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[Invisigoth]

Why make this a one-make? PD plz
Oh well, at least no meganes this time.

The Veyron is realy a re-badged Megane.......

Haha, Veyron? Thank you Lord I deleted the ones I was gifted.

This is why I keep one of everything that comes along. I only delete duplicates. Not too sure about that either. One day DP may decide to factor wear and tear into the performance of a vehicle. Why else would they keep count of the mileage a car has done? One day you'll suddenly find you have to spend mileage points on maintenance .

 

[Alpha Cipher]

One day you'll suddenly find you have to spend mileage points on maintenance .

I'd honestly rather have this than having my mileage points stuck at 99,999
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Doing Race B today; I think I'm out of my slump! My last qualifying time here at Lago is a 1:55.3xx, which is way off the pace from my PB of 1:54.920. Today I was able to smash my PB with a 1:54.795!

 

[Invisigoth]

Doing Race B today; I think I'm out of my slump! My last qualifying time here at Lago is a 1:55.3xx, which is way off the pace from my PB of 1:54.920. Today I was able to smash my PB with a 1:54.795!

That's the difference between you aliens and us mere mortals. I count my improvement by seconds, not fractions of a second .

 

[05XR8]

The Veyron is realy a re-badged Megane.......



This is why I keep one of everything that comes along. I only delete duplicates. Not too sure about that either. One day DP may decide to factor wear and tear into the performance of a vehicle. Why else would they keep count of the mileage a car has done? One day you'll suddenly find you have to spend mileage points on maintenance .

The GT6 GT AUTO pic, with your car on the hoist, was such a tease. I bet PD could use the pit crew ANIMATION, to do oil changes and change your wheels while in the garage. Would be assests put to good use.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

That's the difference between you aliens and us mere mortals. I count my improvement by seconds, not fractions of a second .

That means your improvement curve's still really steep

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I've been playing this game offline for several months now and only just decided to have a go at sport. I am now hooked as it is far better than racing the AI! One question though, i see everyone on here is discussing how much their SR and DR is fluctuating, how can you tell? I don't seem to be able to find this info in the game at all. Many thanks.

http://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=search

This whole mechanic whereby if a driver positions himself up your inside (divebombs) but doesn't hit you and you invariably lean into them (either because you don't know where they are or because you have the lead going into the corner and want to, you know, make the corner) resulting in a penalty for you but not for them is totally wrong, it often helps them make the corner too which they probably would not have. I swear it is how many people make up many passes in a race, leaving a wake of bemused drivers with penalties in their wake!

Hope PD address it.

I've seen some A+ drivers use this repeatedly when starting without qualifying. I followed one on DT Seaside yesterday in a few races and every race he would just lazily put his nose on the inside of the car in front of him before the corner and force the other car off. It's not a dive bomb yet just as unsportmanlike and you would think an A+/S driver would be able to make a real pass. He would make the corner without the contact as well, just did it to get ahead quickly forcing the DR.B players to either get out of the way or get bumped out of the way never intending to leave a car width at corner exit.

I've actually reported that one driver a few times before, confirming the report feature does absolutely nothing.

 

[KK78]

Yes it's not good racing and it makes a joke of those guilty drivers boasting about how many places they make up in races.

 

[Mirror_man]

http://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=search



I've seen some A+ drivers use this repeatedly when starting without qualifying. I followed one on DT Seaside yesterday in a few races and every race he would just lazily put his nose on the inside of the car in front of him before the corner and force the other car off. It's not a dive bomb yet just as unsportmanlike and you would think an A+/S driver would be able to make a real pass. He would make the corner without the contact as well, just did it to get ahead quickly forcing the DR.B players to either get out of the way or get bumped out of the way never intending to leave a car width at corner exit.

I've actually reported that one driver a few times before, confirming the report feature does absolutely nothing.

I.m quite sure that all of us would like to know the PsnId for that "Artist'...

May we have that pleasure??
Please??? Pleaseeeeeeee!!!!!!

