GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[AmateurDriver]

I have zero interest in race C though. I just don't like the track. There, I said it.

Glad to see i'm not the only one. It just looks beautiful, with the sunset and all. But racing on it? Mehh...

 

[Fezzik]

That makes it even more baffling as to why I'm SR A after two almost completely clean Race C's just in second place, I might haave got a track limits penalty once but apart from that it was all clean lapping in the 1:49s!

Possibly you were off-track at points other than when you got the penalty - that would still count as a non-clean sector and so take away the CRB, even if the game didn't judge you'd gained an advantage.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Had a short window to go on last night so just spent 10 or so laps setting a QT at race B in the Cayman. All but 3 were either a penalty lap or affected by a previous penalty lap (Almost every one was cutting across turn 2 by the wrong side of an inch. Tires on the curbing in the replay.). Only managed a 2:00.2 in it. I'll try a different car later this week. Or try using a ghost, even my own would help I'm sure. In the game or on real tracks, I just don't get along well with (or enjoy) FWD cars so we'll see how things go.

It's TT, Mustang or maaaaaaybe GT86. One hand tied behind your back otherwise. The stang feels awesome to me, good power, safe back end, good turn in, really solid feeling car. I very nearly bought one IRL, went 997 instead but was a close call.

 

[2Quickrides]

It's TT, Mustang or maaaaaaybe GT86. One hand tied behind your back otherwise. The stang feels awesome to me, good power, safe back end, good turn in, really solid feeling car. I very nearly bought one IRL, went 997 instead but was a close call.

Oh I'm sure the FR layout will be what feels the most familiar to me, but it's a mus🤢, must🤢, mustang🤮. Lol. My current "street"/track car is a 72 Vette, 500hp (before the N2O), 5 spd, 2850lbs.

 

[TheNormsk]

I still haven't run any race B.
I went into QT last.night and that made.me remember that I absolutely hate the track.
There's not a single good section in it for me.

Chances are I just need to get gud but when ever lap feels like flagellation I just can't do it.
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You are my soulmate! LOL. I hate TM this week. As everyone here improves whenever I try to QT my times just get worse. It is like, start of the week, I set my best time and then as I try to beat it I just ingrain some bad habit that I can't break and just get angry at myself that my laps are 2-3 seconds slower than everyone else. Ironically, racing B on Monday what actually good for my DR with some good point gains. But that was Monday. Everyone has improved significantly since then.

This is a long shot, but check your oil status. Mine keeps going to "bad" way quicker than I think it should.

For the most part I've been using the rental car options as I try out different cars so that should not be an issue and I've been sticking for the most part with the Ferrari 458 which I don't have as a Gr.4 car in my collection yet. But it is a good reminder for the cars I do own. Usually I am quite consistent with checking the Gr.3 cars I'm using for C but B I have not been so on top of.

 

[Nebuc72]

@TechnoIsLove

Kowalski Productions proudly presents:
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Suddenly I've found out how to drive the Audi. Must have been my new paintjob, right?

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It made a difference like day and night (wink wink).

I felt a wisp of air against my neck with this one - had to make an evasive manoeuvre.
Might be my best non-A (or Silvia) performance yet.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Oh I'm sure the FR layout will be what feels the most familiar to me, but it's a mus🤢, must🤢, mustang🤮. Lol. My current "street"/track car is a 72 Vette, 500hp (before the N2O), 5 spd, 2850lbs.

That's gotta be an exciting drive 😃

The stang, in PP2 guise, would have doubled as a DD whilst the 911 is a garage in winter and 3rd car in summer. It's a bit special so enjoying it but the stang in PP2 set up is compelling.

 

[hollowkatt]

Glad to see i'm not the only one. It just looks beautiful, with the sunset and all. But racing on it? Mehh...

it does have the absolute worst (most stringent) off track penalties in the entire game which makes for pretty bad racing

 

[newb1017]

Thanks for the new friends I got yesterday. It is nice to see some familiar names/handles from this thread on my leaderboard, even if you are all faster....lol

Heads up I am going to send a request to GrumpyOldMan, CmdrParabolus, and Bullwinkle and TheNormsk. I am PSN SubArcticK racing as Slowpony17.

