FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[Sharkart_Kun]

Unfortunately there's not.

i'm searching for it too but... nothing that i know...

Jason's site ( http://www.jasonguernsey.net/gts) has the section about FIA Championships but unfortunately it's updated till 19th test season and he's not working a lot to the site so... it's not expected he fixes this, at least not soon.

i've also stressed Fideles (companion app owner) for this but... for now they are focused on "social" stuff as improvements... hope soon he could face also this...

if anyone has other sources says us...

The only one that I know of is to press R1 at the points table for about 50 times, till you get to the end of it... I'd guess that about 1500 players raced last night's Championships in the american region.

 

[SNAKEMAIO]

The only one that I know of is to press R1 at the points table for about 50 times, till you get to the end of it... I'd guess that about 1500 players raced last night's Championships in the american region.

yea but it would be fun to have a table (on a web site, not on PS4) with results uploaded after every round, to have the chance to do analysys with filters for nation/region/manufacturers and so on...

i don't understand why kudosprime.com doesn't make a section for this for example...

i've also tried to learn about API points etc. to try to do it by myself but... it's for IT Guys... i've understood nothing... it's necessary specific software and skills...

 

[Crazy Taylor]

PD could do with filling in the gap between sport nd FIA races. Maybe do a similar championship (with points) to keep people engaged. I for one would need something to keep occupied with between the two races.

 

[Sean Renon]

PD could do with filling in the gap between sport nd FIA races. Maybe do a similar championship (with points) to keep people engaged. I for one would need something to keep occupied with between the two races.

I wish they would've offset the weekday races.
Like Nations Tuesdays and Manufacturer on Thursday - keep the Saturday races as both, but doubling up on weekday races is a little annoying.

 

[Love2Wheels]

I wish they would've offset the weekday races.
Like Nations Tuesdays and Manufacturer on Thursday - keep the Saturday races as both, but doubling up on weekday races is a little annoying.

I agree. It is hard to set aside that much time in one day. I saw your times on my leader board yesterday, killing me at dragon trail 👍

 

[BanditRa101801]

I wish they would've offset the weekday races.
Like Nations Tuesdays and Manufacturer on Thursday - keep the Saturday races as both, but doubling up on weekday races is a little annoying.

I agree there needs to be a split during the week. There are some races I like to participate in the Nations Cup, even though I am focused on the Manufacturers Cup. Also, besides being involved with the family, I do a lot of community service with Scouting and I am a volunteer coordinator for a gaming expo. It would give me better flexibility to be able to race in more events and gain more experience.

 

[Sean Renon]

I agree. It is hard to set aside that much time in one day. I saw your times on my leader board yesterday, killing me at dragon trail 👍

I did a few laps - optimal was almost 8 tenths better, but decided I wasn't going to race Dragon Trail in the Evo I had - I wanted to do the Nations race more.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

#NonStopper

Something I would've done except I had the wrong car for the job. Nicely done!

Last night's game crash made me realize that if, for whatever reason, I have a bad race or technical issue, those DR points are not coming back. There's less FIA races to run, for one, and when I tried getting some of them back through dailies, I was losing DR if I didn't win the race. The gain when I did, not even 100.

Of course, I could also find a way to be even faster. I did some post-mortem practice at Dragon Trail because the 1:45.9 I thought was quite good in the Hyundai in retrospect was not acceptable at all had I've been in the alien room. I looked at replays and changed every setting I could and in the end, gained... three tenths. Can't lie I was rather frustratred that my optimal wasn't where I wanted it to be.

Anyways, I'll upload my race later today. Not sure if I even want to attempt Nations carts because I may have to commit the cardinal sin of turning on CSA.

 

[Sean Renon]

Something I would've done except I had the wrong car for the job. Nicely done!

Last night's game crash made me realize that if, for whatever reason, I have a bad race or technical issue, those DR points are not coming back. There's less FIA races to run, for one, and when I tried getting some of them back through dailies, I was losing DR if I didn't win the race. The gain when I did, not even 100.

Of course, I could also find a way to be even faster. I did some post-mortem practice at Dragon Trail because the 1:45.9 I thought was quite good in the Hyundai in retrospect was not acceptable at all had I've been in the alien room. I looked at replays and changed every setting I could and in the end, gained... three tenths. Can't lie I was rather frustratred that my optimal wasn't where I wanted it to be.

Anyways, I'll upload my race later today. Not sure if I even want to attempt Nations carts because I may have to commit the cardinal sin of turning on CSA.

It's absolutely ridiculous trying to drive the karts without CSA - even on a damn wheel it's so sensitive and so damaging to my shoulders.
CSA strong makes things manageable.

 

[Venster]

I think they need to tweak the DR system a bit. There’s sometimes quite a big gap between A and A+ yet get matched together. A+ is the highest DR range for some reason think they should probably raise by maybe 5000 would get better match making perhaps?

