Everyone else is out there looking for the best manufacturer, I want to know what the worst manufacturer will be, so I have some tiny chance of ending up near the front of its rankings. Any ideas?
My own personal experience is that brake balance gives a way more subtle change to handling compared to GTS. I felt in GTS that there was a pretty big difference between the settings, but in GT7 I can barely tell the difference between-5 and +5, and lap times aren't affected. I still make adjustments to try and balance out tyre wear.Does BB adjustments have a profound impact on the cars handling like it did for n GTS? Especially in the case of some of the twitchy MR cars?
Citroën and Suzuki spring to mind.Everyone else is out there looking for the best manufacturer, I want to know what the worst manufacturer will be, so I have some tiny chance of ending up near the front of its rankings. Any ideas?
A mid-series BOP update when the series is so short now would be... weird, but I guess you can never know what to expect from PD. I expected we'd get one this month, to set the stage for the series, but...I’m curious if we’re going to see a BOP update
It is okay, only pretty much the repeat of the recent Interlagos race is a bit odd. But I am usually okay at this track so not complaining.It's a solid schedule I really don't see where the complaints are coming from.
It is okay, only pretty much the repeat of the recent Interlagos race is a bit odd. But I am usually okay at this track so not complaining.
Personally looking forward to Road Atlanta, Sardegna B and Watkins Glenn. I started playing GT again since a few days, recovered enough to be able to play again and signed up with Ferrari as planned. They both drive well, personally don't like how they look though, not really my favourite brand. But wanted to do some MR driving....
What i do not like is this seperation of the Nations and the Manufacturers series and the two races per week. If you are on holiday for let's say two weeks you will pretty much miss the season and I think a lot of people will go in June.
And really not like that I have to do shorter races.
And that the number plates are back. They are often placed horribly, like on the Ferrari Gr 4.
Oh, and the penalty system still sucks!!
okay, rant over.....back to racing.
Hyundai is a good choice if you want rarely seen. The Gr.3 is competitive and a bit of a hidden gem.I now have to pick a manufacturer before I get back to DR C! I just want something I can handle without fear of spinning on Gr.3 (RSR, RCZ, 4C...). I think I can handle all Gr.4 cars, just being a little careful with the Mustang. And I also want it to be a rarely seen manufacturer.
Didn’t play GTS so unable to say, but from my experience on GT7 adjusting the BB does help. I like to move the BB forward on most cars especially MR and it helps stabilise the car on braking. Today I had the BB on +3 to try and help remove to weight transfer on the front wheels.Does BB adjustments have a profound impact on the cars handling like it did for n GTS? Especially in the case of some of the twitchy MR cars?
I actually really enjoyed today race and I liked that it was a one make race but with a car people wouldn’t pick. I’d like to see PD do more of these races especially in Gr4 like a Porsche Cup in the Cayman, Megane Trophy or Mustang etc..I don't mind one makes too much and aesthetically they can be quite fun, with the Scirocco a lovely car to chuck around a track like Seaside, but this race really highlighted the cons with this kind of setup.
I was under the impression they always areIt's worth noting the Nurb round has the intermediates and wets explicitly specified, which normally suggests dynamic weather.
I'll test it tonight at Suzuka. Thank you.Hyundai is a good choice if you want rarely seen. The Gr.3 is competitive and a bit of a hidden gem.
West Riverfront Park - I love that you chose a spot in GM's hometown for that shot!Now the Manu is available it's time to reveal what my randomisation process produced.
Hopefully the Levy won't be dry pointswise.
What is this randomizer you guys speak of?
I just had a very strange race in Nations. It had all the death you'd expect from Dragon Trail Seaside (especially when there's 28 laps worth), but very little of it was at the chicane of death. I've just briefly scanned over my replay and I think the death chicken only claimed one person. The right hander before the sector 1 hairpin however, that thing was out for blood!
Kind of makes me wonder if there's some Rick and Morty-esque stuff going on and I unknowingly did my race in an alternate dimension where the track is still infamous for being a war of attrition, but not for the chicane.
I qualified P12 and wasn't expecting much from the lobby going in. A lot of names I've raced before who I greatly struggle against or know I wouldn't be able to compete with. I figured I'd just try to ride it out and see if I can pick up any places by surviving... and that ended up going a hell of a lot better than expected.
The sector 1 meatgrinder didn't wait long to start the carnage, claiming a French driver right out of the gate on lap 1. Up to P11. On lap 2 it claimed an Italian who then took out another French driver trying to catch the car, all whilst I had a front row seat just a few tenths away. Up to P9!
Shortly after I caught the Spaniard in front of me after he grazed the exit barrier on the chicane of death, allowing me to get alongside. After some fighting through turns 1 and 2 I managed to get in front, just in time to watch the kerb murder another French driver. P7!
Moving forward to lap 5, sector 1 claimed another after a second Spaniard. I don't think it was the kerb though, looked like he somehow just binned it on the approach to the hairpin. P6!
I caught up with a South African fighting with a Portuguese driver on lap 7. I was scared this was going to make me get swallowed up by the pack behind since it was costing a fair amount of time being stuck in it, but then the Portuguese driver became one with the wall on the chicane on lap 8, ending the fight and giving me a bit of a scare as I got hit by the rebound, but I got through safely. P5!
The South African had a poor entry onto the sector 1 chicane on lap 10 and I got the switchback on turn 2 before taking the position and leaving him to fight with one of the Spaniards I had passed previously. P4! From there I was just desperately trying to keep the pace up since I really felt like I'm punching above my weight. Having the two of them fighting behind was definitely helping me do that, but it almost all came crashing down on lap 13. A third Spaniard who had started P2 had binned it in sector 1 and rejoined as I was approaching. He really held me up through the S-bends allowing the group I was barely keeping at bay to get right on top of us.
We ended up 3-wide going into the seafront hairpin with me right on the inside. The South African who had been right behind the pack took the normal racing line and got a far better exit than all of us, ending up alongside me on the right into the chicane. My race very nearly ended here, this really threw me off. I wanted to back out and go single file, but I had one of the Spaniards right behind me so I couldn't. I ended up cutting the first half of the chicane for a track limits penalty and having to take a very slow line through the second half. I imagine I wasn't very popular there but I'm not sure what else I could have done.
I took my pit stop at the end of lap 14 and emerged back in P4. The second half of the race was pretty much just a mad dash trying to keep the position, with one of the Spaniards (who had gone 15/13) gradually closing the gap back up but thankfully not catching me before the end.
Came home in P4 for 230 points, new season best and a welcome improvement over one of the 195s it's replacing. 🥳
I try and choose my scapes carefully when I do Manu shots. I make sure it's from the country the manu is from. When I saw the right location in the list it was a case of picking the right scene. This stood out right away. Glad it didn't go unnoticed.West Riverfront Park - I love that you chose a spot in GM's hometown for that shot!
Most people use a wheel like that, but I do something a little more complicated.What is this randomizer you guys speak of?