"Daily" Race Discussion

[Kermit_2142]

If anyone wants to run something a little different for race C :

Genesis - quick for qually, struggles a little on understeer but has decent power to make up for it. A little worse tyre wear than those below, be mindful on a 6 lap soft stint. BB +5

Evo - a little slow over one lap but this thing rocks in the race. Hug all your apex’s, make sure your opening your steering before adding power and you can really spoil people’s days. Tyre wear isn’t really a problem and you can brake 10-20m later than most cars on the grid. Be prepared to defend early if you have no slip as you will be slow on the straights.
BB +2/3

M3 - tried this one as a bit of a joke but it’s actually viable. I went so well with it another driver decided to use it and we put 2 on the podium in top split. It’s slow over 1 lap but very good in the race. This car is down on power but has ridiculous traction on corner exit, full throttle from the apex whilst turning is no problem at all and must be abused to get the most out of the car. It’s not overly strong on the brakes so you will have to plan your overtakes a little more than the evo and it has long gear ratios so use 1 gear lower in the tight sections. Tyre wear is very very good 6 or even 7 lap softs is comfortable. BB +5.

Using these 3 cars I’ve managed to hit A+ finally after 650 races. I’d given up and settled with be an A but this seems to be my combo.

Good luck

 

[RacingGrandpa]

If anyone wants to run something a little different for race C :

Genesis - quick for qually, struggles a little on understeer but has decent power to make up for it. A little worse tyre wear than those below, be mindful on a 6 lap soft stint. BB +5

Evo - a little slow over one lap but this thing rocks in the race. Hug all your apex’s, make sure your opening your steering before adding power and you can really spoil people’s days. Tyre wear isn’t really a problem and you can brake 10-20m later than most cars on the grid. Be prepared to defend early if you have no slip as you will be slow on the straights.
BB +2/3

M3 - tried this one as a bit of a joke but it’s actually viable. I went so well with it another driver decided to use it and we put 2 on the podium in top split. It’s slow over 1 lap but very good in the race. This car is down on power but has ridiculous traction on corner exit, full throttle from the apex whilst turning is no problem at all and must be abused to get the most out of the car. It’s not overly strong on the brakes so you will have to plan your overtakes a little more than the evo and it has long gear ratios so use 1 gear lower in the tight sections. Tyre wear is very very good 6 or even 7 lap softs is comfortable. BB +5.

Using these 3 cars I’ve managed to hit A+ finally after 650 races. I’d given up and settled with be an A but this seems to be my combo.

Good luck

Have you tried the WRX? It does the turn-in under throttle that I know you like. Get on the gas early, before apex in some turns and it just turns more. Keep some revs to have the turbo spinning all the time and it flies.

 

[Kermit_2142]

Have you tried the WRX? It does the turn-in under throttle that I know you like. Get on the gas early, before apex in some turns and it just turns more. Keep some revs to have the turbo spinning all the time and it flies.

No I haven’t, I’m not a huge fan of the wrx but if I get on over the weekend I’ll give it a try 👍.

 

[OJBrit]

2 of next week's events are on KP.

Race A Fuji N400 4 laps
Race B Spa Gr3 3 laps

 

[MidnightRun85]

2 of next week's events are on KP.

Race A Fuji N400 4 laps
Race B Spa Gr3 3 laps

Ooohhhh, Spa in Gr.3. Nice. One for the power cars again.

 

[Z2RB36ZaineK]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

GT Sport Daily Races: Hatching a Plan

This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on May 24th, 2021 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.

Any idea what A. B. C Races are for next week, or anyway someone could help or direct me how I can see these things b4 hand

 

[OJBrit]

Any idea what A. B. C Races are for next week, or anyway someone could help or direct me how I can see these things b4 hand

I have literally just posted up next weeks A and B. C is not showing yet so I do not know what it is.
The information can be found on Kudos Prime under the 'events' tab.

