FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[OutlawQuadrnt]

OMG thank you so much, I've been trying to analyse all the info on my own spreadsheets but this will be a great addition. I'm now 50-50 between Aston and Chevy and still can't decide. Still open to others though if I find a dark horse. Would've considered to join you in Peugeot but no one else picked it here so no Manu points for round 1. I am really surprised no one in Oceania went the PUG, not even for a laugh.

It is exhibition season so results are for one of the World Tours only, I believe. Plus, I'm sure there are others who decided to hold out as well. The landscape may look quite different in a few weeks.

With that, let me say that I do have a bit of a strategy play with Pug if enough drivers want to try it. Gr4 RCZ is better than people think it is if you baby the throttle and it can score good at places like Monza and any of the St Croix layouts. Gr3 is where it really gets interesting. The VGT is going to be quite strong at power tracks but having others choose the RCZ means they can cover the more twisty combos and keep the points coming in. I feel like it's the best shot Pug has and it would be satisfying to pull it off.

 

[bloodyboyblue]

It is exhibition season so results are for one of the World Tours only, I believe. Plus, I'm sure there are others who decided to hold out as well. The landscape may look quite different in a few weeks.

With that, let me say that I do have a bit of a strategy play with Pug if enough drivers want to try it. Gr4 RCZ is better than people think it is if you baby the throttle and it can score good at places like Monza and any of the St Croix layouts. Gr3 is where it really gets interesting. The VGT is going to be quite strong at power tracks but having others choose the RCZ means they can cover the more twisty combos and keep the points coming in. I feel like it's the best shot Pug has and it would be satisfying to pull it off.

VW has a similar combination, but I think even less people choose the VW VGT than the Peugeot VGT.

 

[pantherjag]

I got pole with my banker lap even though I messed up the low fuel lap. At first I couldn't believe it. Then I watched some streams and in every single one of them there was a Toyota on P1 or P2. Its unbelievable how OP that car is at this track.

Yeah I hear a lot of people say the Toyota FT-1 is "OP" as this track but not sure I agree so much.

It's great in the fast stuff but it can bite out the slow corners very suddenly and this track has plenty of that as well so to me balances itself out.

It is a great overall car though and looks awesome to boot.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Ooooooooo, this could get spicy. "Hey! why am I not in your spreadsheet? You don't think I'm a top driver!!!"

Just FYI but I relied on other people I know, social media posts and streams from every region that I could find to compile it. It's still a WIP since the official season hasn't started and I don't know which rooms I should include. I still don't know who was the top Pug driver in Europe, for example, even though I looked down to what I think was third split.

 

[GT_Alex74]

Hey, I'm in the spreadsheet

 

[RZQSPEED]

I went as far as creating a spreadsheet on which top drivers was picking what. I'm sure people might be interested, especially if you decided to wait.

Some more info:

m2vsmario is using the GTI VGT as his Gr.3 car for Volkswagen.

Swallowtail21 is using the Peugeot VGT as his Gr.3 car.

qidplays is using the SLS AMG GT3 in, well, Gr.3 for Mercedes-Benz

Kawakana predictably uses the 2017 RC F GT3 as his Gr.3 car

I'll tell you more info about their Gr.3 (or Gr.4 for Renault Sport drivers) choice as I can.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Some more info:

m2vsmario is using the GTI VGT as his Gr.3 car for Volkswagen.

Swallowtail21 is using the Peugeot VGT as his Gr.3 car.

qidplays is using the SLS AMG GT3 in, well, Gr.3 for Mercedes-Benz

Kawakana predictably uses the 2017 RC F GT3 as his Gr.3 car

I'll tell you more info about their Gr.3 (or Gr.4 for Renault Sport drivers) choice as I can.

Thank you. If anyone wants to give me new info on new faster drivers showing up and whatnot in their respective regions, just shoot me a message. 👍

 

[schnick]

It is exhibition season so results are for one of the World Tours only, I believe. Plus, I'm sure there are others who decided to hold out as well. The landscape may look quite different in a few weeks.

