GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Carlos Fandango]

I really enjoy Watkins Glen, so I got up early and jumped into the 6am race before work. No practice, no qualifying, but I figure if I start from the back then I can’t cause too much trouble, I just wanted to have a go. Ended up starting 13th and finished 4th!

Couple of guys forgot to change tires which helped (although I think only one was ahead), and I had a half spin when I dropped a rear tire on the grass, and somehow I got the 3sec penalty for pit entry infringement despite driving like a granny, but overall it was a good race. I used the McLaren as it’s good over bumps, has a reasonably docile torque curve, and good balanced handling. I was catching the two in front of me who were squabbling away which slowed them both through the last turn - got one, and almost got the other for what would have been third.

Away for the week now but will jump in again at the weekend if I get the chance. Race on!

 

[benjoi84]

My first time requesting stewards' feedback!

Really enjoyed last week's Daily Race C, one of my favourite combos and the venue of many close battles and tense race moments.

One incident really stuck in my side like a thorn though... (Obviously I'm the black & white Alpha Tauri NSX). We pick up the action at Degner 2, and there's no prior contact up until this point, they were just following me round like any other race.

Here it is...



I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

 

[TheNormsk]

Well what a sorry state of racing I had last night with race B. I should have just quit but I didn't for reasons I'll get to..

Race 1

I started out with a QT of 1:28.2 something which was good for P5. In the first lap I get knocked sideways at turn 5, but hold it, into a power slide that sets me up for the uphill climb!


Meanwhile the three cars ahead all slide off the road and I'm up to 2nd by the Corkscrew. On lap 2, I get punted by P3 into the corkscrew but hold it. First strike, I might have written off as poor braking except the next hits were deliberate attempts to put me in the gravel. I gave back and punted him off instead.


I remained second through to lap 4 when I lost that being out braked by an inside car at turn 11, good driving on their part. As I was I settling in for a 3rd on lap 5, I lost it an spun out in the corkscrew (in all my QT sessions I'd been solid through there so that shock me!) and I dropped to 8th. Fortune favored me on this one though as before the end 6th and 7th would slide off and I would finish 5th.

Disappointed with my mistake, I felt I had the pace for good laps and a top finish so onto the next race..

Race 2

This was the race with @GrumpyOldMan. Started in a disappointing 10th. Turn 4, lap 1 I completely miss my braking point and go off, down to 16th. On lap 2 I'd made it back to 10th, when a ghosted car three ahead of (that I did not notice) suddenly unghosted at a near stop at turn 11. I hit them and get a 5 second penalty. Taking that put me down to 13th and then I over pushed, and being a bit ruffled, I went off turn 4 again down to last and that is were I finished.

Disappointed, but feeling I had pace and could improve my QT I pushed on...

Race 3

I QT's in 3rd with a new QT time of 1:27.8x. The start was nice and clean turn 1, but I focused too much on P2 in front and completely forgot to brake and powered myself into the gravel turn 3. What an idiot I was! I managed to climb up to 12th by lap 5, and at turn 6, P11 goes off and I focusing on P11 just a bit to much, followed dropping back to P13 which is were I ended.

Race 4 - The mother of all bad, dirty races - Good God this one was bad...
I thought about ending after the dismal race 3 but I now had the QT and I knew I had the pace.. I started P4 but P5 hits me turn 1 (this driver I'd seen in other lobbies driving badly as well) but that sets off a chain reaction that was unbelievable. Only video can do justice.


That dropped me down to last but I was able to climb back to 13th to finish. Truly, one of the worst driving experiences I've ever encountered.

Race 5

This one I started P3. I quickly jumped to 2nd and ran there until lap 5 when P3 managed to pass me. Rather than try to push hard to get it back and risk an incident, after the last few races, I settled in for P3 in the last lap and a half. Finished P3, best result of the night and much needed to restore some of my DR annihilation from earlier.

