How is the difficulty of the PP races compared to the gt3 races in the base game? That’s the only series I struggle with, only having 1st in 2 races and all the others my position varies from 2nd to 7th to 11th. Usually play on Normal difficulty setting.
I struggle (or fail) to win some GT3 chili races in base game.
I only did the orange tree on PP, first 3 Civic races and the Hachiroku at Tsukuba.
For each Civic race I got pole position relatively easily. Getting a good start at the beginning of the race is another story (recently switched to MT) but with some TC cranked up just for the start I manage to avoid losing too much positions.
First and second Civic races where really manageable, with a bit of practice before to remember braking points and figure out the track (less than 10 laps), starting in pole I had no issues winning.
Third race at Suzuka was another story, got 2nd in quali, and had a hard time not losing the 3-4 first AIs, but when rain came, they slowed down and I was able to take 2nd place, after that I tried to keep up with Miyazono to no avail. But, there is a caveat, I am not fan of Suzuka and I am bad there, so that does not help.
The Hachiroku race at Tsukuba was a walk in the park, pole at my first full lap (not the outlap), good start on the grid, Miyazono went in the inside but after a few turns I was 1st and slowly distanced myself from him, until he was nowhere to be seen.
Did all those races with the easiest car.
Try the pepper 🌶️ race the one at Suzuka
I'd need to win it without pepper already... I said Tsukuba was easy, not Suzuka.
It's clear to me that I'm the worst sim racer on this site
I started with the Hondas at Tokyo. I didn't know how to pick a starting branch
2 peppers impossible
1 pepper impossible
0 peppers still VERY hard for me. I think I qualified 8th and finished the race 8th
You are all very impressive for finding the PP to be easy
Don't beat yourself on the head, take your time, it will come with practice. PP can be (from what I saw) tougher than base game, but I think that it is the purpose, propose a new challenge to players that know already the game well.
And for good players, it does not even seem very challenging, but the gap between an average player, a good one or even an alien is really wide. And if you only play solo, it is difficult to realize.
If you skip the practice and qualifying the game only gets easier not harder. Give it everything in practice in qualifying and you'll find the AI adapts and becomes faster with you.
I am still not 100% sure AI adapts to your pace. But I'd be happily proven wrong.
Have you done the licenses? have you gold them yet ?
Have you done the circuit experiences ? Have you gold them yet ?
Have you done some of the missions?
Have you completed most of all the races in the World Circuits? You would serve yourself well to be first in all, if not most of these races.
Have you tried all the OTT and get the lowest time you can and the most reward for yourself?
Not golded all licenses, and maybe not even bronzed all.
Not golded all CE, far from it.
Not done all missions and certainly not golded all.
Completed most events, but some I've never won them (some chili ones for example).
Do some OTT, even got some golds, but most of the time it is a struggle to reach gold.
But so far won 3/4 PP races on the first try, having qualified on pole easily.
Playing since game launch (minus two hyatuses) but not a lot of hours so there are plenty areas of the game I did not maxxed out. I have to chose between doing the weeklies, the online TT, a private lobby here and there, or completing the missions, CEs, licenses or even base game events that I did not won yet. I'd need to be on holidays and dedicate myself to the game to do all this.
You're 💯 correct
There are way too many foundational things I haven't completed
And they are not mandatory (but they help).
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