GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[SupaflyIRL]

I sold one of the classic Porsche convertables a while ago because I had a JG Wentworth situation going on. Couldn't remember which one it was and forgot to rebuy it. I know which one it was now!

 

[odeepaanh]

Lmao is that SpongeBob on the bridge? 😂

 

[NeoWizer]

It’s before you enter the track. Click on race A/B/C, then go to the leaderboard you can see before you actually go to the track. That’s where you can watch the ghost.


And yes, Race A is at very least a fun time trial. Though I Haven’t tried a race yet.

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Cheers! That's it. Didn't think of checking it before enterint the track. Thanks!

 

[Childe Roland]

He had a better run out of the corner stayed on the inside.

Being pragmatic I wouldn't trust trying to cover or close the door with a car that close behind.

A couple of reasons:

What happened to you, there was no where else for him to go he was already at the sand. So it looks from his perspective you weren't giving him a cars width.

The second reason is putting a car that close to your back bumper when he doesn't know your braking points, braking style and he may have slower reactions as well is inviting trouble.

And in to that corner you don't want to be on the inside as you can be pinned to the inside on the fast corner and it just loses a whole bunch of time and squeezes the pack tight with cars all over the place on and off line.

This scenario invites more potential danger opportunities or being caught up in someone else's incident etc.

Just my 2p

The problem I see, is that theres no possible line to preserve the car on track against players like him.
Like I said, the race before I gave him the inside uncovered (I had so much distance ahead of him) and he dives pushing me off. To avoid that, I close the inside and he pits me

So, whats the safest take here?
Give up the position on the first lap with the whole train behind its a call for disaster in my opinion because you dont expect a slow car on that part of the track.

 

[Famine]

Lmao is that SpongeBob on the bridge? 😂

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooo...

... lives in a bridge over Autopolis?

 

[Pigems]

The problem I see, is that theres no possible line to preserve the car on track against players like him.
Like I said, the race before I gave him the inside uncovered (I had so much distance ahead of him) and he dives pushing me off. To avoid that, I close the inside and he pits me

So, whats the safest take here?
Give up the position on the first lap with the whole train behind its a call for disaster in my opinion because you dont expect a slow car on that part of the track.

In a situation like that, take the outside, and brake a touch late, and turn in later, as if your going for a cutback. Then watch him fly though the apex, expecting you to be there to bounce off off, then you can exit the corner normally. 👍

 

[newmedia_dev]

The problem I see, is that theres no possible line to preserve the car on track against players like him.
Like I said, the race before I gave him the inside uncovered (I had so much distance ahead of him) and he dives pushing me off. To avoid that, I close the inside and he pits me

So, whats the safest take here?
Give up the position on the first lap with the whole train behind its a call for disaster in my opinion because you dont expect a slow car on that part of the track.

In that race, at that track I would have given the place up in that situation, rather than end my race in the first 2 corners.

Secondly LS is a race of attrition, people will fall off. I spent 1/4 of my poles falling off mid way through the race just but pushing or not concentrating.

I don't expect a car that had a clean (and nice exit!) that should be lining up the next corner to stay in the middle of the track.

You have to think early drama needs to be avoided and that it's total race time that counts not defending P3 in a tricky place to do that with someone who you don't trust much....

Like I said just my 2p/cent and it's not a dig or criticism at all. Just a perspective from a different angle.

Edit:

You pitted yourself trying to close that door and turning in to it.

All he did was just drive forwards, he didn't drive in to your rear quarter you shut the door to late.

 

[brockie]

Please let me know there is something else in the leaderboard than Mazdas! Would have preferred LS at gr4 and RA at Gr3!

 

[fifaburgio]

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooo...

... lives in a bridge over Autopolis?

.......................Spongebob Squarepants🧽🌴🐿🐙🦞🌊😂🤣

 

[newmedia_dev]

Please let me know there is something else in the leaderboard than Mazdas! Would have preferred LS at gr4 and RA at Gr3!

Veyron.

Edit.

Short shift it half way if on MT coast more in the esseses to get front bite. Take 3rd on the the straight.

For racing I'm using the Mazda but end of the week I'll be pushing the big bug as as I can get close to 1:24 with it.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Let me guess, Mazda circle jerk at Road Atlanta? How has that fugly car not been nerfed yet. It's ridiculous at this point

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....honestly the focus is a better car handling and power delivery wise. It's just better car as a road car and better platform for a race car. The mind boggles some times.

Sadly it is a Mazda fest, if you TT it its not the fastest but in race it has it sadly

 

[AdxRE]

A bit of a wrap up for last week @ Laguna.

- My new-ish “steering wheel” account (after switching from controller) has gone from mid DR B to low A after netting ~10 podiums (and some wins) at Laguna

- Setup matters! After adopting Praiano’s McLaren RH setup I gained almost a sec on QT, which put me in Top 500 for the first time ever for a Gr3 daily

- Had my 1st Race Win in my 1st race at A lobby 🎉

- And had my first (and only) ever race in a majority A+ Lobby, at least I was keeping up with the guys, not too bad for a low A driver! Lots of improvement on my race craft and positioning needed though. Here is the race in question, action mainly on lap 1

 

[newmedia_dev]

A bit of a wrap up for last week @ Laguna.

