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Must say this guys Lambo had a Saweet Red Bull livery on it. Man it looked sick. Dark Blue base & Red logo and design like the livery they had on the F1 one day during testing. Buddy took off before my message went out, but got to say really really nice if you see it AND guy wasn't driving like an arse, at least with me or what I could see so kudos hes a cool driver too.
 
Pigems
I beat my best time this morning on DT SS, by 5 whole hundredths.1:46.407, it sure doesn’t feel like there’s 2 entire seconds left out there so I decided to take the top time and break it down so I could compare it with my own to see where I’m losing the time at. Answer, Everywhere. :lol:

My line is similar, my braking points are similar and my turn in points are similar, so I got to thinking where is the speed at? So I took a photo/screenshot of both my car and the top time at every Apex except T15 and T16, I took the entry to T15 and Exit of T16. There was the answer, I’m losing a little time in nearly ever single corner through the middle of the turn and it’s affecting my exit speeds. Im gonna try to adjust the point where I release full brake pressure and start to trail off the brakes in as many corners as I possible today to see if I can get my mid corner and exit speeds up without changing my brake starting points. Now to see if any of this info helps. :)



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Good luck on the scientific approach. I only write down my screw ups :lol:
 
Took 3rd in mfg a bit ago. Yields very little points in the dr D group. I have to get back to C after my full dr reset last week. Any advice for next weeks daily races? And anyone ever had to dig themselves out after a full reset?
 
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Your enjoying the benefits of being in category B but being a faster driver. Look at the time gaps - they are large from front to back. Mine races have been very tight indeed.

I've only had three races, and the last one, I came 13th, and lost 400 DR. Got a clean award for the race, but since I was already 99 SR, it was pretty meaningless! I drove the Porsche and started in 9th place. I pitted in lap 6 rather than 5 (I led the race for a lap hey hey) but then pitted for fuel, but I left the tyres on. But in the last lap, I was 8th, with a patient queue behind me ... the car behind had wanted to pass for a lap. So I got a slight nudge at Spoon in that last lap and I ran wide and onto the grass, loosing not much in thought - but in fact, I was back to 13th. The cars are tight with lots of fast Japanese at Suzuka! I will try again in the Porsche I guess and I'll have to change the tyres this time as well I guess. Not sure how much extra time that will cost me.

For me not to loose DR points, I'll need better qualifying I reckon. I drove the Audi in the first race and it did not feel as fast in the race as in qualifying. My qualifying is not fast enough either - my 02:00.768 is about 600th best time in Asia. I have recently been around 180 to 300 in qualifying times. On the world times for Suzuka, there are two countries who have more than one car in the top 50 - Poland and Spain. The rest of the world have only one nation's driver in the top 50 - because Japan is dominating - they have 38 in the top 50 drivers!! I need a 2 minute flat time to start around 5th on the grid, and then maybe I'll finish top 8. It's tough at Suzuka for me at the moment, and really, any Aussie in the high B and low A onwards categories must be finding it tough at Suzuka this week. I have learn't though that you can cut the chicane a lot and not be penalised - I looked at the fast qualifiers. But I haven't had time to work a faster way through the chicane yet.
I need to though but I think this week maybe over for me with a significant drop in DR, darn it.
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I'm not enjoying it as I'm mainly among D drivers. Should have seen my FIA Nations Cup last night.

My Race B was way better. Moved up one spot(to 5th) and stayed glued to the rear of a Huracan. I got an orange arrow from a Huracan. It messed up way ahead and ghosted, as me and the Huracan I followed, went past.
I usually race with no HUD, but these last two weeks with just Race Display, seeing the frequency of the arrows is really annoying. I can imagine how long has this been going on with HUD off! Especially, when I recently tasted an A ranking, for like, two races.
 
Dogwolf77
Took 3rd in mfg a bit ago. Yields very little points in the dr D group. I have to get back to C after my full dr reset last week. Any advice for next weeks daily races? And anyone ever had to dig themselves out after a full reset?
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I just did two full resets this week by design :lol: Made it back to 20K DR without qualifying.

To speed up the process, qualify! You might find it faster to gain DR by staying out of SR.S... At max SR you will likely start in the back and often finish there. Although the average DR in the room is much higher, finishing 12th hardly yields DR no matter how many DR.A are in front of you. It's better to finish ahead of a whole room of D/B drivers. (Yet harder to survive)

The fastest way to gain DR is to go full speed into T1 and hope to knock out some high DR players ;) (I did not say this)
 
I did three races yesterday afternoon, all of which in the GT-R on Dragon Trail Seaside. For the first race, I started 12th as I didn't have time to qualify. I also wanted to see what it was like to start from the back of the field. I managed to finish 7th, which isn't a terrible result. For the next race I started 5th, and I quickly got into a decent scrap with another GT-R and a Huracan. It lasted for the entire race but I was the biggest loser, going from third back to fifth. We were all bullying each other and I lost my S SR. In the third race, I started second not thinking I could win, as the guy ahead set a qualifying time almost a second faster than me. But he binned it on the Chicane Of Death and I won the race. I was satisfied with my racing for the day and decided to make a livery for the livery competition.
 
