"Daily" Race Discussion

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Little_Guppy
I always like the Ring. This was my fifth week of daily races there. This week all of my "Americas" races were in A/A+ splits and these are my takeaways:
  • My record entering this week was 0 wins for 59 entries. It now stands at 0/66.
  • I simply do not have both pace and the ability to run mistake-free. I paid for it in DR. It was worth the price.
  • I need more practice and I need to wean myself off TCS=2. My normal mode is to learn a track with TCS off but it was too tough here. TCS does cut your power significantly on some of the high speed turns/kinks.
  • No-qual starting is hard and it is important to be respectful and judge the pace of the lower qualifiers. I tried this for a few races but I was causing more trouble when I misjudged.
  • Most players were fair with incidental contact much in the spirit of @KosmoKazi 's comments earlier in the week. A little jostling is natural in this combo.
  • There are some fast players who are also absolute pricks. You know who you are - Royal D*k* of Nuclear proportions and Lost Uncle with a bad flag.
  • In my opinion it is the crown jewel of the game. It reflects a real life circuit, it is unlike any of the other tracks, it is long, and it requires you to refine all aspects of your game.
  • Got to see @Mc_Yavel and @D_Dragline out there. Very impressive.

See you next time.
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You nailed it. It’s the crown jewel of the game and the most fun thing in it. And I think that particular combo and track conditions is the best of the best. I would have driven more but last night I was at 340 miles + the FIA race on my main account, and my shoulders were sore!

It’s amazing to me too that they can make a cheap game that still provides such a legitimate challenge and also that each car has such a unique feel.
 
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O604
Tues-Fri I tried to beat my Race C time I set on Mon. Did all my miles there. Saturday I did some Lobby racing and didn't get any laps in. Today I'm thinking I won't beat it but try anyway. 2nd lap, I beat it. I wish I could figure out how that works. :crazy:
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You had no expectation and everything went smoothly.

I hate when I can't beat my first lap on a tack. You go there put a reference lap and then you start pushing and can't beat it. (no N24 related)

@afc5150 , I need to cut 6,5 sec to beat my target time!
 
So Daily Race C is indeed a Formula race but not the Super Formula car but rather the F1500T-A.

Guess I wouldn't mind doing it and will be using a Williams livery for the entirety of the week as a tribute to the late Sir Frank Williams.

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OPEN LETTER to Polyphony:

Are you so insular that you think you can throw up crap daily races (which are apparently chosen by dartboard now), and not lose customers for the next BIG OFFERING? The whole point of GT Sport (a stop-gap version that's now been out for several years) was online racing, but by now you are down to only a relative few diehards who will continue to race despite the most ridiculous combinations of classes, cars and tracks.

Truly a bad business model.
 
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roqit88
OPEN LETTER to Polyphony:

Are you so insular that you think you can throw up crap daily races (which are apparently chosen by dartboard now), and not lose customers for the next BIG OFFERING? The whole point of GT Sport (a stop-gap version that's now been out for several years) was online racing, but by now you are down to only a relative few diehards who will continue to race despite the most ridiculous combinations of classes, cars and tracks.

Truly a bad business model.
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Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

Or more precisely, what are the combination you think is so bad?
Last week we had the Best Track® at the best time of day in the best class.
This week we have a tribute to Sir Frank Williams, probably not intentionally but none the less, one of the more challenging F1 tracks in game with the most challenging F1.
And a high-speed challenge in a walled in environment where you have to be precise at all time but where several cars are able to win.

And I ran 5 races this morning, all full B/S, no malicious driving, but a few mistakes and at least half of the pack was new for each race
Seem to me that plenty of people are still racing.

First race I did I had a South African and a driver from Greenland in the same.lobby. still no discernible lag.

I think PD is doing a damn fine job.
I also think that GTS is the best racing game I have ever played.

Maybe you should just wait for GT7?
 
This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

GT Sport Daily Races: A Formula for Success​

The festive season is starting, Mariah Carey is warming up her lungs, and there’s a new set of GT Sport Daily Races to get your week underway. This week’s three races have quite the variety of speed and grip, with plenty to keep you occupied for the next seven days...
 
