GT7 Daily Race Discussion

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Cheers all !
I was missing the forum and was racing not quite too much since got some issues that i'm trying to overcome...


@newmedia_dev seeing u a lot on the top of my friends leaderboard, u r flying my friend!

Im doing less races but all C, it helping a lot to crack racing skills, I can be fast on QT but still missing pace on races...
Enjoying Tokyo, its a battle against who pit on the first and the last lap ...interesting combo!

Im a 1st lap pit guy. :D
 
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newmedia_dev
Here is my 1:18.5 lap at willow (@Barney Da Dog is soooo lucky I ran to wide at the end :p )

It’s VR and Bumpercam splitscreen (obviously I drive VR but this is 2 perspectives of exact same lap)

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Go figure, luck overshines actual talent and the final lap time result makes a low-to-mid level tractor driver seem like a pro.... Typical BS as usual! 🤣 🤪 🙃
 
Race C is an absolute blast as mentioned before in this topic!

I did 5 races yesterday. Sadly in 2 of them I got punted out of a good result. The 3 others were a 2nd, 4th and 8th place finish.

I am trying to find racers around me to work with (slipstreaming / bumpdrafting), but the lobbies I got in the lower DR B ranks often don't go for that. Trying to pass constantly, forcing both drivers out of ideal lines. Today I did one more race: Started P4 on the mediums. Directly in the beginning of the race I was in a constant battle for P1 with 2 other players, but it made us so slow that I thought about pitting to the slower tire in the beginning of the race just to get away from them. But there's no guarantee it will not happen again after the pitstop ofcourse. After a few laps we were spaced out more luckily. Still a P10 finish after I pitted for hards in the last lap. I think if we worked together I could've easily maintained the P4.

Yesterday evening I had a whole race of fun with 2 other players who did understand the concept of bumping each other. Raced a very cool race with them for the podium positions (all on the starting on hards, pit for mediums in lap 1 strat). In the last lap P4 came out of the pits just after me, I could pass him while he was ghosted. But I was a bit slow in the final section and he bumped me into the wall at the final turn: P10 grrrr. Took me 10-15 minutes to digest this and to see that the other 20 minutes of the race were actually very nice :lol:

In both cased I got rammed out, the rammer flew over the finish line as a top 5 finisher and quickly left the lobby afterwards. Not very motivating but okay. Let's keep on trying to get better at avoiding these people. In on of the occasions I probably should've closed the door on him more extremely, forcing him to take the outside.
 
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Bondwhar
Thanks Tidgney, you have helped me no end again and today I cracked a Q time of 1:18.659 in Race B by following you and your wise words. Sat 135th world wide 😳
To say I’m chuffed with that time is an understatement as I am a Low/mid DR B racer.
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Nice time! You must be P1 almost every race!
 
Goanaut
Race C is an absolute blast as mentioned before in this topic!
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No grays here, is a race to love or hate (and I love it!)
When you are surrounded of people who understand the importance of teamwork it is very satisfying to race at the limit between walls in a pack of cars.

I have a similar feeling when racing in the nurburgring races or Bathurst (always at the limit and the minimum mistake means disaster for you and the others :lol: ). That kind of adrenaline is what I enjoy the most in GT7 and I can see a pattern for me in that kind of races when looking at my DR evolution.

If everything goes as it has started this week, I may be reaching my peak of 65k again!

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Could not turn decent laps in the GT40 in Race C last night, had a poor race, so qualified with the Jag. it is clearly down on top end speed but it is so much nicer to drive than the Supra, turns in much more enthusiastically. Got my QT down to a 57.6 I think it was. Will try racing with it tonight.
 
