GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Jflijohn]

My wife is out of town so I had a 710 mile race day today, all at Le Mans. Needless to say, I saw some strange things.

Between lap 2 & 3, three of the top 4 race leaders pitted… there is no required pit in race C 🤷🏼

I had a guy bump drafting me the entire way down the Mulsanne Straight and then continue 2 more times on the way up to Indianapolis. Every time he bumped me, I moved ahead and he moved back.
The only real problem I had was that I was expecting him to punt me at Indianapolis but he never did 🤷🏼

It looks like you can blow through both chicanes without a penalty which, apparently, people were already aware of 🤷🏻‍♂️

I’m amazed at the vast quantity of drivers that think they can maintain qualifying speed through turn 1, lap 1 of virtually every race 🤷🏼

The funny one has been the gravel at the Mulsanne curve after the very long straight, I’ve seen some drivers try and take that corner at 200 mph 😵‍💫

All in a days work I guess.

 

[Sup_player]

I’ve been on race b super fun!!

 

[Duppy Gee]

Disappointing night if I'm honest.

A p2, p8 and pit finish and a quit.

The p2 and p8 all fine I pushed too hard and lost it in the second one that is racing.

But and I'll be honest I hate the trolls (pink car dude wears his heart in his sleeve and is fast so you can race him, he usually wins but that's ok)

It's the person in 9th that some how wanted to pummel me in to submission.

I get a bit of contact, I get (don't agree with) a bit more contact passing someone running wide who doesn't like it. I get it.

What I have zero time for is being constantly trying to pitt me down the straight and when that doesn't work just rear ebd me off. I'll sit in the pits rather than race that crap.

I want to ask you guys, have I offended anyone or done something wrong? I'd like to think I've heard my head high, been accountable when needed and am just a nice racer who's working on my craft.

I feel utterly deflated as I've never had that sort of behaviour in any of my accounts the odd feisty one or KV but he's mellowed for now with me.

Maybe I'm just not the racer I want to/think I am

Might step away from gaming for a while.

Edit: VR makes this all a bit more personal

I don't think I've raced you yet, but your posts ( even though I don't agree with some) are well written and to the point. Ive not seen many posts on GT planet that are offensive to somebody. As for racing, my experience is probably 50/50 in good and bad races. You just have to think to yourself " Why does this game matter so much to them?" Then have a chuckle and enjoy life.

 

[Chris30]

I had a bad run here, worst than my first ever qualifying lap. You'll see my gearing was off quite a bit in some areas of the track. The blind corner always throws me off in a bad position to where I'll lose time. I do not like the esses at T2-T5, I always get nervous and lose my rhythm on the track and go into the grass or I cut the curb and get a penalty. The Roadster is fun, enjoyable and neat to drive around though so I can't complain about that.

The part near the infield bridge where the Firefox Factory logo is can be a pain too, the chicane there, most of you probably know what I'm talking about, similar to the first Monza chicane.

 

[STORSKARV]

Is the tires cold in the start of the A race on Road Atlanta? Feels like it

 

[NevilleNobody]

Chris I read that as 1.45 and thought jeeeeez this guy saying a 45 is slow!

 

[benjoi84]

I've just come off the back of a fantastic race at RA, starting in 3rd behind two drivers with quali times I can only dream of.

We managed to drop 4th quite quickly, and due to some considerate and quick driving, we were popping along nose-to-tail (as is customary), with 2nd place Croatian bouncing between the two of us in the Miata sandwich. Come lap number 2, and my decision to bump draft the guy along the back straight turned out to be a genius play.

Lap 3, and an irresistible opportunity comes up when I get a better exit out of Turn 5 (? - that key left hander after the esses, anyway). We are three wide coming into Turn 6 and I have the inside. Glancing behind I see the Greek pole sitter has copped himself a 1 sec penalty, so it's now two horse race! I managed to keep the lead, with the chasing Croat not able to consistently hit his marks, and getting himself a penalty in the process.

An absolute vindication of waiting for the race to come to you, and focusing on consistency rather than beating the guy in front. That makes it 4 wins out of 5 here since I decided to set a quali lap (my SR is fixed now )

Is the tires cold in the start of the A race on Road Atlanta? Feels like it

Cold tyres and fuel load, along with the unfamiliarity of starting closer to the first corner has caught me out a few times!