"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Veinz]

I think I was just in thr same lobby as you sven

 

[MaxAttack]

lol, carpenter brut and pertubator have some good MAXIMUM ATTACK songs. A little bit of Parkway Drive doesn't hurt either though.

Yeah man, familiar with and love both Brut and Perturbator, works for me when I'm playing shooters or drifting something from the 70s and 80s

Doing less and less GT drifting to be fair. WRC7 or D4 if I wanna go sideways.

Fine taste my dude!

 

[sturk0167]

Consistency

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United States 04.810 +2.059%

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Anyway so far 2 attemps in the RCZ. First one ruined by a GT-R trying to last second pass on the outside for the second chicane on the straight. His nose turned in on my rear right when slamming on the brakes giving me SR Down. Second attempt I had to evade a Corvette that swerved last second in the braking zone, probably evading the car n front of him doing the same. Accident prevented yet 1 sec shortcut penalty for my efforts to avoid a collision.

The RCZ might be the worst contender of all in this race. I was behind a Maclaren and could hardly keep up while drafting right behind him which is only possible to get there with a much better corner exit in the first place. Draft pass is a no go, as soon as you get out of the slip stream the Mac speeds away. I tried to out brake him for the Porsche curves yet he went inside early and there was contact. I got a 1 sec penalty for that but waited to let him go ahead, my responsibility to pass cleanly.

Also not completely useless, I managed to pass a GT-R with it at the pit entry

With a 4:02.8 best lap, not the slowest I've done. That lack of speed on the straights is a killer though. No one to draft, not going anywhere. Step out of the draft and you fall back, can't complete a pass.

 

[Illum_Concept]

Managed to sneak on for 8 race B's last night in the small hours. S rated rooms were clean but very fast. Maclarens dominated, I did ok in the Mustang.

Race 4 however I lost some SR, and the next 4 races in the lower SR lobbies were dirty as hell. Got a few podiums and a fastest lap, but didn't enjoy it as much because of ridiculous penalties and dirty blocks in the braking zone.

In race 8 I managed what I considered to be a brilliant move around the (very) outside coming into the first Porsche curve. No contact, but my opponent (who I have raced a few times before) crashed off and quit. I've watched the replay a few times now and think it might have been a bit too heavy handed from me. I'll upload at some point for opinions.

Followed this up of course by brutally punting a Maclaren off on the next lap (they brake soooo early). Accident of course, but it was a s##t mistake so I called it a night. Sorry to that guy whoever he was, he didn't stay to chat.

To follow the music theme, I'm a few beers down now at a "Fake" music festival for cover bands in my hometown. Currently listen to Guns2Roses, was rocking to GreenDate earlier. Awesome.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Watch the rear view mirror, avoid the dive bomb, then get hit anyway by his track re-entry...

I feared I would get the penalty here since he came from off-track, but it went to him in this case.

Clean race bonus on the first attempt in the GR Supra, but I wanted to do another one to get a cleaner lap then the one above. However

Sigh, that's 2 races to get back to 99 SR again doh! To 94 SR for a room crash.

So this is it, Supra should be capable of much better, I'll race it again with a couple others like the Vantage, Mustang and M3.

Mission completed, clean race bonus is all GR.3 cars!

Now to see if the same is possible on Monza next week. Worst track for SR in the game, many more laps to get hit. Can only do 2 races per hour so time might become an issue. Ready for the next challenge!

 

[ASH32]

Improved my Race C Q time to a 1:24.602, maybe a tenth left but I won't get it now, still much better than where I was at the start of the week.

Racing from the back has not been going as well, too many rammers. I get hit into other cars, penalty to me. I get hit by a spinning car and hit the barrier, so another penalty for that wall contact. Also went off when I was going to win because of the lag that can happen when people get dc'd or quit but as it happens I got disconnected anyway right near the end of the race, more SR lost. Also because I'm now at SR A lower rated drivers can (and do) just hit me off the track and get nothing for it and all the touches that constantly happen as I pass, or even whilst waiting to pass another car, give me SR down too.

Basically the current system just isn't working. I'm sure Monza next week will be much better.

