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- GOTMAXPOWER
I was confused 😂 I can't remember racing at Road Atlanta!
GT7 Daily Race Discussion
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- sturk0167
It was actually intended to be an apologetic message.
I've also had 2 PSN bans.
One was for a 3 letter word, and the other was for letting someone know what would happen if I ever see him again.
TheNormsk
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I haven't been having bad races, it is just that mentally I still think of myself as a DR B racer but I am now running at DR A in the mid 20 to low 30% range and many of my lobbies are 40% A+ and 60% A. Some of those even have leaders having QT positions a couple seconds faster than me, other times, all 16 drivers are within 1/2s of each other. As I still think DR B I feel a bit of an imposter in these lobbies. Generally, if I can come in 10th or higher I have not lost DR, so my goal is to try to finish in the top 8. If I've done that I'm still progressing.
It's funny how my mindset has changed over time from trying to win races to surviving races. Survival being not losing DR. While that might sound boring, strategically, it has been one of my biggest contributors to gaining and maintaining my DR position. Driving for the long term and not risk an incident for risky short term gain.
As I've said before, some of the best races still occur at the back of the field...
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- rising_glass1
I'm getting irritated in the Daily A Races, I keep running into the wall, or I'll get drowsy and lose time up to a lap. I sometimes get real sleepy after I eat which is not normal. I stay up a day and a half at a time. See there are a lot of corners and sharp turns you have to look for at L.L. Well I just bought my own Stratos car and I painted in silver in the Livery Editor section, so my ride is ready to go, whenever I feel up to it.
Well I'm going to do some races at WG, the B races seem like the only ones I'm having fun in and doing well at. It is a skill issue too for me.
Well I'm going to do some races at WG, the B races seem like the only ones I'm having fun in and doing well at. It is a skill issue too for me.
- 569
- Buffalo, NY
- Stilva
I got my qualifying time down to a 1:45.564 so mission accomplished in getting that. There is more time out there but I might be at my skill limit
Race 1 has me in P8 and what a race it was! I found myself in a tight pack of 4 cars all fighting for P3. Nose to tail with no room for error. I get dive-bombed entering turn 1 on lap 3 and almost lose it. I held on and continue to fight. I make a last corner pass to finish P4. My pass might have been a mighty lunge, but it was clean and the other car left the door wide open. Just a fantastic race.
My second race has me P10 on the grid. Another great race as everyone was bunched up for the first 2 laps then we all spread out. I keep pace and pass a few people who spun. I nab 2 more spots after those drivers serve penalties. That moves me to P5 where I finish. My last section of the final lap was a bit sloppy. But enough for a clean race bonus.
My last race put me in P2 so who knows what's going on with matchmaking at this point. P1 gets away after I make a mistake in the Toe AKA turn 7. I also nearly hit the wall on the exit of the final corner on lap 2. I took a picture of that the best I could. But, I slowly gain time back to P1 and I stick to them like glue. I force a mistake on the final lap as they run wide on turn 1 and I come home with another victory with the fastest lap of the race as a nice bonus!
So, needless to say I am extremely happy with the results of tonight. The stars or planets must have aligned as I haven't had a week of racing be so good and mostly clean in a long time. I don't know If I'll have time this weekend to get more races in. Which is a shame as I'm having a great time this week.
Race 1 has me in P8 and what a race it was! I found myself in a tight pack of 4 cars all fighting for P3. Nose to tail with no room for error. I get dive-bombed entering turn 1 on lap 3 and almost lose it. I held on and continue to fight. I make a last corner pass to finish P4. My pass might have been a mighty lunge, but it was clean and the other car left the door wide open. Just a fantastic race.
My second race has me P10 on the grid. Another great race as everyone was bunched up for the first 2 laps then we all spread out. I keep pace and pass a few people who spun. I nab 2 more spots after those drivers serve penalties. That moves me to P5 where I finish. My last section of the final lap was a bit sloppy. But enough for a clean race bonus.
My last race put me in P2 so who knows what's going on with matchmaking at this point. P1 gets away after I make a mistake in the Toe AKA turn 7. I also nearly hit the wall on the exit of the final corner on lap 2. I took a picture of that the best I could. But, I slowly gain time back to P1 and I stick to them like glue. I force a mistake on the final lap as they run wide on turn 1 and I come home with another victory with the fastest lap of the race as a nice bonus!
So, needless to say I am extremely happy with the results of tonight. The stars or planets must have aligned as I haven't had a week of racing be so good and mostly clean in a long time. I don't know If I'll have time this weekend to get more races in. Which is a shame as I'm having a great time this week.
