Daily races are now WEEKLY races (POLL)

Do you want DAILY races or WEEKLY races?

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Naveek Darkroom
If they're gonna be weeklies instead of dailies they could at least give us more than three. Or maybe have some events roll over weekly and some daily.
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This is just my theory,but i think after the FIA Championship finals we might see other championships popping up in the game,i remember a image that showed a Polyphony Digital Cup in the game back in 2017
 
Ryan Sandall
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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This I completely disagree with. As someone who has been using a controller since GT5, and been able to hang with wheel users in both drift and grip racing, the innabilty to tune is a massive handicap for me. And unlike PCARS, I have very limited options in tuning the controller the way I like.

Driving on the limit with a controller that I haven’t setup, with a generic car setup, and competing against wheel users is very difficult.

There’s not a single racing series in the world that uses “default settings”. Even in the most spec of spec series, some tuning is allowed. And that’s because even in equal machinery, no two people will operate it the exact same way. Everyone has their preference.

The fact that someone can gain several seconds per lap just because they happen to prefer the default settings or have a wheel is not conducive to getting people to race, at least in my opinion.

No tuning means there will always be a rabbit car in the field. Look at Gr4, half the field in any Gr4 race is Renault Meganes because they are hands down the fastest in the group. With tuning, skilled players could at least have a shot at closing the gap.
 
Krypton78
Here what I guess what PD thinks (some points are already brought up from members):


- 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
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Not necessarily true. The more that people know a circuit, the more than they know a car, the harder they will push. Muscle memory kicks in, and people start leaving no room for error. Because people have the combo memorized, they try to drive at 100% of the limit all the time, instead of driving at say 95%.

- 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
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Fast drivers can always start at the rear by no qualifying. Does the ranking system use “clean overtakes” as a way to increase your rating? If yes, that right there is incentive for fast guys to start at the back. Also, people use quali to go AFK, always have, always will, so qualifying is usually not a good indication of pace in a public lobby.

Furthermore, by having the same circuit for a week straight, you’ll end up with more hot lap specialists who have memorized the combo starting at the front, but they’ll end up crashing before the start of lap 2.
 
Not a good change for me, I log in and do my quali laps daily. I don't bother racing. Now I'll log in once or twice a week and do them, so I will be playing something else instead of GT.
 
twitcher
Does the ranking system use “clean overtakes” as a way to increase your rating? If yes, that right there is incentive for fast guys to start at the back.
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The higher you qualify and move up during the race the better it is for your rating.
 
Hi guys iv been playing gt sport and the latest update has led me to post as i would like my opinion to be herd as regards to the change in the "DAILY RACES" are now weekly races...
I think this change just gives us less choice in sport mode and quite frankly it sucks.
I think we should have 6 race cards 3 of them weekly and 3 daily that way we have more variety and more choice and a lot more fun for all..
 
6 sport mode lobbies won’t be good, player counts would be too thinned out. Especially on weekdays.

I’d say one more lobby is doable but not 5 or 6.
 
With all the different car classes in GTS, I don't see why they can't increase the number of the daily races to at least 6 and broaden the selection for players, especially as they will only be changing them weekly now.
 
MikeV27
6 sport mode lobbies won’t be good, player counts would be too thinned out. Especially on weekdays.

I’d say one more lobby is doable but not 5 or 6.
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How is it that a game, which is focused on online racing, which has supposedly been played by some 5.5 million people, only able to keep 3 lobbies full at any given time? Millions upon millions of copies sold, yet there’s less than 100 people trying to race at any given time. The math’s not adding up, it doesn’t make sense to me.

Totally guessing here, but if Race A is empty by the end of the week, it won’t be because there’s no one playing GTS - it’ll be because no one is interested in racing that combo (I did it once, finished 2nd, but the biggest challenge was staying awake).
 
DJShadesUK
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.
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I don't get this line of thinking. If 'alien' drivers can one up each other. It means they are improving their time yes? Then why can't the average driver also improve their time during the week? Do you believe each player is stuck at their level they currently are and won't move from there?

Yes the leaderboards, as the week progresses, will have more 'alien' drivers, but that doesn't take away from ones own personal gains across the week. For example, I started after the patch, ran 3:30's before first race, after the race got it down to a 3:29. Then the next day I improve further to a 3:27.5. Running the Toyota FT1, I reckon I can crack the 3:26's, and I have another 5 days to improve. All the while having some close and exciting races with other drivers who, with better knowledge of the track with extended practice, provide some great competition.

