"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[TTM]

Wooooow. 2,000 dr down the drain after race c. All those 2 weeks of races’ effort down the drain in a heartbeat.
Thanks audi for making the worst, least fuel efficient lmp in history, a HYBRID mind you.
Kingdom hearts 3 it is then for this week.

 

[05XR8]

Best race of the week. 2nd place Huracan was too greedy at T1. Went wide. Scooped that spot.
Stayed on the leader's tail while race, without getting greedy myself.

End of lap 2, I got out of the final corner quicker than the leader. Stayed on the inside, so we didn't slow each other as the TT was hanging behind. Compromised my line for T1 exit, but kept it clean side by side. Huracan got a better line and with its awd, was able to grab the spot. Kudos to the TT for not being greedy(see a theme here? ).

Got that Clean bonus. More important than anything really. Think I might be done for Race B.

Car on the boat, heading to St Croix.

 

[drummingcat]

I’ve been booted from Race C twice (EDIT: Now three times!) in a row now, which is annoying since I was able to enter it just fine before that, and it’s even more annoying since there’s only a race every 30mins.

I wonder if it has to do with the incoming update?

Yep, I was short on time last night, so pretty much all my racing time was spent getting bumped out of lobbies, 3 times in a row. Around the same time as you too but from Race B. Clearly the servers were struggling last night!!

The one race I did have I started on pole but due to the Hurancans limitations I was a clear 2nd even before the braking zone into T1, I then got hit from behind and spun!! Recovered from 8th to finish 5th.

That was it, due to getting bumped out of the lobby continually. Got my quali down to a low 1.43 with fastest sector times indicating a low 1.42 but I panic when I nail S1 and usually cock up S2 because of it, something which will come with game time I assume, but then I watched a reference lap and I am doing it ALL wrong

Although MT is starting to feel natural now, wheel is up to full sensitivity, loving it!!

 

[Leftcurl]

I completed my fuel testing at Sarthe. For easy reading, this is the number of laps you can expect to make at FM1 (AT)

Toyota TS050 5.0 laps
Toyota TS030 4.5 laps
GTR-LM Nismo 4.4 laps
Peugeot 908 HDi 4.4 laps
SRT Tomahawk 4.4 laps
Nissan R92CP 4.3 laps
Audi R18 '16 4.2 laps
Porsche 919 4.1 laps
Audi VGT 4.0 laps
Alpine VGT 4.0 laps
Mazda LM55 4.0 laps
Bugatti VGT 3.9 laps
Jaguar XJR-9 3.8 laps
Sauber C9 3.7 laps
Peugeot L750R 3.7 laps
Hyundai N 2025 3.6 laps
McLaren VGT 3.6 laps
Mazda 787B 3.5 laps
Audi R18 '11 3.5 laps

As far as tire wear goes, most cars have little issues to go 5 laps on the same tires except the GTR-LM Nismo which won't make it. A tire change is recommended for Audi and Alpine VGT. (Or just ignore those, crap)

Top job!
I had a few races last night trying a few different cars on my 2nd account - so no pressure to perform. In the end i opted for the Toyota.. way slower but the hope slowly returns as you see people pitting and fuel saving. I finished top 5 from around 10 -12 on the grid 3 times.
I only worked with a qualy of 3:31 so i would be further back on the grid, but was then lapping around 3:29 in race - enough to see off those in faster cars lapping at 3:26.
Happy to go with that strategy again tonight in the Toyota but i'll try on my main account this time.
Also, i've been using TC2 and then had a dally with TC off - everything seemed fine UNTIL.... starting 12th on the grid you have to navigate the chicane at the start, ending up on the corner just as the 3,2,1 finishes... completely forgot TC was off and went into a wild spin all over the grass. You've tried getting off the grass in a Gr1 with TC off haven't you? 23 seconds later i got on the tarmac and started my race 🤬

 

[Barry R]

That is a respectable time. Fast enough to get into the fastest room. If you had qualifies at 43 or slower you would have been in a room with slower guys. I imagine a mid 42 may have got you near the front.

yeah full of A and A+ ratings, i suppose you only get better by racing the high end people :-D

 

[El_Beardo]

Wheel stand arrived yesterday. A Trak Racer FS3.