 

[mthomas_95]

I think they need to tweak the DR system a bit. There’s sometimes quite a big gap between A and A+ yet get matched together. A+ is the highest DR range for some reason think they should probably raise by maybe 5000 would get better match making perhaps?

Makes no difference as you'd get the same people in the lobby as the underlying DR numbers are the same. If last night is anything to go by there's a lot of 'slow' A+ as well which the quicker A guys should be competitive against.

 

[DaigoD]

I did a few laps - optimal was almost 8 tenths better, but decided I wasn't going to race Dragon Trail in the Evo I had - I wanted to do the Nations race more.

I did the race with the Evo. I was seeded 2nd, qualified 6th and finished at 6th place. Dragon Trail is one of my stronger tracks. I think the car just wasn’t really competitive there. On the plus side, we should have the best car for Tsukuba

 

[Venster]

Makes no difference as you'd get the same people in the lobby as the underlying DR numbers are the same. If last night is anything to go by there's a lot of 'slow' A+ as well which the quicker A guys should be competitive against.

True I guess, would hope you would get more just A+ and just A rooms but I assume there isn’t enough to go around?

@mthomas_95 out of interest as you usually race at the sharp end of these events did you find the races more competitive than usual or about the same?

From the leader boards you can definitely tell there was more entrants for this pre-season than before

 

[mclarenLB]

True I guess, would hope you would get more just A+ and just A rooms but I assume there isn’t enough to go around?

@mthomas_95 out of interest as you usually race at the sharp end of these events did you find the races more competitive than usual or about the same?

The Nations race we were in was the highest points non-Top 24 race of all time... and it was competitive as hell.

 

[Sean Renon]

The Nations race we were in was the highest points non-Top 24 race of all time... and it was competitive as hell.

Same for Americas - Orma_Snow's stream was more competitive than usual - I think both events were full of A+ drivers (maybe 1 none A+ driver) and it's rare to have more than 8-9 A+ drivers in the Americas.

 

[mclarenLB]

Same for Americas - Orma_Snow's stream was more competitive than usual - I think both events were full of A+ drivers (maybe 1 none A+ driver) and it's rare to have more than 8-9 A+ drivers in the Americas.

Lowest DR player in ours was like 64000, was a 2962 point race

 

[DriftMethod]

This was the top split race for the last entry period:



It gave me an amount of points that very close to the one I would get in that all A+ group (The total time in this one would be a 5th in that one)

Congratulations on the win!

I was in that race. Here's my list of pathetic excuses:

• Only got one timed lap in qualifying due to an error on my part and traffic. Started in 13th.
• Don't have much experience at Dragon Trail.
• Don't have much experience with the Lexus.
• Due to lack of experience mentioned above, I was fearful of spinning so used TCS and car felt slow out of corners.
• Got a penalty for light contact on corner entry. We both apologized to each other post race, but honestly it was my fault.

Here's my list of positives:

• Managed to get through the bus stop during the race without crashing.
• Had tight, but fair racing with the mid pack drivers including @Dezcom.
• Ended in 9th, so moved up 4 positions.
• Had an extremely fun race.
• Only lost about 160 DR points (expected to lose a lot more when I decided to enter.)

Next race is Nurb GP. I'll probably use the same list of excuses for that race too. I hope to have something on the positive list as well, we'll see. I can't wait to get to the tracks that I'm better at.

 

[Sean Renon]

Lowest DR player in ours was like 64000, was a 2962 point race

The top split for 9:10pm EST manufacturer was a 2500 point lobby I think - definitely the most competitive the game has been since release. It's no secret Americas has less top tier talent to draw from than Europe.

 

[mthomas_95]

True I guess, would hope you would get more just A+ and just A rooms but I assume there isn’t enough to go around?

@mthomas_95 out of interest as you usually race at the sharp end of these events did you find the races more competitive than usual or about the same?

The last few months or so my 1st lap in qualifying (on heavier fuel) would've still been good enough for 5th/6th if I screwed my final low fuel lap up. Last night if I didn't improve I'd have been 16th in Nations and 12/13th in Manufacturers, instead of 3rd and 4th respectively.

Gr4 Dragon Trail last week pole was a 45.2, last night it was a 44.6 so the pace really has increased even in a week.

 

[Venster]

1.44.6 is strong lap with tyre wear!

Hopefully the top guys will spread a bit make all time slots pretty strong

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

The top split for 9:10pm EST manufacturer was a 2500 point lobby I think - definitely the most competitive the game has been since release. It's no secret Americas has less top tier talent to draw from than Europe.

Even the NA 8:10 pm one I was in had a little over 2,000 points for 1st when we couldn't even reach that in the top rooms in recent weeks.

There is a disparity in overall talent, yes, but it is encouraging to see that there are a greater number of top tier NA drivers than in the past.

 

[Nuschel01]

Here's my Manufacturers race from yesterday, iirc it was the 9PM CEST race.