NevilleNobody
Could not turn decent laps in the GT40 in Race C last night, had a poor race, so qualified with the Jag. it is clearly down on top end speed but it is so much nicer to drive than the Supra, turns in much more enthusiastically. Got my QT down to a 57.6 I think it was. Will try racing with it tonight.
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If you liked the Jag, this vid may help you to improve your time.

 
newmedia_dev
Couldn’t agree more…. ;)

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Epic time mate, hats off and well done! Will admit I'm struggling to follow my own exact lines consistently, so at parts of the track, I'm even at 0.4s better than current PB but if I react 0.00006s later/ earlier than usual or am 0.004cm wider/ narrower than usual line, I lose 25 minutes of my lap time in the space of 3 seconds 🤣🫣

I'm guessing that time puts you well within the top 50 global times, right? Even if not, so far, it's 2-0 to you in 2026... Well done, hate you, still also impressed, eat a poop, well done, etc..

As you can tell, I'm indecisive whether to praise your effort or just give you a hard time 🤣😜
 
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TechnoIsLove
Epic time mate, hats off and well done! Will admit I'm struggling to follow my own exact lines consistently, so at parts of the track, I'm even at 0.4s better than current PB but if I react 0.00006s later/ earlier than usual or am 0.004cm wider/ narrower than usual line, I lose 25 minutes of my lap time in the space of 3 seconds 🤣🫣

I'm guessing that time puts you well within the top 50 global times, right? Even if not, so far, it's 2-0 to you in 2026... Well done, hate you, still also impressed, eat a poop, well done, etc..

As you can tell, I'm indecisive whether to praise your effort or just give you a hard time 🤣😜
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Thanks mate, it’s a good time about 150th ish so not world on fire but my race pace is the thing as it’s that pace consistently on a track that is punishing but I find easy, just the weeks fall in my favour.

You have the time, your just trying to hard, less is more and precision is key (it’s the theme of the dailies to be honest)

I probably won’t chase or race the 2/10ths this week so it’s there to go get, I shared my ghost.

Get your game head on ;)
 
So kept tackling Daily Race C today and out of 4 of 4 races, the best result I achieved in C lobbies was 3rd. My last race was so jam packed a battle with a Ferrari in P1 and me in P2 giving chase to the 296 GT3, it was so close. I pitted early and it cost me a little time but managed to recover it to gain 3rd overall. Still tyring to find the optimal pit stop time, so far, what works is lap 8 or 9 for me, then chase till the chequered flag!

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Big Willow really has pulled me right back into Sport Mode again after nearly 2 weeks away (voluntarily this time :)).

Tidgney's confirmation that this combo has only been used once before surprises me but also justifies why I rarely delve into Group 4 racing.

Since the across-the-board nerf of this category, I've found it difficult to get to excited about racing it, but something about this circuit always piques my interest; Any track, any car, that punishes heavily for small mistakes is really my kinda race. Coupled with finding decent pace (19.1x) using one of my favourite Gr.4's, the Porsche Cayman, which I'm finding extremely competitve in racing conditions, if a little clunky for qualifying.

Mostly starting among the back 4, I'm generally gaining places through consistency and avoiding mistakes. Even landing myself a 3rd place earlier today (I don't know what happened as my friend was in the room talking to me at the time and I was basically on autopilot). People going for for the meta Alfa when it clearly doesn't suit their driving style is a big factor.

The cycle of slight DR gains/losses has kept me at my correct DR during the week, and thus matchmaking has been conducive to very good racing.
 
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ZEE
So kept tackling Daily Race C today and out of 4 of 4 races, the best result I achieved in C lobbies was 3rd. My last race was so jam packed a battle with a Ferrari in P1 and me in P2 giving chase to the 296 GT3, it was so close. I pitted early and it cost me a little time but managed to recover it to gain 3rd overall. Still tyring to find the optimal pit stop time, so far, what works is lap 8 or 9 for me, then chase till the chequered flag!

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we've got similar quali time and both in C so hopefully see you in a lobby this week, I'm a few hundreds of a tenth slower but deffo have a ton of time to pick up as I've got lower times on every section but just can't put them all together in one lap!!!!!

