GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Mercia]

I wonder if they had of made softs required instead of mediums at Deep Forest a two-stopper might have been a possible strategy choice

I know, anathema to PD! But could have thrown up an interesting decision for us.

 

[AmateurDriver]

This week’s Race C it is for me, I love Gr.3 cars and this lay-out of Deep Forest. The only thing I kind of don’t like is the hairpin, T3. The punting on that turn is crazy! Especially when you start a bit on the front. But in that case, luckily for me my QT time is still terrible. I can’t get it under the 1:26.xxx so starting in the front is for me something that basically never happens. Yesterday I had a good race, starting on P14 and worked myself up to P6. On this race I made no mistakes and haven’t been punted which is something that normally happens every race.

 

[Bullwinkle]

1) I think it was last week at Lago Maggiore, when during the race someone chatted "I got slimed". If you've ever seen that scene in Ghostbusters, you know exactly what he was referring to, and it made me laugh so hard I almost went off the track.

This is brilliant! Just brilliant!!!! I have to remember that along with @Talon16 ’s “chicken of death!”

3) Last night at Spa, I started P5 and I didn't take T1 as well as I should have - not horrible, but not great. I got passed by cars before I got to Eau Rouge, during Eau Rouge, and because I got bumped around so much, I got passed on Kemmel, Les Combes, and, well, you get the point. People just kept shoving their way past me and didn't give a crap what happened to me. I could never "get any traction" if you know what I mean, and finally I red-misted and tried to take someone out who was bumping me around. It didn't go well for me. DNF. Ugh.

I haven't DNFed this much in months. Still like the course, but sometimes the experience isn't what I'd like it to be.

I feel like maybe we ought to organize a league racing day once a month where we design a challenging private lobby and do some proper racing for an evening without the idiots ruining things for us.

I wonder if they had of made softs required instead of mediums at Deep Forest a two-stopper might have been a possible strategy choice

I know, anathema to PD! But could have thrown up an interesting decision for us.

This would be one of the first things I’d do at my hypothetical league: have real strategies. I’m tired of PD’s fake strategies in Races C that funnel everyone to the only workable option. Why does it bother them so much to create races with multiple options and that have BOTH fuel AND tire wear? Race C isn’t for the casual gaming crowd anyway, so make it challenging for ****’s sake!

 

[brockie]

Really looking forward to brands race b next week, going to be on that all week,

 

[Mercia]

Really looking forward to brands race b next week, going to be on that all week,

Nah, place would make a lovely car park

 

[RacingGrandpa]

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@RacingGrandpa was it you in daily A couple of minutes ago?

Nope, haven't raced today

 

[Mercia]

Gr 2's are a million credits, people! Please buy a bloody Nissan and change the paint so I know who to take my revenge on.

It's impossible to tell when 4 or 5 black and red GT-R's are fleeing the scene of the crime!

 

[TechnoIsLove]

I'm really hoping BoP won't mess with the car for next week's Race C 🤞🏻

Did 3 laps with each at factory settings with RS tires and some surprising results for me! I love how the AMG handles Dragon Trail Seaside so will be driving it unless they mess the car up...

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I'm really hoping BoP won't mess with the car for next week's Race C 🤞🏻

Did 3 laps with each at factory settings with RS tires and some surprising results for me! I love how the AMG handles Dragon Trail Seaside so will be driving it unless they mess the car up...

Bad news. BoP messes almost all cars up. None will feel the same.
You can start a custom race with BoP and try them out

feel like maybe we ought to organize a league racing day once a month where we design a challenging private lobby

Never heard of Daily racing with friends? Friends only lobby running every Friday with the daily races and 2 bonus races.

 

[nukewells_OG]

How's everyone's lap times in Race C during the race vs TT? I'm a full second slower during the race and can't haven't been able to get close. Wonder if it's the full tank of gas slowing things down. I do notice that I usually start mediums and can almost set similar times later in the race.

You really only have one slim chance to mimic the TT time, and that's lap 2 on the mediums, so if you don't get open track on that lap then you probably aren't going to get close to TT time. After that tire wear is notable, and the first lap is an out lap. My TT time is 25.7 and I haven't broke 26.0 in a race.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

I'm done with Spa this week. If I were driving better, maybe... But if I'm just a little slow for my QT, people feel like they can pass anywhere on any part of the track. I'm so friggin' over it. I've been binned more than yesterday's trash. (Sorry, that's the best I got today.) It's gotten so bad I took it out on the guy who tried to pass me when I was P12!! (He was a leader who fell back after wiping out.) P12!!! Who the hell cares at that point??? I'm still shaking from the pissed-off adrenaline flooding my system.