Part of me hopes the next few weeks/month ish of daylies aren't much to my liking, while I get up to speed.

 

[Silver_Wolf]

Well I am putting this in daily race discussion but it was from an online lobby with friends but last night was an experience.

With La Sarthe being a race this week and Grp 1 we decided to do our own race on the track, I have a 3:25.576 for this track which is not
my best ever but I considered it alright.

Last night however a friend did a qualifying time for our race of 3:23 with the 787B, now appreciate we probably have different settings for
our race than the daily race but it reminded me that one should try all cars for doing lap times, shall see if I can improve this one before the
end of the week!

 

[Leftcurl]

Wheel stand arrived yesterday. A Trak Racer FS3.

Part of me hopes the next few weeks/month ish of daylies aren't much to my liking, while I get up to speed.

Good luck! Sarthe certainly put my wheel stand to the test... i snapped it months ago with heavy braking at Mulsanne! It was a bit of a cheapo one but nevertheless a nightmare to try and hobble round with a steering wheel on your knee

 

[NJT4567]

I am away working all week with no access to a PS4 and GT sport, not back until Saturday evening, thanks for your updates ladies and gents, keeps me going in theses tough times

 

[AK84LFC]

Race C.

Someone crashes and is in the middle of the track as a ghost. Somehow the game decides that for me the car is not a ghost and I crash into it and get a 5 second penalty and drop from SR S to SR A. Nice.

I've been running a no stop with the R92CP and fuel mix 3. Gaining a few positions when others stop.

 

[El_Beardo]

Good luck! Sarthe certainly put my wheel stand to the test... i snapped it months ago with heavy braking at Mulsanne! It was a bit of a cheapo one but nevertheless a nightmare to try and hobble round with a steering wheel on your knee

That doesn't sound much fun, at all. This Trak Racer seems like a pretty hefty bit of kit, so we'll see how it goes. As long as I can match my controller pace by the end of March (have a lobby Gr.3 race to enter then) I'll be happy enough.

Obviously, I'd like to be up to speed and a bit faster while the current FIA season is open. But, realistically, that's not going to happen.

 

[GT5Power]

Just got a W in the TS050! I had a great battle with an LM55 until he pulled away as I switched to FM 2 (@Sven Jurgens MT is quite a bit more taxing on fuel than AT, I actually have to stay on FM2 for the majority of the race ). However, he pitted on lap 3 and I ended up winning by half a minute.

My Q time is a 3:22.102 in the R18 '16. Speaking of which, let's give it a go...

 

[MhtyClipster]

Been a bit since I had my SR reset but had a bad morning doing race C, after I got pushed
down to SR C after trying one race A yesterday and losing a fist full of points.
Time to crawl back up if only I can get a few clean races now am SR E. Need some luck.....

Managed to break away when most of the other cars pitted, had about 5 seconds lead on P2 at the finish. PD seems not to like me though as I get disconnected during matchmaking next race....

Did the 11:30 race starting P2, P1 sets off at a snails pace and I pass before the first turn, didn't see anyone after that..

Managed 3rd in the next one, should have finished higher but picked up too many daft penalties, from D/E to C/B in 3 races..
Arrggh, penalties again should have been another win but end up second, lost time dumping the penalty at the finish.

 

[6BK]

That doesn't sound much fun, at all. This Trak Racer seems like a pretty hefty bit of kit, so we'll see how it goes. As long as I can match my controller pace by the end of March (have a lobby Gr.3 race to enter then) I'll be happy enough.

Obviously, I'd like to be up to speed and a bit faster while the current FIA season is open. But, realistically, that's not going to happen.

