"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[stpatty]

This Monza race sure is awful. On Monday I was on the inside through the Lesmos. Guy on the left of me is trying to run me off the road, I brake for the corner as normal while he flies off into the sand. Three second penalty. Right now I pass a guy through the Ascari chicane. I outbrake him going in, pass him on the left, fractional amount of contact. Five seconds. Utter nonsense.

 

[GTP_TO Blue]

Got top Atenza.

Nice livery. Jever is such a great beer. Have you shared this pain job?

 

[Invisigoth]

Gooooo tell it on the Mountain, set my horsepower free.....Two races which had potential, until autodrive let go . I qualified with the NSX and managed to beat my Viper time. Still 2s slower than optimal however. Seeing a 2:16 lap is but a dream for me. That put me in P4 for both races. First race was 15 spots dropped to 13 for the race. Second was 16 dropped to 12 for the race. Mixed DR/C-D with a couple of Bs thrown in.

Race 1 gets going and I was so not focused on Hell Corner. I drove strait into the wall at the end of the finish strait. From there I was re-spawned into last place and had to struggle from there. It's ok if cars are spread out a bit, but when you have a group of 4 or 5 cars who are obviously a lot slower than me from The Cutting to Forest Elbow it's *really* frustrating ! That's what I get for not braking for T1 . I saw a couple of orange SRs and finished P9, dropped from P7. No idea what the DR/SR from that race was, I entered the next race strait away.

Race 2 was marginally better, but I just like @NevilleNobody, I just could not get my 🤬 together. I managed to actually do an impression of a sports car rather than an American muscle car and turn at Hell Corner this time . I missed the apex at Sulman Park and scrapped the wall which gave the Lambo behind me an opportunity to pass me before Skyline and from there I was all over the place. Bathurst has it's own rhythm and I just could not do the dance. I blame it on the boogy . After coming to a grinding halt exiting Forest Elbow the 4s lead I had became 0.4s by the time I got to The Chase. Somehow I managed to make the last few corners and finish P5.

After the radiator had finished belching steam, the dust from what was left of the clutch plates had blown away in the wind and the brake fluid had finished spilling onto the tarmac, My SR dropped to 94, and I totalled about 100 DR gain. Another day above DR 1 .

 

[Qyn]

It's pretty good across the top. 2nd gear off throttle tuck in, helps at The Cutting and Forrest Elbow. I've touched 262km/h right at the braking point for the Chase. With a tow, quick glance at the speed saw 267, but it was on the edge. The sound is so high pitch.

Gave it a shot, and couldn't quite get a handle on the M4. Didn't set a qualifying time to ensure I started from the back. After a few races I had to revert back to the Lambo to be able to race clean and have fun while not ruining anyone else's race.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Yeah i tried the M4 and it FELT really fast, look at the clock ... 2.17.5 Huh? Went again and same. Took the GTR out, boom 2.16.2, went back to the Lancer, 2.15.9.

Race 2 was marginally better, but I just like @NevilleNobody, I just could not get my 🤬 together. I managed to actually do an impression of a sports car rather than an American muscle car and turn at Hell Corner this time . I missed the apex at Sulman Park and scrapped the wall which gave the Lambo behind me an opportunity to pass me before Skyline and from there I was all over the place. Bathurst has it's own rhythm and I just could not do the dance. I blame it on the boogy . After coming to a grinding halt exiting Forest Elbow the 4s lead I had became 0.4s by the time I got to The Chase. Somehow I managed to make the last few corners and finish P5.

Racing with guys running your times I see where you lose it, it's mostly coming down the mountain. You likely need to brake way harder after McPhillamy into that awkward right/left/right before the dipper. Then gas it hard out of the dipper.

I was pushed off track in one race last night and had to come through the pack, guys running 18's or even 19's for race pace were basically keeping up with me everywhere but through that downhill section i was just all over them.

It's an incredibly difficult race track and IRL we have seen class driver after class driver come down and just simply not been as fast as the local peddlers because of the lack of experience around the place.

 

[Qyn]

Racing with guys running your times I see where you lose it, it's mostly coming down the mountain. You likely need to brake way harder after McPhillamy into that awkward right/left/right before the dipper. Then gas it hard out of the dipper.

