GT7 Daily Race Discussion

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It's priceless when, at only third participation, you're in pole at Brands Indy. Even more priceless is seing the margin against 2nd growing by 2 sec per lap up to ar 20 sec at 9th lap. Some (stupid like me) can think: "No need to stop, tires are still in perfect state, gasoline is more than required to finish..."
Yeah man, congrats, 1st win of a B race... with 1 min penalty.
Isn't that priceless?
 
Jflijohn
This has been an interesting conversation and I sure wouldn’t take offense at being labeled as “Elite”, it’s quite the compliment.

I’m retired (I’m 63) I race a lot at different times throughout the day. I think what people forget is that this is a sport that takes mental awareness as well as some physical stamina. But also, like every other sports, the more you race, the better you get.

When I’m racing consistently, I’m a mid B/S driver and I can compete at that level. If for some reason I take some time off, when I return, I’m still in B lobbies but I find that I can no longer compete and now I’m an impediment on the track.

I think one problem that exists is that some people have progressed faster than their true abilities e.g. drivers qualify fast but race-craft is poor (dirty, can’t drive in crowds, can’t handle pressure etc). One thing I’ve noticed is that racing is bad on Mondays and by Friday, it’s starting to clean up.

I have no history with many of the tracks so it may take me 2 days to learn braking points and passing zones. Much of the race data I get from just reading this forum, such as: can I just do a drive-through or do I need tires. Watching posted race videos is of a very high value to me.

But also, in reference to knowing or not knowing your competitors, I take a qualifying grid photo and a race result photo. I want to know who is around me. If you are doing multiple races, many of those drivers follow you from race to race and you can start tracking some of their habits like what sections are they fast, are they aggressive. There are a lot of drivers that you can let pass you because you know they aren’t going to make the corner.

Bottom line from someone with only 6 months of racing… it takes time in the seat to improve and it can get pretty frustrating at times.
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👆What he said. Honestly, this text is in every word my own opinion.

@Barney Da Dog
Hi there new friend. Didn't find the time to write you on PS, cause I need a controller to write, which is kinda frustrating + i already have quite some messages to answers, cause of many friends. Driving fair and even using indicators to let faster drivers pass, is so appreciated, that it could be a sport on its own😂
Mr. Da Dog, because of you, I finished Sunday night in the top 5000 of the world.👸🏼 Because of you, I finished nearly every race in brands hatch in the top 5. I moved from Dr D (being nice on track can have disadvantages) back to Dr B in about 3 days (15-20races). I used your advised set up on the g70 and used and abused you as a ghost many times. By the way, you stayed on top of my friends list till the end, and I have 3 really good always at least A drivers there. But you are topdog now😉 oh, and my time 47.7xx one second slower than you, for me, unbelievable fast.
I even gained confidence to adjust the settings. And I got a little faster. You had the front, pushed to the highest numbers rear lowest. 10 - 1 stabilizers
4.00 - 2.50
Etc. I took from each side a fraction away.
9 - 2 stabilizer,
48 - 32 rear suspension
And the traction 6 - 48 - 7 for rear and front. It was perfect. Bb - 2 (to the front) and 0 traction.
But, you were right, all my really good laps were with the tcm switched on. That was really surprising to me.

Sorry for the long post. everyone who reads it deserves a cookie,
 
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Did three sessions of Daily Race A today and I managed to clock in a time of 1:35 which allowed me to start in pole position in all three sessions.

First session - Went with the NSX CONCEPT GT and due to the grid I'm in, it was uneventful as I managed to get away with a win easily. Would've liked to use something else if this was the grid I ended up getting queued to.

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Second session - Tried the RS5 DTM next and it went horribly wrong. I ended up building a train for me and two cars behind and it wasn't until lap 4 where both drivers passed me and because the RS5 doesn't clear those corners very well. it led to me struggling throughout the last 2 laps and I finished P3.

