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Pigems
I qualified 10 seconds faster then the second place driver in a race last night on the Nurb, he purposely rear ended me off the track before we ever started the race? How did qualifying better than him help me in that situation? The race hadn’t even started yet and I got punted off?
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Yeah this is what I described, but unless you really lose a lot of time you should be able to push him at the first turn after the start line and then escape far away from the cheater ?
Now you are getting me scared of trying this race another time
 
gtpierre
Yeah this is what I described, but unless you really lose a lot of time you should be able to push him at the first turn after the start line and then escape far away from the cheater ?
Now you are getting me scared of trying this race another time
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I was trying to race cleanly, He blocked me the entire way until about half track, I’d have had to punt him back to move him out of my way and the people behind were catching me and bumping me by then. He eventually slid wide on a turn so got up inside him and “nudged” him a little from the inside to help him get out of the way(and off the track lol) finally and left the pack 5 seconds behind by the end but the point is that qualifying better doesn’t always help, he nearly ruined my race before it had even started, and if you qualify mid pack you’re pretty much screwed.
 
gtpierre
Yeah this is what I described, but unless you really lose a lot of time you should be able to push him at the first turn after the start line and then escape far away from the cheater ?
Now you are getting me scared of trying this race another time
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And get a penalty and Sr down...when it really shouldn’t be given at all
 
Well, I scraped together an hour of free time and put in some Q laps. No time to race, but I did clock a 2:01.205 for #48 in EMEA and #1 in Greece. I really hope I get the chance to race later this week, Gr.3 here is really enjoyable. :D
 
To illustrate the 'better' choice last night, Bathurst.

This was about as bad as it could get. Despite not hitting anyone I still ended up with red SR from all the bumps from behind. I was further up at some point yet got punted in Forest Elbow as usual. Why brake when there is a wall to giude you...
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And this was the cleanest race last night
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Still only neutral SR from all the bumps and a couple punts.

I have no trouble avoiding early brakers since I keep a little margin (usually 0.5 sec) and only get close to pass when there is a safe opportunity to go for a pass. The problem is the people behind me do not.

It's fun anyway. I'm back to DR.B now, perhaps the door numbers will be less funky. DR 9,000 had me with door number 1 or 2 with A+ and A in the room.
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Goooooo, tell it on the Mountain, set my horsepower free! Yes viewers, it's the 56th running of the Hardie-Ferodo 500. Welcome to all the drama at Mount Panorama! So tonight's victim, a tradition I started a few Bathurst's back, was the Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily Mustang. The handling was much harder to come to grips with than the last time I recall racing it. I set a less than spectacular time on hards (since that's what I was going to start on), which had me start P9/17 on a mixed grid of DR/D and C.

Auto drive dumps me uncomfortably mid way through Murray's and i suspected i was gonna have problems. Sure enough I got tapped a few times, and finally spun out by the guy behind me at the esses before the Dipper. I dropped from P8 to P14 :crazy:. From there it was just circulating and waiting for the tyres to scrub clean before pushing a bit. I climbed to P10 before pitting.

The plan was to do as many laps as I could on hards then pit and finish on mediums. I hadn't counted on my poor management leaving me with a flashing fuel light towards the end of lap 4 with 0.3 laps left in the tank :scared:. I pitted and took on a full tank and new hards. A better driver would have been able to make the hards last the whole race, but lets face it... I'm a bit sh:censored: :lol:.

So off I go...in P13 :nervous:. Some people were coming unglued with tyre wear, others pitted. Slowly I started to crawl up the field. I had a guy in an NSX who seemed to be in a spot of bother, but his antics were holding me up. He finally crashed and that took me by surprise... and I messed up the Dipper and he was a road block again :banghead:. I knew if i just stuck close he would go off again and this time it stuck 👍. From there I started chasing down P6. I was slowly reeling him in, kinda two steps forward, one step back. There just wasn't enough laps to catch him. Still.. from P14 to P7 ain't too bad :dopey:.

SR blue. No penalties. DR up 400 odd. Another day above DR 1 :D. Tomorrow it's the 4C's turn... unless I run Nord.
 
I'm giving up on even bothering about DR. Did an A earlier, got a whopping 44 points for gaining 2 places :cheers:
"Raced" a bit later and gained 1 place (okay, poor, but better than when I started!)...... and lost all the points, bar one!

SR back to 99 (because I back off at the first corner crunch, which obviously loses me time). There's just no winning unless you're an Ace. Think I might start a B (for bronze) Team.....
 
Sven Jurgens
Another reason to call it the green hell :lol: Look at that laggy line-up.

Actually I survived better in this, finished 3rd, Blue S. Most behind me red with a couple drops to SR.B.
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Terrifying. I lost about 50 SR in two races with lineups like that last week.. All red connections to match the green flags for me though. Seems like those laggy people spend more time trying to knock people off the course than actually racing! Of course it doesn't help that they know how to abuse the lag when they hit me to make sure I get the penalty... Well done getting the Blue S there.
 
Okay, I was finally able to do a few races today.