With that, let me say that I do have a bit of a strategy play with Pug if enough drivers want to try it. Gr4 RCZ is better than people think it is if you baby the throttle and it can score good at places like Monza and any of the St Croix layouts. Gr3 is where it really gets interesting. The VGT is going to be quite strong at power tracks but having others choose the RCZ means they can cover the more twisty combos and keep the points coming in. I feel like it's the best shot Pug has and it would be satisfying to pull it off.

Sorry mate, I can't see it happening with the low overall uptake of Peugeot. Even if I tried, I won't have any semi decent backup drivers to score non-minimum points in Oceania whenever I can't race. This is one of my criteria for manu choice and unfortunately Oceania has the smallest player pool.

Just FYI but I relied on other people I know, social media posts and streams from every region that I could find to compile it. It's still a WIP since the official season hasn't started and I don't know which rooms I should include. I still don't know who was the top Pug driver in Europe, for example, even though I looked down to what I think was third split.

Yeah I've tried looking at the leaderboards and it's still hard to determine how each driver will go for the whole season and the rest of the year.


Manu series uptake in graph form. Maybe next year they can tweak the regions again. Ford in Oceania is the only one with greater than 10% other than Porsche.

Like I said I'm still 50-50 on Aston and Chev. Would be cool to team up with Gumball and Aderrrm in the Aston but I still have to beat our Asian and South American counterparts which I don't know much about. I don't know much about the top Chevy drivers and how they go relative to their region. My only dark horse for consideration is Dodge, with McQueen who did well in South America in the first race and so far I know Jomas and NZNZNZ... have signed but looks like they struggled a bit in the first race but they could make a comeback (or any fast Dodge drivers in their respective regions) and lockup the the 3 spots for the world tour (if Dodge make it). Downside for Dodge is no backup drivers in Oceania. By skipping round 1 I am essentially relying on a backup driver for that round.

This whole thing is a bit of gamble for me and I'm probably over thinking it and maybe revealing a bit more than I should. But then again I openly admitted to tanking last year so I'll admit to cherry picking a manufacturer this year given my position in the Oceania pecking order.

EDIT: just reread a few things forgot to think about Gr3 choices for those that have a choice but probably won't have any bearing on me as I'm not considering those brands anyway.

 

[JoeDaSnow]

Yesterday, I had entered both the round 1 and 11 of this season's Manufacturers Series and Nations Cup respectively. I however hated both rounds because I felt uncomfortable with both of them. I had finished 10th and 5th in these two races.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

And now Pug's debut race. Watch the unicorn that is the Peugeot VGT and its rich engine sound.

 

[GT5Power]

R18 time at Maggiore down to 1:37.770! That's less than a second slower than the #2 time, so I'm definitely happy with it and it's still improvable

 

[zzz_pt]

Balance of Power or Balance of Populatiry? More like unbalance of competition / eligibility among regions.

EMEA almost >6300 people with the Porsche alone. In Asia and Oceania they have around 1800 total drivers for all the brands. In other words, Porsche in EMEA has over 300% more players than all the brands in the other 2 regions.

Spoiler: :D

 

[Loverson]

This game honestly makes me want to hate Porsche just for this

 

[PerformLAB1]

Quick Montage of my Evening of Round 1 in the Manufacturer. FAR from my best result, but the Ferrari did not seem to appreciate that track! Still enough to be in 1st for Ferrari, but, plenty of room for improvement.

 

[PerformLAB1]

Thank you. If anyone wants to give me new info on new faster drivers showing up and whatnot in their respective regions, just shoot me a message. 👍

I don't consider myself a top driver by any means, but I switched to Ferrari for this year, currently tied for 1st with Resist_Rise (N/A Region). It should be a fun battle, me and him seem to have similar points results just about everywhere!