So I did a couple of Daily Bs first on my alt account to get some idea of how the race is gonna go down and it's another good opportunity for me to regain my lost DR for my main account after doing the Manu Series race around Maggiore GP II.

Did only four races and two of them I finished in the podium while my third attempt I only got a P4 finish. My fourth attempt was where I finally got a dub but the race was messy to say the least and its due to T1 and the sensitive walls which can cause a 1.5sec time penalty.

The first lap of the race was where the messy part happened because some dude hit me while a Japanese F1 GTR hit the pole sitter so hard that he went into the shadow realm. The pole sitter was also weaving all over the place which I can understand as it was due to him wanting to break the tow.



From there around lap 2 I was able to gain the lead and due to my closest rivals getting messed up by the sensitive walls that gave them the 1.5sec time penalty, I was able to get through the race and get my first win on the track.


 
roqit88
OPEN LETTER to Polyphony:

Are you so insular that you think you can throw up crap daily races (which are apparently chosen by dartboard now), and not lose customers for the next BIG OFFERING? The whole point of GT Sport (a stop-gap version that's now been out for several years) was online racing, but by now you are down to only a relative few diehards who will continue to race despite the most ridiculous combinations of classes, cars and tracks.

Truly a bad business model.
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I don't think this is the case at all. I've enjoyed the variety of late and they have put out some really fun races.

Really interested to dive into the Race C at Interlagos. Though I struggle terribly at that track, an opportunity to race that F-1500 in a Race C sounds like a ton of fun to me.

I also enjoy the low-power FF road car races like Race A, and expect that I'll have some fun with that one, too, time allowing.

Races at that Tokyo track are typically a lot of fun, too.
 
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RacingGrandpa
at least half of the pack was new for each race
Seem to me that plenty of people are still racing.
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If you go on F1 2021, the brand new title for a famous license, you'll struggle to get more than 4 or 5 other players in a Ranked lobby, so much so they've had to fill them with AI cars lately so it doesn't look so bad.

GT Sport is typically full every lobby I enter, give or take one or two, and it's rare I recognise names. There's plenty people playing.

Easier way to see how many are on at any time is go post a scape photo and watch how fast it gets drowned out by others posting after, it's typically in seconds, and that's just one small section of the game.
 
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kenkuriken
I think the Tokyo Expressway was a real highway. It seems to be a circuit of real expressways arranged like a race course.
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It both is and isn't.

There is no location on the real Tokyo Expressway (C1 Loop) that looks like any of the Gran Turismo circuits. However there are several places that are identical to real section of the C1 Loop.

The tracks are kind of like a "best of" the C1 Loop, with real sections assembled together out of sequence to make fictional circuits.
 
I ventured into Race A on my alt account without qualifying and with no expectations. I made it to P2 at the beginning of lap 3, then the mayhem started. No punting, but a whole lot of shoving and pushing which dropped me to last place. I got back to 5th and gained some miniscule DR and SR points. I wasn't particularly pleased until I saw I'd gotten the least slow lap. The Fiat isn't fast enough to call it "fastest lap" 😄
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Tried a Race A. Very meh. Moving on.

Pushed aside by cars who then get useless .5 sec penalties which bunches cars together. All to culminate in a last ditch punt attempt on the last turn. Predictable, not a smart race.
 
A good race C and B to offset my Saturday horror show slightly.

I like Race C. I got on with the F1500T in GT League. Instantly it felt like ice as I tried to set a qualy time. Eventually I had a decent time. Started P7 so I hopped across to the Hards for the start. No issues getting away but predictably I lost positions on the first few laps as others were on meds. Eventually I found a rhythm and was able to hold lap times with the medium runners. The medium runners started to pit but despite the 8 times wear the tyres still looked and felt good. I went to lap 8 as I was now in clean air. I pitted and was only just behind the car I was behind before the stops. From here I was able to pass the now slower cars or they gave themselves a penalty to which it was an easy pass including a double a few laps from the end. I remade it back up to 7th where I started.
I like this race it is a true test of speed and car control with a bit of strategy mixed in. So good choice this week PD.

