GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[TheOneDonJuan]

I loved it before, honestly. Hadn't a real bad word to say about the driving model beforehand. Minus a few oddities, I think it was exactly on track to where it needed to be.

Truth be told I was hoping I'd be way off the pace so I could convince myself I just wasn't used to the new physics or that I hadn't adapted yet!
But nah I unfortunately just.. don't think they're good anymore, lol.

Same. I don't mind the physics as much as I do the weird fascination PD seems to have towards a few cars and brands. The cars feel more boat like now to me which isn't the best thing in the world but I could make do with it if the boring ass Supra/GTR weren't so OP. Seeing the Supra chase almost everything else down at WG was hilarious and sad. Just two weeks prior I was being competitive in the Viper/AMG/Jaguar at Deep Forest.

Leader boards in both races is....well by golly its the Supra and the GTR lol.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

This picture isn't very earth-shattering, but let me explain why it means something to me.


This is the first race I've run this week at Kyoto Yamagiwa where I didn't screw up and spin out. Granted, that's only out of a total of 5 races, but still, yay me! I actually did screw up near the end and lost one position, but that's way better than the other races.

And am I the only one who thinks this race is awesome?

Leader boards in both races is....well by golly its the Supra and the GTR lol.

I can't really argue with that, except to say that there are some people who manage to be competitive in non-meta cars. Of course it probably depends on what DR level we're talking about, but someone just won a race I was in using the RX-Vision. Personally, I take pride when I'm able to be competitive in a non-meta. That hasn't happened for me this week yet, but I'm sure gonna give some others a try! My go-to V12 is calling my name...

 

[D Quick]

And am I the only one who thinks this race is awesome.

No, it's a really nice change of race pace and racecraft. A lot of corners bait you into taking it a bit farther.

I'm enjoying the challenge and I've had quite a few clean and fair battles.

 

[TheOneDonJuan]

This picture isn't very earth-shattering, but let me explain why it means something to me.


This is the first race I've run this week at Kyoto Yamagiwa where I didn't screw up and spin out. Granted, that's only out of a total of 5 races, but still, yay me! I actually did screw up near the end and lost one position, but that's way better than the other races.

And am I the only one who thinks this race is awesome?

I can't really argue with that, except to say that there are some people who manage to be competitive in non-meta cars. Of course it probably depends on what DR level we're talking about, but someone just won a race I was in using the RX-Vision. Personally, I take pride when I'm able to be competitive in a non-meta. That hasn't happened for me this week yet, but I'm sure gonna give some others a try! My go-to V12 is calling my name...

I've tried the RX, AMG, Corvette, Jaguar, Audi, Aston, Ford GT, Mustang, etc etc. I used to race all of them with no issues. They are mostly undriveable right now. It's the 911, RS01, GTR 18, M6 and Supra. That's the list. You might be able to get a cute time with the Ferrari or Lambo or something but I doubt it's track viable. No point when you can just drive the 911 or GTR and get better results with none of the downsides.

Different strokes though, I'm sure there are others who are enthused with the update. Ill check back in when Gr4 comes back around to Race C.

 

[Redneckchef]

Went back out to LeMans. Rain covered the whole radar, torrential stuff even to the edges of the filly zoomed out radar. Slapped on the IMs and the track was bone dry by Mulsanne corner. Again.

Next race went better, bright sun, no hint of rain. But polesitter and I had a straight fight for 4.5 laps. Them sending it every single corner and trying to run me wide, ne fighting back to defend and get a gap down the straights. F1 racecraft returns. Every time they went defensive into Arnage and I took the outside since I know the lines for that corner both ways they would simply come back over and try pushing me wide off track. Get stuffed you Max wannabe. Next time I'll defend a little more vigorously and see if they like the sand at Mulsanne since I always left them room when thet were on the outside. Might forget that next race.

I do like having my pace back though

 

[YoungRon]

I find my experience with driving attitudes whilst rising through the DR ranks (currently mid A) is that other drivers are very quick but their impatience remains (trying to pass at illogical points on the track). There's also what I perceive to be a lack of "big picture" thinking in longer races, with certain people seemingly happy to settle with fighting, and aggressively defending, for mid-pack positions rather than using collective pace to work through the pack.

I suppose my takeaway is that raw pace can come very early in one's sim racing career, then the cleanliness is the next thing to be learnt (albeit voluntarily), and finally the bigger picture race-craft and race management is the final piece of the puzzle. And I'd also like to recommend one site that allows good entertainment for those who live in Ireland - SlotEire - there are many entertainment options to choose from. When you get tired of watching the races, go to this site.

It seems to me that race cleanliness comes with experience. The inexperienced driver makes gross mistakes because of either lack of experience or a tendency to get dirty.
But if a driver with experience makes a dirty race, it's probably intentional. I don't rule out error, though.

 

[Hodd10]

one pedal at a time is just a one way ticket to understeer central. It's just bad.

I've noticed this. I was just learning brake and throttle overlaps to help adjust the car lines. Very slow progress but I thought I was starting to get the hang of it. Now whenever I do try to do it the whole car just seems to slide outwards.

 

[picko_99]

And am I the only one who thinks this race is awesome?