There desperately needs to be contact penalties, it's the lesser of two evils. I know one gets blamed by the system incorrectly at times but with such a lenient system it's total bedlam.

Agree.

 

[TheNormsk]

Thanks for the new friends I got yesterday. It is nice to see some familiar names/handles from this thread on my leaderboard, even if you are all faster....lol

Heads up I am going to send a request to GrumpyOldMan, CmdrParabolus, and Bullwinkle and TheNormsk. I am PSN SubArcticK racing as Slowpony17.

I think I already sent you a request.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

I felt a wisp of air against my neck with this one - had to make an evasive manoeuvre.
Might be my best non-A (or Silvia) performance yet.

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Haha, that wasn't necessary (though I had a hunch that you would do it anyway 😆). I don't see me getting under 1:58 anytime soon.

But it's a great honour to find myself on your illustrious list, and not quite at the bottom of it

 

[RacingGrandpa]

You are my soulmate! LOL. I hate TM this week. As everyone here improves whenever I try to QT my times just get worse. It is like, start of the week, I set my best time and then as I try to beat it I just ingrain some bad habit that I can't break and just get angry at myself that my laps are 2-3 seconds slower than everyone else. Ironically, racing B on Monday what actually good for my DR with some good point gains. But that was Monday. Everyone has improved significantly since then.

For the most part I've been using the rental car options as I try out different cars so that should not be an issue and I've been sticking for the most part with the Ferrari 458 which I don't have as a Gr.4 car in my collection yet. But it is a good reminder for the cars I do own. Usually I am quite consistent with checking the Gr.3 cars I'm using for C but B I have not been so on top of.

My QT are the same as yours, slower than others as the week progresses.
I am the eternal B driver. But I like it here.
I am not very good at qualifying, that slow deliberate search for hundreds or tenths.
I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.
I usually finish higher than I started. I don't often win, but I have fun.

I don't worry about my DR at all, have no idea how much of the bar is full or empty because I never look at it.
And a great fight for 10th is better to me than a lights to flag win.

 

[Hodd10]

Made a mistake in my post yesterday. The B lobby racer I was taking on had a QT of 1.56.6. He was a A/s rated driver. I've raced him in about 6 races now. Each time he wins by a mile. How is he not progressing?. This is on the US lobbies and the guy is from Brazil.

 

[icycls]

My QT are the same as yours, slower than others as the week progresses.
I am the eternal B driver. But I like it here.
I am not very good at qualifying, that slow deliberate search for hundreds or tenths.
I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.
I usually finish higher than I started. I don't often win, but I have fun.

I don't worry about my DR at all, have no idea how much of the bar is full or empty because I never look at it.
And a great fight for 10th is better to me than a lights to flag win.

Wow, I could have written this post nearly word-for-word, it is exactly how I approach racing. In the great 'pace vs consistency' debate, I fall squarely on the consistency side.

 

[Stilva]

60/40 his fault. He runs very deep then cuts back across the apex when he should have stayed wide. In saying that, you fell for the "oh there's a gap" when in reality, it was likely to close. But TBH I felt like you had to go SOMEWHERE and he shouldn't have cut back so tight.

Ok, that's a fair assessment for that situation. I just wanted another opinion on what I could have done better.

I am PSN SubArcticK racing as Slowpony17.

I think I was in some lobbies with you yesterday around 6:30pm EST. That name looks familiar and I did have a giggle when I saw it.

 

[newmedia_dev]

So gutted this stupid TGT2 keeps randomly pressing the share button mid corner mid race.

I'm sooooo angry with it. Like really really angry with it and Thrustmaster support is terrible. Apologies to anyone behind me when it does it.

I've finally figured out if I push the wheel so it flexes forward that's when it happens. Such a poor piece of kit.

 

[2Quickrides]

I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.

And a great fight for 10th is better to me than a lights to flag win.

