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Renault Gr. 3 RS01, 2nd gear easily spinning at some kind of turn, U turn absolutely spinning. Sometimes 3rd gear at the same turn, for example Suzuka's U turn. I even used TC 5 in order to make the car stable because even with its default (TC 3), it goes like animal. I use DS4 by the way. Anybody suffered the same? Mine also can't use TC 0 with GR.1 and Gr. 3. The car were not drive able. For additional info, the 10GB Scape DLC is still not downloaded. But I don't think it affects the game.
 
Insideous
Two races at Monza yesterday, pole for both, punted at the first chicane for both. First race only myself and one other pitted, second one only I pitted, gave up at this point, hope this gets fixed soon :(
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I raced at Monza without stopping and won a couple races, it's not right to think that all 0 stoppers are cheaters. please watch the replay and then judge about them.
 
Got two more in, didn’t notice any cheaters but shamefully I punted someone off right at the start of the first race, I'm so worried I'll get hit from behind I make mistakes. The worst thing is though the game didn't punish me at all, I pulled off though and still got hit by someone and dropped right to last. Made for an eventful race as I managed to get as far as 7th, my car just felt right, shame about the awful incident at the start.

Next race I was better and going well again, fastest lap again, until some point after the stop where my car just seemed to lose grip, suddenly I was seconds slower than I should have been, it was very odd but I got a second after someone intentionally dropped a lap to take out the leader.
 
The grip thing I noticed as well. I just did a couple of races and all of a sudden I had less grip then normal. Tyres were good. I had this several times after the last update. Even in races without tyre wear. Very strange..
 
Is it just me or have they hit the wall-riders hard on tokyo? Like a 5 sec penalty for pretty much any wall contact past a rub instead of the 1.5 it was before?
 
Here's my daily race from Monza as I continue the grind to 'S' driver rating. Driving consistently, keeping out of trouble and managing tyre & fuel usage effectively in the longer races is paying off despite perhaps not quite having the ultimate one lap pace of some others. I'm usually able to finish in the top 7 in most races driving this way and I'm enjoying having Monza added to the roster after having a lot of experience there and at Suzuka from league racing on the Codemasters F1 games.

 
JonnoW
Here's my daily race from Monza as I continue the grind to 'S' driver rating. Driving consistently, keeping out of trouble and managing tyre & fuel usage effectively in the longer races is paying off despite perhaps not quite having the ultimate one lap pace of some others. I'm usually able to finish in the top 7 in most races driving this way and I'm enjoying having Monza added to the roster after having a lot of experience there and at Suzuka from league racing on the Codemasters F1 games.

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May I know you use wheel or DS4?
 
I cannot fathom how I am 2.5 secs behind the top lap on Nurby in the Atenza, I am doing nothing different or at least it feels like it! Very stable car but I can't seem to get any pace out of it :/
 
Calmlity
May I know you use wheel or DS4?
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I use a Thrustmaster T300 wheel and T3PA pedals.

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shaunus
Is it just me or have they hit the wall-riders hard on tokyo? Like a 5 sec penalty for pretty much any wall contact past a rub instead of the 1.5 it was before?
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Yes, you are right. Between poor judgement or people running you into the walls, I'm usually carrying close to a minute in penalties with only a few taps. The penalty seems more like 8 seconds a time.
 
UGA95
How do you like that rig? I've been looking into upgrading.
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I've had it for probably 6-7 years and used it a lot during that time and it's been rock solid. No issues at all for me, the thing is built to last and does exactly what I want it to. I'd definitely recommend the GT Omega stuff.
 
I got pole today and was pretty excited that I could drift off into the difference without all of the carnage of the first corner. My excitement was short lived as the guy next to me repeatedly rammed me until i ended up in the gravel. My safety rating is C and I'm wondering at what level that stops happening..
 
Invisigoth
Yes, you are right. Between poor judgement or people running you into the walls, I'm usually carrying close to a minute in penalties with only a few taps. The penalty seems more like 8 seconds a time.
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They had to though, people were doing crazy speed out of corners by abusing the rails and sucking up the tiny penalties I think. I Would do a perfect exit from the top corner, and then some ass would breeze past on the straight due to the slingshot.

