Rather not be decimated like that again
Does ACC have random online match matching? I didn’t think so, so you’re only ever racing with people you know for the most part. ACC/iR always has a bit more dedicated of drivers, GT is much more casual to jump in a race, without practice. You’re not getting away with that in ACC or iR.
My point being that there's no point having these cars all mashed together because they aren't competitive against one another. I love having the variety of racing against multiple different cars and even different classes if they're close enough in terms of performance but that isn't the case here, proven by the fact that in the 6 lap version of the race, none of the modern LMP cars or regular GR1 cars are remotely competitive against the Group C cars. Hell, the R92CP gets 70-100bhp more in the BoP compared to similar cars, so much like Gr3 and the Supra, there's not much point in using anything else if you actually want to win because the sheer straightline speed difference between the top cars and everything else means you simply can't make up the time in other parts of the track. In the accidental 12 lap version (which was actually really, REALLY fun), the modern cars could actually be a lot more competitive because they were so much better on their tyres, meaning they could run the softs for much longer, making up even more time in the corners compared to Group C.
Are you on PC with it? I've had it on PS4 and PS5 since release and not only is there the public lobbies mentioned above once you hit a specific safety rating but also quick race lobbies open to anyone from the multiplayer main page (total carnage, mind). I don't know if that's a console thing specifically, however it's always been there.
Still very poor..., theres only one race running for ranked system that no one cares about..., people still race in them but far from the dailys of GT7 and GT7 rank system. Theres LFM private races which you have to register on a external site and in which you build your rank but all outside the game but it works pretty well.
I started the race (12 laps) on RS with BB set to 3 Front. The left rear tire is gone by end of lap 5 but a little secret I discovered is that you can run another lap (lap 6) with the left rear worn down 100% without any further degradation in grip/driving speed. Then 6 laps on RM tires with BB set to 2 Front.
It's not exactly convenient, but you can repeat race conditions in online lobbies and practice driving that way.
How does one track their SR rating/progress?
In my opinion modern Gr1 LMP/hybrid cars and the VGTs are considerably easier to drive than the Group C cars. More gears, in some cases AWD, no turbo boost lag, better brakes, etc. I believe this is all taken into consideration by "the organizers". And whenever fuel efficiency comes into play, the Group C's are at a HUGE disadvantage because the accelerated fuel consumption settings (which forever exist in GT7 since longer races don't exist) only magnify the disparity.
That’s right, I remember hearing about the external/site/system for ACC. I prefer GT over anything though in the end, I just disassembled my triple monitor iR rig, because it just sat there collecting dust, because I only play GT. Was cool to have for a while, but in the end nothing beats GT for me.
I will admit, when they first started running Daily A as unranked, I was one of the few who saw it as no bad thing. To the point of even seeing positives in it.
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This is where it is useful to have a second PSN account you can switch to for races where you do not care about your DR.
Still It was more fun racing in the C ranks where I would often podium so perhaps I should let it get beaten back...This is true for me. A lot of A races I'm not interested in. This one in particular. I don't like road cars for the most part but the ones I have liked have been the weird combos. Super fast or super slow. I enjoyed the Sambabus and the fiat 500 races for instance because they were just so stupid. Those I was glad were unranked as you could go from 1st to last in a blink, but conversely, also last to 1st.
Here's my take on the CoD, with multiple views and speeds:
I hear you about the change in weather condition...ok, I know that I'm a novice driver and am not aiming to be really competitive, just to have fun, but...it's not really ok in my opinion to have this possible change in condition if we're all competing at the same thing, ok it's the reality, but in the real world you're not trying a QT at 11:00 AM while the other driver at 3:00PM, it's just the same condition for everybody, maybe you can find the ideal timing if there's a brief rain or the track is getting wet or dry as the time goes on or something else but...that is not down only to luck, they have weather radar and other data.Still have not raced this week. I am currently suffering from a failure in confidence!
Last night I tried some warm up for race B and it seemed like all I could do was smash the car into the wall at the chicane of death. I was like only 1 lap in 4 I might make it through clean. 2 would graze the wall with thumps of various degrees and 1 round be a fatal crash and burn.
I probably spent 2 hours just lapping with various cars trying to find my flow and lines again. I did end up setting a new QT best of near 1:40 dead this time in the R.S.01 with my optimal in the 1:39s but that was a rare instance between failures.
That said, I will say something that I noticed about QT on this track. The time varies massively depending on the QT session. I know we have discussed this before but for a long time I was in the same session and the track was overcast and somewhat dark. Typically we would think this would be cooler and so faster but I found it very slippery and I think this was contributing to my lack of performance and sliding into the wall at the CoD. Then whenever I would completely exit out of daily races and come back in, if I had a session where the track started sunny then I would find I would have dramatically improved grip and consistent performances through the CoD and as a result, lap times that were .5s to 1.5s faster on an average. It was a very noticeable gain. If I had a session that started overcast it was back to being a slippery track (almost like it was damp from a recent rain).
I really don't like the variability PD gives us here when it comes to QT. I know that in real life that is a thing, but that should be reserved to a fix period of time before a race start. For these types of QT it should be consistent for all.
My CSL Elite V2 pedals turn up today. After that I can no longer blame my gear and so I will reinforce the reality that I just suck as a racer!
We just need more options generally and a quicker turnaround than a week, IMO. Though it's a drum that's long been beaten to death.
I'm going to end up putting myself into a bad position this week as I'm competitive at B level at both Seaside and Le Mans well beyond my usual level - by virtue of enjoying both tracks and racing them many, many times over several years. I'm regularly top 5 when typically I'd be mid-pack at best in B Ranking, so I'm going to be deep into B still when next week comes and likely the tracks won't favour me as much.
That just dilutes the 3 race player pool into 6 races, meaning participation is theoretically cut in half for all races. The pool of players doesn’t grow with more races added, so all adding more does it take away from the current races.
I wouldn't hate this idea... but whether or not one decides to be ranked or unranked wouldn't influence which lobby they were in. Meaning, you'd be in the same lobby regardless, thus it wouldn't dilute the player-base. But that throws a wrench into the spokes of how the whole DR systems works. If I beat you, I take X amount of DR from you... but if you picked unranked, do I still get the DR you just don't lose it? I dunno, seems like more trouble than it's worth.
Same for me, except Le Mans only. Easily having my most successful week ever, was disapointed to be 2nd at lunchtime, despite scoring only my second win ever last night. Next week, unless I luck into a race I'm good at, I'll be finishing at the back and plummeting down the ranks again.
