"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Pigems]

Race C sounds good.

I agree! I love Seaside in Gr4, curious now to see if the Lambo is still the King there?

 

[FUNanywhere]

Race C is immense fun.

So many strategies. Supeeb stuff. One of the best combos ever.

Again into DR A and guess what disconnected Went to DR B last time coz i had 4 disconnects

 

[05XR8]

I picture nothing but Buggatis and Huracans at DTS.

 

[watto79]

I agree! I love Seaside I’m Gr4, curious now to see if the Lambo is still the King there?

Plus another one for Race C next week. Looking forward to that one 👍 I'd imagine that the tyre wear might kill the lambo though? Could still be good for qualifying of course.

 

[Trone_Colby]

Dragon Trail Seaside for race c?! I am so there! I’m on vacation for 2 weeks next week as well.

 

[JoeyLeonine]

I agree! I love Seaside I’m Gr4, curious now to see if the Lambo is still the King there?

I picture nothing but Buggatis and Huracans at DTS.

I would expect you are both correct. There are a lot of loooonnnnggg straits where I imagine the poor little Evo will be left for dead... having said that, it was really good on fuel last time out...

 

[05XR8]

I would expect you are both correct. There are a lot of loooonnnnggg straits where I imagine the poor little Evo will be left for dead... having said that, it was really good on fuel last time out...

I'll still use the Atenza though. I can't remember using it at a Seaside enduro. DTG, yes, but Seaside? No.

 

[The_Tullster]

Regrettably, no. I should've gotten really weird with it.

No need to get too inventive, Asia region includes Austraia & New Zealand.... something like "BeerBl0ke" would fit right in...

 

[Veinz]

The AMG with +1 BB feels perfect on Catalunya. This always seems to be the car that I’m most comfortable with in GR3.

 

[djidane57]

again GR3 Maggiore on race B ? don't mind its one of my favorite combos

 

[watto79]

The AMG with +1 BB feels perfect on Catalunya. This always seems to be the car that I’m most comfortable with in GR3.

I need to try this. I'm seriously struggling with Catalunya (currently 1:46.777) but haven't tried the AMG yet. Bit silly of me really seeing how as that's the car I use in FIA Manufacturers but just assumed it wasn't the strongest here!

 

[Veinz]

I need to try this. I'm seriously struggling with Catalunya (currently 1:46.777) but haven't tried the AMG yet. Bit silly of me really seeing how as that's the car I use in FIA Manufacturers but just assumed it wasn't the strongest here!

I have a 46.1 with it atm. It can definitely do mid 45s if I could string my best sectors together. I haven’t used it in a race yet though.

 

[Saipra]

Next week's daily races are out!

Race A : Tsukuba - N200 One Make - 5 laps

Race B : Maggiore GP - Gr3 - 4 laps

Race C : Dragon Trail Seaside - Gr4 - 10 laps - x7 Fuel and x11 Tires - Racing Hards

hmm... and what kind of car will be in n200 you think?
I think that it will be the good old civic

 

[NevilleNobody]

The AMG with +1 BB feels perfect on Catalunya. This always seems to be the car that I’m most comfortable with in GR3.

Me too, it rides the curbs so well and the TC on 2 is perfect. I can't do Catalunya though, I am dog slow and i absolutely despise that last sector.

I've been running race B and as much as i dislike Autopolis, my pace has been ok. Managed a 1.54.1 in qualifying and ran the odd race lap in the mid to high 53's. I am top of my friends list though MikeV has not done a lap yet. Managing quite a few podiums but it's still a dreadful place to race imho.

One race i was proud of, started P3, passed for P2 and was hunting down p1. My flying lap times were;

54.1
54.0
54.1

That is unusually consistent for me!! Fell short by 0.7 second sin the end but enjoyed it.

 

[The_Tullster]

I confess. I drive with TCS 2 and automatic gearbox...
I know, I know, it's holding me back. But spending the time needed to learn to use the ds4 for gear change and to drive on TCS off is something I can not. I am married with children and drive in the gapś between that.
And I am having fun. When I turn it off, it's not fun anymore.

I'm a grandpa raising kids with a wife. I'll grant you the TCS2 (though I do venture to 1 occasionally) but manual is worth a good half second over auto on any track, more on some. If you can drive a RL manual, you'll learn it in the game. Forget the clutch and use the paddles (L2/R2 on DS4).

