GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[brockie]

Thank you, it’s like a switch stuff I do makes things hurt for way way longer and in awkward ways!

You guys are smashing it, and having fun! I’ve done a few of the radical races and honestly that’s my type of race, a little more grip wouldn’t hurt especially for closer grids as it gives some flexibility, but just a lovely race and you don’t have to do the double shift in race, it’s more a QT thing and so hit and miss a bit meh.

Because of my shoulder I’ve had to knock my FFB right back but I can’t find my normal pace like that.

Make hay while the sunshine’s x x

Yeah, the age old grip thing, that race would be a lot easier if the damn thing held better on a few corners! Like the mini eau rouge! @NevilleNobody great description!

But tons of fun nonetheless 😁

 

[benjoi84]

After quitting on Fuji fairly early I’ve been having a blast of a time at Sardegna in that Radical, race A is where it’s at these days for me, I know it’s a bit dependent on liked tracks and not liked tracks and recently B has been pony apart from the Glen, Road Atlanta, DTS.

But race A standouts for me recently have been the civic at the glen, civic at Tokyo, that little microwave looking thing at Suzuka and the old banger on the Swiss alps

Every now and again, like this week a peach of a track and car combo presents itself and as I like sticking with one track all week, I’m dialling in at sardegna, got it down to a 1.00.3xx today, a whisker below @newmedia_dev but still a way to go to get @benjoi84 super impressive time.

Wow thanks for the shout-out! I really, really wish I could crack the 59's at Sardegna but having an amazing time nonetheless. In many of my races that have crashed and burned I have, in all honesty, been guilty of making some small bad decision which came back to haunt me.

Generally I think all the elbows and the disappearing optimism are all part of what makes Race A. You just have to roll with the punches.

What I have a greater wish for than anything else is that this apparently niche quickness I tend to find in strange cars could be transferred to racing cars, but alas.

 

[Voodoovaj]

I can’t agree more, once you get outside of the whole DR/SR thing and remember it’s about races to results (credits, sr and dr aren’t the goal)

Interesting point, but I cannot disagree more.

Credits become less important over time, as your collection grows, so I can give you that one.

The SR and DR though, that is absolutely the goal. That's what gives the races meaning. Like, remember the GT6 dailies? No matchmaking. It was a mess of people mish-mashed together. It was a novelty, but hardly meaningful. The DR puts you in races against your peers, and it makes the race worthwhile, even addictive.

IMHO, DR is like a championship (It's funny, I just posted something similar today).

In any real race, the racers have to think big picture. How many times has a racer chosen the smart move of finishing second or third in order to score points toward an overall championship? Then there's the folks that throw an entire race away because they refuse to settle for one position less. A higher DR is an indicator of, not only your ability, but of your consistency.

And, of course, with SR being a limiting factor, it's something that you have to care about, because as we all know, if you don't care, your DR also suffers, and you're back to racing in rooms you don't belong in.

 

[brockie]

Wow thanks for the shout-out! I really, really wish I could crack the 59's at Sardegna but having an amazing time nonetheless. In many of my races that have crashed and burned I have, in all honesty, been guilty of making some small bad decision which came back to haunt me.

Generally I think all the elbows and the disappearing optimism are all part of what makes Race A. You just have to roll with the punches.

What I have a greater wish for than anything else is that this apparently niche quickness I tend to find in strange cars could be transferred to racing cars, but alas.

Keep going bro, if you can get the time you got, a 59 is in you, somewhere, even by fluke 🤣

I’ve studied all sorts of fast times, tidgney video and I don’t think I can squeeze more than my 1.00.3xx

As we come to the weekend, qualifying is out and I’m in race trim only so I’ll have to settle.

Good weekends racing everyone

 

[ShiftingGears]

How do I stop the wheel vibrating on the back straight of nurburgring

I have a dd pro and it is oscillating violently

 

[Gurzu]

As predicted, I didn't put not even a sinlge lap this week. I've rather spent the time making some liveries. Here's the one for the Gr.4 650S, hoping to have soon this model as meta somewhere in the future (like eventually was for the Aston at Kyoto). During the weekend i'll may remove some dust from the rig and try some race A and B. For C I see mysef only "QT-ing".

@Voodoovaj On the DR/SR/Credits point, I'm with Glen on that. Some of my best races in terms of pure fun (I mean when you end the race with a huge smile on your face and keep smiling like an idiot afterwards, with your "sweet half" asking you: What's goin on?), among a total of ar 600 races started, were A races. This year in particular there were some very nice combos. (Daytona oval on the Superbird f.i.)
It's true that when you improve your DR or SR rating there's a sense of achievement that can't be denied. Still, I see Races A like Club races or Track-day events wich with I grew up on Sky tv (before it became Eurosport). Eventually it's always a certain amount of petrolheads meeting at a venue, racing and seing who's getting 1st at the finish line.

Enjoy your racing weekend, guys.

