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I am ANNOYED.... Kinda knew what was coming but was hoping it wouldn't and at first, it seemed like it didn't but then, it did... 🤔 😂 Bit of a riddle for you lol. I am, of course, referring to the scummy driving which predictably dominates Grand Valley.

Started in P11 (which surprised me, thought I would be starting higher with my current QT) but anyway. A gaggle of cars in front get all sorts of messy and I get to P9 on the bridge at the end of Sector 2, with 4 other cars in front fighting hard. I pick the inside in the tunnel and get twarted by 3 drivers, sending me into the barriers and facing the wrong way.

Damage, dirty tires and dead last when I was hoping to exit the chicane in P7... 😵 I caught up to a small pack by mid-Lap 3 but again, sent to hell on purpose and finished in P14 😡😖 Also, wow some of the qualy lap times for Race B this week are insane! Fully-expecting to drop from P4xx to P1xxx by tonight or tomorrow 😂



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I think I love and hate Race C at the same time. It's hard work, those cars are beasts to drive, and so hard to string together consistent laps. It felt like my hardest earned result ever to start P11 in a race with 7 A+ drivers, and bring it home 4th with a line of four cars close behind. A satisfying result, but not sure I'm ready to face the challenge again.

My first race of the day wasn't so good, I learnt Suzuka does have pit lane penalties on the pit entrance, despite no obvious line to avoid crossing.

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So, I just tried a B race, for the first time. I used the Audi TT.
I gained 4 positions, so I think overall, it's decent.
It has good speed, and does well in the medium and high speed turns.
The only negative that comes to mind, is that it has a hard time exiting the slow turns. Both in terms of grip, and power-on understeer.
I assume the other F/F cars would be about the same.
 
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Oops, I meant I can only use the RSR at Red Bull Ring. I'm having fun at Suzuka in the Honda Group 2 car. I got a fast time of 1'54.075. It's not my overall best and I can do better. I really do not like the esses at the beginning before entering Sector 2. I tend to lose my rhythm and lose a bunch of time there. Lol, I'm at the bottom of my friends list as usual. But that's fine. The part after you go under the Bridgestone thing is a pain too, the dreaded U-turn. And don't get me started on the next Sector where the double left turn is, one wrong move and you're in the sand trap.

And after you pass the Panasonic/Dunlop banners, here comes the final killer turn before the finish line, I mess it up 50% of the time and hit the colored tires. A sure-fire pain in the rear end.

@brockie So will you do any Suzuka races this week, or not?
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I don’t think I’ll have the time for any race C this week, I’m back at work tomorrow.

But I might dip into race A come the weekend, kinda like having two races each week and I think I have a decent time enough in race B, 1.57.8xx, doubt I’ll improve on that and race A should see me race around the back of the field, as is my competency on RBR with Gr3
 
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I've been waiting for GV and here it finally is, and luckily for me it's Gr4 Hard.

The first race I was starting P2. As the grid got formed, I saw some smear on the lenses on my PSVR2, so I decided to wipe them clean real quickly. For some crazy reason they shut off, and when they came back on, the headset asked to do another room scan. Figures. When the scan was done, headset on, I was dead last of course. Managed to get up to P7, so not too bad.

Second race I started P1, and in T1 there was a touch with P2. Racing incident, and we kept our positions, so no harm. He was fast, and there was another touch a few corners later, but he let me pass, so all good.

Next race we had another battle, again, very tight but no contact this time, and we exchanged some compliments after the race.

All in all I did 4 races, and gained DR in all of them. I fully expect to loose them later in the week of course.

The QT is around 1.56.3 with a 1.55.8 optimum. I found that -5 BB at the first few hard brake corners is best, then -1 in the double left, back to -5 on the bridge, and then +2 for the chicane. It's fiddly, but pays off.
 
Oops, I accidentally entered Race C after qualifying in the Meta car (I always like to choose something else to race) It was an easy win, helped immensely by P1, 3 and 4 crashing at various stages.

