"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Kalder]

This was by far the most boring win I ever had, started pole and took the Huracán over the finish in a clean but veeeery very lonely race and finished 10 seconds ahead of P2.
No the room was not empty, and I did make small mistakes but nothing very bad. It seemed like the other racers were all very tired or something.

 

[toddstar77]

Ran RaceB last night for 2 races before hitting the sack, switched to the Megane, WOW, that thing it still kick ass down the straights better than all others - I was pulling away from everyone down that long straight.... also dropped my Qual time by 1 second.

2 races were uneventful, picked up a 4th (qual 7th) and 1st (qual 4th) .... B/S and no loss of SR, DR up about 2k

 

[sturk0167]

I don't think I've done a single lap at Monza in months. I'm gonna jump into the next C race with zero practice, and at SR B just to see what happens. I'm not gonna push real hard, but I'm also not gonna just hang back. Gonna try it with my new Gr.3 favorite, the M3. No clue what the braking points are. Should be fun. I'm expecting about -15 SR.

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Not a blazing lap compared to the world leaders, but it's all an old half blind guy can do right now.

 

[sturk0167]

Not a blazing lap compared to the world leaders, but it's all an old half blind guy can do right now.

Very well done. That 3rd turn is so tricky with the simultaneous braking and up-shifting. That, along with the final turn is what I need to work on.

 

[El_Beardo]

Just the two from me, tonight. I think I'll be doing race B to get my SR back up to 99, tomorrow (never thought I'd say that, before) . . Monza is a mess. Its fun, and infuriating. SR is down to 86. It was 91 after the second race. Went for a third, got disconnected, and SR drop. Weird.

DR is up above 24k now, though. Getting ever closer to that A ranking. Slowly . .

 

[Sven Jurgens]

Clean streak broken. Get punted into the back wall, receive a 5 sec wall penalty.

Lap 1, I guess he thought he could brake past the 100 marker in traffic plus slipstream... No penalty for him cause

 

[Pigems]

@sturk0167 @Invisigoth

This was the highlight of my racing night, second night in a row and I can’t beat/match my time, or even get below 4.0 for that matter.


Amazing lap @Oshawa-Joe!! Great job man!

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

@sturk0167 @Invisigoth
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This was the highlight of my racing night, second night in a row and I can’t beat/match my time, or even get below 4.0 for that matter.


Amazing lap @Oshawa-Joe!! Great job man!

Thanks brother! It felt good to put it together. Still driving the car wrong like I said. Need to find a way to apex without so much brake and throttle overlap.

Unfortunately for me, by end of week guys will be running 1:03.1s and I'll be back where I belong well out of contention.

Your cone attack is one of the funniest things I've seen. Does that happen a lot?

 

[sturk0167]

@sturk0167 @Invisigoth
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This was the highlight of my racing night, second night in a row and I can’t beat/match my time, or even get below 4.0 for that matter.


Amazing lap @Oshawa-Joe!! Great job man!

And I thought there were no jumps on that track.

Just finished my first Monza race. Wasn't bad, at all. Went from 19th to 9th. Never touched another car, and gained 13 SR.

 

[05XR8]

Look who's back in the races. P1

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Very well done. That 3rd turn is so tricky with the simultaneous braking and up-shifting. That, along with the final turn is what I need to work on.

Thanks! My turn 3 matches up well with the #1 world time is doing. That's probably my strongest part on this combo.

Its amazing to watch the top world times. No throttle and brake overlap, zero coasting. They go from braking to near apex to full throttle up. Slower turn 1 apex, but no coasting, just on throttle sooner.

I've had an European account for downloading games for several years. Its interesting to see how driving styles differ from Americans to Europe. I had a look at their top replays and see stuff needing to be changed. Not sure I have the skill set to make it happen, but I'm sure lester can get .1s.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

It's probably cleaner in SR.B

And I thought there were no jumps on that track.

Just finished my first Monza race. Wasn't bad, at all. Went from 19th to 9th. Never touched another car, and gained 13 SR.

It wouldn't surprise me if it was cleaner in SR.B. SR.S is back at full dirty atm. I'm done for now.

First this, did he not see me

That didn't cost me the clean race bonus, avoiding this track re-entry did.

The irony of the penalty system. You have a better chance at a clean race bonus if you bump people out of the way...

There was also the classic dive bomb in T1, avoided yet then T-boned into the sand at corner exit by the bomber's track re-entry. I still made it to 11th in the end, penalty free. There were a whole bunch of red A's in the backfield. I see where this is going, time to quit now.

 

[Pigems]

Thanks brother! It felt good to put it together. Still driving the car wrong like I said. Need to find a way to apex without so much brake and throttle overlap.

Unfortunately for me, by end of week guys will be running 1:03.1s and I'll be back where I belong well out of contention.

Your cone attack is one of the funniest things I've seen. Does that happen a lot?

The cones will definitely mess with your car if you hit them but it’s not usually that extreme. Here’s a couple other examples of some extreme outcomes.

And I thought there were no jumps on that track.

Just finished my first Monza race. Wasn't bad, at all. Went from 19th to 9th. Never touched another car, and gained 13 SR.

I didn’t think so either, who knew?

Great race man!

