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Tried Race C. Feel about the same. Not dirty but hard. Too NASCAR out there for me this week. 👎

Having fun chasing ghosts though. Broke 1:20 at Autopolis this morning. :)
 
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Tried Race C. Feel about the same. Not dirty but hard. Too NASCAR out there for me this week. 👎

Having fun chasing ghosts though. Broke 1:20 at Autopolis this morning. :)
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My Autopolis time is above for you to chase ;)
 
NevilleNobody
Of all the tracks i am half decent at, sector 1 NGp is by far the most schitzo. My best time in the Lancer i did a sector 1 some 4 tenths faster then any of my other 10 laps and I cannot find that time to save my life.
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That’s a tough sector, needs minimum speed kept up AND perfect line with early throttle on exit. My experience of it is just like yours.
 
NevilleNobody
Of all the tracks i am half decent at, sector 1 NGp is by far the most schitzo. My best time in the Lancer i did a sector 1 some 4 tenths faster then any of my other 10 laps and I cannot find that time to save my life.
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Barra333
Find your braking point for T1, then after that hugging the inside of turn 3 so that you can power through turn 4 onto the straight is key.
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Groundfish
That’s a tough sector, needs minimum speed kept up AND perfect line with early throttle on exit. My experience of it is just like yours.
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Sector 1: T1 and T2 are straight forward. T3 and T4 are tricky.

@Mistah_MCA had a good Nurb lap guide from 2 years ago and he provided a technique for turns 3 and 4 but it is not easy compared to the top 10 lappers. Still experimenting.


@Tidgney provided a good tip advising to aggressively hug the inside curb on T3 as it provided good traction.
The two descriptions are complementary.

The META appears to be the Lancer and the RCZ though the Lancer looks a bit shaky as you can get a jump on it at the start.

I have stuck with the VW Scirocco over the RCZ as I have found it superior under braking and can use that advantage in the Dunlop hairpin and the Coca Cola turn.
 
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jimihemmy
Well done and many thanks!
That is very useful and may even get me to practice more and see if I can raise my times.

Quick question...are these times based on region or world wide?
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they are based on the region the player is from
 
The driving at NGP is atrocious, absolutely atrocious. 25pc are clean, 50pc somewhere between sloppy and still way too aggressive and 25pc outright dirty. We have hit peak pointless SR, everyone is SRS! 3 fromn4 races totally butchered by idiots and even those that sorta passed me clean still hit me and pushed me.

Just garbage.

FWIW I managed very solid 2.04.1 in the M4 and cannot match that in the Lancer, Pug, Jag, Stang or the VW. I am really surprised more people are not using it, to me it has proper pace.

Issue with the M4, as always, is in dirty racesnit gets skittish whilst the AWD and FF guys can push and shove with seemingly little consequence.
 
Connect ps4. Install update. Finally enter b race. Get rammed every lap to last after midpack qual.
Entering again but it’s really really bad right now. Lol.
I mean what mostly A room? This is what happens when ramming is allowed.
They ram then in chat exit instantly lol.
Wimps.
I don’t see myself playing until next pen system update.
This is stupid.
 
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Tried Daily Race B last night a few times last night, with mixed results.

First race I was way back in Q13 (what's with me in Q13?!) and had a pretty good race, watching people scrap around the track and taking positions when penalties and ramming occurred. Finished 6th.

I had another race in the WRX, finishing back in 12th after starting 13th with some pushing and shoving by an RCZ and a Mustang, and decided to try out the Scirocco for a change of scenery. Q9, and I'm the only Scirocco there. Not used to driving it at all, but found the swing of things after a couple of laps, and managed to finish in 7th, so not a complete waste of time.

So one last race and I was Q7, so slightly better track position, but then I completely stuffed it going into the chicane in 6th place, rear ending the car in front and getting a 2s penalty! Then, to make matters worse I ran wide on the final turn and found myself back in 13th at the end of the first lap!! I recovered slightly through the remainder of the race to finish 8th, but threw away my best opportunity yet.

Note to self: don't race when blatantly tired.

At the end of all that, I'm still SR 99 but my DR only went up but around 100 overall. So not a very productive night.

I also tried some qually laps at Suzuka, but just can't get the time I'm looking for. I can't break the 2:01 barrier. I've tried the RS.01, F-Type, and the 650S which I set my best times in, but just can't quite get there. Might give this one a miss if I can't keep my laps consistent and get one below 2:01.
 