 

[sturk0167]

Watch the rear view mirror, avoid the dive bomb, then get hit anyway by his track re-entry...

I feared I would get the penalty here since he came from off-track, but it went to him in this case.

Clean race bonus on the first attempt in the GR Supra, but I wanted to do another one to get a cleaner lap then the one above. However

Sigh, that's 2 races to get back to 99 SR again doh! To 94 SR for a room crash.

So this is it, Supra should be capable of much better, I'll race it again with a couple others like the Vantage, Mustang and M3.

Mission completed, clean race bonus is all GR.3 cars!

Now to see if the same is possible on Monza next week. Worst track for SR in the game, many more laps to get hit. Can only do 2 races per hour so time might become an issue. Ready for the next challenge!

I'm most impressed by your podium finish in the Ferrari. Probably hasn't happened very much, this week.
After driving them all, do you have rankings? Most liked/Least liked cars.

Regarding the next Monza race, your no-quali strategy will be a solid game plan. I definitely wouldn't want to start at the front on that track.

 

[QC YALUM]

Geographical distance between players is a problem and it was briefly better when there were 5 server locations instead of 3.

There is a lag advantage in this game most are unaware off while some actively abuse it. Driving in other regions is fun, just know that you are messing with their races when driving with 150ms or more lag. Brake early, don't drive right behind people. don't drive door to door, don't stick laggy noses in the wrong places. Be aware that every move you make is exaggerated by lag.

Playing on a other server than where you are is ridiculous and its should be punish by PD . Its the reason most of players stay away from daily's IMO is lag to many racers from other continent on American server it is ridiculous .

After GT World race at mosport i will do a couples race B

 

[Lgirasol]

Anyway so far 2 attemps in the RCZ. First one ruined by a GT-R trying to last second pass on the outside for the second chicane on the straight. His nose turned in on my rear right when slamming on the brakes giving me SR Down. Second attempt I had to evade a Corvette that swerved last second in the braking zone, probably evading the car n front of him doing the same. Accident prevented yet 1 sec shortcut penalty for my efforts to avoid a collision.

The RCZ might be the worst contender of all in this race. I was behind a Maclaren and could hardly keep up while drafting right behind him which is only possible to get there with a much better corner exit in the first place. Draft pass is a no go, as soon as you get out of the slip stream the Mac speeds away. I tried to out brake him for the Porsche curves yet he went inside early and there was contact. I got a 1 sec penalty for that but waited to let him go ahead, my responsibility to pass cleanly.

Also not completely useless, I managed to pass a GT-R with it at the pit entry

With a 4:02.8 best lap, not the slowest I've done. That lack of speed on the straights is a killer though. No one to draft, not going anywhere. Step out of the draft and you fall back, can't complete a pass.

Yeah that McLaren is an average-skilled driver’s ace in the hole. Once you were behind me I thought the coming pass was inevitable but tried to hold on as fairly and as long as I could. The non-slipstream drag is pretty significant and looked huge in my mirror. Hope I was not straying into your line entering Porsche, that’s a real hold-your-breath entry for me, especially under pressure, but I tend to look only forward there I’ll admit.

 

[Veinz]

Playing on a other server than where you are is ridiculous and its should be punish by PD . Its the reason most of players stay away from daily's IMO is lag to many racers from other continent on American server it is ridiculous .

Europe is closer to us than South America, I have very little to no lag and the pings are always at least 4 bars when I am in the EMEA servers, it's certainly no worse than playing against South American players which still is good 99% of the time.

I don't think i'd make an asia/oceania account though, that's too far.

 

[Tea_Leaves]

The weekend really does make a difference in the quality of sportsmanship and racing. Some person was actively trying to take me out at la Sarthe because I slightly bumped him entering into Mulsanne. He began swerving his car into me at Arnage all the way through to Porsche Curves and picked up around 10 seconds worth of penalties.

I guess more kids online?

 

[Winnie847]

I’ll be sitting out FIA races today and running some race B’s and C’s instead. See you all out there.

 

[CrimsonKing]

Or some Power Metal!!

