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[Odiesback]

Getting beaten up by my own bad fuel strategy on the N24. - twice running out of fuel and going from 2th to 8th

Last race didn’t even touch FM1... will try again!

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Brown trouser moment

Almost had 3rd! It only takes an inch.

I just reached 45K DR, still going up but one bad race and it's 8 races back again

 

[suprajef]

Brown trouser moment

Almost had 3rd! It only takes an inch.

I just reached 45K DR, still going up but one bad race and it's 8 races back again

Dorifto King!

 

[Odiesback]

Brown trouser moment

Almost had 3rd! It only takes an inch.

I just reached 45K DR, still going up but one bad race and it's 8 races back again

Tell me about it! 2nd race today on 2nd lap I was in 2nd and got that infamous inch on the GP circuit part and span like a Mexican hat! 720 degree spin and was facing forward again in the track haha

 

[astrarobotica]

As is tradition, the Vette is a thirsty dog. Although shifting at 50% is nearly where you'd normally shift (~75%) so that might be closer to full-out fuel use.

Last night I ran the RSR around Spa to test fuel usage. With short shifting I think you could make it the 8 laps. Unsure of how much time is lost from pitting though.

I did find out that if you skip the bus stop in its entirety by going through the grass you'll get a 7s penalty, so that's nice.

Yeah my prediction was way off. Tyre wear is practically negligible, but in the AMG I was shifting around 25% and just barely making it without stopping, I'll have to see if it's faster just to go all out and refuel.

 

[NoStopN]

60 odd laps at Big Willow and I still can't break sub 1:17.
I've done a 1:17.163, but I've also done lots of laps with errors trying to find the last bits of time.

You're still faster than me.

The pace in race B rooms was phenomenal last night. Hit a1:16.9 qualifying time and was starting anywhere between 9th and 12th. Managed to improve it between races by a few thousandths and creep into the .8s, which nudged me forward a couple of spots but still couldn't catch the podium guys.

I've had the opposite experience this week. I've slowly gotten my best QT down on both accounts & have been racking up poles all week. I literally have started on pole more times than not. I should have more wins, but I keep throwing them away with mental mistakes. And when I don't, I'm usually dive-bombed off the track. And somehow, I enjoy the track & the racing enough to go back for more.

For what it's worth, it took me about a dozen laps to beat my GT86 time using the Trophy (1:16.6 but I haven't ground it out as I've been battling the 'ring), again with rearward bias. I often find the top 10 ghosts are too quick to be of use and studying replays is a better learning tool.

I got my best ever QT in the 86. Wanting to see if I could better it, I tried the TT. Oh no! The FWD mechanics are totally foreign to me. It was a handful & I didn't want to spend the necessary time to learn it. But, I kept at it & the 86 kept getting a little better. After I got my 1:17.3xx, I turned around & tried a Corvette & Mustang. I got both of those snow plows to do a 1:17.8xx, which is the best I did in the Mustang back in August with this track.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

46K DR reached. Time for a break. (and charge the controller) So much bumping in the last race I had neutral SR from all the bumps. Then at the end the car I had been patiently following for the last half lap starts swerving like an idiot on the straight allowed the mclaren bmw behind to catch up and sprint past both of us. He could have just lost one place by drafting me and stay ahead of the McLaren, but no.

I've been driving the AMG today. I get faster second lap times in the Supra and the Vette yet with the AMG I don't have to worry about extra fuel. With that I can push it faster when needed while when I push the Supra I'll be running in FM2 to save up again. The Vette doesn't go faster by shifting later and I only get those faster lap times by running in FM2 lap 1 to have 53% left for lap 2. Not quite a fair comparison.

Lexus maybe later, although now I'm dialed in to the AMG I might just stick with that. I know I can beat my fastest lap with it, just still haven't had a good drafting finish with it. 3rd place finish couple times today, yet one and two are usually out ahead doing their own thing.

 

[NoStopN]

Alright everybody, take a break & enjoy my terrible driving. I did get a couple of other people too. And I saved the best for last.

 

[Redsea666]

I'm stuck in a weekend training in Santa Fe and I'm sitting here just visualizing my lines for Big Willow.

Also, @Sven Jurgens whatta save!

