GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[Stringerbell]

No mate. It's always good to bounce ideas and advice around for each other. I'm still relatively new to GT7 and even more so to sport mode with just 150 or so races completed.

At that particular time I was genuinely wondering where you and others were finding the sort of pace needed!

The races last night I felt out of my depth. My QT was only good enough to start in the very lower parts of the grid. Lots of YT streamers in there....

I was joking mate.

Were you in with a bunch of A+ last night then? I would have though your quali would have had you in the top half at the veery least, if not pushing the top 5.

 

[Barney Da Dog]

Disastrous few races this evening. When it goes wrong in race B it goes terribly wrong with the groups of cars at high speed. Never fully comfortable, having to ease off to avoid collisions or make mistakes and get swapped = race over.

Question: if someone is already starting to spin out and you unintentionally tap them, making things worse, is waiting the right thing to do or would you just plough on?

Was in a lobby with @Barney Da Dog for a couple. What did you make of it, mate?

I've had pretty poor races - several through my own errors but also getting caught up in other people's crashes too. I did get a couple of decent results but all due carnage ahead and not any skill on part.

If I'm already spinning and somebody hits me I'd not expect them to wait. The two fast left handers are quite tricky as if someone loses it when they're right in front of you, if you lift too much or try to avoid them then you're probably going to crash as well.

I've not raced A or C yet - may give C a go later

 

[Lightsider74]

I was joking mate.

Were you in with a bunch of A+ last night then? I would have though your quali would have had you in the top half at the veery least, if not pushing the top 5.

Just to be clear - you're a rapid driver!

Couple of A+ but mainly A. Then again they could've all been on the verge of A+.

It's a good idea, I think @benjoi84 suggested, about separating DR into groups. I'm not a DR A driver in Gr.3 machines.

 

[Stringerbell]

I've not raced A or C yet - may give C a go later

C looks so hard, especially round such a technical track!! good luck

Just to be clear - you're a rapid driver!

😊😊😊😊

I'm back in A now - had 3 races and same situation as RBR the other week where I got just got punted in all my A races. Think I'm out of practice in racing in a pack as been at the front of B mostly so some development there.

Just a note to you all - I've turned the chat facility off on my game so if you see me in the lobby and I don't say hi, I'm not ignoring you, I just can't see it.


Need to find 3 or 4th's on this quali time, I can get sector 1 down by 2.5 tenths but then just can't hold it for the rest of the lap

 

[brockie]

Well, now I’ve written off this week as just not having the pace I’d like and not being able to keep up with my ‘much faster than me’ friends 😭

I’m going to start experimenting with different cars, this morning I raced the R8 and actually it was quite a nice drive. Apart from when I tried to kerb ride and boy it didn’t like that!

My races actually haven’t been too bad, although I’m lingering down the bottom of the lobbies, I’ve had a few DR increases and not dropping like a stone

 

[bone_tone]

I did get a couple of decent results but all due carnage ahead and not any skill on part.

Same here....

My races actually haven’t been too bad, although I’m lingering down the bottom of the lobbies, I’ve had a few DR increases and not dropping like a stone

Same here.....

Been starting at P12 or lower, but in 3 races yesterday I managed 6th place twice, followed by a P3.

 

[BuzzdoggZ]

I'm back in A now - had 3 races and same situation as RBR the other week where I got just got punted in all my A races. Think I'm out of practice in racing in a pack as been at the front of B mostly so some development there.

It's good to see you back in A mate - you definitely have the pace to stay there. I like to think my self sacrifice spin this morning helped give you a needed DR boost. Although it wasn't intentional, I was totally day dreaming and missed my braking point 🤦‍♂️😂

 

[Stringerbell]

Well, now I’ve written off this week as just not having the pace I’d like and not being able to keep up with my ‘much faster than me’ friends 😭

I’m going to start experimenting with different cars, this morning I raced the R8 and actually it was quite a nice drive. Apart from when I tried to kerb ride and boy it didn’t like that!

My races actually haven’t been too bad, although I’m lingering down the bottom of the lobbies, I’ve had a few DR increases and not dropping like a stone

I'm going to do the same this evening - going to stick a few more laps in the 992 but will switch to the BMW for half an hour and see if I can take the chicanes better in it as I'm bouncing all over the gaff at the moment.

It's good to see you back in A mate - you definitely have the pace to stay there. I like to think my self sacrifice spin this morning helped give you a needed DR boost. Although it wasn't intentional, I was totally day dreaming and missed my braking point 🤦‍♂️😂

That was the exact race that popped me up mate so your sacrifice was appreciated, although i only needed 13 DR

Shame about the messed up start from PD though, I was 3 seconds behind when we finally went off

 

[NevilleNobody]

Pace has really picked up in race B, my 34.1 has me about 10th to 12th in most A+/A splits. Race pace wise that is fair, that's about my pace, I am generally gaining places and breaking square on my DR because I pick and choose my moments well but fundamental pace is a few tenths shy of the mid pack.

