GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[AdxRE]

Have been focusing more on Time Trials these days but Gr.3 @ Bathurst does draw me back to Daily C this week. The McLaren is ~0.8s slower than the old physics over a single lap mainly due to the slower corner entries required to not end up in the walls but I would imagine the metas (Supra, RCF) probably gained time over the old physics with their top speed/top end even more enhanced.

2:00.886 was all I managed.

Also did 2 races and got a very loaded field for both, with The Kei, Rory and our very own @GOTMAXPOWER - 1st one went horribly wrong when I accidentally bumped a GTR out the chase, slowed down and wait for his recovery just to be turned around by another guy behind, coupled with wall penalties and it was a lonely drive at the back of the field thereafter. Race 2 I was able to keep up with the field, just to get EATEN alive on the straights. Had a few good battles and close encounters with @GOTMAXPOWER and ended up 8th from Q7. Could be worse given my lack of race pace overall.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Have been focusing more on Time Trials these days but Gr.3 @ Bathurst does draw me back to Daily C this week. The McLaren is ~0.8s slower than the old physics over a single lap mainly due to the slower corner entries required to not end up in the walls but I would imagine the metas (Supra, RCF) probably gained time over the old physics with their top speed/top end even more enhanced.

2:00.886 was all I managed.

Also did 2 races and got a very loaded field for both, with The Kei, Rory and our very own @GOTMAXPOWER - 1st one went horribly wrong when I accidentally bumped a GTR out the chase, slowed down and wait for his recovery just to be turned around by another guy behind, coupled with wall penalties and it was a lonely drive at the back of the field thereafter. Race 2 I was able to keep up with the field, just to get EATEN alive on the straights. Had a few good battles and close encounters with @GOTMAXPOWER and ended up 8th from Q7. Could be worse given my lack of race pace overall.

That is a great photo, the lighting looks real!

 

[MetalApe]

Got it, thanks. No mandatory pitstop, but mandatory tire change. 😄

Also: Wall penalties are absolutely on. They are just not very aggressive, which I think is great.

Just checked back my replay from the 8:30am race, second race of the day. And it does look like they're on in that race, I'd got my act together by then and ran a clean race, unlike my first race and pre-race practice.

 

[newmedia_dev]

What’s up with race A limited to specified car and not open to the kart in your garage? It makes no sense.

Because....PD

But I assume it's to do with making chassis settings the same and that the early patch only fixed very specific parameters in the equations.

Bop not only is it a bit broken, it seems to have some oddities now with what it neutralises and what it lets slip through.

That said for a kart race 🤷‍♂️

 

[Tidgney]

Here's this weeks guide for those interested! It's a hard no for me on Race A 🙈 , I do like B and it is a shame C is a repeat in 1 month... I do question whether they know their own track list sometimes!

 

[newmedia_dev]

.. I do question whether they know their own track list sometimes!

Bop testing for the sept finals and sept update.

It's only a proper test if you can repeat it with the same results. They have data volume on their side for this stuff

 

[Chris30]

@Tidgney Lol, your thumbs down image for Race A made me laugh which is true. PD should have let us picked our own karts from the garage so we could customize them in the Livery section.

I hate I missed the last of the Grand Valley races last night, but I chose to sleep a long period.

 

[MIE1992]

I'll be curious to see if this week's Daily Race B favors AWD cars like it did last week, or if there could be a mix of FF cars in there this time, too.

At any rate, could someone explain why AWD cars were popular at Grand Valley last week over FF or FR/MR racers? I'd imagine that it has a lot to do with the course itself, namely how it's roughly an even mix of straights and low-speed corners insofar that AWD was the best option. Whereas I could see a faster course like Monza or the Daytona Road Course could favor FR/MR cars, while a slower, curvier course like Autopolis would better benefit FF cars. Of course, there's also the factor of BoP, and I'd imagine that would help the AWD cars compensate for their typically higher weights.

 

[TheNormsk]

I just jumped on my first daily race of the week that being Mario karts. Sorry I mean daily race A. It could be Mario karts for all the 360 spins I did.

I’m not very good with carts. It was hilarious though in VR.

 

[bone_tone]

Back at one of my favourites, Mount Panorama, although as others have said it's not been that long since we were last there!

Ran 3 races in the Genesis X, which drives very well here (but don't tell anyone, or it will become too popular - only saw one more, and he finished just behind me).

First race I started P4, finished P1. Second race I started P7, got rammed down to last, clawed my way back up to P7. Third race I started P8, finished P1 🙂:-

 

[Chris30]

Guess what everyone, I set a great QT time and got the pole time and earned my 6th victory. I have a much greater chance of getting a win in the C/D lobbies than the higher ranked ones.

So I may as well stick with what I'm doing for now.

 

[Childe Roland]

Watching @Tidgney weekly guide I noticed that dirty tyres in karts are a visible thing.
Maybe I never paid attention to that (Im not a kart fan) but could this be something related with 1.49 update?

By the way, thanks Tidg for your work!
Your guide for me is a "must" before jumping into dailies

 

[ElectricNaz]

Back at one of my favourites, Mount Panorama

Ran 3 races in the Genesis X, which drives very well here (but don't tell anyone, or it will become too popular

Annoyed this is the week I'm on holiday. Love the track, and yes Genesis X would be my first choice car on it! (takes me back to one of the older time trials, the first one I realised "I'm good at this game when I put in the effort" ).

Also my Genesis X livery is SICK and prob my fave custom livery of my entire garage. So I'll have to spam the heck out of this race on Sunday when I get the chance! I don't even care if it's not the Meta, I'll still do it

 

[Tidgney]

Bop testing for the sept finals and sept update.