 

[Lateralus5813]

Back after a couple of days on "vacation" and a 2nd place in my first race of the day. Also, 2nd clean race in a row lol, that's a first

 

[Captaingreg]

Howdy Gents, bit the bullet and paid for my PS PLUS subscription about a fortnight ago and have moved away from the TT's and been getting into the online racing side of things. I have been hanging out on the Willow Springs daily race a bit and having a blast. Snuck into pole position for 10 out of 13 races with a 1.16.93 and managed to win 8 races from 13 which I must say I am stoked with. Once I got the S sportsmanship rating the quality of the racing improved in leaps and bounds so much fun!

 

[sturk0167]

Alright everybody, take a break & enjoy my terrible driving. I did get a couple of other people too. And I saved the best for last.

@5:16


I love your perseverance. 👍
Some people have a couple races like that, and then refuse to go back.

 

[NoStopN]

Report card from Big Willow has been pretty mixed. Seems like the 86 is great on its own, but gets pushed around by other cars.

 

[NoStopN]

@5:16

I love your perseverance. 👍
Some people have a couple races like that, and then refuse to go back.

That was all I could think about when I dropped the tires off track. That was the race I spoke of on Discord. But, I had to go back. I needed to exorcise that demon. Mission accomplished.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Bah taking a break is bad! I've been going off road on my own or stupidly following the car ahead off the road. So far I've been able to save it well enough not to lose DR. No CRB anymore, stay on the road! Got to get back in the zone. More coffee, ignore it getting dark already outside (that's going to be really bad after the time change). Concentrate!

That's odd. T1 had turned into an obstacle course as at the start the car in front of me got punted and the punter bounced off into the tires. I saved the replay to make a nice gif driving through the chicane inside the chicane and the tires are intact in the replay...

 

[Captaingreg]

Going much better on this one than the last one at Suzuka so far haha...current DR- B SR- S.

 

[Lateralus5813]

I don't why I got my hopes up after two races today...I was sent to the moon in two races after that and people got no penalties. I believe PD has changed something within the system. They must have toned it down a lot.

 

[Odiesback]

Today was fun and productive! 7 N24 races and net gain of 3k in DR!

Will miss the ‘ring. Still do it tomorrow before tacking Spa!

 

[JoeyLeonine]

Took the Hurryifyoucan for a spin in the dust. Dropped the QT to 17.710 and went for a race.

Decided Willow Springs was clearly getting too easy, so entered the Manufacturers instead...

It was one hell of a race that. Hell being the operative word. Actually qualified in P5, stayed out of trouble and was P2 coming into Parabolica... That's when the 'fun' started... Safe to say it was not a clean race and once I had been 'navigated' back down the order by the last of late brakers, it was very hard to escape the melee that continued for 16 more laps... I won't regale it all, this is the Daily Race thread afterall! But I recovered from P19 to finish a career high P12.

What an evening's racing it was.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I don't why I got my hopes up after two races today...I was sent to the moon in two races after that and people got no penalties. I believe PD has changed something within the system. They must have toned it down a lot.

DR might come into play. I see people getting punted into the sand and the offender doesn't get anything or 1 second. I'm at high DR.A and someone bounces off me, scrapes the wall not even losing time, taking the position and I get 5 sec penalty.

Track cut penalties have almost been eliminated at N24. You can completely miss the twists near the end before the straight at full speed and nothing. Since contact penalties are only triggered when a car goes outside track limits, and the track limits have been relaxed....

 

[Pigems]

Gr1 at Kyoto+Miyabi for Nations tonight @Sven Jurgens , you may like that.

Manu went well, Nations up next.

 

[sturk0167]

American torque!

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Gr1 at Kyoto+Miyabi for Nations tonight @Sven Jurgens , you may like that.

Manu went well, Nations up next.
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Goodluck! I'm having too much fun on the ring

Too cheeky?

Thanks to the relaxed track limits, no penalty for getting bumped

 

[sturk0167]

Nicely done, Pigems. 👍

 

[Hasnain282]

 

[Pigems]

Nations went pretty well too! I got put into a faster room this time, around half A/S, half B/S, Qualyfied 3rd and managed to pick up a spot during the race. It was a really fun race.

 

[Groundfish]

GD RIGHT!!!! ‘MURICA!,,

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I'm pretty sure now that the time for penalties is largely based on DR. Now my DR is closer to A+ it's always 4 or 5 sec when something happens. It has nothing to do with the severity of the bump. For example, did I even touch him here?

5 sec penalty, back to 14th at the penalty zone, -700 DR (9th) from that getting stuck behind a BMW that bumped me off every time I came alongside to make a pass. Once he simply ghosted through me, I guess the game had enough of his lousy driving lol.

My SR dropped to 89 after that race so I got in the slow SR.S room. I won with a 17 sec lead from 10th place, got 120 DR bucks back lol. Fastest lap, CRB, back to 99.