I've got just over a month on the G29 now and while initially I was way off controller pace I am ahead of it now on pretty much any track. OK, it may be because I'm playing more because the wheel is much more engaging so practice is helping improve but, for example, my Fuji Gr4 time was 1.45.8 when we ran there in November and this time round I'm at 1.43.2(ish).

My wheel did come off the stand last week. It's mounted on a Playseat Challenge which is really stable and clamped in such a way that pulling it left to right or pushing will not budge it but if you pull it toward you it can slide off. I was left with a steering wheel in my lap after pulling the wheel in an evasive braking situation on Nurb GP. I did manage to finish the race in one piece though.

 

[GT5Power]

Well, I won... In a race where the game decided to match a bunch of C/S drivers against my A/S, for some reason... A match made in heaven for them, surely. I wouldn't have won under normal circumstances, since my race time was 17:41, 8 seconds slower than my TS050 run. I played with the fuel map a lot, but I think it was FM 3 on average. Which is bad, since I can barely reach 315 on the straights.

So I'll be going back to the Toyota until I can afford the Peugeot (or Mazda?).

 

[wigs2009]

Wooooow. 2,000 dr down the drain after race c. All those 2 weeks of races’ effort down the drain in a heartbeat.
Thanks audi for making the worst, least fuel efficient lmp in history, a HYBRID mind you.
Kingdom hearts 3 it is then for this week.

I feel your pain.... it's takes so much time and effort to climb the ladder and takes only 1 race to scrub all your hard work. I hate the way the points system works.

 

[Rexracer702]

I've got just over a month on the G29 now and while initially I was way off controller pace I am ahead of it now on pretty much any track. OK, it may be because I'm playing more because the wheel is much more engaging so practice is helping improve but, for example, my Fuji Gr4 time was 1.45.8 when we ran there in November and this time round I'm at 1.43.2(ish).

My wheel did come off the stand last week. It's mounted on a Playseat Challenge which is really stable and clamped in such a way that pulling it left to right or pushing will not budge it but if you pull it toward you it can slide off. I was left with a steering wheel in my lap after pulling the wheel in an evasive braking situation on Nurb GP. I did manage to finish the race in one piece though.

I recently got a Playseat Challenge and I have a G29. The playseat wheel plate has holes to bolt the G29 down, so that can't happen again. I also made a wedge to get the pedals at the right angle. Pedals bolt to the wedge, and the wedge velcroes to the playseat.

 

[Barry R]

I recently got a Playseat Challenge and I have a G29. The playseat wheel plate has holes to bolt the G29 down, so that can't happen again. I also made a wedge to get the pedals at the right angle. Pedals bolt to the wedge, and the wedge velcroes to the playseat.

Great first setup... I had exactly the same for about a year, then upgraded

 

[adrian brown]

My first step into GR1 this week, and I'm not fast! My qualifying is 3.30 in the Mazda but I've been running the Peugeot in races. Non-stopping on FM2. The majority of people seem to be avoiding pitting, if only they were so good at avoiding crashing into me!

 

[6BK]

I recently got a Playseat Challenge and I have a G29. The playseat wheel plate has holes to bolt the G29 down, so that can't happen again. I also made a wedge to get the pedals at the right angle. Pedals bolt to the wedge, and the wedge velcroes to the playseat.

Thanks for the info. I never checked the plate for more secure points as it had never budged before or after that incident. Now that I know I'll check though. The pedals as they came from stock have not been an issue for me at all so again I didn't bother tinkering. I must say that it's a very solid, neat, comfortable and value option. It was a big deal for me to take a plunge and spend that kind of money on a game but I've been really happy with the whole set up. Even if it didn't improve my times it's definitely improved my enjoyment of it.

 

[ExplorerPhels]

My first step into GR1 this week, and I'm not fast! My qualifying is 3.30 in the Mazda but I've been running the Peugeot in races. Non-stopping on FM2. The majority of people seem to be avoiding pitting, if only they were so good at avoiding crashing into me!

You could manage it easily with the fuel?

 

[adrian brown]

You could manage it easily with the fuel?