Sven Jurgens
I just did two full resets this week by design :lol: Made it back to 20K DR without qualifying.

To speed up the process, qualify! You might find it faster to gain DR by staying out of SR.S... At max SR you will likely start in the back and often finish there. Although the average DR in the room is much higher, finishing 12th hardly yields DR no matter how many DR.A are in front of you. It's better to finish ahead of a whole room of D/B drivers. (Yet harder to survive)

The fastest way to gain DR is to go full speed into T1 and hope to knock out some high DR players ;) (I did not say this)
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Thank you Sven, great advice and I appreciate it. I need to knock my SR down (which might be kinda fun, although it won’t make me any friends). :lol:
 
Wow. Lots of reading to catch up! Raced B last night. I suck at that track. Raced the Aston 3 times. 2 were punt fests and I finished poorly. On 10th I think, and last in the other. To be fair, I could have finished a couple places up, but had to wait for the guy who repeatedly took me out for no reason, to return the favor. I got 5th in the one good race. Started 7th or 8th and had a really good race with the guys who finished 4th and 6th.
Tonight I tried out the Vette at Suzuka. Bettered my Q in about 9 or 10 laps, down to a 2:01.9xx, so I raced it. First race started 3rd and finished 2nd. Had some trouble in the chicane at the end of lap 4 and almost spun, so I pitted. An Alfa took the lead from me on L5 when he came out of the pits. I wasn't too happy about him jumping on the racing line in front of me, but no contact. I hugged his tail and made a run a couple of times, but I would have had to force it, and I was in position for my first podium of the week so I didn't. In the end, my tires were pretty beat up, and I made what could have been a big mistake, so I cruised home 5 seconds back, 8 in front of 3rd.
Next race I got the pole, and the win. An early challenge hung on for 3 laps then lost it in Degner 1, giving me a safe lead. I got 2 stars...really wanted the clean race, and would have had it but someone took out the 100m sighn going into Degner 1, and it was on the racing line on the last lap. I turned in early to avoid it, cutting the corner a bit. Thought I got away with it, but no, .625 second penalty which I burned in the chicane at the end. Won by 11 seconds with a time of 21:19. I think that's my fastest race this week, even though my fast lap was only 2:03.6 and I did mostly 2:04's.

Win #10. Wohoo!:cheers:
 
Spent the majority of the day in the rig, and did a lot of race B’s in the GT-R. Finished the day with a minor increase in Dr, a kind of major decrease in Sr and a smile and the knowledge of making one French rammer ragequit and a Spanish idiot calling me pig:lol: after I made them “kiss” the wall.

Hey! It’s not my fault. The French guy made me kiss a wall multiple times, so I just returned the favor. The Spanish dive bomber took out top 3 at the end of sector 1 on DT on the first lap:irked: (I started 5th, the moron started 6th and P1 ghosted at the start). I had a fight for first with a south African. On the third lap, the Spanish moron catches up and gets second. I let him by cleanly on the last corner, just to accidentally brake too late into the corner he took out top 3. Which made him enter the sandpit. Oops :scared: :lol: It gave me a 3 second penalty, but I received that one with a smile. He then overdrove his Evo so much, that he spun out at the top of the esses:lol:
Me and me South Africa had a clean fight to the end, until I slowed down to get rid of my penalty at the finish line. The funny thing is that me South Africa thanked me for a clean race, while mr bombman called me a pig. For doing exactly what he did. I replied with an “oink-oink”, and he left.:lol:

Race C: I accidentally crossed the line, giving me a Q-time in the Atenza. 2:05 I think it was. One race. Nothing special.
I the tried the RSR. One lap of Q, just for fun. I was going to start with a “slow” lap. Not pushing at all, just to get a reference. Ended up chopping a second off of what I did with the Atenza. Might have to give Suzuka go tomorrow (later today,it’s 3:30 am here).
 
Dogwolf77
Thank you Sven, great advice and I appreciate it. I need to knock my SR down (which might be kinda fun, although it won’t make me any friends). :lol:
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Don't do it like that. On Thursday, when I was trying to lower my SR, so I could race with Sven, I went to race A without qualifying. Starting in the back with the slower guys, I was pushing people out of the way and being a total menace. Sure, I got a lot of the SR downs that I was seeking, but it was some pretty bad bullying. The people I was hitting weren't fighting back, instead just kept trying to stay clean and make their way around the track.