This is good advice. Not exactly power metal but some Slayer does wonders to my top speed.

 

[Pigems]

I’ll be sitting out FIA races today and running some race B’s and C’s instead. See you all out there.

Come race with us at 9pm then man, it’s always clean and friendly.

Everyone else is welcome to join us as well.

 

[Winnie847]

Come race with us at 9pm then man, it’s always clean and friendly.

Everyone else is welcome to join us as well.

Ok. If I’m still going by then I’ll join you.

 

[Redsea666]

After a looong week and very little time tp oractice, I finally got two decent races in. QT put me in P10 on both grids- the second race I was in P7 until I went (again) at Corvette and got some dirt in my wheel wells. Fist race was better- easily overtook P9 in T1 (not sure what they were doing, perhaps at 75% throttle) and then proceeded to cleanly get in to P7 where I remained. Both races were very clean and very fun.

Might do some Manufacturer's a bit later, but I'll defintely be back at Sarthe this evening.

 

[Veinz]

Might do a bit of race a tonight, that car seems a bit haywire to drive. I feel burnt out on race b, I think I can improve to a 3:55 with the GTR if I can ever string a lap together, but I just plain don’t feel like doing qualifying anymore.

I’m awful at race c so I’m not even going to waste my time lol

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Yeah that McLaren is an average-skilled driver’s ace in the hole. Once you were behind me I thought the coming pass was inevitable but tried to hold on as fairly and as long as I could. The non-slipstream drag is pretty significant and looked huge in my mirror. Hope I was not straying into your line entering Porsche, that’s a real hold-your-breath entry for me, especially under pressure, but I tend to look only forward there I’ll admit.

No worries, wasn't your fault. Most people in the McLaren go deep while entering the Porsche curves, I was gambling on you doing the same. You took the correct line and I ran out of room. Sorry for the bump.

And yeah I was full on the gas drafting behind you after every corner and the RCZ simply could not get any closer lol. Thanks for the tow as on it's own power it hardly manages to get above 270kph.

I'm most impressed by your podium finish in the Ferrari. Probably hasn't happened very much, this week.
After driving them all, do you have rankings? Most liked/Least liked cars.

Regarding the next Monza race, you no-quali strategy will be a solid game plan. I definitely wouldn't want to start at the front on that track.

That was on Monday, somewhere in SR.C or even SR.E It took till Wednesday to get back to SR.S.

I like the more agile cars like the Lexus and Porsche, but they're not very good on this track that favors top speed over everything. The Z4 and M3 are probably the best compromise for me, still good at avoiding with decent speed.

Worst, McLaren BMW, Ford GT, GT-R. They drive like tanks, hard to avoid people messing up in front of you and due to having to brake early prone to get punted. They're great for starting on pole, not so much for starting in the back. Peugeot VGT is just weird. AMG is pretty boring to drive.

The ones I want to drive again are the V12 Vantage, F-Type, Supra, FT-1 and 458. Fun cars that I don't drive all that often.

Regarding Monza, it's pretty rare nowadays to actually get to start last while not qualifying. Most of my clean race bonus losses were due to having cars start behind me that simply run into me in the chicanes before the start or at Dunlop while I'm following close behind the struggling Macs in front of me. I fear the worst for Monza and it might be necessary to pull over at the start to actually get in last because it's going to be chaos in that first chicane and I have about 1% trust in the cars behind me compensating for that chaos.

 

[05XR8]

Watch the rear view mirror, avoid the dive bomb, then get hit anyway by his track re-entry...

I feared I would get the penalty here since he came from off-track, but it went to him in this case.

Clean race bonus on the first attempt in the GR Supra, but I wanted to do another one to get a cleaner lap then the one above. However

Sigh, that's 2 races to get back to 99 SR again doh! To 94 SR for a room crash.

So this is it, Supra should be capable of much better, I'll race it again with a couple others like the Vantage, Mustang and M3.

Mission completed, clean race bonus is all GR.3 cars!

Now to see if the same is possible on Monza next week. Worst track for SR in the game, many more laps to get hit. Can only do 2 races per hour so time might become an issue. Ready for the next challenge!

