GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[newmedia_dev]

Mental is more like it 😂 - unfortunately they were so good at taking one another out that my DR continued to rise!

Not sure what to expect tomorrow now.....

Wrote a whole bunch of words, focus on being on pace and avoiding here and there. Don't defend until lap 5 by then you should be about 5th and if you were concentrating on pace maybe higher.

 

[Chris30]

I think B could be the SF23/Toyota, as one of the events involved with the TGR Cup World Finals is set at RBR. I also think that at the minimum, Race A and C will have a credit boost.

You could be possibly right there, I guess we'll find out on Monday morning around 3am.

@bone_tone Yes, the outcome of any race can affect your mental and physical status. That's why I'm staying at a lower rank, between C and D. That is my method for less stress.

 

[newmedia_dev]

You could be possibly right there, I guess we'll find out on Monday morning around 3am.

@bone_tone Yes, the outcome of any race can affect your mental and physical status. That's why I'm staying at a lower rank, between C and D. That is my method for less stress.

Chris you seem to learn nothing from your racing, you'll races hours and hours a day and LEARN nothing, you do QT and learn nothing. You have done enough races now mate to learn. Family life I get, not having a console I get but the 2 years before that. You have to have learned something. As patronising as this is it's not hard to be a couple of seconds back

 

[bone_tone]

Wrote a whole bunch of words, focus on being on pace and avoiding here and there. Don't defend until lap 5 by then you should be about 5th and if you were concentrating on pace maybe higher.

Fortunately avoiding trouble this week has been easy (apart from today). Usually when I'm not driving the meta it's like I've got a target on the car!

Using the Genesis this week, and the Ford GTs seem to be intent on taking one another out, leaving me alone to, usually, finish top 6 🙂

Generally this week I've met quite a few really respectful drivers, often in multiple races, and had some great races as a result.

I'm hoping today was the usual Friday afternoon 'kids out of school' experience!

 

[newmedia_dev]

Fortunately avoiding trouble this week has been easy (apart from today). Usually when I'm not driving the meta it's like I've got a target on the car!

Using the Genesis this week, and the Ford GTs seem to be intent on taking one another out, leaving me alone to, usually, finish top 6 🙂

Generally this week I've met quite a few really respectful drivers, often in multiple races, and had some great races as a result.

I'm hoping today was the usual Friday afternoon 'kids out of school' experience!

I know I know, I use you to write for the lurkers mate

 

[Chris30]

Chris you seem to learn nothing from your racing, you'll races hours and hours a day and LEARN nothing, you do QT and learn nothing. You have done enough races now mate to learn. Family life I get, not having a console I get but the 2 years before that. You have to have learned something. As patronising as this is it's not hard to be a couple of seconds back

Well all I can do is do the best I can and not worry about who goes faster than me. Thank you for the advice guys. I hate my autism, I wish I didn't have it. I wonder how many people are on the autism spectrum. And that's not true about me learning nothing. I've golded over 300 sections of the license tests, missions and the circuit experiences in the whole game. I just can't mimic/copy the aliens lines and braking points on the track. That's the bottom line.

@bone_tone lol, or the casual crazy drivers going berserk on a Friday afternoon.

 

[bone_tone]

I know I know, I use you to write for the lurkers mate

👍

 

[newmedia_dev]

Well all I can do is do the best I can and not worry about who goes faster than me. Thank you for the advice guys. I hate my autism, I wish I didn't have it. I wonder how many people are on the autism spectrum. And that's not true about me learning nothing. I just can't mimic/copy the aliens lines and braking points on the track. That's the bottom line.

No mate, I've known you for few years now.

Your autism has nothing to do with learning. And im not saying micro copy people just use all the hours you put in to improve. That's you not me that can do that. You have improved with your autism so focus on improving mate.

 

[Chris30]

I felt so hard-headed back then focusing on the top 200 drivers replays and times when I should have been just focusing on what I can do, it would have saved me 4-5 hours of extra time I could have done other modes in the game and had fun. Lesson learned there. Maybe I can do some races next weekend. See I'm going to have my PlayStation delivered to our house next week. My Christmas gift and I'm going to buy a PS store gift card to get PS Plus back. Then it's back to daily racing with all kinds of folks.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I felt so hard-headed back then focusing on the top 200 drivers replays and times when I should have been just focusing on what I can do, it would have saved me 4-5 hours of extra time I could have done other modes in the game and had fun. Lesson learned there. Maybe I can do some races next weekend. See I'm going to have my PlayStation delivered to our house next week. My Christmas gift and I'm going to buy a PS store gift card to get PS Plus back. Then it's back to daily racing with all kinds of folks.

Chris on a good day I can be top 500, I follow the slowest ghost I can find for any race. Most weeks I'm 1500 to 500 but this has taken years and many many laps and even now I can do a lap here or there but I'm not consistent.

