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Pigems
Well I finally had to get my own PS4 today, I had been sharing with my son before but he got a couple new games for Christmas and it was clear I was gonna need my own. So I’m starting over from scratch for real this time, I’ve been working on beating all the offline stuff over again all afternoon and evening(after the 3 hour install lol) trying to build up money and cars to be able to go back online and race. I should have missions and driving school all re golded by morning, track experience is gonna take a little longer though. Then it’s back to DR 1 and starting all over again lol, oh well I knew this day would come eventually. My New PSN is Pigems for anyone I had added to my old one(bringerofrain279), or any new people who feel like adding me as well, the more the merrier. I Hope to see you all back out there again soon :)
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That’s awesome. A friend of mine at work is having to share his as well, I’m trying to convince him to just get another one. They’re pretty cheap. Only he has it worse, he’s sharing his with his two little girls...how’s the old man gonna look a little girl in the eyes and say “beat it kiddo, daddy’s got some racing to do”.
 
Pigems
Well I finally had to get my own PS4 today, I had been sharing with my son before but he got a couple new games for Christmas and it was clear I was gonna need my own. So I’m starting over from scratch for real this time, I’ve been working on beating all the offline stuff over again all afternoon and evening(after the 3 hour install lol) trying to build up money and cars to be able to go back online and race. I should have missions and driving school all re golded by morning, track experience is gonna take a little longer though. Then it’s back to DR 1 and starting all over again lol, oh well I knew this day would come eventually. My New PSN is Pigems for anyone I had added to my old one(bringerofrain279), or any new people who feel like adding me as well, the more the merrier. I Hope to see you all back out there again soon :)
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So the old account was your son’s.
 
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So the old account was your son’s.
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We always just shared it until I started playing GT Sport, but now that I’ve got my own that old account will be just his from now on. I’m gonna put bringerofrain279 on my new PS4 just as a secondary account for weeks when the races are DR/SR killers so I can still race and also keep my good account clean, or when I wanna run one Svenno J style from the back without Qualifying. But Pigems will be my main account from here on out, it’s nice to have options. :D
 
Pigems
We always just shared it until I started playing GT Sport, but now that I’ve got my own that old account will be just his from now on. I’m gonna put bringerofrain279 on my new PS4 just as a secondary account for weeks when the races are DR/SR killers so I can still race and also keep my good account clean, or when I wanna run one Svenno J style from the back without Qualifying. But Pigems will be my main account from here on out, it’s nice to have options. :D
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A good choice to have spare tyres to save, say, an A+ DR for example.
Edit: Two more wins in race c were obtained. Dr up by only a little over 500.
 
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Dang, I might have dropped too low in DR now. I've been getting into slower rooms in the evening (B/S to D/S, no more A+ and A), which does allow me to make up more positions yet the cost is even more DR loss as it's still only 3 laps. My best lap was down to 2:19 due to traffic. It did not help I missed one race start and got disqualified for not moving, then the next race I couldn't dodge one of the wall bangers and got a penalty, so now my SR was down to 84. Something to fix!


So how hard is it to gain 15 SR in the daily B...

10:10 pm, A/A on pole, down to D/S, mostly SR.A, looks like another slow room, starting 15th. I finished 6th, despite a car losing control in the final lap and taking me out in the chase. I'm the only blue S between a bunch of red down to B. +2 SR and +180 DR. Not giving up hope yet, I'm turning this ship around!

10:30 pm, B/S on pole, rest lower DR, mostly D/S, at least all SR.S. Starting 12th. Finished 5th with fastest lap, despite getting taken out in the chase by a Cayman in lap 1 this time and a TT cup felt to need to bump me from behind after I passed him for SR Down. +1 SR and +120 DR.

10:50 pm, starting 12th again, pretty much same room make up. Finished 6th, fastest lap again. I went off in the chase in lap 1 as I got asked a question at a crucial moment, yet I've learned it's better to answer than to make a corner. +4 SR and -30 DR. SR 91 now, let's see if that changes the room.

