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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on February 26th, 2018 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.
Nope.Does your starting position have any influence on your potential DR rewards from a race?
Yep.Let's say I'm the highest rated driver in a race, but I have qualified at the back. Does the game still "expect" me to win/podium?
D bad, S good. Finish high get more point. More point make better.Tell us the abridged version. Bit too much to get my head around.
Tell us the abridged version. Bit too much to get my head around.
This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on February 26th, 2018 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.
If every driver in a full grid is S rated, then the last place finisher will lose more points than a single S driver finishing last against a full grid of D drivers? This doesn't seem quite right. Should it be a "larger and weaker grid (compared to your ranking) will make it fall by more should you get a poor result."?The harder, and larger, the grid of opponents, the greater the rewards for a good finish. But be warned: as your DR can fall too, a larger and harder grid will make it fall by more should you get a poor result.
From what I have learned, the absolute strength of the field (SOF) is not factored instead its the relative SOF.
I'm going to change the wording on that one, as you're right, it gives the wrong impression.If every driver in a full grid is S rated, then the last place finisher will lose more points than a single S driver finishing last against a full grid of D drivers? This doesn't seem quite right. Should it be a "larger and weaker grid (compared to your ranking) will make it fall by more should you get a poor result."?
I've been through DR levels several times in over 250 races testing this out and my points gains are consistent with ~1,200pt more than my finish position. And ~1,200pt less when I've gone down!By the way, I am 99% sure it is 1500 points gained from moving up a DR Level.
Nope. I've had loads of races where my SR has gone down (a 1pt SR drop is enough for a red SR) and my DR has gone up - as recently as last week.Also I have a feeling if you get SR red at the end, DR doesn't change to + at all, it can only go -. But still, I am not sure of this...
Not "need" but you should aim to. It's not a certainty, hence the slightly vaguer nature I wrote into that section!Heeeee so if I start on 13 but my car number is 8 so I need at least finish in 8 or 7 eh?
"Your car number is a good indicator of where you should aim to finish."
Heeeee so if I start on 13 but my car number is 8 so I need at least finish in 8 or 7 eh?
Not "need" but you should aim to. It's not a certainty, hence the slightly vaguer nature I wrote into that section!
Think of door number as a way to 'feel' out how you DR will change based on your finish. If my door number is 10 and i finish 8, then i know that there are 2 people that i beat that i will get 'extra' points from thereby boosting my overall DR gain. If my number is 12 and I finish 15 then the same thing is true and my overall DR loss will be worse than if I my number was 15 and i finish 12 even though both situations will cause a net loss in DR.
By the way, I am 99% sure it is 1500 points gained from moving up a DR Level.
I've been through DR levels several times in over 250 races testing this out and my points gains are consistent with ~1,200pt more than my finish position. And ~1,200pt less when I've gone down!
Thanks for the explanations! I m toying with the idea of deliberately getting my rating down since I m at a point where it is not fun anymore cause I m always between 5th and 8th with no chance in hell to ever with a race against my similarily ranked opponents.
At A/S definently down. Youd give more points in total to the 13 in front of you than you would receive from the 2 behind you.If i i start say 16th and finish 14th. Is my DR down or up?
I m A S btw.