GT7 Daily Race Discussion

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I love the Merc around Atlanta, such a reliable car & it's got great traction out of the slower corners so it's hard to get overtaken in the race.

I barely felt into the 17s and have mostly been starting 7-10th but every race I go forward by 3-5 places because of people battling, or making mistakes.

I pretty much only seen the usual overpowered BMW & Supra dominating the lobby, but they definitely seem to make more mistakes. I know I found the Supra hard to keep on track consistently
 
My sleeper pick for Race C is the Nissan GT-R. It’s the jack of all trades, master of none, but at least it conserves tires and has great stability to build confidence. Took one today from 12th to 4th, which might have been better had I not mistakenly started on RS. Those did last 7 laps going full send the entire way.

In that race, it was a 911 R which took the win. A Ferrari placed 6th. So there remains some hope for anti-meta choices at Road Atlanta.

Is it me or is the pit entrance absolute hell in Atlanta? Having to cut a very deep turn on worn tires tees up great potential for a race ending mistake.
 
I’ve got back into sport mode after a while away and am a C/S driver. Did pretty well bagging a few wins with a Clean Race Bonus last week having started mid pack. This week’s daily C is absolute carnage as there are a staggering number of of C/S drivers who cause spins and punts either by not realising some drivers will be on RMs, therefore braking earlier (especially in traffic), or sheer carelessness like running wide when overtaking on the inside.

There is even the odd B/B driver for some reason. I wish PD would be much stricter about who gets SR: S. Should be an S+ tier free of anyone who’s had a ‘forcing another car off track’ penalty in their last 20 races or ‘causing a collision’ in the last 5.
 
AEther
My sleeper pick for Race C is the Nissan GT-R. It’s the jack of all trades, master of none, but at least it conserves tires and has great stability to build confidence. Took one today from 12th to 4th, which might have been better had I not mistakenly started on RS. Those did last 7 laps going full send the entire way.

In that race, it was a 911 R which took the win. A Ferrari placed 6th. So there remains some hope for anti-meta choices at Road Atlanta.

Is it me or is the pit entrance absolute hell in Atlanta? Having to cut a very deep turn on worn tires tees up great potential for a race ending mistake.
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Yep, I was a victim earlier in the week. I spent some quali sessions repeatedly going into the pits to learn it.
 
I normally use the white square on the bridge as a reference for the Road Atlanta pit entry
 
It doesn't help that its not very obvious if you've exceeded pit limits. I took a really bad line into the pits where 1/3rd of the cars width was over a solid yellow line but I didn't get the 3 second penalty. I'm sure it's possible to take it much quicker than I do but it's not worth the risk
 
I'm finding pace 1st race 11th. Finished 11th and for my last race, started 10th and finished 8th. For the 1st time in sport mode, I just don't care about losing DR! Working on my trail braking, and hitting my points, and also my exit speed. I've tried every GR4 car, and just can't seem to find a better fit than the 458.
 
DannyPorter
I'm finding pace 1st race 11th. Finished 11th and for my last race, started 10th and finished 8th. For the 1st time in sport mode, I just don't care about losing DR! Working on my trail braking, and hitting my points, and also my exit speed. I've tried every GR4 car, and just can't seem to find a better fit than the 458.
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How've you been doing with the 458? I love its engine sound.
 
Bonneville120
Finally broke into the 1:16s with a 16.970. firmer brakes on that left hander after the esses got me there. Still only 500ish in the world so will still get mogged by top split A+ lobbies. But I did just come 6th in a mixed A and A+
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Cracking work that mate, not easy at all to hook up all the corners to break into the 16's! Road Atlanta is always Alien central so top 500 is a great result.
Jack_10_9_8_7
I’ve got back into sport mode after a while away and am a C/S driver. Did pretty well bagging a few wins with a Clean Race Bonus last week having started mid pack. This week’s daily C is absolute carnage as there are a staggering number of of C/S drivers who cause spins and punts either by not realising some drivers will be on RMs, therefore braking earlier (especially in traffic), or sheer carelessness like running wide when overtaking on the inside.

There is even the odd B/B driver for some reason. I wish PD would be much stricter about who gets SR: S. Should be an S+ tier free of anyone who’s had a ‘forcing another car off track’ penalty in their last 20 races or ‘causing a collision’ in the last 5.
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I think road Atlanta is just one of those tracks where it is difficult to get clean races, it's high speed, tight and with Gr3 the margin for error is really tight
 
Andyxdr
How've you been doing with the 458? I love its engine sound.
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I've been doing ok, not been getting past, not passing many people, just holding spots, I ended up 2.03.064 time with it. If you use it +2 bb
 
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