FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[stpatty]

Down to 3:22.639 on the optimum in a 787B, think I was 3:58 something in the GT-R last night

I'm not seriously considering trying a Group C car in Nations, am I?

 

[schnick]

Weird night, busy out all day, missed nations slot 1 but didn't practice much for it.
Manu slot 1 - first race repping pug, I was the only one fuel burning, everyone else did a lap, took tyres then did another outlap before their flyer, picked Adam behind me who bump drafted me on the whole straight, and I got a decent qualy, then I just went slightly wide at mulsanne twice and that was that
Nations slot 2 - turns out the bump drafting put me down to 87 sr and got in a lobby where first was worth 233 points, oh well a win towards the platinum trophy
Manu slot 2 - battled with monkey Matt and stuffed it at arnage and ended up 5th and settled for 1824, not the best start for my pug dream
Nations slot 3 - 1st only worth 1600 ish points so just tried to have fun, qualy not so good, couldn't see the brake markers going into first chicane and ploughed through, race over

 

[RZQSPEED]

Nations: Q4 --> R3 (2009 pts). I had a lap that will put me on pole (a 3:20 lap VS a 3:21.2xx), but I ended up spinning on the last corner! But, the race went smoothly and due to an argey bargey with a Chinese polesitter guy and W-O-B, I gained a position to score my first 2000 points!

Manufacturers: Q8 --> R8 (1401 pts). Getting this qualifying position in the 1st slot 2nd split in the WRX out of all cars is just rewarding! Then the race came and one sentence to describe the race was: Penalty Ex Machina, and I didn't even pick up a single penalty AT ALL, even with that scary bump draft out of Tetre Rouge on the final lap with a Merc!

 

[Lion-Face]

My worst night for results in FIA yet. Bound to happen eventually, but had a blast doing it! Have to say a big thank you to those who joined my stream and watched! My most viewers in a night yet! very appreciative of it

 

[mclarenLB]

Here we go then, the big one.

Target? 40 Global Manufacturer Points. Top Split EMEA Win.

 

[JayOTT]

Did we ever figure out why Matty278 apparently lost the tiebreaker that determined the 3rd Chevrolet driver? He had more points in a larger region, which was the tiebreak criteria they posted at the time.

 

[stpatty]

Bottled qualifying in the 787B by managing to cut on the inside of the final Porsche curve. Should've been 1 second faster than pole, started 12th.

Fought my way up and took 5th on the straight on lap 4, when the guy I'd passed there inevitably went straight into the back of me. That and some other penalties put me into 8th, before an assortment of self-sends to the shadow realm opened up 5th for me in the end. I also got a clean race bonus out of it. 896 points, one place away from a point total that would be an improvement for my Nations standings... I don't go again, do I?

 

[Tidgney]

Lets see what happens haha

 

[Benay79]

Happy with that. Wasn’t expecting much in the Beetle. Slow on the straights. Qualified 5th and only lost a position on the last lap.

 

[praiano63]

i've finished GR1 and GR3 Le mans race but i've found something very strange.
Shortcut and track limits are setted exactly the same way in both race but 2 points of the circuit don't have the same criterion for the same point .

1. Out Dunlop S : Allowed in nation GR1 // penalty Manufacturer GR3

2. Tertre Rouge : Allowed in nation GR1 // penalty Manufacturer GR3

 

[breeminator]

i've finished GR1 and GR3 Le mans race but i've found something very strange.
Shortcut and track limits are setted exactly the same way in both race but 2 points of the circuit don't have the same criterion for the same point

Kie has been noting the same thing on his stream, and he's just been racing a Gr.3 practice lobby where the limits seemed to work differently to the actual manufacturers race.

 

[DK]

Screwed up quali in the Nations Cup in my McLaren by getting penalised on my 1st lap and binning it into the 1st Hunaudieres chicane on my 2nd, ended up 17th. Managed to crawl my way back to 8th by the end, helped by some squabbling behind me.

Now I've got to lug a Citroen around. Feck.

 

[stpatty]

Qualified 2nd in Manufacturers. Stayed there until it became a three way fight on the last lap as we entered the straight. I got a 1.5 second penalty going into the second chicane. I cannot, for the life of me, having watched it back several times from every angle possible, figure out what it was for. Fuming.

 

[karlkabooom]

Comparing GT Sport's track limits to the real Le Mans Race that is going on at the moment... All the drivers there would be punished at almost every lap...

 

[MaxAttack]

Lining up for last chance saloon, LM55. Four interruptions so far today. Qualified 6th last time but had to quit. Down in B/B... Wish me luck!

 

[Voodoovaj]

Comparing GT Sport's track limits to the real Le Mans Race that is going on at the moment... All the drivers there would be punished at almost every lap...

I was going to post in a thread, or start a thread, about this exact topic. I am watching the Ford live stream from in car and they are crossing over the track limits in the same places every lap.

I knew the game's limits were too strict.

 

[stpatty]

You want track limits? I doubt anyone at Le Mans is going to get a penalty for exceeding track limits to... er, avoid contact with another driver:

1.5 seconds.

 

[MaxAttack]

17th to 9th... Audi tried to punt me at last curve final lap... Thank god for downforce. Say hi to the wall for me.

 

[beegentoo]

Manufacturers Cup. Russian Audi squeezed himself on my right between my F-Type and the Armco approaching the second Hunaudiere-Chicane. Light scrub to me, light scrub to the Armco, neglible loss of Momentum for him, 2s penalty for me. Since I considered this maneuver deliberate I punted him to hell in the chicane until we both were dead last with 16s off to 18th.

Justice served at the cost of 1000 DR and 19 SR. Expensive but tasty and somehow satisfying.

