GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[GrumpyOldMan]

Last week was definitely a week that tested any A/S or B/S drivers. Amazing how quickly the DR and SR can drop!

I went from B/S to C/S due to a few bad drivers in race B. The tricky part is grinding back to the higher DR level. Seems like it takes forever.

I went from B/B to D/D, and finally ended at C/B just shy of DR B. As for grinding back, I spend a lot of time trying to improve my QT before I start a serious battle back up the DR ladder.

 

[uniqueNY]

but if you got one that you want to make into a default state , you have to buy new engine and then new body

A game ostensibly about the love of cars and collecting, has just incentivized me to pay a virtual mechanic thousands of credits to bin a perfectly good Type R VTEC engine and replace it with a 64hp 970cc 4 cylinder from 1965. Ah, GT7

 

[CMB350]

I went from B/B to D/D, and finally ended at C/B just shy of DR B. As for grinding back, I spend a lot of time trying to improve my QT before I start a serious battle back up the DR ladder.

You had a second on me for qualifying time. I assume you were up front most of the time since I was usually top 5 or so especially in the C lobbies.

My biggest frustration was being B/S or C/S and being in lobbies with B/D & B/C players. There’s literally no chance of having a fair race in those groups. Everyone is just looking to take everyone else out. Very hard to increase DR in those races. I had 4 or 5 races in a row of getting wrecked and fighting my way from the back. It takes all of the fun out of Sport Mode.

 

[hollowkatt]

After a horrific week at Dragon Trail my rating is now C/B and frankly that's disgusting. This week will be working towards B/S again. The good news is I refuse to fuel save at Le Mans it's antithetical to what Le Mans is all about.

I'm running the 919 there and it's a fantastic car. The problem is trying to follow a Group C car into the Mulsanne chicanes means you're braking vastly earlier than you want to be and you're not carrying as much speed through the corners as you really should be.

It's alright though, fun to lap and when you get some racing it's cool but half the field is fuel saving and the other half isn't which means really it's two races in one. I'm not winning either of them but I'm having a good time. Probs will just drop to the back and run some laps to boost SR again.

Race B is kinda fun though. I wish it were a lap or two longer because by the time I get into my rhythm it's halfway through Lap 2. Either way the WRX handles the course great even though half my lobby was Alfa still managed to qualify in 4th and finish 2nd.

 

[Mercia]

I'm running the 919 there and it's a fantastic car. The problem is trying to follow a Group C car into the Mulsanne chicanes means you're braking vastly earlier than you want to be and you're not carrying as much speed through the corners as you really should be.

Try going into the porsche curves in a Mazda with a 919 right on your tail

where will they try the inevitable tragic pass

 

[TheOneDonJuan]

Had a fairly positive week with a couple of 3rds at both Dragon Trail and Alsace. Enjoyed the immediate pit strategy which freed me from the chaos in the middle of the race.

Might set some laps later in the Gr1s but doubt I'll do much of anything outside of practice laps. Races seem a bit short and uninteresting this week. Might be a good week to get caught up on my circuit experiences. Finally bought the 155 and the SSS in the Legends dealership so not having to rent them when need be which is cool.

 

[Monkdapunk]

To my surprise, Race B is not so dominated by the 155. I never fancy being another player who uses the META so I wanted to troll a bit using the Suzuki Swift

This little boxy machine can be pretty useful - 2:28.525 is my best lap so far, behind only a Peugeot RCZ and an Audi TT in the leaderboard if we sort it with FF cars only
I'm racing in lobbies with B ranked players and I came close to winning on many occasions, hopefully I can cause some more upsets with the sleeper I chose

None of these will be applicable though when I go up to DR 'A', I guess.

I've was beating Alfa's in the Ferrari all last week. I finally broke down and bought an Alfa, made a livery and found I could lap a whole 2 seconds faster in the Ferrari consistently. It might just look like the meta car because it's in peoples heads.

I play Wild Rift a moba and they will nerf a meta hero but people will still keep using that hero thinking it's still really good while the ones who pay attention to patch notes move on. I think that's kinda what's going on here.

