"Daily" Race Discussion [Archive]

[Adam Barber]

Used the Ferrari in race C in order to get a better handle on it as I've chosen them for the FIA races and compared with the other GT3 cars it's definitely trickier to drive but not so much more than other mr cars and it's bloody fast, doubley so when you hook it up just right. Also it's really good on fuel somehow.

 

[nowcontrol]

I was wondering how were the Supras up there in the top 10 EMEA... This explains it


This guy is in the top 4 btw

Incoming barriers in 3...2...1...

This crap again? So any qualifying time I set now will be reset in a few days....

Qualifying times are really important too as any lower than 5th and you're starting the race in or before the chicane.

It's unbelievable that they don't have people testing stuff like that before releasing the track.

I don't know why PD cannot just bring back instant red lap times for all four wheels outside the white lines (from GT6) in TT/Qauli runs and only use slow down penalties in races.

 

[Voodoovaj]

In a practice race before this week's races rotated in, there was someone in a Corvette who went all out. They started 4th, pitted, and finished right behind 1st and 2nd, who went for the no stop. I think the pit (or lack thereof) entirely depends on your pace and the car you are using. If you can get to 1st and start getting significantly faster times than the fastest no-stopper (probably 1.5 seconds), it can be possible to pit in, and exit as they are about to catch up to you; or you exit right behind them and can easilt catch up to them.

As far as I know, I think the Ford GT is one of those cars that cannot fuel save the whole race.

I (so far) believe that this is one race where there is no clear cut winning strategy. Last week, for sure you had to go for no stop to be out front. This week, I think you could try either and things can go your way depending on the car. I tried the Mustang earlier and it's a great car for going all out. I tried to save fuel a little and screwed myself. I tried the Ferrari and tried to save fuel, but I found it a bit slippery at the end and succumbed to other drivers. I tried the Audi and went for it, but I don't think I had enough pace in it.

I absolutely love this event.

I don't know why PD cannot just bring back instant red lap times for all four wheels outside the white lines (from GT6) in TT/Qauli runs and only use slow down penalties in races.

This new system did nullify the lap if you got a penalty. I'm not sure why it doesn't still do that. Also, I'm not sure why it doesn't detect that the player has left the track in this case.

I saw a few people take VERY long off track excursions and only get 0.5 seconds penalty, which seems like it's insufficient when merely getting slightly off track gives you the same penalty.

 

[Chevy Heavy]

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mer.......er.......Porsche

My friends all drive Porsches. I loved Janis, another talent lost too early due to drugs. BTW, have you considered a Chevrolet?



Edit: see post #671

 

[Pearl Jam]

Spa is fantastic fun indeed, done more miles there today than I’ve done at any other track for a loooong time..mixed bag too, a few podiums and a few times punted into oblivion by ne’er do wells at La Source who see open road as a ticket to mayhem also using the 911, fuel map 2 until the last 2 laps and no-stopping is pretty easy really, tires hold up really well with this car

 

[250Cal]

I (so far) believe that this is one race where there is no clear cut winning strategy. Last week, for sure you had to go for no stop to be out front. This week, I think you could try either and things can go your way depending on the car. I tried the Mustang earlier and it's a great car for going all out. I tried to save fuel a little and screwed myself. I tried the Ferrari and tried to save fuel, but I found it a bit slippery at the end and succumbed to other drivers. I tried the Audi and went for it, but I don't think I had enough pace in it.

I absolutely love this event.

I've not run from the front but I've seen wins in many different cars using both strategies which generally means it's a good event. People will zero in on the optimum recipe soon enough but I'm not sure what that's going to be.
I can do 2:22s all day in clean air, saving fuel, but getting that clean air is not easy and a single penalty of 2 sec + in the race kills it completely, which I guess is how it should be.

 

[Voodoovaj]

I tried a 1 stop in the NSX. I started fifth and ended fifth, but the four people that started ahead of me weren't the same four people that finished ahead of me. I know for sure one of the people that started ahead of me finished behind me tried a no-stop. Not sure about the other one.

The four finishers ahead of me all went for a no stop. I was in the lead when I came into the pits at the end of lap 5. I didn't manage to get to the lead until lap 4, so there wasn't much time to build a gap.

2nd and 3rd started behind me and went no stop. Maybe if I had started 1st or 2nd, I could have run on a clear track and pulled out a gap.

I think it's going to be a case by case decision. I don't believe that I could have done much better if I had gone no-sop in the NSX. The tire degradation would have made me a sitting duck at the end.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

Trying out the A race's Trial, and I have a question about the Demio: Why is it such a lifeless car? Honestly, it's so depressing to drive, it makes my depression want to have a depression.

 

[DesertPenguin]

It doesn't help that they picked a track where you spend the entire time in 4th gear and flat out, only letting off for turns. I think only one turn actually needs a dab of brakes

 

[Lazybike]

Argh yes...Race A..a blockers dream.. where clean racers SR goes to die.

 

[GT235]

My precipitation to see this track again for the daily race A, I thought, I believe it will be VW Beetle

I'll see how I'm doing with Demio

Argh yes...Race A..a blockers dream.. where clean racers SR goes to die.

This is the true truth.

 

[Mistah_MCA]

... dab...

And to add to that, just barely touching the wall with an atom of your car ruins your pace.

