- 3,052
- England
- kilesa4568
Maybe they're trying to force people into doing combos they normally wouldn't? A week's a long time for no racing and the famine may draw people into doing them out of desperation.
Daily races are now WEEKLY races (POLL)
- Thread starter TheGeologist
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- 724
- Germany
- GTRP_Krypto_
one more point against weekly-style for those who care about rankings:
someone catches the one golden lap because its his favorite combo that week (and because we have now plenty of time for qualy), and grinds 20k DR untill the end of the week. And he thinks he became finally faster.
The next week he gives his points back, because no combo fits him, and now he thinks he's an idiot
someone catches the one golden lap because its his favorite combo that week (and because we have now plenty of time for qualy), and grinds 20k DR untill the end of the week. And he thinks he became finally faster.
The next week he gives his points back, because no combo fits him, and now he thinks he's an idiot
- 2,509
- Lancaster, PA
- Satomiblood
I haven't played Sport Mode all that much the last 2 months as I've been focusing more on credit grinding and running my own lobby. I guess if the right car/track combo comes along, it'll be nice to have more opportunities to try it out.
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- 1,684
- Houston, TX
- The_TetsuKobura
Nope, and to make matters even more odd, the only time tuning is allowed in Sport Mode is N400, which evidently turns into a one-make F40, Porsche 911, or Ford GT ‘66 depending on the track selected.
I still can’t see anything positive coming from this change. Hopefully they’ll add more races to do, or switch races FIA-style.
- 2,295
- Indiana
- pie4july
- 86,886
- Rule 12
- GTP_Famine
Nobody ever listens to me, but just in case someone does decide to, my solution would be:
Race A1: N-Class/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1 lap of the longest track (N24)*; updated daily
Race A2: N-Class/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1.5 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race A3: N-Class/One-Make race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race B1: Gr.4/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1 lap of N24*; updated daily
Race B2: Gr.4/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race B3: Gr.4/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race C1: Gr.3/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated daily
Race C2: Gr.3/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2.5 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race C3: Gr.3/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race D1: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated daily
Race D2: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E1: N-Class/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 4 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E2: Gr.4/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 5 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E3: Gr.3/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 6 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E4: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 7 laps of N24**; updated weekly
*By distance
**By time
Any complaints there? I'll note that this only really neglects the Gr.B cars and rally tracks, but hands up who cares? Anyone? Bueller?
Race A1: N-Class/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1 lap of the longest track (N24)*; updated daily
Race A2: N-Class/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1.5 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race A3: N-Class/One-Make race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race B1: Gr.4/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 1 lap of N24*; updated daily
Race B2: Gr.4/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race B3: Gr.4/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race C1: Gr.3/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated daily
Race C2: Gr.3/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2.5 laps of N24*; updated weekly
Race C3: Gr.3/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race D1: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make sprint race, equivalent to 2 laps of N24*; updated daily
Race D2: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make race, equivalent to 3 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E1: N-Class/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 4 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E2: Gr.4/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 5 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E3: Gr.3/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 6 laps of N24**; updated weekly
Race E4: Rotating (Gr.2/Gr.1/Gr.X)/One-Make endurance race, equivalent to 7 laps of N24**; updated weekly
*By distance
**By time
Any complaints there? I'll note that this only really neglects the Gr.B cars and rally tracks, but hands up who cares? Anyone? Bueller?
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- 3,535
- Theresa, Wisconsin
Just thought I would check back in and see that poll results.......yup, still hardly anyone favoring daily races that last a week.
What planet exactly are PD from??
What planet exactly are PD from??
- Weekly
31 vote(s)
9.8%
Both
149 vote(s)
47.2%
- 3,535
- Theresa, Wisconsin
I was replying to your post as the majority actually seem in favour of weekly races.
Indeed
- 2,116
- San Antonio, Texas
- Obi-Tonobi
Does not bother me at all. I hardly ever do Sport Races. I always race with my friends in private lobby or open a public lobby. Better racing and ability to change the lobby around for better variety. Sport Races just not the best part of the game.
- 2,295
- Indiana
- pie4july
- 1,605
- Greece
- Giorgos_Ferrari
Welll my main resson besides griding for coming back to the game every day its gone shame.
- 2,116
- San Antonio, Texas
- Obi-Tonobi
Set up a lobby and race what want when you want. Don't get hung up on sport races. The racing is not that good anyway.
I think it's at least partly designed to get people doing the FIA races. Surely that will be the marketing gold dust for PD, saying they had X thousand of players competing in their exclusive FIA sanctioned events. I generally haven't bothered with them, all a bit too serious for me. But with the same races all week, I'll now definitely be doing the FIA races just for some variety. If it's a bad set of weekly races, I'll probably set up a second account just so I can do the FIA races twice....
