FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[Sharkart_Kun]

I want to simulate the manufacturer's race in half an hour on lobbies, who wants to join??

 

[Litchi]

Just seen this at the supermarket @kie25 ahah

 

[Rinsky]

Just seen this at the supermarket @kie25 ahah

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Yeah right. Who would be stupid enough to put their Ferrari next to the shopping cart holder. Nice try though.

 

[garix]

I was quit stressed when I saw the entry screen

First time matchmaking put me on 20th place ( I am at about DR 54k). Messed up qualifying (P17 I think), ended up P13 with clean race bonus . Even gained some 140ish DR and met some GTP members . Overall a quite ok and clean race for me with no major mistakes. Others are just too fast

 

[Litchi]

Yeah right. Who would be stupid enough to put their Ferrari next to the shopping cart holder. Nice try though.

Plus the bumper is touching the pavement lol

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Just seen this at the supermarket @kie25 ahah

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Its not where @kie25 lives then. It would be on bricks.

 

[DaigoD]

Finished P6 in the manufacturers race. Started P10 because I messed up qualifying and felt pretty scared afterwards. Interlagos in midfield is usually a minefield. Surprisingly the race went incident free. Overtook two cars on the track and jumped another two in the pits. I even got the fastest lap of the race. I have to say though that overtaking in the Lancer is extremely hard. As soon as you move out of the slipstream your speed advantage is gone. Very good on the brakes though. Overall, I was very happy with the Gr.3 Lancer this season. It was competitive on every track.

 

[Litchi]

Its not where @kie25 lives then. It would be on bricks.

Yeah lol, I just tagged him cause I know that Ferrari is his favorite car in GTS ahah

 

[HellzFire]

A lot of teams will have it on contracts to have their name/acronym on your PSN id, and sadly unlike Xbox you have to set up a new account then until Sony finally give us an edit function.

We'll see when the Star Player system launches whether there's a point to team accounts though

I wonder what you mean. I joined a team, created a new account with my real nationality on it, and i'm leveling it up til max DR. Will stop using the other one after the end of preseason.

Please dont tell me all the work i'm doing these past couple of weeks will be in vain.

In my case anyways i needed a brazilian account i think. Having an american one being a brazilian would probably be a problem for any kind of event i might feature on in the future.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

You can't win the race at the first corner...



...but you can make decent progress, lets not worry ourselves about track limits.

 

[Lost Sheltie]

Came out of the last corner at Interlagos with a guy right behind me. He had just served a big penalty, so figured he would be faster and I would just give him space and try to get him to tow me along. 2 small nudges in the side later I am down from 9th to 19th.

Ah well, there always next season

 

[Rinsky]

So I just did my very first FIA event. That was way more fun than I thought it would be. I purposely qualified last 19th because I just like starting in the back. I finished 7th and set the fastest lap. Now I'm all excited and found out it won't let me do it again today. Oh well.

 

[tofuhero]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gtsport/news/00_8517323.html

Notice regarding the opening of FIA Gran Turismo Championships 2018 Series Season 1
The FIA Gran Turismo Championships 2018 Series Season 1 is planned for start in mid-June.
Details regarding the Championship structure are also planned for announcement in mid-June, and point races will be temporarily closed until the start of the season.

Please look forward to the opening of the 2018 Series Season 1, and the announcement of the Championship Structure.

 

[HellzFire]

Again, a reckless inpatient driver destroys my race. Happens on lap 6 if you dont want to watch the whole race, after the Schumacher S.

I even got a penalty for that. Incredible.

 

[Manasseh257NSX]

Again, a reckless inpatient driver destroys my race. Happens on lap 6 if you dont want to watch the whole race, after the Schumacher S.

I even got a penalty for that. Incredible.

Oh so this was why you told him "don't hit me again thanks" upon entering the manufacturers race..

 

[Litchi]

Again, a reckless inpatient driver destroys my race. Happens on lap 6 if you dont want to watch the whole race, after the Schumacher S.

I even got a penalty for that. Incredible.

I would not say that he completely ruined your race but his move was definietly not fair for sure.

 

[HellzFire]

I would not say that he completely ruined your race but his move was definietly not fair for sure.

Well, if you look at it, i was right behind DJ when he hits me. DJ finished in 6th, almost 5th.

I lost a lot of time fighting the guys that pitted earlier because when i did i came behind then because of the crash.

These divebombers need to take a lesson with Turismo Lester, he had no tyres but still fought hard but very fair.

 

[Cabelmania]

My first post Finally I had the courage to write something

I cannot wait to race in the real deal in mid june, specially after yesterday........when someone decided to serve penalties in the middle of the Schumacher S in the Nations cup and I tap into him But I digress, as I still have the honour to play against some of the Europe finest (I am a high A/S driver)

See you in real thing, then 👍

 

[bloodyboyblue]

Again, a reckless inpatient driver destroys my race. Happens on lap 6 if you dont want to watch the whole race, after the Schumacher S.

I even got a penalty for that. Incredible.