 

[05XR8]

Race C could be GR.1 or GR.2. There is a GR.2 at Fuji, in the next Nations race.

I'm not sure about a Gr.4 Race, as we just had Brands Hatch. PD need to pull the trigger on a Gr.1 St Croix or another big track that's not Let Mans.

 

[OJBrit]

PD need to pull the trigger on a Gr.1 St Croix or another big track that's not Let Mans.

I would love love love Gr1 at St. Croix.

 

[D_Dragline]

Race C could be GR.1 or GR.2. There is a GR.2 at Fuji, in the next Nations race.

I'm not sure about a Gr.4 Race, as we just had Brands Hatch. PD need to pull the trigger on a Gr.1 St Croix or another big track that's not Let Mans.

Group 2 at DTS.

 

[MidnightRun85]

Group 2 at DTS.

AGAIN!?

 

[OJBrit]

AGAIN!?

If it's in the tombola it has a chance of being pulled out.

 

[Redneckchef]

Been "enjoying" some of the racing at Autopolis tonight. Definitely a bit more of an elbows out affair than I had earlier in the week. That said, despite the bangers and bashers there were some solid races to be had.

And a shout out to the serial blocker in my second race. He made an all out pass around the outside on turn 1 lap 1 stick. I wasnt thrilled with some of the later defense but a hell of a move to try, much less pull off. Not likely to do much more after tonight, and next week isnt really appealing. Maybe a movie week to fill the gap.
Been fun, will see you guys on track.

 

[MidnightRun85]

If it's in the tombola it has a chance of being pulled out.

The pot seems pretty small. Seems to pop up every 6 weeks or so.

 

[05XR8]

Shame, GR.2 could have been anywhere else. Even Tokyo.

 

[Seth_Logan]

..He caught up before the last straight, nothing I could do.. Well, shove him off of course, but I usually don't do that. ...

Isn't that a big no, no around here? I can't think of any justification that would make such a move okay. But perhaps I'm missing something?

 

[PoisedPenguin]

That's just my way of writing
I never do that, although I might make an exception in case that driver has been completely dishonoring everyone on track.

I do make an occasional mistake though, but then I'll try to evade other cars. Yesterday in race C it was rather funny as I misjudged my braking point in the slipstream right before the chicane on the last lap. Tried to evade the driver in front of me, but even though we hardly made contact he was affected by me, he then legally cut the chicane and gained 2 places

 

[Seth_Logan]

That's just my way of writing
I never do that, although I might make an exception in case that driver has been completely dishonoring everyone on track.

Ah, Ok, good to read that! I looked at your kudosprime times. You're a fast driver. This year almost every time is below 3% from the leader, but you don't drive FIA races and your "still" a B driver. Is that a conscious decision on your part? You could easily go for A and have very good results in FIA.

 

[NevilleNobody]

I have never done FIA 'cos I cannot commit to a set time. Wife, kids etc ... good bloody luck.

 

[sturk0167]

Next week's N400 A race at Fuji will most likely be with the Tundra and Raptor, right?

 

[PoisedPenguin]

Ah, Ok, good to read that! I looked at your kudosprime times. You're a fast driver. This year almost every time is below 3% from the leader, but you don't drive FIA races and your "still" a B driver. Is that a conscious decision on your part? You could easily go for A and have very good results in FIA.

Thanks!
The thing is, I'm better at qualification than in race. I can spend an hour to get a good qualifying lap, but I lack in race pace and race intelligence, maybe I'm just too defensive. If I start near the front I'll stay there, if I start near the back I'll stay there unless people take themselves or each other out. I also don't play that often, sometimes a month without touching the PS4, and then each day for 2 weeks. I have never looked into the FIA races, I don't even know what they're about to be honest. Are they better than the daily races?

