Daily races are now WEEKLY races (POLL)

Do you want DAILY races or WEEKLY races?

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I mean they can at least add tuning at the very least.

I think I figured out why they switched to weekly's. People are going to be chasing them lap times as everyone will get faster everyday on the same tracks. People will be buying more and or faster cars chasing lap times for good qualifying position. Basically people are going to spend cash to buy cars due to impatience. Most won't but weekly's will be a hook for some.
 
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twitcher
I just picked up GTS 2 weeks ago. I was thrilled with the daily races after coming from PCARS.

Given that I’m so new to the game, I’m still doing licenses and campaign, liveries, car shopping, etc, so I’m not dumping all my game time into Sport mode. However, I had been enjoying doing a couple Sport mode races in between the other stuff, and I really enjoyed the variety from day to day.

I’m looking at the Sport mode menu, and it’s Honda S660 @ Tsukuba (suprise suprise), Gr4 at Suzuka, and Gr3 at CdSC. None of those really interest me at all, so I probably won’t touch sport mode much for a week.
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Sorry but i fail to understand this.

You are saying a track which launched yesterday doesn't interest you? There is no way in 1 day you can come to the conclusion.

How come a racing enthusiast doesn't want to explore a fresh track is beyond me.

How many Sport mode races you did yesterday?

And Suzuka doesn't interest you either. Funny.
 
FUNanywhere
Sorry but i fail to understand this.

You are saying a track which launched yesterday doesn't interest you? There is no way in 1 day you can come to the conclusion.

How come a racing enthusiast doesn't want to explore a fresh track is beyond me.

How many Sport mode races you did yesterday?

And Suzuka doesn't interest you either. Funny.
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I haven’t touched the GT3 cars yet. I don’t want to learn new cars in a completely new class in a new game on a new track (that I’ve never driven in any game) against people who are racing competitively. Like I said, I just got the game.

I did explore the new track in an open lobby. Not a very good circuit in my opinion, but that’s completely subjective. I don’t think I’ll be racing anything at the new circuit for a week straight though.


As far as Suzuka goes, I’ve done a few thousand laps around it, going back to GT5 days. GT Sport has a bunch of tracks I haven’t raced on yet, I’d love to explore them and race other people on them, but sadly I’m stuck racing on Tsukuba and Suzuka for a week straight.
 
Okay so what if we have 6 weekly races? I mean we would probably need more tracks but it's possible. Maybe we'll have a Nxxx as Race A, GR. 4 as race B, GR. 3 as race C and GR. 1 as race D and then some sort of one make and maybe a Gr. B race?
I still prefer the old daily races. But maybe have more? Maybe 4 or 5? Or if they don't want to update it so much why not have the daily races but for 2 or 3 days? Still better than weekly.
 
I can see positives in this but also deeply concerned that when I have week off and time to play, race C will be the diesel Mazda on Northern Isle.

I hope they limit race C to Group cars on proper tracks. I have not and will not race on NI, BB, BM oval, Tokyo.
 
I think it is a temporary thing, maybe they want more data to evaluate the tyre model and the drivers' feedback, going a whole week on the same track it is easier to see. And I think it is because of the tyres, otherwise they wouldn't provide a car like the new ford gt and two slots with everyone using Meganes. Or, they want people to focus on the FIA season.
 
daan
It's all doom and gloom here.



What if you get a combo you like? You've got all week of it.
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Yup. That's what I said too.

TJC_69
Not a fan of the current combo on offer, now for week, BUT.... Think of it this way - When it changes to 3 you do really like, then well, completely different story!
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vxr58
I can see positives in this but also deeply concerned that when I have week off and time to play, race C will be the diesel Mazda on Northern Isle.

I hope they limit race C to Group cars on proper tracks. I have not and will not race on NI, BB, BM oval, Tokyo.
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Said this elsewhere before, but a week of the same track will just make it more important to conform to the meta of picking the best car. A week of Gr.4 racing on tracks could mean hundreds, if not thousands of miles on nothing but a Megane Trophy. I also agree with the tracks you posted being horrible for weekly races as well. I don't consider Tokyo a race track for group cars. The only time I drive races on that track is for ~N300 races.
 
daan
It's all doom and gloom here.



What if you get a combo you like? You've got all week of it.
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TheGeologist
I guess I just don't understand the decision.

Most of my sport mode wins have come at Interlagos. I tend to play more when Interlagos is an option as I have a good chance to win.

But that will not hold true if Interlagos is a weekly option. It will become boring, I won't want to play that combo or GTS at all after a couple of days. This will make me play less.

And what if it's a track I hate? I probably won't play at all.

And what if Interlagos takes several weeks to come around? Maybe I won't care by that point.

Another favorite event of mine is Gr1 at Suzuka. It's only ever come around 3 or 4 times since I've had the game... Considering how rare it was as a Daily event, I can't imagine how rare it will be as a weekly event.
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NOOOOOO WHY HAVE THEY GONE BACK TO THIS????? That's given me less incentive to play this game on the weekends! Same three races for the ENTIRE WEEK? BOOOOOOORING! Might as well race in my Project Cars 2 series.
 
daan
It's all doom and gloom here.



What if you get a combo you like? You've got all week of it.
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Its also a great way to have players burn out. Especially when the following weeks switch to bad combos.

Also, there's another issue with this. People want new tracks to be added to the game, but at the same time PD is considerably reducing the rate at which tracks cycle. I couldn't justify buying any racing game if the first week of playing it only had three actual races.
 