11:10 pm, starting 15th, yep it's a different bracket. 4 A+/S at the top, 3 A/S, rest B/S. Fast room. Finished 12th. A Megane is holding me up in the mountain, blocking and pushing when I attempt a pass at the bottom of the chase. It's impossible to pass them on the Conrod straight with their crazy acceleration. I'm an inch from his bumper coming out of Forest's elbow and the Megane increases the gap to 0.6 sec... I can get alongside after the chase, yet that's where he pushed me off the road. The penalty system gave me a shortcut penalty, oh well. +4 SR, -100 DR.

11:30 pm, starting 16th. Damn 6 A+/S at the top! 2 A/S, rest B/S. 2 B/S drop out on loading, I start 14th. The A+/S crowd is not very imaginative, 2 Meganes, 3 TT cups, 1 Huracan. A Megane won. I finish 12th. I got stuck behind a TT cup in 11th place. He screws up Murray's corner and I have to brake hard and let the TT cup behind me through. I pass him in Hell corner yet we are still alongside while I have the run, however the TT cup in front moves over to the right to give the TT Cup next to me the draft, bastard. I pass TT Cup 2 down the chase, however he tries to over take me on the outside after the chase and drives like I'm not there, bounces off me at the apex, 3 sec penalty for me. Then I have to avoid TT cup 1 again at the essess, which means TT cup 2 dives through and I have to hit the wall to avoid him, another 2 sec 'short cut' penalty. -5 SR, +80 DR. Back down to 89 SR.

11:50 pm, lower bracket, A/A on pole, mixed SR.S/SR.A room, starting 13th behind the DR.Ds. At least there are only 2 Meganes and one TT cup in this race. A Corvette in front of me practically stops for the esses, is he expecting a cross walk? I was following at 0.56 sec behind as I did not trust his driving yet even that gap was too small to avoid someone stopping for the esses, 2 sec penalty for me. The corvette tries to block me later down the chase, yet misses and drives himself off. I finish 8th. -6 SR, -90 DR. SR 83, worse than where I started...

12:10 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting 14th. I get stuck behind a Megane again. He screws up yet blocks in time. Even though I get a much better corner exit out of Forest Elbow and initially close the gap by over 100 msec, the Megane simply out accelerates me again to increase the gap temporarily. I catch up and get alongside after the slight right, then the classic Megane move, push me out of the way. I don't want to risk a penalty for him bouncing off me so I let him. I finish 8th behind him, +4 SR, -15 DR.

12::30 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting 15th. A car loses control at Hell Corner at the start and takes me out. Despite that I finish 10th with the clean race bonus! +5 SR, -250 DR. At 92 currently, back in the fast room?

12:50 am, no A+, Two As, down to Cs, all SR.S, starting 14th. Messy room. I'm following close behind double lane traffic, however the TT cup behind me shows no patience and starts bumping me. I tap the wall to give him a penalty as I don't want his SR Down. However that lets another car through, fine. The TT cup messes up so I pass him. He then bumps me again, this time into the wall in Forest Elbow. I decide to stay behind now, too messy. I finish 13th as one car gets bumped off in the final turn. 80% of the room, the entire backfield but me have red ratings. No longer all SR.S. +2 SR, -900 DR

01:10 am, 2 DR A, mostly C, couple B and D, all SR.S, starting 13th. Disconnected from network right at the count down :banghead: -5 SR, -900 DR.

01:20 am, Sarthe intermezzo, room of 10, one DR.A, 5 DR.D and some B, C and one S, all SR.S, starting 9th. I finish 4th, quit out asap and miss the Panorama race by a couple of seconds FFS. Since a car tapped me from behind, forced me off in the Porsche curves and bumped me again in Corvette, -1 SR +200 DR.

01:40 am, Hopefully this Sarthe race loads and finishes faster, or I'll quit out before the finish. One DR.A, one SR.A in the room. rest the usual down to D/S, starting last in 9th. I would have finished 4th yet drop out right before the finish and sign up for Panorama with 25 seconds to spare. Hopefully I gained enough SR during the race not to drop further. -3 SR, -600 DR. Down to 85 SR.

