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If I knew how to make one, I’d make it so the options included were variable, so the user can chose if they want a one make or class race, and then be able to chose which other options are taken into account for the equation, tire/fuel wear, # of laps, tire grade, starting amount of fuel, penalties, and what ever other options that would be worth adding. Then you could chose just how random you want your results. :)




You should have skipped it on the last lap and just stayed off until you crossed the line, that’s the only time it would work in an actual race. :)

I gave up after 2 back starts too, it’s a fun race but it’s not long enough to start at the back. :)
Well, I put a time in and got the trifecta, sent the pic in your messages lol
 
If I knew how to make one, I’d make it so the options included were variable, so the user can chose if they want a one make or class race, and then be able to chose which other options are taken into account for the equation, tire/fuel wear, # of laps, tire grade, starting amount of fuel, penalties, and what ever other options that would be worth adding. Then you could chose just how random you want your results. :)




You should have skipped it on the last lap and just stayed off until you crossed the line, that’s the only time it would work in an actual race. :)

I gave up after 2 back starts too, it’s a fun race but it’s not long enough to start at the back. :)
This should work just fine: https://www.random.org/
Just print a list of all the cars and number each of them. Then if you want open classes included, give each of them a number, as well. Maybe even assign 5 or 10 numbers to each class if you want them to be selected more often. It would probably be a good idea to pre-assign a maximum and minimum number of laps for certain tracks. I wouldn't do 7 laps of N24. And in a 1 lap race at Miyabi, everybody would destroy each other. :lol:
 
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I think he just assigned each car a number and then used a random number genny online somewhere.

As @Hasnain282 said, you can do it quite easily in a spreadsheet. It'll just take time to input all the data. You'd have to decide how detailed you'd want it. You could go class/group for cars or let it do one make races too. That's a lot more info. You could also let it choose no. Of laps/length of time. Fuel and tyre deg.

But you'd probably want to think of a veto threshold.

Or your getting 30 laps of Nurburgring 24 with x15 tyres, x15 fuel... In the Sambabus...

Much easier than that even. I simply had a random number generator up with 1 minimum and number of cars left to go as maximum. The game already sorts the cars on last used, so count from the first unused until random number reached, lower maximum by one, repeat.

For tracks it's easy, there's only one choice, N24 :cheers: I'm up for that Sambabus race :lol:

There's already a random car generator in the game, daily gift!
 
This should work just fine: https://www.random.org/
Just print a list of all the cars and number each of them. Then if you want open classes included, give each of them a number, as well. Maybe even assign 5 or 10 numbers to each class if you want them to be selected more often. It would probably be a good idea to pre-assign a maiximum and minimum number of laps for certain laps. I wouldn't do 7 laps of N24. And in a 1 lap race at Miyabi, everybody would destroy each other. :lol:

Sweet, thanks! I’ll see if I can work something out with that. I was honestly thinking about just deciding on the laps manually afterwards based on the output of the combo generator. The odds of it gets g he combo/lap number right would be tough unless the app let you set a specific time window for the race, and then it would need to know lap times for every car and then that’s way too much info to be involved lol. :)
 
Sweet, thanks! I’ll see if I can work something out with that. I was honestly thinking about just deciding on the laps manually afterwards based on the output of the combo generator. The odds of it gets g he combo/lap number right would be tough unless the app let you set a specific time window for the race, and then it would need to know lap times for every car and then that’s way too much info to be involved lol. :)
It may also be a good idea to omit the over $1,000,000 cars. A lot of people won't be able to race if it's a super expensive one.
 
I tried a few Daily Bs last night (thinking about some tonight). It got hairy a few times. No wins, but strangely, I still had fun. Suzuka, a love/hate relationship.

It would seem that LMP1 racing at la Sarthe has ruined everything Gr.3 related.

"Cool, there's loads of rear end grip."

"Since when did this car understeer so much?"

“Is there something wrong with my brake pedal?"

"Why won't it turn in?!"

