GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[newmedia_dev]

I'll need to get a few clean ones in to get my SR S back..

RedBullRing hammered my Alt account SR last night!

Gonna do a gazillion As cruising at the back through the day I thinks!

 

[brockie]

Looks like a good day to race, got a competitive time in B which should see me through the week and my race A time is decent too.

I managed a race in A earlier then jumped right into B with 4 seconds to spare, didn’t work the other way round though

First race B of the day had a couple of A+ drivers in and then the next saw me against BB whilst I was BS, I guess that’s early morning racing for ya.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

RedBullRing hammered my Alt account SR last night!

Gonna do a gazillion As cruising at the back through the day I thinks!

I was a complete crash magnet yesterday - never raced last week and still getting used to the new physics and wheel settings 😕

Edit/ got SR S back... And improved enough on B to get ahead of one @newmedia_dev but not the other ☹️🤣

I wish something would show where the actual track limits are at RBR - it really kills the momentum. Race B is bad enough, but on A if you mess up the last chicane, that ruins the lap you're on and the next 2 laps🤬

 

[Childe Roland]

I know there are a lot of complaints about how repetitive is Deep Forest in the daylies but we must admit that this is a track wich has it all for good races. Long straight, hairpin, technical sector and lot of places to make clean overtakes.
Gr.3 races here never disappoints and if you add to the recipe two mandatory compounds you have a very good combo.

Just in monday Deep Forest saw an attendance of 20.000 players. We will see how this number evolves by the end of the week.
Some numbers to compare race C in what goes of the year.

Wk 1 > Monza Gr.3 = 75.200 players
Wk 2 > Brands Hatch Gr.4 = 79.300 players
Wk 3 > Le Mans Gr. 2 = 42.600 players
Wk 4 > RBR Gr. 3 = 76.300 players
Wk 5 > Deep Forest Gr. 4 = 52.400 players
Wk 6 > Nurb Gp Gr. 3 = 53.000 players
Wk 7 > Fuji Gr. 2 = 45.800 players

* Stats taken from Digits site

 

[newmedia_dev]

I know there are a lot of complaints about how repetitive is Deep Forest in the daylies but we must admit that this is a track wich has it all for good races. Long straight, hairpin, technical sector and lot of places to make clean overtakes.
Gr.3 races here never disappoints and if you add to the recipe two mandatory compounds you have a very good combo.

Just in monday Deep Forest saw an attendance of 20.000 players. We will see how this number evolves by the end of the week.
Some numbers to compare race C in what goes of the year.

Wk 1 > Monza Gr.3 = 75.200 players
Wk 2 > Brands Hatch Gr.4 = 79.300 players
Wk 3 > Le Mans Gr. 2 = 42.600 players
Wk 4 > RBR Gr. 3 = 76.300 players
Wk 5 > Deep Forest Gr. 4 = 52.400 players
Wk 6 > Nurb Gp Gr. 3 = 53.000 players
Wk 7 > Fuji Gr. 2 = 45.800 players

* Stats taken from Digits site

It's seems like ages since we had Trial Mountain

 

[TheNormsk]

It's seems like ages since we had Trial Mountain

Trial Mountain Reverse!

That would be the one to get me out of my Gr4 and Gr3 apathy currently.

I just wish we had more ranked road car races. Why does the Escort cossie have to be relegated to race A?

We really need a true daily race, that rotates each day that is a one make ranked road car race. Then it’ll come down to the skill of the driver for the particular combo rather than the BoP.
Don’t like a combo? There’s always the next day.

 

[Childe Roland]

It's seems like ages since we had Trial Mountain

As a Daily C junkie, I can remember just one combo in TM.
The one with those awesome tuned road cars (I can hear the LFAs screaming in the tunnel while I type this)

We had some sprint Gr3. B races last year and I stopped the count.
Such an under-used track this is.

 

[newmedia_dev]

As a Daily C junkie, I can remember just one combo in TM.
The one with those awesome tuned road cars (I can hear the LFAs screaming in the tunnel while I type this)

We had some sprint Gr3. B races last year and I stopped the count.
Such an under-used track this is.

The tuned cars was my favourite of all time at TM.