I don't think any casual once a week gamer is going to put up any fight against an 'alien' driver, even after a mistake. Heck, I got punted on the 2nd turn in one race last night, fell back to second last, and finished 2nd by 2 tenths. I work full time and put my time into GT when I can, but I certainly can't run the game 24/7. So if I can beat 'the casuals' when I'm not and alien and only after 1 night of practice, what makes you think that they had a chance on the old format?

This is obviously the first week, and a new track so the excitement is currently, it will be interesting to see when it is a more a regular track/car combo to see if this format holds up.
 
Would be cool if they added a couple more tournaments, even without the live finals. One tournament maybe gr4 only, and one gr3 only and you are stuck with your car until the end. One could be every Thursday and Sunday, other one Friday and Monday. Same time slots as the existing tournaments, and only 1 entry per race, just the the tournaments we have.
This wouldn’t split the player base at all, since it’s just 1 race per day you can do, and there would be a tournament race waiting for you every single day except Tuesday...go hang out with the gf Tuesday lol
 
djidane57
looks like i'm the only who loves alsace :lol: a GR2/alsace combo would result in me going full no life for the week
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You're not. I love Alsace, in every class I've driven it and even the X-Bow one-make. IIR there has been a Gr.2/Alsace combo; I think I stopped up all night doing that one! :lol:

I think some people dislike it because its deceivingly tricky:
  • T2 (right-hander in a dip): very late apex with exit on a crest, hard to get on the power early if you don't hit the sweet spot and very easy to go out on the rumbly stuff/grass on exit. (I think most people if they spin out tend to do it here)
  • T4 (90° right-hander): A lot of people seem to head towards the apex far too early, compromising exit angle and speed.
  • T5 (left-hander after gradient): braking zone is on a sharp downhill, corner completely unsighted until you're in the corner.
  • T7 (right-hander hairpin after slight left kink): A lot of people ignore the left kink and head straight to the inside kerb of the hairpin, which results in two possible things happening; slowly hugging the kerb to leave a shallow exit angle, but this makes getting on the power very late too, or carrying too much speed and being spat out the other side meaning you're still turning when you should be on the power.
  • T9/10 (right/left before start/finish straight): I can count, on one hand, the amount of people I've seen who truly get this corner right, maximising exit speed onto the straight while avoiding the black and white wall on the right. Most go too deep into T9 which totally compromises T10.
The only thing I'd change about it is that ridiculous banked curve of T6; it takes absolute no skill whatsoever, if it can't be taken at full throttle then at most, no matter the class, all it seems to need is the teeniest-tiniest rollback of the throttle mid corner. At first the extreme banking seems really exciting and fun but once you realise it presents no challenge it actually becomes the most boring bit of the track. Personally I think it would be better if the banking was less extreme which would make judging the speed to enter and hold a little more trickier.

Edit: There's actually a little trick to T3 where I seem to build up a lead, make up time and/or gain places on a lot of people. I'm keeping that one to myself though! :lol:
 
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Please back daily races.

I want buy game. But this update make me think... If me don't like track. I know tomorrow there will be another track. And i start next day with new hope. Sorry about my English.
 
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daan
Racing drivers don't get to pick and choose what tracks they race at. They have to accept that for every Nurburgring, there's a Marrakech.
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^This. Cars as well. Some racers have to eat. So, picking may be slim for some. They get a call to drive anything. Maybe for a back marker team. So, if the car they're called to drive is a Gr. 4 Huracan or Honda S660, so be it.
 
05XR8
^This. Cars as well. Some racers have to eat. So, picking may be slim for some. They get a call to drive anything. Maybe for a back marker team. So, if the car they're called to drive is a Gr. 4 Huracan or Honda S660, so be it.
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The difference is though that they get paid and they may only have to do it over the course of, at most, a few hours a weekend. If I was getting paid to drive a race car I'd most certainly take the rough with the smooth, no problem!

Here we're the ones paying and shouldn't face weeks of being possibly subjected to crap we don't like, in our own homes too!