Todays races:

Race A - One Make - Subaru BRZ S '15 - Tsukuba Circuit - 7 laps - Rolling start
Race B - Gr. 3 - Lago Maggiore GP - 4 laps - Rolling start
Race C - One Make - Bugatti Veyron Gr.4 - Dragon Trail Seaside - 9 laps - 7x Fuel / 8x Tires - Standing start

Oh no!!!!! Not again!!!!


I hate that Brźzzzzzz thing!!!! True pain in ones a....

 

[Suntek]

That's just ridiculous! He was never in a position to overtake there.

I was being sarcastic there, of course he had no chance there.

 

[Khannie]

How do we launch the Veyron from a standing start? Any tips?

 

[JalkePeters]

How do we launch the Veyron from a standing start? Any tips?

Floor it! Tcs 1

 

[sems4arsenal]

2 straight wins at Maggiore. Love that track

 

[Invisigoth]

First race of the night down, Lago. Took the 'vette for a run since it needed the exercise. Spent pre-qualify chasing my tail, but after a while of not managing to get below 2:00.000 I decided to gussy up the 'merican metal and do the splash for crash. The top 3 were DR/A, there was a few Bs and the rest Cs and Ds. The As and Bs were SR/A. Me? P7. Better than a kick in the teeth I suppose .

T1 was mayhem as usual. I got knocked from behind but made it through the corner none the worse for wear and a few positions ahead. The first 4 had formed a train off into the distance, so I lead the second pack. I was holding my own in P5 with no penalties till the esses on the final lap where I just couldn't slow down enough, went *really* wide and strait lined the second corner. 4s penalty and I'm guessing some SR . So much for my clean race bonus .

I had a Beetle dogging me the whole way, nudging me from behind a few times. We had one corner where we were side by side and I was being really careful not to knock him off and it looked like he was doing the same. The corner was soooooo slow that way so the guy behind him caught up and was trying to crowbar his way in. Coming out of the final corner the Beetle was right up my rear and gaining. I pulled aside ( I would have lost that place anyway from the penalty) and slowed so he crossed ahead. Finished where I started, and so did the Beetle.

SR up by 2, DR up enough to keep me in DR/C with enough points to maybe survive failing miserably in Race C later.

 

[TheGeologist]

There are a few Sr As in the Gr4 race I'm about to do. My Sr is 95/99. I only see them when my Sr drops below 90. Maybe it's just a little early in the morning?

Edit: Anddddddd the Sr As dumped me. Not what my Dr needs right now. It's in absolute free fall. I'm back to Dr B and have lost over 5000 pts between last night and this morning...

Thank goodness Interlagos is tomorrow. #SaveMeBaby #ReiDeInterlagos

 

[Lord_Lucan]

I was being sarcastic there, of course he had no chance there.

It's ok i did get that!

 

[Greycap]

I'm having doubts about the online physics. I just lost one race due to a really mysterious loss of grip under the Dunlop arc, a BRZ won't dart out of control in the 3rd gear like that no matter what you do to it because it has no power to spin the wheels, and a few days ago at Suzuka the entire top six wiped out in perfect formation in the last uphill left of the esses. Usually nobody has problems there because the car indeed doesn't have the power needed to cause any issues.

Or then I'm going nuts. That might very well be the case too.

 

[Invisigoth]

Another day of chasing the Dragon. Didn't qualify. Probably wouldn't have made much difference, the grid was stacked with DR/As and Bs. P19.

As usual, the start was mayhem and madness. I was driving ultra conservatively and slowly crawled pass car after car strewn across the field of battle. Made it through the first lap, and was feeling pretty smug with myself, feeling I'd earned that "Legendary Driver" trophy last week, when I came to the bus stop. I've threaded the needle in many races, and in other Gr4 cars usually with my foot buried in the shag under the loud pedal. Not this time. I lifted, still couldn't get the thing to turn and slammed into the wall so hard my teeth rattled . Yeh, big penalty and back down to P19.

