A bit hairy in the Dipper and I still stuck at Forrest Elbow but I'll take it.
Just hustled the Ferrari around Bathurst for a few laps and even though it sounds fast, it clearly isn't.
Second C race, finished 9th with clean race bonus. Only 5 made it to the finish in time, winner had 26 sec lead. 5 quit, all blue SR again despite a lot of ramming in the first bit, only 2 red dots. Are the penalties turned off for race C? Wide track syndrome I suppose. +16 SR this time, no more SR boost. SR 77 so next one should put me at 93.
Luckily I haven't driven this track in a year so it doesn't feel too much like punishment lol. It's still a boring track even in GR.2, too wide.
3rd race, 11th place with clean race bonus. I'm getting much faster but finish lower and lower. Matchmaking... DR went up in SR.C now going down again. I got timed out right before the line this time. The winner won with 16 sec lead. My best lap is down to 1:47.6 and I actually got to overtake someone that wasn't in a barrier or serving a penaltySR to 93 as predicted. This one had 2 red ratings and 5 red dots. One more then before dinner, try Bathurst again after.
Clean streak at 4 now, back to 99 SR with a 9th place finish (in time) and a nice battle with another player for about a lap. The winner won with 3.9 sec gap, some actual racing going on at the front. 2 neutral ratings, 5 red dots, 5 quit, didn't beat my best lap from the previous race but was overall faster again.
Race B, hard to get clean race bonus, easy to drop 20 SR in one race.
Race C, easy to get clean bonus, hard to get a penalty apparently, too wide.
At least my SR is still at 99, no unfair penalty yet today. I'm starting 7th now with my quali time and would have finished 4th is it wasn't for the punt, 6th will do.
Islamic??? It's in the Old Testament.Yeah, that's marketing. GT is a simcade, always been (that's why I play it!). But it's still a game regardless.
Besides, going by the sim argument: if the expectation of unruly retribution by a medieval Islamic maxim such as "eye for an eye" is your idea of racing, then brother, I don't want to be racing you in the first place.
Penalties are either wrong or don't work. It started decent this morning, was 'allowed' to get 2 more clean races after Alsace yesterday, then the Argentinian Megane / Mustang gang came in to put a stop to clean racing. Last race I got punted off at the chase, no penalty for the Veyron that did not brake. Then last lap a Mustang barge passes me into the wall right before Forest Elbow, again no penalty. He did leave with a red A though.
I don't get it, car bumps me from behind and goes off or taps a wall is penalty for me. A car punts me off or rams me into the wall, no penalty for him
Bathurst needs wall penalties, so many cars just scrape and bump along the walls in the mountain section which you can't pass since they bounce back over to the other side. It's not pinball! Sparks everywhere. Races are mostly clean, yet one bad apple messes it up every race. One race without any red dots and all blue ratings in SR.S, is that so much to ask?
I can always go back to practicing on the N24. I did a trial run in the R92CP last night, 1 hour endurance, getting used to the very early braking points that car needs. Stock it goes up to 370kph, nice speed. @Mistah_MCA Btw can you not set tire wear to 4x in a custom race? It maxed out at 3 against a full grid of pro AI. Which are still slow btw. I did one stop on hard tires, was 12 sec ahead at the end while messing up plenty in the first few laps falling back to last a few times. Better to do another run to make sure I don't fall back into my GR.3 brake points.
And there it is, first unfair penalty of the day. F-Type swerves in front of my while braking in the braking zone for the last corner in lap 2. That causes a big pinball effect since it was 5 cars, 2 wide going into the corner and I end up with the penalty for his driving. Then he causes more chaos next lap and gets away with blue S and no penalties... It's so obvious to a human steward yet the game doesn't care about reckless driving. -9 SR from that clown. I might have to stop soon, don't want to do a bunch of penance races again on Alsnorece II
Got it, I'll set tire wear to x30.Penalties are either wrong or don't work. It started decent this morning, was 'allowed' to get 2 more clean races after Alsace yesterday, then the Argentinian Megane / Mustang gang came in to put a stop to clean racing. Last race I got punted off at the chase, no penalty for the Veyron that did not brake. Then last lap a Mustang barge passes me into the wall right before Forest Elbow, again no penalty. He did leave with a red A though.
I don't get it, car bumps me from behind and goes off or taps a wall is penalty for me. A car punts me off or rams me into the wall, no penalty for him
Bathurst needs wall penalties, so many cars just scrape and bump along the walls in the mountain section which you can't pass since they bounce back over to the other side. It's not pinball! Sparks everywhere. Races are mostly clean, yet one bad apple messes it up every race. One race without any red dots and all blue ratings in SR.S, is that so much to ask?
I can always go back to practicing on the N24. I did a trial run in the R92CP last night, 1 hour endurance, getting used to the very early braking points that car needs. Stock it goes up to 370kph, nice speed. @Mistah_MCA Btw can you not set tire wear to 4x in a custom race? It maxed out at 3 against a full grid of pro AI. Which are still slow btw. I did one stop on hard tires, was 12 sec ahead at the end while messing up plenty in the first few laps falling back to last a few times. Better to do another run to make sure I don't fall back into my GR.3 brake points.
And there it is, first unfair penalty of the day. F-Type swerves in front of my while braking in the braking zone for the last corner in lap 2. That causes a big pinball effect since it was 5 cars, 2 wide going into the corner and I end up with the penalty for his driving. Then he causes more chaos next lap and gets away with blue S and no penalties... It's so obvious to a human steward yet the game doesn't care about reckless driving. -9 SR from that clown. I might have to stop soon, don't want to do a bunch of penance races again on Alsnorece II
Got it, I'll set tire wear to x30.
The hard tires were hardly worn at x3 after the fuel depleted. I see I need at least 2 pit stops for 2.4 hours or 3 if I don't feel like conserving fuel and need a break
I'm putting the tire wear at x2, so hopefully that'll help us all out in some way :]Haha, that will be fun. I guess I'll find out live whether x4 mediums will make it with a full tank
Yes, I feel carsick in some cars on the Nurburgring and have to quit, although it's something I've never suffered from in real life.......I did a Gr.3 custom race at N24 this morning to practice for next week. Does anyone else have eye problems when driving there, due to the bumpiness of the track causing the screen constantly bounce around? I feel like it's causing vertigo, or something.
Side note: I just got to work, after having the last two days off, and found out that my :censored:head boss got fired.
It's gonna be a good day. 👍