 

[hollowkatt]

Try going into the porsche curves in a Mazda with a 919 right on your tail

where will they try the inevitable tragic pass

tbh there's like exactly one spot they can do that, the mini straight, and even then just don't, out accelerate them coming to the line and take faster lines through the Ford Chicane... and then inevitably get beat down Mulsanne into the first chicane

I've was beating Alfa's in the Ferrari all last week. I finally broke down and bought an Alfa, made a livery and found I could lap a whole 2 seconds faster in the Ferrari consistently. It might just look like the meta car because it's in peoples heads.

I play Wild Rift a moba and they will nerf a meta hero but people will still keep using that hero thinking it's still really good while the ones who pay attention to patch notes move on. I think that's kinda what's going on here.

I've said this before but I think it's the meta car because it's the easiest car to be fast in. The WRX is the second easiest car to be fast in.
There are some circuits where I can be faster in another car on a single lap but putting together a whole race I'm faster with the WRX than anything else because of how comfortable it is to drive.

The Ferrari clicks for you and that's awesome!

 

[Nebuc72]

Man, these races are a bit of a deterrent from the game eh? Don't think I've seen universal reception for races as poor as this in this games lifetime.

A is ok in concept but certainly not enough to tide me over for an entire week. B is 3 laps long, which is about all I need to say about it - and C is a fuel saver race which destroys the very fun potential it could've had.

Just use a mandatory stop PD, please. I beg you.

 

[RobertHammer]

Yea i don't get why they do not use mandatory stop or at least mandatory tyre change

 

[hollowkatt]

ikr?! 5 laps at Le mans is plenty long, that's a solid 20+ minutes of racing. Could it be 6 laps? sure that probably doesn't break anything and it basically enforces a required pit stop. That said just make the stop mandatory either by doing RM/RS or by cranking the Fuel usage to 10x from 7.

 

[Redneckchef]

Try going into the porsche curves in a Mazda with a 919 right on your tail

where will they try the inevitable tragic pass

Despite what the guy who punted me twice in Nayions would believe, there's plenty of passing room there. I've made it up the inside of the first turn, outside there, outside of the final turn, outside of the first turn. It helps if the GrC holds a straight line and you can too.

I love the GrC cars, but after having morons punt me off in the hybrids last time I decided I need to learn the 919. And I can say that the Mulsanne chicanes are great because it makes it tactical to pass through there. Dangerous, yes, but that's part of it.

 

[Sarajevo89]

So after looking like a an idiot entering my first race in 787B while everyone else was in 919 and only I and 2 other guys pitting what's the meta thing here about fuel saving?

 

[deviln3]

Finished GT Sport with DR A and SR S
In GT7, I've hit rock bottom, sitting at DR D and SR E
Been doing a lot of race b over the weeks and when you start that downward spiral of SR, there is no stopping it.

Can't get any worse, so going to stick to Race B, started with a 2:40:xx lap time and now down to 2:31:7xx, Alfa is the meta car here again.

 

[Redneckchef]

So after looking like a an idiot entering my first race in 787B while everyone else was in 919 and only I and 2 other guys pitting what's the meta thing here about fuel saving?

Honestly there's lots of tricks, but easiest one for me to manage is shifting ar a quarter of the rev bar for every gear. Should have you pretty close.

Some alien was no stopping the 787 in a few races last night and getting good times. Would love to learn that trick

 

[bone_tone]

A game ostensibly about the love of cars and collecting, has just incentivized me to pay a virtual mechanic thousands of credits to bin a perfectly good Type R VTEC engine and replace it with a 64hp 970cc 4 cylinder from 1965. Ah, GT7

Shouldn't everybody have to do this? It seems a little unfair that it's impossible to be competitive in this race if you're not in possession of the swap engine, and without any means to obtain it.

It's been very frustrating today watching people speed off into the distance, and winning races by 20 or more seconds - can't be very fulfilling for them either. In real life, Mini races at Goodwood are some of the greatest races, and we are being robbed of that in Race A this week.

 

[nukewells_OG]

Shouldn't everybody have to do this? It seems a little unfair that it's impossible to be competitive in this race if you're not in possession of the swap engine, and without any means to obtain it.

