"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[NJT4567]

Feel I am starting to make some real progress in Grp3 races now, my problem is that I can consistently do well in races but am bad at qualifying, I regular only qualify 10th or 12th, but in most races finish in the top 3 or 4, do the good players spend a lot of time qualifying before racing?

 

[Invisigoth]

Feel I am starting to make some real progress in Grp3 races now, my problem is that I can consistently do well in races but am bad at qualifying, I regular only qualify 10th or 12th, but in most races finish in the top 3 or 4, do the good players spend a lot of time qualifying before racing?

Qualifying well gives you more places to to loose in the inevitable crash fest that is T1 at pretty well much *any* track. If you qualify P3 you stand a better chance of tumbling down to P5 or 6, qualify lower and you tumble down lower. Then it's a matter of waiting to see how long it takes all the pinball players who forced their way through the first turn to crash out so you make up the places you lost. As many of the posters here well point out, just because you get a fast qualifying time doesn't mean you are a fast racer. You don't have traffic in qualifying here .

 

[MhtyClipster]

Probably a little off topic, but cant someone explain the penalties regarding pit stops done a couple of race C's today and got red SR on leaving the pit. Is there a pit speed limit am braking or what?

 

[JR98]

Just love rammers in daily races

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Just love rammers in daily races

Thats usual driving in Essex.

 

[MhtyClipster]

I was in that race as well, bit of a crash fest. I finished 8th out of 8, everyone else gave up.....

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Probably a little off topic, but cant someone explain the penalties regarding pit stops done a couple of race C's today and got red SR on leaving the pit. Is there a pit speed limit am braking or what?

It's probably track limits. There's no speed limit afaik, yet crossing the line at the last moment might trigger it.

 

[MhtyClipster]

Ah ok could well be that, had it in previous races and have always been curious, in this case I probably cut the entry a little.

 

[Invisigoth]

Probably a little off topic, but cant someone explain the penalties regarding pit stops done a couple of race C's today and got red SR on leaving the pit. Is there a pit speed limit am braking or what?

Yeh, I've had that as well. Orange SR coming out of the pits under auto drive.

 

[SjefGielen]

Race b is a megane meta race Alain, they really need to solve This, looks like there is going to be a lot of Renault drivers in the manufacturiers FIA season. This car really should be taken out of the game of het its own class. I am really starting to hate that car

 

[Invisigoth]

Just finished Race B. Didn't go quite as I'd hoped . I know the normal direction well, but the reverse threw me a curve. I was fairly familiar with the short course in reverse. As a result I slammed my car into the wall 3 times in qualifying turning left instead of right at T1 . Tried to qualify with the NSX but I was having a hard time coming to grips with the reverse track. I switched to the 4C which was more manageable if a bit slower. Qualified P8/15 with P11-15 not qualifying. It was a mix of DRs.

The was no predominant car in the race. There was a few Meganes, but also a few 4Cs and a few Sciroccos. All up it was a bit chaotic, but not as chaotic as I'd hoped. I got an orange SR in the esses, I think for track violations, because I don't remember hitting anyone. I was realy hoping to claw back some SR, but sadly no. On the last corner a ghosted car became unghosted just as I was coming too wide out of the corner and knocked him off. Another orange SR. Finished P9.

SR down to 75 and DR down only 26. Lets hope the midnight run at Big Willow will be better.

 

[Invisigoth]

Wow, it's kinda dead here ! I did some qualifying laps with the NSX on Big Willow. Sheesh those Gr2 machines are animals. I know I'm not getting anywhere near the potential that the aero will allow, but a 1:05.267 got me P2 on a mixed grid of DR/B, C and D. That kinda freaked me out .

Well the race got underway and T1 was not a happy place. I am a bit conservative and my line starts wide, gets the car feeling stable and then slam the loud pedal. Other people fly on inside and use me as their barrier to stop from doing a Crash McRae impression. Orange SR for me and a 2s penalty 👎.

The penalty disappeared somewhere along the way. I dropped down to 3rd, but P2 came off and I was back to P2 again. I held that for 3 laps then got passed on the high speed section before the final 2 turns. I sat in P3 for a bit then had a go at my impression of Cody Crocker coming out of the esses. Dropped down to P8 .

By short shifting I managed to get 8 laps before refuelling. The car felt a little squirmy so I threw on a new pair of boots and back into the fray I plunged! Gr2 feels so hectic ! I managed to find myself in P5 then was overtaken before the esses. I was able to stay with him till the final corner. I got better drive out of the final corner and caught up. He moved to block me on the right, I zagged to the left and past him I flew. Crossed the line about one and a half car lengths in front... P5 woot!

