"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Cabelmania]

Yeah, had a race with @Cabelmania. Very funny to throw them around on this track.

Yep In reality I really suck with this kind of cars, yet I won 5 consecutive races Also I started to notice the first S drivers, like you I wish I have the S rating too, but that's the price to be an Italian

 

[MaddinICE]

Yep In reality I really suck with this kind of cars, yet I won 5 consecutive races Also I started to notice the first S drivers, like you I wish I have the S rating too, but that's the price to be an Italian

In theory, it is just an S as DR, but with your real DR behind it. I have it because of Austria and Jaguar, not so many people, so more chances.

 

[FUNanywhere]

Finally 91 Wins. Equalled Schumi's Record. Oh ya baby

 

[ColinNZ]

Decided to give race A a go, and was surprised by the grid start. Managed to get through the opening corners without causing too much trouble, then spent ten laps watching an S/S battle from around a second behind.

Heaps of fun. I hope we get this car all week.

 

[George Jakob]

Seems i can't have more than one day of at least "decent" racing on Sport mode monza today is awful i want to know what you guys think of this cause its unacceptable.

 

[serlemke]

it is really unbelievable how much people try to pass you on places not intended for passes!

Yesterday I tried the cockpit camera(evening race - lights on).
I got scared! - Almost to park the car in the track side and go for a coffee.

On the first corner there was one in front early braking(tats ok) one car half behind to my left, one car half behind to the right, one car bumping in the back of my car and one in the middle of all of that flashing lights like crazy.

 

[baldgye]

Seems i can't have more than one day of at least "decent" racing on Sport mode monza today is awful i want to know what you guys think of this cause its unacceptable.

What is your SR rank? To be honest that clip didn’t exactly cover yourself in glory...

 

[xxxman1]

Seems i can't have more than one day of at least "decent" racing on Sport mode monza today is awful i want to know what you guys think of this cause its unacceptable.

It was not a car racing.

 

[NJT4567]

I got given the Hurracan GT3 car as a daily gift yesterday morning, have to say it was a lot of fun round Dragon Tails Seaside and was competitive too, so much fun to drive sharp turn in and more grip than some of the front engined cars.

 

[George Jakob]

it is really unbelievable how much people try to pass you on places not intended for passes!

Yesterday I tried the cockpit camera(evening race - lights on).
I got scared! - Almost to park the car in the track side and go for a coffee.

On the first corner there was one in front early braking(tats ok) one car half behind to my left, one car half behind to the right, one car bumping in the back of my car and one in the middle of all of that flashing lights like crazy.

all i have to say is i know & thats a shame its a nice concept but in practise its a fail..

What is your SR rank? To be honest that clip didn’t exactly cover yourself in glory...

Its a bit tricky it was S i entered a race like in this clip droped to A & a bit after in a similar race it droped to B then i stoped racing (in sport mode) for a faw months & until today i manage to keep it at B and getting close to A but today it droped to D.

It was not a car racing.

Indeed.

 

[baldgye]

Its a bit tricky it was S i entered a race like in this clip droped to A & a bit after in a similar race it droped to B then i stoped racing (in sport mode) for a faw months & until today i manage to keep it at B and getting close to A but today it droped to D.

Ok.
Honestly I feel you where too aggressive under braking. Monza is a bit of an SR nightmare at the best of times, you'd have been better off approaching with a bit more apprehension imo. Granted, there are somethings you can't avoid... but even so

 

[Mat73]

Seems i can't have more than one day of at least "decent" racing on Sport mode monza today is awful i want to know what you guys think of this cause its unacceptable.

If you're looking for clean racing....midfield at Monza in the lower ranks is definitely not the place.

 

[George Jakob]

Ok.
Honestly I feel you where too aggressive under braking. Monza is a bit of an SR nightmare at the best of times, you'd have been better off approaching with a bit more apprehension imo. Granted, there are somethings you can't avoid... but even so

Thank you for your feedback i don't feel i did something wrong in this case but i do make mistakes quite a faw in fact i don't consider myself a "good" player i beliave im midiocore thats why i race to learn have fun etc .

