GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[illy]

Is anyone else finding the online races have become unplayable this week with cars all over the place then the game crashes? (Specifically race B , Interlagos)

 

[Roggers]

We are around a similar age and for me it's totally opposite. The fact we didn't have online games growing up has me enjoying that now as much as possible, it's rare that I'll play a game without it being online. Simply because I missed out on that as a kid.

Wheras with single player modes I'm thinking why am I doing this again ... I did it years ago

I must say since moving to a wheel and rig a few years ago playing racing games online is like a new a whole new world & game to me and I do really enjoy playing online. 90% of my time on GT7 is in the online mode
Plus GT7 has got me playing a few other games online too but don't spend as time online

 

[Leon Kowalski]

And for you drivers always pushing Q times as a challenge I'm sitting at a 2:12.6**. Knock it off and have fun slinging that car around.

Yes I know. And I'm working on it... 😆🍻


And yes, it's a nice combo. I just have to get rid of my habit of recklessly slamming the throttle on every corner exit.

 

[TheNormsk]

I think an age plays a big part in what you play too. Im just into my late 30s so my childhood was all about mega drives, N64, PS2… And obviously back then everything was offline games. Gran Turismo 3 was my first GT game and I loved the content. Would spend hours playing the game, and even did the Nordschleife 24 which took me about 7 days to complete and a PS2 that was left running for days. When PS3 came around with the online mode stuff I bought GT5 but never played it online as I just preferred the offline content. PS4 again I’d just play the solo stuff and I skipped GT Sport as when it was launched I was told it was heavily focused on online game play which at the time I still didn’t really like doing. GT7 was the first game that I’ve played online and is still the only game I play online. I play a few other games online but at most it’s only a few hours a week or less.
I think for me, been brough up in that era where offline was the normal is something that just carried over to today. I see a lot of the younger generation are the ones who religiously play online and don’t bother with the offline stuff on games.

If GT7 had the same grind like the older games did, I’d probably play offline more than I do online.

I can relate. I'm in my 50s now and grew up with the original GT on PS and also arcady games like F355 on Dreamcast. I did GT up to 5 and skipped sport but that was more because I skipped gaming full stop. I got back into GT7 only as we acquired a PS5 in the house (thanks son) and fell in love with it again. I would probably spend more time racing single player if GT7 had a better single player campaign/manufacturer races/races that took advantage of all cars/etc/etc... but it does not so I'm doing Sport. I realized I am pretty mediocre and I appear to have hit a plateau in my abilities but I keep with it. I think I am about 95% of where I should be to be competitive in my class (I nearly always QT in the mid/lower pack and struggle to get into the top 8 a lot). I have nearly every car now and have completed near all races but still have missions to work through. Just wish there was more variety..

Not gonna lie, i'm so tired of the Silvia being dominant race after race ( i guess last week was een exception).

I kind of agree but do find the Silvia very drivable around Interlagos. That said, everyone will still be quicker than me..

 

[PMK]

Just gives you more of an incentive to get good with a non-meta car. It can be done, for sure.

That's true, i've managed to do that in gr3 but in gr4 it's just so tough. So much fun cars just aren't competitive. Especially against a+ drivers.

 

[gigio79]

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

 

[PMK]

Managed to get a 220th postion in race c quali. Still early though so i'm interested to see how much i'll drop over the week.

 

[newmedia_dev]

We are around a similar age and for me it's totally opposite. The fact we didn't have online games growing up has me enjoying that now as much as possible, it's rare that I'll play a game without it being online. Simply because I missed out on that as a kid.

Wheras with single player modes I'm thinking why am I doing this again ... I did it years ago

I think a lot of us here are of a similar age. I remember I was playing doom in "Lan parties" and quake and UT and then moved to online racing on things like GT Legends and GTR 2 but PC gaming back then was a labour of love figuring out IRQ port settings and almost zero plug and play...ah those days of racing. Had all the consoles as well but the original and 2 disc GT2 were my turning point.

Also for online I moved back from console single player to more online through FIFA got good enough to go to EA Sports in Vancouver 3 times. But cars (and motorbikes) are my thing so came back to the GT series as basically my only games. And now it is to be honest.

Anyways....I do think maybe controversially that ranked competitive play in all genres takes a certain type of player that is prepared to try and learn/master a given thing. Otherwise it can be a frustrating thing. CoD has a similar thing with K/D ratios being depressing for most of the player base if they looked at it.

 

[NAXEHT]

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

I’d be happy to see them mix around with all kinds of different cars and groups but one thing in your post to counter is calling the 512 incredibly difficult and then requesting Gr.1 and 2. Those are two good example categories where the difference between a decent player and a really good one becomes very, very apparent.

That said, it’d be kinda cool to see them throw those in there for some week. Why not indeed. And raise the grid size from 12 while at it.