I was pushed off track in one race last night and had to come through the pack, guys running 18's or even 19's for race pace were basically keeping up with me everywhere but through that downhill section i was just all over them.

It's an incredibly difficult race track and IRL we have seen class driver after class driver come down and just simply not been as fast as the local peddlers because of the lack of experience around the place.

Watched that vid. That was some good driving!

 

[NevilleNobody]

Sorry which vid?

 

[Qyn]

Sorry which vid?

My apologies I may have given credit to the wrong person. I watched a video of someone wrecking out on lap 1 in race B. They fought their way all the way back to 4th. Similar to your situation, they were picking them off coming down the mountain as well.

Edit: It was @zocker_16 who had "saved as many positions as he could". Again my apologies.

 

[05XR8]

Yes and no! If it were a Daily C with fuel use I'd bet you'd see less of them. It was my fastest qualifying car for Daliy C last week but it was eating front tyres so I did not race it. Also it's the nature of things that no matter how much you try and regulate there will always be a "best option". Bathurst for the Megane this week but we'll be giving out about a different best option next week.

My only problem is the whole ugliness of seeing FWD touring cars beating the likes of proper GR4 cars. I think @05XR8 asked in another thread about touring cars as a class of their own. We have Lancer, WRX, Scirocco, Megane up against Lambo and Ferrari, just looks a little awkward to me at times.

Only thing I'll say about the last part is, it happens in real life race series today. We just aren't given official fwd TCR cars to use, like below.

 

[suprajef]

Only thing I'll say about the last part is, it happens in real life race series today. We just aren't given official fwd TCR cars to use, like below.

At 1.08.00 I made the livery for the Modspace mustang. Just search modspace and mustang if you want it

 

[CrimsonKing]

Race C has been surprisingly clean to me, a lot cleaner than Maggiore last week which sent me to DR B.

 

[05XR8]

Nice livery. Jever is such a great beer. Have you shared this pain job?

Yes

Gave it a shot, and couldn't quite get a handle on the M4. Didn't set a qualifying time to ensure I started from the back. After a few races I had to revert back to the Lambo to be able to race clean and have fun while not ruining anyone else's race.

All good. I went faster in the Atenza, by 0.3 seconds and just noticed my fastest lap, 14.6, in the Mustang. Gotta go with what's comfortable.
Funny, I'm a Taurus, but don't like the Lamborghini too much. Maybe I'll try it on the mountain.

 

[NevilleNobody]

I love the lambo but not on the mountain.

 

[Invisigoth]

Racing with guys running your times I see where you lose it, it's mostly coming down the mountain. You likely need to brake way harder after McPhillamy into that awkward right/left/right before the dipper. Then gas it hard out of the dipper.

Yep. During quali my best lap was a 2:18. Optimum was 2:16 and that 2s difference was in that section. With the Gr3 cars I manage that section better not because of the power difference but because I can coast rather than brake. During my race I was being held up by other cars in that section because the other cars were still braking when I was ready to hit the throttle.

 

[WheelmanSteve]

REALLY cranky right now about DISCONNECTS!. I've been having a lot of fun at Mt. Pano in the Atenza, and my last two grids had me at P4 (Disconnected!), and, after a little cooling off and afresh entry, P3 (Disconnected!) I'm being dropped to the Sport Mode entry menu. My Q time was 2:17:428, pretty zippy for an old guy. Now, the stat lovers among you will note that those are exceptional grid positions for me, particularly in my climb back up from DR D after last week's punt-fest at Lago M. It frankly blows to have been dropped from two events in a row. I'm on a crazy fast connection, so I don't think my own network is the problem. PD: I'm having fun, and the racing has been clean. Step up your server game, please!

 

[Sven Jurgens]

I did more races on Tokyo today with my best result at max SR, 2nd place.

2 more 3rd places and the rest top 5, making up 14 or 15 positions per race with the trusty Ferrari. I lost 3 SR in one race as someone started to draft bump. I let him pass and draft bumped back so he could see the SR Down, however he simply interpreted that as a go ahead to draft bump more Luckily I lost him later before he could do more damage. The next race SR was back to 99 anyway despite a Ford heckling me. Some people will out brake you in anything, wall riding to save the turn.

