GT7 Daily Race Discussion
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I found this
Introducing Daily Races Where DR and SR Are Unaffected - Sport Mode - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com
Starting from Monday, May 30, we will be test hosting race events that will not change your Driver Rating (DR) and Sportsmanship Rating (SR).We invite beginners and those who would like to try out and casually enjoy the 'Sport' without stress, to join in on the action!
Sucks in my opinion as I think I was on the verge of an A rating. Can't say for sure, but won 5 races on Race C last week against A and A+ drivers and always placed top 5. Wish GT Blade or Kudos worked in GT7
If you look in the image at the top of the page, above race A it shows the DR and SR logos and says 'no update'. Also shows this in the race rules. Races B and C still affect DR/SR as normal.
Just had a few runs through race A - not as dirty as I thought it would be. Plenty of opportunity for bump drafting, makes for a reasonably interesting race. The Ford is definitely the meta, but with a decent driver behind you could probably win in something less.
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- TheMachinist757
Having fun with Race A. So hard to run behind someone who is all over the place in the corners though, keep it smooth people lol.
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- Blood_Raven_70
I'm still a bit baffled at my DR rating coming from GT Sport. I thought it was supposed to carry over to GT7 and you'd start with what you had in GT Sport. Well, my DR was at C in Sport. But in 7, it's at D. And that was before I even ran a race. And the C in Sport was a mid C, not a low C.
Anyway.....it is what it is.
Anyway.....it is what it is.
Yeah definitely. As a controller user this is where GT has the advantage over games like the NASCAR series as you can use the gyro controls to keep as silky smooth.
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The driver rankings from GTS were set a ~ good month before the GT7 release. This means that if you then had a lower rating, then this rating was also transferred. If you didn't already have a rating in GTS at this point, then you had to start with the base value.
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Another “hey that’s a neat idea / lord that is horrible execution” situation.
I’m sure that the free daily race is fun, but I wonder how bad things must be going to cannibalize one of the real ones. They must really be hurting for active players.
I know there are people who, god bless them, run Race A all week every week. I know this forum is mostly race b and c, but they just lopped off another chunk of their daily players. I used to joke before Race A’s in GTS that it felt like Cheers… RIP.
edit: ran a couple, they were fine. be advised, however: the TCS reset to 3 in between my races. My assist settings are unchanged… it just decided that I should start the race on 3 instead of 0. i've heard it said that it only occurs when you don't run a warm-up but in GT7 i've had it happen then, too.
I’m sure that the free daily race is fun, but I wonder how bad things must be going to cannibalize one of the real ones. They must really be hurting for active players.
I know there are people who, god bless them, run Race A all week every week. I know this forum is mostly race b and c, but they just lopped off another chunk of their daily players. I used to joke before Race A’s in GTS that it felt like Cheers… RIP.
edit: ran a couple, they were fine. be advised, however: the TCS reset to 3 in between my races. My assist settings are unchanged… it just decided that I should start the race on 3 instead of 0. i've heard it said that it only occurs when you don't run a warm-up but in GT7 i've had it happen then, too.
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Just my opinion..
If they really wanted to do something good at PD and were interested in doing something for the players, then there would be at least 8 races every week. Something for every vehicle class and or with and without BoP. Just based on the players who choose race x or y, you can see very well which races are in demand and which are not. Instead, you are downright restricted and sometimes have to decide between unloved classes or routes... or not drive at all. But I think many of us would rather drive an unloved race than not drive at all... However, this distorts the impression that PD is making the right decisions.
If they really wanted to do something good at PD and were interested in doing something for the players, then there would be at least 8 races every week. Something for every vehicle class and or with and without BoP. Just based on the players who choose race x or y, you can see very well which races are in demand and which are not. Instead, you are downright restricted and sometimes have to decide between unloved classes or routes... or not drive at all. But I think many of us would rather drive an unloved race than not drive at all... However, this distorts the impression that PD is making the right decisions.
