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GT7 Daily Race Discussion
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i had to run a le mans for the first time in ages to get it!
needed a sparkly livery for the quali leaderboard for the race i'll probably not participate in once 🤣
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I did some more qualifying laps with the GT, and almost matches my previous best done with the Jag: 1:49:9, two or three hundreths of a second slower. But I got way more consistent laptimes with it, almost never had a bad lap. It feels like it lacks a bit of punch on corner exit, but it has good top speed and is very stable and precise. So...
...it should be great to use in the races, right? Yes, it is. Three more races, first one uneventful but super clean, started P2, finished P2. Next race I was put in a lobby with mostly DR A drivers, and all hell broke loose. Starting P5, I got punted three times, retaliated twice, as I have to admit, and was called out as a "scumbag" in the chat afterwards by a guy who had sideswiped me deliberately into the barrier on the straight. Go figure. P12 in the end. Strange bunch of guys competing there, it felt like I had a target on my back, as if the A/A and A/B drivers wanted to show me that I don't belong there. They were also punting and ramming each other and called it a good race in the chat...😜
Next race, back in a B/S lobby, my first pole position of the week, I slightly botch a corner exit, P2 does a clean overtake, I end up P2 1 sec behind the winner (again) in a super clean race (again).
Seven races B so far for me this week, no win, but 4 times P2 and once P6 in the B/S lobbies, P10 and P12 and lots of dirty driving in the lobbies that contained DR A drivers. The difference is astonishing. And now I'm so close to A again that I expect to be in a lobby with DR A drivers again next race. Maybe I will just not seriously compete there, to get relegated to B/S again, where I seem to belong...
But, again, I highly recommend the GT LM Race car for Race B this week.
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I'm sure the price has gone up since I bought mine, as has everything else. Trak Racer is based in the US, so will cost more for you with shipping. I would check out the Sim Lab GT1 Evo which is very similar. I originally was going to get this but with overseas shipping it was too expensive. But any of these 8020 rigs are going to be strong enough and offer unlimited adjustability.
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This week is a rough one for me. I don't really have the time to put into Nordschleife to get a half decent time and feel comfortable on it. And tracks like Sardegna where the walls create a lot of blind turns are a weakness for me. And the downshifting to 1st then right back to 3rd in half the turns is just ridiculous. That's just one thing that irks me about this game, shifting this much IRL would do nothing but slow you down. Just part of it I guess.
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Some of my observations at the Nord, the fastest time I have seen these cars win the race at
14:13.214 A+ GT-R
14:17.003 A+ Cayman GT4 Clubsport '16
14:17.173 A+ SLS AMG
14:18.192 A+ 458 Italia
14:24.799 A 155 2.5 V6 TI '93
14:28.860 A+ GR Supra Race Car '19
14:31.706 A V8 Vantage
14:32.618 A 86
Yesterday was still varied, currently my list is stuck on updating the GT-R time, 9 A+ in the room, most GT-R, GT-R wins each time.
(This is on ps4 in the Americas btw)
14:13.214 A+ GT-R
14:17.003 A+ Cayman GT4 Clubsport '16
14:17.173 A+ SLS AMG
14:18.192 A+ 458 Italia
14:24.799 A 155 2.5 V6 TI '93
14:28.860 A+ GR Supra Race Car '19
14:31.706 A V8 Vantage
14:32.618 A 86
Yesterday was still varied, currently my list is stuck on updating the GT-R time, 9 A+ in the room, most GT-R, GT-R wins each time.
(This is on ps4 in the Americas btw)
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No particular trick. I was having the same trouble as you until last night. You need to enter late and concentrate on maximizing your exit speed. There’s half a second to be gained there once you can nail it.
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Two more races this evening at the Nordschleife. I did drop my qualifying time to a 7:19.7XX with my single practice lap. So, that's a bonus.
Race 1, I start P8 and it's a bit shaky in the beginning section, but I find my rhythm. The only trouble I had was that a car spun at Eiskurve and rejoined right in my line and I barely clip the front of their car. So, I need to nurse a broken car around the track and hope for the best until it repairs. Second half of lap 2, I'm behind a Viper and am waiting for them to make a mistake that never comes. They defend to perfection on the long final straight and I think about going 2 wide into the final section but I back off. I gain 2 spots over the race and finish P6. Also got the clean race bonus despite hitting a car?
Race 2 I'm up in P4 and am pleased where I am. P1-P3 are all fighting and I take the lead coming out of Adenauer Forst! I have a constant second or so lead and buckle in for the rest of the race. Well, I go wide coming out of Flugplatz and lose a bunch of spots. Then some contact entering Schwedenkreuz between the Viper from the last race, and I get turned sideways and hit another driver but manage to save my car with an epic slide and get it back on track. I didn't see them honestly. I had no idea everyone was so close to me when I went wide. The drivers I hit got away with no problems. By that time I fell to P7 where I finish. Oh well, it happens.