Fun racing, pretty clean once you clear the backfield which doesn't take long. Yet now I wonder if I can win when I qualify or will be taken out in T1. Starting (nearly) last has its benefits in safety and also offers a good view of the carnage in T1 and the bridge under pass...

I didn't enter Panorama today, GR.4 and the 12 minute wait between races put me off. I guess I could qualify in between as starting last in a 3 lap race on a tight track is simply throwing away DR. Speaking of which, DR back up to 25K since my last reset on BMB on Sunday, all thanks to Tokyo.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

REALLY cranky right now about DISCONNECTS!. I've been having a lot of fun at Mt. Pano in the Atenza, and my last two grids had me at P4 (Disconnected!), and, after a little cooling off and afresh entry, P3 (Disconnected!) I'm being dropped to the Sport Mode entry menu. My Q time was 2:17:428, pretty zippy for an old guy. Now, the stat lovers among you will note that those are exceptional grid positions for me, particularly in my climb back up from DR D after last week's punt-fest at Lago M. It frankly blows to have been dropped from two events in a row. I'm on a crazy fast connection, so I don't think my own network is the problem. PD: I'm having fun, and the racing has been clean. Step up your server game, please!

If you get the throw back to race select screen once, it will keep happening until you restart the game.

Since I've started restarting the game after every 2 races, I have not been disconnected anymore.

It must be a bug in the last update that messes something up after a couple races. Sometimes I could do way more than 2 before getting the bug, however often it happened after 2 races, but never after the first. So, quit and reload game after the 2nd race seems to 'fix' it.

 

[Invisigoth]

REALLY cranky right now about DISCONNECTS!. I've been having a lot of fun at Mt. Pano in the Atenza, and my last two grids had me at P4 (Disconnected!), and, after a little cooling off and afresh entry, P3 (Disconnected!) I'm being dropped to the Sport Mode entry menu.

To which Sven replied:

If you get the throw back to race select screen once, it will keep happening until you restart the game.

It must be a bug in the last update that messes something up after a couple races. Sometimes I could do way more than 2 before getting the bug, however often it happened after 2 races, but never after the first. So, quit and reload game after the 2nd race seems to 'fix' it.

Exactly! It didn't start happening till the last big update. Dozens of people on this forum have all experienced the same thing. I haven't been re-starting the game when it's happened, I've re-booted the PS4. I seem to get several races out of each reboot.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Exactly! It didn't start happening till the last big update. Dozens of people on this forum have all experienced the same thing. I haven't been re-starting the game when it's happened, I've re-booted the PS4. I seem to get several races out of each reboot.

You don't have to reboot the PS4 - just quit the game and then restart it, that's much quicker and does clear the glitch.

There's hardly enough time in between C races to reboot, restart the game is indeed sufficient to get at least 2 races out of it. We should make it the welcome message so maybe we'll get full rooms again as on average 3 people get the bug each race. However I can't find where to change the welcome message.. PD and menu structure, always fun trying to find something.

 

[GTPorsche]

Am I suppose to lose DR by starting 4th, finishing 4th and the 3 cars ahead of me are above me in DR? That doesn't seem right.

 

[Invisigoth]

There's hardly enough time in between C races to reboot, restart the game is indeed sufficient to get at least 2 races out of it. We should make it the welcome message so maybe we'll get full rooms again as on average 3 people get the bug each race. However I can't find where to change the welcome message.. PD and menu structure, always fun trying to find something.

You can change the pre-race message by selecting the GT logo in the top left hand corner, select options, then select the cog in the top left corner, then go to the Lobby Entry and Match Greeting.

The only problem is that those effected never make it as far as the match greeting screen!

 

[Hoof Arted]

It's amazing you can haul that McLaren so far

Try the VW VGT maybe, or if you want... the Huracan

Tried the VW; close but no cigar.

Got dealt a good hand in the sense that 4 drivers got disconnected during matchmaking/lobby and I think they were all Peugeot's including pole!
Once the dust settled, I couldn't get anywhere close to Rangeraus; he drove a great race. Everyone pitted in this race and took fuel and tyres. I did a race beforehand where I only took fuel (the whole top 7 did no tyre change too), and my overall race time was about 10 secs slower despite a fairly clean race. With the VW the tyres drop away too much, losing between 1-3 seconds a lap on the second stint, whereas, a tyre change by itself costs about 6 secs but you can drive hard to the end.