SR back up to 85 and DR up by a bit over 800. Another day above DR 1

 

[KK78]

3 wins so far today on Northern Isle Speedway (which is surprising as it usually a bit of a nightmare for me) But a weird outcome in one race, I started pole but got whacked by the 2nd place guy who then took the lead, he got a penalty as it flashed throughout the race, I crossed the line split seconds behind him while the penalty was still flashing but the result stood as him finishing 1st and having received no penalty!

Video:

 

[AlexLion]

3 wins so far today on Northern Isle Speedway (which is surprising as it usually a bit of a nightmare for me) But a weird outcome in one race, I started pole but got whacked by the 2nd place guy who then took the lead, he got a penalty as it flashed throughout the race, I crossed the line split seconds behind him while the penalty was still flashing but the result stood as him finishing 1st and having received no penalty!

Happens to many people every day on the forum mate, the penalties are handed out by the clients, so on his screen the guy that won didn't do anything bad/deserving of a penalty. It's 99% due to lag/bad synchronization.

 

[KK78]

Fair enough, he did give me a good smack and was steering into me so I wasn't surprised it flashed up but you can't win em' all I guess!

 

[vvise]

Sat down and got almost 4hrs in yesterday. Last ditch effort to recover back into the DR A group for better FIA lobbies tonight. Had mostly fun races, turns 1 and 2 at Bathurst were very ridiculous a few times, but in general only had one race which was ruined by it. It's best to just laugh those off. Here's one of my better finishes, somehow claiming second against some of the more common DR A drivers in the NA region. The mustang isn't a great choice for this course but I signed with Ford and want the practice.



working my way back up.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Ah ok could well be that, had it in previous races and have always been curious, in this case I probably cut the entry a little.

I triggered it in my quick lunch race. I went wide in the last corner onto the dirt and figured I might as well pit in lap 7 since I'm heading there anyway SR Down coming out of the pits.

That race went rather well, started 16th (last, no full room) finished 4th mainly by sticking to the road. I had to step off once to avoid a slow ghosted car in the middle of a corner (you never know when they go solid again) then he bumped me when I got back on the side of the road. And I got bumped off once in a corner by a 2 bar connection. The game said he got a penalty yet he didn't. I passed him later again anyway.

Those 3 incidents were still worth 18 or more SR as I went from 81 to 99 in that once race. Big contrast with GR.3 Panorama last night where 1 contact, ie clipping a car spinning out, already produced a red rating. Perhaps PD changed the penalties again or those 15 laps on Big Willow are simply worth a ton of SR.

@vvise I was in the race with you at 0:46. That's where I got hit as well, only made it to 10th there, never got close to you. I'll be on Big Willow tonight, GR.2 there is one of my favorites next to GR.2 on Brand's hatch. GR.2 on N24 will be my favorite if we ever get it!

 

[vvise]

Those 3 incidents were still worth 18 or more SR as I went from 81 to 99 in that once race. Big contrast with GR.3 Panorama last night where 1 contact, ie clipping a car spinning out, already produced a red rating. Perhaps PD changed the penalties again or those 15 laps on Big Willow are simply worth a ton of SR.

The Daily B races make it that 1 contact can lead to red SR. One of the races yesterday I got a single 1s penalty and I went down SR overall on the race. A clean B race is only worth 5 or so SR points.

Daily C races will get your SR up much faster.

 

[manion]

I am mate yes. I'm pretty rubbish in cars though, sure there are loads of pad players who could whoop me! Not in the kart though


Thank you man, appreciated 👍

Looked alright to me haha wasnt sure because the car turns into the corner much harder than I feel I can get it to dont know if my wheel is setup for too many degrees of rotation or of its just the ferrari that g

 

[Invisigoth]

Perhaps PD changed the penalties again or those 15 laps on Big Willow are simply worth a ton of SR.

I think Big Willow was worth quite a bit. I managed to gain back 10 SR despite an orange SR at the beginning.

 

[05XR8]

Race b is a megane meta race Alain, they really need to solve This, looks like there is going to be a lot of Renault drivers in the manufacturiers FIA season. This car really should be taken out of the game of het its own class. I am really starting to hate that car

They weregnt a problem for me. Make tasty treats for my NSX.

I'll admit, they're quick at the esses in the first 1/3 of the track. Other than that, I've got them in check in braking, corner exit, long radius corners and the straights.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

The Daily B races make it that 1 contact can lead to red SR. One of the races yesterday I got a single 1s penalty and I went down SR overall on the race. A clean B race is only worth 5 or so SR points.

Daily C races will get your SR up much faster.

I think Big Willow was worth quite a bit. I managed to gain back 10 SR despite an orange SR at the beginning.

I was just wondering if it changed as Brand's hatch race C got me a red rating last week for one (albeit big) penalty from hitting an accident full force. Also racing tonight, it doesn't look any different than usual in people's behavior yet nearly everyone has a blue rating at the end. In fact the only one with a red rating now really stands out. (he got me off the track twice, I guess others as well, so he must have worked hard for that red rating!) The red dots on the result screen are also pretty much the same.

15 laps is a lot of SR ups though and on Big Willow you can't really get any short cut penalties or scrape a wall. You either drive a section clean or go bye bye, which is what I love about that track



I had a great run today at Big Willow. GR.2 on Big Willow is in my top 3 favorites now. I still never qualified, racing from last is addictive. Starting out slow, building up speed as you climb up the ranks then come upon that persistent driver to race for a couple laps until you find that opening. It went a bit too well as I gained 5.3k DR and stumbled back into DR.A.

My evening of too much time spend on this game

There were a few hickups along the way, couple bumps off the road, more bumps I managed to catch in time and I once kissed the pit wall for a 5 second penalty after coming to a dead stop. And there was this fun start:

Auto drive piling up the cars and unfortunately the car in front and behind me not paying attention.

It does seem the penalty system is more lenient as in the last race I was sure I was going to get 10 sec for hitting this early braker:

Instead I got the clean race bonus. Perhaps the game recognized it as too much braking on his part, or maybe because he had 3 bars, or it was forgiven since nobody got hurt. It does look like lag was involved.

I guess I'll find out tomorrow if penalties have changed for DR.A. And the onemake is Audi R8 LMS GR.3 on Yamagiwa + Miyabi 8 laps for the daily C.

 

[yellosnake]

Heard all about the nightmares of the Daily Races. Found out today, it is all true.

 

[05XR8]

R8 LMS is your Race C One Make. No thanks. Waiting for Race B smash fest at Tsukuba.

 

[SjefGielen]

They weregnt a problem for me. Make tasty treats for my NSX.

I'll admit, they're quick at the esses in the first 1/3 of the track. Other than that, I've got them in check in braking, corner exit, long radius corners and the straights.

I had one race with only 3 non-Meganes. Finished that one 2nd place after seeing the winner doing all sorts of shortcuts, receiving penalties, serving them (me getting back on his bumper again) but he was driving so aggressively to block me plus as soon as I got next to him on the straighst he immediately started to force me off track that I decided to be the bigger man and backed off, P3 was over 3 seconds behind so I decided to settle for 2nd, although I did keep the pressure on him hoping he would make a mistake big enough for me to pass but that didn't happen.
BUT: the second place in a field like that (and with a winner like that for that matter): this sure felt like a victory.

 

[05XR8]

I had one race with only 3 non-Meganes. Finished that one 2nd place after seeing the winner doing all sorts of shortcuts, receiving penalties, serving them (me getting back on his bumper again) but he was driving so aggressively to block me plus as soon as I got next to him on the straighst he immediately started to force me off track that I decided to be the bigger man and backed off, P3 was over 3 seconds behind so I decided to settle for 2nd, although I did keep the pressure on him hoping he would make a mistake big enough for me to pass but that didn't happen.
BUT: the second place in a field like that (and with a winner like that for that matter): this sure felt like a victory.

I think there were 6 or 7 Trophys in the top 10. Giving each other no room. Me and a Cayman just watched the carnage and a TT(trying to be optimistic, err, opportunistic) is out of shape at the second to last left-hander. Bumps me and I get a 3 second penalty. Knocked me down from 6th to 11th.

The Tsukuba race was good. NSX has the tuck in around the turns. Climbed from 8th to 2nd. Those Mustangs have good acceleration.

Edit: just finished another Tsukuba funfest. 13th to 7th. Good battles. Followed another NSX up thru the field.
Stuck behind an SLS that held its own. It wound up repassing the other NSX with a few laps to go. Good driving to the finish.

 

[Lost Sheltie]

I have to say that I like the Race C option today. The Yamagiwa + Miyabi track is good, just like the flow of it, and the R8 is nice enough to drive. No pit, no refuelling, just go for it for 8 laps.

Also helps that I won on it this morning, and was briefly (ever so briefly) at the top of the lap times

Makes up for my mediocre performance on the FIA last night.

 

[Jimmyghione]

https://www.jasonguernsey.net/gts/

back online.

 

[Invisigoth]

Qualified for Race B. Managed to break the 56s barrier (at least it was a barrier for me ) So I guess I'll see where that gets me. I'm expecting to get knocked back down to SR/A .

 

[Mirror_man]

Qualifying well gives you more places to to loose in the inevitable crash fest that is T1 at pretty well much *any* track. If you qualify P3 you stand a better chance of tumbling down to P5 or 6, qualify lower and you tumble down lower. Then it's a matter of waiting to see how long it takes all the pinball players who forced their way through the first turn to crash out so you make up the places you lost. As many of the posters here well point out, just because you get a fast qualifying time doesn't mean you are a fast racer. You don't have traffic in qualifying here .

Thats because most of those that start behind you (and me) race like theres no one else on track that diserves respect except them... for them its like the other racers are simply...ghost in the machine...