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I'm thinking they cope by employing someone to carry their wallet
GT7 Daily Race Discussion
- Thread starter Pigems
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And there is the irony when you get quite a few goes in the day
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- ILLEAGLE_34
Daily Races with Friends, Fridays at 9pm EST
DRWF is back for GT7, every Friday night! We hope to see you all out there. Races start at 9pm EST, but a practice lobby is usually open to practice the bonus races 25-30 beforehand. Race A - 1 out lap, 2 Hot Laps, then 2 races with Slowest First grid order for the first race, DR ranking for...
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Edit: with all of the new”friends” recently added I thought I would drop this here 🍻 Feel free to send me I might have missed or anyone else in that thread as it is a friends only lobby 🍻
Here’s an another great video from @O604 from DRWF of last night’s racing. ?
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- TheOneDonJuan
There's always someone in the same struggle but up or down a peg. "Intermediate" in any hobby is a desert where it seems you spend months or even years seemingly not making progress. But you do albeit small.
I'm kinda "stuck" in that 3k-5k rank of drivers every week where I just dont know where else to find time on these tracks. Top of B is where I'm at and not sure how to get into a solid A rank. I've been close but I'd just be a fraud A at the moment.
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Anyone who gets their DR to A deserves to consider themselves an A level driver, not a fraud. It’s easy to forget that the “A” DR rating hides a 20k range of ratings. If you’re at 30k the gap between some of the A’s you’re racing and you is as big as the gap from you to someone who’s just gotten out of C for the first time. Never mind that A+ is then another 50k range on top of that.
As for progress, I can’t emphasize enough just how valuable it is to understand the principles behind going fast. Tidgney’s driving school is a great resource and posting video in here for feedback is also really helpful. I have gotten so much good advice from this forum.
You can get faster, and you can do it pretty quickly if you start looking in the right places.
TheNormsk
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I took part in my first online race for several days with daily rate C. Started on P5, so my qualifying time is holding up in the B/B crowd.
I’m still in fifth at the end of lap one but I don’t know what happened because I braked earlier than I usually do but I still overshoot turn one sending cones everywhere. I was then shaky on the long hander to the hairpin, getting an off track penalty so that put me down further.
On the next lap, I found something out that I did not know. If you hit a cone that is on track, one of the cones I hit before, even though it’s in the middle of the track you’ll get another 1-1/2 second penalty. What a rip. Anyway, losing that time put me down to 10th and then it was some fairly hard battles to get up to eighth which was where I finished.
My nerves were getting the better of me and I felt very shaky through the first few laps of the race because this week has been terrible in my qualifying time for race B that I feel I wasn’t up to par. I wasn’t sure how I would do but once I got my nerves under control, it was a good race.
I have to remember that I’ve only been at this a little over two months and I’m racing a mostly low rated B/B lobby at the moment and there I’m fairly competitive.
I have to stop comparing my times to those in the thread. 😁
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Tried race B. Still can’t improve my QT so I was in last spot. That gave me a good vantage of the chaos ahead. I was clean and up to 12th in lap 3 and the 3 cars in front were just driving horribly (whacking each other) and losing time to my glacial pace to the point that I passed two of them (I was happy behind until that point and worried about being in front of them). That proved to be a bad move as they then embroiled be in the scrummage. I got bumped and knocked around losing my rhythm causing me to mess up the curves after home straight. Caused points and then got caught up with those behind and with the penalty before the line a slipped back to 15th to finish. Last running car.
I suck but it was an entertaining suck until the last lap. I may do one more then I’m quitting B and will finish up with C again.
I’m still in fifth at the end of lap one but I don’t know what happened because I braked earlier than I usually do but I still overshoot turn one sending cones everywhere. I was then shaky on the long hander to the hairpin, getting an off track penalty so that put me down further.
On the next lap, I found something out that I did not know. If you hit a cone that is on track, one of the cones I hit before, even though it’s in the middle of the track you’ll get another 1-1/2 second penalty. What a rip. Anyway, losing that time put me down to 10th and then it was some fairly hard battles to get up to eighth which was where I finished.
My nerves were getting the better of me and I felt very shaky through the first few laps of the race because this week has been terrible in my qualifying time for race B that I feel I wasn’t up to par. I wasn’t sure how I would do but once I got my nerves under control, it was a good race.
I have to remember that I’ve only been at this a little over two months and I’m racing a mostly low rated B/B lobby at the moment and there I’m fairly competitive.
I have to stop comparing my times to those in the thread. 😁
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Tried race B. Still can’t improve my QT so I was in last spot. That gave me a good vantage of the chaos ahead. I was clean and up to 12th in lap 3 and the 3 cars in front were just driving horribly (whacking each other) and losing time to my glacial pace to the point that I passed two of them (I was happy behind until that point and worried about being in front of them). That proved to be a bad move as they then embroiled be in the scrummage. I got bumped and knocked around losing my rhythm causing me to mess up the curves after home straight. Caused points and then got caught up with those behind and with the penalty before the line a slipped back to 15th to finish. Last running car.
I suck but it was an entertaining suck until the last lap. I may do one more then I’m quitting B and will finish up with C again.
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- Slatanic1
Stayed up for DRWF tonight, which i am really glad i did, but after i decided i wanted to hit a few q laps at TM before i signed off for the night. That turned into, ummmm, more than a few let's say lol i just kept trimming my time by a hair here and a there.
Finally made myself stop with a new time of 1.58.558 Still in the moostang, and i know there is still some time on the table for me
Replay shared
Finally made myself stop with a new time of 1.58.558 Still in the moostang, and i know there is still some time on the table for me
Replay shared
TheNormsk
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I did a second race B. This time I did not start in last place but 13th. First couple of laps were fine moved up to about ninth place avoiding the crapshoot in front of me. But unfortunately those faster than me that wipe themselves out, then caught up with me in time and wiped me out. So I ended up 15th again I’m officially done with B.
