GT Sport's FIA Championship Test Season Kicks Off Today

[zzz_pt]

I am B/S, I was comparing my total race time to other guys in TRL, mine was a 17:23 and they did 17:19 and 17:16. For that we got 492, 1447 and 525 points respectively. (7:16 was TRL_Lightning)

But you have to agree that they had probably tougher opponents. A guy with DR E who just bough the game, might do a 17:20, but if he's driving against people who don't put him any pressure or try to overtake him, it's like a walk in the park. It wouldn't be fair to get as many points as the guy who's competing against an entire field of fast drivers.

This is the test season though, I'm sure you'll be A or S DR once it starts to get serious.

 

[ChevapBH]

Qualified 10th, ended up 15th, but we had a great race down there. Mostly because I got 6s penalty for cutting the corner. I wanted to get rid of penalty by slowing down, but it didn't work. Surprisingly clean race on C SR. Not gonna drive 4C in a while though, not a car for noobs

 

[GTWelsh]

Got to remember this is a Test season, everyone is so critical of everything. Nothing went wrong for me,
Manufacturers Series Race 1: I got punted off lap 1 of qualifying, lap 2 was held up but got 2nd place. Race started, all got through first few corners fine, everyone did really well to keep it clean. Followed this verrrrry fast guy for 6 laps or so before I went to overtake, backed out T1 and he thought I was still there, he tried to give me room I think (ace guy) and ended up going wide, T1, over the slippy astroturf stuff, game over, think he came 3rd in the end. Took the win in the end even after getting held up by a guy that refused to move out the way as he was sitting in 17th.

Everyone I raced with had the same DR/SR too, which was nice.

All in all a very enjoyable and well polished experience.

Be interesting to see when fuel and tyre wear will make an appearance, and I'm sure it will soon.

 

[FUNanywhere]

Probably because of the DR.

But only 23 points for coming 1st? Got Pole in Quali and Finished 1st after 10 grueling laps and i get only 23 points.

Thats unfair. Gutted. Might as well don't bother next time. Thats Stupid.

 

[Spurgy 777]

But you have to agree that they had probably tougher opponents. A guy with DR E who just bough the game, might do a 17:20, but if he's driving against people who don't put him any pressure or try to overtake him, it's like a walk in the park. It wouldn't be fair to get as many points as the guy who's competing against an entire field of fast drivers.

This is the test season though, I'm sure you'll be A or S DR once it starts to get serious.

As I said, I understand having some incentive to get your rank higher, and rewarding those who do, but it shouldn't be such an overwhelming factor, speed should be the main factor in any race series, not time spent driving.

 

[GTWelsh]

As I said, I understand having some incentive to get your rank higher, and rewarding those who do, but it shouldn't be such an overwhelming factor, speed should be the main factor in any race series, not time spent driving.

I'm hoping we get ranked (as far as these "points" go) by DR.
I won and qualified 2nd and only got 147. It is a test series after-all, I'm sure it will get balanced if it's all out of wack.

 

[zzz_pt]

As I said, I understand having some incentive to get your rank higher, and rewarding those who do, but it shouldn't be such an overwhelming factor, speed should be the main factor in any race series, not time spent driving.

And it is. Your speed and the speed of the field you're racing against. I think it makes sense to take into account your speed in the context of the speed of your opponents as well.

 

[TheTick42]

What happened to the 22:10 (UK) manufacturers race ??

 

[Johnnypenso]

A few reasons really, the main one is that my wheel broke about 5 days after release and I only got it fixed a couple of days ago, I'm also at Uni and play a few other games as well, so even in those 7 days I didn't have a whole lot of time to play. When I have been on, I've been working my way through single player to earn credits and cars, I've been practicing for a GTP series, but most of my time has been spent trying to get in the top 10 on the leaderboards and then doing the occasional sport mode race, which were hard to get into initially due to the servers disconnecting.

It's also worth noting that I've barely gained any rank the past 5 races, first one I noticed it was the last race before my wheel broke, so looks like I would had to have done a lot of races to get my rank up to A or S.


I can understand that to an extent, but I don't understand why there is such a huge emphasis on it, being 7 seconds faster over the course of a race and being fastest in Europe gains you 30 points, whereas being an A rank instead of B gains you nearly 1000 points. A championship run by the FIA shouldn't be rewarding people 100s of times more for having spent more time on the game than being fast.



I am B/S, I was comparing my total race time to other guys in TRL, mine was a 17:23 and they did 17:19 and 17:16. For that we got 492, 1447 and 525 points respectively. (7:16 was TRL_Lightning)

Oh I agree it seems incredibly imbalanced. I can see rewarding a higher rated driver with more points just for the stiffer competition but the nearly 1000 point gap seems a little outrageous. Gives literally no chance to anyone but the very top rated drivers. Sounds great on paper to have the highest rated drivers leading and winning but this is a videogame that needs to keep all players motivated to continue, not just the fastest of the fast. Even if you were to rank all the way up to the top and continue being successful, the 1000 point gap probably couldn't be overcome even with a string of victories.