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A: brands hatch Indy SS
B: Deep forest reverse RM
C: Nurburgring GP RM tires x3 fuel x6
B: Deep forest reverse RM
C: Nurburgring GP RM tires x3 fuel x6
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- brockybrock
Nice brands could be fun and mmmm what will race b be? Gr4? I’ll hold that thought but deep forest reverse is better than norm imo
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- AdxRE8
A: One of the TVR Street cars?
B: Gr.4
C: Gr.1! Just for a difference - imagine we have 962C XJR9 787B C9's on Nurburgring
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- Grand_Slammin
Does anyone know what the top speeds for Gr3 cars are? Gt-eng!ne used to track these for each car, but that page is way out of date. Does anyone else track top speeds? @Tidgney would you consider doing a video on top speeds for each car at different tracks, or adding them to each car’s review?
@GrumpyOldMan It was good seeing you in a lobby last night. It looked like maybe you had a respectable finish? That was a tough lobby.
For those of you who’ve had trouble with shenanigans at the bus stop, I’ve started doing something that’s been very successful for me so far: get a good exit out of T1 on lap 1 (no surprise there) but then I drive right down the middle of the road and get as wide as I can so anyone behind me has to get really nervous about trying to get alongside me. I don’t swerve or anything, I just get right in the middle so they have to think hard about which side they want to take and if it’s actually worth it.
It’s been working surprisingly well for me and I’ve not yet been binned while swinging through. This may not be news for you folks, but it seems to baffle some of the people I’ve been racing against. It gives me a special kind of pleasure imagining them screaming at me or honking their horns in their minds.
@GrumpyOldMan It was good seeing you in a lobby last night. It looked like maybe you had a respectable finish? That was a tough lobby.
I’ve been seeing a lot of carnage all around me at Watkins Glen, and I’m puzzled as to why I’m not getting sucked in, as is usually the case for me. I think I may have significantly changed something I do after coming back from a layoff, but I’m not sure what it is. Maybe it’s that I’m not pushing too hard in “survival mode,” and not expecting to do well. But that doesn’t account for the lack of crashes. I’m pleasantly surprised, don’t get me wrong, but it feels like I have a force field around me at times. Maybe that’s just temporary until PD get me sucked back in, and then they remove the shield and send me back into my usual existential tailspin?
For those of you who’ve had trouble with shenanigans at the bus stop, I’ve started doing something that’s been very successful for me so far: get a good exit out of T1 on lap 1 (no surprise there) but then I drive right down the middle of the road and get as wide as I can so anyone behind me has to get really nervous about trying to get alongside me. I don’t swerve or anything, I just get right in the middle so they have to think hard about which side they want to take and if it’s actually worth it.
It’s been working surprisingly well for me and I’ve not yet been binned while swinging through. This may not be news for you folks, but it seems to baffle some of the people I’ve been racing against. It gives me a special kind of pleasure imagining them screaming at me or honking their horns in their minds.
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GrumpyOldMan
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- dagware
Good to see you too, including this morning. Unfortunately I sucked with maximum suckage in both races. The only reason I didn't finish this last race DFL is because apparently suckage is contagious, and I managed to infect 4 guys in front of me. I had 3 .5 second track limit violations.
For some reason, I can't seem to focus very well during this race. That's not the only reason I sucked, but it's certainly a contributor.
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Good job. Personally, I hate being A. Even as a low A there are 3-4 A+ in almost every lobby. People that are way faster than the rest. Like a second or more. I feel like I had the best fun in B/A lobbies.
I have seen people do this but depending on who the guy behind me is that wants to pass at the bus stop I lift or force the issue. Most guys will fly off at the exit when you lift and they hammer it on the inside.
Nah, there must have been some oil on track or something. At least that is what I am telling myself every time I follow the guy in front of me off the track for no reason at all.
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Hello everyone,
I never wrote about any of my races, but I feel like sharing this moment with you.
When GT7 came out, I bought a PS5 and the game. I did play with the controller back then, mediocre racer, too many crashes, DR C maximum low B. It didn't take me long to realize though that my exisiting wrist problem on the right hand does also appear while constantly pressing the R button as well. Before I was mainly limited in exercising, for example doing push ups was impossible for me. Well, simple solution, just don't play any Playstation anymore! It kept collecting dust for half a year until I was at a friends place who had a wheel. I gave it a try and realized it does not hurt my wrist that much.
February 2023 I decided to buy a DD Pro and soon after the VR and a gear stick followed which got me completely hooked. Unfortunately the fun did not last too long, my wrist problems got worse during a holiday where I played the babysitter of my friends' kids and carried 2-3 year old boys around. All of a sudden both my wrists are causing me quite some pain. Even though with the wheel the pain was not that bad I had to limit my playing time.