 

[OJBrit]

Managed another 2 races today. Thanks to @NevilleNobody for the tip about staying in 5th for Pouhon. Made up another 0.4s on my QT and helped during the races.
Still I was only starting in p12 for the first race. The NSX in front decided the pit wall ahead was better than racing and just trundled off. 1 place before the start thank you very much. A bit of carnage saw me into P7 after a lap or 2. I caught another GT-R being held up by a CLK through the Fagnes and we were both on him. They also had a 0.5 penalty. Here's what happened.

Yup some impatience and a lack of awareness meant they pitted me off and I was last but 1. However the cars immediately ahead were battling and I was able to get a run on them half way along the Kemmel. The lead driver realised I wasn't going to be grassed and had to settle for the outside. They try to outbrake me but predictably end up bouncing off me and into the run off. Just before Malmedy I get a 3 second penalty. I initally thought it was because the other driver went off after hitting me and I exasperate to the ether. However the text states it's a yellow flag penalty. (There was another driver facing the other way in the middle of Les Combes) I'm still annoyed as I was technically ahead before the corner. This drops me down further. I'm P13 on the last lap and catching 2 fighting cars up the back straight. They decide to have an accident just before Blanchimont and I get past them both and claim P11 for +1 place in the end.

Race 2 and I am P11 on the grid. This is worse than P12 as I am right on the corner at the start rather than just before it. This gives me a slow start and I am 2 second down after Radillion. However they are fighting ahead and I am back on them by the end of the lap. For the next few laps it's a case of shoving as the worst driving standards I've seen in a while come to the fore. I'm surprised I wasn't pitted at any stage. In the end I managed to come home P5 as others predictably fell back or out in the melee. Without some of the shoving I could have fought over a podium with a CLK just ahead but was unfortunately held up.

Still a lot of fun and I have really enjoyed myself in the few races I have been able to do.

 

[TheNormsk]

First race of the day, because of course

I’m came across the same driver last night who deliberately pushed me off track as well costing me my race. Called him out as being dirty in the chat.

Edit. Actually it wasn’t. It’s was just the same CLK with that livery. CLKs are a menace.

 

[TheOneDonJuan]

You really only have one slim chance to mimic the TT time, and that's lap 2 on the mediums, so if you don't get open track on that lap then you probably aren't going to get close to TT time. After that tire wear is notable, and the first lap is an out lap. My TT time is 25.7 and I haven't broke 26.0 in a race.

Also feel like fuel weight is an issue. The AMG feels like a pig at the beginning. I have to be real careful at all 3 hairpins and feel like my brake distances are longer than in the middle of the race. The fastest I've been able to do in race is 26.4 in the Jag but I also start on mediums. My TT is 25.4. As the fuel gets lower the tires also wear.

 

[afc5150]

I don't run many dailies, but the combination of Gr.2 and Spa could not be resisted. I did a lot of qualy and my time of 2:04:2xx seemed decent enough, so I did 5 races in the wee hours last night. Big mistake as I apparently forgot how to drive and dropped from A/S to A/B by finishing at the back after starting in the top 10 for all my races. Looks like I'll have to try and stop the bleeding this afternoon. Will probably end up around C/C at this rate.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Joining late in the week is tough because guys are really dialed in and if you're tentative you'll get eaten alive.

 

[afc5150]

Joining late in the week is tough because guys are really dialed in and if you're tentative you'll get eaten alive.

That pretty much sums it up. I had zero racecraft whatsoever. Now it's a vicious cycle of trying to get back what I lost, but losing more in the process.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

I'm done with Spa this week. If I were driving better, maybe... But if I'm just a little slow for my QT, people feel like they can pass anywhere on any part of the track. I'm so friggin' over it. I've been binned more than yesterday's trash. (Sorry, that's the best I got today.) It's gotten so bad I took it out on the guy who tried to pass me when I was P12!! (He was a leader who fell back after wiping out.) P12!!! Who the hell cares at that point??? I'm still shaking from the pissed-off adrenaline flooding my system.

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But you’re old like me and forget quickly. Looking forward to seeing you in some Spa races later today. CRS is a good old folks ailment to have sometimes!

I had 5 great races last night starting mid pack but all B/S fields.

This morning I’m still B/S but 2 races I tried were mostly B/A- B/B with a few of us poor B/S’s there to be taken out like the trash.
Honestly first race wasn’t that bad and had a fun battle for p4 which I concede to place p5 on the last half of the last lap because I started feeling like I was holding him back.