I can't comment,never played sport mode,hated the stock tuning,but I feel for you guys that do,,
- 613
- United Kingdom
The more I think about this the more I believe that GT (Sport) is no longer a game but even more of a thinly veiled talent spotting tool than GT6... that we've (again) paid for!
Daily races only give you a brief snapshot of ability before everything is reset. This actually benefits the more casual, less alien, racers but doesn't really let PD drill down into who's really the best of the best.
Daily races stop all people having too much practice; you jump in, like everyone else; (hopefully) have a blast, like everyone else; feel good / bad about your abilities based on how you've done against your own perceived skill level, like everyone else; I've you feel you did well, then great, if not, not to worry, there is a new challenge awaiting tomorrow.
Weekly races encourage those with more time on their hands to do lap-after-lap, day-after-day, constantly eeking out tenths or hundredths, pushing "normal" drivers, who can only jump in for 1 or 2 hours once, or maybe twice, a week, further and further and further down the rankings. Yes, it may give casual racers, who see a track/class/car combo they like on Monday and think "great, I've got the day off on Wednesday, I can do it then", but by Wednesday aliens, with more time, will be dominating the rankings and unless you're an alien yourself you probably won't be achieving anywhere near the rankings you previously got. You'll be then stuck with that disheartening and discouraging feeling that you're not as good as you thought you were, and less likely to play Sport Mode later in the week if you get chance.
Weekly races just give the 1% of aliens more chances to battle it out and constantly try to best each other, this only benefits PD for their GT academy. When you do encounter alien(s), who've had more time to practice, you, as a casual jump-in-once-a-week gamer are not going to beat them under any circumstances unless they make a catastrophic error.
Again, for the reasons given above, your relative rankings will be worse as there is always going to be aliens who can put in far more time than you do and utterly dominate rankings for weeks at a time. You may get a little more time / chance to race on combos you like but those combos will come round far less often.
So, for the average gamer, lower rankings and less combos. As I said, this is only really designed to benefit PD.
- 158
- Addison IL.
Personally I like the change, but also understand the disappointment of those who don't. About a month ago I posted a thread requesting that they add a weekly race or two, Race D & E, for people like me who don't do too well with a different track every day. Usually by the time I get the track down I'm out of time, or just kinda burnt out with driving. Spend more time figuring out the track and what car to use then I do racing. A weekly race would definitely leave more time to race with less preparation.
I have no idea how difficult it is to add a couple more races rather than changing them all to weekly, but why not make everybody happy. All though I guess there will always somebody who isn't no matter what.
I have no idea how difficult it is to add a couple more races rather than changing them all to weekly, but why not make everybody happy. All though I guess there will always somebody who isn't no matter what.
- 86,886
- Rule 12
- GTP_Famine
If fewer races, less often, with less choice drives people away, surely more of them, with more choice and both daily and weekly, will bring more players in.
If 5 million PSN profiles have played GT Sport, and 40% of them have the Racing Etiquette trophy, that's 2 million players. If only 10% of those play regularly, that's 200,000. Even if we divide that into three unequal regions, that's 50,000 for USA, 50,000 for Asia, 100,000 for EMEA. There's three races an hour for the sprints, so 72 a day, and that's around 700 players per lobby for USA and Asia, 1,400 for EMEA.
With equal distribution of DR ranks, that's 116/232 players available for any single-DR lobby. There isn't equal distribution, it's more Gaussian with most sitting in high C, so single-DR lobbies are most likely to be DR C, but there's no real reason why there can't be mixed E-D lobbies, E-C lobbies, D-B lobbies and B-A+ lobbies. Sure, there'll be peaks and troughs throughout the day, but even if I've overestimated by a full order of magnitude, there'd be an average of 11.6 players, or 23.2 players in Europe, per lobby. Good enough for a 12-man race, I think.
And that's without the effect of bringing more players in through more choice. I reckon there'll be some undersubscribed events still, as it depends on the combination - I'd rather drive a nail through both testicles than drive Tsukuba, but I'd do Dragon Trail Gardens and La Sarthe all day in any car except the W08.
- 2,116
- San Antonio, Texas
- Obi-Tonobi
Not criticizing you specifically here but commenting on the not racing certain car track combos. I have been organizing online races since GT5 and even in leagues I like to pick a car or track that I don't care for just to make us race a track that we normally do not race. Some tracks like Interlagos I actually like now. Another is Nurburgring. Not a big fan initially but after making myself race it I like it now. Just my thoughts though.
- 505
Does this mean I will get 6/7ths of my on line subscription refunded?
- 44,185
- Blackburn
- Furinkazen_54
That's genuinely the most pathetic complaint I have heard in a long time.
