GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Mercia]

What region and DR? Everyrace I have run has been clean but that's EMEA and B/S

Same mate, can't think of a race where it hasn't happened lap 1 and I've had to fight back for the rest of the race.

 

[Bullwinkle]

I found a new winning strategy for the A race this week. It’s a two-pit strategy so I can keep my tires fresh for optimal laps. I had fastest laps and finished P1.

Ok, I confess: I was in a lobby where all but three of us were dropped, and then the other two just disappeared. They were on the list of racers, but no cars anywhere. I did a pit just to see if anyone else was there and if they’d catch up or something, and then I took a second, but still no sign of the other two. I didn’t even start P1!! It was just . . . weird.

 

[BruceAlmighty]

Race C is not much better in that regard...

No seriously, I just drove my one and only Race C for this week. I just wanted to drive cleanly behind the pack, to gain SR points and get my S rating back. But surprisingly I was P2 on the grid, which instigated my competitive nature 🤣, so I couldn't help myself and went racing.

I did the same thing last night after getting my Q time down to a 1:47.286 , I was just going to ride around a little and see how things went....BUT NO ... I'm a P2 and I went backwards pretty quick but got back up to p7.
And guess what...? not one but 3 cars had one minute penalties which moved me up to p3.

 

[BigSarj]

Race C was fine for me. I had a couple of potential good race results ruined by people making honest mistakes and twice I'd been shoved aside by an aggressive Mexican driver who ended up rage quitting both times (always nice to see). Other than that, it's been rather respectful.

I'm most upset about the race where I was fighting for P3, timed my move perfectly and crossed the finish line a nose ahead to take the position - only to realize that it was lap 9. Ended up in P5.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

I found a new winning strategy for the A race this week. It’s a two-pit strategy so I can keep my tires fresh for optimal laps. I had fastest laps and finished P1.

Ok, I confess: I was in a lobby where all but three of us were dropped, and then the other two just disappeared. They were on the list of racers, but no cars anywhere. I did a pit just to see if anyone else was there and if they’d catch up or something, and then I took a second, but still no sign of the other two. I didn’t even start P1!! It was just . . . weird.

A win is a win is a win...

 

[Wombat54]

Not sure I follow mate, you should only be getting a blue flag if you're being lapped, and if you are being lapped you're ghosted anyway.

I don't want a blue flag waving just because the car behind is a higher DR, that's absurd.

Blue flag​

The solid blue flag orders backmarkers to give way to faster cars.



In NASCAR and IndyCar, this flag orders backmarkers to give way to faster cars.

A light blue flag, sometimes with a diagonal yellow, orange, or red stripe, informs a driver that a faster car is approaching and that the driver should move aside to allow one or more faster cars to pass. During a race, this would only be usually shown to a driver who is getting lapped but during practice or qualifying sessions, it could be shown to any driver. In most series, the blue flag is not mandatory—drivers obey it only as a courtesy to their fellow racers. As such, it is often referred to as the "courtesy flag." In other series, drivers get severely penalized for not yielding or for interfering with the leaders, including getting sent to the pits for the rest of the race. In Formula One, if the driver about to be lapped ignores three waved blue flags in a row, he is required to serve a drive-through penalty. The blue flag may also be used to warn a driver that another car on the same lap is going to attempt to overtake them.

The steady blue flag is displayed when a faster car is approaching, the blue flag is waved when the faster car is about to overtake.

I know that I get a warning message on my screen if I’m about to get lapped. It’s not an actual blue flag, but same principle. Some tracks actually have the blue lights and flags, but that’s in single player mode. I don’t know if they do that in sport mode.

not talking about being lapped-have never been lapped so have never seen a blue flag-when I raced in multi class we called it the "courtesy flag.Keep forgetting this is just a game,not real racing-my bad...

 

[Famine]

Keep forgetting this is just a game,not real racing-my bad...

Even in real racing there's literally no need to wave a blue flag to a car in a single-class race - like GT7's Sport Mode Daily Races and GT World Series Races - simply because the car behind is faster than them. It's only used for cars being lapped and for cars emerging from the pits as a warning of much faster vehicles that haven't pitted.

Which is also what happens in GT7 too.

 

[LGBT_Barron]

So did more testing for Race C. RS last 8/9 laps. Don't know pit loss sadly but I'm guessing there won't be much in it between doing a one stop for RS or a no stop on RM. This is assuming that the info released by Nenkai on twitter is correct i.e there is no mandatory tyres but all are available to use (RS/RM/RH). I cannot work out why RH are an option, either the info released is wrong, PD are stupid or trolling us, or i'm just missing something. If all 3 are mandatory though you'd do 1 on RH, 3/4 on RM and 8/9 on RS. And doing laps with no tyre wear and fuel i managed a 1.21.2.....but I'm sure the big boys will manage to get under 1.20. We'll find out on Monday.