If you're looking for clean racing....midfield at Monza in the lower ranks is definitely not the place.

please look the above reply and i do not accept that i have to race under certain conditions in order to play the game the way it should & the way i payed for.

 

[TheNorfolkDad]

Thank you for your feedback i don't feel i did something wrong in this case but i do make mistakes quite a faw in fact i don't consider myself a "good" player i beliave im midiocore thats why i race to learn have fun etc .

please look the above reply and i do not accept that i have to race under certain conditions in order to play the game the way it should & the way i payed for.

Just bare in mind, when in a tight pack of cars, always brake several metres before your normal braking point, coast through the turn then pick your moment to get back on the throttle. The amount of cars I overtake because I drive like that and others don’t, is crazy!

 

[baldgye]

Thank you for your feedback i don't feel i did something wrong in this case but i do make mistakes quite a faw in fact i don't consider myself a "good" player i beliave im midiocore thats why i race to learn have fun etc .

Even F1 drivers have room to improve, I for example, am pure gash. But one thing I have found is lifting and coasting into corners on the opening lap does tend to pay off more often than not. It means you can see what is happening and then react, while also braking later than normal

 

[Invisigoth]

I knew it would be a mistake SR wise, but I decided to do the unrealistic Race B anyway. I say unrealistic because teams running cars anywhere near these specs do not use sports tyres on tarmac stages! Despite qualifying with fairly conservative laps I still found myself starting P4 on a grid where there were fewer DR/Ds than higher levels. Mostly DR/B.

The standing start was a bit of a surprise (I didn't look at the start method ) but managed to hold my own till the first corner where I was knocked off and given the first of two orange SR's for the privilege . I just focused on staying on the track and trying to avoid the spin outs and crashes. Still managed to have someone at T2 crowbar their way in with late braking and push me wide, the second orange SR . I just kept plugging away despite the carnage around me. And the finish:

SR down by 10, back down to SR/A . DR went up about 800. Decided to do Race A without qualifying to try getting back some SR before hitting Monza. Bad move.

Started in last place for Race A, gained a few places on the start, but despite being cautious at T1, I still got creamed with an SR penalty. Lost the places I gained and finished last.

Such a waste. No movement in SR, all i did was bleed off DR, but less than I gained from Race B. I'm facing Monza with trepidation .

 

[golfer07840]

Btw, anyone else thinks the gas consumption on these daily races is a bit of a joke?

I'm new to a lot of this, especially "sim" racing, so I've been doing my homework and looking at various cars and I came to the conclusion while looking up the specs for the now-defunct Audi R18, that GTS seems to have no concept of how often you should have to pit for gas (I know, on arcade mode there are gas consumption settings, anyone know what the most realistic would be?).

The R18 had a 16-gallon tank (give or take) and on avg got 7 miles to the gallon. So, mathematically speaking, that's 112 miles.

Now let's think about these smaller Group 3 and Group 4 cars, and think about how we usually have 20-26 mile races. yet somehow we can't run that on 1 tank of gas.

That to me just seems absurd.

I apologize if this has been brought up elsewhere if it has, feel free to move this message into the appropriate thread.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Btw, anyone else thinks the gas consumption on these daily races is a bit of a joke?

I'm new to a lot of this, especially "sim" racing, so I've been doing my homework and looking at various cars and I came to the conclusion while looking up the specs for the now-defunct Audi R18, that GTS seems to have no concept of how often you should have to pit for gas (I know, on arcade mode there are gas consumption settings, anyone know what the most realistic would be?).

The R18 had a 16-gallon tank (give or take) and on avg got 7 miles to the gallon. So, mathematically speaking, that's 112 miles.

Now let's think about these smaller Group 3 and Group 4 cars, and think about how we usually have 20-26 mile races. yet somehow we can't run that on 1 tank of gas.

That to me just seems absurd.

I apologize if this has been brought up elsewhere if it has, feel free to move this message into the appropriate thread.

That's because of the fuel/tire wear multiplier. Set it to 1x and you'll get realistic results. The dailies hover anywhere from 3x to 9x

 

[fastone371]

Btw, anyone else thinks the gas consumption on these daily races is a bit of a joke?

