 37 looks to be a mid A 99 time right now on NA.
The Supra behind me missed his brake point t1, probably unaware that his speed was faster in the draft. I almost visited Hasselhoff on the beach but just managed to reroute inland at the last second.
So the field is gone...I know it wasn’t intentional because the player stopped and waited after punting me, but please be more careful there’s no time to be gained late braking in slipstream lol.
Onward I passed two fallen soldiers after a lap then there was a yellow at turn five. I passed as the South American was getting up to speed and he followed me up the esses, getting a strong run, so I stayed rightward to defend at the top of the hill.
He took a look waaay inside but I was hugging the grass so he went back left towards the racing line alongside so I followed him over a bit to prepare for braking. Just prior to braking he swerved into me trying to upset my car.
My spidey senses tingled. He’s dirty!
So I gently shoved him left, he went deep and I stayed ahead through COD.
Again he got a run because I clipped wall on exit, so we are approaching turn 1... I went defensive, but this time he was having none of it! He rear ended me just before the braking point then tried to dive inside right next to track limits.
Hey bud, don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.
Mustang tcs3
I turned him gently in the rear quarter panel and he went spinning off...
Next lap I had a similar scenario. The number 2 qualifier A plus had wiped out or something and I got a run on the front straight and successfully forced him defensive approaching braking.
Guy pulled the same dirty move, trying to flick his car rightward into me just before braking.
Luckily I was fully prepared for his petty dirty tricks and I’ve come to expect it from certain drivers.
I hard braked as did he then he moved directly in front of me in a massive dirty block attempt.
Again, I don’t know why he’s trying to play road warrior when I’m in a Mustang...
I released brake pressure just enough to ensure he wouldn’t miss his exit off the 101 to Hasselhoffs house on the beach.

Lol replay confirmed the inputs by both players as intentional.
I love GTS!

 

[ILLEAGLE_34]

If you upload a video from your POV, it'll help us a lot in giving you feedback. If you don't know how to do it, after you load up the replay press the R1 button to cycle through the different POVs. Choose one and upload the video that way. (I personally think chase cam shows the most so that's usually what I choose when I upload but it's all up to your personal preference.) Also, if you press the circle button, it will bring up playback options at the bottom of the screen. The cog will bring up the "Display Race Info" option. Choose "Display All" and that'll show your inputs, as well as other race data. Again, very helpful in being able to give you feedback.

Welcome to the community! It's mainly a bunch of grumpy old guys but most of the time there's a lot of helpful advice to be given here and even some good racing buddies to be had.

How do you load up the replay? Via ps4 or.... I tried kicking the tires but that didn’t work.

 

[gkgamer]

I've found a groove at N24. 9 races there so far 2 x P2, 1x P3 and 3 x P4 (the other 3 are best forgotten). Have run the Viper, Vantage, Slophy and TT no-stopping. The Viper has been the quickest but the Scirocco seems to be the weapon of choice for most.

In the Viper I run FM3 and shift at the gear indicator for the entire race until the second time through Pflanzgarten when I can move to FM2 before finally moving to FM1 for Dottinger Hohe. This lets me hold off the stoppers who have been making up ground.

If I've managed to get some slipstream through lap 1 I can use FM1 from Pflanzgarten.

It's a very enjoyable race so far. There isn't very much dirty driving because generally I let the stoppers by whenever there's a sensible opportunity and the idiots can't control their cars well enough to stay on track AND punt. I'm sure they'll work it out later in the week.

Hey I think I was with you on track in one of those races.
I haven't raced it a lot yet, 5 times so far, but I haven't found the courage to try anything besides the VW Scirocco I used in Q.
My friend LotusT128racing entered the leaderboards at P1 y'day with the Atenzza so I may give it a try for Q.
Some of the JP guys run the Cayman and the NSX with success as well.
What cars do you think could be the meta-breakers this time?

I’m thinking of taking the Scirocco Gr.4 to Race C, and I’m thinking that I should set the BB to -3, but what do you suggest?