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Last session - This one was all about defense because the person who won in the last session I was in went all out on me but I was able to bring out my defensive strats throughout the race and managed to pull through for the win.

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I'll be trying out the other GT500s tomorrow.

 
Any word on Custom slipstream for the Group 2s? IMO it has really helped improve the racing the last couple of times they've used it.

I'm hoping the, ahem, less respectable crowd are drawn in by the bloated credits rewards of Race B and we'll see some good racing in A & C.

Bullwinkle
I decided to stick to Race A only, since I’m a bit rusty. And it turns out I need to completely relearn how to drive after the physics change. So I was happy to just run a few laps and then a few races. I saw a couple familiar faces and was looking forward to get back into the groove again.

After ten races, I was run off the road, often more than once, and finished last in every single one of them. And the usual solution: give me the track limit penalties and don’t give the people who ran me off any of penalties. Fun.

At least there’s ONE THING that PD will never change. Cars that shoot into space with the latest update? Sure, why not? Even the slightest improvement to the penalty system so that people can be held accountable for ruining other people’s races? Just go watch the sportsmanship video, sonny, and stop asking for the impossible!

Which brings me back to why I quit racing the last time around. What’s the point?! I’d like the challenge of honest racing, but this isn’t the game for that. Are things really still this bad, or am I missing something that makes this time suck bearable?
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I feel your pain, you have to have such heightened senses in certain lobbies. As many have said before now, it's really good to get into a regular groove and so start recognising names in a lobby and you start to know who's who, which ones to avoid and which you can trust to have close racing. I've seen both sides of the coin in the R34, and I think there's still some satisfaction in seeing the do-no-gooders wrecking themselves later in a race, even if it's unfortunate what happens earlier with regards to your own prospects. Very predictable.

Actually, on the topic of dirty drivers. I was watching some old replays, in this instance Clio 24V at Nurburgring Sprint. There was this one driver, he was hunting down others like a paid assassin! At the beginning of the race when everyone was still bunched up, several times he skittled the 4/5 drivers in front of him (he'd been merked at the first corner after starting high in the grid and obviously couldn't take it). I barely escaped. I'm talking about inches away from getting wiped out.

Anyway, point of the story is that he didn't receive a SINGLE penalty for any of the pinball action on Lap 1, despite ruining several people's race. He even drove straight across the chicane without punishment, again due to some collision 'caveats'. It wasn't until he side swiped someone into a wall that he was hit with a 3 sec pen.
 
I was originally thinking of trying Race C, but then I saw the credit bonus for Race B, so I took a Genesis X Gr.3 and did some qualifying laps, ultimately getting something like 2:04.4xx - just outside the top 1k, at least for now.
 
Brain Fart Of The Day

Im finally getting back where Im somewhat competitive in races. Today at Brands Hatch, I was running top 3 for most of the race. I pitted very late because I had clear track for most of the race. With 1 lap to go, I was in 2nd with 3rd on my butt. As I approached start/finish I floored it to stay ahead of 3rd... no flag came out 😖🔫... Turns out, I still had a lap to go and I was now too fast to make turn 1.
6th place finish 🤬
 
First try of Mt panorama yesterday wasn’t pleasant unfortunately, gr3 taking some getting used to after a week of gr4.

Got punted at the top of the hill before the long downhill straight, plum last, just as I was taking 9th (started 13th) then second lap spun myself at the same point. (Quit)

This is going to take some patience
 
I reduced my time at Bathurst just now. A solid 2'07.984 time set by the Porsche RSR. I had a fun productive birthday yesterday. I completed six Bathurst races and performed well in most of them.

I don't know how most people are getting better lap times with the Supra Racing Concept car. The RSR drives through the turns more smoothly ad quickly.
 
brockie
First try of Mt panorama yesterday wasn’t pleasant unfortunately, gr3 taking some getting used to after a week of gr4.

Got punted at the top of the hill before the long downhill straight, plum last, just as I was taking 9th (started 13th) then second lap spun myself at the same point. (Quit)

This is going to take some patience
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I got punted out in both Mt Panorama races I did yesterday - seems to be lot dirtier than it was when it was race C a couple of weeks ago.

