"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[watto79]

I must be in a different Race C to everyone else as I'm having a blast at Monza. Yes surviving T1 is somewhat of a lottery but I've found that by and large everyone is trying to give each other space. I had one race where everyone slowed so much that the game basically ghosted everyone through the turn 1 chicane, which was interesting!

So far I'm losing DR in Race B and then getting it all back again in Race C

 

[Loverson]

Monza is really becoming my most stressful track
Luckily i'm not racing it anymore, mostly time trial.
Really want to get 1:47 but so far 1:48.262 with Huracan GT3. I can feel i can improve better but it's quite frustrating

 

[tariklehaine]

I must be in a different Race C to everyone else as I'm having a blast at Monza. Yes surviving T1 is somewhat of a lottery but I've found that by and large everyone is trying to give each other space. I had one race where everyone slowed so much that the game basically ghosted everyone through the turn 1 chicane, which was interesting!

So far I'm losing DR in Race B and then getting it all back again in Race C

I'm curious around what time you go online? Im mostly online in the evening around 08:00 pm till 11:00 pm on weekdays and in the weekend also around 08:00 pm till 02/03:00 am.

Most of the time I also don't have any issues with very dirty races, but some races like Monza I just know it will be a mess most of the time. Often I hear from people that the races are more dirty around a specific timeframe...

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I'm struggling with race C too. My qualifying time is 1:47.560s in the Ferrari which puts you right in the danger zone in the midfield for the first few laps. I'm sure the Nissan is quicker but the handling feels numb and the front end is a bit strange, it's not fun enough to drive. I haven't won a single race this week, not even in the lower S lobby!

 

[sdi_03]

had few q laps for the dailies, nothing fancy or fast. Its that no grip week for me.
A 1:04.495 GTr32 put 6 laps at close to that in a row so consistency is good, speed not.
B 1:38.563 TT fastest for me Can't get that huracan under 1:39. understeer too much. Also hate all tracks where you need to cut chicanes, if there was real DT track, your oil pan would not survive the first chicane.
C 1:49.224 Mustang. monza is not my favourite, and it shows. Had only like 6 laps... (6 too many)

I noticed that there is some ASM or CSA on always, at least in N300 cars. it just kills acceleration if the cars slides just a little.
Drifts are easy to handle thou. ?? Am I only one to notice this??

Also changed my T300RS settings to 1 and 1, was surprised how much better it was. For me atleast.
FFB in GT seems to be just sending too much wrong info on grip etc, with these settings my times were much more consistent.

 

[MattWang]

I'm struggling with race C too. My qualifying time is 1:47.560s in the Ferrari which puts you right in the danger zone in the midfield for the first few laps. I'm sure the Nissan is quicker but the handling feels numb and the front end is a bit strange, it's not fun enough to drive. I haven't won a single race this week, not even in the lower S lobby!

I think the Nissan is twitchy and has a good front end, I like it as it feels edgy. My best is a 1:49.8

 

[Danguil63]

Here we Go !!!

 

[MattWang]

I must be in a different Race C to everyone else as I'm having a blast at Monza. Yes surviving T1 is somewhat of a lottery but I've found that by and large everyone is trying to give each other space. I had one race where everyone slowed so much that the game basically ghosted everyone through the turn 1 chicane, which was interesting!

So far I'm losing DR in Race B and then getting it all back again in Race C

I’m loving race C

 

[gtpierre]

I'm curious around what time you go online? Im mostly online in the evening around 08:00 pm till 11:00 pm on weekdays and in the weekend also around 08:00 pm till 02/03:00 am.

Most of the time I also don't have any issues with very dirty races, but some races like Monza I just know it will be a mess most of the time. Often I hear from people that the races are more dirty around a specific timeframe...

This is what I found out in my few races on the EU sport mode and lobbies :

If you are SR.S and that you care about your SR rating and about having fun, it's usually good to avoid the 6-8/9 pm from Monday to Thursday (lobby races are mostly fine). Then from 9pm it usually gets cleaner and cleaner. Morning is also ok till 8am. (I never get out of work before 6pm so I don't know how it is between 8am and 6pm)

On Fridays, you have to wait until 10 or 11pm to play otherwise you are almost guaranteed to drop to SR B in a single race (all My SR drop occured on a friday or saturday morning). Which leads us to the week end. You have to stop playing around 10am and you can start again 12h later (once again lobby races are fine if the "admin" actively kicks the few idiots that show up.

