Qualifying laps online are possible!!!

[Mysterious R]

I've known and used this for a long time in NASCAR rooms, true most people do not realise this is qualifying time and it's also useful when you are in a room of potential crashers to stay away from the pack.

I too would have to agree though in my experience leaving the track and going back into the lobby has erased my time as early on in GT5 very very few had lap times below 41.5 yet when I would do one of these times and go back to tune some more I would end up at the back again.

 

[iamsupernasty]

I'm 100% sure of the following:

If it's set to fastest first, starting order is based on each persons fastest lap times. I'm not sure what happens to those that don't finish a practice lap.

If exit the race for any reason after qualifying, you loose your position and need to qualify again.

For what it's worth, this is exactly like Formula 1 qualifying so it's perfectly normal.

 

[D00msday]

No, I'm 99.999999% certain, that your best lap recorded is not forgotten if you enter the pit, exit to the pit, or exit out to the lobby.
In my experience, even if the person who sets the best lap record, exits to the lounge while I'm still on the track, their best time record stays there & never leaves unless the track is reset (by loading another track & reloading the track back). I'm pretty certain from my experience, that everyone's best time is remembered, even after they've exited to the lounge.

Update: I might also mention that even if the person who set the best lap time leaves the lobby/lounge completely - their best lap time stays.
I know this because sometimes in my lounge, I have someone set a good time on a track, and then they leave, but I continue to use their best lap and sector times as reference.

Ah all right, that's good to know!

👍

 

[iamsupernasty]

While the game does record the overall best lap, it does not mean that you still get the qualifying position earned by that best lap. If you leave the race, you loose your starting position. Period.

 

[watermelon punch]

I'm 100% sure of the following:

If it's set to fastest first, starting order is based on each persons fastest lap times. I'm not sure what happens to those that don't finish a practice lap.

If exit the race for any reason after qualifying, you loose your position and need to qualify again.

For what it's worth, this is exactly like Formula 1 qualifying so it's perfectly normal.

Please explain the testing method you used to come to your conclusion.

How do you know that you lost your best lap time after leaving the track?

How do you know you didn't "lose your position" because the game just OVER-RODE your best lap (like Stigshero's post explains), and lined everyone by position on the track? (And you were behind on the track simply because you had to come out from the pits again.)

You say you're 100% sure. So I'd like some background on what creates this certainty for you. Why you're sure that the position on the track explanation is wrong.

Stigshero gave a clear example of how things worked, for example. That's why I believe him.
(That and I've seen that happen exactly myself.)

 

[BrandonW77]

If you leave the room you lose any time that you've set during practice/qualifying. That much I know for sure. I'm still not 100% positive on anything else, but I do know that what we do for qualifying during the Capp Cup races seems to work out. It's essentially the same method Turbogeit described, the only difference being he has everyone on the track and I have everyone in the pits.

As long as everyone is the same place I think they will be ranked appropriately. Things seem to get screwy when some people are in the pits and others are on timed flying laps on the track. If they're on the track but it's a warm-up lap I don't think it screws anything up, but once they start a timed lap the game may give them a different ranking relative to the drivers in the pits. It's kinda jacked up, for sure. But it can be made to work properly as two of us have shown.

 

[mr_VOLCANO]

I'm going to be lazy and not read the whole thread. People know about this, but this isn't really qualifying.

You have traffic, and since there is no limit on laps, the fastest laps might just come from the guy who drove the longest (least fuel weight).

What we need is a mode where everyone takes the track at once, but every other car is invisible and crashes disabled. The qualify goes on until someone crosses the line, then a time counts down from a minute or so and waits for everyone else to finish the lap.

Dont really understand the problem, you can set on automatic race start so its the same time for all, if anyone joins late then its their problem. And their is traffic in real life quali right? Maybe with more respect but still traffick.

 

[watermelon punch]

If you leave the room you lose any time that you've set during practice/qualifying. That much I know for sure.

How do you know this for sure?
Sorry if I'm nitpicky... but I'm always wondering what the background is when someone comes to a conclusion.

Like did you set a certain lap that you knew was different than someone else's, and when you came back to the room, your place in the grid order was not according to your qualifying before you left?

I would not have figured that you would keep your qualifying time if you left the room completely... It would make sense for it not to.
However, one wonders then why it keeps the best lap time of a person who leaves the room. Not that I see a problem with that, as I find it useful.

It's essentially the same method Turbogeit described, the only difference being he has everyone on the track and I have everyone in the pits.
As long as everyone is the same place I think they will be ranked appropriately. Things seem to get screwy when some people are in the pits and others are on timed flying laps on the track. If they're on the track but it's a warm-up lap I don't think it screws anything up, but once they start a timed lap the game may give them a different ranking relative to the drivers in the pits. It's kinda jacked up, for sure. But it can be made to work properly as two of us have shown.

Ah, so it's okay as long as everyone goes back to the lobby & re-enters the track, but no one gets to the timed lap!
That's good to know!

Though... maybe it would work if some people were still in the pit, as long as everyone on the track was still on their off-lap?

On a rather long track, it would be pretty hard for accidental mistakes or deliberate manipulation.
However, on short tracks this could potentially be a problem if the race isn't started shortly after 1st person enters the track. (Say in a race where you're waiting for 16 people to get onto OwensRacing's baby oval. LOL.)

All in all, I think the stay in the pit & don't hit drive part is the easiest to manage to make everyone satisfied that everything is going proper and sameness is achieved.
And I think that's what people care about the most. I see the most often complaints on the forum about online racing is the feeling people aren't on the same page.