Longest marathon ever for me today. 32 races completed on the ring, 64 laps, 1,632 km in 9 hours and 20 minutes driving time. Endurance racing!

What does a Saturday on the ring look like:

08:00 S14 F07 8:30.447 SR 97 DR 44070 No Stop, AMG, barged passed T1, bumped off at the end 5 sec penalty
08:30 S13 F06 8:38.044 SR 99 DR 44257 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, crashed lap 2
09:00 S15 F04 8:31.243 SR 99 DR 44593 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, forgot turn lap 2
09:30 S12 F03 8:24.574 SR 99 DR 44798 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB
10:00 S12 F05 8:29.873 SR 94 DR 44660 No Stop, AMG, FL, punted twice first lap 4 sec penalty
10:30 S15 F04 8:28.995 SR 95 DR 44909 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumoed, Great close race lap 2
11:00 S14 F05 8:29.621 SR 99 DR 44981 No Stop, AMG, rammed T1 lap 1, good chase lap 2
11:30 S16 F11 8:39.929 SR 99 DR 44266 No Stop, AMG, bumped off lap 1 to last, stuck behind car lap 2
12:00 S13 F03 8:25.653 SR 99 DR 44766 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped
12:30 S16 F04 8:28.001 SR 98 DR 44905 No Stop, AMG, FL, 3 sec penalty hit early braker, bumped off before straight
13:00 S14 F05 8:29.865 SR 99 DR 45037 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumpzilians
13:30 S16 F04 8:26.820 SR 99 DR 45242 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB, Good race
14:00 S14 F03 8:26.460 SR 99 DR 45931 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Good race
14:30 S16 F05 8:26.752 SR 99 DR 46336 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, swerver lap 2
16:00 S14 F06 8:29.028 SR 99 DR 46464 No Stop, AMG, crashed avoiding pile up
16:30 S13 F05 8:28.176 SR 99 DR 46596 No Stop, AMG, followed 2nd off the road
17:00 S16 F06 8:25.273 SR 99 DR 46751 No Stop, AMG, bumped T1, obstacle course T1
17:30 S15 F10 8:28.469 SR 94 DR 46152 No Stop, AMG, punted by Brazilian then mauled by traffic 5 sec penalty
18:00 S13 F05 8:30.567 SR 99 DR 46260 No Stop, AMG, CRB, messy lap 1
18:30 S12 F07 8:25.659 SR 99 DR 46350 No Stop, AMG, CRB, punted T1
19:00 S17 F05 8:27.690 SR 99 DR 46791 No Stop, AMG, CRB, swerver on the straight
19:30 S14 F10 8:36.416 SR 99 DR 46219 No Stop, AMG, bumped off 5 sec penalty
20:00 S15 F06 8:31.088 SR 99 DR 46237 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, stuck behind messy McLaren BMW
20:30 S14 F03 8:25.597 SR 99 DR 46781 No Stop, AMG, CRB, bumped bumped bumped, good second lap
21:00 S15 F04 8:26.196 SR 99 DR 46827 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Great race
21:30 S14 F04 8:26.718 SR 99 DR 47121 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Great race
22:00 S15 F09 8:36.800 SR 89 DR 46435 No Stop, AMG, touched a spin out 5 sec, bumped early braker in tight traffic 4 sec
22:30 S11 F01 8:27.747 SR 99 DR 46553 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB, in first end lap 1
23:00 S14 F05 8:35.446 SR 99 DR 46335 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, laggy car stalling warping lap 1, track re-entry block lap 2
23:30 S14 F04 8:26.066 SR 99 DR 46724 No Stop, AMG, FL, rammed T1 5 sec, rammed off by laggy Brazilians, DUIs on track
00:00 S14 F07 8:24.979 SR 99 DR 46694 No Stop, AMG, CRB, fast room
00:30 S18 F04 8:27.573 SR 99 DR 47017 No Stop, AMG, CRB, half fast half drunk room

It was bumpy. But the weird thing was that the races were cleanest during dirty hour. Then it got worse again. Great day of racing!

 

[250Cal]

Amazing work Sven.

 

[Leftcurl]

I'm pretty sure now that the time for penalties is largely based on DR. Now my DR is closer to A+ it's always 4 or 5 sec when something happens. It has nothing to do with the severity of the bump. For example, did I even touch him here?