 

[nukewells_OG]

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

I'm with you man, I hate the street cars on street tires...unless there is tuning allowed. I prefer the battle to be between me and the track, not me and the car. But that being said, there is a large group of people that feel the exact opposite. And I think that is what PD is catering to in Race A. IMO Race C should see Group 1 and 2 WAAAAY more often then it does. Daytona last week should have been Group 1 or 2.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I'm with you man, I hate the street cars on street tires...unless there is tuning allowed. I prefer the battle to be between me and the track, not me and the car. But that being said, there is a large group of people that feel the exact opposite. And I think that is what PD is catering to in Race A. IMO Race C should see Group 1 and 2 WAAAAY more often then it does. Daytona last week should have been Group 1 or 2.

Race A used to be fun for me. One make "clubsport" races. Racing tyres and things like the scirroco at Brands etc it felt like a proper gateway "entry level" to competitive racing. Like "a path way" slower stuff competitively matched teaching you to drive and race for the points. Now it's just a whatever they feel like making it thing.

 

[Famine]

Also our video:

 

[TheNormsk]

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

I kind of agree and also don't. I agree that race A has had it fair share of hard to drive cars and I agree that my first outing with the 512 was not pretty. That said, this is an unranked event so it gives the racer a chance to race cars they may not otherwise chosen and also forces them to drive vehicles outside of their comfort zone. Overall I like the idea of A being an experimental race and feel it should have more classics/oddities in it that we might otherwise not race. It should also have tuner options in older cars as well (I love my 1970 tuner DS).

This will never happen but I wish PD would offer:

1) Classic Race (Varies on time period - could be cars prior to 1960, a certain one make classic, that kind of thing).
2) Tuner Race (classic to modern - again could be any car but best if a single make)
3) Sprint (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
4) Pitstop/Grid start (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
5) Extreme (Group 1/2 or weirder car combinations - prototypes with endurance/pit stops/longer races or even rally)
This would also be fun to have different race combinations such as a two part race championship where race 2 starts in reverse order of race 1 finish.

I'm sure others can come up with even better combinations.

 

[Nebuc72]

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

Skill issue lad.

I'm having plenty fun with it. Why shove race cars into Race A? That's what B and C are for.

 

[brockie]

Race B looks good this week! Gr4 anything is fine by me, I’ll look forward to the weekend and some interlagos then

 

[newmedia_dev]

Minor rant but the racing line is not hugging every corner.

The reason your one second slower is because you think a wide line is a mistake and some how google slow and tight is faster than earlier full throttle.

Ends rant/

All the dads and have a go heroes are home now.

Awful lobbies at the A\B mix end of things. Half the people are fine and half are utter rubbish.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

Did my first race at Interlagos and was surprisingly clean racing, with some excellent occasions to be punted or swiped off, which I was mentally preparing myself for, but never actually happened 🤣

I still had my 1:38:8 qualy time when I did the race, started and finished P6 HOWEVER....

The race pace of the Silvia and GT-R is on another level! I qualified and raced the 650S and it's no match on the acceleration and top speed of the Nissans.

I managed to defend and regain my positions by being smart and correctly guessing what other drivers wanted to do! The McLaren has one thing better than the rest, handling! And that's what kept me competitive but still finished 10s behind the Top 5, all in the Nissan cars..

Managed to get my time down to 1:38:4 but time's up for tonight, got real life things to do 🤣

 

[Raven-Sport]

In this weeks episode of 'Let's put a decent QT in by accident' I'm failing miserably.


At Autodromo de Interlagos I'm riding a Mustang because Sylvia is boring me. I'm slow and old, so apologies to my fellow low DR B level players. However dont worry, you will go off track ahead of me by your own volition and retaliate when on re-entry for me having the audicity to be anywhere near you, so it balances out.

Also, when I have a minor track limit penalty for trying to not be old and slow (we all mistakes, although it might come as a surprise to your 'confidence masquerading as knowledge' type of driving) be sure to bin me as soon as possible rather than waiting for the penalty line to simply drive on by. I love that.

Under normal circumstances I would conclude that I'm the problem, however I'm not the one joining a four decker sandwich into the Senna esses, so who knows?

 

[picko_99]

Yeah had a few races like that last night. Nothing worse than the spanners who make a mistake or are off-line due to fighting another car spinning you out because you've gotten past them.

Ah well, got a couple of wins and a 3rd, so better than my last week at f'n maggliore

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I see a lot of the younger generation are the ones who religiously play online and don’t bother with the offline stuff on games.

59 years old but while you where playing single.plauer I was doing online on PC.
GTS was my first console racing game.

I'd like to know why PD in all races A always uses undriveable cars. Driving the Ferrari 512 is incredibly difficult, it seems made on purpose to prevent people from having fun. Why not put a group 1 or 2 car, why not?

Because a lot of people love the road cars, why shouldn't they have their cars too?

I kind of agree and also don't. I agree that race A has had it fair share of hard to drive cars and I agree that my first outing with the 512 was not pretty. That said, this is an unranked event so it gives the racer a chance to race cars they may not otherwise chosen and also forces them to drive vehicles outside of their comfort zone. Overall I like the idea of A being an experimental race and feel it should have more classics/oddities in it that we might otherwise not race. It should also have tuner options in older cars as well (I love my 1970 tuner DS).