Those small incidents aren't going to stop me from going again tomorrow. Hopefully, I can keep it on track should I be in the lead again.
Race 1, I start P8 and it's a bit shaky in the beginning section, but I find my rhythm. The only trouble I had was that a car spun at Eiskurve and rejoined right in my line and I barely clip the front of their car. So, I need to nurse a broken car around the track and hope for the best until it repairs. Second half of lap 2, I'm behind a Viper and am waiting for them to make a mistake that never comes. They defend to perfection on the long final straight and I think about going 2 wide into the final section but I back off. I gain 2 spots over the race and finish P6. Also got the clean race bonus despite hitting a car?
Race 2 I'm up in P4 and am pleased where I am. P1-P3 are all fighting and I take the lead coming out of Adenauer Forst! I have a constant second or so lead and buckle in for the rest of the race. Well, I go wide coming out of Flugplatz and lose a bunch of spots. Then some contact entering Schwedenkreuz between the Viper from the last race, and I get turned sideways and hit another driver but manage to save my car with an epic slide and get it back on track. I didn't see them honestly. I had no idea everyone was so close to me when I went wide. The drivers I hit got away with no problems. By that time I fell to P7 where I finish. Oh well, it happens.
Those small incidents aren't going to stop me from going again tomorrow. Hopefully, I can keep it on track should I be in the lead again.
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I’m in a B lobby and I’m getting nothing but dirty races. I’ve only had two clean ones, and they were boring processions. Better than the “exciting” ones, I guess, where I’ve gotten booted to the next time zone more often than not.
I think I’m done with the Sardegna races this week. Seriously this time. They aren’t rewarding. I’ve no interest in spinning around in a Porsche, so Race A is out. And I’m in no way prepared for the Nordschleife, so there’s no way I’m doing that because that’ll kill what little bit I’ve been able to gain. I learned the hard way in Race C last week: best to just steer clear of those because I’m not good enough, especially as a B driver.
I guess I could just go ahead and take my lumps and get demoted to C again, but those were wreck-fears last week and I expect nothing less this week. It’s just not worth the effort I f I’m not enjoying it.
The main reason I just can’t be interested: the penalty system is apparently not working at all now in Race B. I’ve not seen one person do penalty time in the races I’ve done, and nobody who’s booted me has been dealt a penalty either. How can this be fun for anyone who’s serious about learning how to race?! I understand that the tween/teen crowd is having fun playing demolition derby, but I can’t take this seriously right now. And it’s starting to really grate on me because why the heck am I paying for PSN+ when the races aren’t actually “competitive” in the right way?!
Ok, done venting. I had such high hopes for this week. . .
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@Bullwinkle I did one race B this evening (because I got an error again on race C) and it was dirty in the top split as well. Pretty much all the positions I gained were from people purposefully wrecking each other. There was one drive that was clean who I swapped positions with a couple times until he got taken out by someone else :/
Race C is more clumsy than dirty. You not only need to know the track inside out, but also know where people tend to screw up and/or do stupid things. The only way to learn is to do a lot of races there!
Oh and if you're racing on PS5, get the PS4 version :/ I was doing race C on PS4 during notorious dirty hour, it was all pretty clean.
Then I switched to PS5 at 10 PM EST and it was a culture shock. Full contact, highly aggressive racing with outright dirty drivers in the mix. I've done 4 races so far on PS5 and all the same thing, toxic. The penalties do not work, I haven't seen anyone get a penalty. Last race I ended up with one from tapping a track re-entry in the middle of chaos, but the one(s) who put that car off track, nothing.
I'm trying two more races on PS5 but honestly PS5 is not the place you want to do daily races on. I raced at the same time slots yesterday on PS4 and the races were all mostly mindful and respectful (SR S). Sure there are some bad and clumsy apples on ps4 as well yet on PS5 the back is a battle zone.
Sucks, ps4 gives me errors and glitches, PS5 a bunch of dirty scumbags.
Next race, I thought it was going better until the middle straight. At the end, 3 cars in front of me start doing stupid ****. One goes wide, another thinks he can overtake in the last kink, knocks another off. One track re-entry swerves in my path, huge speed difference, I lose all my momentum, the other car gets a boost and makes the corner fine... I get 1 sec penalty.
The buck did not stop here, or rather I made them swallow said buck. At the Karoussel my brakes had a sudden tragic failure and my car bowled all three of them into the wall. Good riddance. I got another 3 sec, 1 sec per car taken out
I guess they were fighting more along the way as they didn't catch up after I served the 4 seconds. For the rest of the 'race' two more cars I got in range off took themselves out. Bunch of clowns on ps5 
Race C is more clumsy than dirty. You not only need to know the track inside out, but also know where people tend to screw up and/or do stupid things. The only way to learn is to do a lot of races there!
Oh and if you're racing on PS5, get the PS4 version :/ I was doing race C on PS4 during notorious dirty hour, it was all pretty clean.