 

[Tidgney]

Well I'll confuse you all I came 2nd, I'm a B rated and got 1172 points ! I'm assuming it's based purely on the people you're racing. So rather than being A, B, C etc. It's more the fact you may end up getting matched in a really high rated lobby (Mine was A's and B's) so therefore get more points than say being rated A and beating a load of D rated drivers.

 

[ChevapBH]

But only 23 points for coming 1st? Got Pole in Quali and Finished 1st after 10 grueling laps and i get only 23 points.

Thats unfair. Gutted. Might as well don't bother next time. Thats Stupid.

Can you screenshot that, I find it hard to believe. I got 85 points for finishing 15th in C/B. Though, from my experience, huge difference between D and C drivers. I could actually win while I was in D, but in C I'm rarely above 10th.

 

[Spurgy 777]

Well I'll confuse you all I came 2nd, I'm a B rated and got 1172 points ! I'm assuming it's based purely on the people you're racing. So rather than being A, B, C etc. It's more the fact you may end up getting matched in a really high rated lobby (Mine was A's and B's) so therefore get more points than say being rated A and beating a load of D rated drivers.

My race where I got 492 points the lobby was pretty much entirely B/S drivers like me and just finished the manufacturer race with @Giorgio_57 (who promptly disappeared off into the distance ) where I got 857 points, even though I qualified 2nd and finished about 16 seconds behind in 2nd with my driver rating only increasing from about 1/4 B to a little over 1/2 B between races.

I think it's safe to say that the points system is 🤬.

 

[Tidgney]

My race where I got 492 points the lobby was pretty much entirely B/S drivers like me and just finished the manufacturer race with @Giorgio_57 (who promptly disappeared off into the distance ) where I got 857 points, even though I qualified 2nd and finished about 16 seconds behind in 2nd with my driver rating only increasing from about 1/4 B to a little over 1/2 B between races.

I think it's safe to say that the points system is 🤬.

My race was half A and half B drivers and as I beat everyone but Zoky maybe it took that into account then? I'm not sure, there's definitely some weighting in it though based on driver ratings.

 

[radiusq]

I had two amazing race last night. This game is now really starting to feel like proper motor racing. I had butterflies at the start after qualifying second for the Kyoto race. I surprised myself by staying fast and mistake free for the whole race, within 2secs of the winner throughout. Fantastica!

The GTS online experience is actually pretty damn amazing. I'm playing with a ffb wheel and 55" Panasonic plasma screen that frankly makes big budget arcade cabinets of yesteryear look ****e. This is videogame racing heaven and I'm a happy pig! I just need to get faster now!

 

[adstomko]

A positive post:
Had a wonderful, clean wheel-to-wheel race in the Nations Cup.
On pole, made a mistake and dropped to 3rd, then got 1st back on the outside of the long left-hander on the final lap.
I was astonished by the clean racing amongst the top 3 drivers. Nose-to-tail for 5 laps and we respected each other throughout the race. 2nd place man could've made a dive but didn't risk it in case it took us both out.

One thing though. Why should race finish time affect points scored? How many motorsport disciplines even consider that? A fast guy could breeze an average field, whereas 4 fast guys fighting for position (therefore losing time) gets you less points? The latter is more impressive

 

[timekiller001]

I unfortunately only did the nation race, but that was awesome. Qualified on P2, finished P4. P1 was out of reach, but behind that were 3-4 cars plus me fighting for P2 the whole race. It was awesome, fun and clean. That's how racing should be! Too bad I didn't save the replay.
Got 802 points for it. (Every driver had B/S rating)

 

[ScottPuss20]

Placed fourth in both Nations and Manufacturer's cup races last night. Didn't really have many battles, but I got away with murder a few times. Bumped an Audi off in the Nations Cup race at Yamigawa and got an angry message in return, although I feel as though I had come up enough to make my move. He simply didn't want to give up his place, and didn't give me room to move. Would like to see the replay to see who was in the wrong, but I don't have it... Nearly threw away fourth place in the Manufacturer's Cup race at Suzuka, by going off at the quick left-hander before the last chicane multiple times. Surprised that I wasn't penalised.

 

[Spurgy 777]

One thing though. Why should race finish time affect points scored? How many motorsport disciplines even consider that? A fast guy could breeze an average field, whereas 4 fast guys fighting for position (therefore losing time) gets you less points? The latter is more impressive

Comparing it to real life series isn't very useful as there are probably 10000s of drivers racing in 1000s of races that you need to give points to and rank for the championship. I'm not aware of any real life race series that comes even close to that. I understand what you're saying, but when you're trying to compare drivers who aren't racing each other, total race time is probably one of the most important factors, or at the very least much more important than someones driver rating.

My main point though is that it should focus on how fast a driver is rather than what rating they happen to be.

 

[MagpieRacer]

What happened to the 22:10 (UK) manufacturers race ??

Could you elaborate? I raced at this time and had no issues.

 

[HighStakes]

Had quite fun 2 races. Qualified 5th but sadly finished 13th on Suzuka with 911 RSR due to making a mistake, going far too fast into a corner, and spinning out, ending up way off track, on 2nd lap. (I pushed my limits a bit too hard trying to catch and overtake the 3rd place car and dropped from 4th to 17th)

On Kyoto however it was fine, qualified 8th and finished 6th in Cayman, had some nice overtake battles.

