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Word of warning, make sure you pit. 1 minute penalty of you don’t.
I was running P4 all race. P1 had checked out, and made his stop.
P2 & P3 I didnt have enough pace to overtake. Anyway P2 & P3 didn’t pit (along with more than half the grid) I finished P2. I’ll that cheeky P2 thank you 😀😀
35 points to start off with.
 
A/S

My first race in the A league, me and a Spanish guy qualified 1 second ahead of everyone else. I was running 2nd the whole race but the leader didn’t pit until the end of the last lap and got a 1 min penalty… so got my first win.

160 points
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Word of warning, make sure you pit. 1 minute penalty of you don’t.
I was running P4 all race. P1 had checked out, and made his stop.
P2 & P3 I didnt have enough pace to overtake. Anyway P2 & P3 didn’t pit (along with more than half the grid) I finished P2. I’ll that cheeky P2 thank you 😀😀
35 points to start off with.
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Happened in Sport all the time as the rule is in the same place, a menu away, and most probably aren't even aware there's new stuff there :lol:

It was a heated debate at times, should it be front and center, is it 'hidden away' to try to catch people out etc. I do think a pop-up in race would be fair, similar to the fuel warning. You have 1 lap left to make a mandatory stop - for example flashing up on the screen.
 
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There was a pop up on the screen before the start of the race saying 1 stop is needed
 
AK84LFC
There was a pop up on the screen before the start of the race saying 1 stop is needed
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Oh, interesting. If so, that's new, and someone was listening to all those arguments haha. I'm just about to start the 7pm slot so will keep an eye out.
 
I just had one of the loneliest races I've ever known where I didn't make a major mistake and drop all the way off the back. The effect the tuning has here is ridiculous. Side note - when did Subaru suddenly get so popular? :boggled: I'm guessing they must be very strong under the BoP settings right now to produce a grid that's almost 50% Subaru.

I started P10 with a 1:30.537. Pole was a 1:27.018. I was able to hang with P7-P9 through lap 1, but once they settled in they started dropping me pretty quickly. At the same time, P11 (Ferrari) and P12 (McLaren) both took their mandatory pit stop at the end of lap 1. Already by the end of lap 1, I was 7 seconds clear of the Mercedes who didn't pit. The Mercedes seemed to be really struggling and held up the two of them, slowing them right down whilst they looked for opportunities to pass. Not only that, the Ferrari picked up a 3 second penalty for a sloppy pit entry.

I moved up to P9 after one of the three I'd been following throughout lap 1 dropped it and went wide at the end of lap 3, but that didn't last long. I opted to pit at the end of lap 5 after it caught me (didn't want the hassle) and then emerged into a bubble with the next car in front 8 seconds away and the car behind 7 seconds away. Both gaps just increased as the race went on, all the way up to about 15 seconds in both directions.

P10 wasn't my final position though, as 2 people didn't make the mandatory pitstop. I went into this hoping some people would make that mistake on the first slot, but then was literally going "Noooooooooooooooo!" when I saw this in the interval between qualifying and the race:

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I'll consider it a very nice surprise that even the big blue warning isn't enough for some and happily take the P8 for 174 points. :P

 
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I'm guessing they must be very strong under the BoP settings right now to produce a grid that's almost 50% Subaru.
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That and everyone wants to try the new BRZ GR3 car.

Best sports mode race so far.
In practice I was doing consistent low 32's. But my optimal was mid 31's. Come qualy and my first lap was ruined by a Scooby which went off at Clarks. It decided to fall back out of Surtees to give myself space. Next lap and my 32.1 is good for P4. Another couple of so so laps and then out of nowhere a 31.7. When all settles I am in p5.
I go conservative on the cold rubber but it seems others can push it around me. I fall back from ahead and loose a position.
I get into a battle with a Spaniard in a McLaren. The G70 seems to lack some grunt (maybe as I had to let a load of horses go and bolt on some KG's to get to 630pp!) so it had me in a straight line. We're side by side into Paddock Hill and all is clean.
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Of course this means they have the inside to Druids and I do loose the place.
A lap later and they run wide through Sheene. In Sport this was a death sentence, now no issue. I get around the outside through Sterlings to be knocked off from the side. I recover easily and they get 4 seconds. Looking at the replay they must be on pad. There was plenty of room but they we slightly on the kerb. They must have anticipated or reacted to a wobble and overcorrected into me. Not dirty just unfortunate circumstance. I catch back up and am on their tail and pass them into Westfields, then they and multiple people come in around lap 10. I stay out until lap 14 as I ran wide out of Hawthorns and lost lots of time as I saved a slide. This puts me behind the 3 car train I was hoping my lonely laps would keep me ahead of. Luckily 2 of them are fighting. I get past one out of Stirlings and then the other runs wide at Paddock on the last lap. I grab both of them. The others are too far ahead. I cross the line P6 but an Italian forgets to pit and I inherit my starting position of 5th.
 