I actually think Monza will be fine. T1 might not be as bad as T4. That's where players will get punted at the right-hander, as some don't navigate it well enough.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Europe is closer to us than South America, I have very little to no lag and the pings are always at least 4 bars when I am in the EMEA servers, it's certainly no worse than playing against South American players which still is good 99% of the time.

I don't think i'd make an asia/oceania account though, that's too far.

It depends where your opponents are. What's your ping to Berlin, Rome, Athens, Stockholm? You're not just racing the UK. The bars are not reliable as I've seen people with 1 red bar drive perfectly fine with reported 16ms ping, while seeing 4 bars lag over the road like crazy. Plus it's not just the ping, jitter gets worse as well over longer distances.

But it is true that the North American server is the worst for lag. This is the extent of lag the NA server has to deal with excluding the extra time from your local isp to your ps4. It's 9,000 km from Toronto to Buenos Aires, still Brazil is the worst.

Racing Brazilians and Argentinians from Canada is always laggy.

Cross play from NA to Europe actually looks a bit better

Still kinda high with the extra time from client to isp. A minimum of 75ms between cities, not good.
So yeah, playing on the Europe server is no worse than playing against Brazil. But that's no real excuse.

This is what Europeans are used to when racing

So at best (NY to London) you can narrowly beat the worst (Moscow to Athens)

Playing on the Oceania server

Ouch!

Oceania has it's own troubles

I actually think Monza will be fine. T1 might not be as bad as T4. That's where players will get punted at the right-hander, as some don't navigate it well enough.

I like your optimism. I've done 298 races on Monza and can count the times T1 went fine on one finger
Then it's T3 (second chicane) which is a repeat of the first chicane.
The next biggest problem area is Ascari, always good for trouble.
Lesmo 1 and 2 are at nr 4 for problems, although that might go better now people won't be scrubbing penalties right before Lesmo.

I'm guessing the penalty zone will be after Ascari? I certainly hope it won't be before, that will cause more problems.

 

[sturk0167]

I fear the worst for Monza and it might be necessary to pull over at the start to actually get in last because it's going to be chaos in that first chicane and I have about 1% trust in the cars behind me compensating for that chaos.

Might just wanna hit the options button as you approach the chicane braking zone on lap 1.

 

[Pigems]

Ok. If I’m still going by then I’ll join you.

Sweet, the more the merrier!

Might just wanna hit the options button as you approach the chicane braking zone on lap 1.

It’s not a half bad strategy on a lot of tracks, once you’re ghosted with a car inside you just unpause and drive right through the crowd.

 

[05XR8]

Might just wanna hit the options button as you approach the chicane braking zone on lap 1.

YOOOOOO! A players was doing this trick the other day in an R8. I think I was still able to draft it, as I wasn't falling behind. Then, he unghosted for the braking areas.

 

[sturk0167]

YOOOOOO! A players was doing this trick the other day in an R8. I think I was still able to draft it, as I wasn't falling behind. Then, he unghosted for the braking areas.

Ha ha. Wasn't me. I've never tried it. I'll definitely try it next week, though. At least once, just to see what happens.

 

[05XR8]

I'll make sure not to fall for the banana in the tailpipe.

 

[Pigems]

I'll make sure not to fall for the banana in the tailpipe.

No man, you gotta put the keys in the tailpipe and rub a potato up and down the side of the car!

 

[O604]

Only did 1 race today. Best result for me this week on Race A.

Improved my QT a bit to 59.285. Got me 3rd spot. Finished 2nd.

Also made some decals.

 

[Redsea666]

I guess all that practice at the 'Ring a couple months ago paid off- got my first win! And by over 20 seconds- not sure what everybody else was doing. But I'll take it!

 

[ScottPuss20]

I did just one race yesterday but it was an easy victory. I chose the Jaguar F-Type for the Le Mans race as it has a decent top speed, and I didn't have any issues whatsoever. I started second, overtook the guy in first with minimal fuss and was never contested for the lead. The Jag has a weird energy around it, I've won a lot of races compared to the amount of starts in it. Much more than any other car...