I did on my first race, not so much on the second. Had to change to FM3 for a lap and a half

Edit - was in a different car! Yes quite easily in the 908 Peugeot

 

[seadog777]

This confirms my theory (or maybe its ridiculously obvious to everyone but me) - that if you get a major 29 point SR downgrade, you end up with "B" drivers most of whom are quite a bit slower, and then, you gain DR until you hit SR "S" again.

Strange because it actually rewards getting a 29 point downgrade - although when it happened to me, I felt a victim.

PS - I have had 5 practice laps at Le Mans and boy - I am super slow. Finished just two laps and the best I have is a 1:42! Phew ... maybe I need to spend some time practicing, I am going to get beaten up like Joe Frazier against Ali in the Killer in Manila. .

Actually that might be a great strategy for slow-coaches like me! I always avoid mix-ups (starting from the back, that's easy to do!) and have been an SR S for a while.

On the rare occasions I do venture online, it seems to focus "matching" on SR rather than DR. So I tend to get put in races where the drivers are high SR.... but also high DR (although there are always a couple of Ds like me at least!).

Perhaps if I misbehaved a little, dropped SR down to a C I might get put with drivers that aren't so quick and have a better chance of gaining at least a few DR points! Good plan or lame??

 

[El_Beardo]

I've got just over a month on the G29 now and while initially I was way off controller pace I am ahead of it now on pretty much any track. OK, it may be because I'm playing more because the wheel is much more engaging so practice is helping improve but, for example, my Fuji Gr4 time was 1.45.8 when we ran there in November and this time round I'm at 1.43.2(ish).

My wheel did come off the stand last week. It's mounted on a Playseat Challenge which is really stable and clamped in such a way that pulling it left to right or pushing will not budge it but if you pull it toward you it can slide off. I was left with a steering wheel in my lap after pulling the wheel in an evasive braking situation on Nurb GP. I did manage to finish the race in one piece though.

Five/six weeks should be plenty of time then. My qualifying time at Fuji already at 1:42.636, so I'm not really expecting two seconds. One would be nice. Maybe 1.5.

This is why I'll be hardmounting at the back, and clamping at the front. Just to make sure it doesn't move at all.

 

[TurboTacho]

Race B - made some bad mistakes on the last few turns that cost me 4, 5 tenths on my lap. Started off P8 and went up to P5, inherited P3 due to front runners' penalties. Just need to push for a little more gain in lap time and consistent race pacing.

Race C - TS050 entry started off P12 on the grid with no qualifying time as usual, ended up P4 with a zero stop strategy. Had to give up 3rd place on the last lap to a one-stopper since my speed isn't that fast down the straights. Though I clocked a 1.6 second penalty for accidentally veering into a corner while braking.

 

[6BK]

Actually that might be a great strategy for slow-coaches like me! I always avoid mix-ups (starting from the back, that's easy to do!) and have been an SR S for a while.

On the rare occasions I do venture online, it seems to focus "matching" on SR rather than DR. So I tend to get put in races where the drivers are high SR.... but also high DR (although there are always a couple of Ds like me at least!).

Perhaps if I misbehaved a little, dropped SR down to a C I might get put with drivers that aren't so quick and have a better chance of gaining at least a few DR points! Good plan or lame??

Surely losing DR in order to gain DR is self defeating? The real thing is that you lose DR in order to gain wins. Last week I was able to move from 5,000 DR to 13.000 in one afternoon. Without setting a new quali time I went from top 5 on the grid in low DR C races to 13th on the grid in low DR B races. I didn't any but I'm sure if I'd intentionally dropped my DR to low D I'd have been given a 1st or 2nd grid and improved my chances dramatically? Not that I race for wins so could not be bothered trying to play the system like that.