No penalties for the perpetrators, but a 5 second penalty for me when two cars came together at the top of the mountain, and I clipped one of them as I worked my way past them ☹️
 
It's really cool that the Group 2 cup is in the A slot, we don't have to deal with those road/street cars this week and the rewards are multiplied by 6 in Race B. What a good set for my birthday week! :) I'm going with my favorite which is the NSX Concept '16 car. It packs a lot of power for most of the standard tracks we have now.
 
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Race B yesterday. Started on P14 with no quali time. Cruised through the field with many people crashing and meeting Barry. Passed P1 while he served a penalty in lap 3. The gap was coming down quickly in lap 5 and in turn 2 I almost lost the car.
Quickly grabbed the pad to bring it home 😂
Would have been great to get my first win with the wheel but I was too scared of binning it 🙈

The downhill section is really hard for me wheel rookie 😂
 
Tried all three races. A was a total carnage (in DR D), struggling a lot with the pad to get consistency. Failing a braking point or getting lil touch makes immense demage.
B was giving me constant error code, don't understand why.
C is the only I'll keep racing this week. Still destruction derby, but less than compared to others events. Also I know better there how to defend my self from psico-drivers. After just only quite 70 races I'm in the mood: "Let's race clean and cool, but if you like to play dirty, I'm your man."
I've seen many on the G70. I'll stick with the Huracan, even if not as "meta" as the G70 is supposed to be.
 
Chris30
I reduced my time at Bathurst just now. A solid 2'07.984 time set by the Porsche RSR. I had a fun productive birthday yesterday. I completed six Bathurst races and performed well in most of them.

I don't know how most people are getting better lap times with the Supra Racing Concept car. The RSR drives through the turns more smoothly ad quickly.
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Happy Birthday!


Consider me boring, but I also stuck with the G70 for some qualifying laps at race C yesterday, because it brought me many podiums last week. Let's see if I have some time for racing this week. Because the race is longer and my gaming session are usually not for longer continuous periods of time, I have to plan it more carefully (read: when my son is asleep (and hopefully doesn't wake up crying during lap 1 ;)))
 
After an amazing week last week where I not only reached A+ status, but continued to win races in A+ lobbies, last night I was brought back down to earth with a bump.

I stuck with the G70 at Brands, but without the brilliant tune that I copied and used last week I didn't enjoy the car so much. My Qualifying was initially a long way off the pace, but I eventually got a semi decent time and joined a race.
I was miles off the pace, and quickly ended up nearly last with absolutely destroyed tyres and a total loss of confidence!

After a bit more Time Trial, I decided to give the Honda NSX a try. This felt much nicer to drive, and I ended up with a time which put me in the top 250 which was too bad compared to earlier.

I had one quick race in it before bed and it was a much more pleasant experience. The biggest improvement was the tyre wear which meant I wasn't sliding around all over the place in the last few laps.
I ended up P2 in the race with a late overtake as my pace wasn't dropping off like the G70 drivers.

Hopefully tonight will bring further improvements with some more Time Trial practice.
 
Paul_M3
After an amazing week last week where I not only reached A+ status, but continued to win races in A+ lobbies, last night I was brought back down to earth with a bump.

I stuck with the G70 at Brands, but without the brilliant tune that I copied and used last week I didn't enjoy the car so much. My Qualifying was initially a long way off the pace, but I eventually got a semi decent time and joined a race.
I was miles off the pace, and quickly ended up nearly last with absolutely destroyed tyres and a total loss of confidence!

After a bit more Time Trial, I decided to give the Honda NSX a try. This felt much nicer to drive, and I ended up with a time which put me in the top 250 which was too bad compared to earlier.

I had one quick race in it before bed and it was a much more pleasant experience. The biggest improvement was the tyre wear which meant I wasn't sliding around all over the place in the last few laps.
I ended up P2 in the race with a late overtake as my pace wasn't dropping off like the G70 drivers.