I'm new to a lot of this, especially "sim" racing, so I've been doing my homework and looking at various cars and I came to the conclusion while looking up the specs for the now-defunct Audi R18, that GTS seems to have no concept of how often you should have to pit for gas (I know, on arcade mode there are gas consumption settings, anyone know what the most realistic would be?).

The R18 had a 16-gallon tank (give or take) and on avg got 7 miles to the gallon. So, mathematically speaking, that's 112 miles.

Now let's think about these smaller Group 3 and Group 4 cars, and think about how we usually have 20-26 mile races. yet somehow we can't run that on 1 tank of gas.

That to me just seems absurd.

I apologize if this has been brought up elsewhere if it has, feel free to move this message into the appropriate thread.

PD adjusts the race settings on purpose for race C so that pit stops are usually needed unless someone wants to try a lean fuel map and run without stopping. Makes the different strategies a little more interesting

 

[Greycap]

Daily Race A at its finest. One guy decides to serve his penalty in a not-so-well planned spot and then the action begins. I had no idea what hit me until watching this. For those who have not driven the race today, the normal braking point is pretty much exactly where the wide grandstand shadow ends.

 

[Winnie847]

As expected, I made it back to DR.A last night after a couple races at DT Seaside. Took me a couple days of sport mode to recover from 2 resets that resulted in my C/C rating.

Also as expected, as soon as I hit DR.A again the penalties got ridiculous. It’s no coincidence that my SR chart is basically 95-99 for almost all days outside of DR.A, then once I reach DR.A I tend to struggle with penalties and usually minor contact which bumps me down to SR.A or even B, which is where I’m at now.

I should have just stopped when I first crossed over 30k DR, but no, I’m often too greedy and tell myself “just one more.”

So I ran that one more race, sitting at SR.99. I was in good position to take 4th or 5th in a real fast lobby, had a great back and forth battle with another guy for 2 laps where we both passed each other cleanly several times. It was awesome, these kinds of exchanges are why I play the game. Then we made some VERY minor contact side by side that I barely even felt, and neither of us lost speed or position as a result.....BAM, 4s penalty because he was on the inside. Then I get rear ended shortly after, another 1s. I serve my time, lose like 8 positions, begin climbing back up only for some guy to lose control right in front of me and I tapped him before he was ghosted....10 seconds! Race ruined.

So after that I did it again. “Just one more” I said. “I’ll take it easy and gain some SR in this slower lobby since I’m SR.B again” I said.

Started in 2nd and pole was only .01s faster. So the leader and I get off to a good start and create a good gap between us and the rest of the pack. Again, we had a great battle, back and forth for a couple laps, clean as a whistle. Then, same spot as last race, we have some very minor contact that didn’t cost us a thing except the penalties we both got. I serve my 4s, 3rd place guy passes me. I eventually gained that position back when he spun out and I finished there. SR down again several points for one inconsequential contact caused by some otherwise clean battling, simply because I was on the outside. Nearly 5 clean laps, with one very tiny incident results in a loss of SR. Makes no sense.

Two things that suck about this. If you spend days or weeks grinding for DR through the lower ranks, you learn racecraft that way. You get accustomed to these tiny incidents being the norm without penalty. Then you reach DR.A and have to follow a different set of rules. It’s counterproductive. Also, the people you are racing against might not have to follow the same rules. I’m not an A+ driver and probably never will be. I seem to achieve DR.A rather easily with the right tracks, but the best I’ve been able to do so far is just maintain DR below 40k and try like hell to keep my SR to prevent a reset. So this keeps me racing in mixed lobbies of A+ to B-rated drivers. So at any given time, unless my SR is at 99, I’m probably racing against many who can make contact with me without fear of a penalty but I have to avoid them like the plague. I wouldn’t mind the sensitivity of the penalties so much if everybody had to experience the same thing.

I’m starting to see why some people here prefer DR.B. I’m going to keep at it, trying to improve further so I can both keep my SR and my DR, and will continue to have loads of fun in the process, but oh boy can it be frustrating sometimes.

Don’t even get me started on the other types of dirty drivers that are found more often in SR.S lobbies than anywhere else.