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Again sorry to Michi_Jay for the spin, I was shocked when you clipped into me and spun off. Weirdly this stuff seems to happen quite a lot since the latest update, cars glitch into each other and either one or both crash or spin off
Also sorry to CobraM5 for the small bump, I was already thinking about how to let you through again without loosing any more positions but you were then shunted off in the bus stop
The whole race was a penalty fest, I wish I had set a better time in qualifying to avoid most of it but seeing how mclarenLB ended up I don't really believe it would've been better I know that this wasn't the most clean race I did and I pulled of quite a few optimistic overtakes

EDIT: Shoutout to simonkhtse for the livery 👍

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Somewhat late but my Manufacturer's race. One thing I found out on some post-race practice was that the bus stop was easier in bumper cam.

 

[CrazyKev420_]

Man I hate that Mazda Gr. 4. I’ve never been able to do anything with it. Just doesn’t suit my driving style, only drive it out of a sense of honour. Couldn’t get below 1:47 at Dragon Trail, was in the same race as @OutlawQuadrnt and embarrassed myself, qualifying 15th, and getting 12 secs of penalties because the car likes to brake later than I’m comfortable with plus I miscalculated and put in one lap too few of fuel, so ran out at the end and finished 16th. I should’ve been at least 20 secs further down the road, probably challenging for a top 10 at least. Should’ve used Subaru or Lexus since those are the cars I actually enjoy using

I find the gr4 Atenza to be quite stable, you can really floor it outta the turns without losing traction.
But man is it ever gutless

Something I would've done except I had the wrong car for the job. Nicely done!

Last night's game crash made me realize that if, for whatever reason, I have a bad race or technical issue, those DR points are not coming back. There's less FIA races to run, for one, and when I tried getting some of them back through dailies, I was losing DR if I didn't win the race. The gain when I did, not even 100.

Of course, I could also find a way to be even faster. I did some post-mortem practice at Dragon Trail because the 1:45.9 I thought was quite good in the Hyundai in retrospect was not acceptable at all had I've been in the alien room. I looked at replays and changed every setting I could and in the end, gained... three tenths. Can't lie I was rather frustratred that my optimal wasn't where I wanted it to be.

Anyways, I'll upload my race later today. Not sure if I even want to attempt Nations carts because I may have to commit the cardinal sin of turning on CSA.

Yeah man, thats why i avoid the karts at all costs. The are awful for snap oversteer. Maybe if i had a wheel it wouldn't be so bad

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Yeah man, thats why i avoid the karts at all costs. The are awful for snap oversteer. Maybe if i had a wheel it wouldn't be so bad

It's worse with a wheel
But idk if you want your shoulders broken it's good I guess

 

[Nuschel01]

Karts are super fun, too bad you get penalties for draft bumping

 

[CrazyKev420_]

It's worse with a wheel
But idk if you want your shoulders broken it's good I guess

All i hear about sore shoulders with wheel users makes me feel less bad about not using one. I would really like to get one one day, but money/space constraints have kept me from investing in it.
I know that if i do get one, it wont work if im sitting in a Laz E Boy with the wheel on my lap. So ill need a stand, but i dont know where to look. Also, wheels just arent that common at the game/electronic stores in my town (nothing but T-80's)
Im pretty sure whenever i do get one, ill probably get a T-150, as i heard they are great entry level wheels, with a good balance of quality and performance. But im still wracking my brain trying to figure out where and how to mount it. I have no clue where to look for stands, or how to tell a good one from a bad one.
Im really considering going to a junkyard and buying an old bucket seat outta some wreck, grab some scrap wood and build my own.
But i dont have 200 to 400 extra dollars just lying around to spend on this, and if i did, theres plenty of other things id be better off spending the money on (like a real car maybe)
And im definitely not buying some cheap, used crap off Kijiji or Ebay or something. If im gonna do it, im gonna do it right.

Well that turned into quite the tangent...
Hahaha

 

[Nuschel01]

But im still wracking my brain trying to figure out where and how to mount it. I have no clue where to look for stands, or how to tell a good one from a bad one.

The Playseat Challenge was recommended to me by @PirovacBoy and I can say it‘s a really good gaming seat although it looks like a camping chair

And BTW, the kart makes your arms sore but it‘s so much fun even without CSA

 

[CrazyKev420_]

The Playseat Challenge was recommended to me by @PirovacBoy and I can say it‘s a really good gaming seat although it looks like a camping chair

Yeah, but how much does it cost?
Given my current monetary situation, i can't rationalize spending hundreds of dollars on a piece of specialty furniture that will take up space in my already cramped apartment.
And I have heard of some gaming chairs/ stands that can be over $1000. Thats ludicrous! How many more games could i buy with that money? Pay my rent, buy a car, have a lovely evening with a high class escort...
Decisions, decisions...

 

[Crazy Taylor]

The Playseat Challenge was recommended to me by @PirovacBoy and I can say it‘s a really good gaming seat although it looks like a camping chair

And BTW, the kart makes your arms sore but it‘s so much fun even without CSA

I would be scared to sit on it. At 6'6 and about 120kg, doesn't look too sturdy.