"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Cap'n Jack]

He always has weird incidents.... just report him

I try it for weeks now but he is too fast to get reported.

Haha, well it’s probably more the in-game karma penalising me for not changing tyres. If it weren’t for that I wouldn’t have even been close to Alpha.

 

[05XR8]

Just had a weird incident exiting the pits with @Alpha Cipher. I’m not sure if the game put us side-by-side at the pit exit, or if we were ghosting inside each other (inb4 any dirty comments), but the close proximity caused us to both spin off into the gravel trap.

Happened to me with Nothee player. I thought I was being bumped off track. Looked at the replay and we were both escorted off.

 

[mthomas_95]

Won twice this morning at Le Mans against the Mustang plebs in the 458. Grazie Ragazzi I N T E N S I F I E S

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Just had a weird incident exiting the pits with @Alpha Cipher. I’m not sure if the game put us side-by-side at the pit exit, or if we were ghosting inside each other (inb4 any dirty comments), but the close proximity caused us to both spin off into the gravel trap.

Ohh so that was you! I was planning to post a vid about it because I was quite confused with what happened
From my perspective you were inside my car, but I felt a weird force pushing me to the gravel. I steered back and it just turned into a weird pit maneuver. I know it wasn't you because you're inside the whole time, and it looked like you were being pushed as well

He always has weird incidents.... just report him

I try it for weeks now but he is too fast to get reported.

Hey, I stopped playing because I also had a bit of lag spike in the game. Plz no report (I'm sure it's not the lag that caused the former incident though)

 

[ReAx]

I know that a. You’ll all be on la sarthe, and b. You’ll never be so low down qualifying, but has anyone had a problem at start of race 2? I was 13th and the car 12th during the auto drive seemed to get stuck, it looked like I was going to overtake during auto drive, then it kept me behind, by the time the 3,2,1 happened and off we went we were at least 5 seconds behind?! Had it once ages ago around Nurburgring GP starting 8th, got stuck still round the least chicane during auto drive. Frustrating to say the least!

 

[Silver_Wolf]

Wanted to do race A today, unfortunately the track is the other way around. Need some time to get used to that so another day.



Love these enthusiastic posts. Makes you realise what a brilliant game it is.



I love it too but dont have a Gr 2 and refuse to buy one. Want to win it in the wheel !

I finally got the Grp 2 NSX on the prize wheel on Wednesday last week so have patience, they will come around eventually!

Ghosting out of the pit lane is unfortunately a common thing, it tends to happen if two cars press to leave at the same time.

I was in 1st place coming out pit lane yesterday and had the second place car right on top of me and the game decided I should have a 16 second penalty for ghosting through an opponent...

 

[kjeldsen]

The Ferrari is the other car today? , tried a few and the Mustang was the clear winner..

 

[mthomas_95]

The Ferrari is the other car today? , tried a few and the Mustang was the clear winner..

Ferrari makes back quite a lot of the ground lost on the straights from the Porsche Curves to Tetre Rouge. Rear tyre wear though means the Ford gets a slightly bigger advantage in race trim though.

 

[05XR8]

I must be in the wrong room

 

[Invisigoth]

Another early top at Le Mans

Dood! Are you running under two different flags in Asia?

I know that a. You’ll all be on la sarthe, and b. You’ll never be so low down qualifying, but has anyone had a problem at start of race 2? I was 13th and the car 12th during the auto drive seemed to get stuck, it looked like I was going to overtake during auto drive, then it kept me behind, by the time the 3,2,1 happened and off we went we were at least 5 seconds behind?! Had it once ages ago around Nurburgring GP starting 8th, got stuck still round the least chicane during auto drive. Frustrating to say the least!

Yeh, I had a weird start a few days ago. A bunch of us lost drive and came to a grinding halt. My car on full throttle started to roll backwards!

I must be in the wrong room

Come down to DR/C/D mate, you know you want to . (One of us! One of us! )

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Dood! Are you running under two different flags in Asia?



Yeh, I had a weird start a few days ago. A bunch of us lost drive and came to a grinding halt. My car on full throttle started to roll backwards!



Come down to DR/C/D mate, you know you want to . (One of us! One of us! )

Yez I am HK feels nostalgic since my PS3 account was HK, so I went for HK in AMS

 

[05XR8]

Think PD will make tomorrow's Gr. 1 race, a rolling start two by two?

 

[manion]

Guy at the top of asia/pacific times is a full second ahead of p2. Its like yeah mate I could get in the top 10 as well if I cut the last 2 corners

 

[Silver_Wolf]

Think PD will make tomorrow's Gr. 1 race, a rolling start two by two?

It's down as rolling start on the daily race calendar.

 

[xxxman1]

Finally broke the 2min barrier to a 1:59.408. Matched with 5 A+ (Top 20 in EU) so finished at 6th was the only option. Off the day with Sr99.World Cup the next. Good luck mate.👍

 

[kitchenboy]

So, am watching the 24hrs and they are far more forgiving with track limits then PD

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Guy at the top of asia/pacific times is a full second ahead of p2. Its like yeah mate I could get in the top 10 as well if I cut the last 2 corners

It's funny 'cause it's true

(this was from a previous top 10ner last time)

 

[TheGeologist]

It's funny 'cause it's true

(this was from a previous top 10ner last time)

Every time I see this, I get so angry. And then I get 11 sec penalties for nothing lol.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Every time I see this, I get so angry. And then I get 11 sec penalties for nothing lol.