01:50 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting last, 13th. I get stuck behind a bunch of tourists. They brake in such odd places (photo opportunities?) I stay well behind. I attempt a pass at Hell Corner yet one tourist totally ignores me. I am right beside him and he bumps me hard into the inside grass. Penalty for him, I guess I'll stay behind. A mustang keeps swerving in front of me unsure of where to brake. He goes so slow and wavy through Forest Elbow that I can't get a run on him. Yeah, not trying to out brake him either or go side by side. I finish 9th +4 SR, -300 DR.

02:10 am, Oh an A+ is back and 4 DR.A, all SR.S, 4 D/S as well, starting 14th. No tourists this race, I dodge the wall banger and the lawn mower, then get stuck behind a dueling Megane and Corvette. At least they are not that slow and I can drive in the 2:16s. Eventually the Corvette loses it and I finish 8th. +5 SR +50 DR.

02:30 am, A+/S to D/S again, starting 13th. I pass a M4 on the mountain straight then the Huracan up next messes up at McPhillamy park and starts fishtailing down Skyline. I have to slow down to a crawl to avoid him, his car won't ghost. The M4 catches back up and messes up his approach to the Dipper making me flee into the grassy bit on the outside to avoid his missile, watching him like a hawk in my mirror. As thanks for preventing a collision he punts me off at the chase. He falls back as I catch up to the Huracan which gets in trouble at Skyline again. This time I manage to get by. Now I have clear road ahead as I've lost so much time I'm 28 sec behind the leader. A clear last lap, finishing 11th. +4 SR to 98. -500 DR.

02:50 am, A+/S to D/S again, starting 13th out of 14. One D/S behind me, one A+/S in front of me, interesting. The A+/S doesn't know how to adjust behind slow traffic and first messes up at Hell corner then crashes in the cutting. I pass him yet now I'm behind the slow drivers while the A+ catches back up. It doesn't take long until he bumps me for the unnecessary SR Downs. I keep my head cool and pass the slower drivers staying ahead of the A+ while building a gap on him. I finally have a decent best lap 2:14.7. Finish 9th +0 SR, -10 DR.

03:10 am, A to D DR, A to B SR, uh oh. starting 14th out of 15. Messy, scary race. I get right in the middle of traffic in the esses due to ghosts merging back in. Somehow I manage to avoid everything, yet still get hammered from behind once, luckily no SR Down. The rest of the race involves dodging several lawn mowers. I finish 6th, unscathed, in front of a swathe or red ratings, clean race bonus! Back to 99 SR!! +300 DR. Now at a flat 15K.


To gain 15 SR took 5 hours and cost about 4K DR. 15K DR getting closer to DR.C. Perhaps it's time to qualify...
 
Why is the race taking so long to load?

Edit: Boooo. My controller battery died start of race. :mad:
 
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Dang, I might have dropped too low in DR now. I've been getting into slower rooms in the evening (B/S to D/S, no more A+ and A), which does allow me to make up more positions yet the cost is even more DR loss as it's still only 3 laps. My best lap was down to 2:19 due to traffic. It did not help I missed one race start and got disqualified for not moving, then the next race I couldn't dodge one of the wall bangers and got a penalty, so now my SR was down to 84. Something to fix!


So how hard is it to gain 15 SR in the daily B...

10:10 pm, A/A on pole, down to D/S, mostly SR.A, looks like another slow room, starting 15th. I finished 6th, despite a car losing control in the final lap and taking me out in the chase. I'm the only blue S between a bunch of red down to B. +2 SR and +180 DR. Not giving up hope yet, I'm turning this ship around!

10:30 pm, B/S on pole, rest lower DR, mostly D/S, at least all SR.S. Starting 12th. Finished 5th with fastest lap, despite getting taken out in the chase by a Cayman in lap 1 this time and a TT cup felt to need to bump me from behind after I passed him for SR Down. +1 SR and +120 DR.

10:50 pm, starting 12th again, pretty much same room make up. Finished 6th, fastest lap again. I went off in the chase in lap 1 as I got asked a question at a crucial moment, yet I've learned it's better to answer than to make a corner. +4 SR and -30 DR. SR 91 now, let's see if that changes the room.