How do I stop the wheel vibrating on the back straight of nurburgring

I have a dd pro and it is oscillating violently

Reducing FFB torque's response and sensitivity. It's car/class related; try the Dodge Tomahawk at SSRX and you'll understand.

 

[Voodoovaj]

@Voodoovaj On the DR/SR/Credits point, I'm with Glen on that. Some of my best races in terms of pure fun (I mean when you end the race with a huge smile on your face and keep smiling like an idiot afterwards, with your "sweet half" asking you: What's goin on?), among a total of ar 600 races started, were A races. This year in particular there were some very nice combos. (Daytona oval on the Superbird f.i.)
It's true that when you improve your DR or SR rating there's a sense of achievement that can't be denied. Still, I see Races A like Club races or Track-day events wich with I grew up on Sky tv (before it become Eurosport). Eventually it's always a certain amount of petrolheads meeting at a venue, racing a seing who's getting 1st at the finish line.

There's two different points here. Whether a race is entertaining is one point, and the overarching goal of the game is another.

I would argue that the fun comes from being properly matched. I've had fun/engaging races in A, B, and C depending on my own performance and who I may be racing with.

If you pull a massive lead, that isn't fun. Also, if you get punted by a noob, that isn't fun. So, even in Race A, that matchmaking matters, ergo the DR matters. You wouldn't have those fun races without it.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Wow quite the night in Race A, a few flag to flag wins and got my SR back up to S, I enter a more competitive room and notice a lot of pre-game chat niggle. The single dirtiest race ever, two blokes in there pit maneuvering everyone, it was absolute bedlam.

I realise the pit move is sneaky as it by-passes the penalty system being side on side (which is stupidly allowed) but I am lost as to how a bloke can absolutely PUNT someone off at the last turn, right up the clacker, and not cop a penalty, I just don't understand how folks game the system so well. How do they do it? It was straight front to rear contact and really hard.

Touched on this before but really enjoy these cars and would like to see more of this type of lowish powered, lightweight racing but not with road cars so to speak.

 

[newmedia_dev]

So, even in Race A, that matchmaking matters, ergo the DR matters. You wouldn't have those fun races without it.

I think there was a misunderstanding of what my point was.

The first point of racing is to race and try to win it. That is the entire aim of any type of race in the world be it horse racing, bike racing 100m sprint etc.

Then there is your rankings which is used to match make people with similar levels. These are important but are just by products of clean competitive racing and strong finishing positions, in and of themselves are not the point of the race.

 

[Tazzy-91]

What's the odds that in 2 weeks daily race A will be the Suzuki super carry Kei truck...5 laps of Tsukuba 🤔🤔🤔🤣
Or 3 laps of Tokyo expressway even 😉

 

[newmedia_dev]

And I bet the TT the following week is the 812 at somewhere like LM

 

[TechnoIsLove]

Lol at my Fuji efforts... I spent around 35 laps to get to my 1:39:7 and considering that my friend LB is made up of very decent drivers (except the guy directly below me in P4) - considering my LB position, I expected to at least not start dead last in a race... And the driving technique of quite a few players was to shove you off or block you if you exit a corner faster and are about to pass them...

 

[Childe Roland]

Im having a blast at the nords 😎
Recently, I made it into the 6 mins club with a non meta car and I couldnt be more happy about it!

This time should put me ahead of the weekend warriors to come so I should be safe of the usual sunday shenanigans.

Racing at the nords is a love/hate thing but with this combo in particular it has been all love for me
Im planning to race a lot this weekend.

 

[brockie]

There's two different points here. Whether a race is entertaining is one point, and the overarching goal of the game is another.

I would argue that the fun comes from being properly matched. I've had fun/engaging races in A, B, and C depending on my own performance and who I may be racing with.

If you pull a massive lead, that isn't fun. Also, if you get punted by a noob, that isn't fun. So, even in Race A, that matchmaking matters, ergo the DR matters. You wouldn't have those fun races without it.

Agree with gurzu and newmedia comments but this is correct too, it’s everything together isn’t it

But I would also say, spending a week racing at BS with great racers and a good amount of wins is the pinnacle, jumping on the back of that into AS and starting 13th on the very best time you can muster is no fun at all 😁

Each to their own way I would say

 

[newmedia_dev]

Lol at my Fuji efforts... I spent around 35 laps to get to my 1:39:7 and considering that my friend LB is made up of very decent drivers (except the guy directly below me in P4) - considering my LB position, I expected to at least not start dead last in a race... And the driving technique of quite a few players was to shove you off or block you if you exit a corner faster and are about to pass them...

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Clean Race bonus….fairly easy to get when you are so much slower and starting from the back. Good job. 👍

 

[Voodoovaj]

Agree with gurzu and newmedia comments but this is correct too, it’s everything together isn’t it

But I would also say, spending a week racing at BS with great racers and a good amount of wins is the pinnacle, jumping on the back of that into AS and starting 13th on the very best time you can muster is no fun at all 😁

Each to their own way I would say

Well, it's relative. What you're do in B, I'm doing in A+. Most races this week have been the top 4-6 nose to tail for the full five laps.