Same here. I honestly wouldn't mind the strict track limits, but then you allow that much of a corner cut at the last corner. Talk about inconsistency

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Every time I see this, I get so angry. And then I get 11 sec penalties for nothing lol.

Does that work because of the slow penalty calculation? I guess the penalty doesn't show up until after the finish line. Same as on Streets of Willow.

 

[sundaydriving]

So, am watching the 24hrs and they are far more forgiving with track limits then PD

I read this just as I hear them threatening to give out stop and go penalties for persistently exceeding track limits.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Big Willow was great last night without qualifying

I got up to a clean streak of 8 and then my internet gave out.

Last race I had door number 8, finished 8, up 8 positions, 8th clean race

I want to do LeMans today yet my internet is still sporadic at best, calling tech support again

 

[teebone]

Big Willow was great last night without qualifying

I got up to a clean streak of 8 and then my internet gave out.

Last race I had door number 8, finished 8, up 8 positions, 8th clean race

I want to do LeMans today yet my internet is still sporadic at best, calling tech support again

Big willow was great last night! Had a few races with you. I find your strategy of not qualifying interesting. I tend to put in at least 10-15 mins of qualy to get a decent time in so that I can have a chance at finishing where the game thinks I should. Until next time!

 

[Hitman_4477]

jst 30 more wins for the trophy

 

[Crazy Taylor]

14,002 posts for daily races.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

14,001 posts for daily races.

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Combo breaker =°=

Let's keep at it for the next 14,000 posts! Let's give OP a hell of a time back reading all these posts

 

[Winnie847]

So what’s the winning strategy for Gr.3 at Le Sarthe today?

I seem to remember recently somebody saying no-pit was the way to go, but not sure if the tire wear and fuel was setup the same as it was last time. Save fuel and no pit? Or pit once no tires? Or full pit with tires and fuel?

 

[Invisigoth]

And the reason for this carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy.... yes volks, back in the Village again! Things weren't off to a stellar start when I thought I was doing alright and qualified P10 in a grid of DR/Cs.

Race starts ok. Bit more argy bargy than I'd hoped, but none of it near me. I made up a number of places and was looking for a top half finish, when with one lap to go I screwed up the final corner, thought I was clear, and hit the padding on the wall. The car stopped. I finished P14/15. DR down 938 .

Not happy with my mistake, and tonight was set to be a night of mistakes, I decided to go again . Managed to do a better qualifying time, but still only qualified P9. This was a mixed grid of DR/C and D.

Similar start, and I was making up places. At one point I was in P5. Then I went wide in the ess climb near the end and ended up on the grass. Down to P12. . I finished P9. DR down another 211 .

Should have cut my losses there, but I'm an idiot. Tried a few cars qualifying for la Sarthe. Last time I qualified in the Viper. I just couldn't get the same time with any of the cars I tried, not even the Viper! Best time was with the last of the V8 interceptors (don't get all excited @05XR8 , I mean the 'vette, not an XB coupe ) Man did I struggle to get a qualifying time! The track limits were such that half the time it wouldn't register the time! I qualified P4. Was pretty surprised with that .

The race gets underway and by the time we get to the first tricky crawly bit, I'm already a couple of seconds ahead of P5. That was up to 4s by the time we reached Mulsanne. I had a good exit onto Mulsanne, but I could see the gap closing. Down to 2s at the first chicane. Opened up again through the chicane, but started to close again by the second chicane. No idea what they were driving, but seems to be a bit of a dragster. Fast on the straits, but slow on the corners.

Time to pit and I made my first major blunder.. again! C'mon, it's only 4 laps for crying out loud, learn to count ! I thought I was pitting lap 3, so I only filled 1 lap. no tyres. but wait, there's more!!!!! Since I'm obviously retarded, I also completely missed my braking point for the second chicane. OK that's being polite. I didn't *use* a braking point!!!! yeh, what, 260ish kph, foot buried in the floor pan, strait into the barriers. What the frag??? What idiot put a chicane there??? .

After collecting myself (I was in P3 on impact) I weaved my way to the pits, picked up a laps worth and finished P11.

And the damage? Despite getting an orange SR on auto drive coming out of the pits (don't ask me how that works) SR still 99. DR down another 251. Another day visiting DR/C.. but not for long the way things are going!

 

[Alpha Cipher]

So what’s the winning strategy for Gr.3 at Le Sarthe today?

I seem to remember recently somebody saying no-pit was the way to go, but not sure if the tire wear and fuel was setup the same as it was last time. Save fuel and no pit? Or pit once no tires? Or full pit with tires and fuel?

It's quite an interesting bag, actually
There's the standard pit halfway with enough fuel and a new set of tires, and then there's some who don't take tires at all. @Lion-Face took an interesting strategy and pitted at Lap 3 in his SLS AMG. The best one I saw however was a no-stop from a Ferrari

All are valid strategies and I saw people win with them

 

[K32]

Nik_Makozi is setting the pace for Daily Race C in all regions! Great job! 👍

Asia/Oceania FL - Nik_Makozi - 3:53.565
Americas FL - minecraftian513 - 3:54.404
Europe FL - TRL_Fuvaros - 3:53.988

Here's also the screenshots of the Top 10 for now in each region:
Asia/Oceania

America

Europe