I think both is the best solution
Let’s say keep the 3 daily
And then maybe 3 weekly races
As the daily races keep you on your toes it’s always something new to learn or get back into and will see car and track combos that are great and bizarre and bad but that’s all part of the fun of it. The challenge of adapting each day also means the leaderboards will be close for the people who like to use those as a target, if we give all the guys a week to get the best time getting into a top 100 timetable might be a challenge

The weekly races can always be Gr4 Gr3 as they are most popular and will also promote all their Fia stuff well I guess so should always have people playing
and Gr1 I guess or maybe alternate the last category with Gr1 Gr2 and so on

With regards to tuning
I wouldn’t want it because I don’t understand how to get the best out of a car through setup my knowledge is extending gear ratios when you hit the limiter and that’s it
Where as with no tuning it’s always a fair playing field no one has a setup advantage it’s all about the driver
 
Here what I guess what PD thinks (some points are already brought up from members):

- Encourage people participate the FIA season 3, because even when at wendsday or saturday there would be a favorite combo in daylies, you can participate FIA because tommorow its still there. Or you have enough of the daylies and do FIA therefore

- After doing all the time the same, the races will get cleaner because of increased knowledge about track & car. Also less people who just jumped into the race without practise -> less trouble -> more players come back

- After a time everybody will have a qualytime according to his pace. No more fast drivers who cause trouble from rear end of the field by pushing the slower ones to the sides. Means the starting positions will more match with the paces -> less less trouble -> more players come back


Anyway, even if my imagination of what PD have thought would be true, the only point taking out every discussion would be if somehow it would cause significantly more costs changing races dayliewise. But there my imagination reaches its limit why that should be the case.
 
Ryan Sandall
I think both is the best solution
Let’s say keep the 3 daily
And then maybe 3 weekly races
As the daily races keep you on your toes it’s always something new to learn or get back into and will see car and track combos that are great and bizarre and bad but that’s all part of the fun of it. The challenge of adapting each day also means the leaderboards will be close for the people who like to use those as a target, if we give all the guys a week to get the best time getting into a top 100 timetable might be a challenge

The weekly races can always be Gr4 Gr3 as they are most popular and will also promote all their Fia stuff well I guess so should always have people playing
and Gr1 I guess or maybe alternate the last category with Gr1 Gr2 and so on

With regards to tuning
I wouldn’t want it because I don’t understand how to get the best out of a car through setup my knowledge is extending gear ratios when you hit the limiter and that’s it
Where as with no tuning it’s always a fair playing field no one has a setup advantage it’s all about the driver
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Yes we should have weekly and daily races.
 
I did vote for both because I like the idea of a weekly endurance event that allows tuning. But for sprint races like Race A & B they need to be daily really. Ideally they should up the races to 5.

Race A - N Class (Short) - Change daily
Race B - Gr.1/2/3/4 (Short) - Change daily
Race C - N Class (Mid length) - Change twice weekly
Race D - Gr.1/2/3/4 (Mid Length) - Change twice weekly
Race E - Gr.1/2/3/4 (Endurance, tuning allowed) - Change weekly

If they really wanted to stick to three races they could combine A+B and C+D.
 
With Dailies updating every week instead of everyday, PD is apparently shooting themselves into their knees according to some people, including a geologist named Josh who is the starter of this thread. I would want both Daily Races and Weekly Races with more variety, but what I think about this decision is that they will do this for the evaluation of the new tire physics model before going back to updating the Dailies everyday again.

Why do I want both Dailies and Weeklies? This is the best of the both worlds as those who play GTS on a daily basis can participate or skip certain Daily Race combos and those who can only play once a week can do the Weekly Races with an occasional mingle into the Dailies as well.

Here is what the structure of the Races will be in my vision:

DAILY RACE A: A 12 player sprint One-Make race featuring a certain car & track combo. The cars are specially provided by the game itself.
DAILY RACE B: A 16 player sprint race featuring One-Makes and the classes of GTS, from themed N-class races (e.g. N300 J-Sports League, N600 La Festa Cavallino) to Group racing.
DAILY RACE C: A 20 player sprint race with tire wear and fuel consumption enabled, these races has the same duration and tire choices as the current Race C, but with interesting combos, from One-Makes to themed races up to straight-up Group racing.

WEEKLY RACE A: A 16 player sprint Shuffle Race featuring specific parameters for cars that will be given to the player by the Shuffle Draw, from car class to drivetrain or even specified cars will be the only choices on the Draw. The car you use during the Qualifying Time Trial will be different to the car you will use for the race itself, so it's a test of luck to get the META car. Hosting schedules will be the same as Daily Race A.
WEEKLY RACE B: A 20 player single-class endurance race lasting up to 30 minutes. These races can be Lap Limited or Time Limited. There will be multiple tire choices, Tuning is open for this race, and Group races will occupy this race 85% of the time, with the remaining 15% reserved for N-class and One-Makes. Hosting schedule times will overlap with Daily Race C.
WEEKLY RACE C: A 24 player multi-class endurance race with two classes for that combo, each occupying the 12 slots available for each class. Tuning is open, much like Weekly Race B, and will last up to 1 hour. There will be multiple tire choices, Group classes will occupy this slot for 95% of the time, and One-Makes are nonexistent. Hosting schedule times will be for every 10th minute (i.e. Weekly C 20:10, Weekly C 21:10 and so on).
 
this is going crap ! i love this game but why do they do such things ? In a point of view, GT5 with its seasonnal events gave us more choices for those who race everyday.
How can they tell it's an online oriented game when the ladder is so poor ? the worst is now by the way : 3 races for a damn week, with no FIA champs'; I think i'm gonna go back to my darkest dungeon...................................
 

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