Consistency and finishing is the secret to this game, constantly finish 3-8th and you are golden. It takes a little more time or effort or race craft sometimes but that's the secret recipe

 

[Gurzu]

Ok, I got it, this week B I'm a filler for lonely DR A/A+ lobbies. It is what it is. So today I just raced focused on avoiding penalties getting several "clean race" bonuses. After few days of acclimatation, I'm in a way better place than what I was expecting, for now. Being very near to DR A, I'm now always the first DR B between the 10 frontrunners in the grid, starting from 6th-8th (this in the last 4 races). It is hard but mostly fair racing, sometimes affected by lag. Final placements between 8th and 6th gave a remarkable boost to my DR. Tomorrow end of sandbagging, QT improvements and let's see if I can start from 1st-2nd row in mixed lobbies.
Have a nice racing weekend out there.

 

[Goanaut]

Race B actually served me well this week. Due to being partially on sick leave I could do some races during daytime. On Thursday I was P389 on the world's qt list. Racers are more scarce during the day so I raced a lot of A and A+ guys and still had podium finishes.

I am now a hair's width from being DR A. But I stopped racing at that point because that is not my normal skill level. DR A people can drive circles around me, and go to the fridge for a snack during the race, and still finish ahead of me.

 

[Jflijohn]

Chris you seem to learn nothing from your racing, you'll races hours and hours a day and LEARN nothing, you do QT and learn nothing. You have done enough races now mate to learn. Family life I get, not having a console I get but the 2 years before that. You have to have learned something. As patronising as this is it's not hard to be a couple of seconds back

The trap that I fall into is practicing long and hard…the wrong techniques. Corner entry/ exit is a big one for me. GT has a lot of timing tools to help with that but just rewatching my replays from the race winners seat helps a lot. It’s a little more incremental than watching a ghost that’s 4 seconds ahead.

 

[Shackster]

Race B actually served me well this week. Due to being partially on sick leave I could do some races during daytime. On Thursday I was P389 on the world's qt list. Racers are more scarce during the day so I raced a lot of A and A+ guys and still had podium finishes.

I am now a hair's width from being DR A. But I stopped racing at that point because that is not my normal skill level. DR A people can drive circles around me, and go to the fridge for a snack during the race, and still finish ahead of me.

I’m in exactly the same position! B at 97%, the highest I’ve ever been. I’m torn between wanting to get into A for the first time, and knowing that next week could be truly harrowing 😂! Normally when I have a good week (Gr4 typically, Road Atlanta and Yamigawa are two faves) I get to the upper reaches of B, get the mixed B/A lobbies and then reality strikes. Not this week though, last night was probably the most DR I’ve gained in one session, as I was holding my own and getting clean race bonuses too. QT in the top 300 probably helps too ☺️ (also highest ever), which is largely thanks to Tidgney’s video/ghost and GT wolverine’s set up. Thanks both!

I guess I’ll press on and make hay while the sun shines, next week can take care of itself!!

 

[ImbaSteckdose]

I get to the upper reaches of B, get the mixed B/A lobbies and then reality strikes.

Daily Race B really is great for levelling up this week, even if only temporary and for bragging 😄
I had a streak of luck today, I was put into several mixed A/B lobbies up until 95% B (barely getting any DR), but then three B lobbies in a row where I finished top three, which pushed me to DR A.

 

[Skyrocket44]

Wanna see what happened to me on Monday?

Spoiler

Don't worry, I set a permanent IP yesterday. Player Of The Week goes to my internet settings for allowing this to happen.

So afterwards, I improved from 3:40.368 to a 3:38.854 qualifying time, which considering that time is in the R8 on a DS4 with no rubber on the left stick, is quite impressive. I was genuinely surprised that I pulled off such a fast lap. It actually put me on pole for most of my races yesterday.

And THAT meant I got constantly hounded by Fords and the occasional Peugeot VGT that have 5kph on me. Worse still, figuring out which drivers are going to bumpdraft me and which will slingshot comes down to a coinflip, and since the slingshotters will wait until the ABSOLUTE LAST MICRON to pull out of the draft, I think them bumpdrafters and end up blocking them.

 

[sturk0167]

It's always nice to see @newmedia_dev showing up for some American races. 👍
Hopefully, he doesn't put up a real Q time, or I may be in trouble.

 

[newmedia_dev]

It's always nice to see @newmedia_dev showing up for some American races. 👍
Hopefully, he doesn't put up a real Q time, or I may be in trouble.

It's great to be in a race with forum guys! Such fun in VR while I'm getting used to it! You were smashing the races we were in!

Good work dude, and defo not setting a time on a Sunday night and it VR so you are safe 🤣 although quite honestly I think you are waaaaaay faster than me on this one!

 

[Chris30]

It's always nice to see @newmedia_dev showing up for some American races. 👍
Hopefully, he doesn't put up a real Q time, or I may be in trouble.

Maybe me and you can meet in some daily races real soon, but it will take me a lot of practice, dedication and hard work, but I believe it is very doable for me. I'm not doubting myself. I'm making a switch to the ps5, everyone has sold completely out of ps4's, so now I gotta get used to a new type of controller. At least the game/races will load faster on the ps5, I hope.

 

[sturk0167]

Maybe me and you can meet in some daily races real soon, but it will take me a lot of practice, dedication and hard work, but I believe it is very doable for me. I'm not doubting myself. I'm making a switch to the ps5, everyone has sold completely out of ps4's, so now I gotta get used to a new type of controller. At least the game/races will load faster on the ps5, I hope.

Good for you. 👍
I hope this next year is a good one for you.