 

[Wombat54]

Not sure I follow mate, you should only be getting a blue flag if you're being lapped, and if you are being lapped you're ghosted anyway.

I don't want a blue flag waving just because the car behind is a higher DR, that's absurd.

What is absurd is being in a lobby with A+/S down to C/B with a laptime difference of up to 6 seconds.to me an A+ driver who is lapping 6 seconds faster than me has earnt the right for a clean overtake-it`s respect,to me anyway-The Blue Flag was common when i raced in multi class and on some of the Daily C races it may as well be multi class due to the discrepancies in times and abilities in mismatched lobbies.

 

[Mercia]

What is absurd is being in a lobby with A+/S down to C/B with a laptime difference of up to 6 seconds.to me an A+ driver who is lapping 6 seconds faster than me has earnt the right for a clean overtake-it`s respect,to me anyway-The Blue Flag was common when i raced in multi class and on some of the Daily C races it may as well be multi class due to the discrepancies in times and abilities in mismatched lobbies.

That's a call you've made in race and that's fair enough, you're entitled to do so. Others may see it differently, to compete with a higher ranked driver is an opportunity to show their stuff, to defend hard and race hard to the best of their ability and try and catch these guys out on a bad day for a good result. They are also entitled to do so (fairly, of course) and it's not within the rules for them to be blue flagged when not being lapped in a single series race.

If Verstappen starts at the back Latifi doesn't get a blue flag waved at him.

 

[Wombat54]

That's a call you've made in race and that's fair enough, you're entitled to do so. Others may see it differently, to compete with a higher ranked driver is an opportunity to show their stuff, to defend hard and race hard to the best of their ability and try and catch these guys out on a bad day for a good result. They are also entitled to do so (fairly, of course) and it's not within the rules for them to be blue flagged when not being lapped in a single series race.

If Verstappen starts at the back Latifi doesn't get a blue flag waved at him.

Hey-i`ve never been lapped and never quit a race but i will defend legally if it is a fair fight.This not F1,the comparison is ridiculous and indicative of the online attitude to racing.There is very little respect in this game probably because there are no consequences,as in real life.If you have raced you would appreciate the mutual respect required.I don`t want to race against aliens-i want to race at my standard.I`m 68 with degenerative athritis so don`t have the fast twitch of a 14yo or Youtuber.I`m a natural low B/S and am realistic enough to realise that i will probably never rate higher.I just want to race but if someone`s clearly faster i will go out of my way to let them through-they`ve earnt that.if it`s possible to alert you to a collision 2 corners ahead,it would be nice to have a heads up that a better, faster driver is coming through.

 

[Mercia]

There is very little respect in this game probably because there are no consequences,as in real life.

Can't argue that but I don't think putting a notice that a 'better, faster' driver is coming up behind is going to encourage respect and is likely to do the opposite for a lot of players.

I get where you're coming from but just think it's very subjective, not wishing to argue it round in circles though so enjoy your racing my friend

 

[Wombat54]

agreed:had a couple of races today with full B/S grids and had a good day-pity it`s only on the weekends when the weather is good that i can be competitive and racing peers instead of aliens.
this all started at Bathurst at McPhillamy,Dredge Dragline had a moment and was coming back through the field at speed so i moved over,backed off slightly but fluffed the overtaking blinker and got rearended-ruined his race and mine and i`ve felt bad about it since.
feel better for venting-thanks for listening.

 

[Mercia]

What region and DR? Everyrace I have run has been clean but that's EMEA and B/S

This absolute mess is my general experience in Race A at the Lesmo's. Both runs on the inside are just nuts and can't be pulled off without the full intention of forcing my car off.



Nevermind the 3 second penalty I had because a car braked far too early into the 1st chicane and I gently nudged the bloody thing over the tarmac. Of course no penalties for forcing me off though.

 

[Bullwinkle]

So did more testing for Race C. RS last 8/9 laps. Don't know pit loss sadly but I'm guessing there won't be much in it between doing a one stop for RS or a no stop on RM. This is assuming that the info released by Nenkai on twitter is correct i.e there is no mandatory tyres but all are available to use (RS/RM/RH). I cannot work out why RH are an option, either the info released is wrong, PD are stupid or trolling us, or i'm just missing something. If all 3 are mandatory though you'd do 1 on RH, 3/4 on RM and 8/9 on RS. And doing laps with no tyre wear and fuel i managed a 1.21.2.....but I'm sure the big boys will manage to get under 1.20. We'll find out on Monday.

