GT7 Daily Race Discussion
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- TheOneDonJuan
If there is a "shortage of players", then policing this game can't be that hard. I get policing Twitter or whatever with millions of active users. But I'm getting the same racers in the same lobbies. How hard is it to report players for antagonizing or writing slurs in the chat? Also what's with people constantly flashing their lights? Had a Porsche driver yesterday about half second behind just non stop flashing his lights at me during the straights. Was my trunk open?
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- rodgers1
So far 🤞🏻, Ive never dropped from SR S so I don’t myself what it takes to drop a SR, but it sounds like your doing the right things to be a SR S driver. Making mistakes happen so I wouldnt worry about it too much and don’t let it effect your driving, as I’ve seen some drivers who have either made mistakes or been taken out then just go about destroying any car they see and then that does effect your SR.
The difference between low SR driver and top SR is the way you go about racing. The top SRs will race cleanly and fairly. They will know when to make a move and how to make the move, where as a lower SR will just divebomb at every corner, they will make some sort of contact with other cars and they will also just go out to destroy people races on purpose.
I don’t think I’ve raced you on the European servers, but from what you posted it’s sound like you’ve earned the SR fairly. Just keep going at the races and try staying away from trouble. Obviously once you start to be consistent you will naturally avoid the trouble, us,ese the trouble finds you, which is what happens to most people.
Depends which console you use. In daily races PS5 and PS4 players don’t match with each other. So if your LS5 player you will only race PS5 players which could be why they are less players and you race the same people.
Never had to report a player on GT, but I think I’ve seen if you click on the chat comment it allows you to then report that chat comment? I’m not sure though.
Flashing lights is most likely that driver is racing with a controller. I think L3 is the default button for flashing lights so most controller players are pressing this and not noticing? Or they trying to distract you and then make you crash. If they are flashing the lights on purpose then it’s unsportsmanlike for me. I think 2/3 flash’s are fine, but when it’s consistent doing it on purpose is a no no for me.
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I have twice, and I know what it takes: chosing the wrong races and then being too stubborn to stay out of them.
Driving five+ races behind the field just to collect CRBs and get up to SR S again has cost me a lot of DR, but in the end it was worth it, and last week's Alfa cup has brought it back and then some.
GrumpyOldMan
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GrumpyOldMan
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I wonder how many other people have done this:
I was running some quali laps before a race. I have my PB ghost loaded, but I only look at it a few times in a lap.
I was running one lap where I knew I was running a decent lap, but since I had just done a restart, I didn't have anything to tell me just how well I was doing. I didn't look at my ghost until about the start of the last section, and it was so far in my rearview mirror I could barely see it. I'm guessing I was a second ahead of my best time.
I was so shocked, I kind-of screwed up the last section, and I lost at least a half second. I still ended up bettering my time by close to a half second. Which is awesome.
The problem is, I was running so unconsciously well, I'm not sure I can ever repeat the first two-thirds like that again. So I don't know if I'll ever be able to better my time, which sucks, because it should really be a half-second better than it is anyway!
I hope that makes sense.
I'm not complaining, by the way. Well, I guess I am a little, but mostly I just wanted to share the experience.
I was running some quali laps before a race. I have my PB ghost loaded, but I only look at it a few times in a lap.
I was running one lap where I knew I was running a decent lap, but since I had just done a restart, I didn't have anything to tell me just how well I was doing. I didn't look at my ghost until about the start of the last section, and it was so far in my rearview mirror I could barely see it. I'm guessing I was a second ahead of my best time.
I was so shocked, I kind-of screwed up the last section, and I lost at least a half second. I still ended up bettering my time by close to a half second. Which is awesome.
The problem is, I was running so unconsciously well, I'm not sure I can ever repeat the first two-thirds like that again. So I don't know if I'll ever be able to better my time, which sucks, because it should really be a half-second better than it is anyway!
I hope that makes sense.
I'm not complaining, by the way. Well, I guess I am a little, but mostly I just wanted to share the experience.
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Alternatively, there’s no reason you can’t/won’t be consistently half a second faster than your current best. Every unicorn lap resets your belief of what’s possible for you.
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- ILLEAGLE_34
I try to take note of my individual sector times it can help out during a race to help you understand your pace.
This is how the learning process works in GT. As you practice the right lines and braking points gradually settle in your muscle memory and you improve by little jumps as you get it together.
That's also why I like the daily race and the time trial: you practice and race on a circuit for a week or so and really get it into your system.
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I hate Monza.