I use bb +3 in Q and +5 in race with the Scirocco.

 

[barak181]

How do you load up the replay? Via ps4 or.... I tried kicking the tires but that didn’t work.

I always use the PS4 share button and upload to YT from the capture gallery. I know you can share replays in-game but I don't think you can upload anywhere directly from in-game.

 

[BEBOP_Bill]

I'm sorry race "A" Friends, I will be spending most of my time in race "C" this week. The Nordschleife is calling. I actually refer fuel strategy races to tire. Adjusting fuel mapping mid race to take advantage of different race situations as they happen is lot of fun. It can be a pretty intense race but the Lamborghini has been serving me well.

 

[D_Dragline]

Hey I think I was with you on track in one of those races.
I haven't raced it a lot yet, 5 times so far, but I haven't found the courage to try anything besides the VW Scirocco I used in Q.
My friend LotusT128racing entered the leaderboards at P1 y'day with the Atenzza so I may give it a try for Q.
Some of the JP guys run the Cayman and the NSX with success as well.
What cars do you think could be the meta-breakers this time?

Does your psn end with k5? If so we have raced this combo a couple of times for one triumph each .

The Atenza is a very strong choice for the race as well. The Cayman has been reasonably popular but it doesn't seem to have enough pace when fuel saving. Haven't seen an NSX as yet. The 458 is fast becoming the new META.

The non-METAs I think are good options but not getting much love are the Atenza, TT, the Viper and the AMG SLS.

 

[ILLEAGLE_34]

I always use the PS4 share button and upload to YT from the capture gallery. I know you can share replays in-game but I don't think you can upload anywhere directly from in-game.

Ok so upload to YT first then send it here. I think I got it. Thanks man

 

[elston87]

Not my week this week when it comes to races. Normally, Gr.3 at Seaside is one of my favorite combinations, but I'm just not up to pace with other players this time around. I'm literally one bad race away from losing DR A.

While SSRX normally makes for some crazy races, it's been rather uneventful, especially if you have stubborn players in the beginning stages of the race who seem to think blocking on a long straight is the ideal thing to do. Some players engage in pointless battles by holding you up or making contact which causes you to lose the slipstream of the main pack. Also can't seem to wrap my brain around figuring out a strategy for Race C; I've seen some players no-stop while saving fuel like crazy, while I've seen others whom are of alien descent start on Mediums, make a one-stop for Hards and fuel and finish the race in record time. Had a decent race where I started in 18th and finished 8th due to short-shifting all the way until the end with the Cayman, otherwise I'm not sure what else to do.

Think I'll be sticking to the Olympics Time Trial this week.

 

[gkgamer]

Does your psn end with k5? If so we have raced this combo a couple of times for one triumph each .

The Atenza is a very strong choice for the race as well. The Cayman has been reasonably popular but it doesn't seem to have enough pace when fuel saving. Haven't seen an NSX as yet. The 458 is fast becoming the new META.

The non-METAs I think are good options but not getting much love are the Atenza, TT, the Viper and the AMG SLS.

Thanks for the precious input on popular cars.
My PSN id is the same as my GTP one gkgamer.
I think I just saw you once Y'day on the 5:30PM race (GMT+9).
I've finished P2 twice behind Zak_oncewithyou's Cayman so I was wondering if it was all skills from him(he's got plenty of that) or if the car had a bit in it too.
I've started in front of two 458s and they were very close for the whole race but both of them lost it a bit in the downhill section around Hedwigshohe during the 2nd lap. Watching the replay, I noticed both were experiencing some lively rear-end issues from the first third of their 2nd Nordschleife run.
I have to admit it scared me out of using the 458 a bit. I'll give it a try.

I've seen some players no-stop while saving fuel like crazy, while I've seen others whom are of alien descent start on Mediums, make a one-stop for Hards and fuel and finish the race in record time. Had a decent race where I started in 18th and finished 8th due to short-shifting all the way until the end with the Cayman, otherwise I'm not sure what else to do.