It's been used with Gr3 in daily B a few times but I can't remember many Cs using it but it must have as I remember going through the pits.

Edit that might have been a GTWS race I remember doing? 🤔

 

[NevilleNobody]

Gah, I never bought the Escort thinking I had one, but I have the RS500 dammit. So that sucks the fun out of Race A, not sure if I go there or try for the one-make in Race B?

 

[TheNormsk]

Gah, I never bought the Escort thinking I had one, but I have the RS500 dammit. So that sucks the fun out of Race A, not sure if I go there or try for the one-make in Race B?

Ha ha. I had the cossie, found a nice livery that required a wide body. Did that for the livery only to find I couldn’t enter the wide body.

So I’m thrashing a rental anyway. Truth be told, rentals are faster anyway right?🤣

 

[NevilleNobody]

I am tempted by Race b as on a pad RBR was my best track so curious to see if I can get up where I was with a wheel, a litmus test if you will. But it's a one make right now, sucking some fun from it.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Ha ha. I had the cossie, found a nice livery that required a wide body. Did that for the livery only to find I couldn’t enter the wide body.

So I’m thrashing a rental anyway. Truth be told, rentals are faster anyway right?🤣

Honestly I like the nostalgia of a grid of standard looking ones, reminds me of one of those fast Ford magazine meet ups in Essex 🤣

Obviously in "Essex white" is the fastest 🤣

I am tempted by Race b as on a pad RBR was my best track so curious to see if I can get up where I was with a wheel, a litmus test if you will. But it's a one make right now, sucking some fun from it.

I think a lot of other people are thinking the same, the amount of controller users in my races was way more than I'd normally expect in mid tier A/S lobbies in EMEA.

The only thing I would say is that in racing this tight as is Lancer Feast is that with the online connection in lobbies a lot of the controller users look a bit clumsy and also in the tight racing are a little awkward. It's just really really difficult with a controller to have the fidelity you need sometimes.

 

[JustMac]

Honestly I like the nostalgia of a grid of standard looking ones, reminds me of one of those fast Ford magazine meet ups in Essex 🤣

Obviously in "Essex white" is the fastest 🤣

I think a lot of other people are thinking the same, the amount of controller users in my races was way more than I'd normally expect in mid tier A/S lobbies in EMEA.

The only thing I would say is that in racing this tight as is Lancer Feast is that with the online connection in lobbies a lot of the controller users look a bit clumsy and also in the tight racing are a little awkward. It's just really really difficult with a controller to have the fidelity you need sometimes.

How do you know if someone is on controller?

 

[newmedia_dev]

How do you know if someone is on controller?

You can tell by the way they move the car about and some of the braking zones they are using.

In replay you can see the inputs especially directional are not as smooth as a wheel.

Some maybe lag but as controllers outnumber wheels significantly that's what I see and can see

Edit:

Also the headlight flash in to and in corners or when side by side and make contact.

Dead give away.

Edit 2: just to be clear you can be fast on a controller and clumsy on a wheel, just typically the inputs are smoother, just is the nature of more physical movement (turning on an wheel, pedal travel or loadcell pressure)

 

[NevilleNobody]

The only thing I would say is that in racing this tight as is Lancer Feast is that with the online connection in lobbies a lot of the controller users look a bit clumsy and also in the tight racing are a little awkward. It's just really really difficult with a controller to have the fidelity you need sometimes.

It is yeah, the better players have it figured out but it takes a lot of skill. WHat RBR allows you to do is square up corners, there's big stops and hard apexes, the controller loves that. Square up and fire out. Compare that to Suzuka for e.g. ..... or Fuji... I mean Fuji was impossile for me on dPad and quite a good time last last week on the wheel.

 

[newmedia_dev]

It is yeah, the better players have it figured out but it takes a lot of skill. WHat RBR allows you to do is square up corners, there's big stops and hard apexes, the controller loves that. Square up and fire out. Compare that to Suzuka for e.g. ..... or Fuji... I mean Fuji was impossile for me on dPad and quite a good time last last week on the wheel.

If you want to go faster at RBR with the wheel, it's much better at letting you carry smooth speed over a controller in most cases. Doable but just takes a lot more thought with a controller on those fingers.

