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Lightsider74
Had a few Race A's earlier. Mixed lobbies DR B to A+. It's a dive-bombers paradise. The racing is better nearer the front so will try to work on my QT before entering more races.
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Absolutely nailed on summary, Nick.

In my lobbies so far today, there's been a clear spilt between the (usually top 3) guys racing fast, clean and respectful. And then there's the desperate crowd behind throwing their car into any space they see despite having nearly a second discrepancy in their quali times.

If I don't end up in no man's land between the two groups, you'll find me battling to get my race together after meeting up close with a member of the latter.
 
newmedia_dev
They will all thin out a bit, it’s a European wide bank holiday so everything is stacked today.

Wednesday things will steady and the lobbies more naturally balanced.

But all races are excellent this week imo, classic GT old school, deep forest is great and WG is one of the best tracks in the game or real world
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Watkins is bloody impossible 🤦‍♂️ haven’t managed to have a delta yet as can’t string two laps together 😂
 
Famine
Not just houses (although they're designed to keep heat in; our average annual temperature is 11 degrees): everything. In essence everything from roads to railways to power lines, and industrial/commercial devices like refrigeration units is designed to operate between -5 and (I think) 28 (rails are welded for length at an air temperature of 27), because those are pretty much the edges of historic long-term temperatures, and when things get outside that range for too long it starts to fail. Short blasts like today are usually fine, it's just when it goes on a while.

When it was running 30+ for several days (with a little break in the high 20s) in 2024, everything was failing. The UK isn't designed for it, although we're seeing a few things coming on now that should operate up to 40 (including a cool new graphene road additive we're trialling up here).


Annual average temperatures are ~11 degrees. We all wish we had AC for about 4-5 days of a typical year, but for most of it the central heating is much more important.

You can get AC, but few people bother.
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For the most ideal year-round weather, head to San Diego. ☀️
 
Ok, it's just Monday. Nonetheless that's a good starting point for the week.

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brockie
Well I’ve decided I’ll stick with B this week on the main account and let the racing decide my DR level, I’m clearly out of my depth in A currently and struggling with hooking up times so we just see where the racing lands me.
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I feel you. I ranked up a couple of weeks ago as well and have been struggling to keep up early in the week . I'm finding I need more than my usual 30min warmup om mondays before race, but once I find consistency close to my limit I can hold my own.

It's been really fun trying to make the undercut work in Race C. Pitting lap 6 and holding on to the tires for dear life. Have had some good battles on the last few laps this way.
 
Tried A and C over lunch, seem reasonably on the pace in Race A, there and thereabout after 6 laps or so. Race C was alarming, my first hot lap was 7 seconds off the friends I use as a measuring stick. As usual I find the BMW too twitchy and pulled the best ap out of the Nissan, tried the jag and my optimal of a high 44 was my best but couldn't tie it together. Anyone try the WRX?
 
benjoi84
Absolutely nailed on summary, Nick.

In my lobbies so far today, there's been a clear spilt between the (usually top 3) guys racing fast, clean and respectful. And then there's the desperate crowd behind throwing their car into any space they see despite having nearly a second discrepancy in their quali times.

If I don't end up in no man's land between the two groups, you'll find me battling to get my race together after meeting up close with a member of the latter.
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They typically aren’t desperate they are just new to the learning curve for honestly just not dialled in.

You and I have done this dance many times before, and how it works. Stay whole, survive and you have a chance.
Stringerbell
Watkins is bloody impossible 🤦‍♂️ haven’t managed to have a delta yet as can’t string two laps together 😂
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Mate you’ve been chatting and racing for ages now, do the circuit experiences they are Gr3 cars and one of the most used tracks won’t surprise you, you can arrive and drive.
 
Race B in the B rated lobbies. People are dirty. B level, it’s not poor driving anymore they know better. The main thing they do is dive into the corner you own, then push you outside so they can make the corner. Literally with contact.
 