Second race I move up to p3 and spun on a curb which dropped me to p7. After that I was only taken down one additional time but dropped to p14 from that one.
Ended p10 and I’ll wait until later to do some more because I don’t want to lose my S and race in those groups because of it.

I have been enjoying the gr2 RS races at Spa this week and will miss this combo.

 

[zjn]

Nope, haven't raced today

His nick was Grandpa and he under the same flag. I guessed about an alternate account.

Did couple of race A with good results and fun and two 3rd places.

Highlight of the day, when you realize the world is falling on you

I don't know what happened, no contact at all for all 3 cars

 

[TheNormsk]

I had a rollercoaster of a ride in race B last night using my Normsk_GB account. After failing dismally to improve my time in the Time Trial with that awful Mustang I needed some ego boost

I haven't used Normsk_GB much yet, only a handful of races, so I am still DR D/SR S. Now racing at 10:30pm US Central puts me in the early hours of the morning in Europe with all the reprobates. While I'm SR S, in nearly every lobby I was the only S and most of the others were B or C. Not many As either. This was going to be a rough ride or they would all crash out...

Race 1 - Q4 --> P3
I took P3 by Les Combes in lap 1 and after that it was clean and uneventful to the end. Good start.

Race 2 - Q6 --> P5
In lap 1 at Les Combe (that corner would play out a lot in these races) I get hit and drop to P13. I caught up with the main pack by Double Gauche in lap 2 and from there have an awesome and fun race working my way up to P5 by end of lap 3. That's where I stay to finish. The punt out was unfortunate but it was fun nonetheless.

My qualifying time was not great so I worked that to drop it down to a high 2:06. Previously it was mid 2:07. That gave better QT for next race.

Race 3 - Q2 --> P1 Win (or in dutch OVER WINNING! )
First lap I take P1 in Double Gauche and after that it is a clear drive to the end. Also got CRB.

That win propelled me from high DR D to mid DR C.

Race 4 - Q11 -- DNF
I forget to save the replay but this was a split field of DR B and DR C with A/B/C SR and I was C/S. My QT was not good enough and starting from Q11 if a terrible spot on the grid. I worked my way up to around P5 by the last lap and I was feeing pretty good when I am interrupted by the women in the house disturbed by a loud noise late at night. I'm like "I'm racing; I check it at the end!" But I'd already lost concentration and had got mobbed in Double gauge and already slipped back to something like P7 to then only go off track. I'm like "F it!" and quit out 1/2 lap from finish. In hindsight I probably could have gone into auto drive and still finished better than DNF. Oh well.

Turns out the noise (checking out Ring cameras) was teenagers banging on our windows and then running off at 11:30 at night. Damn it. I ruined a race for that! Women....

Race 5 - Q5 --> P12
I improve my QT to mid 2:05s and get better starting position. Again a split lobby with the dregs from DR B and DR C. I really should not race at 7am European time... Get passed by Mr CLK driver on Kemmel and drop to P6 and also get taken by a GTR into Les Combes to drop to P7. Not a great start. This race was proving to have some rough driving with aggressive passing moves. Mr CLK gets mobbed in the curves by GTRs and I think he gets PO'd because after I pass him, he gets beside me Stavelot and happily pushes me off track 😡. That drops me to P13. I end up making up one spot but finish P12.

Race 6 - Q11 --> P12
I should have quit the night out before this race but no I wanted some redemption.. Argh. Even though my DR had dropped to a barely holding on C, this is mostly DR B.
Entering Les Combes I clip one of the bollards and literally fly, dropping to P13

I also got shaky in Double Gauche dropping further back and then get punted in the chicane dropping another spot but the reprobate there then also crashes out so I get my spot back. But I'm P14 at end of lap 1. Not good. I work my way back to P11 by last lap but P12 deliberately nudges me after La Source (they had plenty of room but decide to pit maneuver me) causing a 360 spin. That drops me back to P12 which is where I end.

After that I drop back to a lowly DR D in, in a slightly worse spot than where I started. What a cr*p show.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

Hey @Talon16

Was this you? Was a good race just now. Saw you around 1.4s behind me lap 3 after you got collected lap 2 and right before the final lap, my dog wagged his tail and nailed me in my eye 🤣

You caught up to me (if it was you) after Aue Rouge and passed me cleanly on the chicane 😅

Quite a few dirty a-holes today, was even getting B/D rated players in lobbies for main account and I'm A/S (and B/S other account) there...

