GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Psyco19]

How do I sign up with a manufacturer? I don’t see that option anywhere. Also I’m only on D races and surprisingly it’s been fun. There aren’t a lot of crashes or penalties.

I prefer BOP but eventually that’ll have meta. Tuned races will be the same though…like you’ll have that one car tuned and it’ll just be like BOP.

It’s not like I can take my Supra and make as good as the Audi R8 for Gr3 tuned as the Supra is stuck at 492 HP

 

[BalsBrother]

No matter how many clean races I have I can’t get my SR up. Are they frozen or something ?

During the Deep Forest daily week on the Monday I dipped into SR B due to bad driving, not familiar with track and some anger issues. Took me the rest of the week to claw that back to S. It's hard to get back in GT7, it takes a lot of time and patience.

 

[NevilleNobody]

I prefer BOP but eventually that’ll have meta. Tuned races will be the same though…like you’ll have that one car tuned and it’ll just be like BOP.

This, it's a just a longer, more painful route to a META. Adjusting BOP with updates is actually an easier fix, in GTS there was pretty good variety on some tracks with Group 3, for the last yr the SUpra was a bit too strong/agile and should have bene slightly nerfed but below that it was tight and at a track like Bathurst where rear end grip is more important than agility, there are a huge range of competitive group 3 cars.

 

[QwakQwakQwak]

They seriously need to apply penalties better for online races

 

[Yard_Sale]

This, it's a just a longer, more painful route to a META. Adjusting BOP with updates is actually an easier fix, in GTS there was pretty good variety on some tracks with Group 3, for the last yr the SUpra was a bit too strong/agile and should have bene slightly nerfed but below that it was tight and at a track like Bathurst where rear end grip is more important than agility, there are a huge range of competitive group 3 cars.

The thing I will say about tuning however, is that it brings some cars into the fold that wouldn’t have a chance. The R8, the 458, the RS01….. all a handful without some tuning. And for someone like me that doesn’t really care about results, I usually won’t use the Meta anyways

On another note, what’s the deal with the oil changes? Is there a definitive drop off in power even before your oil goes to “normal”? Or do you need to change it EVERY-SINGLE-RACE to maintain performance?

I for one like the oil changes and body rigidity stuff. I just wish we had more guidance on how often to do it all

 

[Pigems]

The thing I will say about tuning however, is that it brings some cars into the fold that wouldn’t have a chance. The R8, the 458, the RS01….. all a handful without some tuning. And for someone like me that doesn’t really care about results, I usually won’t use the Meta anyways

On another note, what’s the deal with the oil changes? Is there a definitive drop off in power even before your oil goes to “normal”? Or do you need to change it EVERY-SINGLE-RACE to maintain performance?

I for one like the oil changes and body rigidity stuff. I just wish we had more guidance on how often to do it all

I believe I’ve heard that the drop off in power starts at about 500km into the oil change.

 

[NikNakTobasco]

There should be more than enough players to support healthy lobbies for 5 races.

Not sure there is. I’m getting put in rooms with A+, A, and B DR. If they can’t fill a race with one DR band now, spread that even thinner and it’ll be a free for all.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Not sure there is. I’m getting put in rooms with A+, A, and B DR. If they can’t fill a race with one DR band now, spread that even thinner and it’ll be a free for all.

Exactly, and the fact that they’re separating PS4 and PS5 players is compounding the issue and explains the vast range of DR levels in the daily’s

Has anyone been able to confirm wether or not they’re doing cross play in FIA?

 

[NikNakTobasco]

Exactly, and the fact that they’re separating PS4 and PS5 players is compounding the issue and explains the vast range of DR levels in the daily’s

Has anyone been able to confirm wether or not they’re doing cross play in FIA?

The evening races are usually a bit more concentrated, also a lot filthier so I like to play in the afternoon; no way there’s enough players for 5 races. I have a feeling if there was BoP and tuning everyone would go to BoP. Just speculation of course.

Apparently the FIA are cross play. Maybe that’s why they keep crashing at the lobby 🤷🏼‍♂️.

 

[Yard_Sale]

The evening races are usually a bit more concentrated, also a lot filthier so I like to play in the afternoon; no way there’s enough players for 5 races. I have a feeling if there was BoP and tuning everyone would go to BoP. Just speculation of course.

Apparently the FIA are cross play. Maybe that’s why they keep crashing at the lobby 🤷🏼‍♂️.

That’s my guess why they keep crashing. If this keeps up, it’ll be a PS5-only game by summer. Hopefully that’s not the case as PS5s are still difficult to fetb

 

[NikNakTobasco]

That’s my guess why they keep crashing. If this keeps up, it’ll be a PS5-only game by summer. Hopefully that’s not the case as PS5s are still difficult to fetb

The servers just seem hopeless in GT7. In sport you’d always have a 4 or 5 dot connection online. in 7 everyone has 2 or 3. Perhaps the servers are crumbling under the pressure of propping up the entirety of a single player game as well as the online stuff. Whatever the reason there is no excuse At this point .