 

[tariklehaine]

(I never get out of work before 6pm so I don't know how it is between 8am and 6pm)

Same here always working till 4:30pm and with some responsibilities it will be 08:00pm most of the time before I can race and it feels like lobbies are getting cleaner after that time indeed.

 

[Veinz]

Probably a dumb question, but which GR3 Lexus RCF is better, the 16’ or 17’? Their stats are slightly different.

 

[DaddyDaFoe_]

Anyway later a dirty Mustang bumps me for another SR Down. At the end of the race there were 4 red A's, 2 red B's and 6 quitters or disconnects. I don't know what happened to @DaddyDaFoe_ he was listed with the other dnfs. It was a dirty race from start to finish. The races do't even clear up anymore after the first 2 laps. I finished 5th in the end, got my best lap just under 1:50, my first 1:49nr and blue S.

Time for a break. Clean race bonus from the back during dirty 6 hour period is practically impossible.

Oh boy was that race dirty. My internet couldn't handle all the punting that took place. Got maybe 3 disconnects last night, it was so unstable. My SR went from 99 to 71 because of all the disconnects. But today is another day! I actually like Monza, even with the dirty drivers and all.

 

[05XR8]

Took a trip in the Vantage. Kept pace with a Mustang and F1. Everyone seems to stay on the RM tyres. I keep with the RH no tyre change. I was being more held up in the first stint than anything. If I can save a bit more, I could no stop and build a huge gap. As it is, I'm jumping a few spots and getting caught at about the penultimate and last lap.

Last race, as per above, the Mustang just caught me at the start of the last lap and the F1 was too far behind to make use of a tow before the parabolica. Finished 6th up from 9th.

At DTG, I parked the FF cars as I'm intrigued with the Viper. Feels crazy slow, I'm barely outrunning the 4C, but somehow I was able to keep pace and ride the bumper of a Huracan. Weird.

 

[DaddyDaFoe_]

Probably a dumb question, but which GR3 Lexus RCF is better, the 16’ or 17’? Their stats are slightly different.

The prototype (16') is the car I've driven the most, and from the few times I've used the 17', I guess there's not much of a difference between them performance wise.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

The quality of racing is so much better in the morning, first attempt no issues.

People are actually braking on time and compensating for traffic in the chicanes. No constant car resets in the way and at most the odd 0.5 or 1 sec shortcut penalty in the penalty zone instead of 3 or more cars serving heavy penalties. The order was pretty much established by pit time. From lap 6 it was watching the gaps to 5th and 7th grow, relaxing drive for a change. Best lap of 1:50.0 in this one. I could get more out of it, was braking a little conservatively and short shfting. It needs to brake a lot earlier than the Lancer but has much better speed.

 

[05XR8]

The prototype (16') is the car I've driven the most, and from the few times I've used the 17', I guess there's not much of a difference between them performance wise.

I use the '17. Love the newer car smell.

 

[watto79]

I'm curious around what time you go online? Im mostly online in the evening around 08:00 pm till 11:00 pm on weekdays and in the weekend also around 08:00 pm till 02/03:00 am.

Most of the time I also don't have any issues with very dirty races, but some races like Monza I just know it will be a mess most of the time. Often I hear from people that the races are more dirty around a specific timeframe...

It tends to be a couple of races after 10pm. Occasionally a cheeky lunchtime race if work permits. That's on weekdays. I'm not usually on at weekends and if I am it will just be for FIA. I have raced in the early evening slots and there is a difference in the quality of racers.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Same here always working till 4:30pm and with some responsibilities it will be 08:00pm most of the time before I can race and it feels like lobbies are getting cleaner after that time indeed.

Europeans have it easy with less time zones. My 8pm is 5pm on the west coast which makes 'dirty hour' last so long over here. By 11pm it indeed clears up here as well when it's 8pm on the west coast :/

Oh boy was that race dirty. My internet couldn't handle all the punting that took place. Got maybe 3 disconnects last night, it was so unstable. My SR went from 99 to 71 because of all the disconnects. But today is another day! I actually like Monza, even with the dirty drivers and all.