 

[GT5Power]

R18 down to 1:37.376! I don't know how I will handle the pressure in qualy (I imagine I won't ) but at least I'm feeling very positive about my pace right now

 

[racer_xis]

Anyone knows how the mclaren (both br3 and the gr4) are about tyres? I really like their cars, but never tried them with wear.

 

[CurbHog]

Still with the McLaren team and had a pretty good preseason race in the video below.
As you see, it pays off just to stay on the track and let the others make the misstakes.
I like this track, its wide enough so there is most often clean racing, but it was killing the tires.

 

[Timlour]

Manu's been going good for me so far. My 3rd attempt at the top split resulted in a respectable 10th to 6th drive, with 1902 points to my name. I had what I thought was a fair and intense battle with a Honda driver after the pit stops, but I got some heat from him post-race for apparently barging him. I assume he was referring to the moment when I made a move on him on Lap 4...



...But I don't see how that was a dirty move on my part. I clearly telegraphed that I was going to go up the inside, and he closed the door on me as I was entering it, squeezing me onto the curb resulting in the contact. Considering that, I think that my move was fair. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Aside from that, it's been a decent start to the season. The Aston felt pretty good at Kyoto even with the unreasonably high tire wear, but I learned that Gumball has also moved to Aston Martin, and sure enough, he's scored higher than me by about 300 points. Taking the top spot from him is going to be hell, no doubt, but I'm definitely looking forward to the challenge.

 

[SpecMiata-JSW]

Manu's been going good for me so far. My 3rd attempt at the top split resulted in a respectable 10th to 6th drive, with 1902 points to my name. I had what I thought was a fair and intense battle with a Honda driver after the pit stops, but I got some heat from him post-race for apparently barging him. I assume he was referring to the moment when I made a move on him on Lap 4...



...But I don't see how that was a dirty move on my part. I clearly telegraphed that I was going to go up the inside, and he closed the door on me as I was entering it, squeezing me onto the curb resulting in the contact. Considering that, I think that my move was fair. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Aside from that, it's been a decent start to the season. The Aston felt pretty good at Kyoto even with the unreasonably high tire wear, but I learned that Gumball has also moved to Aston Martin, and sure enough, he's scored higher than me by about 300 points. Taking the top spot from him is going to be hell, no doubt, but I'm definitely looking forward to the challenge.

I thought it was fair, there wasn't a hard enough hit to warrant a penalty and he left the door open enough for you to slide in next to him. It looked good to me.

Good luck battling with Gumball!

 

[ShiftingGears]

Why Saturday for the races? Is it so it doesnt clash with grands prix? Surely Sunday evening is quieter for most people.

 

[Pfei]

Why Saturday for the races? Is it so it doesnt clash with grands prix? Surely Sunday evening is quieter for most people.

Wednesdays and Sundays would be awesome. Oh, and Supra Cup and whatever other future cup is coming, please, any day but a FIA day.

 

[Novalee]

Manu's been going good for me so far. My 3rd attempt at the top split resulted in a respectable 10th to 6th drive, with 1902 points to my name. I had what I thought was a fair and intense battle with a Honda driver after the pit stops, but I got some heat from him post-race for apparently barging him. I assume he was referring to the moment when I made a move on him on Lap 4...



...But I don't see how that was a dirty move on my part. I clearly telegraphed that I was going to go up the inside, and he closed the door on me as I was entering it, squeezing me onto the curb resulting in the contact. Considering that, I think that my move was fair. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Aside from that, it's been a decent start to the season. The Aston felt pretty good at Kyoto even with the unreasonably high tire wear, but I learned that Gumball has also moved to Aston Martin, and sure enough, he's scored higher than me by about 300 points. Taking the top spot from him is going to be hell, no doubt, but I'm definitely looking forward to the challenge.

Looked to me like you partialy used the other driver as a driving aid . On the third person view it shows your front wheels turning towards the other driver it looks like .