This will never happen but I wish PD would offer:

1) Classic Race (Varies on time period - could be cars prior to 1960, a certain one make classic, that kind of thing).
2) Tuner Race (classic to modern - again could be any car but best if a single make)
3) Sprint (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
4) Pitstop/Grid start (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
5) Extreme (Group 1/2 or weirder car combinations - prototypes with endurance/pit stops/longer races or even rally)
This would also be fun to have different race combinations such as a two part race championship where race 2 starts in reverse order of race 1 finish.

I'm sure others can come up with even better combinations.

Those ideas would be fun but spread out an already small player base even more.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

Had a couple of decent B races tonight. I was faster in my Manu RCZ than I could quite pull out of the Silva so I finally jumped in with a 1:38.7

First race P8 on the grid and was happy to see that. Lost a place or two in the first lap but made them back up on lap two and overall close racing through some of the corners but clean. Finished p8 with CRB.

Second race I started p6 and stayed on p5 until lap 3 when he overcooked t1 and slid. Now in p5 I was pressing p4 pretty hard and I felt good coming into the final lap that I a good chance to advance by keeping pressure.
He was slow out of t3 and I got a run on him towards t4 so he went to the inside to cover which I wouldn’t have taken anyways. I felt too confident taking outside to cut back under him with more exit speed right up until I touched the GRASS!! and that was all she wrote.
I went full speed into the far wall. Got going again and got passed by a couple more cars and by the time my damage got better I was still able to come away a scalded p10.

Threw away a sure top 5 trying for one more place and ruined my race and nearly the other guy’s who dropped from p4 to p5 after my error. I apologized afterwards and he was cool about it.

i lean towards being very conservative with overtakes but I feel like I need to be able to get the job done in situations like this.
I tried, I blew it and I gained experience to help maybe pull it together better next time.
Best part is nobody else was taken out because of it.

 

[Mert160]

Race B is the dirtiest races I've seen in a while. Endless Silvia drivers ramming literally anyone in front of them.

 

[samppa_944]

I kind of agree and also don't. I agree that race A has had it fair share of hard to drive cars and I agree that my first outing with the 512 was not pretty. That said, this is an unranked event so it gives the racer a chance to race cars they may not otherwise chosen and also forces them to drive vehicles outside of their comfort zone. Overall I like the idea of A being an experimental race and feel it should have more classics/oddities in it that we might otherwise not race. It should also have tuner options in older cars as well (I love my 1970 tuner DS).

This will never happen but I wish PD would offer:

1) Classic Race (Varies on time period - could be cars prior to 1960, a certain one make classic, that kind of thing).
2) Tuner Race (classic to modern - again could be any car but best if a single make)
3) Sprint (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
4) Pitstop/Grid start (varies between group 3/4 as it does now)
5) Extreme (Group 1/2 or weirder car combinations - prototypes with endurance/pit stops/longer races or even rally)
This would also be fun to have different race combinations such as a two part race championship where race 2 starts in reverse order of race 1 finish.

I'm sure others can come up with even better combinations.

Myself I'd keep current Daily Race A-C style. Then make a tuning daily race D, mostly with road cars. And then a longer Daily Race E, with 40-45 min race and 5 min quali. And race is either dynamic weather stuff or a race where you are forced to use at least 2 compounds of dry tires.

 

[hardvibes]

Race B is the dirtiest races I've seen in a while. Endless Silvia drivers ramming literally anyone in front of them.

Yes indeed, even in A-S lobbies.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

Race B is the dirtiest races I've seen in a while. Endless Silvia drivers ramming literally anyone in front of them.

I was actually surprised to get 2 clean races with decent starting positions straight away. Usually need to stick it out for three races in a row before I get one that’s fitting to my qt and get placed mid pack to start.

Both of my races had more other cars than Silvias so maybe I was that lucky. I’m running in mid to low A/S and a 650 was leading, and my surroundings were 458, 155, wrx and hurican so a total different experience.

I like interlagos because I’m typically competitive there so that helps my outlook. I remember it as the first ever V that I got while still being a C and then quickly got launched into B which started my first taste of the DR roller coaster.

Hope it goes better if you guys give it another go!

 

[sturk0167]

Also our video:

Nice
I didn't know you guys made videos.
When can we see one with the mods racing each other? 😎

 

[D_Dragline]

Race B is the dirtiest races I've seen in a while. Endless Silvia drivers ramming literally anyone in front of them.

I’m willing to bet Race C in Asia is worse.

 

[shio]

I did a couple race A's yesterday, man I struggle with that car. Really slow and have a tendency to lose it atm, but think after Wednesday I'm gonna spend a bit more time with it, it's kind of fun to have an excuse to learn to drive it. I struggle with a bunch of cars from that era, especially on comforts. If I do drive older road cars in single player the first thing I usually do is throw sports tires on them.

I'm at probably around 90% in DR C, so my races I've been matched against DR B & sometimes A racers, I think I'd like to be able to at least be competitive by the end of the week. Terrible quali time atm though, 2:19.x. But having a surprisingly good time with that one.

 

[PMK]

Ohno, the GT servers are offline.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Ohno, the GT servers are offline.

Yeah, I can't connect from Southern California.