11:10 pm, starting 15th, yep it's a different bracket. 4 A+/S at the top, 3 A/S, rest B/S. Fast room. Finished 12th. A Megane is holding me up in the mountain, blocking and pushing when I attempt a pass at the bottom of the chase. It's impossible to pass them on the Conrod straight with their crazy acceleration. I'm an inch from his bumper coming out of Forest's elbow and the Megane increases the gap to 0.6 sec... I can get alongside after the chase, yet that's where he pushed me off the road. The penalty system gave me a shortcut penalty, oh well. +4 SR, -100 DR.

11:30 pm, starting 16th. Damn 6 A+/S at the top! 2 A/S, rest B/S. 2 B/S drop out on loading, I start 14th. The A+/S crowd is not very imaginative, 2 Meganes, 3 TT cups, 1 Huracan. A Megane won. I finish 12th. I got stuck behind a TT cup in 11th place. He screws up Murray's corner and I have to brake hard and let the TT cup behind me through. I pass him in Hell corner yet we are still alongside while I have the run, however the TT cup in front moves over to the right to give the TT Cup next to me the draft, bastard. I pass TT Cup 2 down the chase, however he tries to over take me on the outside after the chase and drives like I'm not there, bounces off me at the apex, 3 sec penalty for me. Then I have to avoid TT cup 1 again at the essess, which means TT cup 2 dives through and I have to hit the wall to avoid him, another 2 sec 'short cut' penalty. -5 SR, +80 DR. Back down to 89 SR.

11:50 pm, lower bracket, A/A on pole, mixed SR.S/SR.A room, starting 13th behind the DR.Ds. At least there are only 2 Meganes and one TT cup in this race. A Corvette in front of me practically stops for the esses, is he expecting a cross walk? I was following at 0.56 sec behind as I did not trust his driving yet even that gap was too small to avoid someone stopping for the esses, 2 sec penalty for me. The corvette tries to block me later down the chase, yet misses and drives himself off. I finish 8th. -6 SR, -90 DR. SR 83, worse than where I started...

12:10 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting 14th. I get stuck behind a Megane again. He screws up yet blocks in time. Even though I get a much better corner exit out of Forest Elbow and initially close the gap by over 100 msec, the Megane simply out accelerates me again to increase the gap temporarily. I catch up and get alongside after the slight right, then the classic Megane move, push me out of the way. I don't want to risk a penalty for him bouncing off me so I let him. I finish 8th behind him, +4 SR, -15 DR.

12::30 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting 15th. A car loses control at Hell Corner at the start and takes me out. Despite that I finish 10th with the clean race bonus! +5 SR, -250 DR. At 92 currently, back in the fast room?

12:50 am, no A+, Two As, down to Cs, all SR.S, starting 14th. Messy room. I'm following close behind double lane traffic, however the TT cup behind me shows no patience and starts bumping me. I tap the wall to give him a penalty as I don't want his SR Down. However that lets another car through, fine. The TT cup messes up so I pass him. He then bumps me again, this time into the wall in Forest Elbow. I decide to stay behind now, too messy. I finish 13th as one car gets bumped off in the final turn. 80% of the room, the entire backfield but me have red ratings. No longer all SR.S. +2 SR, -900 DR

01:10 am, 2 DR A, mostly C, couple B and D, all SR.S, starting 13th. Disconnected from network right at the count down :banghead: -5 SR, -900 DR.

01:20 am, Sarthe intermezzo, room of 10, one DR.A, 5 DR.D and some B, C and one S, all SR.S, starting 9th. I finish 4th, quit out asap and miss the Panorama race by a couple of seconds FFS. Since a car tapped me from behind, forced me off in the Porsche curves and bumped me again in Corvette, -1 SR +200 DR.

01:40 am, Hopefully this Sarthe race loads and finishes faster, or I'll quit out before the finish. One DR.A, one SR.A in the room. rest the usual down to D/S, starting last in 9th. I would have finished 4th yet drop out right before the finish and sign up for Panorama with 25 seconds to spare. Hopefully I gained enough SR during the race not to drop further. -3 SR, -600 DR. Down to 85 SR.