More specifically, I hate the shadows at Monza. Each braking zone is in the shadows. I'm skeered of shadows.
I have only entered about 5 races in the past month (reasons) but I am trying to spend a couple hours/week qualifying for the dailies so I don't lose all my time.
More specifically, I hate the shadows at Monza. Each braking zone is in the shadows. I'm skeered of shadows.
I have only entered about 5 races in the past month (reasons) but I am trying to spend a couple hours/week qualifying for the dailies so I don't lose all my time.
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Had some really * races last night where it was just a smash fest, but the last one of the night was really good. All my racing this week has been on the 2 account and I usually try to put in a quali that starts me mid-ish pack, but I got tired of that yesterday and put in a decent lap with the 18 Ford GT. I don't recall what it was, but maybe like a 47.5; still ~.600" off my Supra time on the 1 account but it's good enough for the 2 account.
The Supra behind (who went by "Q") was SUPER clean and wouldn't leave me alone the whole race. If he was .500" back I was happy; usually about .300" or so. Because of how OP the Supra is he'd be right on my tail at the end of all of the straights but he never dive-bombed, be braked early/on-time, and was very clean the whole race. On lap four he had a bit of a moment coming out of Ascari and gifted me an extra ~.500" gap which I generously paid back going through the second chicane on the last lap.
I ended up recording the replay from his perspective since we were so close the whole race if anyone gives enough of a * to spend nine mins watching it.
And as a bonus, I got a free traffic cone compliments of someone not braking at T1.
The Ford GT 18 is really good here. 169 down the front straight (and I think it could hit 170 but that was just glancing down a couple of times), it's quite stable, and the rear end is very planted coming out of the turns. I'd say Supra, Mustang, Ford GT 18 in that order are the best cars this week.
The Supra behind (who went by "Q") was SUPER clean and wouldn't leave me alone the whole race. If he was .500" back I was happy; usually about .300" or so. Because of how OP the Supra is he'd be right on my tail at the end of all of the straights but he never dive-bombed, be braked early/on-time, and was very clean the whole race. On lap four he had a bit of a moment coming out of Ascari and gifted me an extra ~.500" gap which I generously paid back going through the second chicane on the last lap.
I ended up recording the replay from his perspective since we were so close the whole race if anyone gives enough of a * to spend nine mins watching it.
And as a bonus, I got a free traffic cone compliments of someone not braking at T1.
The Ford GT 18 is really good here. 169 down the front straight (and I think it could hit 170 but that was just glancing down a couple of times), it's quite stable, and the rear end is very planted coming out of the turns. I'd say Supra, Mustang, Ford GT 18 in that order are the best cars this week.
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Nice race!
Luckily for you 'Q' didn't know that the Supra is faster when short shifted rather than revving it out!
Luckily for you 'Q' didn't know that the Supra is faster when short shifted rather than revving it out!
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- Canada
Was he under a CDN flag? Black and yellow Porsche?
It is SO MUCH HARDER to pick a braking marker in GT7 than SPORT at all tracks. The signs are smaller and the kerbs are so damn difficult to make out the way they did them. I cannot put my finger on what it is but man, so difficult.
So had a real good night at Monza last night, raced some pretty fair minded folk with only a few idiots, finished top 3 in all my races for the most part. I still struggle on exit from T1 but I am very strong through the two Lesmos. One guy, forgot his name, was absolutely SMOKING everyone out of Parabolica, no idea what he was doing or how he was doing it but he'd LEAP out of there.
I must confess I have found the cars very twitchy since the last update, I turned on ESP by mistake and damn, a revelation. I am likely a touch slower in qualifying but in race I have so much more confidence. The last chicane at Monza is totally different now, i can get on it much earlier.
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Odds are it was a controller player. The default button for light flashing is L3, and some people gorilla grip the heck out of the stick when steering... thus they high the flashers on accident.
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- TheOneDonJuan
I'm here right now with Laguna Seca. I cannot get the Gold on the Lap Attack in the Circuit Experience. I see my ghost and I see where he screws up and I just can't string together the right lap. An issue I have is when I'm ahead of my ghost and immediately get nervous and thus screw up. That track is so weird but it's taught me the art of gliding through corners and not just hammering the throttle all the time. I'm .400 off Gold and I've probably tried it close to 150 times.
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I remember that one. In most corners it's indeed necessary to brake quite early, but you can also get on the throttle a bit earlier than you think at first.
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This comment needs to be stickied somewhere on the site. Countless times we've been reminded, and anyone who's used a controller either knows and doesn't care, or knows and cares enough to re-map the button assignment.
