GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[NevilleNobody]

YOu guys are getting a bit "silly quick" now peeps.

 

[hardvibes]

Tried Race B today and surprisingly I'm quite good. Only Top3 results in my B/S-Lobbies (normally I'm around P8 on other tracks) and not so much carnage then I expected from the others

It's definitely better than last week to gain DR and SR. I might have done 10 races since yesterday and I'm always among the first 6 and can maintain the position. The Aston Martin isn't always easy to handle but it's faster than the Porsche.
No real carnage, people tend to behave compared to the disgraceful Hight Speed Ring race.
I like it so far. I might be a little biased since the track has some sentimental value: in the early 2000s I used to ride my bicycle on it, and sit on the grass by the river (on the left, looking at the city) at the exact same time of the day we see in the game. Plus hearing all the F1 cars of the legendary drivers from my home, 4 km away, was pure joy.

 

[benjoi84]

I can see you lot are busy swinging your sticks around with your incredible quali times (I can't find much more after improving by .086 since yesterday), so instead I'm gonna post a nice bit of racing action. I know this isn't an orthodox overtaking line, but i really had to find a way to benefit from being quicker through the bus-stop, and as a bonus somehow I avoided a penalty. That's a trick I've not been able to replicate, and trust me I've tried



Speaking of avoiding penalties (and things I can't replicate)...

 

[Bondwhar]

Managed to find a little bit of time, better than the half second I am usually away from the top 😁

Edit. And almost had a bunch of DR As 😁

That is fantastic and way way past my ability, well done 👍🏻 🤠

 

[NevilleNobody]

Mixed bag tonight, won a race but should have won 2 more, made silly mistakes in one and was needed wide in the other at t1 and I got the track limit penalty .....I mean really.

Got my QT down to a 14.8, probably my best position (top 500) I can remember having, though i dont do race A often. DR rising rapidly this week.

 

[Stringerbell]

Racecraft question. Which I'm aware is usually situation dependant, but I'll ask for broad strokes?

When racing I'm finding myself taking the optimal line through corners and getting it sent on me and getting hit at the apex, mix of them not braking and me turning in. Now I get it from a tenth or two behind but this is happening a lot to me so with the old adage "if you meet 3 knobheads before midday then you're the knobhead" I assume I am doing something wrong here.

So do you guys take tighter/suboptimal lines if there is someone within 1 second behind just so you are "leaving the door open" and inviting these sends? Just seems like you'll lose the guys in front if you keep doing that?

 

[BuzzdoggZ]

Racecraft question. Which I'm aware is usually situation dependant, but I'll ask for broad strokes?

When racing I'm finding myself taking the optimal line through corners and getting it sent on me and getting hit at the apex, mix of them not braking and me turning in. Now I get it from a tenth or two behind but this is happening a lot to me so with the old adage "if you meet 3 knobheads before midday then you're the knobhead" I assume I am doing something wrong here.

So do you guys take tighter/suboptimal lines if there is someone within 1 second behind just so you are "leaving the door open" and inviting these sends? Just seems like you'll lose the guys in front if you keep doing that?

I have this issue a lot. I do a lot of time time trial and my usual style is to take a very wide line into corners for fast exit. In daily races people just see it as an invite to use your car for wall riding.

When it comes to online races with randoms, Im trying to adjust to never leave an inch on the inside. You will lose some time compared to taking the optimal line, but not as much time as you lose getting shunted wide. If you have a really impatient idiot behind you, sometimes it's just better to let them through and then catch them later when they inevitably bin it.

 

[Stringerbell]

I have this issue a lot. I do a lot of time time trial and my usual style is to take a very wide line into corners for fast exit. In daily races people just see it as an invite to use your car for wall riding.

When it comes to online races with randoms, Im trying to adjust to never leave an inch on the inside. You will lose some time compared to taking the optimal line, but not as much time as you lose getting shunted wide. If you have a really impatient idiot behind you, sometimes it's just better to let them through and then catch them later when they inevitably bin it.

Yeah I'm just trying to work out what to do as I take the same thing as you wide and then early accelerator but at RBR T2 and T3 and Daytona this week everyone is just slinging it in so thinking maybe get tight to the apex and slow out but just feels wrong

 

[bliprunner]

Racecraft question. Which I'm aware is usually situation dependant, but I'll ask for broad strokes?

When racing I'm finding myself taking the optimal line through corners and getting it sent on me and getting hit at the apex, mix of them not braking and me turning in. Now I get it from a tenth or two behind but this is happening a lot to me so with the old adage "if you meet 3 knobheads before midday then you're the knobhead" I assume I am doing something wrong here.

So do you guys take tighter/suboptimal lines if there is someone within 1 second behind just so you are "leaving the door open" and inviting these sends? Just seems like you'll lose the guys in front if you keep doing that?

I make a judgement call usually. If the car behind looks quicker I won't bother defending much. On the last lap maybe but not before then. Get in behind and follow, if you are fast enough to stay with them often they make a mistake and give you back the place.

If I think I'm faster overall, then I make it clear a long way before the corner that the inside is mine by moving across. Let them have a long think about what they want to do around the outside.