Take Away
After last weeks race B, my SR had dropped from S to B. That put me in bad lobbies to start with, though race 1 I did get back to A. Race 2 however, because of that turn 11 shunt dropped me back to B and so ended up in a terrible field for race 3. Amazingly, after all that abuse in race 3, none of it was dished out on my SR and I got back to A. After that the lobbies began to improve and race 4 failure was mine and not the cars around me. Race 5 success was indication of what can be.

I want to do more B races as I like the track but I don't want to do it until my SR is back to S. So I think my next races will be race C, not necessary for position but to get the miles in to restore my SR.

 

[Fezzik]

I’ve accepted that Laguna is just too easy for the rammers to mess you up. Giving it a rest now. I almost had a win in the Citroen but got shunted off at the corkscrew on the final lap. Checked the recording and the twit wasn’t even showing on my radar when I started braking. One hell of a divebomb, nothing you can do but trust that the karma gods will exact vengeance for you in the future.

 

[jpine324]

Race C is a ton of fun. But I can't get over how different the Corvette is from Soft to Hard tires! It is a rocketship on softs...then it like I'm ice skating with the hards! I might have to find a different car that doesn't have such a giant swing of performance from RS to RH!

Anyone else experiencing this??

 

[Mercia]

My first time requesting stewards' feedback!

Really enjoyed last week's Daily Race C, one of my favourite combos and the venue of many close battles and tense race moments.

One incident really stuck in my side like a thorn though... (Obviously I'm the black & white Alpha Tauri NSX). We pick up the action at Degner 2, and there's no prior contact up until this point, they were just following me round like any other race.

Here it is...



I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

It looks cheeky but it's hard to tell if 100% deliberate given it's a full throttle turn. However if he's offering 'reasons' for it then maybe it was, and his reasons are wrong, I didn't see anything much going into spoon if anything he takes a swipe on the run up to it.

 

[PMK]

I’ve accepted that Laguna is just too easy for the rammers to mess you up. Giving it a rest now. I almost had a win in the Citroen but got shunted off at the corkscrew on the final lap. Checked the recording and the twit wasn’t even showing on my radar when I started braking. One hell of a divebomb, nothing you can do but trust that the karma gods will exact vengeance for you in the future.

That gravel is deadly lol. And since it's at EVERY corner, this is rammers heaven.

Race C is a ton of fun. But I can't get over how different the Corvette is from Soft to Hard tires! It is a rocketship on softs...then it like I'm ice skating with the hards! I might have to find a different car that doesn't have such a giant swing of performance from RS to RH!

Anyone else experiencing this??

The Softs in general change the driving experience so much. But there's definitely cars which standout. The Corvette being one of them. I had the same experience in the Viper. The hards were atrocious. Ended up in dead last. The 650s is also fairly ok on hards but is an absolute monster on softs. Was able to overtake Supra's and GTR's with ease.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

My first time requesting stewards' feedback!

Really enjoyed last week's Daily Race C, one of my favourite combos and the venue of many close battles and tense race moments.

One incident really stuck in my side like a thorn though... (Obviously I'm the black & white Alpha Tauri NSX). We pick up the action at Degner 2, and there's no prior contact up until this point, they were just following me round like any other race.

Here it is...



I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

I'm coming at this from the other guys perspective, and the reason is that I regularly assume bad intent and I start to see red, when in retrospect it was just some paint scraping.

So I'm the other guy, and I feel a lot of banging from your car. Mind you I'm doing as much banging as you are, but of course I don't see it that way. That red mist starts rising, and eventually I see a chance to "get" you, so I take it.

But then I save the replay and look at it, and feel like a complete jerk. I realize that I assumed bad intent when there obviously wasn't any. I mean, you didn't even knock me off the track! Just some bumping. I'm such an idiot.

Bottom line, no, I don't think you were doing anything wrong, at least nothing that the other guy didn't also do. I just think he saw red, and that was the end of it.

Everyone should watch replays of the races they think they were wronged in. They'd be surprised at how many times it wasn't that way, and in some cases, they were at fault.