I went through DR E and D fighting through to the front as I didn't place any priority on QT, then gave it a go and might as well have skipped through DR C as all but one was a flag to flag win. Agreed, they were boring races. But the added benefit was that the SR boost to S was a HUGE improvement in the quality of races after that.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I've b

I went through DR E and D fighting through to the front as I didn't place any priority on QT, then gave it a go and might as well have skipped through DR C as all but one was a flag to flag win. Agreed, they were boring races. But the added benefit was that the SR boost to S was a HUGE improvement in the quality of races after that.

I've been SR S since sometimes February 2018. It happens from time to time that I fell out of it, but every time I do what it takes to get back there.

 

[bone_tone]

My QT are the same as yours, slower than others as the week progresses.
I am the eternal B driver. But I like it here.
I am not very good at qualifying, that slow deliberate search for hundreds or tenths.
I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.
I usually finish higher than I started. I don't often win, but I have fun.

I don't worry about my DR at all, have no idea how much of the bar is full or empty because I never look at it.
And a great fight for 10th is better to me than a lights to flag win.

I'm with you 100% on this - at 68 years of age, I'm just in this for some fun, don't want to be world champion! (Don't have the ability to do so anyway....).

Makes me laugh when some young(er) hooligan rams me out, and presumably thinks he's achieved something worthwhile!

 

[Dan_Tes]

Well

I decided to punish myself again and tried another daily race C, unfortunately my relatively quick QT (1:47.665) means I’m pole or up front so not easy to hide

I had a really scrappy/nervy first lap but kept out of trouble, annoyingly second place was mega fast but he kept it clean. He was right behind me on lap 2 and after going wide at the big chicane I let him through although he still bumped me it was only minor (and in a lobby with A and B SR’s it felt like a miracle)

With 3rd place a mega amount of time behind I could drop out of dirty air behind P1 and then get in a groove. And suddenly it all came together, it was like just being out there setting times, I never saw another car and took a well earnt P2, with a clean race bonus at last!

I guess the moral is don’t give up. I could have had a paddy this week and forgotten about it but i would have missed out on one of my most enjoyable races of this year.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

I felt a wisp of air against my neck with this one - had to make an evasive manoeuvre.
Might be my best non-A (or Silvia) performance yet.

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Wow! Massive achievement, congrats! 🎉

Managed to squeeze out a 1:58:5 after 10 more laps today, but I'm not interested in improving further 🤣 Will focus on more races as of tomorrow.

 

[Leon Kowalski]

Wow! Massive achievement, congrats! 🎉

Managed to squeeze out a 1:58:5 after 10 more laps today, but I'm not interested in improving further 🤣 Will focus on more races as of tomorrow.

Come on! You're not giving up, are you? 🤣🍻

 

[AmateurDriver]

Right.. I’m starting to have some fun on GV. Somehow I’m able to dodge the clowns and the carnage during the race today and i am finishing on the podium twice on a row whilst starting somewhere around P7/8’ish. My current QT time is 1.49,242 so still some work to be done, but i find it difficult to set a real fast laptime. And yeah, I need to work on some liverys as well…

 

[hollowkatt]

FINALLY have gotten into the 1:59s at Trial Mountain. Used the Mustang to get there. I figured out what was causing my "squirrely" issues into the first set of corners. Do NOT shift up into 6th gear at the end of the straight. Send the rev bar into the stratosphere in 5th gear and then instead of downshifting and getting unsettled just lift a touch into T1. Lifting there allows the front end to come down a touch creating more of a contact patch for turning which is desperately needed because of the off camber elevation changing corners.

Once I figured that out I was easily able top drop a full second off of my time as I wasn't having to really whoa up through there. Finding another second I'm sure in the following places if I can string them all together:

Entry to the long tunnel
First tunnel corner
Chicane

Plus just being overall smoother in the section between tunnels

Definitely not breaking into the 57s but I think I can get into the 58s for sure. Felt good to get there. TBH this circuit is really friendly to American Muscle. Mustang is quick, Corvette is really quick and planted in the few laps I turned with it. Didn't go for a hot lap just familiarizing myself with the car.

Viper might be quick here too. You want grunt to pull out of the slow corners AND a high top speed and the Muscle cars have that in abundance. The circuit is just flowing enough that a pure handling car isn't going to cut it, at least not for me.