- My new-ish “steering wheel” account (after switching from controller) has gone from mid DR B to low A after netting ~10 podiums (and some wins) at Laguna

- Setup matters! After adopting Praiano’s McLaren RH setup I gained almost a sec on QT, which put me in Top 500 for the first time ever for a Gr3 daily

- Had my 1st Race Win in my 1st race at A lobby 🎉

- And had my first (and only) ever race in a majority A+ Lobby, at least I was keeping up with the guys, not too bad for a low A driver! Lots of improvement on my race craft and positioning needed though. Here is the race in question, action mainly on lap 1

Your race raft is becoming of something else, especially being in the top lobbies mate.

Just the early breaking, some of the lines. A little to work on early part of the race. Excellent drive. I'd personally be proud of that.

 

[cyirush]

That car had more than enough grip, if driven correctly. You can’t expect road cars, no matter how fancy, to ever drive like a dedicated race car. They will always still need to be driven like road cars, and PD does road cars really well.

Couldn’t disagree more. There’s no way that Maserati would have that little lateral grip on decent road tires, even on track.

The new Civic Type R drives nothing like the real car. In the game it oscillates between big understeer and snap oversteer. Irl, it’s much more stable and neutral.

I did a hillclimb at Horse Thief Mile irl and used the game to practice. Again, nothing like real life. Way too little lateral grip even on the game’s decent road tires in similar cars.

 

[TheNormsk]

A bit of a wrap up for last week @ Laguna.

- My new-ish “steering wheel” account (after switching from controller) has gone from mid DR B to low A after netting ~10 podiums (and some wins) at Laguna

- Setup matters! After adopting Praiano’s McLaren RH setup I gained almost a sec on QT, which put me in Top 500 for the first time ever for a Gr3 daily

- Had my 1st Race Win in my 1st race at A lobby 🎉

- And had my first (and only) ever race in a majority A+ Lobby, at least I was keeping up with the guys, not too bad for a low A driver! Lots of improvement on my race craft and positioning needed though. Here is the race in question, action mainly on lap 1

Huge performance gain! Well done.

I recognize some of these people and have come across them even in my lowly mid DR B GB account. I think some of these people never sleep as they always pop up! LOL.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

- Had my 1st Race Win in my 1st race at A lobby 🎉

- And had my first (and only) ever race in a majority A+ Lobby, at least I was keeping up with the guys, not too bad for a low A driver! Lots of improvement on my race craft and positioning needed though. Here is the race in question, action mainly on lap 1

Great job 👍 my stepson Damo there too. I must be similar rank to you as had several of those guys in races last week as well..

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

We had a discussion a few weeks ago about the yellow flag rules.

I thought you could pass the car that caused the yellow, but at Laguna yesterday I got a 2 second penalty for doing that?

Car went off at top of hill before corkscrew. It got back on track as I passed it going into the corkscrew. At that point the yellow flag warning flashed again and I got the penalty.

Was this because the car had unghosted?

If the car unghosted and the yellow flag is still showing, that wasn't the car that was causing the yellow flag. Or else it wasn't the only car causing the yellow flag.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I did a hillclimb at Horse Thief Mile irl and used the game to practice. Again, nothing like real life. Way too little lateral grip even on the game’s decent road tires in similar cars.

I'd guarantee you were not carrying the same speed in real life as you would in the game.

That is the difference, feeling the speed vs having speed are two very different things.

Not one person on this forum can honestly say, mechanical sympathy or cost of ownership weigh in to the way they drive cars, in the game. When it's your life on the actual line I'd assume everything feels a bit different.

 

[Pigems]

I'd guarantee you were not carrying the same speed in real life as you would in the game.

That is the difference, feeling the speed vs having speed are two very different things.

Not one person on this forum can honestly say, mechanical sympathy or cost of ownership weigh in to the way they drive cars, in the game. When it's your life on the actual line I'd assume everything feels a bit different.

And your wallet/car.

 

[BigSarj]

Heavy damage! I'm sad that I won't be able to partake but I hope it stays like this.

 

[odeepaanh]

.......................Spongebob Squarepants🧽🌴🐿🐙🦞🌊😂🤣

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he??

 

[AdxRE]

Your race raft is becoming of something else, especially being in the top lobbies mate.

Just the early breaking, some of the lines. A little to work on early part of the race. Excellent drive. I'd personally be proud of that.

Thanks man. Appreciate that!

Huge performance gain! Well done.

I recognize some of these people and have come across them even in my lowly mid DR B GB account. I think some of these people never sleep as they a

Yeah I think half the grid are like regulars that race a few hours a day at least - sometimes I do daily races hours apart on the same day and many of them are still around

Great job 👍 my stepson Damo there too. I must be similar rank to you as had several of those guys in races last week as well..

Thanks man. I think Damo is the only other McLaren driver I have bumped into for the entirety of the week!

