GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Spec-ECU]

As you start ranking up you might find it very beneficial to work a little constructively on your QT time. I find in the lower DR lobbies being able to start at the front and stay out of trouble will get you in to better lobbies in no time.

Best way to get out of trouble is to be out of it to begin with. 👍

Other benefit of improving your QT is as you crank out lap after lap - assuming you're applying some consistency each lap - your average race pace should also improve, which should give you an edge over most drivers who are fast inconsistently or only for a lap.

 

[brockie]

I’ve only been on GT7 for a couple of months, rated as a D but proud of my SR of S. Almost all my daily races have been with D and S drivers. I’ve gradually improved my racing results and was put into a couple of races with almost all C drivers but the majority of them had SR ratings of B, C, and D. The races were absolute demolition derbies and I got knocked back into racing all D and S drivers. If I can continue to improve my results and move up to a DR of C will I have to fight through the low SR rated drivers to get to the S level drivers? Is this what normally happens as you improve your driver rating?

Welcome to the club 😁

You almost need to drive very carefully until you get used to it all, it’s quite satisfying letting the trouble go and focus on your top 5s which will see you improve race on race, spend a good amount of time watching tidgney and seeing what goes on here, it’ll help no end

But once that competitive edge comes, so will the trouble 😁

I’ve been hovering around low C last week because Monza was just hell and I couldn’t drive any of the cars fast enough than I normally can, and you end up slugging it out in frustration 🤨

But a new week is new races and the worst week can become the best week in no time

Add us on psn if you want to compare times, I’m Brockybrock

And enjoy your journey!

 

[newmedia_dev]

I have improved by hundredths now and moved back from B to A but I don’t think the 1.47s are on the cards however close.

It’s so so strange as this is a circuit I don’t enjoy, actively avoid in Sp and Online but it took ages and ages grinding TT and QT times occasionally and now with VR (and *without the chicane 🤣) it’s a lot less hate from me, definitely not love though!

 

[brockie]

Is the huracan any good for Catalunya? The GTR doesn’t feel spectacular around there so I might try the genesis or lambo tomorrow, I hope to just get into the 1.49s because I’m a tenth off it at the moment

At least the gr4 feel like gr4 this week, 😉

 

[newmedia_dev]

Is the huracan any good for Catalunya? The GTR doesn’t feel spectacular around there so I might try the genesis or lambo tomorrow, I hope to just get into the 1.49s because I’m a tenth if it at the moment

At least the gr4 feel like gr4 this week, 😉

The Lambo and Genesis can work, so can the NSX but honestly, it’s just worth watching a few replays and it’s all about the trail braking and using those third gear exits.

In race you will loads of people down shifting for the 2 difficult right handers, the first one (t3 I just lift coast to the curb and go) the second one (awkward up hill one) it’s a lift and just the slightest of dabs if I’m not hitting the angle.

In race it’s a lot closer than TT shows but honestly the GTR is the fastest car when you hook it all up and it’s gearing is forgiving as well.

 

[Fezzik]

Is the huracan any good for Catalunya? The GTR doesn’t feel spectacular around there so I might try the genesis or lambo tomorrow, I hope to just get into the 1.49s because I’m a tenth off it at the moment

At least the gr4 feel like gr4 this week, 😉

If you want an alternative option the Citroen is rather good

 

[newmedia_dev]

If you want an alternative option the Citroen is rather good


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I’ve seen a few in my lobbies but don’t seem that solid, hmmm may give it a go. Barney is smashing in times with the Ferrari as well!

 

[Fezzik]

I’ve seen a few in my lobbies but don’t seem that solid, hmmm may give it a go. Barney is smashing in times with the Ferrari as well!

Solid at my DR level (and for @brockie if they're still in the Cs), probably not at yours
I did see one doing well in A/A+ streams yesterday amongst all the GT-Rs.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

Uuurgh, Race B - so close to a 1.47 lap (in the GT-R) but went deep in to T4 and lost 2 tenths. Although it's mostly GT-Rs in the races, I've seen NSX's and the occasional Huracan doing ok in A with a A+ lobbies. The 458 doesn't lose out much anywhere except the straight, and turns really well but it gets a bit loose on some kerbs.

 

[newmedia_dev]

probably not at yours

That is both true and ironic. 🤣

The truth is that the consistency and pace is so so so close, so for consistency everyone ends up in the same car.

Racing quality is better but way more snipey. Less blatant stuff and honestly people cope with taps a lot better, but that is a control thing.

Here is a crazy one to think about, my time has put me 223 in the world, there are 30 non EMEA times ahead of me and as a B driver my first race of the day I start 10th in an all A/A+ lobby.

It’s all relative one way or another

 

[NevilleNobody]

On cars for Race B, it's not just ultimate lap time but forgiveness on kerbs that matters. Yeah you can just about get the NSX to turn a similar lap time but in the hustle and bustle of a race the SKyline is so much more compliant and unruffled over the kerbs.

 

[newmedia_dev]

On cars for Race B, it's not just ultimate lap time but forgiveness on kerbs that matters. Yeah you can just about get the NSX to turn a similar lap time but in the hustle and bustle of a race the SKyline is so much more compliant and unruffled over the kerbs.

I guess in all honesty mate it’s how you go about getting your time, there is only two curbs I personally touch consistently. The fast lines just don’t require much curb and even using them isn’t unsettling for the cars. That said I’m only quick in the NSX and GTR.

 

[NevilleNobody]

I take a little on the first left hander and I am a little throttle happy so the NSX gets a bit more nervous than the Nissan there and god knows where you will end up in races!

 

[Spec-ECU]

Welp...gave Race B at Catalunya my first go this week, finished one position higher than I started with a clean race, and my DR A that had been clinging on to its final points is now a DR B. Dammit for strong lobbies.😆

Oh, well. Maybe now I'll lose the apprehension to regularly do ranked races with that A-monkey off my back. 🙂