 

[football5699]

Look, I get it. I know how this is going to sound. I got lucky with getting a link from Sony for launch day. I'm in the vast minority.

But this game not being a 5 exclusive is kind of embarrassing. At this point I wonder if it's to excuse the lack of graphical updates.

 

[Yard_Sale]

The servers just seem hopeless in GT7. In sport you’d always have a 4 or 5 dot connection online. in 7 everyone has 2 or 3. Perhaps the servers are crumbling under the pressure of propping up the entirety of a single player game as well as the online stuff. Whatever the reason there is no excuse At this point .

I don’t know if that’s the case being that GTS’s single player was more expansive that GT7 currently, and the servers did just fine.

At this point, the only 2 logical explanations are they’re supporting GTS and GT7 on the same servers (don’t know if this is even possible as I’m not well versed in Nerd stuff). Or more likely, cross play is killing it with PS4 load times that can be calculated with a Sun Dial

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I don’t know if that’s the case being that GTS’s single player was more expansive that GT7 currently, and the servers did just fine.

At this point, the only 2 logical explanations are they’re supporting GTS and GT7 on the same servers (don’t know if this is even possible as I’m not well versed in Nerd stuff). Or more likely, cross play is killing it with PS4 load times that can be calculated with a Sun Dial

I think that was just tongue in cheek about propping up the single player

GT7 on ps4 might be on the same server as GT Sport, or same locations anyway. I get 5 bars on GT Sport and GT7 on ps4. However I often only get 3 bars on GT7 ps5, rarely 5. It seems to be switching between different servers on ps5. Maybe it's a bug that it keeps using the wrong server...

Cross play is only in FIA, there you see the ps4 loading while the ps5 users are all ready. Daily races simply take longer to start on ps4. On ps5 the race is already underway.

My guess is, it's a bug that matchmaking keeps routing to a distant server for GT7 on ps5. There's no reason why it shouldn't use the same closer server as GT7 on ps4.

Both have issues though (GT7 on ps4 and ps5). Twice today, unexpected error on PS5. And on ps4 twice I was stuck in auto-drive for 10 laps while the rest of the field had a black screen.

 

[Yard_Sale]

I think that was just tongue in cheek about propping up the single player

GT7 on ps4 might be on the same server as GT Sport, or same locations anyway. I get 5 bars on GT Sport and GT7 on ps4. However I often only get 3 bars on GT7 ps5, rarely 5. It seems to be switching between different servers on ps5. Maybe it's a bug that it keeps using the wrong server...

Cross play is only in FIA, there you see the ps4 loading while the ps5 users are all ready. Daily races simply take longer to start on ps4. On ps5 the race is already underway.

My guess is, it's a bug that matchmaking keeps routing to a distant server for GT7 on ps5. There's no reason why it shouldn't use the same closer server as GT7 on ps4.

Both have issues though (GT7 on ps4 and ps5). Twice today, unexpected error on PS5. And on ps4 twice I was stuck in auto-drive for 10 laps while the rest of the field had a black screen.

Do you notice a difference in Physics between the 2 consoles?

 

[Roggers]

Not played a GT game since GT4 and a little of GT5 so I’m fairly new to the online racing with GT7. And fair new to online racing full stop. Never found much interest in it and have just started recently doing a bit of F1 2021 online too.

So far I’m actually enjoying these daily races. Interlagos and AutoPolis races have been great this week. For me they are two great tracks. Fast with some technical in them too.
As for the racing, In general I have found the match making to be pretty fair and the races have been 90% clean.
Been a few good and bad things I’ve noticed over the last two weeks.

Penalties - the system seems fair in the penalty times handed out, but the way some penalties are have been awarded has been stupid. Ive had a few penalties handed out to me that was not my fault at all. The causing a collision penalty for me is a bit buggy. Had some behind me rear end me and because I managed to stay on the track yet they didn’t I was given a 4 sec penalty. Track limits are a bit hit and miss too I think.
Match making - so far it’s been pretty good, but I find that maybe 3 out of 5 races I end up in a race with 2 or 3 cars who can drive about 4 seconds a lap quicker than me. I’ve had a couple 2nd and 3rd places, and the rest I’ve been midfield 7th/8th.
Dirty drivers - so far the majority of the races have been fair and clean fights. You might get the odd elbows and nudges but it’s all been fair. Now I’ve had a few races where I’ve seen people were clearly out to destroy others races. One racer tried to side swipe me on the pit straight it miss and then the next corner went steaming in to take me off track. Thank god for ghosting mode, as there car ghosted and they went straight off. I've had this done to me a few times on F1 2021 and it just stupid and makes not want to play online.
Disconnections - I had it a few times where I’ve been disconnected from the race but this only happens between the loading screens, and it’s never drop out mind race. I assume this is just a bug in the game.