Race B and the F1 felt better than it ever has around here. Strange. But so close to my target of breaking the 2 min barrier which I haven't done yet in the game. However the barrier penalties can get ridiculous at times. I barely glanced one during the race but still got the now stock 1.5 seconds. Again started 7th here. And it was all very clean. On the last lap there were 5 of us going into the hairpin in very close proximity and nobody was punted or span. If there was contact it was minimal. However I then experienced my own Moses effect as they all picked up penalties across the rest of the lap some up to 5 seconds. From there I made it through cleanly to take 5th place.

I've also had the Williams logo on my car as a mark of respect for Sir Frank.
 
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Ran a bunch of races this morning on my alt. Hadn't any McLaren on it so hopped in the M3 and it could keep up with the meta in a row and outrun it on the back part of the track.
Then I tried the F-type, it's as fast as the Beemer but more stable. Struggle in a tow.
Went to my main to set a K-Score, my target was 2:00.775.
I made it to 2:00.00 in the McLaren but it was such a chore in the curvy parts of the track. So tried the Ford GT and did a 1:59.1 in it
So back to the alt and try it in race.
The first lap was so frustrating as there's now a wall to wall barricade of F-1's all the way up the back part and no way past. And to top that I was constantly pushed into walls by the McLarens behind me. Had 4.5 seconds penalty on the first lap.
But then they spread.out a little and I managed to finish one spot ahead of my starting position.

Next race I saw a small opening and went through. No win but a podium from 11th.

The GT is strong here
 
Race C

SR mayhem.

I had 3 races. Started in a C/S lobby, last one was in a C/B lobby, and barely B now. Managed to drop from a solid 99 back to 43. I‘m clearly that dirty I am thinking of changing my name to Harry Mudd……

Had to stop at that point due to me not packing a parachute prior to race 1.

Heading back to the sty to consider my options 🐷
 
Massive shoutout to @Grille07_ for a fantastic throwback Ferrari livery

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Years of F1 gaming really came to my aid here, I must have driven this track in the classics thousands of times by now and was able to drag a tricky 10th place qualy round to 2nd, but more time to come from the lap over the course of the week. I think it's just too much of a struggle for me to be comfortable enough to challenge that high consistently once the playerbase finds its lines and race strat so I'm pleased to save that one as a replay today and see how the races play out going forward.

Did my best lap on the hards, surprised how much you can put on them and they'll hang on in there. Mediums seemed to be chewed up in 3 laps and I was just waiting for the backend to flip the remaining laps until I pitted which it thankfully never did though it gave me some jolts especially accelerating out of Junção (copied and pasted I'm not a savage).

Fun and engaging, but very difficult and needing a lot of focus so with late shifts this week I don't know how much motivation I'll have for it.

[UPDATE] Managed to get a win on my second go round from a second place quaiy, still think there's more in the tank after a 1:20.8 hopefully can find it as the others catch up.
 
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I'll probably not get to understand how I can start 2nd and win in Race C and then start 11th and finish 11th in a ****ing Fiat.

Very rarely like Race A for whatever reason I can never get going and I do wish PD would just BOP it and let us throw the weird and wonderful of our garage into these instead of these one make things in uninteresting cars.

I think we've done Lago Maggiore to death as well now, I hope not to see it again until GT7.
 
Did a few goes at race A, actually found it pretty fun! Of course it highly depends on who you're racing against. Managed to put down a top 10 qualifying time for the region, which certainly helps. I just wish they'd put back the penalty system.... but then again, it somewhat self manages....
 
I very much enjoy F1 GTR/Peugeot VGT on Tokyo Expressway East Inner Loop (and East Outer Loop), knew I could set a nice time here. Beautiful flow. Was listening to an album with a few songs left and didn’t feel like pausing it so went to qualifying with GT sound off and only music in my ears. Managed 1:56.351 after a mere two laps, which I consenquently struggled to beat when I later turned the sound on. :lol:

10 laps later though... 1:55.951 and the 11th a 1:55.935, despite sector 1 being 0.103 slower than the aforementioned lap. :banghead:
 

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