5 sec penalty, back to 14th at the penalty zone, -700 DR (9th) from that getting stuck behind a BMW that bumped me off every time I came alongside to make a pass. Once he simply ghosted through me, I guess the game had enough of his lousy driving lol.

My SR dropped to 89 after that race so I got in the slow SR.S room. I won with a 17 sec lead from 10th place, got 120 DR bucks back lol. Fastest lap, CRB, back to 99.


Longest marathon ever for me today. 32 races completed on the ring, 64 laps, 1,632 km in 9 hours and 20 minutes driving time. Endurance racing!

What does a Saturday on the ring look like:

08:00 S14 F07 8:30.447 SR 97 DR 44070 No Stop, AMG, barged passed T1, bumped off at the end 5 sec penalty
08:30 S13 F06 8:38.044 SR 99 DR 44257 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, crashed lap 2
09:00 S15 F04 8:31.243 SR 99 DR 44593 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, forgot turn lap 2
09:30 S12 F03 8:24.574 SR 99 DR 44798 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB
10:00 S12 F05 8:29.873 SR 94 DR 44660 No Stop, AMG, FL, punted twice first lap 4 sec penalty
10:30 S15 F04 8:28.995 SR 95 DR 44909 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumoed, Great close race lap 2
11:00 S14 F05 8:29.621 SR 99 DR 44981 No Stop, AMG, rammed T1 lap 1, good chase lap 2
11:30 S16 F11 8:39.929 SR 99 DR 44266 No Stop, AMG, bumped off lap 1 to last, stuck behind car lap 2
12:00 S13 F03 8:25.653 SR 99 DR 44766 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped
12:30 S16 F04 8:28.001 SR 98 DR 44905 No Stop, AMG, FL, 3 sec penalty hit early braker, bumped off before straight
13:00 S14 F05 8:29.865 SR 99 DR 45037 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumpzilians
13:30 S16 F04 8:26.820 SR 99 DR 45242 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB, Good race
14:00 S14 F03 8:26.460 SR 99 DR 45931 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Good race
14:30 S16 F05 8:26.752 SR 99 DR 46336 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, swerver lap 2
16:00 S14 F06 8:29.028 SR 99 DR 46464 No Stop, AMG, crashed avoiding pile up
16:30 S13 F05 8:28.176 SR 99 DR 46596 No Stop, AMG, followed 2nd off the road
17:00 S16 F06 8:25.273 SR 99 DR 46751 No Stop, AMG, bumped T1, obstacle course T1
17:30 S15 F10 8:28.469 SR 94 DR 46152 No Stop, AMG, punted by Brazilian then mauled by traffic 5 sec penalty
18:00 S13 F05 8:30.567 SR 99 DR 46260 No Stop, AMG, CRB, messy lap 1
18:30 S12 F07 8:25.659 SR 99 DR 46350 No Stop, AMG, CRB, punted T1
19:00 S17 F05 8:27.690 SR 99 DR 46791 No Stop, AMG, CRB, swerver on the straight
19:30 S14 F10 8:36.416 SR 99 DR 46219 No Stop, AMG, bumped off 5 sec penalty
20:00 S15 F06 8:31.088 SR 99 DR 46237 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, stuck behind messy McLaren BMW
20:30 S14 F03 8:25.597 SR 99 DR 46781 No Stop, AMG, CRB, bumped bumped bumped, good second lap
21:00 S15 F04 8:26.196 SR 99 DR 46827 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Great race
21:30 S14 F04 8:26.718 SR 99 DR 47121 No Stop, AMG, CRB, Great race
22:00 S15 F09 8:36.800 SR 89 DR 46435 No Stop, AMG, touched a spin out 5 sec, bumped early braker in tight traffic 4 sec
22:30 S11 F01 8:27.747 SR 99 DR 46553 No Stop, AMG, FL, CRB, in first end lap 1
23:00 S14 F05 8:35.446 SR 99 DR 46335 No Stop, AMG, bumped bumped bumped, laggy car stalling warping lap 1, track re-entry block lap 2
23:30 S14 F04 8:26.066 SR 99 DR 46724 No Stop, AMG, FL, rammed T1 5 sec, rammed off by laggy Brazilians, DUIs on track
00:00 S14 F07 8:24.979 SR 99 DR 46694 No Stop, AMG, CRB, fast room
00:30 S18 F04 8:27.573 SR 99 DR 47017 No Stop, AMG, CRB, half fast half drunk room

It was bumpy. But the weird thing was that the races were cleanest during dirty hour. Then it got worse again. Great day of racing!

Sven 'The Jurgenator'