This was the first race I've tried with SIM Dashboard, on a cheap phone I bought. It was interesting watching the tyre temperatures - it took almost a full lap to get up to temperature after pitting for new tyres.

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I'm not sure, but I think I've found another bug or maybe a way to dodge BoP.
As usually I went for Race C today, and tried out different cars. At some point I figured out that the GT-R Nismo '18 works best for me. So I did a 1:49,919 in qualifying, and just before a race started I changed livery and checked oil, because just in case it's worn out... And of course it was worn out.
However... Since I've changed oil and livery, I'm not even getting close to my qualifying time. And yes, I know that qualifying and race isn't the same in terms of pace...

edit: speaking of a 0,7 second gap.

So what do you guys think about this?
 
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I agree with Brockie. I'm not touching any Suzuka races as 11 laps is too long and tedious. However I'm qualifying there for fun. See we already have a Group 2 Lap Challenge. So there is no need for me to tackle Suzuka anymore than I have to. I clocked a 1'53.811 so that's not sufficient enough anyway to get a pole time.
 
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I've been waiting for GV and here it finally is, and luckily for me it's Gr4 Hard.

The first race I was starting P2. As the grid got formed, I saw some smear on the lenses on my PSVR2, so I decided to wipe them clean real quickly. For some crazy reason they shut off, and when they came back on, the headset asked to do another room scan. Figures. When the scan was done, headset on, I was dead last of course. Managed to get up to P7, so not too bad.

Second race I started P1, and in T1 there was a touch with P2. Racing incident, and we kept our positions, so no harm. He was fast, and there was another touch a few corners later, but he let me pass, so all good.

Next race we had another battle, again, very tight but no contact this time, and we exchanged some compliments after the race.

All in all I did 4 races, and gained DR in all of them. I fully expect to loose them later in the week of course.

The QT is around 1.56.3 with a 1.55.8 optimum. I found that -5 BB at the first few hard brake corners is best, then -1 in the double left, back to -5 on the bridge, and then +2 for the chicane. It's fiddly, but pays off.
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Did you notice a gap somewhere when finishing, as in a portion of the field finish +20s after you? Tried with main and 2nd accounts and found that unless you are starting within the top 7, you're pretty much at the mercy of the level of dirt of other drivers! Interesting point about BB, I stayed at +1 front all throughout my QT trials but will see if I can try your suggestion tomorrow. PS - epic time - really impressive!
 
Haven't raced much recently but I had some decent races at Watkins over the weekend... however despite that I'm not really a fan GR.4 on RH tires, so was disappointed when it showed up again for Race B this week. At least you could get some clean air at the Glen, not so much in a four lap sprint.

I did two attempts at Big Sur this evening and factor in people's dives into every silly place, the excruciating track limit penalties for trying to avoid contact for said dives - I dont think it's for me.

I tried Race A at RBR and I dont think I can be bothered with the turn 1 and 2 randomness, and full disclosure I would probably be contributing to it.

Race C, I'm not the first to say it... It's an overused track. As a motorsport fan I love it but I rarely have a pleasant online race there.

I know I will be in the minority here but I'm not a fan of a week without a road car option for some chance of something different. Or even something like the Chapperel fridge car again.

Also to think this game has GT40s, Ferrari P4s, Shelby Cobra's etc etc included and we never get to use them in sport mode is such a shame...
 
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skandiamannen
I've been waiting for GV and here it finally is, and luckily for me it's Gr4 Hard.

The first race I was starting P2. As the grid got formed, I saw some smear on the lenses on my PSVR2, so I decided to wipe them clean real quickly. For some crazy reason they shut off, and when they came back on, the headset asked to do another room scan. Figures. When the scan was done, headset on, I was dead last of course. Managed to get up to P7, so not too bad.

Second race I started P1, and in T1 there was a touch with P2. Racing incident, and we kept our positions, so no harm. He was fast, and there was another touch a few corners later, but he let me pass, so all good.

Next race we had another battle, again, very tight but no contact this time, and we exchanged some compliments after the race.