I really hope nobody intentionally flashes their high beams as much as those unaware controller users!
Source: I'm a gorilla grip person. My controllers are actually bent outta shape because of it.
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- Darrenersmit82
Not as bad as I thought it would be Monza, 10th to 4th, everyone was relatively respectable, supra seemed to be fast there
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I've never seen any flashing light on my car in the replays. Seems like I'm a princess grip person with my age-old controller. 😆
But I get annoyed as hell by other players doing that. I'm in hood cam, so I see them only when I'm looking backwards with the shoulder button. It usually goes like this: Looking back: "you think you can make me nervous flashing your headlights? No, you can't"... looking back again: "the moron is still flashing his lights. That does nothing to me." ... looking back again: "he just doesn't stop..." ... looking ahead: "oh ****! Has this turn already been there in the previous lap?"
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- rodgers1
Totally relatable this. I can run round for lap after lap chasing a ghost and end up no where near my 1st lap. But as soon as I hit the retry button and have the ghost turned off and the split times I end up going so much fastest.
The issue I have is that once I’ve set a good lap I end up over driving the car in an attempt to keep up or beat that ghost. Without the ghost or split times I can then drive the car how I need to drive it and I can end up been sometimes nearly a second faster. The ghost and split times are handy to have but for me they are a distraction at times.
GrumpyOldMan
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Unicorn lobby on this daily race b. Only 3 Supras, an quite a variety of other cars:
I'm not sure this story relates exactly or not, but it speaks to the limitations we put on ourselves. I as playing golf at a course I know really well, and I was playing with someone I didn't know. He and I drove the ball about the same distance. When we got to one particular hole, which was a long dogleg right, he aimed over the out of bounds and crushed the ball over the corner of the dogleg. I looked at him and told him I didn't believe what he just did. He said "Why? I always do that." When we got to his ball, I used my GPS to show him he hit the ball 30 yards further than he normally does. He was shocked. He had no idea he was hitting it that far on this one hole. Up until then, he just thought it was a normal shot.
Our brains are often what limit us, more than our abilities.
This turns out to be completely true. I bettered my time this morning by 4-tenths of a second. I guess I've just got to get over my self-imposed limits.
That's so true.
I race with a bumper cam, so I've got the rear-view mirror in constant view, and my thinking is just like yours when I see flashing lights. It's good to know that it can happen by accident.
You know what else has worked for me? Trying another car for a few laps. When I go back to my original car, I almost always drive it better than I did before temporarily switching.
I'm not sure this story relates exactly or not, but it speaks to the limitations we put on ourselves. I as playing golf at a course I know really well, and I was playing with someone I didn't know. He and I drove the ball about the same distance. When we got to one particular hole, which was a long dogleg right, he aimed over the out of bounds and crushed the ball over the corner of the dogleg. I looked at him and told him I didn't believe what he just did. He said "Why? I always do that." When we got to his ball, I used my GPS to show him he hit the ball 30 yards further than he normally does. He was shocked. He had no idea he was hitting it that far on this one hole. Up until then, he just thought it was a normal shot.
Our brains are often what limit us, more than our abilities.
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GrumpyOldMan
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Am I doing these corners right? I feel like I'm missing something here, but maybe not...
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hollowkatt
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not a clue
I'm just commenting to say I did a double take the first time I watched because you were entering the first corner like 40 digits faster than I do. Then I realized you're in KPH and I'm racing in MPH and then I was all "oh, that makes sense then"
Anyways, I dunno, seems alright. Touch jerky like you adjusted your line mid corner but other than that I don't really see anything wrong per se.
hollowkatt
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So I just ran a few custom races BOP'd with the Alfa and the WRX and they're turning in approximately the same times, maybe a 10th or so difference between the two of them.
Non BOP I'm turning about a 1:28 with the WRX and 1:27 with the Alfa, so probs the Alfa is going to be the car but I can see the WRX being competitive especially in the first sector where it understeers less.
I haven't tested the GT-R or the Lambo yet, I'll be running some of those this evening just for funzies.
Definitely this is going to be a better race than Spain was, that circuit sucks in the back half.
This one flows pretty well, not a whole lot of hard braking zones but there's still a few passing spots.
Dive Bombs into T1 and the big banked hairpin are going to be large, lots of people are going to get corner cutting penalties in that banked hairpin.
They're also going to get off track or wall penalties in the swooping downhill right hander after the T1-2 complex. That's where I have the most trouble being fast and on track.
