GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Mc_Yavel]

I'm being continuously put in mixed lobbies, with a majority of DR A players, 2 to 3 DR A+ (Barney Da Dog was on pole in one of those races) and few DR B (like me). Is this because I'm at ar 80/85% DR B? If Yes, why do I have to deal with DR A+ guys also?

Could it be because of people getting a hit in their SR rating? The pooling of players for a race start with SR, so if there is a wide spread of SR the game will be looking in other DR group to fill the room with same SR.

 

[Gurzu]

Could it be because of people getting a hit in their SR rating? The pooling of players for a race start with SR, so if there is a wide spread of SR the game will be looking in other DR group to fill the room with same SR.

I don't think so. I'm SR S and the others DR B players in mixed lobbies were also SR S, but SR of DR A players was varying from B to S and A+'s SR between A and S.
I start to think that it may be due to two factors: my QT was yesterday within the 500 fastest overall (within 150 fastest B) coupled with the fact that I'm near to rank up to DR A. I've seen there's always ar 1 sec gap between poleman and 10th-12th at start. That is also a tool PD uses in matchmaking, I guess (not so sure btw). I fear that if I go below 56 with my QT I'll end up in lobbies with majority of A+ drivers. I'm now really thinking to "sandbag" with my improvements even if I know where to gain that 1/2 sec left.

 

[Mc_Yavel]

I don't think so. I'm SR S and the others DR B players in mixed lobbies were also SR S, but SR of DR A players was varying from B to S and A+'s SR between A and S.
I start to think that it may be due to two factors: my QT was yesterday within the 500 fastest overall (within 150 fastest B) coupled with the fact that I'm near to rank up to DR A. I've seen there's always ar 1 sec gap between poleman and 10th-12th at start. That is also a tool PD uses in matchmaking, I guess (not so sure btw). I fear that if I go below 56 with my QT I'll end up in lobbies with majority of A+ drivers. I'm now really thinking to "sandbag" with my improvements even if I know where to gain that 1/2 sec left.

Make sense, I also get put in top split lobby when I was top DR.B. But I don't play at peak hour most of the time, so less player count.

I also sandbag my QT to try avoid those lonely races in 14th where everybody in front pulls away. The other reason for sandbagging is the difference in laptime between cold start lap and 30th lap where you in the zone. That way, even if I'm 14th I know I can fight for a better finish and have some action in my races.

 

[ImbaSteckdose]

Ok I'm not the best race driver but racing in Daily B today is frustrating, I'm getting penalties and body damage left and right, even when passing others at a conservative line. Monday and today in every lobby (DR mid B) every player has had the yellow 2 bar network connectivity icon, I think the multiplayer servers are not suited for races at near 400 kph.