It's been very frustrating today watching people speed off into the distance, and winning races by 20 or more seconds - can't be very fulfilling for them either. In real life, Mini races at Goodwood are some of the greatest races, and we are being robbed of that in Race A this week.

This is why they should stick to power and weight restrictions instead of PPR. Eliminates any dumb PPR loopholes and makes it a true tuners race. I thought the couple of these they did few weeks ago were fantastic.

 

[hollowkatt]

Finished GT Sport with DR A and SR S
In GT7, I've hit rock bottom, sitting at DR D and SR E
Been doing a lot of race b over the weeks and when you start that downward spiral of SR, there is no stopping it.

Can't get any worse, so going to stick to Race B, started with a 2:40:xx lap time and now down to 2:31:7xx, Alfa is the meta car here again.

I'm seeing a nice mix of Alfa, WRX, GTR, and then a handful of various mid engine cars as they rotate really well.

 

[LVS_1986]

Last week was definitely a week that tested any A/S or B/S drivers. Amazing how quickly the DR and SR can drop!

I went from B/S to C/S due to a few bad drivers in race B. The tricky part is grinding back to the higher DR level. Seems like it takes forever.

We’ll see how this week goes.

Well, I recover all loses today... Did about 8 races C😆 back to AS...

Edit: I love Le Mans so it was pretty easy, if it was any other track/car combo, it will be 3-4 days to get back

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Three races B so far, on my second account, rated B/S, one podium finish, one P4, one P5. Not too bad, and although there was a noticable amount of carnage, the races overall were cleaner than expected. I even had a CRB once in a race with a handful of A/A drivers, four of which finished behind me🥳 (strange grid composition once again, as I'm not yet close to DR A on that account). After that, I did some more qualifying laps and managed a 2:28:5, which was around P350, not too shabby for my standards. Let's see if I'll have the guts to finally try a race on my main account.😬

After all I've said about it, I'm almost ashamed to admit: yes, for me the Alfa is definitely the META car. I don't know why, but I think that @hollowkatt might be on to something with his explanation (which basically says: even jerks like me can be quick with it😆).

 

[hollowkatt]

I'm so grumpy! I was on pace for a 2:31:00x in Daily B when time ran out on qualifying. Almost a full second up from my current best time 2:32:1xx. I know I can get below that as well as I'm sloppy into that incredibly tight left hand hairpin after the downhill, and I'm slopping into the next left hand hairpin to rejoin the original circuit.

If I can get those two nailed down I'm positive I can get a 2:30:xxx. The question is can I break through the 30 barrier.

 

[deviln3]

I'm so grumpy! I was on pace for a 2:31:00x in Daily B when time ran out on qualifying. Almost a full second up from my current best time 2:32:1xx. I know I can get below that as well as I'm sloppy into that incredibly tight left hand hairpin after the downhill, and I'm slopping into the next left hand hairpin to rejoin the original circuit.

If I can get those two nailed down I'm positive I can get a 2:30:xxx. The question is can I break through the 30 barrier.

Watch the top quali replay, it helped me save a few seconds off my 2:36 time down to 2:34 and then 2:31

Its such a long lap with so many corners, its hard to put together a clean lap with perfect sectors, I think my optimal lap should be 2:30 or just under that.

 

[TheOneDonJuan]

Lol first attempt at Race C in the Mercedes was something. That thing flies past the standard cars but I had to refuel at Lap 3 and still almost ran out of fuel at the end of the race. Had about 15 seconds worth of penalties the whole race.

I'm at a B/S right now and would like to keep it there so just going to finish Last of Us this week.

 

[deviln3]

@hollowkatt its rare to race against someone from here, so it was really fun seeing you in that race

That guy took me out last race on a straight, and tried again this race for 3 corners in a row.. sigh


Other than that it was fun racing. Also SR is back to B now from E earlier in the day

 

[Stilva]

I'm going to try and race in the "big boy" cars at Le Mans this week. I bought my own Porsche 919 Hybrid to slap a livery on it to stand out somewhat. The first few laps were interesting as I have had a heck of a time coming to getting the car under control. Many, many off track penalties and I wasn't feeling confident that I could turn a lap with out going off track. I got the hang of it well enough and ended up with a 3:26 lap time. Not the fastest ever, but it's a start. I need to trust the downforce in the corners to find some extra time. I might not jump online this week to protect my fellow competitors from my current inability to drive the car properly. I don't want to ruin anyone's races.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Full Kyoto is a good track, reverse Its an abortion though. Hard pass. I dont gell with Lemans or group 1 so hard pass.