Dang. I was assuming all three were mandatory. That at least would require some strategy, if only minimally. I’m looking at Race B with 8 laps and absolutely no strategy?! Why do 8 laps if it’s no tire wear or fuel consumption? Is it just to bore us to death and finally finish off the few hangers-on who still bother to do these races?!

Sheesh!

agreed:had a couple of races today with full B/S grids and had a good day-pity it`s only on the weekends when the weather is good that i can be competitive and racing peers instead of aliens.
this all started at Bathurst at McPhillamy,Dredge Dragline had a moment and was coming back through the field at speed so i moved over,backed off slightly but fluffed the overtaking blinker and got rearended-ruined his race and mine and i`ve felt bad about it since.
feel better for venting-thanks for listening.

Same happened to me last week at the Gr1 race. I was starting without quali time at the back so I could ramble along for 13 laps to get my SR back up. I got lapped and got the blue light, but when I tried to get out of the way I found myself only getting more in the way! I guess their line wasn’t my line, which would explain the time discrepancy!! I try to be respectful to those who deserve it, but it may have looked like I was swerving at them or something. Luckily I got ghosted a couple of times so I don’t think I ruined anyone’s race, but it must have been aggravating for them.

Or, they got a thrill overlapping someone. . .

 

[FerrariF40]

Why the heck is there no (dynamic) weather in daily races?

What a ridiculous joke.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

I've been doing some very quick testing (2 laps per car) for next week's B and C races. Stock cars with matching tire combos (RH in Race B and RS for C) as the race settings will be. Only tried 2 cars each but seems the Supra will be taking a break next week and in GR 2 it's the usual Nismo that reigns supreme.

I also was awarded this car in the daily tickets and never seen it before. Is it new or did I just miss it since day 1? 🤣

 

[Darrenersmit]

I've been doing some testing for next week's B and C races. Stock cars with matching tire combos as the race settings will be. Only tried 2 cars each but seems the Supra will be taking a break next week and in GR 2 it's the usual Nismo that reigns supreme.

I also was awarded this car in the daily tickets and never seen it before. Is it new or did I just miss it since day 1? 🤣

How

I've been doing some very quick testing (2 laps per car) for next week's B and C races. Stock cars with matching tire combos as the race settings will be. Only tried 2 cars each but seems the Supra will be taking a break next week and in GR 2 it's the usual Nismo that reigns supreme.

I also was awarded this car in the daily tickets and never seen it before. Is it new or did I just miss it since day 1? 🤣

How you know what next week races are. Been getting into the trail mountain race this week. Don't usually do daily races

 

[Mercia]

I also was awarded this car in the daily tickets and never seen it before. Is it new or did I just miss it since day 1? 🤣

Well unless it costs between 5-10 grand I won't be getting it in a ticket

 

[Famine]

Is it new or did I just miss it since day 1? 🤣

It was in GT Sport since day one, so you've missed it for 47 months so far...

 

[TechnoIsLove]

How

How you know what next week races are. Been getting into the trail mountain race this week. Don't usually do daily races

LGBT_Barron showed the tweet from GT a few posts above. Also, ignore my quote for the Supra taking a break this week in Race B. Did 5 more laps, figured out some braking points and gear shifts and took a second out of my previous time. For sure can find more but will put in the time tomorrow when it actually counts 🤣

 

[Talon16]

Got my 69th (ahuhuhu) win on the 1 account today. I really like the Daytona Roadcourse and get along with it quite well.

I made it more exciting (or should I say heartwrenching) than it needed to be as I was starting up front but started on the RH tires. Unfortunately for me, the next four cars were on RMs so I got swallowed up pretty quick. Ended up doing a side-by-side through the bus-stop on barely warm RH tires, which is far from ideal.

Normally I would've just slowed and got behind him assuming he was on RM tires, but there was another Supra right behind him so I'd have needed to let them both pass. Hindsight being 20/20 even that would've still been the better move. The other guy bumped me when we were next to each other and I went a bit wide on exit, thus earning myself a .500" pen. I was a little irked when I got bumped, but after looking at the reply I did not give him a full car's width (I'm in the blue Supra); more like 85% of a car's width so the bump and ensuing penalty was 100% my fault. Truth be told, he did a good job of not hitting me harder and the fact we both survived was quite amazing. Fair play to him.

So after starting on the RH tires and getting a penalty I lost five places on lap one. That saying, "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" is true as then my dumb*ss decides to go side-by-side into the bus-stop on the very next lap. This time it worked out a little better as I gave more space; still got a bump in the rear quarter-panel but it wasn't malicious and we both survived so I'll take it. I kept the position but didn't get a good exit which lead to some close racing into T1

Few laps later, pit for tires, come out in P4. Made a couple of passes and had some very good, clean racing with the Brazilian in the purple car (who also started on RH tires). P1 was about six seconds up so I figured I was in a battle for P2. But, as I am coming around the final banking on the penultimate lap P1 pits! WTF? Found out after watching the replay he did RM then RM (by accident I assume) so he had to take the RH tires. No wonder he was so far ahead. Fortunately, I was able to keep the gap to the purple Supra on the last lap.

