I only had sound on in between races and didn't need to hear my engine lol. It just so happened that the only people streaming top split Oceania on my twitch feed were you guys.Lol I dunno man, I understeered through that same corner first race out of a comfortable 3rd trying to chase Noble in 2nd. Very easy to do because you want to just shave speed off by braking as lightly as possible, and easy to misjudge the pressure.
I do appreciate the effort in keeping up with the action from NZ thoughDid you have sound on? I may have celebrated a pittle too hard when I went past... Haha
Had some reasonable pace tonight and some good racing. Ended up in top split twice but had a shot inside top 10 and top 5 respectively.
First race a Sirocco driver created a train of cars behind me and when I failed to execute an overtake the guy behind me jumped on the chance, which put me off line a little bit, so the guy behind him jumped on the chance, which put me off line a little bit, so the gu..... you get it. I think I lost 6 positions on Lap 7 and overcooked the tires as a result.
Second race a couple guys behind me were very aggressive in lap one possibly not understanding the race conditions fully. Unfortunately after a pretty risky lunge the car infront of me struggled for pace and intentionally blocked me for 4 laps. Then they PIT. The gap to the car ahead was close to 4 seconds at that point and I had wasted tires again trying to overtake. Instead of battling for 5th I ended up in 10th.
No problem I'll go for the 3rd slot I have good pace just need to catch a break. Nope. Disconnected during server join. So did another DNA teammate as well
Either way the first 2 races made for some exciting battles and they're fun to watch even if my result is poor in the end. Here's straight into some action:
. Now as a video game and participation levels falling surely the goal here should be to get people to play and compete?
O for sure the PUG is worse, I had that last year. But that's sort of my point, the fuel races at least allow some form of racing for those that can't save fuel (There's still an unbalance there) and even in cars like our FFs this in theory is where we should be the best but tyre wear still comes into effect and we can end up losing out. The Audi is probably the best FF Car, followed by the VW then Renault and finally Peugeot. There are some cars which are good at both, or at least reasonable at both then there's the other extreme where in tyre races if you car is no good on tyres you can't race, like literally can't. Also pad players are at a disadvantage the minute you turn up the tyre wear to! So the choice is to come near the back, or don't race
In Gr.3, the F1 GTR feels too situational at the moment; it has great straight line speed but as soon as handling comes into play my pace is nowhere. Fuel saving races are actually good for me in Gr.3 because the F1 is decent at that, it's no use if I can't qualify though. Gr.4 on the other hand, I'm up there in terms of raw speed in the 650S (can sometimes come within 5-6 tenths of the #1 time in time trial), then fuel multipliers show up and kill my chances of doing anything meaningful. Finally, tire wear... I'm on pad so RIP.
), in Gr.4 I need the fuel multiplier to either be low enough for it not to matter or high enough for the one stop to be viable. And all of that coupled with reasonable tire wear so that the pad deficit doesn't kill me. That really isn't a good place to be in 
Leica_Arias (2nd split Asia) is one of the good RCZ drivers out there.
It's ok you can rant because you put out so much non-rant contentO for sure the PUG is worse, I had that last year. But that's sort of my point, the fuel races at least allow some form of racing for those that can't save fuel (There's still an unbalance there) and even in cars like our FFs this in theory is where we should be the best but tyre wear still comes into effect and we can end up losing out. The Audi is probably the best FF Car, followed by the VW then Renault and finally Peugeot. There are some cars which are good at both, or at least reasonable at both then there's the other extreme where in tyre races if you car is no good on tyres you can't race, like literally can't. Also pad players are at a disadvantage the minute you turn up the tyre wear to! So the choice is to come near the back, or don't race
Anyway we had a go at some more realistic settings last night and we got the fuel slightly wrong (We did 30%) but I think if we'd have gone with;
Qualifying: No Fuel/tyre Usage
Race:
We had a cracking bit of racing! Now the FF cars are never going to be good at Autopolis even our time trial laps show that (+0.9 seconds) but at least we could race and still compete against something... Cars should have strong tracks and weak tracks but the extremes are just killing the fun again. All I want to do is race, and I can't do that no matter what I do with that combo, as can no other FF cars and also the majority of AWD cars.
- Tyre: x2
- Fuel x2
- Laps: 18/19
- Starting Fuel: 40%
Anyway sorry for the rant, I'm not making another "Dear Gran Turismo" video as they've seen it and even though they turned it down after that we are creeping back up again.
I will make sure the PUG world tour reps get a pack of Tim Tams from another Aussie rep on my behalf seeing as I will probably not qualify for anymore world tours.I ran Nations last night because I knew running the Pug at Autopolis is pointless. Sad to say the latter would've been more fun. I was sorely lacking practice first Nations race and spun off a curb. Grabbed pole final slot only to be punted off at the hairpin. Trashed my tires trying to get back. I've just had so much bad luck with Nations this season.
Because I had some time, I once more tried to find settings that would make the Gr4 RCZ not useless. My conclusion - and this may apply to all FF cars - is that low power, low weight and additional front downforce is the way to go. 380+ HP to the front wheels is not possible to manage.
Finally, if any good drivers in any region wants to help out Pug, we need Gr3 RCZ drivers for Maggiore and possibly Barcelona. We also need more overall support in CSA. There may be prizes.