 

[05XR8]

TT was holding me up. Caught 1 second for a bit curb as I was a lil too close to the TT. Genesis held up at front, but I could have caught it.

 

[sturk0167]

GTS giveth and GTS taketh away. Lost 14 SR on the next C race! I rear-ended a couple of cars that braked way too soon. I served 6 seconds of penalties on the first lap.

That track kinda sucks. Overrated. Not much to it.

Gonna go try starting from the back of race B, using the WRX, because I know it's very stable. 👍

 

[sturk0167]

GTS giveth and GTS taketh away. Lost 14 SR on the next C race! I rear-ended a couple of cars that braked way too soon. I served 6 seconds of penalties on the first lap.

That track kinda sucks. Overrated. Not much to it.

Gonna go try starting from the back of race B, using the WRX, because I know it's very stable. 👍

Oh yeah. Race B's where it's at, for me. Way more fun than Monza.

 

[Melbourne Park]

@sturk0167 @Invisigoth
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This was the highlight of my racing night, second night in a row and I can’t beat/match my time, or even get below 4.0 for that matter.


Amazing lap @Oshawa-Joe!! Great job man!

If the cones were concrete then the car would go into outer space.

 

[Melbourne Park]

GTS giveth and GTS taketh away. Lost 14 SR on the next C race! I rear-ended a couple of cars that braked way too soon. I served 6 seconds of penalties on the first lap.

That track kinda sucks. Overrated. Not much to it.

Gonna go try starting from the back of race B, using the WRX, because I know it's very stable. 👍

Sunfungusdave is fare and quick IMO, I have raced him lots. He races a huge amount. He's got good defence too, as you found out. Don't know who that leader was, how come you mentioned him? Just curious ...

 

[CodeRedR51]

Giving Race B a shot in the Genesis. Qualified with a 1:38.1xx. Let's see how this goes...

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Giving Race B a shot in the Genesis. Qualified with a 1:38.1xx. Let's see how this goes...

Good to see you back. Some competition for the top guys once you get warmed up!

 

[DesertPenguin]

Next week is up:

Race A: Gr. 4 at Autopolis 4 Laps
Race B: Gr. 3 at Brands Hatch GP 5 Laps
Race C: Gr. X at Suzuka 10 Laps. Fuel x3 Tires x15 (What could it be?)

 

[sturk0167]

Sunfungusdave is fare and quick IMO, I have raced him lots. He races a huge amount. He's got good defence too, as you found out. Don't know who that leader was, how come you mentioned him? Just curious ...

I have no clue what you're talking about. Are you on acid? Maybe you're doing that thing I like to do, where I send random messages to people I don't know in the pre-race that has nothing to do with anything. I told one guy "My mom made soup. Where were you?" Messes with their heads.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Good to see you back. Some competition for the top guys once you get warmed up!

Right!

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

Right!

Might just take some time to acclimate to the physics of GTS, but I have no doubt. No pressure, but I know how fast you can be when you try. Still using bungee cords on your brake pedal?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Might just take some time to acclimate to the physics of GTS, but I have no doubt. No pressure, but I know how fast you can be when you try. Still using bungee cords on your brake pedal?

No, G29.

Ran two races, first race started P1 finished P1. Second race started P2 finished P2. Genesis just didn't have enough to keep up with the Lambo. And that's enough for tonight.

 

[Oshawa-Joe]

No, G29.

Ran two races, first race started P1 finished P1. Second race started P2 finished P2. Genesis just didn't have enough to keep up with the Lambo. And that's enough for tonight.

That's a great start sir!

 

[05XR8]

Giving Race B a shot in the Genesis. Qualified with a 1:38.1xx. Let's see how this goes...

Each of these races the same Genesis won. I'm just stuck behind slower players that qualify faster.

This last race I was behind a 4C and Huracan. Since I don't steam roll players, I had to wait. At The Four Brothers, they both speared off to the left with too much speed. I was able to get with 1.7 seconds and then I got 0.500 seconds for a bit of curb at the Dragon's Neck chicane. One more and I'm done in the FF cars. I'll try the RC F and 12C next. Just need to get ahead of other cars.

This is what I'm dealing with

Edit: Bye bye clean races. Please people, put those Huracans in a shed. They are garbage. I left the 2nd place Huracan room to gather itself as it toured the kitty litter. I enter The Four Brothers and left so much room. It then bangs right into the side of me. Come on, Son!
I keep saying it but I've got to start shutting the door like everyone else. I'm too nice to everyone.

 

[CodeRedR51]

That's a great start sir!

I did catch a .5 second penalty for just barely going 4 off on the red part through the quad apex corners (I hate that section) where there is clearly marks on it where PD shows it's a runoff place but then they slap you with a penalty for it.

 

[05XR8]

I fought for this one. Raced hard and fair. No fuel or tyre saving. The Mustang GT-R and F1 ain't so tough. Weak brakes and handling. I have their measure in a slipstream. They did have better fuel economy. Just.

Found myself in 2nd at about Lap 2. Kept swapping positions with a Mustang. I got jumped at pit exit and fell 4 spots. The GT-R(finished 9th) that undercut us was weak after one lap. CArs ahead got penalties and it was me and the F1 until the end. It got a penalty. I grabbed 2nd and then I got .5 seconds for something. Good battle.