Issues on both wrists are obviously a disaster. If a doctor tells you to rest them, you can basically just watch TV the whole day. I went to see a specialist abroad and he finally diagnosed me with the Ulnar-Impaction-Syndrom and was confident that an arthroscopy might help. Just a week before the surgery I managed to get to DR A. Racing the manufacturers cup at Suzuka with rain in GT1 group was surely my best gaming experience ever.
Short after PD had different plans though and with the update came the loading screen bug in October 2023. In my last race before the surgery, Le Mans, Gr2, dynamic weather (one of the best weekly races ever in my opinion, even though it was a one-make) the loading screen crashed again, I lost my SR and therefore got downgraded to low DR B again. A few days after I did the surgery and I was once again done with racing for quite some time.
4 weeks after the surgery I did my first race and it felt quite ok. Since then my wrist has extremely improved and I am almost pain free on the right wrist. One day I might do the same surgery for the left. Today marks the first day of reaching DR A again, once again with the CLK. Starting P8, finising P3, super clean racing by everyone, no tyre change, it worked out perfectly.
Thanks to everyone who is actively posting here, I am reading many of your posts and it kept me motivated. It is such a fun hobby.
I never wrote about any of my races, but I feel like sharing this moment with you.
When GT7 came out, I bought a PS5 and the game. I did play with the controller back then, mediocre racer, too many crashes, DR C maximum low B. It didn't take me long to realize though that my exisiting wrist problem on the right hand does also appear while constantly pressing the R button as well. Before I was mainly limited in exercising, for example doing push ups was impossible for me. Well, simple solution, just don't play any Playstation anymore! It kept collecting dust for half a year until I was at a friends place who had a wheel. I gave it a try and realized it does not hurt my wrist that much.
February 2023 I decided to buy a DD Pro and soon after the VR and a gear stick followed which got me completely hooked. Unfortunately the fun did not last too long, my wrist problems got worse during a holiday where I played the babysitter of my friends' kids and carried 2-3 year old boys around. All of a sudden both my wrists are causing me quite some pain. Even though with the wheel the pain was not that bad I had to limit my playing time.
Issues on both wrists are obviously a disaster. If a doctor tells you to rest them, you can basically just watch TV the whole day. I went to see a specialist abroad and he finally diagnosed me with the Ulnar-Impaction-Syndrom and was confident that an arthroscopy might help. Just a week before the surgery I managed to get to DR A. Racing the manufacturers cup at Suzuka with rain in GT1 group was surely my best gaming experience ever.
Short after PD had different plans though and with the update came the loading screen bug in October 2023. In my last race before the surgery, Le Mans, Gr2, dynamic weather (one of the best weekly races ever in my opinion, even though it was a one-make) the loading screen crashed again, I lost my SR and therefore got downgraded to low DR B again. A few days after I did the surgery and I was once again done with racing for quite some time.
4 weeks after the surgery I did my first race and it felt quite ok. Since then my wrist has extremely improved and I am almost pain free on the right wrist. One day I might do the same surgery for the left. Today marks the first day of reaching DR A again, once again with the CLK. Starting P8, finising P3, super clean racing by everyone, no tyre change, it worked out perfectly.
Thanks to everyone who is actively posting here, I am reading many of your posts and it kept me motivated. It is such a fun hobby.
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- rising_glass1
I guess I won't see you in any of my races until my DR moves up to an A or B. I have no idea when that will be, maybe a year from now. I need tons of practice and learning to do. Trail braking is the hardest to learn.
GrumpyOldMan
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- dagware
Isn't that strange how often that happens?I follow the guy in front of me off the track for no reason at all.
I feel for you, and it's awesome it's getting better. I didn't have your issues at all, but there was a time when if I tried to do a push-up, my wrist would hurt so bad my arm collapsed. I've also had trigger finger issues. Bottom line is, I understand how frustrating it can be, and it's awesome you're back on the uptick.
Tell you what - I'll drop back down to DR B, you come up to DR B, and we'll meet in the middle.
Because if things keep happening as they are right now, for me, DR B is only a few races away.
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Having had no inclination to drive a Jimny nor 175mph GR1 cars this week I have been in B or TT.
B has largely improved from the start of the week as the sweat levels start to equalise a bit and a bigger spread of ability, thinking and race craft has started to populate the lobbies.
By and large it's been a fairly ok week. Smiles and cries, smiles and cries.
Tonight will be the telling one as the end of the week crowd jump on. Hoping more smiles than cries.
It's also why a single lamppost on a 1 mile stretch of road seems to be the thing that gets hit the most.
You go where you look subconsciously. So the thing to practice is always looking where you want to be not at the other cars. Your peripheral vision will do that for you
B has largely improved from the start of the week as the sweat levels start to equalise a bit and a bigger spread of ability, thinking and race craft has started to populate the lobbies.
