GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[NevilleNobody]

We were way too polite. You checked up waiting for me to take the inside, I hesitated, then we both went at same time and chaos ensued. My fault as I peeked inside but I do that on lap one or the folks behind bomb inside but to you it looked like I was initiating a pass.

You 5 race experience was me last night, I fared better today with less idiots but still one guy i just knew would cause chaos and he did by.... yo guessed it.... bombing a guy into 2/3.

I think i am done for the week and I usually spend Friday through Sunday night on the couch watching shows I don't like with the wife.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Race 2: Started P7. Couldn't avoid an accident in front of me at the Chicane of Death on Lap 1, bonked the car in front of me, got tagged from behind, and collected a 2.0 second penalty. Had a solo spin out of the final corner to start Lap 2. Was in last place for a while. SR took a big hit. Finished P14.

That actually sums up this race in anything other than A+ lobbies and even the Rory or Maxpower will be facing the wrong way at some point.

As I said earlier I don't find it a particularly fun track with these cars, it deliberately tricky and unforgiving and I think that's calculated especially as a GTWS is coming up and they want the sorting hat in the right place.

 

[NevilleNobody]

It's a fun track but one with a huge risk factor. T2/3 you gain a lot of time getting on the power early but it is so slippery. Then yeah, CoD can cost you a second if you're not brave but at some point you're gonna butcher it.

 

[Chris30]

@TechnoIsLove Happy birthday mate, hope you enjoy your day doing daily races and having a party with your wife. Take care. How long have you been an A driver? Did you ever fall down to a B cause I didn't pay attention to the old post from 2022-2023.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

We were way too polite. You checked up waiting for me to take the inside, I hesitated, then we both went at same time and chaos ensued. My fault as I peeked inside but I do that on lap one or the folks behind bomb inside but to you it looked like I was initiating a pass.

You 5 race experience was me last night, I fared better today with less idiots but still one guy i just knew would cause chaos and he did by.... yo guessed it.... bombing a guy into 2/3.

I think i am done for the week and I usually spend Friday through Sunday night on the couch watching shows I don't like with the wife.

No worries. It was my first time racing with you, so I wanted to leave some space. 😬

 

[TheNormsk]

Coincidentally, my wife asked what I want for my birthday (40 today lol) and I asked her for the DD Pro brake spring thingy and we just placed the order now 🎅

Happy birthday.

I’m sure the CSL load cell will be fine. For my V2, I think the issue is metal fatigue in the base plate of the load cell. It’s basically losing its strength so it’s gradually bending over time or losing its ability to spring back. This part.

Now my pedals are out of warranty but the good news is if you contact support they’ll sell you a new base plate. I’m waiting for sales to contact me with the quote. Hopefully it’s not silly $$$ and won’t take too long to get.

I’ll skip anything competitive until this is fixed. I’ll bash out more of single player for now (still trying to complete everything in the game).

 

[brockie]

So close to a win on B earlier, managed a decent race with no slip ups, P1&2 took themselves out on lap 2 and P3 managed to get 5secs away from me in P2.

Thought to myself, it’s hammer time 🤣

He caught the wall last lap but I just couldn’t take him last corner, finished 0.5sec behind

Edit. And another win just went begging, slight wall tap last lap! He sailed right by! 🤬

 

[mellofello9]

So close to a win on B earlier, managed a decent race with no slip ups, P1&2 took themselves out on lap 2 and P3 managed to get 5secs away from me in P2.

Thought to myself, it’s hammer time 🤣

He caught the wall last lap but I just couldn’t take him last corner, finished 0.5sec behind

Edit. And another win just went begging, slight wall tap last lap! He sailed right by! 🤬

Frustrating...but tough to complain about podiums, lol!

I decided to go racing this morning. Was worried QT was going to put me mid-pack or lower but ended-up P3 on the grid. Groovy. Problem was, the pre-race auto-drive was the cleanest driving I could muster for the next two races. Ended P9 and P....no clue. Just blocking those out.

