GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[TechnoIsLove]

Shaking my head this week with regards to Interlagos lap times... I put in a lot of time and effort and just fell short of @Barney Da Dog - well done mate!

Shaking my head not that I could not beat your time lol, but that with all that effort, we are still light years away from the top times... Being 1.4s behind P1 is insanely odd, that's like waking up for Xmas Day in September - not good! 😶 🫣 Also, as a self-assuring statement, could have done a 1:32:8 a few times but I am stupid and could not get a full lap together 🤣

 

[newmedia_dev]

And on another minor topic, the penalty message “Ignoring track limits” drives me crazy (I’m already pissed because a .5 sec penalty always ends up being a second or more).
The definition of Ignore is: “Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally”
I definitely exceed the track limits but it’s always a miscalculation and never intentional.
This week on the RH tires, that message has become all too frequent.

The assumption is always that you are in control of the car and excepting avoidance actions (in real life, GT doesn’t care) that you chose to drive outside of yours or the tracks limits hence ignoring the rules.

It’s a valid message, just with GTs lack of penalty sophistication rather annoying.

As a side note, it’s something I have worked really hard on especially being more active in TTs these days is to lap consistently to a good pace with no pens or track limits. It helps tighten up that control and up the pace so you are comfortable being close to the limit without stepping over it. It’s particularly good in racing situations but hard to do.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

Shaking my head this week with regards to Interlagos lap times... I put in a lot of time and effort and just fell short of @Barney Da Dog - well done mate!

Shaking my head not that I could not beat your time lol, but that with all that effort, we are still light years away from the top times... Being 1.4s behind P1 is insanely odd, that's like waking up for Xmas Day in September - not good! 😶 🫣 Also, as a self-assuring statement, could have done a 1:32:8 a few times but I am stupid and could not get a full lap together 🤣

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Yeah, I'm usually a bit closer to the top Ferrari times - I noticed many are taking far more kerb than me out of the T2/3 esses, but I often spin if I try it, so losing 2 or 3 tenths there. Through the rest of the lap I am much closer, with my optimum being a 32.7** Most of the racing has been very good, with the various strategies often putting 6 cars very close together on the last lap.. I don't think another win will happen now everyone is dialled in


As for Race B, I enjoy doing laps of Fuji but the racing often leaves me in a rage

 

[PowerJunkie]

Did you serve track limit penalties on that lap?

Because the lap/sector isn’t invalidated so the time is valid but had a penalty in it. That would also align with the much slower time (a 0.5 pen costs about .7-1.5 seconds per lap)

That would be my guess.

Took me a while, but got back to this. Yes, it notes a time penalty on that lap. Mystery solved.