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NevilleNobody
Tried A and C over lunch, seem reasonably on the pace in Race A, there and thereabout after 6 laps or so. Race C was alarming, my first hot lap was 7 seconds off the friends I use as a measuring stick. As usual I find the BMW too twitchy and pulled the best ap out of the Nissan, tried the jag and my optimal of a high 44 was my best but couldn't tie it together. Anyone try the WRX?
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All those who can master the M6...hats off. It's twitchy for me too which is why I've rarely used the car. My preferred choice will be FR cars such as AMG GT3 or the F-Ftype. It's feels awesome (even if a little slower than the metas) to flow around the turns in either of these 2 cars.
Mumster
Race B in the B rated lobbies. People are dirty. B level, it’s not poor driving anymore they know better. The main thing they do is dive into the corner you own, then push you outside so they can make the corner. Literally with contact.
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The main reason for this is (I believe) the short length of the race. Here every lap of the few laps till chequered flag count + no tyre wear for pit stop to take into account. I love Deep Forest + Gr.4 combo but for DR sake, I won't race here much sadly.
 
Uday9479
All those who can master the M6...hats off. It's twitchy for me too which is why I've rarely used the car. My preferred choice will be FR cars such as AMG GT3 or the F-Ftype. It's feels awesome (even if a little slower than the metas) to flow around the turns in either of these 2 cars.

The main reason for this is (I believe) the short length of the race. Here every lap of the few laps till chequered flag count + no tyre wear for pit stop to take into account. I love Deep Forest + Gr.4 combo but for DR sake, I won't race here much sadly.
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Yeah it’s already stolen 1000 DR from me
 
Good fierce racing at deep forest and the Ferrari is serving me well, not sure why I can’t hook up the Atenza but hey ho

I reckon there is some more time for me there too, first lap out this morning I chucked in a 36.3 without thinking so I’m going to at least try for a 35 this week

@Gurzu guess the wheel is working for you then 🤣 great lap mate

Have a good week all
 
newmedia_dev
Mate you’ve been chatting and racing for ages now, do the circuit experiences they are Gr3 cars and one of the most used tracks won’t surprise you, you can arrive and drive.
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I’ll give it a go, I’m 100% over driving and the 3 turns up hill before you get back on the main track it’s taking me forever to get back on the throttle so I’m losing a ton of time
there. Just need to work out how to get the car to flow through those corners and not be so jerky/stop start! Thinking I might change from the M6 to the 992 today.

EDIT: @newmedia_dev how big a difference is the Meta car? The M6 is being used by everyone and the closest 992 is a whole second behind the M6 on the leaderboard where eveything is 1.42.5xx

brockie
Good fierce racing at deep forest and the Ferrari is serving me well, not sure why I can’t hook up the Atenza but hey ho

I reckon there is some more time for me there too, first lap out this morning I chucked in a 36.3 without thinking so I’m going to at least try for a 35 this week

@Gurzu guess the wheel is working for you then 🤣 great lap mate

Have a good week all
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🙌💪🙌💪🙌 nice work mate 💪
 

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Mumster
Race B in the B rated lobbies. People are dirty. B level, it’s not poor driving anymore they know better. The main thing they do is dive into the corner you own, then push you outside so they can make the corner. Literally with contact.
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I feel for you. You've just described what is probably the most common cheap/dirty move you'll see. In fact its so Common people must think it's legitimate. We all experience the same thing time and time again. The issue is it's a low risk - high reward "tactic" and it happens with all players from DR E to A+ regardless or the car/track combo.

You can either aggressively defend the inside line and compromise the corner or just concede the corner early on before impact.
 
FYI - 3 trips going airborne through the chicane has answered my question on whether or not to use the Porsche 😂
 
Stringerbell
FYI - 3 trips going airborne through the chicane has answered my question on whether or not to use the Porsche 😂
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I prefer the Nissan. Seems competitive in pace, is stable in the fast corners, and the 3rd gear feels really good out of the slower corners on the uphill/extra part of the circuit (kind of a gear between the M6s 2nd and 3rd).
If you want an MR car the 296 feels fine, even through the bus stop. Just my 2 cents.
 
Lightsider74
I feel for you. You've just described what is probably the most common cheap/dirty move you'll see. In fact its so Common people must think it's legitimate. We all experience the same thing time and time again. The issue is it's a low risk - high reward "tactic" and it happens with all players from DR E to A+ regardless or the car/track combo.

