GT7 Daily Race Discussion

  • Thread starter Thread starter Pigems
  • 43,867 comments
  • 3,501,815 views
Race A
Racing Karts at Kyoto Driving Park - Miyabi
8 Laps - Grid Start - BoP Enabled

Race B
Group 4 at Dragon Trail - Gardens
4 Laps - Rolling start - BoP Enabled

Race C
Group 3 at Brands Hatch GP Circuit
13 Laps - Rolling Start - BoP Enabled
Fuel 7x - Tires 15x

I think I missed every kart race on Sport so should be fun, though another week without a tuning road car race. Are they ditching this completely?
I like all 3 combos. Karting is way better than GTS. Definitely give it a go guys. It’s only 10k for the kart. You’ll probably make that back in a few races.

Also, what are the meta cars? 🔥
 
Last edited:
Here's my fastest lap so far for the current Race A.

With a controller ABS off seems to be faster and there is no noticable difference between ASM on or off.

Edit- ABS on weak is faster. I hadn't tested it yet when I uploaded the video.
 
Last edited:
I'm similarly trapped at B B. I was a consistent borderline A/S or B/S driver throughout GT Sport. After my DR/SR inexplicably started out as B/B on GT7, I've been stuck there as I'm consistently matched with a mix of C/S and B/B drivers. As my DR is higher than the C/S drivers, it seems I'm held to a higher standard. They hit me, I get a penalty. I get punted off, I get a penalty. I have to take to the grass to avoid a collision that's in progress, I get a penalty for ignoring track limits. It's utter madness. Briefly fell to a B/C but otherwise, stuck at B/B even after the uneventful races. According to my stats I had clean races amongst all this, yet I remain stuck at SR B. In GTS I easily maintained SR S for years, and if there was a messy ramfest of a race that pushed me down I could recover from B to S that same day. I've now spent the whole time I've had GT7 stuck at SR B and no idea how to improve it. How I miss being able to see the stats on Kudosprime.
Oh yes, the lack of the Kudos overview is very hard, especially since the game itself does not provide you with any information, if you could at least see meaningful numbers ingame, then I would be happy with it.

I've "worked" my way up from a bad B/B to a B/S in the last few days, although I was down to B/A in the meantime, but now B/S again.
Some drivers in the sport are really bad guys and in GTS I've often been tempted to hit back, to retaliate for their misconduct, but I hope to be able to switch off this behavior completely, as it has always cost me more points than it benefited me, only I have a big problem with unfair behavior.

BUT I've also seen some very great and fair drivers in the last few days, maybe also because the penalties have been significantly increased and are being pronounced much more frequently.
 
Haven't tried carting in GT7 so that's cool.
Brands Hatch - I like it!
Dragon Tail - maybe a missed opportunity for modded road cars in this one? Feels a shame not to be able to use most of the cars we've bought, I want to throw all the credits at the Skyline from the legendary dealership & drive it like a hooligan!
 
Race A
Racing Karts at Kyoto Driving Park - Miyabi
8 Laps - Grid Start - BoP Enabled

Race B
Group 4 at Dragon Trail - Gardens
4 Laps - Rolling start - BoP Enabled

Race C
Group 3 at Brands Hatch GP Circuit
13 Laps - Rolling Start - BoP Enabled
Fuel 7x - Tires 15x

I think I missed every kart race on Sport so should be fun, though another week without a tuning road car race. Are they ditching this completely?
I hope they haven't ditched it, but you have to wonder if they're trying to play it safe at the moment off the back of other controversies and trying to give people what they're familiar with.

I'll probably try brands hatch and maybe a little bit of the go karts but I have to say that this is starting to feel same old same old. I've got all these lovely cars in my garage with very little reason to drive any of them.
 
Here's my fastest lap so far for the current Race A.

With a controller ABS off seems to be faster and there is no noticable difference between ASM on or off.

Edit- ABS on weak is faster. I hadn't tested it yet when I uploaded the video.

They could have chosen a better track but I’ll take it. Races should be fun.
 