I think I actually scraped the wall somewhere, but I still got a 1:40.7. I couldn't be bothered to go back and try to improve that time.

 

[250Cal]

8 races on Spa today. DR up 1k, SR down 31!!!

Tricky, really tricky.

 

[Redneckchef]

Mid pack at Spa is an SR killer in the middle of DR B. penalties all over the place when I'm just minding my own business. Dropped from S to B in 4 races! Worst was getting rammed up the backside, hitting the car in front, and receiving a 4 second penalty.

Got back up to an A on my last race, and also finally managed a good result, 2nd place from a 5th grid. However, i was on for a clean race and trundling out the pits, before it's even given me control, it flashes up an orange SR drop. I went in the pits in 4th and came out 2nd. WTF?

I got one of those at interlagos a couple of months ago. Still a mystery. Just got to roll with it.

 

[Granadier]

I don't know why PD cannot just bring back instant red lap times for all four wheels outside the white lines (from GT6) in TT/Qauli runs and only use slow down penalties in races.

In this instance that wouldn’t even help though since no penalty was given.

 

[Sven Jurgens]

New track, same old 🤬 A GT-R naturally, 5 sec penalty

Fun track to drive yet learning the track from my back from where my DR was at was depressing. Not getting to finish the race and every A/S I passed simply ran me off again next turn. Since my DR was adjusting down anyway I figured to lend it a helping hand and did donuts for a race (out of the way) to start back at D/E.

Yep much better starting from the bottom, drafting / overtaking opportunities, get to finish the race, and a lot of entertaining spectacles. I'm also putting a hold on fuel strategies for now, pit at lap 4, tires and fuel, learn the track first before multi tasking. Radar is very helpful in the early stages and definitely needed in SR.B

 

[fisheye]

Spa... Roasted the rear tires in lap 2 and couldn't keep the Porsche on the track. I think I saw Sven behind me but he must have dropped out in lap 1 before all the carnage. I scored a Porsche Taycan on the carousel.

 

[nowcontrol]

In this instance that wouldn’t even help though since no penalty was given.

The penalty is given 4 sec after crossing the line to all who cut.....

Only some replays play long enough to show it.
If they would implement instant red laps then the lap would have been disqualified as soon as he took the right turn early before the chicane and was off track.

 

[Tea_Leaves]

It doesn't help that they picked a track where you spend the entire time in 4th gear and flat out, only letting off for turns.

Sounds like a nice and chill race to unwind to me. I'll take it. That's also how most (if not all) N100 Tokyo Central Outer races go.

 

[Ashthebash]

The penalty is given 4 sec after crossing the line to all who cut.....
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Only some replays play long enough to show it.
If they would implement instant red laps then the lap would have been disqualified as soon as he took the right turn early before the chicane and was off track.

Would that mean they could get away with it on the final lap of the race as they'd be over the line before the got the penalty?

Imagine leading out of Blanchimont on the last lap only to get done by that on the final corner

 

[Granadier]

The penalty is given 4 sec after crossing the line to all who cut.....
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Only some replays play long enough to show it.
If they would implement instant red laps then the lap would have been disqualified as soon as he took the right turn early before the chicane and was off track.

Interesting. So it gives a penalty, but not in time for the current lap and invalidates the following lap instead?

That sucks because that’s a much more difficult problem to solve then just fixing the track limits.

Would that mean they could get away with it on the final lap of the race as they'd be over the line before the got the penalty?

Imagine leading out of Blanchimont on the last lap only to get done by that on the final corner

I believe the penalty will get tacked onto the finish time even if you pass the line before it kicks in.

 

[250Cal]

Would that mean they could get away with it on the final lap of the race as they'd be over the line before the got the penalty?

Imagine leading out of Blanchimont on the last lap only to get done by that on the final corner

The person who was top for a while this afternoon using this method was in a couple of races was in and finished well down. That suggested to me the cheat wasn't available in the race but I'll double-check the replay.

Can anyone confirm the total time lost for a pitstop please?

 

[Hasnain282]

Trying out the A race's Trial, and I have a question about the Demio: Why is it such a lifeless car? Honestly, it's so depressing to drive, it makes my depression want to have a depression.

Would've been a bit more interesting if they'd used the wet version of the track

 

[RacingGrandpa]

8 races on Spa today. DR up 1k, SR down 31!!!

Tricky, really tricky.

3 races, Dr up 1500, SR down 1

 

[Pigems]

I’m making a little bit of Spagress, I forgot how hard learning a completely new track is.

 

[sturk0167]

I believe the penalty will get tacked onto the finish time even if you pass the line before it kicks in.

Give it a try. 👍

 

[Mistah_MCA]

Would've been a bit more interesting if they'd used the wet version of the track

Or a more interesting car.

... no, old Fiat 500 is not an interesting car.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

One visit to race B. Dr up 200, SR down 6

 

[Pigems]

18.504 Now.

 

[250Cal]

Just doing a bit of homework and see the top drivers doing a total race c time of 18:50 on a no stop with fastest laps of 2:19. Given the offset at the start is 12 secs+, I'm about 2 sec a lap off the pace. I need to get a better understanding of fuel modes and their relative economy differences. I tend to switch during the course of a lap but that could be the wrong approach. Shame replays don't show fuel modes.