Getting wins on the 1 account come few and far between so it feels extra good. Props to the gray/red, purple, and white Supra drivers, as well as the Ford GT driver, for being very clean.

 

[FerrariF40]

WHY THE HECK does Daytona race say "NO MANDATORY PITSTOP" ???

So i used only hard tires - and then i got 1 minute penalty after race!

What is this stupid PD logic ???

So OF COURSE there is a mandatory pitstop.

 

[Famine]

WHY THE HECK does Daytona race say "NO MANDATORY PITSTOP" ???

So i used only hard tires - and then i got 1 minute penalty after race!

What is this stupid PD logic ???

So OF COURSE there is a mandatory pitstop.

So... you didn't read the tyre regulations (or GTPlanet's article) but it's someone else's fault?

A mandatory stop is one which is required regardless of tyre regulations. Having to change tyres is a separate thing.

 

[BigSarj]

Got my 69th (ahuhuhu) win on the 1 account today...


Getting wins on the 1 account come few and far between so it feels extra good.

Sixty-nine wins is few and far between? Have you done thousands of races or is your bar really that high?

 

[Talon16]

Sixty-nine wins is few and far between? Have you done thousands of races or is your bar really that high?

The latter I suppose. The stats on the primary (aka try hard) account as of today:

Clean Races 144
Fastest Laps 39
Pole Positions 21
Races 291
Victories 69
No. of Top 5 Finishes 213
No. of Gold Record Finishes 4
No. of Silver Record Finishes 0
No. of Bronze Record Finishes 0

 

[speeeyskells]

That why I always check before I race any mandatory pit stop races which tyres I need to use

 

[LGBT_Barron]

WHY THE HECK does Daytona race say "NO MANDATORY PITSTOP" ???

So i used only hard tires - and then i got 1 minute penalty after race!

What is this stupid PD logic ???

So OF COURSE there is a mandatory pitstop.

If it said No Mandatory Pitstop it means there was a chance of rain, PD obvs seen your pleas for dynamic weather and decided to troll you 😜.
Right anyway Race C next week boy is it gonna be fun, doing a one stop on softs seems to be the way to go. I absolutely love having tons of downforce and grip and just being able to throw the car into corners and have it stick. The right hand corner before the S's on the back straight can be taken flat out, it seems impossible entering the corner but if you take a deep breath and be brave.....only on RS though.

Dang. I was assuming all three were mandatory. That at least would require some strategy, if only minimally. I’m looking at Race B with 8 laps and absolutely no strategy?! Why do 8 laps if it’s no tire wear or fuel consumption? Is it just to bore us to death and finally finish off the few hangers-on who still bother to do these races?!

Sheesh!

Nearly every private lobby i was in somehow thought all 3 were mandatory. Which in a way is understandable as without it being so the RH are useless. One theory i heard was that they are there as an option for lower ranked lobbies as they might not be able to save the RM to do a no stop. Having all 3 as mandatory would bring a tiny bit more strategy to it but trust me it's waaaayyyyy more fun blasting round that track on RS. As for Race B, there has never been a strategy in any one ever, its always been a sprint race. And RH are usually the tyre of choice as it takes a bit more skill to drive with them (less grip, can't just throw car in and have it stick etc)

 

[Bullwinkle]

Nearly every private lobby i was in somehow thought all 3 were mandatory. Which in a way is understandable as without it being so the RH are useless. One theory i heard was that they are there as an option for lower ranked lobbies as they might not be able to save the RM to do a no stop. Having all 3 as mandatory would bring a tiny bit more strategy to it but trust me it's waaaayyyyy more fun blasting round that track on RS. As for Race B, there has never been a strategy in any one ever, its always been a sprint race. And RH are usually the tyre of choice as it takes a bit more skill to drive with them (less grip, can't just throw car in and have it stick etc)

I don’t mind sprints, but 8 laps seems a bit much. Let’s do 5 and get on with it. But 8 seems like there ought to be more going on other than more of the same laps. That just seems like overkill for a sprint. Like they said in the meeting, “What? They want more in these races? Ok, let’s give them a few more laps in RH.” It seems tone deaf to me.

 

[Linius]

It’s a short lap though. Definitely interested to see how race B will go.

Main goal this week is to be able to compete in DR B. Daytona got me back in.