Yes, Yes, I know, I could go find a lobby or do a custom arcade race but I don't find lobbies as competitive as they're consequence free (especially with ghosting: real cars don't 🤬 ghost!) and the AI in arcade races is still, after 21 years of trying, nothing but a sad joke without a punchline. Its the definition of insanity; doing the same thing over and over again expecting it to change! :banghead:
 
We’re not pro drivers, we’r not getting payed.

If someone wants to pay me, I’ll go drive circles in the Walmart parking lot. Doesnt necessarily mean I’ll enjoy it, and doesn’t mean a casual gamer would enjoy driving circles in a virtual walmart parking lot.

Most people do this for fun, have limited time, and would like to spend their time with combos they enjoy.
 
DJShadesUK
The difference is though that they get paid and they may only have to do it over the course of, at most, a few hours a weekend. If I was getting paid to drive a race car I'd most certainly take the rough with the smooth, no problem!
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You do realise that the vast majority of drivers out there do not get paid but would still drive anything , anywhere if given the opportunity?

DJShadesUK
Here we're the ones paying and shouldn't face weeks of being possibly subjected to crap we don't like, in our own homes too!
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It's a week, not weeks.

twitcher
We’re not pro drivers, we’r not getting payed.
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See my comment above.

twitcher
Most people do this for fun, have limited time, and would like to spend their time with combos they enjoy.
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So this gives you more time to play the combos you enjoy. I work late on a Monday and only really get a chance to do a BMB 24 mile "marathon" to get my daily car. I do a league race on a Tuesday night. I can't recall the last time I did a Sport race on a Monday/Tuesday, yet those could have been the best races ever.
 
We should have the option to use Garage Cars for race A. At least then, the field can look a bit more like a track day.
 
I can only guess PD did this intentionally after collecting data of Sport Mode activity when it used the daily scheduling. As we have become accustomed to ignoring days or race events that were not favourable, this allows PD to assess people's preferences to make QoL (quality of life) changes to the track and race selection. This week had a great selection, but I do miss the regular daily change. They should have added three more race events that rotate daily and have the weekly rotation carry significant importance to the game. Imagine if we can vote for our weekly events.
 
queleuleu
Could you imagine the same three maps for a week for a fps?
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With all due respect, that is a weak argument. This is a FIA sanctioned arcade-sim-racing game, designed for competition. Weekly races will rise the level of the competition and will make players better drivers.
Complaining about a competitive game being competitive is like complaining about honey being sweet. If you don't like competitive racing, then... don't eat honey.

Why is this happening?
In my opinion is because the level of this community is so low that is appalling:

only 4% of players have finished the campaign*
only 10% is over level 30*
71% of players is still in rank D*
However, the distance driven in general is quite high, which is concerning because the relation level to distance is actually very poor.*

IMO this is not just another Gran Turismo, I consider this game (and I call it) Gran Turismo FIA. In what other game you get real FIA officials to act as referee? This is a competition game, and the level of competition right now is ridiculous. Anything they do to rise the level of competition is very welcome IMO.

With 300 hours of work per month, a university degree, a magazine to edit every month and a hot latina wife to keep happy, I still managed to get a high position in my region with Nissan.
With weekly races the level of the competition is going to be higher, but will also give me more hours to get a better qualifying time and be more competitive. To be honest I couldn't be happier.



* Stats available at http://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php

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Krypton78
:odd: ... ;)



Does this mean that the more hotter a wife is the more effort you have to give for keeping her happy, especially when they are latinas?

Or you just wanted us .... to share your fantasy ... eehhem, cough, cough, sorry... to know you have a hot wife?

:cheers:
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(sorry for bragging about hot girls, but this is a distracting factor to consider :sly:) (from a researching point of view I suggest googling "hot latina wife", the results are intersting :lol:) (latinas are among the most demanding girls you can cross with)
Married life is very incompatible with Gran Turismo, leaves you little free time. I'm considering converting the shed and extending power and internet (at a considerable cost). And yes, I work an average of 300 hours week, which is good for money but I leave at 6:00 and comeback home at 20:00, that means zero social life and an average of 5 hours practice per week:boggled:, weekends included. I'm desperate to have a space for training (here is a post in which I'm looking for a garden shed or room to share for practice)

So for me weekly is the best, I think is similar to how it was done in GT6, right? I think in that system it was more than just a week. I haven't had time to check, is this already working weekly?

PS: if anyone between London and Rochester wants to have a wheel and a 55" TV for free, please contact me, not kidding
 

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