So liveried my mini and souped her up, quite fun to drive on comfort hards!! Managed a 1.40.6 so competing near the front, good times.

 

[hollowkatt]

@hollowkatt its rare to race against someone from here, so it was really fun seeing you in that race

That guy took me out last race on a straight, and tried again this race for 3 corners in a row.. sigh


Other than that it was fun racing. Also SR is back to B now from E earlier in the day

loads of fun for sure! GG on getting your SR back up there. Mine is still sitting at C/C. I blame some Alfa drivers from someplace south of me for that lolol
Sorry about that guy, I think I know what you're talking about and if I'm right I try to avoid all of them like the plague b/c they wouldn't know clean racing if it bit them in the ass

EDIT:

I'm going to try and race in the "big boy" cars at Le Mans this week. I bought my own Porsche 919 Hybrid to slap a livery on it to stand out somewhat. The first few laps were interesting as I have had a heck of a time coming to getting the car under control. Many, many off track penalties and I wasn't feeling confident that I could turn a lap with out going off track. I got the hang of it well enough and ended up with a 3:26 lap time. Not the fastest ever, but it's a start. I need to trust the downforce in the corners to find some extra time. I might not jump online this week to protect my fellow competitors from my current inability to drive the car properly. I don't want to ruin anyone's races.

ok, so here's what I'm doing to get my 3:22 (that I know can be faster)
You've got to be absolutely 100% flat out through the entire sector from Arnage all the way through the Porsche Curves. Yes I said FLAT.

After the Curves you'll come to Maison Blanche, that's the last left hander after the Curves before the pit entrance. That's FLAT as well. What you do is after the curves there's the tiniest bit of straight pavement. As soon as your car is straightened out from the curves HARD left on the wheel/stick/whatever.

Yes the 919 will stick, have faith and a little chutzpah.

You also want to be flat from the moment you lift off the brake post Esses headed to Tetre Rouge. Again the 919 can be absolutely flat out through Tetre Rouge. This will give you maxiumum speed into the first chicane down the Mulsanne.

On the Mulsanne into the chicanes just be as fast as you can. That's where I'm losing the most speed. I'm entering about 10 mph too slow and leaving about 20 but on a stick and trigger it's hard to modulate the throttle enough.

Finally, into Indianapolis. There's the right hand kink before Indy proper. Be FLAT through there as well and basically watch the rumble strip/curb on the right hand side. As soon as that goes away hammer the brakes and prepare for Indy proper.

Get those sections nailed down and you will go faster I promise. Biggest area: Porsche Curves. Second biggest: Maison Blanche. Third biggest: Tetre Rouge, then Mulsanne Chicanes. Get the curves nailed first then go from there. You got this my dude!

 

[LVS_1986]

You've got to be absolutely 100% flat out through the entire sector from Arnage all the way through the Porsche Curves. Yes I said FLAT.

Also worth mentioning that you must stay in 6th gear... Another tip if anyone doesnt know this yet is that in 919 you got to change from 6th to 7th when clock reaches 298kmh, only this one thing is worth about 0.3s😁
BUT DONT DO THIS in the race...

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Full Kyoto is a good track, reverse Its an abortion though.

I actually like it. Lots to learn and improve. I started with laps in the 2:30s, then was able to shave off two seconds by trying and improving. And still some potential improvements ahead.
What I don't like is how some people drive there, just diving into the tricky parts and see what happens - no matter if other drivers are ahead who try to drive it properly. But that's the same on some other tracks, especially the "normal" Kyoto track, as I painfully remember...😆

 

[jrbabbitt]

During the past weekend I got proof that you can win with an automatic...