(And I'm mostly typing all this to remind myself to not let the red mist win.)

 

[benjoi84]

@GrumpyOldMan
@Mercia

The first contact was him going into the back of me at the hairpin. I had gone defensive for the very purpose of reducing the chance of that happening.

The swipe at 130R is clearly the intentional retribution for 'something' I did a bit earlier.

Red mist, for sure. And really unnecessary given he had been matching my pace for 3.5 laps. Not so quick in close quarters, so it seems.

 

[cyirush]

I'm coming at this from the other guys perspective, and the reason is that I regularly assume bad intent and I start to see red, when in retrospect it was just some paint scraping.

So I'm the other guy, and I feel a lot of banging from your car. Mind you I'm doing as much banging as you are, but of course I don't see it that way. That red mist starts rising, and eventually I see a chance to "get" you, so I take it.

But then I save the replay and look at it, and feel like a complete jerk. I realize that I assumed bad intent when there obviously wasn't any. I mean, you didn't even knock me off the track! Just some bumping. I'm such an idiot.

Bottom line, no, I don't think you were doing anything wrong, at least nothing that the other guy didn't also do. I just think he saw red, and that was the end of it.

Everyone should watch replays of the races they think they were wronged in. They'd be surprised at how many times it wasn't that way, and in some cases, they were at fault.

(And I'm mostly typing all this to remind myself to not let the red mist win.)

I am always fascinated by watching the replays of punts. I was sure I was the victim as it happened, but the replay looks like it’s my fault from the ‘punter’s’ camera!?


Laguna is a mixed bag this week. Had some great races from the front dicing w/the top 3-4, but mid-pack lap 1 is carnage!

I have, though, recovered from C/B to B/S w/is what I wanted to do.

Re the recent discussion of matching - I had just got my S back and was one good finish away from getting to DR B. I’m on pole and behind me is a C/C driver who had tried to run me off the track in a previous race. Luckily he’s dirty and slow. But come on PD!

 

[newmedia_dev]

So the new account is levelling up quickly as I sort of expected.

Factoring in 3 quits and chucking it off the track (Laguna not WG)

What has been interesting is seeing the what the difference in skill gap there is. Not in terms of raw pace but a few things I've observed:

1: at the lower levels they are just kids/gamers. The decision making is just inexperienced with a little petulance thrown in. We were all young once.

2: people clearly aren't picking actual breaking markers, if they were then they would break at them when the car in front reaches them. They don't. I have a theory on this based on my own experience for another time.

3: some people try really really hard to be fair and good let down by control fidelity. Knocks here and there and the odd slow braking zone tap is to be expected at all levels.

4: when things get closer the false assumption of elbows out rears it's head. That's fine to a degree at higher levels but when your pushing spaces every corner and not thinking about the whole race it comes unstuck a little or a lot.

5: they aren't learning the track. You can hold this circuit experience with multiple lines in to almost all of the corners bar a couple.

6: the video they make you watch try's to force feed the wrong skills, car control and awareness and the ability to adapt should come much higher than "don't touch people"

7: people in the lower/new levels aren't as invested in the game as say we are so treat it that way. That is fine. See my previous post about Sophy should be used like the Harry Potter sorting hat.

8: this isn't the set up to encourage fun for all either competitively or casually and both need to exist im just not sure in the same eco system.

These are just some observations on my new account journey, there are many more nuances and things that are at play like the way the menu books don't actually teach you driving (breaking and acceleration points, overtaking or finding better drive lines etc)

Just thought I'd share some thoughts.

 

[cyirush]

Well what a sorry state of racing I had last night with race B. I should have just quit but I didn't for reasons I'll get to..

Race 1

I started out with a QT of 1:28.2 something which was good for P5. In the first lap I get knocked sideways at turn 5, but hold it, into a power slide that sets me up for the uphill climb!


Meanwhile the three cars ahead all slide off the road and I'm up to 2nd by the Corkscrew. On lap 2, I get punted by P3 into the corkscrew but hold it. First strike, I might have written off as poor braking except the next hits were deliberate attempts to put me in the gravel. I gave back and punted him off instead.