Had a few good races today too on both accounts at least 🙂

 

[zjn]

I had a rollercoaster of a ride in race B last night using my Normsk_GB account. After failing dismally to improve my time in the Time Trial with that awful Mustang I needed some ego boost

I haven't used Normsk_GB much yet, only a handful of races, so I am still DR D/SR S. Now racing at 10:30pm US Central puts me in the early hours of the morning in Europe with all the reprobates. While I'm SR S, in nearly every lobby I was the only S and most of the others were B or C. Not many As either. This was going to be a rough ride or they would all crash out...

Race 1 - Q4 --> P3
I took P3 by Les Combes in lap 1 and after that it was clean and uneventful to the end. Good start.

Race 2 - Q6 --> P5
In lap 1 at Les Combe (that corner would play out a lot in these races) I get hit and drop to P13. I caught up with the main pack by Double Gauche in lap 2 and from there have an awesome and fun race working my way up to P5 by end of lap 3. That's where I stay to finish. The punt out was unfortunate but it was fun nonetheless.

My qualifying time was not great so I worked that to drop it down to a high 2:06. Previously it was mid 2:07. That gave better QT for next race.

Race 3 - Q2 --> P1 Win (or in dutch OVER WINNING! )
First lap I take P1 in Double Gauche and after that it is a clear drive to the end. Also got CRB.

That win propelled me from high DR D to mid DR C.

Race 4 - Q11 -- DNF
I forget to save the replay but this was a split field of DR B and DR C with A/B/C SR and I was C/S. My QT was not good enough and starting from Q11 if a terrible spot on the grid. I worked my way up to around P5 by the last lap and I was feeing pretty good when I am interrupted by the women in the house disturbed by a loud noise late at night. I'm like "I'm racing; I check it at the end!" But I'd already lost concentration and had got mobbed in Double gauge and already slipped back to something like P7 to then only go off track. I'm like "F it!" and quit out 1/2 lap from finish. In hindsight I probably could have gone into auto drive and still finished better than DNF. Oh well.

Turns out the noise (checking out Ring cameras) was teenagers banging on our windows and then running off at 11:30 at night. Damn it. I ruined a race for that! Women....

Race 5 - Q5 --> P12
I improve my QT to mid 2:05s and get better starting position. Again a split lobby with the dregs from DR B and DR C. I really should not race at 7am European time... Get passed by Mr CLK driver on Kemmel and drop to P6 and also get taken by a GTR into Les Combes to drop to P7. Not a great start. This race was proving to have some rough driving with aggressive passing moves. Mr CLK gets mobbed in the curves by GTRs and I think he gets PO'd because after I pass him, he gets beside me Stavelot and happily pushes me off track 😡. That drops me to P13. I end up making up one spot but finish P12.

Race 6 - Q11 --> P12
I should have quit the night out before this race but no I wanted some redemption.. Argh. Even though my DR had dropped to a barely holding on C, this is mostly DR B.
Entering Les Combes I clip one of the bollards and literally fly, dropping to P13
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I also got shaky in Double Gauche dropping further back and then get punted in the chicane dropping another spot but the reprobate there then also crashes out so I get my spot back. But I'm P14 at end of lap 1. Not good. I work my way back to P11 by last lap but P12 deliberately nudges me after La Source (they had plenty of room but decide to pit maneuver me) causing a 360 spin. That drops me back to P12 which is where I end.

After that I drop back to a lowly DR D in, in a slightly worse spot than where I started. What a cr*p show.

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[Gates]

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[cyirush]

Mostly been on GTS racing Monza and Laguna, but tried A a few days ago and it’s been great. Some dirty driving, natch, but some really good close clean racing too in B/S lobbies with the occasional A driver.

Got a win, some podiums, and lots of top 5s. Wish it counted for DR!

Next week not looking so good …

 

[Talon16]

Hey @Talon16

Was this you? Was a good race just now. Saw you around 1.4s behind me lap 3 after you got collected lap 2 and right before the final lap, my dog wagged his tail and nailed me in my eye 🤣

You caught up to me (if it was you) after Aue Rouge and passed me cleanly on the chicane 😅

Quite a few dirty a-holes today, was even getting B/D rated players in lobbies for main account and I'm A/S (and B/S other account) there...