Think I'll be sticking to the Olympics Time Trial this week.

I'm not the expert here so please keep in mind that I may be completely wrong about that, but I think the fastest way to go is the no-stopper, regardless of your starting position.

 

[KosmoKazi]

One of the most fun days on dailies I can remember. Ran just three practice laps at the Ring, then risked it, with my DR just barely above the A rating. Figured it was a crap shoot. But:

Then, having built a nice cushion, I thought, that was fun, I’ll try it again, figuring I can give half the DR bump back. But:

(CRB was lost thanks to an excursion into the barrier as I tried to catch that VW... no contact with anyone else, just me and the Armco...)

I was shocked! And really pleased. The TT and I really get along. It was such a fun race.

Second one, I had to run down a VW on lap two, who was more than 4 sec ahead as we entered the GP course. I eventually got him before the Karousel. So, so fun to race at the Ring when people play fair.

Then enjoyed a few Race A’s, having built up a nice margin to the A/B cut line, but I gathered up positive DR there by playing it pretty smart for the most part.

Throw in my favorite track, DTS, and a seemingly tweaked Supra Gr3 racer, great fun on the Alt account in the Dailies (that’s the sweetest diff tune I’ve ever experienced in the game, and with the typical linear Toyota power curve, as good a META car as I can remember, for time attacking a good QT... K’ Target was easy... even though I typically have to work pretty hard to hit it in Gr3 events, I was nearly there right out of the box this week.)

Nice to finally share some asphalt with @Jwptexas again, on SSRX... too bad we were swamped with some fools in this races and couldn’t get something hooked up.

Beware of BB+5 on the start/finish straight. In the TT the backend can swing around sending you for a 180. It happened to me about at least two or three times until I just slowed down (re: N24 from early Jan). There was no one around just me. I was not steering under braking.

I cannot explain it but somehow the backend gets light. Only happens at the Nurb. The TT is not the same car as the VW but they are similar (both FF).

That did happen to me, too! After thousands of miles in the TT I was surprised by the back stepping out, on a curb just before the festival camping spot at the Ring. I caught it, but it was a code brown. I did think it was odd and I was sure to stay off that curb next lap. But I’ve hit it a hundred times before with zero drama.

I'm sorry race "A" Friends, I will be spending most of my time in race "C" this week. The Nordschleife is calling. I actually refer fuel strategy races to tire. Adjusting fuel mapping mid race to take advantage of different race situations as they happen is lot of fun. It can be a pretty intense race but the Lamborghini has been serving me well.

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Kudos for running the Lambo... I saw another in my race (similar DR as you) and was surprised. But nice to see someone with the guts to try something different and make it work.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Managed to get the beetle down to a 37.7, that's about all I have in me. Tried the supra and the ft1 but they are much harder to drive and optimal are....37.7.

S/A rooms have been pretty dang clean, juat one mad man changing lines under brakes so I tagged him, cost me 2 spots. Otherwise starting p13 to p16 and gaining spots as others hit the cod, spin or generally mess up whilst I defend like crazy. I managed to keep my DR at 37k so did ok considering my lack of pace.

 

[D_Dragline]

Thanks for the precious input on popular cars.
My PSN id is the same as my GTP one gkgamer.
I think I just saw you once Y'day on the 5:30PM race (GMT+9).
I've finished P2 twice behind Zak_oncewithyou's Cayman so I was wondering if it was all skills from him(he's got plenty of that) or if the car had a bit in it too.
I've started in front of two 458s and they were very close for the whole race but both of them lost it a bit in the downhill section around Hedwigshohe during the 2nd lap. Watching the replay, I noticed both were experiencing some lively rear-end issues from the first third of their 2nd Nordschleife run.
I have to admit it scared me out of using the 458 a bit. I'll give it a try.




I'm not the expert here so please keep in mind that I may be completely wrong about that, but I think the fastest way to go is the no-stopper, regardless of your starting position.