End rant.

 

[George Jakob]

Just bare in mind, when in a tight pack of cars, always brake several metres before your normal braking point, coast through the turn then pick your moment to get back on the throttle. The amount of cars I overtake because I drive like that and others don’t, is crazy!

You see i actually braked early but for example in T1 i didn't expect the lambo in front to come on "almost" a ded stop & besides T1-T3 (because monza) the drivers there didn't gave any room what so ever even tho i cut T1 to give room to the porsche.

Even F1 drivers have room to improve, I for example, am pure gash. But one thing I have found is lifting and coasting into corners on the opening lap does tend to pay off more often than not. It means you can see what is happening and then react, while also braking later than normal

The reply to ali goes for you as well.

 

[Lilium]

I got a ps4 this weekend, and of course I had to just go for the daily races after a bit of practise on circuit experience. all and all the Daily races were fun. I Liked monza, despite the fact that its hated alot. there were some drivers that should run on seperate lobbies, but only had 1 T1 problem in the 6 races I did. got paired mostly with C/D's with the top 7 spots being B/A's and myself qualifying always above 8th place. It's a fun track for drafting battles and the NSX is a trooper.

I hope one day I get to ride with you all

 

[Invisigoth]

So after that I did it again. “Just one more” I said. “I’ll take it easy and gain some SR in this slower lobby since I’m SR.B again” I said.

Famous last words! I believe they were mine too .

Monza Monza Monza....my SR would be so high without it! I decided to do Race C to try and get SR, and Race C of the dailys is usually where the most SR can be recovered. Yeh, *usually* . After the waste of Race A, I figured I'd enter the race with no qualifying and avoid the T1 carnage.

Wait for the 3, 2, 1 on the final corner and it's go time! I scream up the strait passing about 3 people in the process, have someone pass me on the inside, then I remember to haul it back despite my primal urge to get to the corner ahead of as many as I can manage. As I coast through the wreckage I gain a few places , and thought I was in the clear, but a car spun out ahead and unghosted. I didn't swerve enough and clip him. Orange SR and a penalty. I crossed P10 but finished P12 due to penalties. I did have a good battle with a couple of cars that were being polite . Also had some rotten ones too . Then there was the guy who comes ploughing through on the outside of a strait when I was side by side with another car. I was pushed off in the process . Another guy kept trying to block me, then when I was side by side on a strait, he started trying to push me off. The track is nearly wide enough for 3 cars! He eventually ended up in the sand and I passed .

To the best of my knowledge I didn't do anything in the way of contact that should have given me poor sportsmanship, but GTS must have thought other wise, SR only went up by 1. DR went down, but only a little. Yes "Just one more" so off I went.

Similar strategy and similar results the second time. This time finished P10. Both races had a similar line up. Predominantly DR/B with the odd A and a few Cs.

SR went up 2 more. One more and I'm back into SR/S. DR went up, so all in all, whilst a little disappointing on the SR front, I'm still calling it a result. Another day above DR 1.

 

[Silver_Wolf]

Since we are talking about DR/SR and general racing etiquite in general I have to say the past two days was very frustrating for me
in the daily races.

I now begin to understand the secret rule of choosing your races and vehicles when it comes to entering Sport Mode and whilst I am not
the type that sticks to it 100% I will be choosing my races more wisely from now on.

My general philiosphy is that I like to race and whatever race is up for Daily Races I will at least try and see how the race goes but on the
verge of heading back to DR D and loosing all my SR points again over yesterday and today I realise I am very tired of the constant work
involved in this due to me having to throw in the towel during a race and end up falling back to last place given it would be the same result
or near enough if I quit.

I have had many good races it has to be said but when you get into the school of those who do not know of "brakes/overtaking etiquete"
it's very difficult to start making your way back up again so if I succeed this week I suspect I will be very selective about races afterwards.

My examples today before work were I managed to get good qualifying times for all three races and started in top 5 but then thanks to
the "shunt" from behind in T1 end up down the order and loose DR/SR.

I really do think something has to change but I'm not exactly sure how to change it for the better with regards to the overall player
base and different driving styles.