What's the thoughts on the Pit stop at 8/9? I've just been sticking with pitting on the last lap as I'm starting P4 or above so felt like pitting early and dropping down wouldn't be beneficial but not sure why piting 3-4 laps before the end is better?
 
brockie
Today is my rig delivery day! Whoo 😁 think I’m going to WFH and hopefully squeeze in building the thing.

Another race C this morning, couple of A+ in there and 4th place in the race who was BS pitted around lap 6 and surprisingly won! So there’s some food for thought.

Got my QT down to 1.58.1xx and a 57 is definitely there for the taking
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Well I should have said, this is the day half my rig arrives 🤨 just the monitor stand and the seat slider, so I’ll need to be more patient!

Not managed to get into the 57s at Tokyo yet but there is a bunch of time to be had in the hairpin at the dockyard that I need to nail, second week for me in race C, it’s feels like I’ve finally grown up in GT terms 😆
 
brockie
Well I should have said, this is the day half my rig arrives 🤨 just the monitor stand and the seat slider, so I’ll need to be more patient!

Not managed to get into the 57s at Tokyo yet but there is a bunch of time to be had in the hairpin at the dockyard that I need to nail, second week for me in race C, it’s feels like I’ve finally grown up in GT terms 😆
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Oh no!!! how frustrating!!!! How much longer is the wait for the rest of the rig?

I'm trying to break into the 58's and out of C so will race you, see if I can do this before your rig gets built :lol:
 
Stringerbell
we've got similar quali time and both in C so hopefully see you in a lobby this week, I'm a few hundreds of a tenth slower but deffo have a ton of time to pick up as I've got lower times on every section but just can't put them all together in one lap!!!!!

What's the thoughts on the Pit stop at 8/9? I've just been sticking with pitting on the last lap as I'm starting P4 or above so felt like pitting early and dropping down wouldn't be beneficial but not sure why piting 3-4 laps before the end is better?
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Thanks Stringer, it really depends on what car you use Meta or Anti-meta, I am not fond of the Supra, I find it too floaty, so go for the Jag, and look forward to maybe racing you in the lobbies! Sure you can make a sucessful lap down.

I just used that strategy even if I was p4 or higher, as sometimes you get alot of shady racers will wall bump & grind you, so theres still some time in laps to make it up. Unless you have a massive 4-5 secs lead at pole in the race, you cant escape a late pitstop on lap 10. Tidgney in his race guide video, did say pit late but it didnt work so well for me on my first race, so I tried other methods.

Happy racing and see you out there.
 
Stringerbell
Oh no!!! how frustrating!!!! How much longer is the wait for the rest of the rig?

I'm trying to break into the 58's and out of C so will race you, see if I can do this before your rig gets built :lol:
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You’re on 😁 hopefully it won’t be too long, but I am concerned on the build time as the monitor stand took me an hour and a half and do most of it I thought I was building a rig! 😂
 
brockie
You’re on 😁 hopefully it won’t be too long, but I am concerned on the build time as the monitor stand took me an hour and a half and do most of it I thought I was building a rig! 😂
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haha I know that pain! Took me nearly 4 hours to build the really simple playseat trophy and RS50 pedals and wheel base!

Good luck when the rest of it comes
 
brockie
You’re on 😁 hopefully it won’t be too long, but I am concerned on the build time as the monitor stand took me an hour and a half and do most of it I thought I was building a rig! 😂
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Get building Brockie 😂 although I finished P15 in this race as it was absolute destruction derby 😂😂😂😂 so it will be a while before we see a B
 

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Daily race C is really good. So fast paced. I just wish the races were a few laps longer where you have have to get at least 5 laps from the hard compound instead of it being a 1 lap tyre.
 