If you're finishing second behind him then you won't be seeing much of me on track. I'll be waaay back. That dude is a serious alien. I can't get within 20 seconds of his race times. (Edit: just looked up your DR, I'm not in the same league. You need to be giving me advice, not vice-versa.)

In the races I've run against drivers I know are at my level, the Cayman seems to struggle for pace while fuel saving. It's a weird beast in this combo. It seems to save fuel with less effort but it's top pace means it isn't able to use the extra fuel to best advantage. I normally like the Cayman, but if one is trying to chase me down in the Viper, I'm usually comfortable I can hold it off (aliens not included).

Agree about the 458s. They're good but they seem to start to struggle with tyre wear. I find the 458 a bit sketchy at the best of times, so you won't see me driving one.

The no stop is theoretically quicker BUT it's not so much quicker that you can't be competitive with a stop. The secret to a one stop is clean air. Particularly on the mediums. If you can maximize your time at top pace on the softer compound it's possible to run down a lot of no stoppers (especially the ones that run out of fuel )

 

[Groundfish]

Tonight’s B races were really fun. I love being in the Mustang here. Great driving Nev-racecraft trumps tt!
From back or midpack it’s like driving through a Supra graveyard. Lots and lots having trouble maintaining control. All in all the post five pm crowd was clean.
That first one though, it’s the very thing I always call people out on. Both drivers that tried to take me out were fallen A plus with mid 36 times.
Maybe a bit too much time trial not enough racecraft eh boys?
Lol

 

[Oelph]

If you upload a video from your POV, it'll help us a lot in giving you feedback. If you don't know how to do it, after you load up the replay press the R1 button to cycle through the different POVs. Choose one and upload the video that way. (I personally think chase cam shows the most so that's usually what I choose when I upload but it's all up to your personal preference.) Also, if you press the circle button, it will bring up playback options at the bottom of the screen. The cog will bring up the "Display Race Info" option. Choose "Display All" and that'll show your inputs, as well as other race data. Again, very helpful in being able to give you feedback.

Welcome to the community! It's mainly a bunch of grumpy old guys but most of the time there's a lot of helpful advice to be given here and even some good racing buddies to be had.

Ah! Thank you. I did think it strange that so many of you raced in chase cam view I’ll have a go at re-doing the video with those settings.

 

[gkgamer]

If you're finishing second behind him then you won't be seeing much of me on track. I'll be waaay back. That dude is a serious alien. I can't get within 20 seconds of his race times. (Edit: just looked up your DR, I'm not in the same league. You need to be giving me advice, not vice-versa.)

In the races I've run against drivers I know are at my level, the Cayman seems to struggle for pace while fuel saving. It's a weird beast in this combo. It seems to save fuel with less effort but it's top pace means it isn't able to use the extra fuel to best advantage. I normally like the Cayman, but if one is trying to chase me down in the Viper, I'm usually comfortable I can hold it off (aliens not included).

Agree about the 458s. They're good but they seem to start to struggle with tyre wear. I find the 458 a bit sketchy at the best of times, so you won't see me driving one.

The no stop is theoretically quicker BUT it's not so much quicker that you can't be competitive with a stop. The secret to a one stop is clean air. Particularly on the mediums. If you can maximize your time at top pace on the softer compound it's possible to run down a lot of no stoppers (especially the ones that run out of fuel )

Thank you for the kind words but I think my stats are a bit deceitful to be honest. They look much better than my actual racing skills.
I think I may be good at one thing in this game and that would be stat padding!

On top of that, I have only been really active in GTSPORT since last fall and I lack the knowledge and experience that comes with pure mileage if that makes sense.
I clocked 4 times the mileage I have in GTS on GT5&6 respectively, with 80% of that total run on the Nordschleife. I felt confident and comfortable with almost any car there even though my driving was already severely biased towards non-race cars.

