On this topic. I just few days ago restored my 911 rsr body ridigity, and could have swore it got stiffer. This made me think this could actually be a thing bop doesnt equal out, if that softer worn car is a benefit somewhere. Dragon Trail bus stop first that comes to mind..
I was also away a long time - almost since the launch of GT7, and it seems this is deliderate and one can get away with a lot of tactical bumbs. I even tested this myself couple of times when in very dirty room, and you can easily bumb to throw someone off in brakinzone or just gently push people wide and easily get away with it - might even give a penalty to the victim for going outside the track. 😂 Seems you have to get well in to DR A and get a reasonably fast QT to end up in cleaner rooms. Not squeeky clean even then, but where there are just 1-2 dirty drivers that you can let drive themselves off the road.
The majority of players use controller but I think that will get closer in the higher DR rankings.
Some of the earlier tables in that thread include sr/dr but.....you have to remember that the TT and generally on GTP we are very much the passionate end
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Every set of results has SR and DR for the drivers in our community, but it is in the attached Excel sheets from TT23 onward. There is an index in this post where you can click through to the results for each TT.
If I may. it could depend on simple abitude. In my case I started using a wheel to drive at 8-9 years old on a Ape Car 350 Piaggio, then Fiat 500 and 126 (theached me how to properly change gear, cause without sincronised gearbox), Renault R4 (inside wich i learned how to brake whit the left foot) and Ford Escort MKII (with wich i learned how to drift on gravelly roads). It means I always driven with a wheel. A lot of people in modern aera dont even know how to drive a car without automatic gearbox. The clutch nowadays seems to be a relic of ancient times. So it's normal if there's a lot of players fast with pad ("drivinwise"), cause they did born with that in their hands like i was born with a wheel in mine. (euphemistically speaking)
How did it feel in the fast chicanes at the start of Sectors 3 and 4? Did you race in it yet?
Terrifying is the word...for the infield chicane the second one is fine if you are careful on when you come on and off the throttle.
Tysm! I get it, I have no excuses to be bad haha I'll try to get better times even with a controller, because a wheel is not a good deal for me at the moment. Circuits like Cataluña can be trickier for me because of mid-high speed turns, where we gotta quickly turn into the turn and get the right angle with precision to avoid needing a tip in the brake to correct, which can be a pain with the controller. DF was easier in that regard. Anyway, let's see if I manage to keep my newly earned A DR this week. 🙌Welcome aboard!
I second what @newmedia_dev said. I'd bet a majority of the folks you're swapping paint with are on a controller. While the disparity between controller/wheel likely starts to skew more balanced the higher in Dr you go, there are still tons of A+ drivers out there just sittin' on their couch, controller in hands, completely OWNING lobbies.🤣
Fwiw, you'll also find plenty of people who are FASTER on a controller than they are a wheel. For drift events the controller wins (damn near) every time. I only mention this because a lot of people think (or, in my case, thought 😁) you need a wheel to be competitive and have fun. You don't. Can you be faster on a wheel? Maybe, given the immersion is certainly better, but it's no guarantee.👍
PS - With ya' on missin' DF. That was a very, very good week for me. Much racing fun to be had, lol!
