Daily races are now WEEKLY races (POLL)
- Thread starter TheGeologist
- 525 comments
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- 8
- United States
Weekly races are fantastic! I love the idea of getting to grips with the circuit fully. If it gets good drivers all together and the try hard ones quit, then i'm good with that too y'all!
- 6
- United States
All it's doing is making 90% of people to put the game away for more time than usual. It doesn't take a week to learn a track, it takes am hour or 2.
- 3,001
- Dundee, Scotland
I wish the try hards were quitting races for me yesterday...
For some perhaps, given I have limited time to learn each day's experiences on the track means having it available for longer is actually
a help.
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
Thats not true at all.
Since the change from daily to weekly the numbers actually show the minimum weekly sport participants has actually increased.
I would also suggest the peak numbers between week 35-40 are related to the FIA champs, so if PD are actually looking at these results I would expect them to think a job well done.
- 8
- United States
As your quoted figure of 90% is not accurate, i'd suggest it's only people with more time on their hands than real life things to do which are actually in your figure set. Or, just people who love to cry and whinge about the game. Usually these go in the "entitled brats" category and can be disregarded imo.
All my buds have loved the new change and we welcome Polyphony to shape the game as they see fit to!
- 6
- United States
Entitled brats eh? So you are saying regardless of the numbers you've posted that the overwhelming majority of people who do not like the updated schedule are whiney entitled brats? Everyone has paid for this game, and are entitled to their opinion, you can call it whatever you'd like, but on this poll 90% do not like it. It could just so happen to be this week the races are good, the tracks are good, but next week comes and we have crap races like the first week? We will see.
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
This poll shows 233 that have decided they prefer daily races, thats 39%.
Your assuming that those who have voted both prefer daily over weekly.
Its more likely that you are using these figures to fit your opinion as a fact, whilst currently all the figures your presented with show, indicate the opposite.
- 3,821
- Texas
- TEXAS-TURTLE-ONE
Hey PD maybe the reason fewer drivers were racing is because the track selection is so limited. If you had some classic tracks that we all loved attendance would rise dramatically. Why don't you focus your efforts on Spa, Silverstone, Mid-Field, Côte d'Azur, Deep Forest, and Trial Mountain.
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- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
I guess it's all in how you view the poll. When I look at the results I see that only 8.9% are satisfied with the change to weekly races. That's not even good enough to call it pathetic, those happy with the weekly races would need to improve by at least double before one could view the results as good as pathetic. Go ahead and mark me down as a spoiled brat I guess, I dont really care what anyone thinks of my opinion, but PD will care if they lose participation. Sony will care too because when I give up on GTS I will also cancel my PS membership as GTS is the only game I play
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
The poll as is doesn’t read do you like A or B.
The other thing to keep in mind this is a poll within a niche forum. Its never going to be representative. Its highly likely the folk that frequent this forum will already play the game a lot more so its safe to assume that they would appreciate daily races over weekly.
Point being the poll isn’t that useful except for gaging GTP preferences, as the weeks roll on KP’s stats will have alot more meaning.
- 38
- United States
You could always race the game for practice in traffic. I still do it for points. I race one class car down.Is there a specific time of day that the daily races change over? Tomorrow is the day, right? I'm a young rookie driver and I don't hate the weekly setup quite as much as most of you, since this gives me ample opportunity to practice and really learn the tracks in a competitive environment. However, this first week was a bad one for me. I still need a ton of practice before I'm comfortable on Saint-Croix and Suzuka has historically been one of my worst.
- 786
- United States
I'm pretty sure there's 10% or so of people who would be happy with anything PD decide to do. Monthly, yearly, bi-weekly, whatever. So, on the whole, it looks close to unanimous here that dropping dailies was a really bad idea!
- 1,873
- United States
I think that perhaps somewhere in between may work.
Do a 3 day rotation on all races with one race being new every day, gives both camps something and neither side everything.
Gives a new race each day and those that have little time more of an opportunity at each race as well.
Do a 3 day rotation on all races with one race being new every day, gives both camps something and neither side everything.
Gives a new race each day and those that have little time more of an opportunity at each race as well.
- 8
- United States
90%? I don't know what poll you're reading but it's not the one in the O.P.
Only 39.8% want daily races exclusively, with the other 60.2% combined wanting either weekly ones or a combination of both.
But choose whichever interpretation fits you best. As 90% is not accurate at all.
- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
No matter how you would like to interpret it it still says that less than 10% are happy with weekly only races, which is still a pathetic result. I think to most the results are pretty obvious.