I remained second through to lap 4 when I lost that being out braked by an inside car at turn 11, good driving on their part. As I was I settling in for a 3rd on lap 5, I lost it an spun out in the corkscrew (in all my QT sessions I'd been solid through there so that shock me!) and I dropped to 8th. Fortune favored me on this one though as before the end 6th and 7th would slide off and I would finish 5th.

Disappointed with my mistake, I felt I had the pace for good laps and a top finish so onto the next race..

Race 2

This was the race with @GrumpyOldMan. Started in a disappointing 10th. Turn 4, lap 1 I completely miss my braking point and go off, down to 16th. On lap 2 I'd made it back to 10th, when a ghosted car three ahead of (that I did not notice) suddenly unghosted at a near stop at turn 11. I hit them and get a 5 second penalty. Taking that put me down to 13th and then I over pushed, and being a bit ruffled, I went off turn 4 again down to last and that is were I finished.

Disappointed, but feeling I had pace and could improve my QT I pushed on...

Race 3

I QT's in 3rd with a new QT time of 1:27.8x. The start was nice and clean turn 1, but I focused too much on P2 in front and completely forgot to brake and powered myself into the gravel turn 3. What an idiot I was! I managed to climb up to 12th by lap 5, and at turn 6, P11 goes off and I focusing on P11 just a bit to much, followed dropping back to P13 which is were I ended.

Race 4 - The mother of all bad, dirty races - Good God this one was bad...
I thought about ending after the dismal race 3 but I now had the QT and I knew I had the pace.. I started P4 but P5 hits me turn 1 (this driver I'd seen in other lobbies driving badly as well) but that sets off a chain reaction that was unbelievable. Only video can do justice.


That dropped me down to last but I was able to climb back to 13th to finish. Truly, one of the worst driving experiences I've ever encountered.

Race 5

This one I started P3. I quickly jumped to 2nd and ran there until lap 5 when P3 managed to pass me. Rather than try to push hard to get it back and risk an incident, after the last few races, I settled in for P3 in the last lap and a half. Finished P3, best result of the night and much needed to restore some of my DR annihilation from earlier.

Take Away
After last weeks race B, my SR had dropped from S to B. That put me in bad lobbies to start with, though race 1 I did get back to A. Race 2 however, because of that turn 11 shunt dropped me back to B and so ended up in a terrible field for race 3. Amazingly, after all that abuse in race 3, none of it was dished out on my SR and I got back to A. After that the lobbies began to improve and race 4 failure was mine and not the cars around me. Race 5 success was indication of what can be.

I want to do more B races as I like the track but I don't want to do it until my SR is back to S. So I think my next races will be race C, not necessary for position but to get the miles in to restore my SR.

Race 4 is Laguna at its worst. Maybe I’m naive but why do drivers think it’s ok to just barge by? This game is so depressing sometimes.

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Maybe I’m naive but why do drivers think it’s ok to just barge by?

I know it's a rhetorical question but the answer, which I'm sure you already know, is: Because they can, without being punished.

@TheNormsk You mentioned you didn't even realize I was in that race, and I forgot to tell you that part of my story:

There was a guy behind me that had ticked me off to the point that I was fed up. So I tried to brake check him, and ended up spinning out in the sand while he went on his merry way. Then I had a horrible thought: What if that was you I tried to brake check?!? I was feeling miserable at the thought I might have done that to you, because it it was you, you weren't trying to be malicious.

So I watched the replay and saw two things: 1) It wasn't you that I tried to crash, thank God. And 2) I was the idiot, not the guy behind me. I hate when that happens.

 

[Fezzik]

Usually I get very nervous when I load into a race and see this rare occurence:

I tend to panic. Usually ends up with me messing up the first 3 or 4 corners and ending up in a wall.

Today went a bit better than usual.