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- TheMachinist757
Just got the #2 lap in race A.. 0.o
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- barrett5
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I did two of the no DR and SR races so far and with it just being race a of the weekly races, it is not much different from a normal weekly race. I do recommend qualifying since 7 laps isn't enough to go to the front unless you are really lucky. Also there are still penalties but luckily minor contact is fine so the races are mildly entertaining if you think of it like NASCAR. Draft gives about a 6 mph boost if connected for the whole lap and I think it's like NASCAR with no going below the double yellow line unless forced to, but like in NASCAR it seems a bit shady how this rule is enforced.
Overall, this idea is better than nothing but Quick Matches in GT6 were better than this in every way. I will do some more races, but I really hope they make tuning allowed and an option to invite people at least until / if online lobbies are fixed.
Overall, this idea is better than nothing but Quick Matches in GT6 were better than this in every way. I will do some more races, but I really hope they make tuning allowed and an option to invite people at least until / if online lobbies are fixed.
Sweavin' is believin' on ovals.
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I think the biggest problem is that too many people do NOT like/can't do the Nordschleife. And it can be really hard to drive well and fair on the Nordschleife, especially with unsafe drivers.
Yes, at the weekend there was the 50th anniversary of the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring. I was able to follow around 14-16 of the 24h live and enjoyed it, except for the "failures" of the BMW, which brought tears to my eyes, and the accident with the Grello was also very tragic.
I've already written it several times.. if it were up to me, the Nordschleife /24h track would be included as a "bonus race" every week ;D!
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- GOTMAXPOWER
Come to Europe, we don't know what the yellow line rule is here, or that bump drafting the left rear quarter pannel is probably not a good idea 🤪
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- VulcanSpirit
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Tried to go out for some Race C action. Decided to go goofy and run the R92. Managing to wrestle it around the infield ok, but man, I'm losing so much time in the bus stop chicane. Gonna need to learn that one properly this week.
The racing is actually a mixed bag. The cars are so hard to control that I've been taken out ok the first lap twice by someone braking way too late for one of the hairpins. Otherwise the races get pretty spread out quickly. Still not sure why the seems to be dirty air understeer in the slow corners, but PD doing PD things I guess.
Might have to try some of the other cars later. My 1:31.9 won't hold up all week.
The racing is actually a mixed bag. The cars are so hard to control that I've been taken out ok the first lap twice by someone braking way too late for one of the hairpins. Otherwise the races get pretty spread out quickly. Still not sure why the seems to be dirty air understeer in the slow corners, but PD doing PD things I guess.
Might have to try some of the other cars later. My 1:31.9 won't hold up all week.
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- Granite_Lw
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I don't even really have a big problem with BoP (apart from the non-existent BB rule which is extremely annoying). I only have a problem with the lack of balancing.. see this weekend at the 24h race on the Nürburgring, the race management changed the BoP for some vehicles within a few hours and imposed more additional weight on them or reduced their performance in order to make the field even more balanced make... Putting something like that into a Game can't really be that difficult. And since we also have to pay money for online use, we can expect a functioning system where the BoP's are rotated regularly and carefully.
Although I don't want to complain too much.. the beetle seems to be somewhat disempowered, which in any case makes me happy.
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Aye, genuinely just don't see myself playing this week.
Race C is a write-off for me because anything faster than Gr.2 makes my eyeballs fall out, Race A is essentially a waste of time (if not fun for the first couple races) - which just leaves race B, which, whilst good, is not something that I can play repeatedly for 7 days in a row.
I'm really not sure what PDs decisions are trying to achieve. The game is lacking variety as it is and they just give us less. It's alien behaviour.
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- Granite_Lw
Yeah I don't actually mind BoP for race cars in theory, it's just not very well balanced at the moment so has been boring with the same few cars being viable.
A daily race with modded road cars would allow us to use all those other cars we've bought/collected, having a PP limit so one person has all the straight line speed vs someone else with soft tyres & handling seems like what would make online racing fun (at least as an option).
Just make custom gearboxes add 100PP (or whatever) to the car but the gears selected taken out of the PP calc & it would be incredibly varied & fun!
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I dont think this is even necessary. The way you are opting for power vs other aspects, here you are making a choice between topspeed and acceleration or finding some magic values that bring the better of both worlds.
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