Got the Pole(s) in Race a and managed to gain a few meters in the first lap but then I usually get passed before the final hairpin. I don‘t know how, but I approach and negotiate the Esses on the backstretch really smooth and reach about 126 at the lowest point but than some other car passes me on the stretch on the hill (and not just „pass“, they zoom by as if they would be running 140 - I have no clue how this works).

I also tried the other races, but the Nordschleife is running in a Queue hoping for other drivers to make a mistake or turning my car into a crowbar. Started last, gained two spots since two drivers quit.

And for Bathurst... I don‘t really like that track and I‘m way off the pace. I had one attempt and started 10th and nearly finished 10th but I spun at Skyline and thus finished 18th. But what I saw at Bathurst: I think PD tuned the Penalty System and this time it really seems to work. Now if they would implement the Penalty zones for the dailies it would be great: trying to negotiate a sea of sneaking, ghosted red penalty markers is thrilling in Bathurst.

Since A is the only race I am competitive in but it gets boring I won‘t do any more races this week. Maybe campaign, maybe Wild West or maybe grabbing my Guitar to „entertain“ my neighbours...:mischievous:
 
Well the McLarens not for me I guess, beat my McLaren lap time with the 911 on the 2nd lap with it lol. Really good drivers will love that car though, it’s got potential for people with really good throttle control, that’s not me though lol. They had to dumb it down to get it into Gr3 too, 89%(534hp) power and 121%(2,800lbs) weight for BoP.
 
Ran some laps to try and get more comfy with this combo for race B. I managed to improve on my terrible time from yesterday but not by much still a 8.19.xxx with an optimal of 8.14.681 which shows how bad i am and how good i could be on that track.

3 races this morning, and all were pretty good. Started 4 in the first race and got 3 in the first section cuse the car in front went off into the fence. Was a pretty good race while making a good distance on the rest of the field. I challenged for 2 a little but first was about 5-6 seconds ahead.

Second race was not good, but all my own fault.i started 5, but was sloppy and fell off the track in a few places and ended up in 8.

Third race was another good one started 3 go into 2 but then was passed right before the super long straight. I drafted a passed but went to hot into the final section and he got 2, i got 3 still though.
 
Pigems
I rolled one last time we had this combo, it’s pretty fun. :)
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Here's a challenge for you. IDK if it's possible, since IDK when the game will reset the car, but I had thoughts of getting her up on 2 wheels and driving. If the game will let you go on 2 wheels, and you're good, you may be able to do a 2 wheel lap. I think the dead spot in the center of my G29 might prevent that, but I would like to see if it's possible. :D
 
Some four hours ago, the top 10 for Race C consisted of 8 Supras, one Ford GT and one Huracán. The Supra has its straight line speed as the main thing going for it, as it reaches 281 on the long straight. Is the McLaren F1 better in that regard? It's 34 horsepower down, so I find it unlikely.
 
Did race C last night using the Mercedes AMG, which seemed like a good choice due to the good tire wear tendency of the car. Started 6th and finished 4th after a very hard battle on the last lap. Tried to save as much fuel as possible on the first few laps, and it paid off during the pit stop I think.

The two guys in front of me were struggling mightily with tire wear and were all over the road on the last lap. I managed a pretty nice pass on the last lap, going around the outside of one of the turns going up the mountain. Would of finished 3rd had I not had a penalty from hitting a wall earlier in the race.

I really look forward to trying out the McLaren F1 tonight, hopefully it isn't too overpowered. My guess is that it's qualifying pace is good, but tire wear and fuel consumption will be bad, so may not be the best race car.

 
The Fiat race seems quite lenient on penalties. I'm seeing contact causing cars to go off the road, and nothing.
 
stpatty
The Fiat race seems quite lenient on penalties. I'm seeing contact causing cars to go off the road, and nothing.
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My attempts today saw cars bumping other cars off the track followed by immediate 2s penalties. I think it depends on how hard the bumping goes on and if it‘s from behind or the side.
 
GT5Power
Some four hours ago, the top 10 for Race C consisted of 8 Supras, one Ford GT and one Huracán. The Supra has its straight line speed as the main thing going for it, as it reaches 281 on the long straight. Is the McLaren F1 better in that regard? It's 34 horsepower down, so I find it unlikely.
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Runs away from my mustang ghost on the straights and I find it very stable compared to the other mr cars in the turns. Did one race c and it wasn't terrible on tires either.
 
The Lancer on race B feels like a completely different car today sliding all over the place, weird.
 
stpatty
The Fiat race seems quite lenient on penalties. I'm seeing contact causing cars to go off the road, and nothing.
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beegentoo
My attempts today saw cars bumping other cars off the track followed by immediate 2s penalties. I think it depends on how hard the bumping goes on and if it‘s from behind or the side.
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It usually depends on the DR of the drivers involved. The lower the DR and SR the less sensitive the system is. At A/S a tiny bump with a car going off road is enough for a penalty. At D/E a heavy shunt goes unpunished. Plus instead of letting you punt the system ghosts the punter in D/E without any penalties for the car that needed emergency ghosting. It's a big flaw. If you're so unsafe the game has to ghost you, you deserve a penalty.

DR isn't rising anymore, too many hemispherically challenged people in the races today.
 
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