Flag to flag. First proper win for a while (the 1st race of the new account in DR E doesn’t really count). Switched to the Mazda and went a second faster than anything I’d tried previously.

Still picking up too many penalties at the chicane. I really can’t figure that one out. Like the rest of the cars this one feels horrid on the hards so starting on softs all the time now, build up a gap before putting on the evil things.

3/4 of the way through C now.

 

[TheNormsk]

@TheNormsk You mentioned you didn't even realize I was in that race, and I forgot to tell you that part of my story:

There was a guy behind me that had ticked me off to the point that I was fed up. So I tried to brake check him, and ended up spinning out in the sand while he went on his merry way. Then I had a horrible thought: What if that was you I tried to brake check?!? I was feeling miserable at the thought I might have done that to you, because it it was you, you weren't trying to be malicious.

So I watched the replay and saw two things: 1) It wasn't you that I tried to crash, thank God. And 2) I was the idiot, not the guy behind me. I hate when that happens.

Well that makes two. I'm editing my video of the same race. I was the idiot as well. Every calamity I suffered in that race was of my own doing. No other car factored into it. Well, that's not exactly true, there was the incident at turn 11 when I slammed into a near stationary car that just unghosted at near full race speed, but you can also argue that it was entirely my fault for not anticipating that as well.

When I post the video this evening I'll let others decide how much of an idiot I was.

Switched to the Mazda and went a second faster than anything I’d tried previously.

What was your tire strategy?

 

[Bullwinkle]

My first time requesting stewards' feedback!

Really enjoyed last week's Daily Race C, one of my favourite combos and the venue of many close battles and tense race moments.

One incident really stuck in my side like a thorn though... (Obviously I'm the black & white Alpha Tauri NSX). We pick up the action at Degner 2, and there's no prior contact up until this point, they were just following me round like any other race.

Here it is...



I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

It looks cheeky but it's hard to tell if 100% deliberate given it's a full throttle turn. However if he's offering 'reasons' for it then maybe it was, and his reasons are wrong, I didn't see anything much going into spoon if anything he takes a swipe on the run up to it.

@GrumpyOldMan
@Mercia

The first contact was him going into the back of me at the hairpin. I had gone defensive for the very purpose of reducing the chance of that happening.

The swipe at 130R is clearly the intentional retribution for 'something' I did a bit earlier.

Red mist, for sure. And really unnecessary given he had been matching my pace for 3.5 laps. Not so quick in close quarters, so it seems.

It looks like the other driver is not in control of his car at any point! He’s all over the place while you keep a steady line. If you “aren’t keeping pace,” then he certainly is guilty of driving so erratically that there is no way you could have shared the road with him. It looks like you tried to let him go side by side, but he was swerving too much to take advantage of the opportunities to pass.

Final assessment: He’s a jerk.

 

[Fezzik]

What was your tire strategy?

5 soft 5 hard. You can get 6 or 7 soft laps if you drive “sensibly”, but I just want to get a gap from the pack so been doing maximum attack at the start.

I tried the reverse option. I suppose it’s theoretically faster, but you lose so much time and ground at the start on the hards and then need to come through traffic late. I did manage a 4th doing it that way in the M6 but it was hard work.

 

[appu]

I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

I saw it earlier this morning but did not reply as I thought it was a clear and cut case. After seeing comments here, I went back and looked at the video again. My personal stewarding decision-
Offense#1 Blue at fault for punting before the hairpin.
Offense#2 Blue at fault for two hits at exit of the hairpin. Clearly was off the pace. Tried to edge you out.
Offense#3 Blue at fault for yet another two hits on way to the spoon. Tried to edge you out.
Offense#4 Blue at fault for the hit during braking into the spoon by picking a diagonal braking line. Tried to edge you out.
Offense#5 Blue at fault for the hit from behind into the spoon.
Offense#6 Blue at fault for the incident at 130R. Multi-race/season ban recommended.

 

[OJBrit]

My first time requesting stewards' feedback!

Really enjoyed last week's Daily Race C, one of my favourite combos and the venue of many close battles and tense race moments.