Scoring system - I am currently D/B or C. I know the last letter is your safety rating and obviously changes depending on your drivin. But what is the first letter (D). How do you make this change?
BoP - only seen this on this weeks races. I assume this is just an auto tuning system thing is it to get you to the correct PP, weight, BHP etc…. Or is it something else?

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Do you notice a difference in Physics between the 2 consoles?

The odd thing was (pre 1.07) that I was faster on Fisherman's ranch on ps4 than on ps5. In race C I didn't notice any difference.

So, maybe?

 

[NevilleNobody]

They really could not commit to PS5 only given it is so hard to get your hands on one. They'd also get nothing out of someone like me who doesn't want to pay $800 just to play GT7. This way, they still got their pound of flesh.

 

[Barra333]

They really could not commit to PS5 only given it is so hard to get your hands on one. They'd also get nothing out of someone like me who doesn't want to pay $800 just to play GT7. This way, they still got their pound of flesh.

While I'm happy that it means folks like you get to play it, I still hold a strong opinion that it is a negative for the quality of the game.

 

[BalsBrother]

Today has been a total disaster for my DR rating. Dropped from B to C and just seem to be going backwards. Cannot get a handle on Race C no matter what I drive folks just run away from me or the few times I manage to hang on I just get punted out of the way then they drive away.

Race B a little better but I am still losing places in that one too. My only positive is I have kept my temper in check even when being punted to beyond the realm so I am still SR S.

At this point I think I might just cut my losses and quit the dailies this week as they don't seem to be my thing. Hope there is something better suited to my driving next week. Might still do the manufacturers though as that has a good mix of tracks.

 

[Bojador]

Managed a clean race bonus on race B. That alone should give 1 million credits just based on how difficult that is 😂

Real fun races even if most if not all I was punted to death.

Did one race C. Too boring.

 

[ColinNZ]

I jumped into my BMW for a couple of goes at race B. Had two very different races. In the first, there was a bit of fisticuffs, which I managed to wiggle away from. Eventually getting a fourth or fifth. The second was a bit of a mixed lobby, with an AS driver pulling away from me, and me (BS) pulling away from everyone else.

 

[LGBT_Barron]

Hello. Anyone else struggling with MR cars at tight corners/hairpins? E.g. Deep Forest hairpin (last corner before the fast kink) and Spa turn 1 I have trouble in. At least with Huracan gr3 and 917 living legend. How do you sort this out?

Feels like I cannot carry the speed through properly, without risking a spin-out 😬 Map clutch pedal and use it as help? No gear shifter on my G29, will buy one soon. Driving manual with pad shifters. Thanks in advance.

This is where having some tuning available would help. You'd be able to add some ballast to offset the oversteer, add downforce etc. The RCZ is probably the easiest MR to drive at the minute, but I'm guessing on tracks with elevation changes it's probably also a handful

 

[samppa_944]

Yeah, big troubles with game crashing on manufacturers cup test season rd.1 yesterday. Such a shame..😔 If it is cross-play that is probably why. It appears test season, really means what is says 😁

I doubt this game becomes a PS5 only game. Surely not, there is a slight chance that some features PS5 only, probably not regarding sport mode. But who knows what updates we get.. I knew about the PS5 only risk before buying this game. I just paid 62€, apparently not a lot these days so no worries, feeling like I have already got 50-60% of value, I had low expectations. Good updates and some even, then 100%. Please, no negativity, I wanna stay positive, been enjoying gt7 so far, grinding could be made a bit easier tbf. Back to what it was at start? Or like increase all prices by like 20%? That would help a bunch too 🤔 At least they must keep the main features for both consoles.

Dailies have been a lot of fun against other ps4 players. For some reason pretty clean. I think yesterday manuf time slot 2 (troubles began in slot 3), me getting spun-out, just a racing incident. I was squeezed between two drivers, wish I recorded this. But I guess I was too angry after getting spun out by no fault of my own really in a 5 lap race. 😅😅 Somehow avoided last place woohoo 🥳 And I don't mind tbf, feeling like DR is slightly too high atm 🤔

I need more time, to become fast again. The old quali troubles from GTS (used to struggle in qualies first 3-4 months) kicking in, a slight miracle, if I quali in top10 (16-20 driver races). Race pace usually not too bad. No, I am not a F1 driver. But me being a Kimi Räikkönen fanboy 🇫🇮 I sometimes feel like an old Räikkönen with my driving - he struggled in qualies his last years in F1, still great in races. But yeah, he would probably beat me irl, driving with one hand 😂😂

How do I sign up with a manufacturer? I don’t see that option anywhere. Also I’m only on D races and surprisingly it’s been fun. There aren’t a lot of crashes or penalties.