:banghead:

I need to readjust. Still, 2:02.798 isn't a bad start. Especially on an empty stomach. Time for food.

"Not enough front end grip" will be etched on my tombstone. Also, my fastest Q time is a 2:04.6. I'm floored when I see the polesitter on 2:02.
 
It may also be a good idea to omit the over $1,000,000 cars. A lot of people won't be able to race if it's a super expensive one.

Good thought!! An option to cap car price is a great idea. Or to be able to chose one make, but then limit the options to a certain class or classes. So for example one could do a one make race with a random car chosen from only N300/N400. :)
 
I tried another daily C, got punted into a dizzying spin, hit the wall 3 times while spinning and I get SR Down while losing 8 seconds and my tires are ruined for the rest of the race. It might be time for an extended break. I'll be out of the country from Friday till next Thursday anyway. Hopefully there's a decent combo to get back to, this week is a dud.

Oh well one more try, then send my kids to bed so I can play Super Mario Maker!

I quit that one, was in 4th, then an American taps me from behind then the wall, I get 5 sec penalty.
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Nvm that, not in the mood for those shenanigans. I gave him a penalty back and turned GT Sport off. At the end of this month it will be the one year anniversary of this bug, started with St. Croix. SR Down 30 points from those 2 races, well done PD!
 
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Good thought!! An option to cap car price is a great idea. Or to be able to chose one make, but then limit the options to a certain class or classes. So for example one could do a one make race with a random car chosen from only N300/N400. :)
I for one, am gonna be really looking forward to the next 458 Italia race at Monza on comfort hard tires (probably the equivalent of rain). 👍 :lol:
 
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Lots of quick times on Goodwood. I think people realizing this ghost loading concept will make things even harder for me since I seem to be ‘qual time challenged’

Mine feels abysmal...If I race this week I will try the A race...I’m Suzuka’d out...The Clio is a blast to drive...C race, as good as that new car sounds, I don’t think I can spend the dough on it...
 
Have not seen a familiar face yet on race a, what are you guys doing?

The Montreal Canadiens signed a 21yo star RFA from Carolina to a hostile offer sheet yesterday that threatens to financially cripple the Hurricanes if they match it and I haven’t been able to look away since. Carolina has 7 days to match(and go broke) or let him go to Mtl and get basically diddly squat back in return for compensation. This doesn’t happen very often in hockey lol, they should have matched it by now and have claimed they are going to, but they haven’t yet.
 
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Have not seen a familiar face yet on race a, what are you guys doing?
about to leave work. Should be online in an hour ish...

@Pigems do you know cnf_blueblazin or somethin like that. Had a bunch of good races with him last week and a couple more this morning.

Not many names i recognised when i race since lately
 
about to leave work. Should be online in an hour ish...

@Pigems do you know cnf_blueblazin or somethin like that. Had a bunch of good races with him last week and a couple more this morning.

Not many names i recognised when i race since lately

I can’t say I know him/her, but if you see the CnF tag you can rest assured that it will be a clean battle. :cheers:
 
The Montreal Canadiens signed a 21yo star UFA from Carolina to a hostile offer sheet yesterday that threatens to financially cripple the Hurricanes if they match it and I haven’t been able to look away since. Carolina has 7 days to match(and go broke) or let him go to Mtl and get basically diddly squat back in return for compensation. This doesn’t happen very often in hockey lol, they should have matched it by now and have claimed they are going to, but they haven’t yet.
'Canes owner said he would match it ! Not signed yet but seems like he'll do it. As a Quebecer (born in Montreal) .... I'm in pain ! :scared::indiff::indiff:
 
Down to 1:26.9xx qualy on Race C. I'm pretty sure I can hit the 1:25s by the end of the week but that's going to need some clean laps.

Top leaderboards are nuts. Is it that much an advantage to use wheel over pad? There's no way you can turn like that on pad...
 