01:50 am, mixed SR S/A room, A to D DR, starting last, 13th. I get stuck behind a bunch of tourists. They brake in such odd places (photo opportunities?) I stay well behind. I attempt a pass at Hell Corner yet one tourist totally ignores me. I am right beside him and he bumps me hard into the inside grass. Penalty for him, I guess I'll stay behind. A mustang keeps swerving in front of me unsure of where to brake. He goes so slow and wavy through Forest Elbow that I can't get a run on him. Yeah, not trying to out brake him either or go side by side. I finish 9th +4 SR, -300 DR.

02:10 am, Oh an A+ is back and 4 DR.A, all SR.S, 4 D/S as well, starting 14th. No tourists this race, I dodge the wall banger and the lawn mower, then get stuck behind a dueling Megane and Corvette. At least they are not that slow and I can drive in the 2:16s. Eventually the Corvette loses it and I finish 8th. +5 SR +50 DR.

02:30 am, A+/S to D/S again, starting 13th. I pass a M4 on the mountain straight then the Huracan up next messes up at McPhillamy park and starts fishtailing down Skyline. I have to slow down to a crawl to avoid him, his car won't ghost. The M4 catches back up and messes up his approach to the Dipper making me flee into the grassy bit on the outside to avoid his missile, watching him like a hawk in my mirror. As thanks for preventing a collision he punts me off at the chase. He falls back as I catch up to the Huracan which gets in trouble at Skyline again. This time I manage to get by. Now I have clear road ahead as I've lost so much time I'm 28 sec behind the leader. A clear last lap, finishing 11th. +4 SR to 98. -500 DR.

02:50 am, A+/S to D/S again, starting 13th out of 14. One D/S behind me, one A+/S in front of me, interesting. The A+/S doesn't know how to adjust behind slow traffic and first messes up at Hell corner then crashes in the cutting. I pass him yet now I'm behind the slow drivers while the A+ catches back up. It doesn't take long until he bumps me for the unnecessary SR Downs. I keep my head cool and pass the slower drivers staying ahead of the A+ while building a gap on him. I finally have a decent best lap 2:14.7. Finish 9th +0 SR, -10 DR.

03:10 am, A to D DR, A to B SR, uh oh. starting 14th out of 15. Messy, scary race. I get right in the middle of traffic in the esses due to ghosts merging back in. Somehow I manage to avoid everything, yet still get hammered from behind once, luckily no SR Down. The rest of the race involves dodging several lawn mowers. I finish 6th, unscathed, in front of a swathe or red ratings, clean race bonus! Back to 99 SR!! +300 DR. Now at a flat 15K.


To gain 15 SR took 5 hours and cost about 4K DR. 15K DR getting closer to DR.C. Perhaps it's time to qualify...
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The effort you put in writing these race messages in such detail is beyond my imagination.

Respect to you. See you someday on the track!
 
Started the day with 20965 DR and 97 SR, now (1pm) at 22371 DR and 81 SR (holy 🤬 La Sarthe! :eek:) I beat an A+ guy so that gave me a big DR boost. I wonder if a lower SR can put me in lobbies with slower drivers, so I can get closer to DR/A...
 
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Nope. Just lobbies full of reasonably fast guys who deliberately lower their SR and drive super dirty to get cheap wins.
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Yeah, good thing my expectations weren't too high. The thing is, I won't be able to play for months starting Jan 8th because the new semester is starting, so I want to reach my goal as soon as possible... Just about 7k DR to go. I hope my SR can bounce back too.
 
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The effort you put in writing these race messages in such detail is beyond my imagination.

Respect to you. See you someday on the track!
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There's about a 10 minute wait in between races with restarting the game. I also watch Netflix in between, browse other sites, do some dishes, clean up, exercise, walk the dog, check on the kids, as long as I don't have to qualify aka time trial.

RZQSPEED
...in Reverse Gear...
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Actually I already tried to qualify. I took on @sturk0167 's challenge to see how well I know the course with my eyes closed. Blind folded I stepped out onto the track to discover that neither rumble nor sound gives any clues to what side the car goes off or hits a wall. It is rather impossible.

After 22 minutes I gave up revving against walls and waiting for resets. I was in the Ferrari on heavy wet tires (It felt like it was going to rain) without any aids yet that hardly mattered at all. I had somehow managed to scrape my way to Skyline, yet after looking at the replay it turned out I kept getting turned around right after the dipper and was just going back and forth.