One incident really stuck in my side like a thorn though... (Obviously I'm the black & white Alpha Tauri NSX). We pick up the action at Degner 2, and there's no prior contact up until this point, they were just following me round like any other race.

Here it is...



I would really love to hear your opinions, because I'm fully aware there was some serious door banging up to Spoon, but nothing malicious

Their post race comment went along the lines of "you tried to edge me out" and "you were off the pace".

I can't see anything wrong on your part. Maybe he did not like the fact you held the inside at the hairpin denying them the chance to dive there. I've certainly been a victim of holding a defensive line.
The extra assist there certainly gives me a clue about their attitude to racing. They were dirty and you became a victim. All on them in my view.

 

[TheNormsk]

My race from last night that also had @GrumpyOldMan in it.



So, I can take it. How much of an idiot was I in this race? It was a pretty poor showing from me....

 

[r_epp]

The Supra is definitely faster than whatever else I've tried in race B thus far. First qualifying lap with it and I beat my best time, and a few more got me down to a 1:27.5.

Had a bit of a wild ride just a moment ago, starting in 4th, got up to 3rd, had a self inflicted off and dropped to 11th but managed to recover up to 6th by the end.

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

I tried out different out different cars all night, and I think the Dodges are pretty good in both B and C!

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[GrumpyOldMan]

My race from last night that also had @GrumpyOldMan in it.



So, I can take it. How much of an idiot was I in this race? It was a pretty poor showing from me....

"Done with the ballet" - hysterical! And a nice bit of luck to end up facing the right way. All-in-all, yeah, you sucked, but the timing of that car unghosting in front of you sucked at least as much. I sucked too, though, just a little less than you.

I agree that watching replays of your own performances is one of the best ways to improve, and to help see that a lot of things are our own fault.

Thanks for editing down the video so we didn't have to wade through the entire race, and the voiceover really helped to explain what you were thinking. Good job. I know how much time editing videos takes, so I appreciate the work.

EDIT: I was just running Q laps at Laguna Seca, and cut a second off my time in a span of 15 minutes. 1:27.468. I was following another person's ghost, and suddenly things clicked. Let's see if I can duplicate it, and race to it.

 

[Nebuc72]

My race from last night that also had @GrumpyOldMan in it.



So, I can take it. How much of an idiot was I in this race? It was a pretty poor showing from me....

That unghost was unfortunate but it's worth noting you were focused on racing the other guy to the extent you shot past the braking point and would've launched yourself into the wall if he wasn't there for you to hit.

His car slowing you down and giving you a 5 second penalty probably saved you a bit of time in comparison to that!

 

[PMK]

The Supra is definitely faster than whatever else I've tried in race B thus far. First qualifying lap with it and I beat my best time, and a few more got me down to a 1:27.5.

Had a bit of a wild ride just a moment ago, starting in 4th, got up to 3rd, had a self inflicted off and dropped to 11th but managed to recover up to 6th by the end.

Yeah, Supra is generally the fastest GR3 car in game when it comes to raw speed. Quite a few long and fast sections on WG. Put those those together and you have a rocketship. Only thing it lacks in is tyre wear, the GTR is the king when it comes to that.

Edit: i see now that you were talking about race b, my bad

 

[cyirush]

My race from last night that also had @GrumpyOldMan in it.



So, I can take it. How much of an idiot was I in this race? It was a pretty poor showing from me....

Thanks for taking the time to edit and post your race. Lots of us make mistakes like that so you’re not alone!

Do you have a YT channel where you post race videos? If not, you should.

 

[TheNormsk]

All-in-all, yeah, you sucked

EDIT: I was just running Q laps at Laguna Seca, and cut a second off my time in a span of 15 minutes. 1:27.468. I was following another person's ghost, and suddenly things clicked. Let's see if I can duplicate it, and race to it.