However I am changing my welcome statement when I get home to read "Attention, your car has brakes, please remember to use them!

 

[George Jakob]

Since we are talking about DR/SR and general racing etiquite in general I have to say the past two days was very frustrating for me
in the daily races.

I now begin to understand the secret rule of choosing your races and vehicles when it comes to entering Sport Mode and whilst I am not
the type that sticks to it 100% I will be choosing my races more wisely from now on.

My general philiosphy is that I like to race and whatever race is up for Daily Races I will at least try and see how the race goes but on the
verge of heading back to DR D and loosing all my SR points again over yesterday and today I realise I am very tired of the constant work
involved in this due to me having to throw in the towel during a race and end up falling back to last place given it would be the same result
or near enough if I quit.

I have had many good races it has to be said but when you get into the school of those who do not know of "brakes/overtaking etiquete"
it's very difficult to start making your way back up again so if I succeed this week I suspect I will be very selective about races afterwards.

My examples today before work were I managed to get good qualifying times for all three races and started in top 5 but then thanks to
the "shunt" from behind in T1 end up down the order and loose DR/SR.

I really do think something has to change but I'm not exactly sure how to change it for the better with regards to the overall player
base and different driving styles.

However I am changing my welcome statement when I get home to read "Attention, your car has brakes, please remember to use them!

ΤHANK YOU sir.

 

[Boedefeld]

Daily Race A at its finest. One guy decides to serve his penalty in a not-so-well planned spot and then the action begins. I had no idea what hit me until watching this. For those who have not driven the race today, the normal braking point is pretty much exactly where the wide grandstand shadow ends.

Hey man, that's me. Had to sign up here (been reading for the past few months without actually creating an account) to apologize.

I am completely at fault here. I was distracted because I had the Brazil - Mexico game on besides me (it might have even been to early for the game to start and was something related to it. Anyway my eyes weren’t on the race track ), and looked away due to the commentator getting louder suddenly. Missed the braking point and yeah, you saw what happened. I went from SR A to C because of this race.

Again, I am very sorry but I generally try to leave room for everybody and do without any punting whatsoever.

Edit: Oh, and regarding serving the penalties on this track. It's seems the only way where you can lift off to serve is the main straight. At all the other places I just lose time and nothing happens. I should have moved over to the side but I always thought that you get "ghosted" anyway when the penalty is counting down.

 

[George Jakob]

Hey man, that's me. Had to sign up here (been reading for the past few months without actually creating an account) to apologize.

I am completely at fault here. I was distracted because I had the Brazil - Mexico game on besides me, and looked away due to the commentator getting louder suddenly. Missed the braking point and yeah, you saw what happened. I went from SR A to C because of this race.

Again, I am very sorry but I generally try to leave room for everybody and do without any punting whatsoever.

Respect from me!

 

[Winnie847]

Hey man, that's me. Had to sign up here (been reading for the past few months without actually creating an account) to apologize.

I am completely at fault here. I was distracted because I had the Brazil - Mexico game on besides me, and looked away due to the commentator getting louder suddenly. Missed the braking point and yeah, you saw what happened. I went from SR A to C because of this race.

Again, I am very sorry but I generally try to leave room for everybody and do without any punting whatsoever.

Good on you for owning this. That's all anybody can really ask for if it wasn't intentional. Also, remember to be conscious of those who are overtaking on your inside and give them a car's width if they've rightfully taken that position. Everybody is trying to get better and there are relative levels to that.

Welcome to GTPlanet and happy racing.

 

[Boedefeld]

Good on you for owning this. That's all anybody can really ask for if it wasn't intentional. Also, remember to be conscious of those who are overtaking on your inside and give them a car's width if they've rightfully taken that position. Everybody is trying to get better and there are relative levels to that.

Welcome to GTPlanet and happy racing.

Thank you for the kind words. The race today seems to be a bit of a crapshot anyways. I had guys divebombing on the last corner before the main straight multiple times while I was at the apex already and still got hit with a +2 Penalty. The One Make races in general lead to a lot of scrubbing and pushing, SR will get a hit here most of the time in my opinion.