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Race C this week is with the Mazda Roadster TC and it's a barrel of fun! Everyone in the same car makes for great racing.
I raced a guy who did the slow down on the straight going towards 130R and it's a legit defense move. We swapped places a couple of times on different places but there was no way of slipstreaming past him.
Well done!
Also, going two wide through T1 and the hairpin with an previously unknown driver without incidents is a great thing!!
Thank you! Can't remember your name but will check it on the PS4 and send an FR
 
I was hoping for a Honda S2000 in the daily race C, or at least something similar. Mazda is not bad though, it just feels a bit bland to me.
 
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Just had 2 races in C. First was a better of close clean racing, lots of patience, planning maneuvering for passes by lots of drivers.

2nd race a punt on sight person of mine got near me into dunlop and I didnt see it was them, didnt even know they were in the lobby. They get my rear and spin me. P7 to p20 just that easy. Raced back up, Mr. Mean had an incident so I catch them and am all over their rear for 2 solid laps thinking lap 1 could have been a mistake, I will play nice. (Forgetting over a year of incidents with this satchel of richards) I get a nice run out of spoon, get inside and am ahead at 130r but they dont back out, I leave miles of room and they keep it on track on the outside. Then as we approach the braking zone they simply shove me off track onto the dirt. Lovely.

@05XR8 was in that race as well, I think he was having about the same luck I was.:scared:

3rd race was fun and clean, although clipped the grass in the esses and got a 1 second track cut penalty. That adds up to almost a solid 3 seconds of track time. I was 2.8 ahead of p6 when I served it and was behind heading into 130r.:irked:

Overall a good night racing. Just need to adjust a certain person's bumper in the future, but since I have out qualified them so far it might remain a non issue.
 
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Race C Grid Start so no stupid 20th place glitch. :gtpflag:

I'm there (starting from the back) even though I've never used this car before so it may take a while to get used to it. Anything I should be aware of, I will of course watch some replays anyway to check braking points,etc. ;)


:gtplanet::cheers:
 
astrarobotica
N24h has been a lot of fun this week, but I've had a couple races where I'm right on someone going into the final straight and they try to slow down at the end of the right turn to let me through only so they can get the slipstream and take their place back. It's honestly just poor sportsmanship.

The only opportunity to pass before there is the narrow uphill section at Kesselchen, and it's all too easy for the car ahead to block someone from passing there. I get stuck behind slower cars there almost every race, and I just patiently sit behind them at about +0.3 seconds as they're barely in control of their car for 2-3 minutes, if they manage to stay on the track. On at least three occasions after sitting behind someone who was objectively slower, they let off the gas as soon as they get around to the start of the final straight, hoping that I'll go past them and they can take advantage of the slipstream and take the place back. I just slow down with them until they realize it's not going to work, pass them up the hill, and try to break the slipstream or block them if I have to. It's not clever or a smart strategy, it's just cheap.
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i dont see a problem with that at all, as long as they dont lift on the middle of the track, btw it depends n the situation , can’t be a sitting duck when there’s only two of us and its lap 2.
Just stay out of the racing line and lift as much as you want., and it can get really fun too :) , and yes i did that a lot too

This turned out to be a pretty drag race

the pack almost caught us playing here :D, and yes the guy leading this race is the one that started the whole lifting shenanigans
 
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Agreed, that TC Suzuka combo is nice to drive... I’ve been punted off a few times, but hopefully my SR climbing back up will start to help.

I’m off to try Race B & see how it goes...

Edit: Aaaaaarrggghhh FFS ... a great race from P6 to P3, close to P2 on the last lap & disconnected! Aaarrrggh
 
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KiepeYai
i dont see a problem with that at all, as long as they dont lift on the middle of the track, btw it depends n the situation , can’t be a sitting duck when there’s only two of us and its lap 2.
Just stay out of the racing line and lift as much as you want., and it can get really fun too :) , and yes i did that a lot too
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The problem is it's always someone objectively slower doing it after I patiently sit behind them for 2-3 minutes during which there are literally no overtaking opportunities. It's the fact that less patient drivers could easily ruin their race and push them off the circuit and I never want to do that to someone who isn't being dirty. But I see it happen in that particular section of the track all the time.

So I'm giving breathing room to someone barely in control of the car, and then they try to take advantage of that on the one part of the circuit that doesn't require any skill. It's cheap.
 
TO Maggiore this week. This track sits firmly on top of the "Really enjoy it but just struggle with pace" list. I get eaten alive through the esses every time, losing a solid half a second to 3/4 second against guys I can easily hang with for the rest of the lap. I also get burnt in the last series of corners before the final turn, the double right then left. If I enter slow to get a good exit guys are all over my rear, if I increase entry I am slow out.

I think other than Suzuka this is the most anti-D-Pad track in the game, but it is a cracking track.
 