Can someone please post a Screenshot of the Daily Race Overview?
FO7SiszXsAQeXeW.jpg
 
I'm similarly trapped at B B. I was a consistent borderline A/S or B/S driver throughout GT Sport. After my DR/SR inexplicably started out as B/B on GT7, I've been stuck there as I'm consistently matched with a mix of C/S and B/B drivers. As my DR is higher than the C/S drivers, it seems I'm held to a higher standard. They hit me, I get a penalty. I get punted off, I get a penalty. I have to take to the grass to avoid a collision that's in progress, I get a penalty for ignoring track limits. It's utter madness. Briefly fell to a B/C but otherwise, stuck at B/B even after the uneventful races. According to my stats I had clean races amongst all this, yet I remain stuck at SR B. In GTS I easily maintained SR S for years, and if there was a messy ramfest of a race that pushed me down I could recover from B to S that same day. I've now spent the whole time I've had GT7 stuck at SR B and no idea how to improve it. How I miss being able to see the stats on Kudosprime.

Yes yes yes. Also, people seem to smash into me up my inside and don't get penalised?! It seems like people know what they can get away with. I started in pole yesterday in Race A, I got punted and smashed all the way back to 8th in lap one. I couldn't see anyone getting penalities. I'm just at a loss as to what I am meant to do. Like you, I try to avoid these things, give people space but end up getting penalised. At this rate I think my DR is going to get knocked down to C, I feel trapped with these assholes.
 
Yes yes yes. Also, people seem to smash into me up my inside and don't get penalised?! It seems like people know what they can get away with. I started in pole yesterday in Race A, I got punted and smashed all the way back to 8th in lap one. I couldn't see anyone getting penalities. I'm just at a loss as to what I am meant to do. Like you, I try to avoid these things, give people space but end up getting penalised. At this rate I think my DR is going to get knocked down to C, I feel trapped with these assholes.
I get that it's frustrating but the chances of no one getting penalties from the type of incident you're describing is very low. If you've been knocked back in the pack then you wouldn't see the penalty pop up above the cars that have continued on, which don't flash up until a few seconds later and by that time they'd be out of your sight line.

It's worth in a situation like this going back and checking the replay to get a full overview of what happened and what the penalties were,, this can also help you feel better about it and see if you could have done something differently yourself.

The system isn't out to get you, online racing is fierce, often without any real need for it.
 
Yes yes yes. Also, people seem to smash into me up my inside and don't get penalised?! It seems like people know what they can get away with. I started in pole yesterday in Race A, I got punted and smashed all the way back to 8th in lap one. I couldn't see anyone getting penalities. I'm just at a loss as to what I am meant to do. Like you, I try to avoid these things, give people space but end up getting penalised. At this rate I think my DR is going to get knocked down to C, I feel trapped with these assholes.
Take it easy, not everyone is an asshole just because they manage to overtake you, or just "fight" for their place.
You can't see as far as GTS if there were penalties or not. But from my own experience I can say that you get penalties relatively quickly and some of them are not exactly mild.

The B area is very large and it is relatively easy to build up a good cushion there.

And one more thing, if you defend too much, sometimes you're slower than you could be. The faster and cleaner you drive, the more difficult it is for the drivers behind you to overtake, especially since the penalties are very high in the current situation, e.g. drives his front man in the back.
Try to be fast and keep your car stable, you may get hit, but in the race you can stay in your position or just behind, if whoever hit you gets a penalty, you may lose your place.
 
I'm always wary of blaming the 'victim', but sometimes a collision with someone who is behind you can actually be caused by yourself. That's why I always recommend watching the replay back after the race to see if you can identify anything you can do differently next time round. Even if it was the other driver's fault, there is often something you could have done differently to mitigate the risk of being crashed into.

Let's use an example from one of my races the other day, Manu series Gr.3 race at Deep Forest. That hairpin right before the start/finish straight can be difficult to get through cleanly if there are multiple drivers going in at the same time. In my case, I was forth in a train of four cars. Unfortunately, first place started to brake some 10 metres before they needed to, which caused everyone else to also brake too early. I was at the back of this train and was the only driver who braked at the right point, not expecting the others to brake so early, as a result I was obviously moving faster (but not too fast) into the corner than everyone else. At this point, my options are to either smack into the back of the car in front, or dive inside and hope that the car on the outside will spot me and won't try and turn in on me. Unfortunately, after I dived inside, the other driver did not spot me and ended up making contact which caused them to lose another place.