As for @Melbourne Park's observation, I dropped 29 SR points yesterday but my DR remained 12 to 13,000 points. My grids also remained the same, with 5th to 7th spot places. I did get one erratic race where there were DRS to DRB in one field and I was sitting on 13th only for the next race to be all DRB and me on 3rd.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Wooooow. 2,000 dr down the drain after race c. All those 2 weeks of races’ effort down the drain in a heartbeat.
Thanks audi for making the worst, least fuel efficient lmp in history, a HYBRID mind you.
Kingdom hearts 3 it is then for this week.

The Audi is not so bad, it's one of the quickest cars for this race on pace and even over the race distance it's competitive. I had a race last night 2 Toyota's vs 2 Audi's in the lead group and both of the R18's finished within 5 seconds in a clean race.

Fuel efficiency was always great with the real R18 too but because of the EoT between petrol/diesel it had to have a smaller fuel tank.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Brutal night. For some stupid reason I decided to enter Race C, I CANNOT memorise LeMans, so many corners look the same and have no reference for braking points. Hate it. Lost 1,000 DR points in one race.

Went back to race A, gained a little DR but got savaged on SR without even having a clue what i did wrong. I also have no idea where the track limits are, was fighting a guy for a win and EVERY lap he'd go WAy wide on the second last turn and not get a penalty, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?? I'm talking all four wheels to the left of the kerb before taking the last turn.

I then go a smidge wide and boom 2 seconds.

Best to forget it and try again tonight, was a write-off yesterday.

 

[seadog777]

Surely losing DR in order to gain DR is self defeating? The real thing is that you lose DR in order to gain wins. Last week I was able to move from 5,000 DR to 13.000 in one afternoon. Without setting a new quali time I went from top 5 on the grid in low DR C races to 13th on the grid in low DR B races. I didn't any but I'm sure if I'd intentionally dropped my DR to low D I'd have been given a 1st or 2nd grid and improved my chances dramatically? Not that I race for wins so could not be bothered trying to play the system like that.

As for @Melbourne Park's observation, I dropped 29 SR points yesterday but my DR remained 12 to 13,000 points. My grids also remained the same, with 5th to 7th spot places. I did get one erratic race where there were DRS to DRB in one field and I was sitting on 13th only for the next race to be all DRB and me on 3rd.

Thanks for your comments, all understood! I think the difference is I play in the Asian region, which is not as busy. So we don't have races of all the same DR (well, not in my experience but maybe someone can call me out on that?!). The races I join are generally S or A SR rating but the DR rating is anything from D to S, all in the same race. While my qually time might be within a few hundredths of the one or two other D players, it can be 5 seconds slower (on a quick track!) than the A or S DR players.

Gets a bit disheartening being thoroughly walloped every race! Which is why I don't go online much (but sometimes can't resist! ) Answer is, of course, to practice and get quicker!!

 

[Invisigoth]

Yeh buddy, the circus has come to town and it's a real freak show out there! Next cab up, 787B. No special fuel mapping... that just confuses me when I'm trying to *cough* race. Would have qualified a couple of steps up but I got a penalty before the lap had even started . No recorded lap time and time ran out for another lap. I started P10/14. There were 5 DR/Ds including me, the rest A's and Bs.

The usual crap with autodrive letting go before I've exited the Ford chicane. I managed to make it through Dunlop in one piece, had a close call at the Tertre Rouge esses, and glided through Tertre Rouge before short shifting my way down Mulsanne. I managed to make it through lap 1 and 2 ok. Lap 3 I had a guy rear end me 3 times, in the braking zones, and an orange SR each time for me. Then shortly after Arnarge I hear a sickening thud as a car materialised in front of me and yet another orange SR... with a penalty. It must have re-spawned but didn't ghost. It wasn't moving when the hit came .

I was in P6 on lap 4 when I had to pit for fuel.. I had 0.5 laps worth left. No tyres, but I took on too much fuel and came out of the pits behind 3 other cars. The 787B was handling reasonably comfortably. I finished P10.

SR dropped another 2... down to 85 . DR surprisingly went up... 38. Tomorrow it's the R92's turn, then I'll move on the the VGTs. Another day above DR1 .