I ran a few race A last night. While there was some carnage in most races lap 1 turn 1 things tended to settle out. Only 1 or 2 trolls as controlling that car tends to weed out quite a few people by the end of lap 1.
Accidentally punted a guy last lap, but while I wasnt happy with it I was aware he had been swerve blocking me the last 2 races and had been over-slowing into turn 1 and exiting the hairpin when I was behind him to pull a sketchy block. The punt was the result of both types combining. Even so it was a slight tap, buy at Autopolis turn 1 it doesn't take much.

Live amd learn I guess. I apologized but he wasnt having it. Will see how it goes heading into the weekend
 
Jim_bilzerian
If anybody is wondering if their time is good enough to enter a daily race you can try https://gtblade.com it checks your time against other people with the same DR as you and lets you know what the average time is for that DR and if your time is better than it or not. It also shows you how many people are faster/slower than you by DR rating too. (Full disclosure, I made it so if this is classed as spam then feel free to delete it but think it might help people)
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This is a brilliant site. I think there may be a small glitch in the calculation for B ranked drivers. For all other ranks, when I add up percentage of slower drivers and percentage of faster drivers I get 100% which makes sense. For B drivers I'm getting 17.9% + 84.4% = 102.3%. I'm sure it will be quick fix. Keep up the good work, it's a great site.
 
BlimeyCable
This is a brilliant site. I think there may be a small glitch in the calculation for B ranked drivers. For all other ranks, when I add up percentage of slower drivers and percentage of faster drivers I get 100% which makes sense. For B drivers I'm getting 17.9% + 84.4% = 102.3%. I'm sure it will be quick fix. Keep up the good work, it's a great site.
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Thanks! I think I had to round the numbers so if its like 17.89999% it would get rounded to 2 places to make it look nicer and then if the other side gets rounded too then it won't add up to 100% exactly but it should be enough to give you a good indication if your time is good enough to gain DR

I will double check the calculations though :P
 
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Jim_bilzerian
Thanks! I think I had to round the numbers so if its like 17.89999% it would get rounded to 2 places to make it look nicer and then if the other side gets rounded too then it won't add up to 100% exactly but it should be enough to give you a good indication if your time is good enough to gain DR

I will double check the calculations though :p
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👍 :cheers:
 
Jim_bilzerian
Thanks! I think I had to round the numbers so if its like 17.89999% it would get rounded to 2 places to make it look nicer and then if the other side gets rounded too then it won't add up to 100% exactly but it should be enough to give you a good indication if your time is good enough to gain DR

I will double check the calculations though :p
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I'm also seeing a bit of an anomaly with the B rank. Doesn't add up to 100% at all in my case:

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68% on Race B and 48.7% on Race C. All other ranks add up to 100%... :confused:
 
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So wait. You mean I might not be as fast/slow as I thought?
 
Back in the Mustang all night. Loverly thing it is. Race B: Two 3rd, one 4th and one 2nd place.

Using the Mustang, finished 9th from last, in Race C. A good night.
 
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Mike Hansen
Race C : Qualifying on the Genesis, it's always a brilliant car on such tracks, easily to manage a low 1.59 or even better. Unfortunately in the race it can't live up and get's eaten everywhere. it's even worst on the Mediums than on the Hards. i assume it might be connected to the fuel level.

i have still not figured out the best car for Race C, the Beetle is a safe harbor, very easy and fast but not outstanding, the AMG is fast but harder to handle, the M6 Walkenhorst is also a great one but not fast enough. any recommendation for the race ?
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Oh dear, I was just trying out the Genesis in qualification as to see whether it was suitable for the race, and I just thought it would be :lol:
I managed a 1:59.3 in the Nissan GT-R, but I doubt I'll be able to not crash that for 10 laps in a row. But maybe you can get it to work in the race. The Genesis gave me a solid 1:59.6, felt really stable and as if I can do 10 laps in the 2:00.x.

I just have no idea yet as to how fuel and tire wear affect the different cars. I guess I'll find out this week.
 
BlimeyCable
This is a brilliant site. I think there may be a small glitch in the calculation for B ranked drivers. For all other ranks, when I add up percentage of slower drivers and percentage of faster drivers I get 100% which makes sense. For B drivers I'm getting 17.9% + 84.4% = 102.3%. I'm sure it will be quick fix. Keep up the good work, it's a great site.
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Could be that it's counting anyone with that rating in a specific time period, but there are drivers who both earn B rating and who drop from it, making the complete pool of drivers. Not sure that makes sense, but the ratings are fluid so I can imagine that the 'error' is based on some of the variability over a timeframe. I do like the site, though, thanks to the OP!
 