In this situation I haven't really done anything wrong, I have braked at the right spot (in fact I was actually slightly early because of the other drivers) and have done all I can, bar running my car off the track, to avoid contact. But in that moment, the driver I have made contact with perceives my actions as a reckless dive bomb. In reality there was nothing malicious about the contact and it was simply caused by a small mistake, the kind of mistake which is to be expected in a B DR lobby.

If the driver in front had attempted to defend the inside of the corner, as they should have been doing, I would have happily gone round the outside and attempted to cleanly overtake, and there probably wouldn't have been any contact.

I'm not saying there is no such thing as intentional bumping, but I think we’d all be better off if we took a more considered perspective to contact to identify if there is anything you as a driver could be doing to mitigate it. Braking too early into the corner might appear harmless but if you do so and follow the racing line, what is the driver behind supposed to do if they brake correctly? There are loads of similar scenarios where the driver behind can find themselves in a situation where it is impossible to avoid contact even if they desperately want to.
 
Last edited:
Karts is ruined by the track choice. Good one PD. One braking zone? Seriously?

Had some good Race C tonight. What you guys qualifying at? I managed a 1:26.5 in the old Supra GT500. Could probably shave a few more tenths off but that's my limit atm. I see the meta car is the RCZ @ 1:23.
 
I'm not saying there is no such thing as intentional bumping, but I think we’d all be better off if we took a more considered perspective to contact to identify if there is anything you as a driver could be doing to mitigate it. Braking too early into the corner might appear harmless but if you do so and follow the racing line, what is the driver behind supposed to do if they brake correctly? There are loads of similar scenarios where the driver behind can find themselves in a situation where it is impossible to avoid contact even if they desperately want to.
When I'm following very closely I take a different line into the corner so any difference in braking doesnt cause an accident, or I intentionally brake earlier than my normal braking zone. Or just back off a bit. Wait for a better opportunity.

Being forced into a dangerous overtake is not worth it. You entered the vortex of danger without any clear intent, so he didn't anticipate it which is fair. And he's allowed to brake a bit earlier. You want your overtakes to be planned affairs.

Following safely is another part of racing. You don't really want your race to end or be compromised just because someone braked a bit earlier.
 
Last edited:
I'm always wary of blaming the 'victim', but sometimes a collision with someone who is behind you can actually be caused by yourself. That's why I always recommend watching the replay back after the race to see if you can identify anything you can do differently next time round. Even if it was the other driver's fault, there is often something you could have done differently to mitigate the risk of being crashed into.

Let's use an example from one of my races the other day, Manu series Gr.3 race at Deep Forest. That hairpin right before the start/finish straight can be difficult to get through cleanly if there are multiple drivers going in at the same time. In my case, I was forth in a train of four cars. Unfortunately, first place started to brake some 10 metres before they needed to, which caused everyone else to also brake too early. I was at the back of this train and was the only driver who braked at the right point, not expecting the others to brake so early, as a result I was obviously moving faster (but not too fast) into the corner than everyone else. At this point, my options are to either smack into the back of the car in front, or dive inside and hope that the car on the outside will spot me and won't try and turn in on me. Unfortunately, after I dived inside, the other driver did not spot me and ended up making contact which caused them to lose another place.

In this situation I haven't really done anything wrong, I have braked at the right spot (in fact I was actually slightly early because of the other drivers) and have done all I can, bar running my car off the track, to avoid contact. But in that moment, the driver I have made contact with perceives my actions as a reckless dive bomb. In reality there was nothing malicious about the contact and it was simply caused by a small mistake, the kind of mistake which is to be expected in a B DR lobby.

If the driver in front had attempted to defend the inside of the corner, as they should have been doing, I would have happily gone round the outside and attempted to cleanly overtake, and there probably wouldn't have been any contact.

I'm not saying there is no such thing as intentional bumping, but I think we’d all be better off if we took a more considered perspective to contact to identify if there is anything you as a driver could be doing to mitigate it. Braking too early into the corner might appear harmless but if you do so and follow the racing line, what is the driver behind supposed to do if they brake correctly? There are loads of similar scenarios where the driver behind can find themselves in a situation where it is impossible to avoid contact even if they desperately want to.
But you also have to be fair... the "right" braking point for one person is not necessarily the right braking point for the other. It depends on different things like line or car. There is e.g. Especially in Deep Forrest at least 3 lines through the first sector, all 3 of which can be fast, but not every line is possible/fast with every car.