I am struggling through the esses, my lack of precision sees me scrub the tyres and i lose a tenth or two there. Also losing time at the sharp left hander both on entry and exit unless I really do take what I feel is a lot of risk. Losing time on entry to the last chicane, I fire out of it ok but being eaten on entry.

The big chicane is my friend, I enter quite fast and fire out well, at least keeping pace with faster guys or even catching them. It's been pretty fair racing, my only issue is guys that are slightly behind into the esses or the big sweepers, they try to run along side me, I give them space and they still verstappen me off the road rather than lift.

 

[benjoi84]

@auzzy_mate welcome to the forum!

You might want to add some members to your friends list, it's a great little friendly competition and a great source of advice which will undoubtedly help you to become faster and thus feed that burgeoning addiction!

Good luck!

 

[Barney Da Dog]

I've been starting anywhere from 8th to 14th on B this week.. I had to quit a game due to a phonecall, and lost some SR 🙄 but the resulting drop put me on pole for the next race.
So, the moral of the story is: don't drive faster - drive dirty or quit.

 

[brockie]

Tried the Nissan GTR at lunch, started p16 in A and A+ lobbies and managed to finish 12th.

Nice car to drive tbh and I might stick with it, possibly give the Porsche another try 😁

Dare I say it, I could use another DR reset 🤣

 

[BuzzdoggZ]

Any tips on to how to catch power oversteer on exit? I see other people recovering from massive tank slappers all the time, but I just seem incapable of correcting the tiniest squirm and always end up head first, square on in the barrier - then it takes another 20 flippin seconds to reverse back out onto the track. It's starting to drive me insane 🤪

 

[Lightsider74]

Any tips on to how to catch power oversteer on exit? I see other people recovering from massive tank slappers all the time, but I just seem incapable of correcting the tiniest squirm and always end up head first, square on in the barrier - then it takes another 20 flippin seconds to reverse back out onto the track. It's starting to drive me insane 🤪

CSA.

 

[Stringerbell]

Any tips on to how to catch power oversteer on exit? I see other people recovering from massive tank slappers all the time, but I just seem incapable of correcting the tiniest squirm and always end up head first, square on in the barrier - then it takes another 20 flippin seconds to reverse back out onto the track. It's starting to drive me insane 🤪

Im starting to think im your bad luck charm!!! Every time im in your lobby you’ve spun 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😟

It’s one of the reasons I’m using the Porsche, it’s just so stable, I tried the M6 for a few laps but the back just steps out on me, you can be super heavy footed in the Porsche and it’s like a Gr4 car.

 

[Nebuc72]

Any tips on to how to catch power oversteer on exit? I see other people recovering from massive tank slappers all the time, but I just seem incapable of correcting the tiniest squirm and always end up head first, square on in the barrier - then it takes another 20 flippin seconds to reverse back out onto the track. It's starting to drive me insane 🤪

Turn your wheel more in the opposite direction, or put the power down smoother and not have to deal with it at all!

 

[BuzzdoggZ]

Turn your wheel more in the opposite direction, or put the power down smoother and not have to deal with it at all!

Well I had that coming 😂

 

[newmedia_dev]

Any tips on to how to catch power oversteer on exit? I see other people recovering from massive tank slappers all the time, but I just seem incapable of correcting the tiniest squirm and always end up head first, square on in the barrier - then it takes another 20 flippin seconds to reverse back out onto the track. It's starting to drive me insane 🤪

Honestly it’s 2 things:

1. Anticipating and catching the oversteer quicker (you have to hear/feel it and react quickly)

2. Reduce throttle slightly or take the upshift (it’s settles the car better in the neutral phase, and the lower torque band stops the rears spinning at peak)

A bonus 3rd is time the throttle exits later, I have a tendency to forget that corner compressions are just that and not closing margins, if your talking about mid corner then it’s be quicker correcting, like snap correct it.

 

[Stringerbell]

3 second penalty for the two in front spinning off 😟😂 am I supposed to come to a complete stop here and not overtake?




@BuzzdoggZ you owe me 3 seconds 😂😂 to be fair at the last corner you had the inside line to pass and I feel you would have passed a stranger, I then went wide to give you the room to pass and messed up my line, you then slowed as to not go past me 😂😂 was a case of “after you” “oh no after you I insist”

 

[newmedia_dev]

3 second penalty for the two in front spinning off 😟😂 am I supposed to come to a complete stop here and not overtake?




@BuzzdoggZ you owe me 3 seconds 😂😂 to be fair at the last corner you had the inside line to pass and I feel you would have passed a stranger, I then went wide to give you the room to pass and messed up my line, you then slowed as to not go past me 😂😂 was a case of “after you” “oh no after you I insist”

You passed under a yellow flag mate

 

[Stringerbell]

Offf I am VERY glad I have disabled the chat function on the game 😂 got punted off on the last lap from some lovely little cherub in P2 for my first A lobby podium! Think I’d be serving quite the ban if I was able to type him a message 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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I am struggling through the esses, my lack of precision sees me scrub the tyres and i lose a tenth or two there. Also losing time at the sharp left hander both on entry and exit unless I really do take what I feel is a lot of risk. Losing time on entry to the last chicane, I fire out of it ok but being eaten on entry.