All in all I did 4 races, and gained DR in all of them. I fully expect to loose them later in the week of course.

The QT is around 1.56.3 with a 1.55.8 optimum. I found that -5 BB at the first few hard brake corners is best, then -1 in the double left, back to -5 on the bridge, and then +2 for the chicane. It's fiddly, but pays off.
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When it weirds out like that, just take it off and put it on again. It just failed at orientation. Nbd.

Also. Between they eyes there is a small recessed hole. Thats a light/dark sensor which tells the headset its on someones head and time to do its thing. When cleaning its easy to cross over and invoke the headset, which annoys it as the front cameras are usually facing your palm or some other place their unfamiliar with. Do it a few times and it wants to rescan. Anyway, popping it off letting the screen on the tv take dominance then popping it back on usually works when your pressed for time
 
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@sturk0167 Really? See I've been using the Porsche RSR the first couple hours of qualifying there. I did good and got a time in the low 1'32.000's. But I think I can do better. It's just the first two turns are real tricky and risky to get a track limit penalty. Well, here I go again shortly. I thought by adjusting the TCS to 1 it would increase my speed through the corners and exits. But, nope.
 
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Inspired by my buddy, @Talon16, who I saw win the RBR race in a Mustang, I gave the Ford a try, and it's actually really nice there.
It's been a while since I've had a competitive race in the Gr.3 Mustang. It's good. 👍
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Yea, it's not horrible. My pre-race lap times were almost a full second off the Genesis, though. Also, coming from the Genesis and running +5 BB, I did the same in the Stang... which was a mistake. Almost lost the car like three times on lap one in the braking/turn-in zone just being super loose. Once I changed it to 0 it was much more behaved.

That being said I like the Genesis quite a bit (I've only tried it and the Mustang to be fair). It's a tail-happy machine but it's one of those cars, like the Supra, you can just upshift it to the moon and it's got the torque curve to pull though, which mitigates some of the wanting to spin out all the time. Kinda cheating but whatever.

QT thus far is a 28.7. T1 is a fickle b****.
 
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The track limits at Grand Valley are crazy. I took me a a few laps just to get a time set. I set a lap in the Huracan but it was still hard to control. I went with the GT-R and set a 1:58.496 so far. The track limits were getting on my nerves and I gave up for the night. I don't remember those limits being so strict before. It has been a while since I've been there so maybe I just forgot they existed.
 
Had planned to QT and try a race at GV but I’m currently stuck working through menu book 39, the 800 WTC championship. Can’t do anything else until that is complete. Two more races to go but too late now tonight.

Perhaps I’ll be able to get to it tomorrow. 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
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GR2 is where my Personal max is for the fast cars in this game.
And Suzuka is one of those tracks that I can actually be semi fast.

So Race C is where it's at. But boy it's brutal to make mistakes in those cars.

You miss a breaking point and the car in front of you gain a second or two.

I absolutely love it.
 
Well, I had 3 rocky races at Grand Valley in the wee hours of the morning. In my first one, a wise guy shoved me into the wall while we were exiting the tunnel. I had to barrel my way back up 4 positions which was a struggle. It's maddening when people do that sort of thing. I winded up in 9th place. My second race went well, I drove a clean race and finished in 10th.

My third race, the same guy was in it but this time I stayed back and let him go on. He sideswiped two drivers near the front. I avoided the crash on Lap 3. As a result, I finished 12th.
 
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I'm not sure, but I think I've found another bug or maybe a way to dodge BoP.
As usually I went for Race C today, and tried out different cars. At some point I figured out that the GT-R Nismo '18 works best for me. So I did a 1:49,919 in qualifying, and just before a race started I changed livery and checked oil, because just in case it's worn out... And of course it was worn out.
However... Since I've changed oil and livery, I'm not even getting close to my qualifying time. And yes, I know that qualifying and race isn't the same in terms of pace...

edit: speaking of a 0,7 second gap.

So what do you guys think about this?
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I think you are right. I experienced similar differences from one of the r
Qualifying to another, after making some changes. I always thought it's just that I lost momentum or I'm just not as focused as before.
 