Long time lurker coming in to say I really enjoyed it too. Only had time to do a couple of races so far and was taken out in both, but really enjoyed flow of the track.

Looking forward to having a race that stays clean!

 

[AmateurDriver]

Long time lurker coming in to say I really enjoyed it too. Only had time to do a couple of races so far and was taken out in both, but really enjoyed flow of the track.

Looking forward to having a race that stays clean!

Yeah, same here. Done a couple this monday, and the first 4 or 5 went terrible. The last one of the day was a podium. But I love the track. Very challenging.

 

[Dairyworker]

Real life has been busy the past couple weeks, so I've barely had time with the game.

I like this weeks a and b combos, but am struggling with the car in race A. It seems to want to swap ends at unpredictable times, and has zero front grip for turns. Haven't had a chance to hit any laps at b yet, but i will. Not sure about racing it though, i can't do the curb (gutter) trick

 

[DanTurismo33]

I'm sure you're right about it not getting better the higher up you go. But I'd be careful making any negative judgements during the first few days of a race. Everyone's still getting used to the track, so mistakes are gonna happen.

I was just hinting that the spot that he tagged me at wasn't a corner or a spot where you would lose control... he did it to spin me and take the position..

I did a handful of races yesterday on B with my quali time which put me in the top 5 or so for most races. Had some very fun and clean races yesterday. Aside from a few mistakes from me and a few other drivers. But had more fun yesterday than I did all week last week lol!

This track is pretty fun, but can be very punishing if you push too hard. Looking forward to bettering my quali and seeing how the race goes the rest of the week..

 

[Crimefighter]

I was just hinting that the spot that he tagged me at wasn't a corner or a spot where you would lose control... he did it to spin me and take the position..

I did a handful of races yesterday on B with my quali time which put me in the top 5 or so for most races. Had some very fun and clean races yesterday. Aside from a few mistakes from me and a few other drivers. But had more fun yesterday than I did all week last week lol!

This track is pretty fun, but can be very punishing if you push too hard. Looking forward to bettering my quali and seeing how the race goes the rest of the week..

It is a fun track. I will say, the long sweeping turns such as T1 and the other left hander after the esses are pretty challenging on controller. Small steering adjustments over long corners are the bane of my life on controller and one of the big reasons I want a wheel/pedal setup.

What I have ended up doing is picking cars with mild understeer (like most MR cars), and then just use the throttle to steer rather than the steering itself, since the tiniest adjustment on the thumbpad seems to send me flying into walls!

 

[Steer]

Real life has been busy the past couple weeks, so I've barely had time with the game.

I like this weeks a and b combos, but am struggling with the car in race A. It seems to want to swap ends at unpredictable times, and has zero front grip for turns. Haven't had a chance to hit any laps at b yet, but i will. Not sure about racing it though, i can't do the curb (gutter) trick

Everyone else on here seem to focus on race B/C. I like race A, and increasingly I enjoy racing with slower cars that do not handle well as that seems to deliver close and good racing. Braking in a straight line is key with this car - trail braking doesn't work (for me anyway). It's massively satisfying nailing a good turn 1.

 

[NvrTheSamecar]

Nothing against A or B this week, but I am just loving the racing in C. Picked up a pair of wins last night. Finally got one in something other then the '16 cars. It was by far the luckiest win online yet. More than likely without some help was closer to a 5th or 6th place finish. By the last lap was in 3rd nearly 3 seconds back coming into the final chicanes and front two had a disagreement where one spun and the other crossed the line .5 in front of me but received a post race penalty.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

It's the 911, RS01, GTR 18, M6 and Supra. That's the list.

That's 5 cars, and adding in the RX-Vision makes 6. So there's 6 usable cars in this race, compared to the past where it was often only 1 or 2 cars. To me, that's a vast improvement. Only my opinion, of course.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

It was when the heavy rain appeared on Race C that I discovered I had no wet weather tyres for my NSX - then it all went rapidly wrong....

The penalties seem a bit random Crawling along at 10mph and slither across the apex of one corner, then do same on the next... And I get 8 seconds of penalty time?!

On other corners I'll swear I take the same lines each lap and sometimes there's a half second penalty and sometimes there's not.

I'll persevere with C though, as I seem to be a crash magnet on B. Race B is actually one where I prefer the reverse layout.

 

[GTWolverine]

I've been waiting for this Race B combo to come back around, and it hasn't disappointed (although my driving sometimes has...). I'm currently at a 34.05 in the Corvette and it's fun to thrash it around the track even though it's gutless on the straights compared to the Supra, M6, and '18 GT-R; and it's not great at putting its power down out of slow corners either (something that used to be pretty much its ONLY strength). Fortunately the straights aren't particularly long and I can just about keep up if I absolutely send it everywhere. Unfortunately that's led to some stupid mistakes because I have to drive at 100% all the time, but I also have 2 poles and 4 wins so far (always because others make mistakes, not because I'm quicker than them).