One thing is sure, Monza is never boring! And even if it is for a race than that's a welcome break as well. Monza is Sarthe with more action. It's providing a great challenge

 

[Veinz]

I don’t know how some of you have the patience to start from the back every time. It’s infuriating racing some of these people.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I think the Nissan is twitchy and has a good front end, I like it as it feels edgy. My best is a 1:49.8

I tried it for 1 race last night and the race pace was about a second quicker than the 458 but it didn't feel like a GT car, it moves around too much vertically. The nose dives on the brakes and lifts under acceleration, I'm sure with practice it gets better but I don't think I could drive it precisely.

The Corvette looks quick and I've heard good things about the Supra so I might try one of those next.

 

[DaddyDaFoe_]

One thing is sure, Monza is never boring! And even if it is for a race than that's a welcome break as well. Monza is Sarthe with more action. It's providing a great challenge

Couldn't agree more! And having a change from all the repeated Japanese track combos is so nice, makes me excited to play again. Monza really is a condensed Sarthe: long straights, chicanes and fast corners. It makes for closer racing, which also leads to more incidents, but that is inevitable.

 

[Invisigoth]

Oh, I'll definitely give a go at some point, this week on my alt account, just to mix it up in the mosh pit and see what that carnage is all about. 👍

There is a reason why in one of my race reports last week at la Sarthe I referred to being Monza'd .

Yes it would. There are other GR X cars that will have similar pace but the Redbull Jr is a good shout at being the one but as usual we'll have to wait and see.

SF is too fast for just 10 laps so it shouldn't be that.

Speculating on cars can be a little fruitless... it wouldn't be the first time they have "adjusted" specs to suit a race. It *could* be the SF with adjustment, but I suspect that they have already used the SF enough for a while, much like how we don't see Gr.2 every week. I'm kinda hoping they give the kart a power boost and use it .

 

[JoeyLeonine]

The Aston is not particularly rapid, but it is easy to drive.

There's something about the GT-baRge that I've really started to dislike. I can see why people can be quick around Monza in it, and maybe if I took it to QTT I'd get a sub 50 hotlap after the odd reconnoitre, but it's one of those cars that will take all my energy to be consistent in. I'm never (I mean, never say never, but...) going to get near a top10 time, so I don't necessarily need to use the meta car long term.

I may use it to get a quicker QT than the Aston to maybe start higher up the grid - frowned upon I know, but down in the lower echelons race pace is so far detached from QT across the board it doesn't really matter - but I'll still take the AMV into the races, it takes very little effort to keep it pointing the right way on the black stuff (even when sliding it into Ascari). Everyone else allowing, I can wiz around doing consistent 1.50-51-52s. Not rapid. But if the recently kept company keeps binning it at the chicanes with all their straightline speed but no cornering ability, then the possibilities are endless.

Slow and steady wins the race, right?!

 

[MattWang]

I tried it for 1 race last night and the race pace was about a second quicker than the 458 but it didn't feel like a GT car, it moves around too much vertically. The nose dives on the brakes and lifts under acceleration, I'm sure with practice it gets better but I don't think I could drive it precisely.

The Corvette looks quick and I've heard good things about the Supra so I might try one of those next.

Interesting, might try the supra later. A bit GT’d out right now.

Just driven it again, and I see what you mean. Stiffer suspension Could solve the issue of the front diving, but would make it even more skittish

 

[Pigems]

Probably a dumb question, but which GR3 Lexus RCF is better, the 16’ or 17’? Their stats are slightly different.

I started doing it to practice my driving in traffic and overtaking, then I kinda got hooked. Starting out front it’s all defence for the most part, starting at the back tends to be more playing offence instead.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

The Aston is not particularly rapid, but it is easy to drive.

There's something about the GT-baRge that I've really started to dislike. I can see why people can be quick around Monza in it, and maybe if I took it to QTT I'd get a sub 50 hotlap after the odd reconnoitre, but it's one of those cars that will take all my energy to be consistent in. I'm never (I mean, never say never, but...) going to get near a top10 time, so I don't necessarily need to use the meta car long term.

I may use it to get a quicker QT than the Aston to maybe start higher up the grid - frowned upon I know, but down in the lower echelons race pace is so far detached from QT across the board it doesn't really matter - but I'll still take the AMV into the races, it takes very little effort to keep it pointing the right way on the black stuff (even when sliding it into Ascari). Everyone else allowing, I can wiz around doing consistent 1.50-51-52s. Not rapid. But if the recently kept company keeps binning it at the chicanes with all their straightline speed but no cornering ability, then the possibilities are endless.