Had a few good races today too on both accounts at least 🙂

Yea, that is me. I actually got pushed off on Kemmel on lap 1 that saw me drop back a bunch. I am not even sure what happened but I was driving straight with a Lexus to my right and a GTR closing quick behind me (in the draft) then I am smacking the guardrail; 99% sure the GTR (green GTR driven by an Italian) got impatient and did something stupid. It's okay, I saw him spinning off a couple laps later tangled with another car on a straight; he DNFd.

Thankfully I kept it straight but lost a bunch of time and places. Anyway, a bit of a push to make up places.

But yea, when I saw BruceyBruce and that flag I thought that name looked familiar! Good seeing you out there... about time haha.

Did one more race after that and got my A ranking in EMEA of this relatively new account. Movin on up.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

Yea, that is me. I actually got pushed off on Kemmel on lap 1 that saw me drop back a bunch. I am not even sure what happened but I was driving straight with a Lexus to my right and a GTR closing quick behind me (in the draft) then I am smacking the guardrail; 99% sure the GTR (green GTR driven by an Italian) got impatient and did something stupid. It's okay, I saw him spinning off a couple laps later tangled with another car on a straight; he DNFd.

Thankfully I kept it straight but lost a bunch of time and places. Anyway, a bit of a push to make up places.

But yea, when I saw BruceyBruce and that flag I thought that name looked familiar! Good seeing you out there... about time haha.

Did one more race after that and got my A ranking in EMEA of this relatively new account. Movin on up.

I missed the next one for a quick dinner but raced the 18:50 one. Started P9 and was already P5 before end of lap 1!!

Then P4 out-braked himself (also Italian 🤣 ) on the downhill right-hander after Sector 1 and I was passing him cleanly but he didn't want that. Raced straight into my side from outside the track and dropped 11 places down to last... 😢

By the start of sector 3 last lap, I managed to climb to P11 but on the back-straight, was passing P10 as I had slipstream and he had poor exit but of course, that's not happening 🤣

He pits me off track and I finish last even after all that effort... Happy days 🤣⚰️💩

Feel free to add my 2nd account, tried searching for you but there's a tonne of Talons out there 🤣

 

[Dairyworker]

I managed to get a decent q lap for race c (can't actually remember it atm) and did three races this morning. using the jag which I find feels really nice on this track. I hope to get more races in tomorrow morning also, but I'm not sure ill get to.

really hope that something rwd is worth running next week at brands. that's what it was, right???

 

[Talon16]

I missed the next one for a quick dinner but raced the 18:50 one. Started P9 and was already P5 before end of lap 1!!

Then P4 out-braked himself (also Italian 🤣 ) on the downhill right-hander after Sector 1 and I was passing him cleanly but he didn't want that. Raced straight into my side from outside the track and dropped 11 places down to last... 😢

By the start of sector 3 last lap, I managed to climb to P11 but on the back-straight, was passing P10 as I had slipstream and he had poor exit but of course, that's not happening 🤣

He pits me off track and I finish last even after all that effort... Happy days 🤣⚰️💩

Feel free to add my 2nd account, tried searching for you but there's a tonne of Talons out there 🤣

I did three races for round one: First and third I started on pole and won; the second is the one I was in your lobby and started P9? Kind of odd but whatever.

After the third race is when I got bumped to A. Came back an hourish later and now I'm in A+/A lobbies started P10. Guess I need to work on that quali time. Had a decent race going, making up some places but got pushed off Bruxelles and ended up in last. Finished P14. Did one more where I was in P6 going into the final chicane in the final lap. Other driver and I were almost side-by-side (he was attacking me). He left me space going through the tight right and I went to leave him space on the tight left but left him too much space, went wide, and lost the position... finished P7. Hate to lose a place on the final turn but I'd rather leave too much space and lose the spot than not leave enough and cause a wreck.

 

[TheNormsk]

A bit of redemption on my Normsk_GB account. I just did two more races; with each race I got pole position, got fastest lap and won. Woo hoo!

The second race, a CLK driver gave me quite a lot of grief in the first couple of laps. They would pass me on the straights, and I would pass them in the twisties, but by lap three I finally got ahead enough to keep the lead.

Now back to a mid DR C/SR S.

Back to Normsk_US now…

 

[Gates]

A bit of redemption on my Normsk_GB account. I just did two more races; with each race I got pole position, got fastest lap and won. Woo hoo!

The second race, a CLK driver gave me quite a lot of grief in the first couple of laps. They would pass me on the straights, and I would pass them in the twisties, but by lap three I finally got ahead enough to keep the lead.

Now back to a mid DR C/SR S.

Back to Normsk_US now…

I made a UK account. For the challenge, I am doing no qualifying, at all. Back to front, every race.