Then I switched to PS5 at 10 PM EST and it was a culture shock. Full contact, highly aggressive racing with outright dirty drivers in the mix. I've done 4 races so far on PS5 and all the same thing, toxic. The penalties do not work, I haven't seen anyone get a penalty. Last race I ended up with one from tapping a track re-entry in the middle of chaos, but the one(s) who put that car off track, nothing.
I'm trying two more races on PS5 but honestly PS5 is not the place you want to do daily races on. I raced at the same time slots yesterday on PS4 and the races were all mostly mindful and respectful (SR S). Sure there are some bad and clumsy apples on ps4 as well yet on PS5 the back is a battle zone.
Sucks, ps4 gives me errors and glitches, PS5 a bunch of dirty scumbags.
Next race, I thought it was going better until the middle straight. At the end, 3 cars in front of me start doing stupid ****. One goes wide, another thinks he can overtake in the last kink, knocks another off. One track re-entry swerves in my path, huge speed difference, I lose all my momentum, the other car gets a boost and makes the corner fine... I get 1 sec penalty.
The buck did not stop here, or rather I made them swallow said buck. At the Karoussel my brakes had a sudden tragic failure and my car bowled all three of them into the wall. Good riddance. I got another 3 sec, 1 sec per car taken out
I guess they were fighting more along the way as they didn't catch up after I served the 4 seconds. For the rest of the 'race' two more cars I got in range off took themselves out. Bunch of clowns on ps5
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I am on PS5 and i get a lot of clean races on Sardegna in B/S lobbies. Once i (and 3 others got divebombed at the hairpin after i squeezed someone into the wall on the Straight before, that i just didnt realize was there. (thats why i i try to never react to dirty driving, in 90% of cases i dont know if its deliberate)
Oh and once a TCR driver divebombed in the hairpin but that seemed to be poor judgement as it was a relative ineffective divebomb. ;-)
Rest was clean in my surrounding.
Oh and once a TCR driver divebombed in the hairpin but that seemed to be poor judgement as it was a relative ineffective divebomb. ;-)
Rest was clean in my surrounding.
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Not the best selection of races this week. Only been doing Race B and i'm pleased to report most of the racing has been fairly clean. A 1.40.6 put me mid pack in most of my races which has kept me on my toes. I'm not doing any races at the Nordschleife as it's just way too stressful, but I have been doing the time trial as i do wanna get better at it. From Monday to Wednesday I've managed to get my time down from a 7.22 to 7.07.
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It may sound silly now.. but don't worry about your DR. Take advantage of this week and ride race C if you're interested in the track, in my opinion you can't do that much at any other track in any other race Vehicle control AND Racecraft learning like on the Nordschleife.
Overtaking is very difficult almost everywhere and when the guy in front is struggling it becomes almost impossible BUT when you make it... it's a really cool feeling.
Regarding your observation regarding Low A, yes that's not uncommon, although I think it depends a lot on the time of day who's online, but "low" riders in a group are either newly promoted riders and maybe not safe enough yet, or they fight with all means not to get off again. Or they are basically rather unclean drivers and their low status is the maximum they can achieve.
Don't let other drivers get you down and try to have as much fun as possible.
Especially the Ring is a track that can really turn a race completely up to the last corner, into the positive but also into the negative, BUT I believe that if you can drive on the Ring, you can drive anywhere.
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This is a real pet peeve of mine about this game. I’m also not very good at it, it feels totally unintuitive. The very quickest laps of any combo rarely bare any resemblance to actual driving, more someone who’s very good at computer games breaking the physics model. Last week at race c i didn’t bother once I saw how to set a quick time; jamming the CLK into 1st gear at 85mph mid corner…. absurd.
Word. I've been loving the Jag on Race B. Although a lot of the field are choosing the Supra, I think they are fooled into thinking they are driving the "meta". I actually like the Supra on this track too, as it grips for days in 2nd gear. The Jag takes a little more skill on the corners (I've been known to set TCS 1, so it's one less thing to worry about), but absolutely flies on the fast sections. Usually even from the rolling start I can gain a couple of tenths on Supras in front.
Have noticed the WRX faring well too.
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The Jag is a solid Gr.3 choice on power circuits - it benefits from an early shift too, being a supercharged V8 it doesn't need to rev all the way out. WRX has long been one of my favourite Gr.3 cars. It doesn't have the outright speed but it makes up for it with handling like a go kart.
Sure. Happy to defer to someone who knows more about the cars. I certainly can't use it to its full advantage yet.
Interesting. Is there any way for me to work this out from looking at the power graph in settings? Or is it just car knowledge?
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I know there was a resource for GT Sport with power curves and best shift points for all Gr.3 cars, I can't remember for the life of me what it was now though! In principle though, supercharged cars tend to be able to shift earlier, especially when coupled with a big torquey engine (ie. Corvette, Jag, Viper).