When I noticed that they were remaining polite, in spite of my scummy behavior, I really started feeling like a piece of 🤬. These were just some poor fellows out there trying to have fun, and didn't deserve this. I left the post-race immediately, because I couldn't even face them to apologize. I don't mean to talk about a bunch of feelings or anything, but I left feeling really ashamed, and wanted to crawl under a rock. :O I still regret it, very much, and certainly won't ever be doing it again. I still remember one of their names, and I intend to send him a message.

I didn't really intend to share this, but if you've got a conscience you'll thank me for this cautionary tale. Just hit some walls, cut some corners, drive the wrong direction, then quit the race before the end. That will drop you down a bunch. 👍


Edit: I'll still dish out street justice to someone who earns it.
 
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Dogwolf77
Thank you Sven, great advice and I appreciate it. I need to knock my SR down (which might be kinda fun, although it won’t make me any friends). :lol:
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What Sturk said. All you need to do is turn around, wait for the dq timer to start counting, turn around again wait for the timer to stop and sr down to show, repeat. Just stay at the starting straight.

The fastest way to gain DR is on the daily B
A Max 33 people to take DR from per hour
B Max 45 people to take DR from per hour
C Max 38 people to take DR from per hour

It's also easier to hang on to a good quali position in shorter races without tire wear or fuel saving.


On the flip side, daily B backfield is a mess again in SR.S. First race this evening -4 SR from blows received and getting punted off. I finished 8th in a sea of red ratings. The front was blue though, got to qualify if you don't enjoy a bit of chaos!
 
Daily B is crazy right now (SR B but fluctuating) I got hit 4 or 5 times in all of 5 seconds on them long esses.

Bang to one side BANG from behind, now I'm sideways bang on my side, almost off the track BANG to hurry me up now in the wall spun around like whuhhh, is it a group of Husbands who's wives I've been sleeping with ganging up on me :D I won't do it again, its my Dads turn :P
 
Sven Jurgens
What Sturk said. All you need to do is turn around, wait for the dq timer to start counting, turn around again wait for the timer to stop and sr down to show, repeat. Just stay at the starting straight.

The fastest way to gain DR is on the daily B
A Max 33 people to take DR from per hour
B Max 45 people to take DR from per hour
C Max 38 people to take DR from per hour

It's also easier to hang on to a good quali position in shorter races without tire wear or fuel saving.


On the flip side, daily B backfield is a mess again in SR.S. First race this evening -4 SR from blows received and getting punted off. I finished 8th in a sea of red ratings. The front was blue though, got to qualify if you don't enjoy a bit of chaos!
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I think I like this a lot better. I’m a little like Sturk, it was impossible for me to collide into people. I’d hit the wall no problem. I just tried race A,starting 9, ended 4th with a clean race bonus...go figure. Isn’t that ironic. After practicing to avoid collision for several months, it’s pretty hard to unlearn. :dunce:
 
I started a race in 2nd and the guy in first was braking to an almost crawl in an attempt to force me to hit him from behind giving me a penalty. Another guy it was pretty good with and then when I leave him room on the inside for us to go two wide on the last turn he accelerates out using me as a guard rail. Thanks...

What bothers me the most is that any touch with another car lowers your SR. Even if it's someone slightly bumping you mid-turn and you were doing nothing but driving your own clean line.
 
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Dogwolf77
I think I like this a lot better. I’m a little like Sturk, it was impossible for me to collide into people. I’d hit the wall no problem. I just tried race A,starting 9, ended 4th with a clean race bonus...go figure. Isn’t that ironic. After practicing to avoid collision for several months, it’s pretty hard to unlearn. :dunce:
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Same here. I keep saying to myself, race hard, no concessions, then I fall back into avoidance mode in the first turn. You have to tap into that anger to drive dirty back. I'm too mellow this evening, stuck at 99 SR.


DesertPenguin
What bothers me the most is that any touch with another car lowers your SR. Even if it's someone slightly bumping you mid-turn and you were doing nothing but driving your own clean line.
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Yep, my record consecutive clean races on DT this week is .... two :/ Just that little tap on your bumper, either lag or intentional and bye bye bonus.

It seems I'm a magnet for dirty/clumsy drivers. One red rating in the last room, the genesis that bumped me off into the sand in the chicane... He got 'loose', still a hit n run. Moving up the field, and back down. There's only one SR.S room now, fast rooms, means DR going down. 1:45 laps by the people up front. I seem to peak with my fast driving on Thursday or Friday. I can't get under 1:47 anymore, odd.
 