After that fiasco I managed to work my way up to P10 when cars coming out of pit lane paid no attention to the high velocity missile barrelling down on them and drifted out in front of me. I managed to avoid hitting them, but since they didn't yield, I was mugged by the cars behind me . That really messed with my head and I lost my mojo. Hit the inside wall on the bus stop two more times and finished P17.

SR up to 90 from 82, DR down with possibly enough change for one more race in DR/C before the 2k fall home. Still sightseeing in DR/C .

 

[Venster]

I'd honestly rather have this than having my mileage points stuck at 99,999
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Doing Race B today; I think I'm out of my slump! My last qualifying time here at Lago is a 1:55.3xx, which is way off the pace from my PB of 1:54.920. Today I was able to smash my PB with a 1:54.795!

Nice time alpha

Managed to beat my PB today, only run a few laps for the moment though managed a 1.55.5, so not as good as yourself but aiming for the 1.54s optimum was a 1.55.0 so clean lap think I can get a 54 but can’t seem to hook it all together!

 

[Chevy Heavy]

I'm having doubts about the online physics. I just lost one race due to a really mysterious loss of grip under the Dunlop arc, a BRZ won't dart out of control in the 3rd gear like that no matter what you do to it because it has no power to spin the wheels, and a few days ago at Suzuka the entire top six wiped out in perfect formation in the last uphill left of the esses.

Did you happen to maybe touch a blade of grass? It seems now days that's all it takes to spin a car out. I've spun out before by just having a tire an inch off track.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I.m quite sure that all of us would like to know the PsnId for that "Artist'...

May we have that pleasure??
Please??? Pleaseeeeeeee!!!!!!

To circumvent the search engine rules, his profile ID is 4 * 304553. He should have no trouble at all overtaking DR.B drivers in a clean fashion. Just bored I guess. He got a red rating in the second race, then disappeared for the next race and came back on pole to farm wins.

His psn ID is pretty recognizable hence I remember him performing the same antics month ago already. How hard can it be for him to set up a proper faster corner exit instead...

 

[Herrybo79]

Before i Go to Dragon Trail tonight, any tactical ideas, fuel or anything? Someone with a McLaren Wheel here, to Check if the Clutch Worms for the Start?

 

[Litchi]

Someone with a McLaren Wheel here, to Check if the Clutch Worms for the Start?

I just received mine this afternoon. Not even had the time to test this stuff. Currently at work for the whole night so I can't tell...

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

This whole mechanic whereby if a driver positions himself up your inside (divebombs) but doesn't hit you and you invariably lean into them (either because you don't know where they are or because you have the lead going into the corner and want to, you know, make the corner) resulting in a penalty for you but not for them is totally wrong, it often helps them make the corner too which they probably would not have. I swear it is how many people make up many passes in a race, leaving a wake of bemused drivers with penalties in their wake!

Hope PD address it.

http://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=search



I've seen some A+ drivers use this repeatedly when starting without qualifying. I followed one on DT Seaside yesterday in a few races and every race he would just lazily put his nose on the inside of the car in front of him before the corner and force the other car off. It's not a dive bomb yet just as unsportmanlike and you would think an A+/S driver would be able to make a real pass. He would make the corner without the contact as well, just did it to get ahead quickly forcing the DR.B players to either get out of the way or get bumped out of the way never intending to leave a car width at corner exit.

I've actually reported that one driver a few times before, confirming the report feature does absolutely nothing.

The entire poking of someone's nose into a corner is one of the biggest area of disagreements I have with other fellow drivers. Too many times, I see drivers (even the aliens) doing this with no chance of reaching the apex first to establish corner rights and/or too much speed to hold the inside line all the way through the turn. Yet they turn around and complain if they have the door shut on them or have no issues nudging them off the racing line and making the pass. The worst offenders are the ones that do this at every single little gap they see, regardless of corner.

That said, pretending to make the move to pressure the other driver into a mistake is shrewd but fair.

