I got beaten up by some guy in my last race. I pulled alongside the car in front at the starting straight - maybe that oval thing works?? And at the first corner, I braked later than this dude and I took the right corner really sharp, I went over the edge of the track and he was well behind me. No where near any contact. The driver couldn't handle it, and then he went all nutty. He must have hit me 6 times I reckon after that, and I was very surprised that at the end of the race, I got a sliver star for a clean race. He finished the race two behind me, and instead of his "S" SR rating, he had evolved to an SR "B". The problem is I was lucky to stay on the track and i could have finished 8 places further back thanks to an emotional driver. Some people wreck it for others.
Writing this just to give other slow-coaches a bit of comfort!!
Bought the Mustang ... Thought I was doing well enough not to be totally embarrassed online but accidentally made the stupid mistake of making some adjustments!
So, got online and whack - weight added, tyres changed and power reduced. Never mind, gave it a go. Driving it was like trying to walk on ice in slippers..... qualified 10th (read LAST) and 9th was er.... several.... seconds ahead. So, fingers crossed a load fly off the track and I might gain that way.
A load did indeed fly off the track in the early part - only to come back on and overtake me a little later.
And the final kick in the teeth?? The race finished before I'd crossed the line.... was on the home straight and "ping" - closed.
At least I didn't lose any SR (not possible, not anywhere near other cars most of the race!!)
So, after that "experience" and seeing the times posted here.... I will be sticking to "Campaign" mode for a while longer yet!
Writing this just to give other slow-coaches a bit of comfort!!
Bought the Mustang (and I now believe I didn't need to as you get loaned one for the race??) and practiced in Arcade. Thought I was doing well enough not to be totally embarrassed online but accidentally made the stupid mistake of making some adjustments!
So, got online and whack - weight added, tyres changed and power reduced. Never mind, gave it a go. Driving it was like trying to walk on ice in slippers..... qualified 10th (read LAST) and 9th was er.... several.... seconds ahead. So, fingers crossed a load fly off the track and I might gain that way.
A load did indeed fly off the track in the early part - only to come back on and overtake me a little later.
And the final kick in the teeth?? The race finished before I'd crossed the line.... was on the home straight and "ping" - closed.
At least I didn't lose any SR (not possible, not anywhere near other cars most of the race!!)
So, after that "experience" and seeing the times posted here.... I will be sticking to "Campaign" mode for a while longer yet!
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I like that it’s locked, I can focus on driving instead. Think of each different car as a different tune instead, each one has things it’s good at and bad at and finding the right one for each track is like finding the right tune for each track. Tuning makes it so half the players or more have no chance because they won’t know how to do it properly, where is the fun in beating a guy who can’t keep up because your tune is better? I like the equal playing field for all.
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How do you guys post those "Victory" pictures? (Besides having to win).
And I presume with the race videos, you need a U-Tube account or registration?
. I went in with the R8 for the half past midnight run. Was able to beat my merc qualifying time from last night. Unluckily for me that put me P8/13 on a mostly DR/C grid with only 3 of us DR/Ds 
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. Off we go fangin it to T1 which was all kinds of awkward. Snuck through with minimal damage, but not completely unscathed. Getting through the first lap was less than pretty, and I think there was some contacts avoidable from all concerned. I managed to find some consistency and lapped reasonably well.... for me 
. The person behind me was closing in, and at one point showed up on my radar, but then disappeared. I managed to get things a bit wrong at the chicane and picked up a 3s penalty. I was 4s ahead headed towards the line, so i didn't slow down to remove the penalty. Things are gunna be interesting when they do get around to implementing penalty zones 
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. Another day above DR 1 
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How do you guys post those "Victory" pictures? (Besides having to win).
And I presume with the race videos, you need a U-Tube account or registration?
I've found, both Mustangs have excellent off-throttle tuck in. The brakes are indeed superb, but the car's car's turn really tight at the hairpins.I played off line from December 2017 to May 2018. Didn't have a PS+ Account and hadn't played online gaming since 2007. When I tried Sport Mode I was totally crap (now I'm only mostly crap). Off line will teach you the cars, handling, tracks etc but the only way to get better at Sport Mode is to race online. The absolute predictability AI will never replicate the mayhem of a real race. For me the biggest lesson to learn was coping with pressure of a player right up your bumper and you trying to both defend and race fast while all the time trying to trust that they too will race but also expecting to be punted at any moment. I'm still way off becoming only partially crap. Last night I was in 3rd in Daily B with a 1 sec lead coming into the chicane and for no reason messed up the entry and lost a place. The difference now is that I recovered, got in behind the guy who passed me and held my head to keep 4th. So you do start to get used to that pressure and you also get better at recovering.
As for finishing outside the time, I only raced Bathurst 4 times last week. I only actually crossed the finish line once. Some cars, tracks and combinations will work better for you. So long as you have fun they are all worth racing.
Saw your post and tried the Mustang on Daily B for a couple of hot laps. Nice livery by the way. I've been using the Lexus (both 16 & 17...seem nearly identical). First couple of laps in the Mustang I was terrible but realised that it was the braking that was totally different. The Lexus needs you to stand on the brakes and perhaps use gears to help slow into corners. I was doing the same in the Mustang but losing loads of time in the corners. The brakes are much sharper on it and only need a dab in some corners which means you can also hold a higher gear because of it. So, a little adjustment of my left foot and it became a totally different car. I'm at 2.0.10 qualy at Nurb in the 16 Lexus (sub 2 is still just dangling out there) but in the Mustang I had it down to 2.0.4 with only 5 laps. Perhaps there's more improvement for me yet with that than by using a car I've not dropped below 2 even after dozens of laps. The other thing may be that with better brakes the Mustang could be better for races where you have to react to cars in front. The sharper brakes might help avoid a few tangles.
@drummingcat: I suggested to my wife that she could take a go. She's still laughing. Not in this life time mate, she'd rather watch the grass grow. With regards to steering inputs of other drivers, I tend to be more amused when I watch replays and see all the asssits. I came 3rd the other night at Nurb GP and watched a replay to see how a car had hit me when on T1 he was miles back coming into the corner. Other than the fact that he just didn't bother braking he had every assist flashing. I checked the other cars and of the top 10 I was the only one running just ABS. OK, a little elitist for the mostly crap driver that I am (as said above already) but I do like being able to sit on my moral high horse and say that at least I did it pure.
When it comes to wheel vs controller, there are pros and cons for both. The controller advantage that comes to mind for me is that I can transition the steering from lock to lock in about a tenth of a second, because I only need to move my thumb an inch. Not sure anybody can do that with a wheel. I don't think I would need to do that in a race, but that's the thing that comes to mind.