Slow and steady wins the race, right?!

I had a GT-R starting behind me last race. I let him pass on the way to T1 where he punted someone off, then saw him badger a few other cars later until I lost sight of him. He finished 2nd penalty free and blue S. Those kind of drivers give my kind of racing a bad name No clue why he didn't get a penalty for the punt at T1, looked like a clear cut case.

I took it easy

Tire wear was actually not bad this time in the 458. 'm avoiding kerbs like the plague in this slippery bugger though. My best lap was only a low 1:51. I need more races in the Italia to push it further, so easy to spin this one. Good on fuel!

Next up the other Italian, Alfa Romeo for the home advantage (unlikely)

 

[Melbourne Park]

The Lancer is a nice stable car, fast through Lesmo and very solid through Ascari. Braking past the 150 marker for T1, no problem. If you can catch a draft during the straights you can get quite far with this car.

I love to drive it but the Hurrican is faster on fast tracks or long straights I reckon ... the Lancer is awesome out of tight corners though and super fast off the line and into a first tight corner. But I can't help but sense how cheap the doors and interior are, despite my bumper cam view.... how does the game give me that impression? At least I have not smelt burning rubber like I did with GT4 at times ...

I've not raced this week and really no time to - but I might give Brands a go next week, while I still remember the short course opening corner... last week in the Porsche 356 I tried to get onto the full course by exploring around the driveway /long course actual track by going off the track but sadly they don't seem to have given us a way to break through into closed off areas anymore it seems. In GT4 there were parts of circuits where if you hit a spot or fence or gate you would go into the closed off area of the circuit. That did not feel as pointless as it likely sounds.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Alfa is slightly quicker than the Ferrari just because of being a bit more stable on track. I finished one position lower though.

The same badgering GT-R started behind me again. He was more careful in T1 (let him pass again) but bump passed later anyway. Then I get to deal with the pissed off out of shape drivers he leaves behind...

I followed him a while until this happened.

Is this legal in real racing? Hate it when people lift of the brakes to block you like this. All I can do is avoid.

Lap 7 I had to slam on the brakes for someone crossing the line comin g out of the pit. Always something happening.

 

[tariklehaine]

Alfa is slightly quicker than the Ferrari just because of being a bit more stable on track. I finished one position lower though.

The same badgering GT-R started behind me again. He was more careful in T1 (let him pass again) but bump passed later anyway. Then I get to deal with the pissed off out of shape drivers he leaves behind...

I followed him a while until this happened.

Is this legal in real racing? Hate it when people lift of the brakes to block you like this. All I can do is avoid.

Lap 7 I had to slam on the brakes for someone crossing the line comin g out of the pit. Always something happening.

Your clip isn't available anymore?

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Your clip isn't available anymore?

Weird, I keep getting this when I press publish
Oops! Our server has a temporary problem and couldn't do what you asked it to do. Try again in a few minutes.
Seems to work through the beta studio, should be live now.

Next race in the MacLaren, was clean but in the last lap. a car. after serving a penalty. gives an unfair penalty to the AMG I was chasing. The AMG takes revenge in the form of a brake check in Parabolica, I can't avoid the swerving Genesis (the dirty driver) and end up with SR Down right before the line Another go in Mr Laren then.

That GT-R is still there. Passed me again on the straight and swerved in the braking zone for T1. I managed to avoid him but now had the pissed off driver he almost hit again to deal with. That one punted me off in Ascari. I hope he's done now :/

He was done, but replaced with a different GT-R driver. A worse one, of course he passes me on the way to T1 as the MacLaren is just a limp noodle on this track. (Has nothing suited to this track). He's D/S, gets away with a lot due to ghosting, but I still have to avoid his mess. In lap 3 he's braking so much for Ascari I'm slow in there as well now, stuck behind his swerving car. At the exit I get rammed by a Brazilian GT-R flying through, I go off, hit the wall, get SR Down. The one that hit me left with a red B, it wasn't just me he hit. It seems clean morning racing is done already.

I pitted in lap 4 in that race trying to undercut the annoying GT-R. That worked, however I only got 4 laps of fuel I made it with a lot of short shifting, at a snails pace. Finished 12th.

Disconnected at matchmaking next race, time for some chores