Slipstream defensive tactics?

I never do 549 unless it was an accident when I was tuning, I will check and if it is I will change it back to 550PP. :)


*EDIT* Just checked and you were right I never noticed, back to 550PP now đź‘Ť

Also I just noticed why, you can't make 550PP on 100% weight (with the 350Z with my tyres) so I had to drop the weight one notch to make 550PP (with +6 power). When I left the race and came back later the bug reset my weight back to 100% which is 549PP, thanks for pointing that out.
 
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I stick to my line aswell and on Fuji 8 out if 10 times you can regain your place by slip streaming them as they've past you and some late braking. If that's not possible then on the next pit straight it's your turn to draft them if you've been close enough in the rest of the lap.
 
I stay on my line. Unless the person behind me is a punter i am aware of.
Now that i know the rule though, i think i will switch lines more often.
 
Another tactic i have tried at fuji is when some one is close behind at the last corner i don't go full throttle down the straight, so they pass me very early, then i can slip stream them, and usually over take them at the end of the straight,
 
Last night i saw something that surprised me at Fuji 650pp. This person drove the whole front straight on the grass, so i couldn't draft him/her.

I also notice that some guys veer off course to prevent a pass...weird. Maybe they veer off because they're looking back too often..

I stay on my line. Unless the person behind me is a punter i am aware of.

It is frustrating dealing with punters. I sometimes waste counless seconds trying to pass them without getting swiped, though when i do pass, allowing them to pass me on the straight without defending is extremely painful.:crazy:
 
thanks to being host, and driving "inferior" car (RX-8), I usually start at first position. I usually do my best to run away from the chasers, but if they get my draft, there's not much I can do about it. I usually let them pass, just to return the favor on the next straight. after all, my RX-8 can achieve speeds in excess of 280KPH when drafting.. :sly: the braking will be bit of :eek: moment then.
 
I do this anyway. If I have worked most of the race to get to the front, I am going to defend the lead when I get it. The slipstream in this game is way too strong, and if they want to snake with me they can. I don't actually swerve back and forth, because that slows you down. I just take one hard right then ease back into the racing line down the straight. Seems to work most of the time.

Thats no snaking dude, you allowed to do what you do. Im on about when someone will go back and forth 4 - 5 times down the straight đź‘Ž

What you do is allowed and its fine. Move once to break slipstream, then return to the racing line.
 
I never defend the draft... If you've benefitted from it to get past other drivers, then trying to prevent them from using it to re-pass you is really sad.
 
I never defend the draft... If you've benefitted from it to get past other drivers, then trying to prevent them from using it to re-pass you is really sad.

It's quite strange to see how the guys who snake all the way down the straight to prevent me from slipstreaming themselves will use the slipstream of my car when I am in front the next lap.
 
I never defend the draft... If you've benefitted from it to get past other drivers, then trying to prevent them from using it to re-pass you is really sad.

If I'm having a close race with someone, I will actually pull out of their slipstream down the straight and not use it.đź‘Ť
 
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But seriously: I don't defend the draft, but hold my position instead. If someone makes a draft pass on me, I'll duck in behind as soon as possible. Sometimes this allows a repass on the same straight if it's long enough (like Fuji), sometimes it sets up a repass on the following corner (back straight at Suzuka).
 
The draft in GT5p is too exagerated for swerving to work, and it also slows you down more than in real life. Just drive right next to a wall and when they get close to you jump out and block, be careful though that you have enough room for this and they won't hit or be hit. You will get spun if done wrong so its better to just repass them.
 
I think, "Next corner, they will be ahead of me, what is my best position for an attack on that corner? If indeed an attack is possible."
 
The amount of swerving that happens on the Fuji straight is simply retarded. Mainly people in Tuned Clio's. Especially when im in my barbie car.

Im sure GTP'ers in tuned clios do not do this, im just saying that there are a lot of people who are not GTP'ers who do it, and it annoys the hell out of me, to the point where I want to punt them going into turn 1, but I dont.

OT: If you go the draft on me, im not going to move. If you pass me, so be it.
 
I will use a block move if we are about to cross the line. But apart from that I let them go past, normally on a long striaght like Fuji or Suzuka, they have to brake so hard for the first corner after their large speed boost that you can be back on there tail at the end of the first turn.
 
I just move to the inside early and make the other driver go around the outside.

I tried the following tactic once and almost caused a driver to wreck so I stopped.

 
I know this is not entirely on topic, but forgive my ignorance, as although I have more than enough experience of smacktards in other online games I don't currently have a PS3 and (so, obviously) have never played GT5:P online.

That said, I don't really understand the complaints of 'swerving'. How is moving in front of someone to stop them passing you unfair? That is the entire point of racing. I can only conclude that I must be missing some absolutely hideous driving happening online because the way some of the people in this thread and others talk you'd think that they expect the car infront of them coming onto the Fuji straight to just move out of the way for them. Whether the effects of drafting/slipstreaming have been exaggerated or not is irrelevant for this discussion, as the pull you get from being behind the leader is evenly matched (more or less, depending on the car) the same pull he gets driving behind you.

Maybe it's simply the terminology that's confusing me, but what exactly is the 'swerving' everyone's referring to here? Is it actually as bad as people are making it out to be, or are people just pissed that they can't find a way to get passed? If someone could just give me a quick rundown I'd appreciate it.
 
Some people when you try to slipstream them. swerve from side to side to reduce the pull they are giving you. I dont mined if someone swerves infront of me. it just doesnt look very "pro" if that is the right word without sounding like a dancing on ice judge or anything.
 
I was being Sarcastic lol. that was a hell of a move jr made. That is one guy that has actualy came out of his dads shadow. cant say the same for villeneuve.
 
I was being Sarcastic lol. that was a hell of a move jr made. That is one guy that has actualy came out of his dads shadow. cant say the same for villeneuve.

Thought you were, but then again a lot of people here are from other countries.
 
Defensive tactics? Make sure you pull away as much as possible to be over the line first (for Fuji anyway) all the swerving and so on is just unneccessary, whats the gain? You just look incredibly unprofessional and you might gain some credits... Thats about it.
 
Defensive tactics? Make sure you pull away as much as possible to be over the line first (for Fuji anyway) all the swerving and so on is just unneccessary, whats the gain? You just look incredibly unprofessional and you might gain some credits... Thats about it.

It is not unprofesional. Many do it in Nascar and it is a proven technique. The problem is in GT the draft and the slowing motion by the car moving side to side are exagerated, so the swerver is actually going to be slower. Best thing to do is find a middle of his swerves and stay there. Drafting will be improved and him slowing down will also help you pass.
 
This isn't Nascar where the draft is key to winning, this is track racing and it just does silly with a constant weave all the way down which often ends up turning into a constant blocking as the chasing driver gets closer because the swervers so busy... swerving that he doesn't realise how close the other car is.
 
Several times I've been drafting someone, then they suddenly brake test you and you end up getting penalised for ramming.
Daytona oval is particularly bad for this from my experience.
 
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