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Yep, my record consecutive clean races on DT this week is .... two :/ Just that little tap on your bumper, either lag or intentional and bye bye bonus.
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Now that I think about it I raced a lot this week mostly at max SR and almost always blue. But only got like 2 clean race bonuses all week, once from pole, the other from 2nd. In my case mostly I've been getting penalties either pushing too hard or avoiding traffic. My average is around a bonus every 4 races. Average this week has been 2 in around 20.
 
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Now that I think about it I raced a lot this week mostly at max SR and almost always blue. But only got like 2 clean race bonuses all week, once from pole, the other from 2nd. In my case mostly I've been getting penalties either pushing too hard or avoiding traffic. My average is around a bonus every 4 races. Average this week has been 2 in around 20.
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Yep, 2 in a row was an anomaly, I'm averaging about 1 in 5 this week. It's been a while since I did that 24 streak on Big Willow. People are a lot more careful there!

I finally got under 1:47 again, 1:46.9 only just. The main problem is the final turn. It's rare I get to drive a good line through there. Last race it was a Megane that kept using me as a guard rail when I tried to use the optimal line.

Talking about distractions, one race I went off because a raccoon crossed the road :eek: (Onto my driveway in front of the window :dunce:) Shouldn't they still be hibernating or something. Move along big fat ugly thing, no vacancy.

Ok, time to quit. 4th place finish, 6 red ratings, 3 white (including me after getting bumped off the road) and a rage quit. It's turning sour again. Leave someone room, they ram you at the next apex, then they call that hard racing. Plus I get the SR Down for getting knocked into the grass...

There were plenty good races before that with some sweet passes. This is hard racing, no actual contact.
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I now see I could have moved over to the right before braking. At the time I didn't realize that the car on my right had already fallen back. We were 3 wide in the slight right.
 
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Not a bad way to start a Sunday...or any day. Started P2, overtook P1 right before the bus stop. He obviously just HAD to slightly tap my rear end though, so no clean race. And P3 beat my lap time by .1 of a second in the last lap :irked:
I’m hoping this is a good sign for the rest of the day

Edit: Of course it wasn’t. Next race, I started P5. Got taken out after the first chicane by a French moron on the first lap. On the second lap, one of those Spanish idiots rammed me wide on the last turn:censored::mad: Finished P14
 
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Good racing last night. 5 2nd places on Daily A. Finished the night in a demolition derby but still managed to claw back 3rd on the last corner (I race bumper cam but 3rd person in vid will show what happened better);



This morning I decided to sell the dog and put the kids up for adoption. Started 5 and climbed to 1st by L3. Had a 1 sec lead on L9 when the kids start fighting with me over the dog. I picked up a 1 sec penalty on L10 T1 and had to give up the win scrubbing it. Had to apologies to the missus for the language that followed.:banghead:
 
Well, I couldn't resist as they're ending tomorrow, so had another go at the B. Decided to try the Ferrari 458 (I am on record as saying I don't like driving Ferraris!) but thought I couldn't do much worse than I had been.

What a lovely car! And got my best result, ever, 4 place gains.... that's a big deal for me :)

Also decided to stop being a pussy (hope that doesn't result in another language warning!), stop worrying about SR and just race!

Unfortunately I smacked into the back of another car at the first major corner (braked a bit too early in my opinion, but was my fault) and he returned the compliment a bit later, which knocked me in to a couple of others..... given a 3 second penalty which gradually dropped to 1.3 during the race but was logged as 2 at the end.... no idea what's going on there).

Great fun and the Ferrari was a nice surprise!
 
Trying to get some early morning racing in before wife gets up.

First race cohld have been better but it could have been much worse also. Started 2 and the pole sitter was an alien. Found myself in a battle for third with a guy from my friends list and a fellow canadian who almost embarrassed me to share the same flag. This jerk was racing like he was alone on the track, maybe he just didn't have his radar on or know how to use it. He wasn't dirty per say, but was just slowing us all down with a lot of unnecessary contact. Once i got a chance to nail the first two corners though i pulled away from the two of them a bit to finish in 2. Oh and down to srA because of the excessive rubbing....

Next race in the lower rated room...
Win no. 50 yay me. I tried to snap a pic but it didn't work. Not sure how i missed the clean race bonus, i was alone at the front by a sec or so by mid way lap 1. Whatever back to sr S
 
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given a 3 second penalty which gradually dropped to 1.3 during the race but was logged as 2 at the end.... no idea what's going on there).
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The game rounds up penalties to the second. A 1.2 or a 1.9s penalty are both 2s penalties. Even if you have a 1.1s penalty you need to finish more than 2s ahead of the guy behind you to maintain your position if you are still carrying that penalty across the line.
 
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