If you're struggling with a specific daily race combo, it may be more advantageous to just use the qualifying time trial option located next to the race entry option. You get practice to get better & don't risk your DR/SR. Another option is to get early practice for next week's race of your choice. You can turn on the game's BoP option, choose the fastest tire option for that race, & have your qualifying rhythm by the time next Monday arrives.
Latest qual time is 01:36.299. I've been following Tidgney's weekly race guide.
Definitely keep practicing then. Usually I spend half an hour to an hour before racing and at that point I feel like I have a good feel for the track. And even then my time is always getting better. Start of yesterday I had a high 1:35 and felt like I was giving it everything. Today I got it down to 1:33.7. That’s enough for a nearly guaranteed top 3 start in B/S lobbies where I can fight for the win. So keep practicing. Also if you are starting in the midfield my only advice can be focus on being consistent and staying out of trouble. Usually a few people make mistakes or crash.
They really do love their reverse tracks. The last (20th Dec.) and the two weeks before (6th Dec.) included a reverse track for Race C. At least Fuji doesn't have a reverse layout, PD would have taken the opportunity immediately if it exists.
My best time is 1:34.258, so you probably don't need a ton of advice from me (LOL), but I've found I hit it the best when I brake quickly as I'm going down the hill (before I even put a ton of wheel input to the right into it). Then again before I get into the two little turns. Then almost just coast (no brakes/no acceleration) and accelerate in an arc across the final corner (off to the right side) and carry speed off to the left. You go in a lot slower, but come out a lot more clean and under control. It's hard to do this when you've got aggressive drivers all over your arse, but... if you're clear behind you, it's amazing how much of a run you can get on people ahead of you, especially if they're sliding into the grass, etc.
The penalty zone is now right before the finish line. I don't think PD ever thinks those through. Back to cars braking before the line after missing the final bit of the left right section.
What I do is either is double tapping the Share button on the DS4 controller and that's where the recording begins or the system already records your gameplay up until an hour so if lets say you haven't reached that time yet and you managed to have something good within the 1 hour, you can then press the Share button and select Share Video Clip or something and there you have the footage recorded.
To me just like others it fine by me because he left the gap open so I figured that's where I make my move and alas it worked.
In the other sweeping right hander you don't even need to brake. Just lift off and start a little wide and use the inner portion of of the track/curb on exit. The turn you are talking about is basically the same, except you will probably need a dab of the brakes to take off a little speed before you turn in. I am speaking more from what I have read/watched about this layout. My ability to do these turns well is not great, despite knowing how I should be handling them, I am still not as fast on exit as I would like.
I’m having the same problem, and doing a similar lap time. It’s a bit of a tricky one, I don’t know whether to drop down to second, or try and keep it pinned in 3rd and ride the curbs. Braking and turning right really unsettles the car, what car are you using?The still having some trouble with the downhill chicane at Yamagiwa. I'm having some successful attempts, but not enough to feel comfortable with other racers around me. I also dropped my time to a 1:34 flat. My optimum time said I had another .5 seconds to gain, and it's going to come from getting that chicane right.
As for next weeks Race C at Dragon Trail...
Try joining the DR D lot, it’s carnage down here!It's been fun for a while on race B, yet now I'm getting matched with the dirty A/S crowd again. So much pushing, diving, little bump here and there. **** OFF. Low DR.A is the place where a holes reside. It's not a game of tag FFS.
Time to play something else me thinks. Although, need to get in shape for the chicane of death next week
Yes exactly that behavior. It's not straight up dive bombs, just enough to either dive stick a nose on your inside bumper to then push through, or a little bump at the apex to mess up your corner exit.
Carnage is easier to avoid than calculated dirty driving. Unless there's a pusher behind you, pushing you into the carnage lol. DR.D has a bit more self preservation sense, only in the A/S room people think it's a good idea to enter that awkward chicane 3 wide
I’d expect better from Dr A racers, fortunately on Race B I’ve really found my groove and have been starting on pole (quick by DR D standards) and avoid the worst of it. Will be gutted when the daily races change again! Getting back into GT Sport after a breakYes exactly that behavior. It's not straight up dive bombs, just enough to either dive stick a nose on your inside bumper to then push through, or a little bump at the apex to mess up your corner exit.
It was worse last week though on race C. It really looked like a game of tag sometimes. Car 1.2 sec behind before the corner, dive touches me at the apex, then over 1.2 sec behind again after the corner.
This would have been appropriate for a livery
Carnage is easier to avoid than calculated dirty driving. Unless there's a pusher behind you, pushing you into the carnage lol. DR.D has a bit more self preservation sense, only in the A/S room people think it's a good idea to enter that awkward chicane 3 wide
I'm doing basically the same thing as you but I do a quick tap of the brake to get lined up for the exit before the final corner of the section. It's just getting the initial entry angle and speed right for me. Any advice is welcome by me so I'll take it.
I'm using the Vantage for this race. But, I use the Vantage for most Gr.3 races as I have the most experience with it. If you use it, your results may vary. I stay in 3rd gear through the section and hug the curbs. I think 2nd gear would lose you a bunch of speed.
Penalties for ramming people have been gone for over 6 months.
If you had years of controller training & are switching to a wheel/pedal setup, there is a learning curve. I do not advise a plug & play mentality. You will need to use in game adjustments to tailor the experience to the best for you. My wheel had a monster amount of force feedback. It may have been realistic, but it was aggressive & tiring. So, I turned it down & could handle the cars much better. Perhaps just running through many laps in the time trial mode would work to help you become acclimated to the wheel/car/track combo.
Sven beat me to it,but track cutting still gets publicly shamed. I got one last week trying to dodge someone else.
DSQing people in an online lobby for 3 penalties in a race would be terrible. A penalty system is always bound to give unfair penalties. That’s just asking for people to get DSQed for being a victim.