Nope, I can not drive this track with my eyes closed.
 
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Well, last race last night (C) and I was grided 2nd, which suits me since I can usually gain a position into T1 with the draft. P1 was running way inside so I pulled left to the curb and took my usual racing line, planning on going inside on the exit. Worked well until he turned into me and pushed me in the grass. He spun. He caught up (too) quick and took me out in the left hander after the fast, double apex right.
I watched the replay and I'm wondering if I'm seeing my first instance of the brake glitch. Coming through the fast right, he ghosted right through traffic and continued to ghost through people throughout the race. I watched from in his car and he's braking deeper and cornering faster than I think is possible. And then theres the ghosting. Any explanations?
 
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Yeah baby yeah. Jumped in to two more b races this morning. First one was frustrating got trapped behind moving roadblocks and whatnot. I’ve never seen fella with decent qual times so slow at griffins and I just tapped one guy as I had to drop to second gear?!
Second race was good clean race.
Back to 94sr
Hopefully back to 99 soon.
I think now some players have gotten in their unicorn lap on race b because they were making it very dangerous on the top section with all their ricocheting off walls and each other.
Very dangerous if you have to slow for traffic because the maniacs behind see it as opportunity.
I was lucky to get out of that first race without losing sr.
So stimulating though, this race b, really feels like an element of risk. I like it.
 
So yeah Ive been having either a great or a rough race in the group 2 Fuji race this week. The last one i did just know takes the biscuit.

I lasted almost 1 lap before I got booted out, not one of the contacts was my fault. I wish i could show the replay up to that point to prove it!

First corner braked at the right point, knocked from behind and pushed wide, stood my ground on the outside and got a DR warning. Next corner pushed wide over the curbs again and came back onto the track the tiniest of touches again another warning. The Dunlop chicane 4 cars in front of me all involved in pushing each other off. I tried to play it safe, pushed off the track again and i got another warning. By this point the game pointed out to me that any more collisions would kick me out of the race.

Last corner 2 cars in front of me push each other off and one came back on and drove deliberately into me to force me to brake. I had nowhere to go and the game again deemed it my fault.

The game is BS I was at Driver rating B and sports man A this morning. I'm just so sick of races like this when i try really hard not to hit anyone or cause any dramas.

Also i have noticed that when cars have come out of the pits at Fuji and you are ahead of them but you have to brake harder meaning they can catch or take you on the inside I always get the warning when they force there way to the inside! Pure joke.

Why I am annoyed is that I'm a massive Super GT fan so racing this race is one of my favorite ones that GT Sport puts on.
 
Down the hill on mount Panorana, do you really wanted to pass me there - I was asking myself for another dude.
I was very careful because the guy in front of my was kind of sliding, still my plan was to wait the last corner and get a better exit, but the guy behind me, nop, he needed to pass down the hill, cut me of, I hit his rear, he and I spin...
End of race "please let me pass if you do an error" - At this rate I may have to move to some online racing with full damage all the time, at least I hope there they maybe think.
 
I don't have any of the Group C cars, which would you say is the most fun to drive (doesn't necessarily have to be the quickest) as I'll probably need one for the Le Mans race next week.
 
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I don't have any of the Group C cars, which would you say is the most fun to drive (doesn't necessarily have to be the quickest) as I'll probably need one for the Le Mans race next week.
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I've heard the group C cars are slower than the GT1 or LMP cars. To be honest, I don't know the differences. When we raced at Monza I only had the Toyota Hybrid, which got passed easily on the long straight, but handled good and had GREAT acceleration through the first 4 gears, so I could pass through the tighter stuff. I've now got a couple more cars I could run...I'll have to look. I know I have the Mazda (787?) which was always fun in GT 4, if down on power a bit to the Nissan 92. The Nissan and a Porsche (908?) seem to be the fastest on the fast tracks, though tire wear and fuel may come into play as to which car will finish the race fastest. (I hope!)
 