Does the scrubbing really lose a couple of tenths? I never noticed that 🤕 my tyres always sound like they’re in Guantanamo Bay

I've been starting anywhere from 8th to 14th on B this week.. I had to quit a game due to a phonecall, and lost some SR 🙄 but the resulting drop put me on pole for the next race.
So, the moral of the story is: don't drive faster - drive dirty or quit.



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Work smarter not harder hard mate 😂😂 get yourself down into SR B and you’ll end up in A+ in. No time!!

You passed under a yellow flag mate

Ok genuine question mate as I don’t fully know the rules.

The orange car was the one that caused the yellow flag in an incident with the white car further up. He was reversing back onto the track then getting himself going again at 20mph, I’m coming through at 100mph. Am I supposed not o slam on the brakes to 15mph so I don’t pass the car that crashed and is redoing? Braking from 4th to 1st to not pass the car that caused the yellow doesn’t seem like it would be the right call?

 

[newmedia_dev]

Ok genuine question mate as I don’t fully know the rules.

The orange car was the one that caused the yellow flag in an incident with the white car further up. He was reversing back onto the track then getting himself going again at 20mph, I’m coming through at 100mph. Am I supposed not o slam on the brakes to 15mph so I don’t pass the car that crashed and is redoing? Braking from 4th to 1st to not pass the car that caused the yellow doesn’t seem like it would be the right call?

Ok first question and advice just understand the flags and then but category as they mean different things in different scenarios (superGT lost his Nurbs licences passing under a yellow/speed limit)

You don’t need to slow to “15 mph” you just need to accept that you need to slow a bit, flags are different to ghosting.

It sucks but grounding racing etiquette and ruleset knowledge is part of the journey and part of understanding races rather than just racing for places and time.

 

[Lightsider74]

Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

Last turn of the last lap!

I saw them coming and moved to the inside to defend.....

They got some serious headlight flashes I can tell you.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Yeah see that drives me totally insane. I despise that stuff.

 

[Lightsider74]

This is another one of those where I hit an already spinning car. Very little time to react at those closing speeds. I still felt terrible.

I'm in the red BM in the rear view mirror.

Thoughts?



Noticing a pattern here with my DR. My decline almost mirrors my last venture in the Gr.3 racing at Spa.

 

[newmedia_dev]

This is another one of those where I hit an already spinning car. I still felt terrible.

I'm in the red BM in the rear view mirror.

Thoughts?

Thoughts?

It happens.

Avoid it is you forgot to adjust to the dirty tires and you could see the lines developing.

The spin was just the end result.

What to do?

Adjust the pace slightly to stay in the game not over win the game at that point.

 

[art3mis]

3 second penalty for the two in front spinning off 😟😂 am I supposed to come to a complete stop here and not overtake?




@BuzzdoggZ you owe me 3 seconds 😂😂 to be fair at the last corner you had the inside line to pass and I feel you would have passed a stranger, I then went wide to give you the room to pass and messed up my line, you then slowed as to not go past me 😂😂 was a case of “after you” “oh no after you I insist”

to be fair yes. You're supposed to respect the yellow flag and not overtake EVEN IF the cars that you would be overtaking are really slow because they're recovering from a crash.

It is not safe to be full speed on that section of tarmac at that time. That's why there's a penalty.

So yeah in the future slow down to a complete stop if needs be because safety is more important even in the virtual world.

 

[NevilleNobody]

That's my week done, fairly pleased with myself as usual gained a little DR (1000 points or so) as an A driver, not easy as pace is hot.

Week was mostly quote clean though last two races tonight I was verstappened several times, which is very annoying. Guys just refusing to slow down enough when they take a tight line so they just nerf you off slowly but surely.

No racing next week, I'm in LA for a work conference dammit.

 

[brockie]

This is another one of those where I hit an already spinning car. Very little time to react at those closing speeds. I still felt terrible.

I'm in the red BM in the rear view mirror.

Thoughts?



Noticing a pattern here with my DR. My decline almost mirrors my last venture in the Gr.3 racing at Spa.

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I think both your videos don’t look too bad on the face of it, did you perhaps watch the replays and see from the other cars perspective? And I know it’s only your perspective of their perspective 😁 but the tap as you were sliding and the clumsy dive bomb might have been just that? Just to help reduce your red mist 😁

Anyways I’m done with race B too, just can’t get on with the track I’ve decided, any car I try I just can’t find any pace or enjoy doing the two main kerb ride corners or that dreadful chicane, so I’m off to A for the rest of the week to try hold my DR

Had a nice race this morning with a chap from last week at WG, it was only us in a room of 8 but a great race which I almost got him on.

 

[Stringerbell]

Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

Last turn of the last lap!

I saw them coming and moved to the inside to defend.....

They got some serious headlight flashes I can tell you.

This is 100% your fault, you left a rizla sized gap down the inside so he had every right to fit a car through it

I've found if you truly want to cover off the inside you have to go on the grass and slam yourself into the barrier, that way no one can dive bomb you!