Can you pit, and change drivers, during non-endurace races ?
Also, if you've raced with two drivers, do they both get the XP for the race, or half the XP each ?
It occured to me that last night Bob1 was walking a 10 lap race at the high speedring, lapping the other drivers in my Minolta. I'd easily have enough time to pit and change drivers twice, so three drivers could get XP. So the question is, does the race XP get shared out, or do they all get as much as one driver would ?
I've not got to that stage myself, but others mentioned earlier in the thread that the full XP is given to all of the drivers, so it is a good way to very quickly level up newer B-Spec drivers...
I had to laugh at myself last night. My 3rd driver (a level 4)was running the Roadster race. His best finish in that event to date was 10th. This time, he was running exceptionally better than previous attempts and was holding onto 8th position. He managed to fight off a faster car through the turns and was barely beating the contender to the breaking zones at the ends of the straights. With two laps to go I told him to pace up.
I had been keeping him calmed with pace down commands to this point. His stress meter jumped into the red almost immediately. So, I paced down but he still stayed at about the 70% mark on the meter but managed to pick up 3 positions! I was getting excited.👍 On lap 9 he was maintaining a fairly high stress level with a decent racing line. That is, the back end of the car was slipping out a little more but he was holding good speed and gaining on 4th place. :idea:I made a commande decision and told him to pace up, hoping to add to his success.
That was a poor decision:tdown:. On the 2nd to last turn before the longest straight, he lost control and put the car into a complete 180 degree spin. The competition sped by and he limped to the finish in 10th position once again. After the race I observed his composure to be a down orange arrow where before the race it was a horizontal green arrow. I guess my poor decision making and his lack of skill combined to be too much for his post-race composure as he wouldn't talk to the press and went straight to the hauler.
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Wow, so I'm pretty pissed. Just did my first race in the Super GT. Using the Toyota 7 and I was stomping the competition. The only thing that upsets me is that the pit stop menu isn't clear on the whole strength thing..I chose 90% strength when I pitted and it did nothing. Now there's 3 laps left and I'm in 4th place with a driver stuck at zero strength. what's the point of the level of strength in the pit stop menu?
Do I need to grind earlier events to get my Bob up to the point where he doesn't crash all the time? He's currently at level 9 and spins on every corner when his bar is even vaguely in the red.
I'm finding it annoying that he can't even come close to winning events that I walked away with - it's not like I'm that good a driver either, I'm average, at best!
Scouser, the best advice is to put him on the best tyres allowed for the event.
Also, it seems that he need experience of that type of car, eg FF/FR etc.
If he's spent all his career in a FF, and you put him in a FR he will spin loads.
Just bear with it, he does get better.
One thing Yamauchi would say with conviction is that Gran Turismo 5 will have online races for B Spec mode. He wouldn't give an exact time frame, but said that this is something he's personally wanted to do.
Welcome to the team Richard B.
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In addition to giving B-spec drivers short-term tactical commands, it would be nice to be able to assign them a long-term strategy for the race, instead of having to babysit them for every sector of a lap. Or even something like assigning a default behaviour given a specific race condition. If you tell him to speed up on the straights and slow down on technical sections for 4-5 consecutive laps, you think he'd kind of get clue and figure out what you're trying to tell him.
I just reached level 20 B-spec and started a 5th driver. I entered him into the PD Cup in my Gallardo and even though he trashed my Lambo he managed to win the event and jumped 6 levels in experience point. 2 more races and he should be a pro!
I wish all B-spec driver were this easy to train.![]()
I wish there was a way that I could keep him going all day while I'm at work. Grinding the lower levels is a pain.