 

[Barney Da Dog]

I've been waiting for this Race B combo to come back around, and it hasn't disappointed (although my driving sometimes has...). I'm currently at a 34.05 in the Corvette and it's fun to thrash it around the track even though it's gutless on the straights compared to the Supra, M6, and '18 GT-R; and it's not great at putting its power down out of slow corners either (something that used to be pretty much its ONLY strength). Fortunately the straights aren't particularly long and I can just about keep up if I absolutely send it everywhere. Unfortunately that's led to some stupid mistakes because I have to drive at 100% all the time, but I also have 2 poles and 4 wins so far.

That's a great time - Corvette was always my favourite but I'm struggling a bit with it since the update.

 

[GTWolverine]

That's a great time - Corvette was always my favourite but I'm struggling a bit with it since the update.

Yeah it's not a particularly good car since the update, but I get along really well with Yamagiwa so that probably compensates for the car's deficiencies.

 

[samppa_944]

Gonna start practicing for Daily C. Daily A doing some more tries later this week, had a dud lobby with DR C's and B's in the noon today, so an easy hattrick for a 45K or so DR A 😁

But yeah Daily C, no clue what works best. 🤔 Gonna give GT-R 2016, SC430 and CLK LM all a go actually.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

They all work - I’m enjoying the SC430 as it seems a good mix of the two. More grip than the CLK, more top speed than the GTR and no turbo boost torque step to manage in the wet

 

[bone_tone]

Got that odd effect this week with both Race B and C.

B has the Toyota dominating the qualifying times, but I've only seen the 911 win so far, C has the GTR dominating the qualifying times, but I've only seen the Merc win so far!!

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

OK friends, I've thrown down the gauntlet:

As soon as I tried the GT-R NISMO GT3 '18, I improved my time by at almost a second. And I left tons of time out on the track. But as I said, come and get me, guys!

I uploaded the replay. Search for "gtp17".

Managed my first podium of the week. The livery is uninspired, but I'll work on it.

 

[nukewells_OG]

Race C weather radar still a full crap shoot. Had light rain on the prerace 50 mile radar, so went out on IM. No one else did and it barely got wet... Got dead last.

Very next race the rain starts to fill in on lap 3 almost identical to the previous race, so I pit for IM again and no one else does. Come out of the pits with cars scattered everywhere...lol. Straight to the front for a win.

I'll take the win, but this weather speed needs fixed bad.

 

[Dairyworker]

OK friends, I've thrown down the gauntlet:
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As soon as I tried the GT-R NISMO GT3 '18, I improved my time by at almost a second. And I left tons of time out on the track. But as I said, come and get me, guys!

I uploaded the replay. Search for "gtp17".
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Managed my first podium of the week. The livery is uninspired, but I'll work on it.
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I guess I'm going ghost hunting when i get home lol

 

[samppa_944]

They all work - I’m enjoying the SC430 as it seems a good mix of the two. More grip than the CLK, more top speed than the GTR and no turbo boost torque step to manage in the wet

Yeah tried the trio I mentioned, feeling quickest in the SC430. CLK LM lacks grip and top end is not that great, similar to SC430. GT-R 16' too slow on acceleration and top end, not good enough in corners in my hands. I'll still try the RS5 DTM, just wanting to see what DRS does here. But looks like I go with the old Lexus for this one.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Yeah tried the trio I mentioned, feeling quickest in the SC430. CLK LM lacks grip and top end is not that great, similar to SC430. GT-R 16' too slow on acceleration and top end, not good enough in corners in my hands. I'll still try the RS5 DTM, just wanting to see what DRS does here. But looks like I go with the old Lexus for this one.

CLK is good in a slipstream with the longer gearing, but again SC430 not that far behind

 

[newmedia_dev]

After half a week of self flagellation using the Supra I can hand on heart say the GTR is the much better faster car in a race than my brute force supra TT lap and subsequent hamfisted awful race performance in it.

The 911 is now more popular in my lobbies over the supra (RCZ as well) which makes me feel that I'm not the only one who just can't consistently drive the supra or manage the curbs from hell at the driving park.

The weirdest curb physics apply to the Supra and also the trigger throttle just aren't made for me. It's faster but by god do you have to mail everything inch perfect in it.

 

[GrmlMaster]

I am concentrating on Race C this week.
It makes really good racing most of the time. Unfortunately 1 chaos race with lots of crashes in the rain was enough to push me back to SR A.

Am now 2 days trying to get my SR up but the only thing climbing is my DR.
My qualy-time is a 3.40.9, what means starting from the front in B lobbies, so trying to run away seems the better plan than driving behind…

 

[sturk0167]

I am concentrating on Race C this week.
It makes really good racing most of the time. Unfortunately 1 chaos race with lots of crashes in the rain was enough to push me back to SR A.

Am now 2 days trying to get my SR up but the only thing climbing is my DR.
My qualy-time is a 1.40.9, what means starting from the front in B lobbies, so trying to run away seems the better plan than driving behind…

I'm glad you said that, because I am thinking I should qualify for that race. Today is my first day off this week, so I will be heading out to the track shortly, for a bunch of races..
I only did one race, so far. It was Monday evening, and I started at the back of an all B/S lobby. I managed to finish 2nd, but got very lucky in avoiding some incidents in front of me. That luck won't last.