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
Its not how the results are being interpreted that is in question it was your orginal claim that was. Its also the fact that you claimed the vast majority were putting the game down because of the change - how you came to these conclusions using a poll of nearly 600 GTP members is questionable, KP’s stats currently indicate otherwise.
- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
The final outcome of the change is yet to be seen. I can only vouch for how much I race, not anyone else.
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
How long is adequate to allow before the final outcome can be decided?
So far it has been two weeks, is another two then sufficient to draw conclusions from the available stats?
From PD’s point of view its long been established that they dont make decisions to make players happy so its likely to be two different conclusions draw as it is, from a players perspective and PD’s.
I take part in timetrials with PSN friends. It’s been refreshing to log in every other day to improve my time and see a long list of competitors.
For this particular activity daily races where too big a commitment. It felt a waste to put in 1-3hrs work to set a decent time and then have it all wiped the next day.
That said I do think at least one event should be daily. Ideally a fourth race will be added.
For this particular activity daily races where too big a commitment. It felt a waste to put in 1-3hrs work to set a decent time and then have it all wiped the next day.
That said I do think at least one event should be daily. Ideally a fourth race will be added.
- 658
- Canada
Actually weekly is a good idea, dailies doesn't give me enough time to practice the track hence why I skip a lot of days often. In iRacing and other games with competitive online racing, I practice almost all week then do some races on Fri or Sat, in GTS dailies I only end up doing the ones i have time for.
Veinz
Premium
- 5,163
- Ontario
I'm in the same boat. Even on the days when I'm off work, it's pretty difficult for me to get enough practice in so I'm at the level I want to be at while also having time to do races that take 20 mins each. Especially with a baby in the house!
I did my practice for Race C this morning, tomorrow morning i'll do a little more then I race.
- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
PD will determine what is adequate by how many players continue to play and how much money they continue to make. If the title is not making much money 3 months down the road they will probably decide it was a bad idea. If the profits go up over the next few months then it was a good idea.
FUNanywhere
(Banned)
- 654
- India
Loving the weekly races. Love the long list of timings from my friends. Its a competition in itself.
Weekly also allows to learn new tracks.
I was woeful on Interlagos. Never made an effort to do well as it would be changed next day. This week i won around 9-10 races on Interlagos with a decent Time of 1:32:620 and now i know that track.
Welcome change for me. I can get much more out of a track now due to weekly races.
Weekly also allows to learn new tracks.
I was woeful on Interlagos. Never made an effort to do well as it would be changed next day. This week i won around 9-10 races on Interlagos with a decent Time of 1:32:620 and now i know that track.
Welcome change for me. I can get much more out of a track now due to weekly races.
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
You didn’t answernthe question, more like dodged around it. Considering you were able to draw a conclusion from a poll on GTP why is it now only for PD to decide?
Your also blurring the lines, they only have to make more money than they were two weeks ago just before the change, I do not believe this is how PD will analyse if the change has been effective, its more useful for them to decide if player particpation changes, after all the game already costs a lot less and by default will already be making less money.
So, we are perfectly able to judge if player particpation changes, we have access to that statistic.
- 175
- Australia
I think its going to be a week to week decision for me...first week...hated it as i didnt like st croix or suzuka, last week fantastic love interlagos in the gr3 and this week is a thumbs up as well due to enjoying both options. Probably hang in race C mostly. Next week who knows
- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
The bottom line is that PD is a for profit business, if they make less profit due to the change to weekly races why would they still be pleased with the change??
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
Did you buy your copy if GTsport only for the daily sport races? Is every copy purchased because of the daily sport races? Does GTsport only Do sport mode races?
With the amount of folk that actually participate in sport mode races, that would be a resounding no,
So for a more accurate measurement of weekly or daily races and how it affects particpation surley use those figures.
Hypothetical: theres no profit increase or decrease and yet sport mode particpation increases after the weekly race change? Youd consider that a failure because the game didnt sell more?
- 3,534
- Theresa, Wisconsin
Correct me if I am wrong here, but was the whole foundation of GTS not based on interweb racing? I thought the campaign mode was added to later versions of the game and did not exist in the beginning?
If it pleases you I will disagree with the results of the poll and tell you that weekly races are the greatest thing since sliced bread, happy now??
- 2,138
- Wales
- ARC_rono_thomas
The figures above pretty much say that the interweb racing has been vastly unpopular.
76% of people whi bought GT sport never even once played sport mode.
It also has nothing to do with what I want, but more to do with what the available data is showing.