 

[MaxAttack]

Agghhh... Indianapolis claims another victim.

to my great surprise I urged the Hyundai to 7th on the grid. Had amazing battles with a French chap in an RCZ all the way around, the only naughty business being 2 0.5 penalties each at various points.

The Peugeot had the straights, but I had the corners. On lap 4, after I accidentally touched his bumper through Dunlop and signalled to let him past, luckily not losing too much time in allowing our personal race to go on, we are side by side entering Indianapolis in 5th and 6th position. I have the inside but he has half a car length forward of me, I ease off to give him room through the right hander, hoping to pass at the left, but braking failed us both and we ended up stacked in the gravel. He got the better of scrambling back to the track while I slid down to 10th.

Bugger. Almost did Hyundai proud...

 

[Lost Sheltie]

Turned out I had free time tonight so I gave the races a shot. Unfortunately I was rubbish in both but it was fun? Had a decent last lap battle in the manufacturers with a Ferrari so that gave the night a bit of sparkle, even if it was only for 16th

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Please let me run like I know I can run.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Started 7th at la Sarthe in the Genesis, much better than I expected. Had a good scrap going for 6th on the first lap and made a rookie mistake which is no surprise for me. Spun out and hit the wall. (this car has zero traction in 2nd gear...) Was able to continue in 19th. Was making my way back up but I guess the game decided I cut a corner or something and had to serve a 1 second penalty. Picked up a couple more spots on the last lap when people got pushy and went off, finished 13th. Not sure if I want to go again or just leave it at that.

 

[BjoBosUndies]

1600 point Oceania lobby.

Another shocking race from A/S “clean rated” drivers.

Drivers cut across under braking, brake checking, dive bombing, running you off track / leaving no racing room, weaving and intentionally blocking, serving penalties on race line, not being aware of surroundings.

I had enough last night. Started to pay back the goons that race that way. I’m not being bullied on track. I can race with my elbows out too. Next time they see me they now know.

Really tired of trying to play fair and getting punished for it. And this is on my second play for fun account. :/

I feel bad for retaliating, and potentially ruining other player’s races, but at times an eye for an eye is a message that needs to be communicated.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Drivers cut across under braking, brake checking, dive bombing, running you off track / leaving no racing room, weaving and intentionally blocking, serving penalties on race line, not being aware of surroundings.

I had a guy in my race come up on me after we both had to serve a penalty (mine 1 second and I think his was half a second) and I knew he was coming so I even put two tires outside the white lines going down the straight and he still bumped into me giving me SR down.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Tried something different in Nations. Went with the TS050. I knew I would be getting murdered on the straights (top speed 330 km/h vs 360+ km/h for the Mazda and Group C), but the hybrid system's acceleration out of the slow corners would compensate a lot of laptime if I can hang on to the draft. Unfortunately I didn't quite get anybody to latch on to in quali, and in the race I got a stupid penalty in the first chicane (riding the kerbs, only 2 wheels off the track, what a BS), and that was that. Ran a lonely race after that.

Manu went a lot better than expected. I just slipped in the second split Oceania, which was lucky as there's no way I can do anything in top split. Mitsubishi is down 15 km/h on the fastest cars (top speed 275 km/h vs 290 km/h for the F1 and Pug VGT), so it was always going to be a struggle and I planned to just sit tight and draft for the whole race and be opportunistic with passes. Did just that while a lot of people fell of the track for various reasons, and ended up 10th I think. Phew! Finally not last in the meme team

I think PD needs to re-evaluate the penalty zones for Sarthe. It's a track that rewards attacking kerbs and I see even top drivers running 1-2 seconds slower in quali than their practice times (adjusted for fuel & tyre) because everyone's just that much more tentative with track limits. Also they need to make a specific BOP just for this track. Ovals got their own BOP, why not Sarthe and Monza? It seems silly when some cars are like rocketships down the straight and others just fell like a rock even sitting in draft. The top times for Gr.3 are several seconds off the pace of this year's quali in real life, which shows how unoptimized the default settings are for Sarthe.

 

[schnick]

Here we go then, the big one.

Target? 40 Global Manufacturer Points. Top Split EMEA Win.

I just watched your replay I feel a little embarrassed and guilty I didn't know the track limits and I was way too conservative everywhere especially the chicanes, might have helped gain a couple of manu points but hopefully the pug train will keep a rollin

Edit: it gets worse I only got 15 manu points, because the McLaren and Mazda drivers were able to improve in the last slot

 

[CodeRedR51]

Decided to give race 2 a go. Slightly tougher crowd, qualified 9th and quickly started dropping back because the Genesis is like a brick on the straights. Managed to stay on the track and penalty free. Couple bumps gave me SR down but I'd rather that than the alternative. Came home 10th because a car ahead got +1 second in the last corner and it put them behind me in the finish order by 0.020. Calling it a night...

 

[mclarenLB]

I just watched your replay I feel a little embarrassed and guilty I didn't know the track limits and I was way too conservative everywhere especially the chicanes, might have helped gain a couple of manu points but hopefully the pug train will keep a rollin

All good mate, the next round at DT Seaside is a good one for us as well.

As for my race, I plan on making a full post about it tomorrow, but here's a teaser:

The Pug dream is alive.

 

[Rangeraus]

Mixed night. Had 3 attempts at manufacturers.

Race 1: Got spun in qualifying, accrued a few penalties during the race, then binned it and finished 18th.

Race 2: Had an average race which involved getting run into the guardrail by a Lexus in the middle of Mulsanne straight with no other cars around. Finished 7th.

Race 3: Won the race with the F1 GTR for 1972 points / 20 global points.

Will check later to see how the rest of the McLarens went.