The tip to watch the race again afterwards can definitely help to see it a little more clearly.

But I've also intentionally kicked drivers out and I stand by that, no matter how they complain after the race.
If someone drives in a totally antisocial manner, then he has to live with the fact that I'll show him where the grass is at some point.

A very important POINT and everyone MUST learn this, if the man behind you can overtake because he is faster, then it is NOT CORRECT to constantly change the line and thereby prevent the man behind you from overtaking.
There were also nice videos in GTS that unfortunately are not available here. Blocking an obviously faster driver several times is just NOT OK and whoever does that to me too often, especially if it's not about first but a place in the middle of the field or something, then I'll get mad.

I can understand the fierce "fight" for first place, but if a player prevents me from progressing, then he's in my way and gets cleared out of the way after a while.
 
This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races: A La Kart

Despite originally stating that the Gran Turismo 7 Daily Races would be “updated at irregular intervals”, another new set has arrived for the third Monday in a row — just as they did with GT Sport...
 
When I'm following very closely I take a different line into the corner so any difference in braking doesnt cause an accident, or I intentionally brake earlier than my normal braking zone.

Being forced into a dangerous overtake is not worth it. You entered the vortex of danger without any clear intent, so he didn't anticipate it which is fair. And he's allowed to brake a bit earlier. You want your overtakes to be planned affairs.

Following safely is another part of racing. You don't really want your race to end or be compromised just because someone braked a bit earlier.
Sorry but I don't think you understood. The corner is a hairpin, the driver in front took the regular racing line, which is outside-inside-outside. It is a heavy braking zone and they braked so early that contact was going to happen before any space on the outside opened up. So my options are to go onto the grass on the outside (which could have still easily resulted in contact), simply make contact with the back of their car (which would have caused them to hit the driver in front of them), or dive into the only on-track space available which was on the inside.

There was no option to take a different line, yes I am the driver behind but as soon as the drivers in front make the mistake of braking too early, and 10metres is significantly early, there is literally nothing I can do, by the time I react to it we have already reached the correct braking point and it is too late for me to not overshoot the driver in front. I am trying to overtake these players, this is a 5 lap sprint and I do not have the liberty of being patient on a track which really only has two good opportunities to overtake each lap.

Should I have slowed down even earlier? Technically this was an option but my point which you have overlooked is that in B DR lobbies players are going to make unexpected mistakes. Me not braking even earlier you could argue is a mistake but it still doesn't mean that I was recklessly divebombing up the inside. Which is the point of my post, sometimes these contacts which feel intentional or irresponsible are simple racing incidents where neither driver is really to blame. As I said, I did actually brake slightly before the actual braking point, and in race conditions I am having to spend as much energy defending my position from the driver behind as I am on overtaking the driver in front.

It's ironic that you say that it's fair that the driver did not anticipate the overtake, because in the exact same race I myself braked slightly too early going into the same corner, and by keeping an eye on the radar I observed that the driver behind had braked slightly too late and had moved up my inside as it was the best option to avoid contact. Observing that this driver was now on my inside I proceeded to give space by taking a wider line. Contact was avoided and we were still side by side going into turn 1 on the next lap, where space was once again given to each other. If we make contact is it the other driver's fault? Doesn't really matter that much when it's me who's being spun off by the contact.

My point is that drivers are going to make mistakes, they are going to get close to one another while trying to overtake, and it is irresponsible to just take the racing line through every corner and cry foul if anyone ever makes contact with you from behind.
 
I can't wait to go off at Sheene curve every lap :D

Does anyone know if it has a chance to rain at Brands? Looks pretty overcast on the stream I saw.
 
Well well, looks like i am spending time online this week, a track i know and i got a few GR3 cars that wants to be stretched. Best part is that Penalties are back, and those of us that lived through no penalties have learned our lesson..

See you in the grass!
 
I wish more people used other cars than what's #1 on the leaderboard..
At this point in the game, I just don't have the credits to buy a bunch of meta cars....I'll just race what I have in the stable. Once I have a comfortable cushion of credits (Saving up for my unicorn so that is the priority), then I will round out the stables of Gr3 and Gr4.
 
Just done some of Race A on my lunch, quite fun...if you can survive you should do well from what ive seen
 
Back