Did another race C this morning. People were calling each other out in the pre-race chat. And yes, directly at the dock in lap 1 I got pushed off. So I had to continue from P15. In the tunnel people were so dedicated to crashing into each other that I made at least 3 places back due to crashing / slow driving cars until.... I was so busy avoiding them, I also avoided my brake marker :lol: Rammed into the pit entry wall causing big engine damage sigh. Luckily I didn't take someone with me. I had a lonely race from the back. Finished P14, only ahead of the 2 drivers that were called out to be dirty pre-game. Looked like they continued this behavior and rage-quitted both. So at least that was some small consolation.

Another thought about race C: when people are working with you, as I expect will happen more in the high lobbies, the pit strategies are fine. But if people are constantly fighting each other, which happened during most of my races, it feels like there is almost no strategy. If you pit on lap 1, you are stuck afterwards with the people you got around you. If you start on the mediums, you can maybe opt to go onto the hards earlier than lap 11, but this will also cost you time ofcourse. If it is like this, I would rather have a race where a viable pit strategy would be lap 4-5-6-7, so you have more options to avoid people, even if your strat is a little bit slower in theory.
 
benjoi84
Big Willow really has pulled me right back into Sport Mode again after nearly 2 weeks away (voluntarily this time :)).

Tidgney's confirmation that this combo has only been used once before surprises me but also justifies why I rarely delve into Group 4 racing.

Since the across-the-board nerf of this category, I've found it difficult to get to excited about racing it, but something about this circuit always piques my interest; Any track, any car, that punishes heavily for small mistakes is really my kinda race. Coupled with finding decent pace (19.1x) using one of my favourite Gr.4's, the Porsche Cayman, which I'm finding extremely competitve in racing conditions, if a little clunky for qualifying.

Mostly starting among the back 4, I'm generally gaining places through consistency and avoiding mistakes. Even landing myself a 3rd place earlier today (I don't know what happened as my friend was in the room talking to me at the time and I was basically on autopilot). People going for for the meta Alfa when it clearly doesn't suit their driving style is a big factor.

The cycle of slight DR gains/losses has kept me at my correct DR during the week, and thus matchmaking has been conducive to very good racing.
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I've been enjoying Big Willow too - I'm like you, seem to perform well on tracks where small mistakes are punished (Big Willow, Brands Hatch, Mt Panorama etc). Slow but steady, that's me!

Although my QT has been putting me in the back half of the grid (using the Alfa, which I can't remember driving before), I've made up places most races so far.

Had my best result yesterday - started 10th and finished first. I think I only overtook one car on track, and that was the guy that had led from the start. He started on pole in the G70, but once I got into P2 I caught him quite quickly, and he didn't put up a struggle when I passed him on the last lap 🙂
 
Barney Da Dog
@newmedia_dev I lost a tenth or two by missing the apex of the last turn 😞
I see the top guys are in the 1:17s now 😯
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Amazing time mate!

Yeah I saw that last night, even using the data logger the gains they are making to get to the 1:17s looks marginal but just keeps compounding from S2 onwards! 🤯

I don’t know if I have it in me to try and improve now!
 
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Don3hide
Daily race C is really good. So fast paced. I just wish the races were a few laps longer where you have have to get at least 5 laps from the hard compound instead of it being a 1 lap tyre.
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Just pit a little earlier, when the medium is just going off, I saw a guy mostly in p4 for the whole race win by doing that, haven’t tried it yet though
 
Just not feeling Race C, my qualy time (57.6) seems competitive overall but leaves me bottom 5 in A/A+ rooms so I was better off sand bagging. In all three races i've done i've been punted into one of the big stops on lap 1 and circulated on my own in last or second last for 11 laps.

Brockie what rig did you get?
 
newmedia_dev
Amazing time mate!

Yeah I saw that last night, even using the data logger the gains they are making to get to the 1:17s looks marginal but just keeps compounding from S2 onwards! 🤯

I don’t know if I have it in me to try and improve now!
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Yeah for the amount of time it would take to improve I'd rather just be racing - still starting in the top 6 with my time and the race pace is all very similar.
 

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