I prefer BOP but eventually that’ll have meta. Tuned races will be the same though…like you’ll have that one car tuned and it’ll just be like BOP.

It’s not like I can take my Supra and make as good as the Audi R8 for Gr3 tuned as the Supra is stuck at 492 HP

How? Go to sport mode, try to enter manufacturers test season. There it asks for what car manufacturer you want to choose, before entering. Choose your car manufacturer.

 

[KAlex122]

First Online races yesterday. I always looked at kudosprime in GTS. Is there such a compagnion in GT7?

Installing GT7 i saw my rating from GTS: DR: C/SR: A. After the first race it switched to E/C. Is this normal?

Please respond. Thank you!

 

[Mercia]

Not played a GT game since GT4 and a little of GT5 so I’m fairly new to the online racing with GT7. And fair new to online racing full stop. Never found much interest in it and have just started recently doing a bit of F1 2021 online too.

So far I’m actually enjoying these daily races. Interlagos and AutoPolis races have been great this week. For me they are two great tracks. Fast with some technical in them too.
As for the racing, In general I have found the match making to be pretty fair and the races have been 90% clean.
Been a few good and bad things I’ve noticed over the last two weeks.

Penalties - the system seems fair in the penalty times handed out, but the way some penalties are have been awarded has been stupid. Ive had a few penalties handed out to me that was not my fault at all. The causing a collision penalty for me is a bit buggy. Had some behind me rear end me and because I managed to stay on the track yet they didn’t I was given a 4 sec penalty. Track limits are a bit hit and miss too I think.
Match making - so far it’s been pretty good, but I find that maybe 3 out of 5 races I end up in a race with 2 or 3 cars who can drive about 4 seconds a lap quicker than me. I’ve had a couple 2nd and 3rd places, and the rest I’ve been midfield 7th/8th.
Dirty drivers - so far the majority of the races have been fair and clean fights. You might get the odd elbows and nudges but it’s all been fair. Now I’ve had a few races where I’ve seen people were clearly out to destroy others races. One racer tried to side swipe me on the pit straight it miss and then the next corner went steaming in to take me off track. Thank god for ghosting mode, as there car ghosted and they went straight off. I've had this done to me a few times on F1 2021 and it just stupid and makes not want to play online.
Disconnections - I had it a few times where I’ve been disconnected from the race but this only happens between the loading screens, and it’s never drop out mind race. I assume this is just a bug in the game.

Scoring system - I am currently D/B or C. I know the last letter is your safety rating and obviously changes depending on your drivin. But what is the first letter (D). How do you make this change?
BoP - only seen this on this weeks races. I assume this is just an auto tuning system thing is it to get you to the correct PP, weight, BHP etc…. Or is it something else?

Welcome to online racing mate you're sure to expand your international vocabulary

 

[Bojador]

Please respond. Thank you!

There isn’t. Kudos is looking into it.

Also my DR/SR transferred from gts and I didn’t have that drastic change after one race.

Tried a few cars yesterday in race B. Really liked the ferrari, it’s a really fun car to drive, and the mclaren. Also tried the amg. That engine sound is still the best 👌

Does anyone else thinks the woble ib the gr3 ferrari is a lot more noticeable than other cars?

 

[AngryKowski]

Jumping from all tuning to all races being BOP frustrates me. It was the same with GTS with its penalty system. Once it was extremely harsh, then after an update extremely forgiving. And everytime the playerbase was screaming the opposite. Can we please have something for everyone, so every player gets happy? Something in the middle. I would like to learn tuning, but also want to hop in and drive if i don't want to. Give me the choice, PD!

 

[Bojador]

Jumping from all tuning to all races being BOP frustrates me. It was the same with GTS with its penalty system. Once it was extremely harsh, then after an update extremely forgiving. And everytime the playerbase was screaming the opposite. Can we please have something for everyone, so every player gets happy? Something in the middle. I would like to learn tuning, but also want to hop in and drive if i don't want to. Give me the choice, PD!

It’s week 3. Maybe things will go that route. Having an option for everyone will mean you’ll be racing alone since everyone has their preference.

They have the data, they can see how people are gravitating towards different races with different rules. Give them some time.

 

[SZ_Lukas97]

I drove race C the last two evening. Rating A/S. Were clean races and with the Gr.4 on Autopolis lovely to drive. But with a higher fuel management it would been even better this week. For me a must have race c with a pit stop,