It's only a proper test if you can repeat it with the same results. They have data volume on their side for this stuff

Nah I can't see that being true in my opinion. They have internal BoP testers (3 last time I spoke to anyone about it, 2 of which are super aliens)

 

[Rossell2]

Productive evening so far. Got win number 60 on Eiger with the kart. Think I'm going to be quite speedy on Sardegna so will make that the focus now, I'm lacking in Gr4 wins so would love another. The GTR lacks in certain areas but while slightly understeery to me feels stable.

 

[Chris30]

I got a super time of 1'11.412 and I saved the replay in the showcase section, my id is rising_glass1 if anyone wants to look at it as a guide for Eiger. @Rossell2 Wow, amazing you got 60 wins, I have 6 which is okay for me at my level. I am using the GT-R because it's the meta and I found it to be stable in most of the track. I got a 1'30.443 time which I can do a little better than that.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

I have to say, I’m pleasantly surprised by race b this week, I do remember this layout and it’ll be quite racy this week, GTRs look to be the car, which put me off GV to be fair, let’s see

I've only done two races, but they were both good racing - mostly GT-Rs, but both won by G70s by about 4 seconds. I was pleased to start and finish 6th in the 458. I might give the NSX a go later - I did well with it here previously but not used it since the update.

Edit/ tried NSX - I was hopeless

 

[Chevy Heavy]

Watching @Tidgney weekly guide I noticed that dirty tyres in karts are a visible thing.
Maybe I never paid attention to that (Im not a kart fan) but could this be something related with 1.49 update?

This has always been a thing. It happens on all cars, it's just easier to spot on open wheeled cars. On the SF cars you can see the tires start to blister when they start to wear. It's especially apparent in VR.

 

[Nebuc72]

It's starting to dawn on me that VR users are just the Vegans or Linux Users of Gran Turismo that take it upon themselves to mention VR at every opportunity.

 

[brockie]

I've only done two races, but they were both good racing - mostly GT-Rs, but both won by G70s by about 4 seconds. I was pleased to start and finish 6th in the 458. I might give the NSX a go later - I did well with it here previously but not used it since the update.

The G70 was always my go to so im pleased to hear this.

I’ll try that tomorrow lunch and I was thinking about the Atenza too,

I hit a 1.27.8 in a race today so there’s time to be had in race B - can just about fit in 10mins QT and a race in my break

 

[sturk0167]

I've always hated the Bathhurst pit entry. Here's why:


After I left the pits, I got 6 seconds in pit entry/exit violations.
Yeah, I know I suck. Thanks for showing no mercy, PD.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I've always hated the Bathhurst pit entry. Here's why:


After I left the pits, I got 6 seconds in pit entry/exit violations.
Yeah, I know I suck. Thanks for showing no mercy, PD.

You are probably fast enough to make up for it but maybe spend a few laps pitting? On exit I always keep the steering a tiny bit left.

 

[Chris30]

I might give the G70 a go too, hey we all think alike! That's what's so good about this community, we all help each other out in our daily race quests.

@sturk0167 Well I won't be doing many races if that at Bathurst. Their pit entry sucks apparently. Don't get down about it, you'll get the hang of it. Practice is key for finishing races in the top 5.

If anybody wants to see my race and sixth victory, here it is, I was worried on Laps 4 and 5 because P2 got real close behind me, but I kept my ground in defense mode, and drove on as fast as I could.

 

[Talon16]

I've always hated the Bathhurst pit entry. Here's why:


After I left the pits, I got 6 seconds in pit entry/exit violations.
Yeah, I know I suck. Thanks for showing no mercy, PD.

Just another reason to hate that track. Pit entry is basically a scaled down version of the downhill section.

 

[NAXEHT]

Just another reason to hate that track. Pit entry is basically a scaled down version of the downhill section.

 

[TechnoIsLove]

Ahhh - I'm happy/ annoyed at myself lol. Did some playing around for over 30 minutes trying to find my best wheel and in-game setup for the Huracan at Sardegna. Fine-tuned to a point where I am happy and consistent and was already 1 tenth faster than my previous PB of 1:26:2, having made some mistakes in the first 2 sectors...

Following lap, I hooked up the car and was 0.4s faster than I was before but I fluffed the final corner (dropped too much speed) so I crossed the line just 0.15s faster and instead of a 1:25:6 I have to be happy with a 1:26:036 😖 🥸



Still not too shabby I guess for just 5 laps on the new setup 😅 Did 2 races, one on both accounts and did well on 2nd account, started P9, dropped to P11 (shoved off) but finished in P7. On main (before new qualy time) I also started in P9, was in P7 but again, shoved out of the way to finish in P9 so could have been worse.

 

[ElectricNaz]

super aliens

@half_sourly you need a new graphic for your leaderboard

 

[Barney Da Dog]

I've always hated the Bathhurst pit entry. Here's why:


After I left the pits, I got 6 seconds in pit entry/exit violations.
Yeah, I know I suck. Thanks for showing no mercy, PD.

I'm ok with the pit entry and exit - it's the rest of the circuit I'm crap at.

 

[Chris30]

I'm ok with the pit entry and exit - it's the rest of the circuit I'm crap at.

Yeah, I managed to get a lap time in the 2'07.000's, but Bathurst is not my thing, the downhill section is just too chaotic for me, plus the last obstacle before reaching the finish line can be a lap killer, it's right after the long straightway after the Falken walls. I'm just glad I picked up another win this morning.

 

[TheNormsk]

My god, race B tonight feels like full British Touring Cars. It’s rough but fun!