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I think you are right. I experienced similar differences from one of the r
Qualifying to another, after making some changes. I always thought it's just that I lost momentum or I'm just not as focused as before.
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As said a few pages back (by me) is that oil and chassis/engine condition impact a cars performance.

BoP is weight, power and sometimes chassis settings.

Worn oil and engine/chassis condition impact things like the speed of revs, the smoothness of the revving and max RPM.

These affect lap time optimums potentially.

I can feel when driving if the car has worn oil just by the hesitancy and smoothness when accelerating.

You can also see it when chasing ghosts.

Rent a cars don't suffer from this as they are reset every time you enter a session. There is a caveat in doing hugely extended sessions but that would be a rarity as most people won't do a few hundred miles in a single session.

I believe this is a nod to older GTs where an oil change on a used car gave you a few extra BHP and cleaning the car added money when you were selling it.

As with everything they have moved the concept on a little more and made it more complex now.
 
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Races 4-6 of Grand Valley are available in my gallery if anyone wants to take a look, put in the search bar my username, rising_glass1.
I'm fixing to go to bed, I need to chill off the races for a couple days. I'm going on a short vacation Wednesday night through Friday morning.

@newmedia_dev hope your small trip went well, you said you had to go to the airport.

@Stilva Yeah I had some issues too when I first began the qualification session, after 30 minutes I finally scored a decent lap.
 
Last night was the first chance I have had to even look at the Dailies after my son was born a week ago. Anyway, I didn't race, only practiced QT for Suzuka in VR. Must say, the NSX is a weapon 😍😍 and in vr the view is very good in cockpit (except the complete lack of facility to raise yourself in the car normally without having to resort to a hack). Anyway, I only gave 30 minutes at it as I'm still getting used to it and the comfort kit won't be here until Friday. Managed a 1.50.9 but I reckon I can easily find another second or so later on. Am still reluctant to race in VR but my Dr rating has tanked so badly on my main account I might just go ahead and give it a try later on 👍 I'm not a fan of GV so won't bother with race B and race A is just repetitive at this stage
 
Yeah, it is a fierce weapon, almost every driver is using the NSX Concept '16 car. It is quick through most of the complex corners of Suzuka. It has quick braking reflexes too and stability.
 
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Last night was the first chance I have had to even look at the Dailies after my son was born a week ago. Anyway, I didn't race, only practiced QT for Suzuka in VR. Must say, the NSX is a weapon 😍😍 and in vr the view is very good in cockpit
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Congratulations mate!
I think we are going to see less posts of you but for good reasons.

Imo this NSX has the most inmersive cockpit to race in vr, its amazing.
 
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Did you notice a gap somewhere when finishing, as in a portion of the field finish +20s after you? Tried with main and 2nd accounts and found that unless you are starting within the top 7, you're pretty much at the mercy of the level of dirt of other drivers! Interesting point about BB, I stayed at +1 front all throughout my QT trials but will see if I can try your suggestion tomorrow. PS - epic time - really impressive!
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Indeed - in some races it was three-four disappearing at the horizon, and then rest of the pack battling it out 5-8 seconds behind.

And THANKS for the compliments, yes, very unusual that I see you below me in the friends leaderboard. However currently I'm only at third fasted.

Kriptical
When it weirds out like that, just take it off and put it on again. It just failed at orientation. Nbd.

Also. Between they eyes there is a small recessed hole. Thats a light/dark sensor which tells the headset its on someones head and time to do its thing. When cleaning its easy to cross over and invoke the headset, which annoys it as the front cameras are usually facing your palm or some other place their unfamiliar with. Do it a few times and it wants to rescan. Anyway, popping it off letting the screen on the tv take dominance then popping it back on usually works when your pressed for time
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Great tips, will keep it in mind the next time I try something so stupid as yesterday. I've been doing races now for a year or so, and normally I never, never, touch anything around the wheel, headset, sound or so, but lately I've been less careful.
 
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