On a different point, I need to figure out where my pace has gone. 🤔

I've started on pole a few times and I can't get under mid 1:40 for some reason. My fast laps this week have been in the mid 1:39's, so I'm losing a second somewhere. I've had 3 wins this week, and none from pole. This seems to be a trend with me. I get out of the gate well early in the week and my pace slows through the week while others get faster. 🤔

 

[newmedia_dev]

I get out of the gate well early in the week and my pace slows through the week while others get faster. 🤔

I’m the same, it goes one of two ways, I land a time that keeps me at the sharp end early and ride that out, or I get a time I struggle to improve on so spend the the week going backwards.

Pretty much how my TT results go, I’m either on fire early or it’s a real grind late on.

Edit:

@Voodoovaj lower A/A+ splits in NA are comparable to high B/A splits in Europe/EMEA just on pace and volume and considering our region has literally some of the fastest time trial specialists and streamers so it’s not easy to compare apples to apples just by pure DR ranking outside of the top splits.

 

[NevilleNobody]

Anyone notice in Race A the car has no grip through mini Eau Rouge on lap 1, same for qualifying, clearly the tyres are cold. Lap 1 I have to breathe the throttle, lap 2 I can go flat.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Anyone notice in Race A the car has no grip through mini Eau Rouge on lap 1, same for qualifying, clearly the tyres are cold. Lap 1 I have to breathe the throttle, lap 2 I can go flat.

It’s a fairly normal thing, lap 1 the weight is different with fuel and the tires start at 2 diff temperatures between QT and Race

Edit: so unsurprisingly the tires warm up and you lose fuel and the car feels better.

 

[benjoi84]

Wading into the discussion (a bit late) about DR and SR with @newmedia_dev and @Voodoovaj , I have to say that they are NOT the goal. The goal is to have fun, (clearly the Daily Race payouts show us it isn't about them either).

SR is something you earn, and the goal is to maintain this as high as possible for as long as possible, DR is used as a MATCHMAKING TOOL and as such is not something that should be sand-bagged, unlike SR. So many times I've seen people racing in lobbies far too fast for their ability/racecraft level thanks to the "ranking-up is the goal" mentality. DR is much like the tide of the ocean, it goes up and down, it doesn't have a 'correct' number for each player.

Just my two cents

 

[Davette]

Wading into the discussion (a bit late) about DR and SR with @newmedia_dev and @Voodoovaj , I have to say that they are NOT the goal. The goal is to have fun, (clearly the Daily Race payouts show us it isn't about them either).

SR is something you earn, and the goal is to maintain this as high as possible for as long as possible, DR is used as a MATCHMAKING TOOL and as such is not something that should be sand-bagged, unlike SR. So many times I've seen people racing in lobbies far too fast for their ability/racecraft level thanks to the "ranking-up is the goal" mentality. DR is much like the tide of the ocean, it goes up and down, it doesn't have a 'correct' number for each player.

Just my two cents

True. Sounds crazy but I hope my dr doesn’t fly up or I won’t learn much and be pummeled

 

[Mc_Yavel]

Hey guys, I just did my 2 000th race. All in less than a year. I got the PS5 and GT7 in June last year.

Clean Races: 19% wish it was higher🙄
Fastest Lap: 14%
Pole Position: 6%
Wins: 9.95 % Tried hard to get that last missing win to round 10.
Top 5 finish: 55% Happy with this one considering I race a lot from the back of the field.

Cheers

 

[Davette]

Hey guys, I just did my 2 000th race. All in less than a year. I got the PSand GT7 in June last year.

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Clean Races: 19% wish it was higher🙄
Fastest Lap: 14%
Pole Position: 6%
Wins: 9.95 % Tried hard to get that last missing win to round 10.
Top 5 finish: 55% Happy with this one considering I race a lot from the back of the field.

Cheers

Thats good stats.how often do you play. I’ve been on two months. Went on a gr3 race and crashed my dr. Still. Enjoying online taking the bumps on the chin

 

[Voodoovaj]

SR is something you earn, and the goal is to maintain this as high as possible for as long as possible, DR is used as a MATCHMAKING TOOL and as such is not something that should be sand-bagged, unlike SR.

Just my two cents

Sure, but let's say someone crushes their DR to play in slower rooms. If you win, is it worth anything? Yes, I know, some people are in it to win it, and that's all. Me, I want it to be meaningful.

Even if the Americas are generally slower that EMEA

 

[Mc_Yavel]

Thats good stats.how often do you play. I’ve been on two months. Went on a gr3 race and crashed my dr. Still. Enjoying online taking the bumps on the chin

3-4 races everyday, way more on my week days off. GT is my go to game but it's not the only thing I play. So when I start playing another game, GT is on the shelf for a couple of days until the craving brings me back to it. When I restart the game after a break, I'm missing pace. Take a couple of race to feel fast again.

GR.3 cars is a competitive category. