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CLowndes888
Funny that you choose the NSX because when I drove it, it was absolute trash. So trash in fact that I got rid of it. Car weighed too much and simply couldn't keep up with the Meganes and M4's. However that was a few months ago so the BOP might've changed since then.
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It's amazing what spending 2500kms with a car can do.
 
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Shame about that M4. I followed one around Monza when I was in the Mustang. The player was pretty quick with it through the chicanes.
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Yeh, when I ran an M4 at Bathurst I passed people exiting Hell Corner and Forest Elbow only to be passed by them a short while later because it just didn't have the strait line speed. Monza would be more of the same.
 
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Good luck mate :D. Hope things go go well for you 👍.
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My connection is a lot better now than GT Planet's response time. Or perhaps racing just works and browsing is still screwed up.

I'm still doing too well on N24 despite still getting punted in T1. On this track not qualifying only makes me start in front of all the lower DR's that didn't qualify. One race I started 10th in front of a field of B to D. What are the chances at least one of them doesn't know the T1 braking point, 150% :)

Racing is fun, DR.A is not. I'm considering quitting the race right before the finish... Only 5 races left though. Next one is up, I'm starting last, finally!!! Did I sign in for the right race.... Must have, 19th, daily C. A miracle, no T1 punt. (Unless someone crashes in the corner before the straight, then punts me in T1, knock on wood)

I better get ready!

Woohoo, 7th with clean race bonus. Good things happen when there's no one behind you at the start. Plus matchmaking finally made a decent room, 1 driver even made room for me to pass. Oh almost another 400 points further away from DR.B, can't have everything.

Next race I finish second yet drop to 5th due to 9 sec penalty for nothing. 5 sec for brushing someone's bumper in the carousel, he struggled there yet managed to hang on, nothing happened. And 4 sec for passing on the final straight. Lag made it seem I hit the car I was passing when I moved over, yet I still passed him. How's them physics work.

1:30 race, this piece of garbage is bumping his way up the field.
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He hit me 5 times before he finally managed to bump pass me out of the way. I can't drive through the car in front of me, yet he bumped me so hard once, the car in front of me saved me. Too bad that one ended up in the sand :( Why does the game allow people with this kind of track record in max SR rooms. What is the point of the SR system if this keeps happening. He finished 3rd as well after leaving a trail of cars off the road. Dirty driving is still rewarded.

2 am race, great fun. I catch up to 3rd in the second lap and stick close to his bumper for most of the lap preparing to overtake on the final straight. He messes up right before and I pass him, which puts him behind me and logically he passes me on the straight instead. He still has a penalty sign flashing so no problem, it was a decoy. It must have been 0.2 sec or something, he barely slowed down. 4th is good, especially with good old friend clean race bonus.

The last race is loading, starting 11th ugh, and disconnected from network sigh. Bye Bye N24, it has been fun again. Still DR.A (34.7K now), still SR 99. DT Seaside GR.3 tomorrow with Sunday drivers, what can possibly go wrong.
 
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Haha what is that M4 doing at the top, no replay to check?
I tried THAT Ferrari once, never again. Am sure someone forgot to fit any brake pads.
 
No qualy. No stop. NO short shifting. Fuel 3 from Lap 3 to lap 7. Tyres still fresh. Used this Veyron as a tow when I got punted on Lap 2, by an M4 at T1(mind you, I pulled over at the start and watched the carnage unfold). Fell to 19th.

Tyres on that Veyron were cooked(did a no stopper as well). I had a look a couple times on the last lap, but didn't want to slow us both. A Vantage exited the pits in front of us and went off at T1. Managed the gap, but it was still gaining. Not bad.
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My video's now have synchronized video replay overlays, made specifically for you, so go on, have a look :D (sure damn well took me some effort to get ffmpeg to do what I wanted)


The first video is from the Daily Race B from June 27th (driven on the morning of the 28th) and is my first online performance with traction control completely turned off in a Gr4 Mustang. I go from 6th to 3rd position in this race.



This second video is from yesterday's Daily Race B, I thought I was smart by taking the Mégane Trophy like most people did, but surprisingly a very fast Ferrari 458 Italia covered in a marijuana themed livery overtook all the Méganes and stole the spotlight, it still was a nice race for me though, finished 2nd behind 3rd but he had a 1sec penalty so I became 2nd :) I started from P4.
 
On the inside kerb in the first left hander of Dragon Trail and still turning left, someone so far behind on the right side that I don't even get the full red indicator on my HUD, I feel a bump on that side - five seconds and an SR down, thank you. I can't quite imagine how I could have given more room. The sooner get out of DR.A the better.

EDIT - Left side wheels on the outside kerb in the last corner, taking the widest possible line to leave room for the car I knew to be right next to me. The opponent drove like I wasn't there, clipped my front bumper, four seconds and an SR down, thank you.
 
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I finally got my sub 8:10 on the Nurb 24H.
I started to get really comfortable with the car by the end of the night. My total time for the last two races are 16:54.0 and 16:53.8xx

Fun fact: Even though I had Pole/clean race/victory ,my DR kept dropping every race because of the overall DR of the lobbies.

I guess it's really important to be paired with similar "ratings".

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Nearly got a reset again today, thanks to some blind people on the track. They just keep on hot-lapping without any caution 🤬
And its always the lobbies with AS drivers. As soon as I get in lower AS or AA lobbies, it gets better, as people try to actually gain SR points there.

I may give Monza another shot in the evening. Hopefully with less Meta tryhards ;)
 
First Sport mode race in 4ish months? Did the little Sunday Cup lobby and it got me in the mood for a proper race!

Dragon Trail, GR3 qualified 8th but could have gotten in the top 5 had I put a decent lap together.
Played it easy on the opening lap and held position, that was until the slow double left hander at the bottom of the hill... total carnage! I approached with some trepidation and it paid off, I drove around everyone else and entered the chicane 4th!
I was a bit off the pace of the leading three but I tried to keep up, was a bit scruffy but behind me people kept making mistakes so I wasn’t really pressured.
Then, second to last lap guy in p3 made a mistake on the entry of the chicane complex and then hit both walls on the exit of it, ghosted and I took p3.
He was much faster than me for the last lap but the gap was such that he couldn’t close.

From 8th to 3rd and a podium!! Happy days!!

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Joined race b a few times, lost track position every races except the following one. Dr dropped luckily Sr remains 99. Looking for advice on how to avoid my 4s penalty.


Should black flag to be introduced for someone like this? Ruined other racers at the 1st corner.
 
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I finally got my sub 8:10 on the Nurb 24H.
I started to get really comfortable with the car by the end of the night. My total time for the last two races are 16:54.0 and 16:53.8xx

Fun fact: Even though I had Pole/clean race/victory ,my DR kept dropping every race because of the overall DR of the lobbies.

I guess it's really important to be paired with similar "ratings".

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Yeah those rooms last night were rather unbalanced, for you at least. The podium battles were fun yet you were over half a minute ahead each time! You should still get a minimum of 1 DR per player, how much did you lose per race? It must be bugged, maybe they screwed up the minimum and you lose a few points per player that has over 40K DR less than you.

Since you sit at 63, you should still have gotten some points from me at 34, 22 DR. Yet those rooms had mostly dr.b, anyone below 23K could have resulted in negative DR for your win if PD screwed up.

Did you get in the final race? I got disconnected at waiting for other players, I wonder if it was the server of just one of those random disconnects.

I hope we don't have to wait too long for another go at N24, it was over far too quickly.



xxxman1
Joined race b a few times, lost track position every races except the following one. Dr dropped luckily Sr remains 99. Looking for advice on how to avoid my 4s penalty.


Should black flag to be introduced for someone like this? Ruined other racers at the 1st corner.
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At 2:09, keep more distance I guess. The car in front wasn't sure if he should drive through the ghost or not. You got of light there as there were 4 contacts. The French guy screwed up then nobody spared any room for recovery. Ghosting is a double edged sword and I see it often leading to more incidents than it solves.
 
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After something like 15 races yesterday, I managed to pull my DR out of the reset dumpster and nearly reached DR.A once again. I had a long stream of podiums and a few wins at Maggiore Race B in preparation for Nations, where I ended up placing 2nd. Then I actually pulled off a win at the Manufacturer's Cup at Interlagos in my Lancer. Both of my Manufacturer wins were in B/S lobbies so they didn't yield as many points as I would have liked, but I can't argue with the result. One or two more races tonight at DT Seaside and I should be DR.A once again.....fingers crossed! Thanks to all those I had clean, competitive races with, there were many.
 
xxxman1
Joined race b a few times, lost track position every races except the following one. Dr dropped luckily Sr remains 99. Looking for advice on how to avoid my 4s penalty.


Should black flag to be introduced for someone like this? Ruined other racers at the 1st corner.
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Absolutely on the black flag!!!! What are you even doing in a race if you have no idea where the braking points are? It's not like he missed it by a little because he got a tow and was going 4 MPH faster than normal, looks like he didnt even try to brake until he saw he was about to make contact. When you consider that you get 5 sec. penalty for just brushing someones bumper this guy should have got about 4 minutes of penalty for the one turn, like everyone else I wish PD would fix this. Maybe they are afraid of losing the 1 driver who gets black flagged? What about the 4 that he crashed, isn't PD afraid of losing them?
 
fastone371
Absolutely on the black flag!!!! What are you even doing in a race if you have no idea where the braking points are? It's not like he missed it by a little because he got a tow and was going 4 MPH faster than normal, looks like he didnt even try to brake until he saw he was about to make contact. When you consider that you get 5 sec. penalty for just brushing someones bumper this guy should have got about 4 minutes of penalty for the one turn, like everyone else I wish PD would fix this. Maybe they are afraid of losing the 1 driver who gets black flagged? What about the 4 that he crashed, isn't PD afraid of losing them?
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I am tired of this kind of race matching. As a B/S like this gentleman matched with A+/A races, he had nothing to lose.:grumpy: However, for those A+/A races, a top half finish is the minimum (as not much Dr to be gained). A bad race means a drop of Dr around 700 - 1000.:banghead:
 
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I see your point the Huracans are so good that there are none in the top 10 Europe.
Also in the FIA race I did earlier 8 out of the top 10 where Megane 11's including the top 6 positions....
It should not be in GR4, not without some serious BOP fix. It might not be the fastest on all tracks but if you can do a 2.02.033 in your Huracan please upload the lap I would love to see it.
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I can see it getting M4 nerf very soon. How long was M4 holding gr4, like 3 months?
 
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