 

[sturk0167]

@BenRod you were one of the stars of Kies stream yesterday. Check it out.
His Autopolis races start at 2:56.00.
In race 2, I was really proud to see you take out the trash.
That dude just needs to be dispatched on sight, before he can ruin the race. 👍

I'm sure it's just coincidental that the two people Kie had problems with there, were same exact two people I had problems with there, on Wednesday.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Isn't that a big no, no around here? I can't think of any justification that would make such a move okay. But perhaps I'm missing something?

I will send off a guy that drives dirty. If he push to pass, then block and weave I have no remorse over putting him in the gravel

 

[Seth_Logan]

Thanks!
The thing is, I'm better at qualification than in race. I can spend an hour to get a good qualifying lap, but I lack in race pace and race intelligence, maybe I'm just too defensive. If I start near the front I'll stay there, if I start near the back I'll stay there unless people take themselves or each other out. I also don't play that often, sometimes a month without touching the PS4, and then each day for 2 weeks. I have never looked into the FIA races, I don't even know what they're about to be honest. Are they better than the daily races?

Could be my story. Apart from the qualifying. For most tracks I need more time than an hour to get under 3% though. Other combo's suit me just fine. Haven't figured out what makes the difference. When I find I can get within 0,3-0,5 of my best time and under 3% for more than a few laps, I'm going racing. I don't know if your race pace is lacking if what you describe is happening: front stays front and back stays back unless you/others affect that outcome by bad driving/mistakes etc. I'd call that racing. I have little race craft as well, but find if you focus on just driving clean and focus on your line, you'll be okay in most circumstances. Don't bother with defending too much, if you don't know what you’re doing (like me). And don't focus too much on overtaking. Good and clean opportunities are easy to spot and yes; most have to do with faults of others.

The FIA races are better because the driving standard is better (most of the time). People practice and to be honest most of the time everything leading up to the race is nicer than the race itself. The practice lobbies here, with people from the forum and others. The strategizing, the banter, figuring things out and just taking the whole week to prepare for that one race (or 5 if you do more slots). The points and stuff like that is not a thing I really care about, but of course do keep track off, a little.

 

[OJBrit]

Next week's N400 A race at Fuji will most likely be with the Tundra and Raptor, right?

My money is on Porsche battle. (Again at Fuji.)

 

[sturk0167]

My money is on Porsche battle. (Again at Fuji.)

 

[Stanfandango]

Just got busted down to last n a Race B, by a fellow Brit!
I decided to use laps 3 and 4 to chill and ironically ended with the fastest laps star! There's a lesson there somewhere:idea:
One of those laps was better than my best quali time by half a second, so using learned principles I tried again and scored a 1:50.7 against my previous best of 1:51.2.

Let's see if this old dog can learn a new trick

 

[Seth_Logan]

I will send off a guy that drives dirty. If he push to pass, then block and weave I have no remorse over putting him in the gravel

Are you sure? The context here was taking someone out on the finish line to gain a position on him. I can see other situations were taking revenge or protecting your friends is a good thing, but I would not take a position from someone at the finish line by doing exactly the same thing I'm accusing them of. Wouldn't feel right and would not be happy with the result.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Have you tried the WRX? It does the turn-in under throttle that I know you like. Get on the gas early, before apex in some turns and it just turns more. Keep some revs to have the turbo spinning all the time and it flies.

I gave the WRX a good 45 minutes yesterday but couldn’t get it to not keep spinning around on me upon entrance of the tight corners. Any tips?

 

[KosmoKazi]

@BenRod you were one of the stars of Kies stream yesterday. Check it out.
His Autopolis races start at 2:56.00.
In race 2, I was really proud to see you take out the trash.
That dude just needs to be dispatched on sight, before he can ruin the race. 👍

I'm sure it's just coincidental that the two people Kie had problems with there, were same exact two people I had problems with there, on Wednesday.

What's Kie's youtube channel?

I gave the WRX a good 45 minutes yesterday but couldn’t get it to not keep spinning around on me upon entrance of the tight corners. Any tips?

Been meaning to tell you... love the GTP handle... "Yard Sale" is one of my favorite racing terms.