I did get squeezed into the wall on purpose by a guy who took 1st from me that way putting me in 8th. I finished 2nd in the end because he had 20 seconds of penalties and ended up 5th or something. Nothing will stop the dirty drivers completely.
 
JonnoW
I've had it for probably 6-7 years and used it a lot during that time and it's been rock solid. No issues at all for me, the thing is built to last and does exactly what I want it to. I'd definitely recommend the GT Omega stuff.
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I second that. Omega GT is good quality for a fair price. I got this setup from them.
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MissPoshosho
I got pole today and was pretty excited that I could drift off into the difference without all of the carnage of the first corner. My excitement was short lived as the guy next to me repeatedly rammed me until i ended up in the gravel. My safety rating is C and I'm wondering at what level that stops happening..
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There are still jerks in SR A and S, but it's generally much more respectful than at C. My suggestion would be to just take a few races where you don't put in a qualifying time and just race at the back of the pack to get a clean race. You'll move up quickly in SR with a few of those and then you can (mostly) concentrate on racing instead of avoiding the demolition derby. But some tracks are a mess no matter what SR you're at.
 
JonnoW
I've had it for probably 6-7 years and used it a lot during that time and it's been rock solid. No issues at all for me, the thing is built to last and does exactly what I want it to. I'd definitely recommend the GT Omega stuff.
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Good to hear, I was looking into the Omega or the Trak Racer. May lean towards this one as the Trak Racer's seem limited on the quantity available and last I checked the black one was out of stock.
 
tofuhero
My suggestion would be to just take a few races where you don't put in a qualifying time and just race at the back of the pack to get a clean race. You'll move up quickly in SR with a few of those
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This advice that is being given right here in my opinion is one of the main reasons that you still encounter as many problems in the upper SR rankings as currently seen.

Entirely to many racers falsely advancing their SR rankings by not actually racing to earn the advancement then when they advance they are many times the ones causing the carnage from a lack of skill racing in close proximity to others.

If your race craft is not good enough to go out and race at your best and advance into the higher SR ranks naturally there is probably a good reason the game is not advancing a player to those higher ranks.
 
I cannot find any flow in Maggiore, raced it twice and always came last, mainly due to either diverbombers in the first corner and the hairpin or the constant power oversteer I experience with the GT3 cars :scared:
Tried Nurb also a few times but my game crashed twice, I failed to somehow get the TT or the Vantage to be competitive and then had the final race which saw me and my GTR in P5 at the finish. Could've been 4th if it wasn't for some not surrendering frenchman who forced me wide twice :mad:
Goodbye DR:A.

I hope tomorrows races see the removal of the tire exploit and some better car/track combos again. The last days were pure cancer to my DR :boggled:
 
VFOURMAX1
This advice that is being given right here in my opinion is one of the main reasons that you still encounter as many problems in the upper SR rankings as currently seen.

Entirely to many racers falsely advancing their SR rankings by not actually racing to earn the advancement then when they advance they are many times the ones causing the carnage from a lack of skill racing in close proximity to others.

If your race craft is not good enough to go out and race at your best and advance into the higher SR ranks naturally there is probably a good reason the game is not advancing a player to those higher ranks.
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The person I responded to was complaining about people intentionally ramming them off the track. That's much different than being clumsy around other drivers. Why would I wish for anyone who is trying to race cleanly to stay stuck in the muck with a bunch of drivers who play GTS like Need For Speed? Maybe you've forgotten what it's like down in SR C and D.
 
tofuhero
The person I responded to was complaining about people intentionally ramming them off the track. That's much different than being clumsy around other drivers. Why would I wish for anyone who is trying to race cleanly to stay stuck in the muck with a bunch of drivers who play GTS like Need For Speed? Maybe you've forgotten what it's like down in SR C and D.
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Actually racing without qualifying will teach you how to avoid accidents and how to overtake. Much more then qualifying until you're blue and only racing when you start in the top. Surviving the carnage of the back field teaches you how to read people. Plus starting last usually has better results than starting 8th in low SR (and sometimes at max SR as well...) Drive around the carnage, watch multiple cars fight each other in front of you and wait for your opportunity to pass when they're slowing each other down. The only downside is that you're likely to pick up the odd yellow flag penalty.