 

[Chris Notes]

Is it only one race a day. Just picking any time slot?

 

[SCCAdeanRX-7]

1 race per day per Championship series throughout the week.

 

[eAxis Patohm]

My race was half A and half B drivers and as I beat everyone but Zoky maybe it took that into account then? I'm not sure, there's definitely some weighting in it though based on driver ratings.

It is based on average Rating of the Lobby. SR is also accounted, but "S" is a must anyway.
This System is a straight copy from IRacing, which is using this System for YEARS even for there Price Money Competitions. It is working perfectly there ^^

Spurgy, just got up to "A" to compete with the strongest Lobbys/People and prove against thougher competition. Than you will earn your Points and lesser skilled Driver will drop Lobbys down. Stop whining and step ahead

A lot of very good Player seem to "sandbag" there Ratings and never compete in the daily races. When they Play against noobs in FIA Championship and earn very Little Points they start to cry?!

 

[MINKIHL]

I was surprised by the qualifying pre-race. I had a lap of 1:42:5xx and I couldn't do a proper qualifying with so many cars on track. I backed off to leave a pretty good space in front but on those S (after sector 2), 2 guys wen't off track and came to the racing line... I almost invalidated my lap by going with 2 wheels on the grass... :/ Oh, well I guess it was a decent first race. Started 6th and finished 5th. Tomorrow I'll try the GT by Citroen, as the guy who won was driving one of those. Got 1158 points but I have no idea how good that is.

I'm going for the Manufacturers race now.

PS: Congratz for the second place @MINKIHL 👍

thx mate... the only thing what botheres me is that, that something broke at my suspension after got hit by the citroen driver who won the race ( was not a hard hit, no problem)...i felt at right on the next corner and it got wors and worst..dunno what happend, the car also was turning a bit right...

but afterall a good race...

sad to hear that u had a hard time during the race...

 

[Newbie82]

This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:

GT Sport's FIA Championship Test Season Kicks Off Today

This article was published by Kyle Patrick (@SlipZtrEm) on November 4th, 2017 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.

Who can help point in the right direction? Played in the GT Nations Cup at 7pm Adelaide, Australia time came 2nd but this morning his score is less than half of most people and is sitting at 95th. The person that came first isn't even listed and was a fellow Aussie. A little confused and need to find out if a glitch or what has happened? Really want to know if this is rigged or worth continuing to play!

 

[GTWelsh]

Of course its worth continuing, we race for the fun of racing

 

[Spurgy 777]

It is based on average Rating of the Lobby. SR is also accounted, but "S" is a must anyway.
This System is a straight copy from IRacing, which is using this System for YEARS even for there Price Money Competitions. It is working perfectly there ^^

I highly doubt iRacing decides who wins it's championships based on whoever happens to have the highest DR, that's nonsense. It probably takes it into account but there is no way DR is so heavily weighted.

Spurgy, just got up to "A" to compete with the strongest Lobbys/People and prove against thougher competition. Than you will earn your Points and lesser skilled Driver will drop Lobbys down. Stop whining and step ahead

A lot of very good Player seem to "sandbag" there Ratings and never compete in the daily races. When they Play against noobs in FIA Championship and earn very Little Points they start to cry?!

So instead of addressing any of my points you decide to just throw insults around?

I'm not "sandbagging" to get into easier races, I'd happily race with the top guys all the time, in fact I often do because it seems to stick me with guys in the top 10 anyway, the reason I don't have a DR of A or S yet is not because I'm not fast enough but because it takes time, a lot of time. Some of us have lives you know and things to do outside of GTS, so we shouldn't be massively penalised just because someone else has managed to do more sport mode races, if you're going to do that, what's the point in racing at all? Just give the prize to the highest ranked driver and be done with it.

 

[Johnnypenso]

It is based on average Rating of the Lobby. SR is also accounted, but "S" is a must anyway.
This System is a straight copy from IRacing, which is using this System for YEARS even for there Price Money Competitions. It is working perfectly there ^^

Spurgy, just got up to "A" to compete with the strongest Lobbys/People and prove against thougher competition. Than you will earn your Points and lesser skilled Driver will drop Lobbys down. Stop whining and step ahead

A lot of very good Player seem to "sandbag" there Ratings and never compete in the daily races. When they Play against noobs in FIA Championship and earn very Little Points they start to cry?!

No one is whining mate. We're just having a discussion.

 

[SCCAdeanRX-7]

Man, I really messed myself up last night for this Championship today. Was trying to recover my SR back to us from doing a lot of the Tokyo Expressway races and just did the one make and raced slow to be clean. Now I'm in Blue Moon Bay trying to get my Dr back up :-)

 

[Nuschel01]

The two races today were good fun overall, I set pole, fastest lap and victory in Suzuka but then failed a little in the Kyoto race going from 5th to 2nd to 7th I went wide on that last chicane and got a 7 second penalty twice and even if I went slower the counter didn‘t went down, guess you‘ll have to park your car on the track to make it count down... Also getting the drivers rating down when being crashed into is really annoying