That’s half your fault for not letting him by. If someone is on your bumper for multiple laps and is clearly faster than you, he has every right to move you out of the way. That’s racing. It wasn’t a divebomb, it was a clean bump and run that gained him one position, cost you one position, and if not for the ridiculous PD penalties that would be it. That’s how contact is supposed to work in racing.

If someone faster catches me and it’s safe to do so (ie I won’t lose more than that one position) I always pull over and let them by, and then can pass them again when they make a mistake later. Obviously that goes out the window in the last quarter of the race.

 

[HellzFire]

That’s half your fault for not letting him by. If someone is on your bumper for multiple laps and is clearly faster than you, he has every right to move you out of the way. That’s racing. It wasn’t a divebomb, it was a clean bump and run that gained him one position, cost you one position, and if not for the ridiculous PD penalties that would be it. That’s how contact is supposed to work in racing.

What the hell? He has every right to bump me me out of the way? What are we playing? Destruction derby?

You have to earn the place. You have to respect the drivers around you. Being faster than the guy in front doesnt automatically makes you deserve to be in front, you have to do the job. You can't force your way tru like that. What kind of thinking is that?

Clean bump? Guy pushes me completely out of the track. If he doesnt hit me, he never makes the turn. He carried a lot more speed than normal.

 

[bloodyboyblue]

What the hell? He has every right to bump me me out of the way? What are we playing? Destruction derby?

You have to earn the place. You have to respect the drivers around you. You can't force your way like that. What kind of thinking is that?

Clean bump? Guy pushes me completely out of the track. If he doesnt hit me, he never makes the turn. He carried a lot of speed.

I agree that he did hit you harder than necessary, but it should’ve been expected.

To me, someone swerving across the whole track to defend the inside line like Lester did when you made a move on him isn’t respecting other drivers and that’s not “fair” driving.

Rubbin’s racin’, blocking isn’t

 

[HellzFire]

I agree that he did hit you harder than necessary, but it should’ve been expected.

To me, someone swerving across the whole track to defend the inside line like Lester did when you made a move on him isn’t respecting other drivers and that’s dirty driving.

I agree with you on this. I expected him to hit me on a divebomb. Which it happened.

We have very different views about racing. Lester did absolute NOTHING wrong.

He did what a racer does. DEFENDS his position cleanly.

 

[Cabelmania]

I agree with you on this. I expected him to hit me on a divebomb. Which it happened.

We have very different views about racing. Lester did absolute NOTHING wrong.

He did what a racer does. DEFENDS his position cleanly.

I agree too

 

[Windfire1010]

Again, a reckless inpatient driver destroys my race. Happens on lap 6 if you dont want to watch the whole race, after the Schumacher S.

I even got a penalty for that. Incredible.

Was wondering how I beat you out of the pits. I decided to start last just to see what would happen.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

That’s half your fault for not letting him by. If someone is on your bumper for multiple laps and is clearly faster than you, he has every right to move you out of the way. That’s racing. It wasn’t a divebomb, it was a clean bump and run that gained him one position, cost you one position, and if not for the ridiculous PD penalties that would be it. That’s how contact is supposed to work in racing

This is so wrong on so many levels. No matter the pace gap, the attacker should always earn his place and not have the defender give his position away. I get it, dropping down a couple of positions and trying to gain it back is frustrating. It happens to me as well, and I really do get mad when that happens. Thoughts like "he's slow why is he defending his position" and "he doesn't deserve to be there give it to me I'm faster anyway" do go through my mind, especially when I get frustrated, but it never, ever, does it warrant a bump pass from me just because they're too slow. What you're describing is not racing, it's hotlapping except there's other cars on track.

Besides, if the attacker cannot go through the defender despite a big pace gap, it means the attacker's not good enough. This may seems ironic coming from a hotlapper, but your pace isn't all there is to racing. If I finish midfield because I couldn't get past someone slower than me, it's my fault. I lack experience in attacking and race strategy.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Everyone is going to have their own standards on what's considered acceptable racing. I think that in the end, whatever rules one follows will dictate their overall reputation and will affect how others race them.

As for the move, almost certain that would've been called a penalty in the World Tour event.

Fortunately, my FIA races went pretty well. I won my Nations race although it was definitely not the alien room. I figured I'd get more points avoiding it and based on the video, I made the right call. Just couldn't get the chicane right today unlike yesterday.

Manufacturer's was pretty much a bonus race since the points weren't there to improve on what I had. Had a fun clean sorta three-way battle. I say sorta because it felt like I had trouble keeping up in the straights. Not sure if it was that last corner or the car.

 

[Rinsky]

That’s half your fault for not letting him by. If someone is on your bumper for multiple laps and is clearly faster than you, he has every right to move you out of the way. That’s racing. It wasn’t a divebomb, it was a clean bump and run that gained him one position, cost you one position, and if not for the ridiculous PD penalties that would be it. That’s how contact is supposed to work in racing.

If someone faster catches me and it’s safe to do so (ie I won’t lose more than that one position) I always pull over and let them by, and then can pass them again when they make a mistake later. Obviously that goes out the window in the last quarter of the race.