Turn 7 or 8 is really tricky for turn in on a controller and setting the exit up well, just the direction change needs to be subtle and then sharp.

Add me as a friend bud, or my UK alt or US one

 

[Chris30]

Apologies if it's already been posted...

Wow, was that you mate? If it was, you looked stressed and intimidated. However, excellent guide for new people wanting to learn how to do SIM racing and any VR and other driving techniques for Sport Mode. Hope you and your family are doing good. Take care and happy lapping.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

Wow, was that you mate? If it was, you looked stressed and intimidated. However, excellent guide for new people wanting to learn how to do SIM racing and any VR and other driving techniques for Sport Mode. Hope you and your family are doing good. Take care and happy lapping.

No no no, not me! Would never get me in front of a camera 😲

 

[Chris30]

Lol sorry.........now let's get back on topic with the races this week. I hope everyone is enjoying them and the car choices. Group 3 cars are more quick and stable than Group 4 cars IMO.

 

[Tazzy-91]

Track limits at RBR are a p*** take. I swear I have not managed to string more than 2 laps together without picking up a penalty at turn 1 🙈 I tried 1 race and quit as I just got rammed off by someone who already had a 4 second penalty and I could feel the red mist coming on so I gave up and tried some QT instead before work. I got down to a 1:36.4 but I know I can go way quicker than that. I am running TC 0 and BB 0 but I find the Evo understeers like mad. Tried the Lambo but was a whole second slower !!! Any recommendations on BB that I can try in the morning?

 

[TheNormsk]

Essex white

Oh dear. I grew up on the north Kent coast and that was far too close to Essex for comfort. One reason I moved 4000 miles away from the area! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[newmedia_dev]

Track limits at RBR are a p*** take. I swear I have not managed to string more than 2 laps together without picking up a penalty at turn 1 🙈 I tried 1 race and quit as I just got rammed off by someone who already had a 4 second penalty and I could feel the red mist coming on so I gave up and tried some QT instead before work. I got down to a 1:36.4 but I know I can go way quicker than that. I am running TC 0 and BB 0 but I find the Evo understeers like mad. Tried the Lambo but was a whole second slower !!! Any recommendations on BB that I can try in the morning?

The pens are tighter in race so don't sweat that, just drive the racing line and be conservative on the entries.

I use a BB 2 to the front with the Evo, but do 95% braking in a straight line.

Only really coming off the brakes to do the turn in, but this is a style preference for me.

The race is massively tight because it is a single male race at the sharper more consistent end of things.

It's an extremely competitive combo, and a lot more like daily A in that people see gaps and people get pens or rear ended.

At your pace mate and what you want racing wise 1.36:4 isn't going to be in the good zone, the faster guys are way quicker and the heathens are in or around that zone all looking for sprint race places.

If you can go pen free and consistent then it's a split top 5 every time.

 

[ZEE]

Had fun on Daily Race A today, but my Daily Race C was a mess with my NISMO GTR, as I raced very well only to fudge my pitstop and change to RM tyres, got punted on last lap thinking all was well by an Alfa 4c driver, then reocvered and dropped to 14th due to 2min penalty lol oh joy, ill practice it mroe tomo before the Manus cup round 5!

 

[Tazzy-91]

The pens are tighter in race so don't sweat that, just drive the racing line and be conservative on the entries.

I use a BB 2 to the front with the Evo, but do 95% braking in a straight line.

Only really coming off the brakes to do the turn in, but this is a style preference for me.

The race is massively tight because it is a single male race at the sharper more consistent end of things.

It's an extremely competitive combo, and a lot more like daily A in that people see gaps and people get pens or rear ended.

At your pace mate and what you want racing wise 1.36:4 isn't going to be in the good zone, the faster guys are way quicker and the heathens are in or around that zone all looking for sprint race places.

If you can go pen free and consistent then it's a split top 5 every time.

I will try again tomorrow, I just didn't have much time this evening. I'm annoyed because a couple of times I was on for a comparable time to you only to mess it up with track limits 🤣🙈. I will follow a ghost and see how we go 👍