KosmoKazi
Could be that it's counting anyone with that rating in a specific time period, but there are drivers who both earn B rating and who drop from it, making the complete pool of drivers. Not sure that makes sense, but the ratings are fluid so I can imagine that the 'error' is based on some of the variability over a timeframe. I do like the site, though, thanks to the OP!
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Wouldn't that break every total though? I realised my B rating 'faster' and 'slower' add up to 102.6% as well - well beyond a rounding error, which can't possibly be more than 0.2%. There is something not quite right in the back-end math, but doesn't take away from the utility of the site.
 
Barra333
Wouldn't that break every total though? I realised my B rating 'faster' and 'slower' add up to 102.6% as well - well beyond a rounding error, which can't possibly be more than 0.2%. There is something not quite right in the back-end math, but doesn't take away from the utility of the site.
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Add to that my B percentages added up to 68% and 48.7%....
MidnightRun85
I'm also seeing a bit of an anomaly with the B rank. Doesn't add up to 100% at all in my case:

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68% on Race B and 48.7% on Race C. All other ranks add up to 100%... :confused:
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Fully agree it's massively useful, just needs some corrections to remedy the misleading B rank values.
 
Jim_bilzerian
If anybody is wondering if their time is good enough to enter a daily race you can try https://gtblade.com it checks your time against other people with the same DR as you and lets you know what the average time is for that DR and if your time is better than it or not. It also shows you how many people are faster/slower than you by DR rating too. (Full disclosure, I made it so if this is classed as spam then feel free to delete it but think it might help people)
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Awesome site thanks!

Can I suggest to add a sign in front of the average time? Having +/- before the diff in parenthesis makes things even better.
 
KosmoKazi
Could be that it's counting anyone with that rating in a specific time period, but there are drivers who both earn B rating and who drop from it, making the complete pool of drivers. Not sure that makes sense, but the ratings are fluid so I can imagine that the 'error' is based on some of the variability over a timeframe. I do like the site, though, thanks to the OP!
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I think he says it pulls data every half an hour or so. Therefore it would only count B drivers at the time of the data source as B whether they subsequently moved rank between.
 
It's a super cool tool, gives me a way better idea of my pace, really does. My DR is 26K, I am usually hovering around that 30K mark, my pace at NGP is faster than half of the A drivers so confirms it is one of my quicker tracks, always felt like it but this confirms it. I might try Suzuka and see if I beat anyone in DRB, i m atrocious there, seriously I am gonna try for giggles.

Speaking of NGP, not sure how guys are so fast in the stang. Brakes are mushy and I am just not quite feeling it, struggled to do a 2.05, clear second off my M4 time. Can one of the faster guys (2.03 and lower) give the M4 a thrash and see what you produce? I'm curious what it does in good hands vs the stang or Lancer.
 
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NevilleNobody
It's a super cool tool, gives me a way better idea of my pace, really does. My DR is 26K, I am usually hovering around that 30K mark, my pace at NGP is faster than half of the A drivers so confirms it is one of my quicker tracks, always felt like it but this confirms it. I might try Suzuka and see if I beat anyone in DRB, i m atrocious there, seriously I am gonna try for giggles.

Speaking of NGP, not sure how guys are so fast in the stang. Brakes are mushy and I am just not quite feeling it, struggled to do a 2.05, clear second off my M4 time. Can one of the faster guys (2.03 and lower) give the M4 a thrash and see what you produce? I'm curious what it does in good hands vs the stang or Lancer.
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In the races I entered last night the lancer drivers were the dirty ones.
I had an m4 chasing me (I was stang) but it’s straight line couldn’t catch. It handles a bit better than Mustang though. I should think corvette would be a good choice but haven’t tried it.
Third race last night I went off the deep end, finishing fifth after bashing everyone. I’m down to if it’s hard racing let’s roll up the sleeves and come out swinging.
I hate to say it but for me it comes down to IF I enter B race I will be shoving by if it isn’t penalized.
If it isn’t penalized it’s in the rules of the game...
Anyways that’s where I’m at. Sad but true. There’s high odds anyone you try to overtake will send you off, too. In a race with indestructible cars and allowed contact it’s time to have at it, or not play and wait for the pen system pendulum to swing back to where pulling alongside another car is instant sr down a letter...
 
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NevilleNobody
Yeah the AWD cars are brutal as they are glued to the road so can get away with a lot.
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I use my WRX as it's glued to the road so can take avoiding action to escape the side-swipers and dive-bombers.
 
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