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astrarobotica
The problem is it's always someone objectively slower doing it
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If someone tried that on me then I assure you they have a very high chance of ending up off track when they try to overtake.
That’s a cowardly cheesy arcade dirty thing that lifting you describe.
Jmo but when people start with junk like that I’ve not problem running them off or punting them into the sand or brake checking them or PIT maneuvering them or trash talking them etc etc etc. they need to be trained, like dogs...ETC ETC ETC


This is why on certain races I never enter even at 99. I simply will not tolerate cheaters.
I won’t bend over and take it just to stay 99 and let them make a mockery of racing itself.
It’s a mental health thing.
I dunno how people can just take getting cheated and not retaliate, honestly. Espescially from slower drivers, that’s the absolute worst!
One of the other things I hate is streamers starting last acting like idiots lap 1 on c races.
I just can’t take it anymore.
I built up my main by being ‘the better person’
‘Pass them fair that will show em’
In actual fact most of these people will quit mid race, exit chat immediately, unless they finish ahead.
There’s only one thing they understand, getting beat, fair or unfair.
I built main by never reacting. No more. I run alt now, if there’s even a hint of evil intent I detect I will nuke it immediately.
 
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Going from Gr1 and then Gr2 to this Mazda Roadster TC on Sports Hard is very strange, steering feels so light. I can only assume loads feel the same because somehow I went from 13th to 3rd just then (US account) and I had no idea what I was doing and spun right near the end. :lol:

I think I'll have to run a lot of qualifying laps to get used to this combo. 💡


:gtplanet::cheers:
 
A Race... RCZ Gr4.... How to launch!!?!?!???

GOTMAXPOWER
Last weeks race C was great, here are my highlights:



Overtakes, big moments and bs penalties, I even put in me binning it on SuperGT's stream :banghead:
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Awesome drifting moments. Amazing how SuperGT ran you off the track like that, I always suspected he was sketchy ;-)

How on earth do you make the chase cam respond tight like that?
 
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Ok I've done a 2:30.684 and I've no idea how although theoretically I could go even quicker, usually I lose big time somewhere on the lap so I don't think I'll get anywhere close to this again. :cool:

How some are in the 2:29's (on here and elsewhere) I'll never know as that takes some car control.:bowdown:👍 It feels like you've got to slide to go quick but too much sliding is very bad. :sick:


:gtplanet::cheers:
 
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Last weeks race A: Tried a new steering method and was surprised it works, found very mixed clean/dirty driving higher SR rooms, and a few more people stopping short of the finish line to let me take the lead.
GOTMAXPOWER
Last weeks race C was great, here are my highlights:



Overtakes, big moments and bs penalties, I even put in me binning it on SuperGT's stream :banghead:
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PD should have an "Alternate Chicane" award. Nicely done.

"Dropped driveshaft score... Me:3 Wife:1"
 
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Mudda Chod
Awesome drifting moments. Amazing how SuperGT ran you off the track like that, I always suspected he was sketchy ;-)

How on earth do you make the chase cam respond tight like that?
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It worked the lap before :lol: Half a meter wider and there is a huge surprise bump. I think my chase cam is just how it was, you see other people's more zoomed in on the car and higher up, I couldn't race like that.

fisheye
PD should have an "Alternate Chicane" award. Nicely done.
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We need at least one race on the Nordschleife Tourist layout, the 'toll booth chicane' is scarily fast and super tight!
 
NevilleNobody
I will never understand BOP for a single make race.
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The worst part is it's a fictional car and they apply this nonsense BoP instead of just releasing the car with the right stats. :confused: I sort of understood when they had a BoP on the S2000 at Laguna Seca to make the race the right length or whatever, but this is not a real car so there's no reason it couldn't just come like this instead of driving completely differently in the daily race.
 
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I guess on c race they intend to make it less arcade and more sim this week.
Personally I like the high tire wear, but more weight.
Its because my conservative style does well in those conditions I guess.
To me, I’m opposite what most players want. Seems like most streamers and players want full out maximum attack over the whole race. They want ultimate breakneck speed maximum risk every lap and they feel their one lap pace is great enough and this way would give them best chance go win.
For me I like shorter races but I also enjoy the strategy involved with tire wear and fuel use. Sometimes a lap 3/4 second off max attack but done repeatedly over the course of a race is far better on tires and fuel, and more realistic imo.
I feel it takes skill to conserve tires, but seems like the majority belief is tire wear just happens at a fixed rate per car regardless, and is viewed as a nuisance...
I just disagree...
 
Groundfish
I guess on c race they intend to make it less arcade and more sim this week.
Personally I like the high tire wear, but more weight.
Its because my conservative style does well in those conditions I guess.
To me, I’m opposite what most players want. Seems like most streamers and players want full out maximum attack over the whole race. They want ultimate breakneck speed maximum risk every lap and they feel their one lap pace is great enough and this way would give them best chance go win.
For me I like shorter races but I also enjoy the strategy involved with tire wear and fuel use. Sometimes a lap 3/4 second off max attack but done repeatedly over the course of a race is far better on tires and fuel, and more realistic imo.
I feel it takes skill to conserve tires, but seems like the majority belief is tire wear just happens at a fixed rate per car regardless, and is viewed as a nuisance...
I just disagree...
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I actually like the settings there this week as well. It is really a reward if you are patient and smooth and keep the car really well balanced. By lap 6 you can definitely see who has tires or not. It also is a set up that allows for more side by side racing. It isnt all out fast dive passes and crazy moves, but planning, set up and execution to get a proper run and overlap to pull a move off.

And as I cant drive maggiore for anything I am probably going to be at Suzuka for the week
 
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