Well that was weird.

Brands Hatch has traditionally been a track I don't like, often skipped until I took the time a while back to sit down and learn it properly. Not going to win any awards on it, but I can be comfortable in the mid-pack now and that'll do for me. I've grown to like the track a lot more as well since doing that and enjoy putting laps in.

Saying that, no time to practice this week and no time to fiddle with any tuning, I put the power down on the Gt-R until it was under 630PP and away we go. Qualifying in 10th place, fine, my plan here was clean laps, hit my lines, and enjoy the drive - Nothing more, nothing less.

Found myself in 7th soon after race start as a couple of cars lost themselves in the dirt as often happens here and got into a scrappy pack of cars who were all seemingly intent on forcing each other off. A good time to pit I thought, about lap 3, dived in to avoid the nonsense and came back out in 11th. Ran there for quite a while and was leading a decent paced Jag who would catch me when I made a mistake, but fall behind a little when I put it together.

Happy to overtake the pitters and take a place from a penalty or two until we came across one of the cars from earlier who had gone off, and things just went wrong from there. Bright pink and offensive green car, of course, going into druids he pushed into my rear left panel and deliberately span me round. We hadn't had any doings earlier so just totally unprovoked A-hole move, great.

I had fallen quickly into last and just wanted to see the race out. Our lass is wanting to watch Ozark tonight and that sounds better than another go at this to be honest.

8 cars. 8 CARS didn't pit under mandatory and I finished 7th, I will run away with that thank you very much. How dense in the head can people be, man. :lol:

Livery by @subaru__s15
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I decided to choose Ferrari for this test season. Tried looking for a tune but only found Praiano's which, unfortunately, must have been made with the old physics because the car is understeering too much for my liking. Not sure it matters because can't even get below a 1:30 so hard skip for me.

On record, still very much opposed in allowing tuning for these Cup races in general. The idealistic idea that opening tuning will close up competition flies in the face of the reality that it's only another barrier to overcome, mainly having knowledge on how to exploit the tuning or having access to someone that does.
 
Mercia
Happened in Sport all the time as the rule is in the same place, a menu away, and most probably aren't even aware there's new stuff there :lol:

It was a heated debate at times, should it be front and center, is it 'hidden away' to try to catch people out etc. I do think a pop-up in race would be fair, similar to the fuel warning. You have 1 lap left to make a mandatory stop - for example flashing up on the screen.
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Have to say I’ve jumped into races and not looked at the rules to only then ask the chat. Was aware of the pit stop as I actually read the race rules now they made a sub menu on the update.

What I will say is that these racers knew it was a tuning race so they must have read the rules somewhere. It’s the same with the endurance races where you can pick tyres. They all know to pick softs or mediums.

I spent all race waiting for the 3 ahead of me to pit so I could get a rough estimate of the time lost so I’m not re joining back into the midfield. It’s 11 seconds for pit stop.
 
I love the sky box and atmosphere at Brands they've done a great job with it, lovely and sunny and then descending into dark, ominous clouds with a gorgeous and gradual transition between.

Surely rain here is in a future update.
 
I have to agree @Mercia about the possible addition of rain to the Brands Hatch layouts. Even though I knew that it wasn't an option, I was half expecting rain during the race.

Speaking of the race. The fact this was a tuning race made for a massive spread in the lap times between those that did their homework and those that didn't. Not that I'm complaining as it meant I picked up my first Pole and Race Win in Sport Mode for GT7.

Have to give a shout out to @Mistah_MCA for the gear ratios which allowed me to get the Subaru back under the 630PP requirements. It also made the world of difference to the lap speed. I was over a second a lap quicker than anyone else all day long.