The track hasn't changed so I still know my way around it but there are a couple corners that have been revisited by PD so that the necessary inputs to be quick are now closer to what the racers do IRL.
And I have virtually no knowledge of the gr3 & gr4 cars, as I almost never use them and spend most of my time in open lobbies, mostly running tuned low-power N cars on comfort tires.
Many regulars in this lobby are aliens, akagi1942mi, lotusT128, Tokari71, seiyu702, and many more.
My relative pace at the Nurburgring comes from running thousands of hours 30" behind them.

As for the strategy, clean air is indeed the key to an optimal 1-stop run yet I struggle so much to readapt to RH tires after running a Q session on RM that I'm not sure I could manage this in a race with the fuel tank weight getting lighter as the finish line approaches.

 

[05XR8]

Both Mazdas today:

 

[crusselz]

After a 44 clean race streak. Had someone spin out in front of me, literally nowhere to go. I cop a 2s penalty for forcing a car off track....

SR down to 87.... decided to try do a repair job. First race, no incidents, nothing major happened. Next race, yet again. Someone spins out cause of contact with another car. Hit me, and yup... 2s penalty again. SR down to 78...

Oh well. Kinda pointless at this SR to do race A. Probably jump in to race B over the weekend and crawl around the track in last place to recover my SR.

 

[JoeDaSnow]

My third daily race win at Route X came on Tuesday. This time, I had used manual transmission, thus making it my first victory using that.

 

[Raptor013]

So just did my first "fuel save" race at Nurburgring tonight, after finding last night that the Lancer can do just short of a lap and a half on Fuel Map 1.

Was starting in 11th (worst starting position all week) in a very fast group so figured why not try something different. Only made up the 1 spot during the pit stops as all bar 1 ahead of me pitted (was in 8th by this point).

Ended up finishing in 7th as the pit stopper caught me on the final straight. Every place I made up was from others crashing out and 1 guy who ran out of fuel somewhere around Kallenhard and and tried to block at I flew past.

Probably won't bother with another attempt at a fuel save race, as the car wasn't as fun to drive.

 

[williams_v_r]

So just did my first "fuel save" race at Nurburgring tonight, after finding last night that the Lancer can do just short of a lap and a half on Fuel Map 1.

Was starting in 11th (worst starting position all week) in a very fast group so figured why not try something different. Only made up the 1 spot during the pit stops as all bar 1 ahead of me pitted (was in 8th by this point).

Ended up finishing in 7th as the pit stopper caught me on the final straight. Every place I made up was from others crashing out and 1 guy who ran out of fuel somewhere around Kallenhard and and tried to block at I flew past.

Probably won't bother with another attempt at a fuel save race, as the car wasn't as fun to drive.

The hidden power of Evo

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Hot dog, got another one!

and for last week, to @williams_v_r, I do apologize. The move wasn't on and I hit you off, never meant to either.

 

[crusselz]

I recall from the previous GT games, the benefits of a well tuned car.

Pretty sure even NOS, wouldn't have helped me catch this guy.



Doubt it was anything more than a lag spike, amused the guy didn't stick around after the race finished.

 

[Norrin Radd]

I always use the PS4 share button and upload to YT from the capture gallery. I know you can share replays in-game but I don't think you can upload anywhere directly from in-game.

Ok so upload to YT first then send it here. I think I got it. Thanks man

For people to see a situation best the in game replays are best IMO and easiest to do. As you just save replay then hit the share and add a tag or two.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I recall from the previous GT games, the benefits of a well tuned car.

Pretty sure even NOS, wouldn't have helped me catch this guy.



Doubt it was anything more than a lag spike, amused the guy didn't stick around after the race finished.

Since when did the Ford GT have VTEC?

 

[Barra333]

As for the strategy, clean air is indeed the key to an optimal 1-stop run yet I struggle so much to readapt to RH tires after running a Q session on RM that I'm not sure I could manage this in a race with the fuel tank weight getting lighter as the finish line approaches.

I want to give the pit stop a go, but it is pointless from the second half of the field where I've been starting. There are generally a gaggle of cars qualified in the high 8:5x range that I need to jump. Right now I have a 8.59, but threw almost 5 seconds away between the mini carousel and the straight.