 

[pivo]

Next week's daily races are out!

Race A : Tsukuba - N200 One Make - 5 laps

Race B : Maggiore GP - Gr3 - 4 laps

Race C : Dragon Trail Seaside - Gr4 - 10 laps - x7 Fuel and x11 Tires - Racing Hards

Mazda again for race A? Any guesses?

Race B is a repeat from 4 weeks ago. I like the track, but would rather see something that has been absent for longer.

Race C seems exciting though!!

 

[NevilleNobody]

Seaside it is! Though I fear the FWD brigade.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I'm a grandpa raising kids with a wife. I'll grant you the TCS2 (though I do venture to 1 occasionally) but manual is worth a good half second over auto on any track, more on some. If you can drive a RL manual, you'll learn it in the game. Forget the clutch and use the paddles (L2/R2 on DS4).

I only drive manual IRL, my automatic days are over, that was muscle cars in my twenties.
When I drive with a wheel it's super easy to manually shift with the paddles, maybe I should try on the ds4 too. Will have to learn to gas and brake with my middle fingers then

Edit: my oldest kids are closer to thirty now, my youngest starts first grade now. Grandkids, well, I thought they would be here by now, but not yet.

Edit2: what gr4 car is easy on tyres? I suspect that my favourite Mégane is hard on them

 

[Dairyworker]

I'm a grandpa raising kids with a wife. I'll grant you the TCS2 (though I do venture to 1 occasionally) but manual is worth a good half second over auto on any track, more on some. If you can drive a RL manual, you'll learn it in the game. Forget the clutch and use the paddles (L2/R2 on DS4).

Even with no life lol when i was on ds4 i used tc 1 or 2, never did in previous gt games though, not sure why.... but switchi g to manual was actually pretty easy, although i used the right stick like the slappy stick in my autotragic real car. Push up to down shift and pull down to up shift. Since getting a pedal and wheel set i can now run no tc on nearly all road and gr4 cars.

Hope to racing for most of the day today. Am off work for the concert tonight. Got my playlist of both artist catalogs going and nothing else to do but consume coffee and marijuana so.....

Oh, and my first race of the day was a bit of a milestone i guess....

Happy fried day mofo's

 

[Ashthebash]

Race c is fun but I feel slow. Watched david perel’s video on it and I have no idea how he does consistent 46s with short shifting in the race. That’s the same as my qualy time!

Stunning isn't it?! Only thing I notice (other than him clearly being far better than me!) is how much he uses all the track and makes the most of the kerbs. I'm always scared of the inside kerbs throwing me off, need more practice!

 

[golfer07840]

Saw what the races are for next week...

 

[Dairyworker]

Saw what the races are for next week...

As an A Race person.... i respectfully disagree. I am so damn sick of tsukuba i can't even properly put it into words.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Well I met the dirtiest player on GTS again today. He started (as SR.S) in 2nd place. I passed him at some point when he had 15 sec flashing above his head. He finished 12th and off to SR.C again for easy victories.

I ended up with a BS penalty from a track re-entry. "Forced another car off road" He wasn't even on the road to begin with....
How can I force a car off the road that's not on the road

A later race had this beauty of a standing start, fun!

I finished 4th in that one as well in the end. Luckily that tap at the start didn't take the CRB away. That race was messed up due to a one bar connection messing up the game. At some point 5th (I was 6th at the time) disappeared again completely for half a lap to suddenly re-appear in front of me as 13th, before changing back to 5th in the next lap.... (If you look closely right at the end of the video, he suddenly appears as 14th there, so I'm actually 6th instead of 5th)

As for progress with the clean race bonus from the back, 20 cars cleared so far. 15 to go. It's going to be tight this week. I'll take it slow next week. A and B don't interest me at all, and GR.4 doesn't interest me that much either. But who knows, there are 'only' 27 cars in GR.4, if things aren't too dirty I might end up racing them all anyway. I wonder if it's going to be another fuel save competition again. Half the cars in GR.3 need so much fuel saving this week they are practically useless.

 

[watto79]

I have a 46.1 with it atm. It can definitely do mid 45s if I could string my best sectors together. I haven’t used it in a race yet though.