Hopefully tonight will bring further improvements with some more Time Trial practice.
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Well noted this! I also found the G70 less comfortable to drive without the adjustable LSD settings. Especially in the last turn I slide more (also with new tires). Maybe I'll also try another car when I go racing.
 
Goanaut
Well noted this! I also found the G70 less comfortable to drive without the adjustable LSD settings. Especially in the last turn I slide more (also with new tires). Maybe I'll also try another car when I go racing.
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You have to drive it like we had to drive the Mazda 3 when that was op (although all the FF cars are the same).

The two tips I have is firstly do everything you can to minimise wheel spin as this loads the diff up and best case you'll notice the revs dropping as it feeds the power in, worst case is horrific understeer.

Tip 1. Prioritise keeping acceleration when you are as straight as possible and in a smooth consistent way to allow the diff to do its thing correctly.

Tip 2. Pre loading/coasting/short shifting really helps the car turn and exit corners. Coasting but carrying more speed really helps as well on a few of the corners with short shifting to 4th on the last corner really helping to maximise traction and thus acceleration.
 
Just out of curiosity and due to the 600% credit boost bonus that Race B has, I decided to give it a chance for today thus passing over Daily Race A for now.

First session - I went for the Nissan GTR NISMO GT3 '18 for the three sessions I'm in but in qualifying sessions I chose the Genesis. Managed to get a time of 2:02.8 and in the first two sessions it was pole position. Now for the race, it went horribly bad for my first time using the GTR on a Daily Race as I got scuffed on the Dipper section of the track which screwed up my chances of getting a win on this track. Was able to recover to P3 but still its a shame I wasn't able to make the most out of my pole position.
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Second session - And this is where I made sure I didn't screw up this time around. Despite once again hitting the wall on the Dipper section once more on lap 2, I was able to recover the lead quickly before the end of the lap on the Murrays corner and from there I was able to get the win after consistent driving.

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Third session - Started P2 in this race and this is like most oof choke I've seen in my experiences of doing Daily Races. So the person in pole position was undeniably quick with the GR Supra and he led all the way until in the last lap of the race where I was settling in on 2nd place, the GR Supra user choked on the Chase part of the track and it caused him to lose the lead to me. He was able to recover enough to finish P3 but it had a "illuminati" moment. Still a win is a win.

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One thing I gotta say in these sessions is I like how varied the top 5 was except maybe for the first run where there were two Genesis X-GR3s.

 
Been working quite a bit at race B at Bathearst, and managed a 2:04-something in the Supra. Question to fellow Supra drivers: What have you landed on for Brake Balance? Tidgney suggests +2, but I think that is from before the physics changed. I am currently on -1 which I find is good for the downhill bends before the back strait.
 
newmedia_dev
You have to drive it like we had to drive the Mazda 3 when that was op (although all the FF cars are the same).

The two tips I have is firstly do everything you can to minimise wheel spin as this loads the diff up and best case you'll notice the revs dropping as it feeds the power in, worst case is horrific understeer.

Tip 1. Prioritise keeping acceleration when you are as straight as possible and in a smooth consistent way to allow the diff to do its thing correctly.

Tip 2. Pre loading/coasting/short shifting really helps the car turn and exit corners. Coasting but carrying more speed really helps as well on a few of the corners with short shifting to 4th on the last corner really helping to maximise traction and thus acceleration.
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I hate with passion this cars in Gr.4 (G70 and Mazda 3).
I find those tips very counterintuitive (and unrealistic) but they work in this game.

It feels weird to short shift to 4th gear and the engine noise doesnt help to feel you are gaining in relation with over revving 3rd gear.

The good thing with this cars (may be is a weight thing) is the FFB.
Yesterday I was trying different cars and when I jump into my beloved 4C after testing the G70 there was nothing on the wheel.
Felt super light :ouch:

Edit: grammar
 
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