Anyway, had good racing at Tokyo over the last couple of days for once; SR intact so I'm happy!

 

[Dalone]

REALLY cranky right now about DISCONNECTS!. I've been having a lot of fun at Mt. Pano in the Atenza, and my last two grids had me at P4 (Disconnected!), and, after a little cooling off and afresh entry, P3 (Disconnected!) I'm being dropped to the Sport Mode entry menu. My Q time was 2:17:428, pretty zippy for an old guy. Now, the stat lovers among you will note that those are exceptional grid positions for me, particularly in my climb back up from DR D after last week's punt-fest at Lago M. It frankly blows to have been dropped from two events in a row. I'm on a crazy fast connection, so I don't think my own network is the problem. PD: I'm having fun, and the racing has been clean. Step up your server game, please!

I see I am not the only one this happens to. From around 2pm to after 4pm today I could never get a start.

Later I turned off the machine and restarted and it worked ok.


The Top Ten qualifying time trial. All good however why can't we see where we stand, like we could in GT6 Time Trials? You could check your position in the world which was great.

And another thing, your ghost car. Why can't we have our fastest car ghost shown even when it is a different car? I'm sure that was the case in GT6.

Anyway I've managed to get down to 2:13.8 in the WRX. Had been using the BMW M4 to achieve 2:14.0 but will stick with the WRX now.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Tried the VW; close but no cigar.

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Got dealt a good hand in the sense that 4 drivers got disconnected during matchmaking/lobby and I think they were all Peugeot's including pole!
Once the dust settled, I couldn't get anywhere close to Rangeraus; he drove a great race. Everyone pitted in this race and took fuel and tyres. I did a race beforehand where I only took fuel (the whole top 7 did no tyre change too), and my overall race time was about 10 secs slower despite a fairly clean race. With the VW the tyres drop away too much, losing between 1-3 seconds a lap on the second stint, whereas, a tyre change by itself costs about 6 secs but you can drive hard to the end.

Anyway, had good racing at Tokyo over the last couple of days for once; SR intact so I'm happy!

Nice!

 

[Invisigoth]

And another thing, your ghost car. Why can't we have our fastest car ghost shown even when it is a different car? I'm sure that was the case in GT6.

If you log in to the GTS web site and click on to "sport mode" then "calendar. It shows the three daily/weekly races. If you click on to the race you are interested in and scroll down, you will see the times for your region at least .

 

[RZQSPEED]

If you log in to the GTS web site and click on to "sport mode" then "calendar. It shows the three daily/weekly races. If you click on to the race you are interested in and scroll down, you will see the times for your region at least .

Though the World Leaderboards can be viewed in the Daily Events section of the KudosPrime website.

 

[RavingBonkers]

The Top Ten qualifying time trial. All good however why can't we see where we stand, like we could in GT6 Time Trials? You could check your position in the world which was great.

If you download GT Companion app to your phone, you can check on there what position you are for each (Daily) race entry - Asia Pacific region for you.

 

[05XR8]

Got gifted the GT Citroen Gr. 4. Tried it one race. Uninspiring. Glad I deleted it.

Next, tried the RC F. So sad it's outmatched by the Mustang.

 

[Ramzacom]

In barthust gr4, i always take megane or TT’cup16 ; great feelings on this track; however, i’m stuck at 2:14:086. Did’nt manage to be quicker.

 

[Silver_Wolf]

Ok so quick question time again, really enjoying Race C but struggling with the strategy.

I am doing fuel map to get to Lap 6 and then going in and doing enough fuel to get to the end of the race but it's not working
for getting a good result.

I've also tried two stop strategy going on Lap 4/8 but this is too costly and going in on Lap 5 I don't get the undercut or have to fuel
map too hard for the end of the race so what's the best strategy.

Cars being used are the Nissan GT-R, Peugeot VGT and I'm also trying the Ferrari 458 and McLaren for the first time.

SR is finally back to A at 69 points so I hope to get to S again before the end of the day.