 

[tristanssid1]

The speed differential between the mazdas and any rwd/4wd car is ridiculous. I was leading by 0.8 out of the corner before the long straight, got a better exit and had to defend at the next corner. Even though my lap times are comparable I just have a Mazda parked on the apex ruining all my speed if I nail a section of corners. GT we had this issue before, sort it out

 

[Zero2Oblivion]

We had a discussion a few weeks ago about the yellow flag rules.

I thought you could pass the car that caused the yellow, but at Laguna yesterday I got a 2 second penalty for doing that?

Car went off at top of hill before corkscrew. It got back on track as I passed it going into the corkscrew. At that point the yellow flag warning flashed again and I got the penalty.

Was this because the car had unghosted?

Can’t resist adding that I tried a few laps in the Maserati at RBR. What a joke! Car had zero grip on those tires. Irl, bet that car has super sticky Pirellis or their equivalent. Imho, PD does road car physics/handling badly.

You may find that the yellow went up for a different crash. The game tracks the yellow against one car, if other cars go off after and are passed, the game considers them to be passed under a yellow flag.

 

[icycls]

I think you should lose SR points for every time you honk a horn.....

 

[TheNormsk]

I think you should lose SR points for every time you honk a horn.....

Has @Tidgney been talking to PD about that? You know how he loves the horn!

 

[Stilva]

Since Road Atlanta is this week, I'm going to do some racing here. I refuse to use the META Mazda and even though I'm going to be destroyed on the backstretch, I'll see what I can do. I saw a Huracan on the leader board so I went with it for now. I have a time of 1:25.4XX and once I can get the car under better control I can get a few more tenths off of my time. It's a bit spicy with my driving style. I also saw a McLaren with a fast time so I'll try that as well.

 

[TheNormsk]

Don’t you just hate it when you’re chasing the worlds fastest ghost and you’re beginning to think, hang on, I’m keeping up with this lad, to look down at your split, and realize that you’re.7s up on a time that would have put you on target for a 1:25.1ish time at Road Atlanta. You then explain “Holly ****!” And then immediately screw up the last chicane so you don’t even beat your prior best?

Seeing split time is my nemesis.

So I then spend numerous laps trying to get it back. I failed but I did get to tie with @Dep Fishtail.

I got a new appreciation for the F-Type, now that I understand how to drive it. Shift point is key. Shift up at around 98% rev bar. You don’t want to rev it out.

That said, I can’t get back to this until Thursday night when I get back from a trip.

Have fun folks. Just be glad that the Mazda’s is not the Mets this week.

Edit.

My lap for anyone who cares.
GT7 | Daily Race B 24-04 | My 1:25.448 QT in the F-Type at Road Atlanta

 

[Dep Fishtail]

Don’t you just hate it when you’re chasing the worlds fastest ghost and you’re beginning to think, hang on, I’m keeping up with this lad, to look down at your split, and realize that you’re.7s up on a time that would have put you on target for a 1:25.1ish time at Road Atlanta. You then explain “Holly ****!” And then immediately screw up the last chicane so you don’t even beat your prior best?

Seeing split time is my nemesis.

So I then spend numerous laps trying to get it back. I failed but I did get to tie with @Dep Fishtail.

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I got a new appreciation for the F-Type, now that I understand how to drive it. Shift point is key. Shift up at around 98% rev bar. You don’t want to rev it out.

That said, I can’t get back to this until Thursday night when I get back from a trip.

Have fun folks. Just be glad that the Mazda’s is not the Mets this week.

lol. BTW the time was good for q7 starting spot in the one race I got in. The race was really close and lots O fun but those 🤬 Mazdas were reeling me in on the long straight. Tight clean racing and landed p10 to finish with a CRB.

I only did maybe a dozen laps in the Veyron to get that time and then tried the Mazda and landed within .2 of my current time in 2 laps but I felt sloppy and chose to go racing in the tank because it handled like a dream compared to the Mazda 😂

Jag is quick and I see it #2 on my friends list at 1:24.7 and a 458 in the same time too.

Gotta go try A race tomorrow night!

Good luck to all.

 

[brockie]

Don’t you just hate it when you’re chasing the worlds fastest ghost and you’re beginning to think, hang on, I’m keeping up with this lad, to look down at your split, and realize that you’re.7s up on a time that would have put you on target for a 1:25.1ish time at Road Atlanta. You then explain “Holly ****!” And then immediately screw up the last chicane so you don’t even beat your prior best?

Seeing split time is my nemesis.

So I then spend numerous laps trying to get it back. I failed but I did get to tie with @Dep Fishtail.

View attachment 1321789

I got a new appreciation for the F-Type, now that I understand how to drive it. Shift point is key. Shift up at around 98% rev bar. You don’t want to rev it out.

That said, I can’t get back to this until Thursday night when I get back from a trip.

Have fun folks. Just be glad that the Mazda’s is not the Mets this week.

Edit.

My lap for anyone who cares.
GT7 | Daily Race B 24-04 | My 1:25.448 QT in the F-Type at Road Atlanta

Nice times guys, knees deep in the thick end already I see! 👊