Yes, indeed. In fact my post race automated chat message is "Sorry, I suck!" I did two C races last night. I sucked at those as well. First one I finished 11th after a P5 start and being 2nd at one spot but putting my wheels on the grass at 165mph caused me to say hello to the barrier at a rapid rate of knots. The second was even more worse and I came in last. I think I prefer race B... Well done on QT. Mine QT is 1.27.8. That puts me around P4/P5 generally, so expect to be nearer top 3. I need to get my time into the low 1:27s now..

That unghost was unfortunate but it's worth noting you were focused on racing the other guy to the extent you shot past the braking point and would've launched yourself into the wall if he wasn't there for you to hit.

His car slowing you down and giving you a 5 second penalty probably saved you a bit of time in comparison to that!

Yeah, you're probably right. I was going to disagree but rewatched and see the brakes did not hit until the 2 board and usually I hit them just before the 3 board. I think the car spin out just before threw me off for a second and that was enough..

Thanks for taking the time to edit and post your race. Lots of us make mistakes like that so you’re not alone!

Do you have a YT channel where you post race videos? If not, you should.

I want to believe I am a good driver, but sometimes I just need to be humble and accept I suck. First step to therapy is accepting you have a problem. . As for YT channel, well that video was posted on it. I've done a youTube channel in another sport (mountain biking) and that sucked too much time for the reward and with a change of geographic (I moved away from mountains) made it increasingly difficult to do, so I've now abandoned it. I don't plan for trying to create a channel for GT, I'm way too mediocre for that, but I do post occasional videos on it. Sometimes quick snippets for sharing here, and sometimes a fully edited one like this.

 

[Crimefighter]

Race C is a ton of fun. But I can't get over how different the Corvette is from Soft to Hard tires! It is a rocketship on softs...then it like I'm ice skating with the hards! I might have to find a different car that doesn't have such a giant swing of performance from RS to RH!

Anyone else experiencing this??

This is very much a thing.

The tyre choice affects some cars way more than others (especially in Gr3), and makes some cars that are fun on Soft/Mediums nearly undriveable on Hards. (Looking at you my beloved V12 Vantage and Corvette).

As someone with both limited playtime, and on controller, it is especially important for me. I try to focus on a "go-to" car in each category to get familiar with, and one of my criteria is that the car broadly performs well across all tyre compounds. Mainly due to the randomness that comes with Daily Race tyre availability.

It's one of the big reasons that the 458 Italia is currently my go-to car in Gr4. It was the V8 Vantage, but at Deep Forest a few weeks back I discovered that I am better and much more consistent on RH tyres with the Ferrari.

Gr3 is still up in the air for me - but the 458 Italia Gr3 was absolutely terrific at Catalunya last week. That was on Mediums though, so time will tell if I can drive it well on Hard tyres. Looking forward to finding out!

 

[hardvibes]

For the first time ever I'm getting horrible lag despite everybody (me included) having dark green and light green connection bars.
Lots of unnatural crashing between cars like a couple of weeks ago.
And in Sport menus, only half of the background/images load.
Anybody else having trouble in EU?

Edit: i think now it got better

 

[TechnoIsLove]

I have no idea why but for some very dumb, stupid and utterly senseless reason, I had the urge to have another go at Laguna Seca this afternoon...

What a dumbass!! Had some close calls by the time I finished lap 3, clear ramming and punting from the same 2 donkey drivers who started close to me (I started P11).

By then, I was up to P8 and in the middle of a pack of around 6 cars, including myself. Corkscrew lap 4 I get punted from behind (again) and into the gravel and spin out . I also get collected as I'm going around for some extra damage to make things even more amazing!

When I finally rejoin the track, I noticed the last place driver was approaching so I tried to move aside. However, I was still a bit in shock from the filth I just encountered and stupidly panicked and parked on the apex in my attempt to let him by... He slammed into me and I felt stupid so again, I made sure this time to park out of the way so he can pass - BUT - he actually tried to ram me at full speed!

The game logic ghosted me and he flew through my car and into the barriers! I finished last.. Good times 🥳🔥⚰️