So 25 laps of trying with the AMG has resulted in a best of 1:46.360. Good for 849th at the moment but will no doubt finish outside the top 1000. It absolutely rides the curbs better than anything else I've tried but unfortunately even the AMG doesn't stop that last sector from being the most hateful, despised, most miserable series of corners in the game.

On reflection, maybe I need to take a break

 

[golfer07840]

As an A Race person.... i respectfully disagree. I am so damn sick of tsukuba i can't even properly put it into words.

I can appreciate that. Although, I was more referring to Races B and C. And N200 at Tsukuba? Hmm, what could the car be?

 

[NevilleNobody]

As ... uncouth as it is to say this, seriously, our friends from down south ... man. Not every one is bad but dear me, a good portion have ZERO patience, just zero. If they catch you they absolutely MUST PASS RIGHT NOW. No setting you up or making a clean pass, it's pushing the nose in at every turn, bump passing or outright pushing you off.

I guess if you live in a dog eat dog world you attain this mentality but man, i dread it when i see them behind me on the grid.

 

[The_Tullster]

I only drive manual IRL, my automatic days are over, that was muscle cars in my twenties.
When I drive with a wheel it's super easy to manually shift with the paddles, maybe I should try on the ds4 too. Will have to learn to gas and brake with my middle fingers then

Edit: my oldest kids are closer to thirty now, my youngest starts first grade now. Grandkids, well, I thought they would be here by now, but not yet.

I'm using right stick for throttle / brake and left stick to steer... changing gear with R2 up / L2 down using respective forefingers. Have handbrake on R1 for grid starts.

Tonights racing, mixed bag.... two races on B driving the 'stang after abandoning all hope doing some Q practice in a 'vette.
1: Started 4, P6 punted P5 and me both off in T1, down to P14 & 15 respectively. Worked back up to P9 with a CRB.
2: Started P8, lost CRB in a minor tussle after P2 outraced himself and nudged me slightly working his way back up, I finished P6.

DR up about 400 and SR slight increase to 91, not too unhappy.

 

[Dairyworker]

As ... uncouth as it is to say this, seriously, our friends from down south ... man. Not every one is bad but dear me, a good portion have ZERO patience, just zero. If they catch you they absolutely MUST PASS RIGHT NOW. No setting you up or making a clean pass, it's pushing the nose in at every turn, bump passing or outright pushing you off.

I guess if you live in a dog eat dog world you attain this mentality but man, i dread it when i see them behind me on the grid.

I find that the issue is that the dirty ones are super aggressive and dirty, making a one bad apple spoils the bunch sorta thing in your mind. I mean i have honestly come accross probably as many actually dirty drivers from all the countries we race with but certain ones stick out for all the wrong reasons..... and make you paranoid anytime you don't know the guy from that place who is behind you. And i hate that this game has "warped my fragile little mind" (cartman voice) in that way

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I'm using right stick for throttle / brake and left stick to steer... changing gear with R2 up / L2 down using respective forefingers. Have handbrake on R1 for grid starts.

Tonights racing, mixed bag.... two races on B driving the 'stang after abandoning all hope doing some Q practice in a 'vette.
1: Started 4, P6 punted P5 and me both off in T1, down to P14 & 15 respectively. Worked back up to P9 with a CRB.
2: Started P8, lost CRB in a minor tussle after P2 outraced himself and nudged me slightly working his way back up, I finished P6.

DR up about 400 and SR slight increase to 91, not too unhappy.

I prefer having brake and gas on two different triggers, since I trailbrake and sometimes use both at once for rotation. But gear on right stick might work

 

[JoeyLeonine]

X and Square for shifting on the very rare occasion I enter Race A. Otherwise I'm AT to the max baby.

My main reason being historic ineptitude. I tried it early doors for a while, but kept confusing and frustrating myself when I'd forgotten to shift back to 1st gear after I'd binned it at yet another corner and was facing the wrong way in a gravel trap.

Maybe it's time to go back and try it again now that I'm a 'better' driver. But then again, I'd rather just enjoy the limited time I get to spend racing and not have to worry about it.

I'm not going to beat the top guys and top times with MT or AT so it doesn't bother me too much