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I've heard the group C cars are slower than the GT1 or LMP cars. To be honest, I don't know the differences. When we raced at Monza I only had the Toyota Hybrid, which got passed easily on the long straight, but handled good and had GREAT acceleration through the first 4 gears, so I could pass through the tighter stuff. I've now got a couple more cars I could run...I'll have to look. I know I have the Mazda (787?) which was always fun in GT 4, if down on power a bit to the Nissan 92. The Nissan and a Porsche (908?) seem to be the fastest on the fast tracks, though tire wear and fuel may come into play as to which car will finish the race fastest. (I hope!)
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It's the No Chicane version next week else I usually go for the Peugeot 908, or the Toyota TS050
 
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It's the No Chicane version next week else I usually go for the Peugeot 908, or the Toyota TS050
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Right, it's the Peugeot. The TS050 is the only car I had last time, and it was fun. Couldn't quite hold the draft of a 92, but got a good speed boost, and I was faster than my competition in 92's from the first chicane to the second, and could usually get enough drive to stay ahead into the last corner, so it worked for me.
 
I tested all the GR.1 cars when the 5 lap GR.1 race was on before on Sarthe (August 23rd) The fastest (observed) finish times were from these:

Top 5 fastest winning cars:
17:20.981 Audi R18 '16
17:29.539 Peugeot 908 HDi Team Peugeot
17:33.901 Porsche 919 Hybrid
17:42.090 Nissan R92CP '92
17:47.433 Peugeot L750R Hybrid VGT

My personal top 5 fastest laps were in these:
3:25.914 Audi R18 '16
3:26.305 Porsche 919 Hybrid
3:26.469 Peugeot L750R Hybrid VGT
3:26.962 Peugeot 908 HDi Team Peugeot
3:27.538 Sauber Mercedes C9 '89

Cars to avoid; Top 5 worst races (best result of sample, estimated finish time when timed out DNF)
18:56.DNF Bugatti VGT
18:56.DNF Nissan GT-R LM Nismo
18:46.995 Alpine VGT
18:42.DNF Audi VGT
18:38.DNF McLaren VGT

Fuel efficiency; Top 5 best pit times
35.934 Toyota TS050 Hybrid '16 (40%)
36.269 Dodge SRT Tomahawk (42%)
36.820 Mazda LM55 VGT
36.903 Peugeot 908 HDi Team Peugeot (46%)
37.638 Alpine VGT '17 (51%)


Of course the tire model has changed since then, fuel and tire wear are likely different this time and I don't remember if it was the no chicane version, I believe it was the normal layout. Going wide in Tetre Rouge to gain time was also still forbidden. Besides that, I think that was the one time tuning was allowed in the daily C which the Audi benefited a lot from. So it's quite useless really :)
 
With the awful selection of next week's races, I really do hope to get the races changed on daily basis as well, it was much more fun rather than waiting a week....
 
bedi1982
At this rate I may have to move to some online racing with full damage all the time, at least I hope there they maybe think.
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My experience of this is being spun out usually at T1-3 on lap 1, and getting race ruining damage in the process while they see a small penalty. Or not.
 
Very funny. Finally I could drive some longer races. Then I tried race A again. Just ridiculus. Ramming all over the place. People have holiday's. :banghead:.
Almost all dr E-drivers. Is this normal for race A?

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This week it went not bad. Finnally dr A, this week wasn't any good anyway, but tonight it is ruined. :banghead:🤬:banghead:🤬
First place, got hit, spun throught the chicane, BOOM 5 sec penalty and I was in the wall. I had to reverse to finish six.

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Hasnain282
I don't have any of the Group C cars, which would you say is the most fun to drive (doesn't necessarily have to be the quickest) as I'll probably need one for the Le Mans race next week.
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787b, no contest

Sikumatchbox
Very funny. Finally I could drive some longer races. Then I tried race A again. Just ridiculus. Ramming all over the place. People have holiday's. :banghead:.
Almost all dr E-drivers. Is this normal for race A?

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This week it went not bad. Finnally dr A, this week wasn't any good anyway, but tonight it is ruined. :banghead:🤬:banghead:🤬
First place, got hit, spun throught the chicane, BOOM 5 sec penalty and I was in the wall. I had to reverse to finish six.

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Oh hey, I was in some races with you on Monday. I think all of my crashes there came at the hairpin, I could usually survive the opening chicane because I was the only person in positions 4-12 who knew what line to take.
 
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