Then THIS happened. Pretty much exemplifies the kind of racing we come here for. Patient and clean. P1 binned it L2 at the esses. P2 missed the carnage but took a trip to the lawn in the process. Next three laps were a great battle...finished .074 ahead. 😁

Just some stellar racing from my competitor. Could've pushed the issue and gone side-by-side innumerable times but passed on the battle to try to win the war. Good stuff.👍

 

[brockie]

Frustrating...but tough to complain about podiums, lol!

I decided to go racing this morning. Was worried QT was going to put me mid-pack or lower but ended-up P3 on the grid. Groovy. Problem was, the pre-race auto-drive was the cleanest driving I could muster for the next two races. Ended P9 and P....no clue. Just blocking those out.

Then THIS happened. Pretty much exemplifies the kind of racing we come here for. Patient and clean. P1 binned it L2 at the esses. P2 missed the carnage but took a trip to the lawn in the process. Next three laps were a great battle...finished .074 ahead. 😁

Just some stellar racing from my competitor. Could've pushed the issue and gone side-by-side innumerable times but passed on the battle to try to win the war. Good stuff.👍

Mate, what was that!!!!! Unbelievable.

Great race and chuffed to hell for ya 🤣 I’ve been so close today but not quite managed to bring one home. Good that I’m disappointed with podiums because the bar is so high 😉

I think it goes, congratulations, that was a phenomenal race 😁

The racing for me has been awesome today, clean, friendly, everybody leaving space for each other - this is how it’s meant to be

 

[Dairyworker]

i tried to race yesterday evening but it did not go well. i'm not sure why but i just kept losing it, @afc5150 can be my witness as he was in each of the 3 or 4 races i tried to do. ill put it down to physical tiredness but i was eating the wall in places i havent had issues all week.

this morning though i was able to get some great races in. including this one. first replay is cinematic second is driver cam. enjoy

 

[NevilleNobody]

Just some stellar racing from my competitor. Could've pushed the issue and gone side-by-side innumerable times but passed on the battle to try to win the war. Good stuff.👍

This is basically perfect racing at excellent lap speeds too, mid to high 38's are hard to maintain. YOu're right, the other guy was clean but you also kept it clean by not moving in the braking zones. This is where seaside can shine, especially that last corner where there are two legit lines, clipping the apex or going high result in very similar lap times because you can fire out of that high line so much fast than the traditional tighter line.

Still, I find the gear spamming in this game a bit suss. You're dropping to 1st on corners you could legit take in 3rd then you're quickly shifting up mid corner. I know why you do it, I just find it asinine that the game encourages it.

 

[afc5150]

@Dairyworker I couldn't believe what I was seeing last night in those races! I was ready to just take my podium, but nooooo, you had other ideas and I think I even managed to win one of those from 4th place.

I have 42 races in so far this week and will post my results on Monday sometime, but I over stayed my welcome last night and had a couple disastrous races and even managed to lose a little SR before retiring for the night.

 

[benjoi84]

@TechnoIsLove Happy Birthday for yesterday mate.

I hit the big FOUR-OH in October.

Many happy returns.

 

[ZEE]

well as far as a good Daily race B, this one at Watkins before the GTWS cup race was decent! In my white Lambo Hurcan Gr.4 and managed an 8th place, almost an anti-meta car but not quite it is a bit twitchy on corners. I was doing really good up unitl lap 8 then got slapped with stupid penalties on the chicanes, that made me lose like 4 positons so annyoing but oh well.

 

[Voodoovaj]

As I said earlier I don't find it a particularly fun track with these cars, it deliberately tricky and unforgiving and I think that's calculated especially as a GTWS is coming up and they want the sorting hat in the right place.

This is true. It's the technicalities that make it so good. It's frustrating, but once you get it, it's SO rewarding. It's much more enjoyable than High Speed ring. Also, it generally has 1 line, but there are a few spots where there are two or even three lines. I totally empathize though. At the beginning of the week I was down because this is normally a difficult track, but I focused on the important part!! Don't let the chicane of death take you ...let it take the others.


Anyway, after a short break making F1 liveries, I jumped back into racing today and scored another win

Circling back around to what I said at the start, this was a sweet victory because I inherited nothing. I started third, I watch for the openings and took advantage when I could. Lots of dicing and swapping positions, but I held on...the chicane of death actually saved me because second place pushed too hard, tapped the wall, and backed up the field by about 1 second for a comfortable win