See I somewhat have a different view than this.
I can race someone for laps right on their bumper and never touch them it's something I enjoy doing. I'm working that person over and setting up my pass just like real racing. Yet I always get that one person behind me who can't deal with this and tries to force their way pass me even though they can see I'm on the person back bumper.
It's not right for me to force my way pass the person in front of me and it's not right for someone to force their way pass me but they always do. Happened yesterday in my FIA race. Funny thing is that idiot finished 15th and I finished 7th with two consecutive fast laps.

If he wasn't so impatient and just stayed with me instead of wrecking me to go by he might of had a much better finish. Plus if you do this to me and I catch back up to you just remember paybacks are a bitch.

 

[PaMu1337]

So my last two races were fun...

Nations cup:
In qualifying I was on a good lap when someone was almost standing still in the Schumacher S, but not ghosting. Ruined my lap, didn't have a lap as good afterwards. Started P7 I think.
Had a great start, raised to P4, but got pushed off in turn 4 (not the other guys fault, we all got squeezed a bit), and dropped to P12.
Then the ramfest started... Loads of people intentionally pushing others of track. I got spun around twice and received a penalty for being rammed . Was in last place by lap 4, so I pitted early to have some clear laps.
With the clear track I was back in P11 by the time everyone had done their stops. I was able to drive further forward to P8, until I got divebombed and spun, dropping back to P12, where I finished.
Great driving guys

Final championship position: 2134 points, 670 of the world, 24 in The Netherlands. At least something to be satisfied with.

Manufacturers cup:
I just didn't have the pace at all. Qualified P16, finished P17. At least here I can blame myself.

Final position: 2197 points, 703 of the world, 23 in manufacturer (Lamborghini). Also satisfied here.

 

[bloodyboyblue]

This is so wrong on so many levels. No matter the pace gap, the attacker should always earn his place and not have the defender give his position away. I get it, dropping down a couple of positions and trying to gain it back is frustrating. It happens to me as well, and I really do get mad when that happens. Thoughts like "he's slow why is he defending his position" and "he doesn't deserve to be there give it to me I'm faster anyway" do go through my mind, especially when I get frustrated, but it never, ever, does it warrant a bump pass from me just because they're too slow. What you're describing is not racing, it's hotlapping except there's other cars on track.

Besides, if the attacker cannot go through the defender despite a big pace gap, it means the attacker's not good enough. This may seems ironic coming from a hotlapper, but your pace isn't all there is to racing. If I finish midfield because I couldn't get past someone slower than me, it's my fault. I lack experience in attacking and race strategy.

See I somewhat have a different view than this.
I can race someone for laps right on their bumper and never touch them it's something I enjoy doing. I'm working that person over and setting up my pass just like real racing. Yet I always get that one person behind me who can't deal with this and tries to force their way pass me even though they can see I'm on the person back bumper.
It's not right for me to force my way pass the person in front of me and it's not right for someone to force their way pass me but they always do. Happened yesterday in my FIA race. Funny thing is that idiot finished 15th and I finished 7th with two consecutive fast laps.

If he wasn't so impatient and just stayed with me instead of wrecking me to go by he might of had a much better finish. Plus if you do this to me and I catch back up to you just remember paybacks are a bitch.

It’s the difference between short track oval etiquette and traditional road racing etiquette. I come from the former and that will always be my foundation in my beliefs when it comes to racing, even though I fit within the framework of the latter when I’m playing video games. It’s nothing to do with emotion or impatience. I believe a perfectly set up bump and run in the final corner of the final lap that doesn’t wreck the guy, just moves him out of the groove so you can get by, to require way more skill than a clean pass. I obviously try to avoid racing like that in this game though since I don’t want to give myself or anyone else penalties.

It’s why my room greeting is always “racing is a contact sport”, every form of full-bodied touring, sports, or stock car racing involves contact, mostly unintentional, that’s just racing, and I’ll keep that as a protest to PD until they understand that. If this was an open-wheel racing game then I’d be perfectly fine with the “racing is a non-contact sport” BS, but anyone who believes that has never watched a race of any kind.

Of course dive bombing and the way most of these people race is a totally different thing entirely, because it’s done through lack of skill/lack of respect because everyone else is just a faceless AI to them

 

[mthomas_95]

I wonder what you mean. I joined a team, created a new account with my real nationality on it, and i'm leveling it up til max DR. Will stop using the other one after the end of preseason.

Please dont tell me all the work i'm doing these past couple of weeks will be in vain.

In my case anyways i needed a brazilian account i think. Having an american one being a brazilian would probably be a problem for any kind of event i might feature on in the future.

As long as you've gotten that new account up to high A+ you've got nothing to worry about, especially now it matches your home country 👍

If someone is on your bumper for multiple laps and is clearly faster than you, he has every right to move you out of the way. That’s racing.

Always amazes me how so many people who play racing games have absolutely zero understanding of how racing works

I believe a perfectly set up bump and run in the final corner of the final lap that doesn’t wreck the guy, just moves him out of the groove so you can get by, to require way more skill than a clean pass.

Bumping someone out the way requires absolutely zero skill. I can give my dog the controller and he could do that

Being able to pass someone cleanly without destroying their race via contact requires much more racing skill and understanding. Feel free to stick to those short track ovals, we won't miss you in the civilised world