 

[05XR8]

Happy with my much better performance! Last Gr.1 race I did, was in the Porsche at DT Seaside. Horrible race and result. This one, however, fantastic!

Did two runs in qualy. Landed 3rd. As other players in the Porsche 919 Cup laid down times, I was 15th for my last run.
As I exited the pits, I get blue flags and P1 is coming to T1, I've only got 1:29 to get back across the line to start one last run. P1 slows to a stop, I get in the gas and hustle back to the line with 1 second to spare!

I get in with it. Green boxes but no purple. At the bowl hairpin, I did that fine, but two stabs of the brake, didn't give me the best cornering speed out. Nailed the uphil and final corner. "1:40.9xx", P2! 0.7 behind the P1 R18(it got punted by the player that started 3rd).

The Pug was fine, but I had to give up the first part of the lap due to the impatient acceleration of the Cup cars. Top end and handling, were good. I was pushing a bit much. Fuel 2 for the first two laps and then, just for the first part of each lap. Fuel 1 everywhere else. This bought me 1.1 laps heading into the final lap.

Was running between 2nd and 4th for the last laps, battling with the Carrera Cup cars. Too much push in the corners(driver error) and had to give up 3rd. No problem. After 9 ultra feast frantic laps, I didn't get left in the dust.

 

[adokeeffe]

Ran it slow and steady in the Nations Cup, driving the Mazda LM55. Started 8th, qualified 10th, but came 5th! Very nearly have had fourth too, if it weren't for some overly aggressive driving that forced me off. I was also a couple of seconds slower on my fastest lap than both those in front of me and also behind, must have made up for it with consistency and being quicker out of the pits (no tire change). Looking forward to the Manufacturer's Cup in a few hours....

 

[bdubclub]

I thought it was fair, there wasn't a hard enough hit to warrant a penalty and he left the door open enough for you to slide in next to him. It looked good to me.

Good luck battling with Gumball!

Wouldn’t even call it a hit, more a slight rub. Full control all the way to the apex, great move. @Timlour

 

[ShiftingGears]

Manufacturers tyre wear is crap for DS4. 6 laps on mediums (not softs) and my front tyres were 100% worn.

 

[stpatty]

Happy with my much better performance! Last Gr.1 race I did, was in the Porsche at DT Seaside. Horrible race and result. This one, however, fantastic!

Did two runs in qualy. Landed 3rd. As other players in the Porsche 919 Cup laid down times, I was 15th for my last run.
As I exited the pits, I get blue flags and P1 is coming to T1, I've only got 1:29 to get back across the line to start one last run. P1 slows to a stop, I get in the gas and hustle back to the line with 1 second to spare!

I get in with it. Green boxes but no purple. At the bowl hairpin, I did that fine, but two stabs of the brake, didn't give me the best cornering speed out. Nailed the uphil and final corner. "1:40.9xx", P2! 0.7 behind the P1 R18(it got punted by the player that started 3rd).

The Pug was fine, but I had to give up the first part of the lap due to the impatient acceleration of the Cup cars. Top end and handling, were good. I was pushing a bit much. Fuel 2 for the first two laps and then, just for the first part of each lap. Fuel 1 everywhere else. This bought me 1.1 laps heading into the final lap.

Was running between 2nd and 4th for the last laps, battling with the Carrera Cup cars. Too much push in the corners(driver error) and had to give up 3rd. No problem. After 9 ultra feast frantic laps, I didn't get left in the dust.

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Is it a no-stop in the 908?

 

[SpecMiata-JSW]

Wouldn’t even call it a hit, more a slight rub. Full control all the way to the apex, great move. @Timlour

Agreed, I was in a rush while writing and didn’t use the right terminology. Definitely not a hit.

 

[05XR8]

Is it a no-stop in the 908?

I pitted with same time as 1st and 3rd place. Good tyre life on RM. I'm sure someone could no stop in it. I didn't know what to expect from pace and the 919 crew were being aggressive.