 

[KK78]

The entire poking of someone's nose into a corner is one of the biggest area of disagreements I have with other fellow drivers. Too many times, I see drivers (even the aliens) doing this with no chance of reaching the apex first to establish corner rights and/or too much speed to hold the inside line all the way through the turn. Yet they turn around and complain if they have the door shut on them or have no issues nudging them off the racing line and making the pass. The worst offenders are the ones that do this at every single little gap they see, regardless of corner.

That said, pretending to make the move to pressure the other driver into a mistake is shrewd but fair.

It feels like it is getting ever worse, 3 races on Maggiore tonight, pole in 2 and on no less than 7 occasions I had opponents doing exactly this. One spent 2 laps continually trying to take crazily thin lines into corners he had no chance of making meaning I had to position myself on the inside much of the time and brake earlier. Then another guy literally barged through at turn 4 but lost the back end a little, I regained the place only to have try to do it at Turn 5, then through the S's before finally taking us both out on the big banked curve corner, for which both of us got a penalty and I finished 6th

I can honestly say if this tactic reaches epidemic levels I can't see myself playing Sport mode very much at all.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Nice time alpha

Managed to beat my PB today, only run a few laps for the moment though managed a 1.55.5, so not as good as yourself but aiming for the 1.54s optimum was a 1.55.0 so clean lap think I can get a 54 but can’t seem to hook it all together!

It took me an hour to get to 1:54, so with a bit more time I think you can do the same

 

[ivann]

On course for 2nd place, but this guy had other ideas!

That was clearly your fault. He was partially along side you and you left no space. You don't have the right to push cars off the track.

All you had to do was leave 1 cars width and you would have been fine, and he probably wouldn't have been able to overtake you around the outside anyway.

Do you use radar? I assume not, or if you do, you need to pay attention to it. You could have avoided that.

You tried to give no room to a car that was coming alongside. As already said, you would have kept the position through and out of the esses very easily if you'd just left a car width. (At the time of incident, there was just about a car width but you was still closing the door at this point and aiming at the kerb)

Even if you think in some way the other driver shouldn't have been going for that room (which he was fine to do), then you still could have not instigated the incident by forcing him to have no room.

There was just no need to put yourself in that risky situation by forcing him to have so little room.

And this is what happens if you leave racing line to a 1cm along side nose sticking driver. Same spot, same situation.

 

[VeeDoubleU]

And this is what happens if you leave racing line to a 1cm along side nose sticking driver. Same spot, same situation.

And in that case, you didn't do the risky thing on the straight of giving no room, hence no incident caused on the straight.

And the incident was due to the other driver not making the corner, and then driving into you to rejoin, hence the other driver at fault.

What's your point?

 

[ivann]

And in that case, you didn't do the risky thing on the straight of giving no room, hence no incident caused on the straight.

And the incident was due to the other driver not making the corner, and then driving into you to rejoin, hence the other driver at fault.

What's your point?

My point is that I went from 1st to last because other driver fault, when he could have lifted throttle for 0.5 secs and we both go fine through the esses.

 

[VeeDoubleU]

My point is that I went from 1st to last because other driver fault, when he could have lifted throttle for 0.5 secs and we both go fine through the esses.

Yeah, but what was the point of the quotes?

 

[Sven Jurgens]

My point is that I went from 1st to last because other driver fault, when he could have lifted throttle for 0.5 secs and we both go fine through the esses.

Sadly the only way to protect yourself at an S is to take the racing line back before the esses, ie gently push his nose out of the way and leave no more than one car width to the edge giving him no room to gain on you like he did. They're either going to tap you at the next apex, or not going to make the corner and take you out at the second half as what happened. The only other option is to slow down and let them pass, but that's not racing anymore. Conceding a position for a bumper is nuts.

You still risk a penalty or crash when they turn in on you, but it will be less catastrophic for you. If they go wide from the edge they'll be ghosted and not hit you.