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- 1,276
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Well, it depends. For me it has always been jumping between high B and low A, so i consider myself just that: A/B. The only reason why my progress bar is above middle A right now is because I "artificially", but not purposefully, bumped it up with the Sileighty races at Suzuka, just because I was not bad there and had lots of fun. So, right now I experience the "fraud" feeling whenever I jump into a different daily race ...😆
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But this is exactly my point. Your bump wasn’t artificial. Like everyone, some combos suit you more than others, but you’re not a fraud. You’re just incorrectly assuming that no-one else does the same. I can assure you they do.
And I’ve seen your Q times. You’re a genuine A level driver. In many cases your times in road cars are A+ standard.
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Thanks mate. I try to see it realistically (and not taking it too seriously), and there's just a noticable gap between my qualifying performance and my race performance. In qualifying I sometimes take a lot of time figuring everything out and getting the "feel" for the track. In the races is where I have to react and improvise and often **** my pants when something happens.
I'm getting slowly better at that, so all is not lost...😆
And yeah, the road cars. The slower the car, the faster I drive.
GrumpyOldMan
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- dagware
So I'm not the only one? Good to know!
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I'm in front here, could I have done everything differently at all? In cockpit view it felt like I had been assaultedbut in the replay I'm a bit more torn whether it was avoidable or not.
Nah, he had about a miles width of track to put his car in - but he decided to put it exactly where you were and spin you out. Nothing you could've done would've saved you there; bad and potentially malicious driving on their behalf.
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- TheGameL-A-X
I’m not sure if a post like this is allowed. If not, please let me know.
For those of you who are interested in it, and have any tips and tricks for me to learn on how to become a better driver, check out my YouTube account. I post races I’ve done from the Daily Races (mainly Gr.3 races) on a daily basis. For example, here is my latest upload.
For those of you who are interested in it, and have any tips and tricks for me to learn on how to become a better driver, check out my YouTube account. I post races I’ve done from the Daily Races (mainly Gr.3 races) on a daily basis. For example, here is my latest upload.
GrumpyOldMan
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I don't see any reason it wouldn't be allowed - people (including me) post links to videos all the time. Of course, I'm not a moderator, so I'm not the final word on the subject by any means.
With that said, and this is just my personal opinion, so please ignore it if you want: If you want people to offer advice on what you can improve, it might be better to post short videos with specific things you'd like help with. For instance "How could I have handled this situation better?" Or "What can I do to be faster through these turns?" I don't know how many people would be willing to watch a 19 minute video to just critique your driving. Again, I could be dead wrong, so take this with a grain of salt.
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#brownpantsracing
#intercontinentalincontinentalracing
The only thing dirty about my racing is my underwear!
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Somehow managed to shave 2 tenths off my Mustang/TM quali, now sitting at a half decent 58.6. The funny thing is I seem to have forgotten how to traverse the sweeping opening section after Turn 1, so my new lap-time is hilariously suboptimal.
Still I'm in a good place in terms of gaming enjoyment right now, DR is probably slightly inflated but once things click with these daily combos I'm consistently having fun races.
Isn't that what it's all about?
Still I'm in a good place in terms of gaming enjoyment right now, DR is probably slightly inflated but once things click with these daily combos I'm consistently having fun races.
Isn't that what it's all about?
GrumpyOldMan
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In those rare (and I mean rare..lol) times when I have a chance for a win, I manage to mess it up in some peculiar way.
I really don't understand why all the furballs I am coughing up in the process don't distract the drivers behind me...
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- TheGameL-A-X
Thank you for your answer. You don’t sound as grumpy as you might think haha!
And I think your absolutely right. Not many people are waiting for 19 minutes videos to give advice to my driving. But please, feel free to do so! I also wanted to take the opportunity to give my YouTube channel some attention around here, to be completely honest with you…
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You've been a member for almost six months and have nearly 600 posts (mostly in this thread). A new member who is not engaged with this community trying to promote their YouTube channel here wouldn't be allowed.
As a 16th post from a member who's been here under a week... well, it's a lot closer to the latter than the former, especially given the last sentence above - and it would have been better received to ask before posting it. Forgiveness is not easier to ask for than permission...
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The fact your account is not on fire right now can be taken as a good sign. Or at least not a bad sign.
If you're going to continue to engage with this community, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a problem for you to continue posting relevant video.
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GrumpyOldMan
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Had some of the most fun I've had all week last night on daily C. Picked up a few podiums with the 650S, NSX, BRZ and WRX. Side note - WRX with +3 brake bias... Your welcome.
Multiple shoutouts to everyone that I raced with, it was just clean hard racing all night and topped it off with getting back to A+. I ended up in a couple great battles on last laps that show how entertaining the racing was from everyone.
How I didn't end up with a penalty here is beyond me.
But my favorite moment of the night was a 4th place finish with the Skyline. I made a clean divebomb on the downhill 180 that was countered perfectly. We swapped 3rd place 3 times on the final lap.
Multiple shoutouts to everyone that I raced with, it was just clean hard racing all night and topped it off with getting back to A+. I ended up in a couple great battles on last laps that show how entertaining the racing was from everyone.
How I didn't end up with a penalty here is beyond me.
But my favorite moment of the night was a 4th place finish with the Skyline. I made a clean divebomb on the downhill 180 that was countered perfectly. We swapped 3rd place 3 times on the final lap.
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I finally made into the 1:49.783 in C. Lamborghini, BB +2
Tagged gtp07 and gtplanet
Scared the whole lap. So now I go racing
Tagged gtp07 and gtplanet
Scared the whole lap. So now I go racing