By and large it's been a fairly ok week. Smiles and cries, smiles and cries.
Tonight will be the telling one as the end of the week crowd jump on. Hoping more smiles than cries.
It's called target fixation/focalisation and it's pretty common especially in motorbike riders.No, nothing strange about it. Completely normal.
It's also why a single lamppost on a 1 mile stretch of road seems to be the thing that gets hit the most.
You go where you look subconsciously. So the thing to practice is always looking where you want to be not at the other cars. Your peripheral vision will do that for you
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- Raptorhawk121
I agree. I've been stuck in mid to low A for the past 6 months. It's made me a better racer and I've learned some new tricks but I'm usually starting p8-p12 and estastic if I can finish with 15secs of the leader.
The racing is fun but everyone is consistent and fast enough that I feel like I'm in a parade.
I have an alt account for my kids and I really enjoying qualifying a couple of seconds off my time in a B/C lobby and racing my a** off to see if I can catch up.
I try to show good sportsmanship and give a lot of praise to the other drivers in order to promote good habits for the future lobbies.
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- Grand_Slammin
I may have spoken too soon. This morning was a disaster for me. The first race with you was ok, but each one after than I was getting rammed off the track by talentless hacks who wanted to gain a position by ruining someone else’s race. Then it got into my head and I started catching penalties at the bus stop trying to avoid people, and so I had to quit. I hate ending on a bad note, but there weren’t any good notes coming to me this morning!
I forgot to add that part. I can decide whether to lift or plunge ahead based on the decision the driver behind me makes. Some guy took himself out this morning because he thought that if he turned into me, then I’d get out of the way.
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Race A - surely the Jimny? although I thought that for this week too.
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- rising_glass1
Well I had some pretty fine races today at WG, take a look if you can. Here are my videos:
I used GrumpyOldMan's car, the RX Vision and it gave me a good time of 1'49.193! I'm trying to shave off more time but it's hard. Got a couple top 5 finishes using that car, so I was feeling really good about my performances. My DR should have gone up a little bit. I wish I had a chart to see my progress overtime.
Man I was flying through those sweepers and the curbs.
This is where I got my overall best time, that bus stop is giving me trouble.
Here are DR Races 6 and 7 for WG:
https://youtube/mNelyFavhuI
I used GrumpyOldMan's car, the RX Vision and it gave me a good time of 1'49.193! I'm trying to shave off more time but it's hard. Got a couple top 5 finishes using that car, so I was feeling really good about my performances. My DR should have gone up a little bit. I wish I had a chart to see my progress overtime.
Man I was flying through those sweepers and the curbs.
This is where I got my overall best time, that bus stop is giving me trouble.
Here are DR Races 6 and 7 for WG:
https://youtube/mNelyFavhuI
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Did some nice race B at WG , After finally managed to get an average 1.47.5126 qt
Was nice to finally start most of the time in the top 8 and exept one race where i finish last to not suit , all finish in top 8.
Need to be really aware during first lap as a lot of driver just want to pass everywhere whatever are the conséquence, so most of my race i loose position at start and manage to come back just driving carefully.
Hope you all have fun race also
But still i'm really not fast in qt on this track , but seem that make n race m'y place IS ok .
Edit: just did a new one really happy to managed to have the clean race bonus , most of the race i got penalty for being offtrack.
Was nice to finally start most of the time in the top 8 and exept one race where i finish last to not suit , all finish in top 8.
Need to be really aware during first lap as a lot of driver just want to pass everywhere whatever are the conséquence, so most of my race i loose position at start and manage to come back just driving carefully.
Hope you all have fun race also
But still i'm really not fast in qt on this track , but seem that make n race m'y place IS ok .
Edit: just did a new one really happy to managed to have the clean race bonus , most of the race i got penalty for being offtrack.
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- rising_glass1
Well it seems to me that the B races are more calmer at night, whereas during the day they are more wild and chaotic. I may have to bypass the snow track though, I am not good there, I might give the DF one a go, idk, if I don't I'll stick with the B races. Actually I do more better on dry pavement than on snow/dirt. But from my perspective there is a lot more to look out for during the morning/daytime races. There is more fighting and carnage for the higher ranked races that I compete in.
Let's see how low I can get my time at WG. Are you all having a time at the bus stop section, I am trying to do my lap right and how I handle each sector. I'm sticking with the RX-Vision as that has given me the best overall time and balance/speed on the track.
Let's see how low I can get my time at WG. Are you all having a time at the bus stop section, I am trying to do my lap right and how I handle each sector. I'm sticking with the RX-Vision as that has given me the best overall time and balance/speed on the track.
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