Yes I definitely will go for no-pit strategy.So what's the play here for GT1? Is the pit loss too much vs. the time you drop for fried tires or does it make sense to change them around 7-8 laps in?
EDIT: watching Kie's stream and he said it's not worth it to pit
To my knowledge the only car that needs to pit, is Ferrari for tires. P2 in Kie’s stream was a Ferrari, and he pitted for tires at lap 7 and finished 10th or 11th. Doesn’t make me feel as bad for finishing 8th today, although I’m pretty sure I could have got back to my original Q5 position judging by the finish times and strength of lobbySo what's the play here for GT1? Is the pit loss too much vs. the time you drop for fried tires or does it make sense to change them around 7-8 laps in?
EDIT: watching Kie's stream and he said it's not worth it to pit
I'm in a similar position for Wednesday races. I can work from home most days.... except Wednesdays! Because, of course. If they keep this schedule, I'm sure there will be some wednesdays that I skip altogether. I really prefer the weekender slots.That's likely a one-and-done for me today. I might go again but it's probably not worth it. I think I've figured out why I liked it when Polyphony changed the calendar to Saturdays only. Getting ready for the first Wednesday EMEA slot when you've got a normal day job and live in the UK is hard - it's 5pm. Even trying to pull out all the stops by working from home so I can skip the commute, there's just not enough time to warm up properly and get into the right frame of mind. I know there's the second and third slots, but I don't like losing an attempt, nor how driving standards sometimes tend to drop over the day as people get desperate.
I went into today's race quite flustered after having not one but two people at work decide the moment I was about to log off was the perfect moment to ask for my help. By the time I was done, my normally already quite frenzied preparation for a Wednesday slot turned into an all-out mad dash just to be half warmed up. It showed quite badly in the race with some really silly mistakes.
Well I thought it might be dull and depend heavily on qualifying, and I was wrong...
Another quali ruined by having to overtake someone going slowly and then losing it at the chicane. Lucky to start P9 and I'm not expecting much. However, as we enter the infield section the third place Alfa lost it and the resulting pile up took out half the cars in front...
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Start lap two in fifth with two cars close in front. After the annoying chicane I pass the BMW and get the Porsche around the outside of the hairpin. Total respect, he left space and when he could have easily nudged me wide.
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I managed to get my head down for a few laps and eventually got the gap up to 4 seconds, with the same gap to the front pair that looked like game over and a lucky third place was mine. But with a few laps left the Merc in 2nd dropped it at the chicane over the first set of curbs and handed me second!
Now my only worry was keeping my tyres ok, luckily I had done some testing and with +4 front brake and TC2 I kept some tyres to the end and finished the season with my best result of 216 points. Bring on the Nations!
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Good race, for a few laps you were close and I was worried I was burning up my tyres. The chicane is a killer and I’m lucky it ruined my quali and not my race!Hi Blip,
I was the silver Porsche driver in the second picture. Thanks for the warm words but. I am struggling with the controller in the chicane a lot and need to find my race pace back. I don’t think I would have won a fight against you. My biggest concern was to save tires until the End and not to race so much. P4 in the end.
Well.... that was a disappointing way to end the manufacturer season.
In my first race, i qualified P6 and finished last of the runners (P14). After a good qualifying performance, my race fell apart pretty quickly. On lap 1, someone in a GTR bumped into the back of me which gave me rear aero damage and then a couple of laps later i caught the wrong part of the kerb going into T2 which spun me out into the gravel. After that, i decided to pit and get rid of the damage. Then a couple laps later, i caught up to a slow back marker in a GTR, and we went side by side through the last corner and they squeezed me a little bit off the track which caused me to spin out into the barrier. So yeah... that race was a disaster.
In my 2nd race, i qualified P16 and finished P10. In qualifying for this race, i messed up my first hot lap and pulled over to the side to let the car behind me past, and even though i gave them plenty of space, they somehow still hit me a little bit which gave me damage. I thought i had enough time to back out to the pits and complete a hot lap but it turns out i was wrong, so i qualified dead for last without setting a time.
The race itself was a complete non event.😴
The is my lowest points scoring season at A+. It's a shame that it happened with Ferrari since i like driving the 458 GT3 but i just couldn't extract the best pace out of it.
Also, PD need to fix the heavy damage in this game. I found it a bit unfair that the GTR who bumped me from behind received no damage what so ever. They have to make it consistent. If someone hits me hard enough from behind to give me damage, then they should have damage as well.
I’ve been doing 14 lap stints with my friends online and I can make them last.. I did a 1:33.0 though on the last lap.Were you able to make your tires last the entire race in the 458? If so, that’s impressive!
Unfortunately not. I had 1% health in the right rear tyre as i exited the final corner at the end of lap 14.Were you able to make your tires last the entire race in the 458? If so, that’s impressive!
Same for me lol but you didn’t pit right? So you made them last the whole race? Do you remember what times you were getting?Unfortunately not. I had 1% health in the right rear tyre as i exited the final corner at the end of lap 14.
No i never pitted.Same for me lol but you didn’t pit right? So you made them last the whole race? Do you remember what times you were getting?
No i never pitted.
In regards to lap times during the opening ten laps i was doing mid 1:32's and then during the last 4 or 5 laps my pace dropped into the the low to mid 1:33's.
The entry to the chicane is a bit sketchy on the final lap, especially if you hit one of the sausage kerbs, but the rest of the lap is fairly easy.Impressive. In my testing, I was spin city by the time I got to the chicane in the beginning of the lap. Figured it wasn’t worth the risk in the 1 slot I was able to do. Sounds like I’ve got some work to do! Were you running TCS or any other assists?
That's likely a one-and-done for me today. I might go again but it's probably not worth it. I think I've figured out why I liked it when Polyphony changed the calendar to Saturdays only. Getting ready for the first Wednesday EMEA slot when you've got a normal day job and live in the UK is hard - it's 5pm. Even trying to pull out all the stops by working from home so I can skip the commute, there's just not enough time to warm up properly and get into the right frame of mind. I know there's the second and third slots, but I don't like losing an attempt, nor how driving standards sometimes tend to drop over the day as people get desperate.
Couldn't agree more. Thus, no GT1s for me today. Not that I am upset about it this time around... this combo is horrid. But generally speaking, it's a bummer.I'm in a similar position for Wednesday races. I can work from home most days.... except Wednesdays! Because, of course. If they keep this schedule, I'm sure there will be some wednesdays that I skip altogether. I really prefer the weekender slots.