You can either aggressively defend the inside line and compromise the corner or just concede the corner early on before impact.
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100% this,

Personally I try not to overtake this way unless you get side by side and it’s deemed a correct overtake, I’ll even stay right behind and brake before my marker to take the corner a little switcheroo’y rather the dive from afar, I can’t abide it

I feel I get more decent racing back - and if you don’t pull it off without contact, even in the slightest, you can bet contact is coming back.

Edit. Managed to get into the 35s at Deep forest, followed by a win! 😁 matched last weeks haul of one win already 😂
 

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I prefer the Nissan. Seems competitive in pace, is stable in the fast corners, and the 3rd gear feels really good out of the slower corners on the uphill/extra part of the circuit (kind of a gear between the M6s 2nd and 3rd).
If you want an MR car the 296 feels fine, even through the bus stop. Just my 2 cents.
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This. Nissan and 296 feel really good if the BMW has you minding the throttle too much.

Race A was poor for me last night, I just cannot compete in road cars, I am always over driving so try to smooth it out but then I am just slow. Weird combo of exit understeer and entry oversteer, i'm just terrible. Cannot even repeat my QT of 33.9 so I am out.

Tried Race C again, once again a high 44 is possible if I string it together so will enter races tonight and see how I go. I feel very slow through the fast right and downhill left after the chicane.
 
Lightsider74
I feel for you. You've just described what is probably the most common cheap/dirty move you'll see. In fact its so Common people must think it's legitimate. We all experience the same thing time and time again. The issue is it's a low risk - high reward "tactic" and it happens with all players from DR E to A+ regardless or the car/track combo.

You can either aggressively defend the inside line and compromise the corner or just concede the corner early on before impact.
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Interesting the tactic is at all levels. It’s what gets done to the ai when people race solo so maybe they learned it there. Diving in with no overlap after turn it and pushing wide with contact, PD needs to figure out a way to make that a penalty.
 
Forgive the Dad brag, but my 12 year old son set a 1:47.555 QT at DTS last week and won a B/S race by 22 seconds. Best I could do was a 1:48.184.

We then had to leave to fly to the Indy 500 so he couldn’t do another race! But the race was worth it, especially the last lap!
 
cyirush
Forgive the Dad brag, but my 12 year old son set a 1:47.555 QT at DTS last week and won a B/S race by 22 seconds. Best I could do was a 1:48.184.

We then had to leave to fly to the Indy 500 so he couldn’t do another race! But the race was worth it, especially the last lap!
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He’d have given most of us here a damn good race! Nice work 😁
 
cyirush
Forgive the Dad brag, but my 12 year old son set a 1:47.555 QT at DTS last week and won a B/S race by 22 seconds. Best I could do was a 1:48.184.

We then had to leave to fly to the Indy 500 so he couldn’t do another race! But the race was worth it, especially the last lap!
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Brag away my friend! That is bloody awesome and so impressive!!

Keep us updated on his future quali and races as well 💪💪
 


Had an entertaining race C today. Haven't done one like this in a while so speed wasn't quite there. Got overtaken and managed to reovertake before messing up my pit entry and getting a penalty. Then had to remember how the hard tyres worked, before having a tussle with a Mercedes and a BMW on a reverse strategy, and turned around on the last lap by a McLaren. Was fun though.
 
Stringerbell
Brag away my friend! That is bloody awesome and so impressive!!

Keep us updated on his future quali and races as well 💪💪
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Thanks and will do! He’s now trying Watkins Glen, a track he doesn’t know as well
as DTS.

He’s also started go karting so it’s all racing all the time in our house (which is great!).
 
cyirush
Forgive the Dad brag, but my 12 year old son set a 1:47.555 QT at DTS last week and won a B/S race by 22 seconds. Best I could do was a 1:48.184.

We then had to leave to fly to the Indy 500 so he couldn’t do another race! But the race was worth it, especially the last lap!
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The next Kimi
 
Lightsider74
I feel for you. You've just described what is probably the most common cheap/dirty move you'll see. In fact its so Common people must think it's legitimate. We all experience the same thing time and time again. The issue is it's a low risk - high reward "tactic" and it happens with all players from DR E to A+ regardless or the car/track combo.

You can either aggressively defend the inside line and compromise the corner or just concede the corner early on before impact.
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I got my Q time down to 1:35:352 so now I’m pole in most all of the B rooms and beyond the chaos. Had some good races with the top 3-5 and got back 900 so the key is pole position 😂
 
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