 
Raptor013
I have to agree @Mercia about the possible addition of rain to the Brands Hatch layouts. Even though I knew that it wasn't an option, I was half expecting rain during the race.

Speaking of the race. The fact this was a tuning race made for a massive spread in the lap times between those that did their homework and those that didn't. Not that I'm complaining as it meant I picked up my first Pole and Race Win in Sport Mode for GT7.

Have to give a shout out to @Mistah_MCA for the gear ratios which allowed me to get the Subaru back under the 630PP requirements. It also made the world of difference to the lap speed. I was over a second a lap quicker than anyone else all day long.

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Congrats on the win!
I'm also gonna need a link to that livery you used.
 
Hoping the next 2 races are better. Running lambo is rough, WRX's will blow past the Lambo. It's crazy how unbalanced it is.
 
What if you miss entry time and it's the last in your region? Are you totally out or can still enter next round? Apologies if this was answered prior.
 
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Hoping the next 2 races are better. Running lambo is rough, WRX's will blow past the Lambo. It's crazy how unbalanced it is.
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People were exploiting the transmission settings that allow to run 500+ hp. It's doable on all cars but seems to favor some. There's no way I run 7 seconds slower (I'm usually a second off of top ten) with standard tuning, an hour of playing with gear setting got me 5 seconds away.the top 10 were faster than gr.3 cars....
 
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I’m sure this has been brought up a few times. But I’m at a loss for how this point system works. I raced four times tonight, fastest lap for all four races and I started on the pole for three of them. My best point total was a second place finish. I won two of my four races and those point totals were 73 and 66. I’m in GT2. obviously I should’ve taken the second place 78 finish I had. But I knew I could win. The winner of that race had gotten 82 points. It’s frustrating to not know what your potential point total is and at any point it could be anywhere from 130 to 60
 
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Someone did forgot to pit in the 8.00pm race yesterday and I pitted on Lap 8 no tyre or fuel added and straight back out again
 
I watched Andrew Racing struggle with tuning going into the first 3 slots and then give up.

He couldn't pull a sub 1:30 and was 3->4 seconds behind the pace. He did try to copy Terence's settings but couldn't get the ratios to stick properly.

Poor guy. I reckon I'd have been in the same boat. I still don't have GT7 yet but am certain that when I get there, tuning races will be avoided like the plague; I know when I'm out of my depth and it's always been this way for me. I just wanna drive.
 
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Probably the most boring manufacturer/nations race so far. Usually don't mess with tuning so did some basic stuff and qualified P3. Finished P4. First place was 23 seconds ahead of 2nd and lapped a lot of the field.
 
In general what seemed to be the best time set by a Viper, I didn't race but could probably get low 1:27 with the transmission glitch.
 
Given its apparent interest in fairness (remember how quickly it shut the Daytona and Nurburgring GP shortcuts down?), if I were PD I'd:

1) Acknowledge that the Brands Hatch race was a farce.
2) Add a new (BoP) event to replace it after declaring the results null-and-void.
 
I predict this season’s PP round will be the last time we see it in Manu seasons for GT7. I think PD thought they had fixed PP because a very particular problem with rotational G was addressed, but they failed to recognize that their calculation method remains fundamentally flawed.

Looking ahead to Spa tonight, practice is a mix of wet, drying and dry conditions. I’m actually really looking forward to the strategic aspect of this combo. It’s essentially impossible to drive on slicks if the grip meter hits the top third, but there is a very big difference in speed between tyre compounds and a looooong pit stop. Could be a cracker of a race.
 
Looks like the WRX is leading the practice times but I really want to try my BRZ. Looks like a wet race too
 
D_Dragline
I predict this season’s PP round will be the last time we see it in Manu seasons for GT7. I think PD thought they had fixed PP because a very particular problem with rotational G was addressed, but they failed to recognize that their calculation method remains fundamentally flawed.

Looking ahead to Spa tonight, practice is a mix of wet, drying and dry conditions. I’m actually really looking forward to the strategic aspect of this combo. It’s essentially impossible to drive on slicks if the grip meter hits the top third, but there is a very big difference in speed between tyre compounds and a looooong pit stop. Could be a cracker of a race.
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Sounds like it could be a cracking race and I think I’m going to miss the race too. Not sure if they is tyre and fuel wear but if they is and a mix of weather I could spice thing up.
 

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