'Canes owner said he would match it ! Not signed yet but seems like he'll do it. As a Quebecer (born in Montreal) .... I'm in pain ! :scared::indiff::indiff:

Canes owner just lost 250m to a folded football league he’s in legal battles with too. He’d owe Aho 21m in the next 12 months and their gate sales last season were only 27m. Plus, aren’t the banks closed for the July 4th holiday? Maybe he can’t put the ,ones together before the deadline, even if he has it. We still might get lucky!! :cheers:
 
For these super fast cars (even Gr1 and over), the gap between the DS and the wheel is massive. On the controller, I used to just skip these kinds of races

Down to 1:26.9xx qualy on Race C. I'm pretty sure I can hit the 1:25s by the end of the week but that's going to need some clean laps.

Top leaderboards are nuts. Is it that much an advantage to use wheel over pad? There's no way you can turn like that on pad...
 
Canes owner just lost 250m to a folded football league he’s in legal battles with too. He’d owe Aho 21m in the next 12 months and their gate sales last season were only 27m. Plus, aren’t the banks closed for the July 4th holiday? Maybe he can’t put the ,ones together before the deadline, even if he has it. We still might get lucky!! :cheers:
Could be ! Let's hope he's just putting on a show and he'll bail out at the deadline. 'Cos the only other option is Marner ....he would cost a ****load and money wise Leafs can put all kinds of dough on the table ! $$$$$
 
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For these super fast cars (even Gr1 and over), the gap between the DS and the wheel is massive. On the controller, I used to just skip these kinds of races
Yet Calster is really good at Gr.1 La Sarthe with a controller, for example - 14th on the EMEA leaderboard last week:
https://www.kudosprime.com/gts/stats.php?profile=4281934
He's currently 13th for this week's Race C.
 
@Pigems, I just noticed that the Master Car List and the Master Track list at the top of the threads has everything we need. I'm gonna print out each list and number them. I'll try using them with the random number generator in the lobby on Thursday and see how it goes. Just hoping somebody will join when the race title is Random Car & Track. :lol:
 
For these super fast cars (even Gr1 and over), the gap between the DS and the wheel is massive. On the controller, I used to just skip these kinds of races

Not necessarily. I turned a 1:24.1 on the DS4 with auto. Had to lift in the flat chicane as I got my line wrong. I can dip into mid 23s really if I try.

For me, consistency is hard on a pad. Took me 500 km of hot lapping to get that. I bet the top guys are putting in way more km’s to squeeze those times out.

I’m 1.4 secs off the fastest time in the world sitting in 200th place.

My point, no matter what the peripheral device is, sometimes you just have to admit to yourself that people are just better/faster.
 
Not necessarily. I turned a 1:24.1 on the DS4 with auto. Had to lift in the flat chicane as I got my line wrong. I can dip into mid 23s really if I try.

For me, consistency is hard on a pad. Took me 500 km of hot lapping to get that. I bet the top guys are putting in way more km’s to squeeze those times out.

I’m 1.4 secs off the fastest time in the world sitting in 200th place.

My point, no matter what the peripheral device is, sometimes you just have to admit to yourself that people are just better/faster.

Wow, 1:24.1 with auto? That is incredible. Kudos to you!

I guess I was too broad whilst only speaking for myself. I do agree consistency is the biggest challenge with the pad, but I have a really hard time racing faster cars without a wheel.
 
I'm down to 80 SR for the first time in about a year. After being rammed off every race. :mad:

2 days into re-activating my PS+, I'm out. I'll do Sports Mode again when they update the penalty system into something that makes sense. I'll just stick to 1 player stuff until then. I've got lots to do.

It's about enjoyment. I enjoy improving. Sports Mode does nothing for me at the moment except tempt me to join in the cheating.
 
Good thought!! An option to cap car price is a great idea.

I'm calling bull:censored: on that one. I say make it super expensive! It will keep out the peasants :p. It will also keep out a lot of the trouble makers, because it will seem like too much trouble to grind enough creds for the rif raf 👍.
 
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