 

[benjoi84]

FINALLY have gotten into the 1:59s at Trial Mountain. Used the Mustang to get there. I figured out what was causing my "squirrely" issues into the first set of corners. Do NOT shift up into 6th gear at the end of the straight. Send the rev bar into the stratosphere in 5th gear and then instead of downshifting and getting unsettled just lift a touch into T1. Lifting there allows the front end to come down a touch creating more of a contact patch for turning which is desperately needed because of the off camber elevation changing corners.

This totally reflects my experience too, I managed to get into the 58s by abstaining from brake usage into the first four corners. Saved me a whole second. I think that sector might actually be my favourite set of corners in the whole game. In both directions. So satisfying when you hit them just right.

 

[TheNormsk]

Right.. I’m starting to have some fun on GV. Somehow I’m able to dodge the clowns and the carnage during the race today and i am finishing on the podium twice on a row whilst starting somewhere around P7/8’ish.

Hmm, not such the amateur me thinks!

 

[Duppy Gee]

👏👏👏👏

You win the internet today for the best description of driving the Ford.


Side note I'm driving these cars with TCS1 being fastest for me. With TCS0 I might potentially be quicker but I am more likely to be too cautious on the throttle and be slower or I over boost the accelerator and spin into a rock. Part of that may be a function on the G29 accelerator pedal. Perhaps TCS0 is more controllable with better pedals but that is what I have for now..

Have you tried swapping the clutch spring with the accelerator? A stiffer pedal helps me modulate the throttle.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Had a Viper all over me last night so it seems quick enough.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Just had my first A lobby race at TM this week. @Stilva was there too. I started P6, and I was in no way prepared for how much better people have gotten at the first few turns. I was just a bug in the way of windshields trying to squash me. Not @Stilva, but I think I saw him wave as he went by.

This totally reflects my experience too, I managed to get into the 58s by abstaining from brake usage into the first four corners. Saved me a whole second. I think that sector might actually be my favourite set of corners in the whole game. In both directions. So satisfying when you hit them just right.

Obviously this is where I need to focus. My QT is decent enough at 1:58.915, but if I don't survive the first set of turns, there's no point. The good news is that I apparently have a decent amount of time to gain there, so if I succeed, it should help my QT. Time will tell (yes, I like that joke.)

I am not very good at qualifying, that slow deliberate search for hundreds or tenths.
I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.
I usually finish higher than I started. I don't often win, but I have fun.

This is the exact opposite of me, at least this week. And the reason, for me, is that even though I'm getting decent QTs, they're interspersed between multiple resets when I screw up. I just can't get consistent, other than consistently bad. I'd swap with you if I could.

I'm with you 100% on this - at 68 years of age, I'm just in this for some fun,

I'm 66, but what is this "fun" you talk about?

 

[Duppy Gee]

Alright after experimenting with racing in VR it seems I have to shelve it for the time being because it cannot stop giving me the Can't Read Room error which loves to pop up during GV corner section. It pauses my game for a split second and then figures itself out only to ruin my lap. I haven't jumped into any Daily Races for fear it's going to do this in my race and have decided to just give up entirely until I'm 100% ensured it won't do it. I do prefer racing in it and believe I'm a little faster in it but it's too inconsistent. At least mine is or in the room I'm playing in.

Went back to pancake and managed a rather stress-free 3rd in the 911 fighting with a Ford GT to just obliterates the 911 in the straights. Not confident enough in that car to try it but might tomorrow. My first podium in a LONG time (DT Reverse) so was happy about that.

Mine was doing the same. Once I turned the lights on it was fine. You can't play VR in the dark.

My QT are the same as yours, slower than others as the week progresses.
I am the eternal B driver. But I like it here.
I am not very good at qualifying, that slow deliberate search for hundreds or tenths.
I am usually doing maybe 5 or 6 laps if I like the track, then I go racing.
And I lack in QT but I have a lot of experience on running in the pack, to know what gaps to stay out of and to apply pressure.
I usually finish higher than I started. I don't often win, but I have fun.

I don't worry about my DR at all, have no idea how much of the bar is full or empty because I never look at it.
And a great fight for 10th is better to me than a lights to flag win.

This is me to a T