Ofcourse simply driving behind the pack to increase SR won't do much for you. Also getting D/S won't solve anything as you'll be paired with S/S and A/S drivers. Get to D/B first to get away from the worst carnage. There you can have great races as that's where most people are trying to increase their SR. I've had cleaner races at B/B than A/S where people know how to game the system and don't mind a bit of SR loss.
 
tofuhero
The person I responded to was complaining about people intentionally ramming them off the track. That's much different than being clumsy around other drivers. Why would I wish for anyone who is trying to race cleanly to stay stuck in the muck with a bunch of drivers who play GTS like Need For Speed? Maybe you've forgotten what it's like down in SR C and D.
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Actually just the opposite, About 4 weeks ago I like many others created a second account testing for the grip bug. With this new account I was just like a brand new player starting the game.

I started out with 0 races and SR B and DR E. After running 10 races my ranking was SR S and DR C. After 14 races I was back to DR B and SR S which is the same level as my main account and at my pace I feel is correct.

I raced with the new account just like I do with my main account, I did not ride around at the back and even starting at the very bottom with 0 races I was at an SR S within 10 total so that further makes me believe that many of the people not able to reach the higher rankings normally do not deserve to be in those rankings because of their current skills and need more practice and improvement.

This test in my opinion proved to me that if you race to your skill level the game will place you where you belong. It has me ranked the same on both accounts, one I have had for a month and the other since launch.

That it is not difficult to reach SR S, I did it actually racing not riding around at the rear in 10 races from a 0 race count.

I reached DR B in 14 races so neither level takes a lot of grinding to accomplish. I do have a total of 270 Sport races and not once have I ever gone below a SR of S after achieving such.

I race as hard as I can while still being able to maintain control and consistency, no I am not the fastest racer in the game but I do not race over my head and try to carefully pick my overtakes.

So no I have not forgotten what it is like in SR C and D, I just never drove bad enough to end up below the starting level of SR B on either of my accounts.
 
VFOURMAX1
Actually just the opposite, About 4 weeks ago I like many others created a second account testing for the grip bug. With this new account I was just like a brand new player starting the game.

I started out with 0 races and SR B and DR E. After running 10 races my ranking was SR S and DR C. After 14 races I was back to DR B and SR S which is the same level as my main account and at my pace I feel is correct.

I raced with the new account just like I do with my main account, I did not ride around at the back and even starting at the very bottom with 0 races I was at an SR S within 10 total so that further makes me believe that many of the people not able to reach the higher rankings normally do not deserve to be in those rankings because of their current skills and need more practice and improvement.
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If you qualify in the top 3 regularly, sure, you'll get to SR S in no time because you won't be around the riff raff. And I imagine that was the case with you. If you are just starting out in GT or new to online racing, you're going to have a much tougher time because you're probably starting and ending in the middle of the pack. It's a vicious cycle there where you get bashed around and take SR penalties for it. I did quite a few of those races myself starting out, as GTS is the first serious racing I've done in a few years.

But you seem to think that the bad drivers are just bubbling up to your level by exploiting the SR system. Instead of, you know, people that are just jerks or think they're Senna and maybe even technically skilled drivers, but who bash and ram for a few races and then try to drive cleanly for a bit to bump the SR back up. I mean, a perfect example is that alien who got caught using the tire wear exploit. They didn't need to do that at all, but they did it because they weren't racing with good sportsmanship in mind. I was in D/S for a while, and I gotta say that the people in the upper end of DR D were much more respectful drivers than many of the people I've raced with in DR C and B.

I definitely agree with you that there are people in SR S who shouldn't be there -- I just met a few in the FIA race I did -- but the system currently doesn't punish bad sportsmanship enough to demote players except/even for the most egregious driving.
 
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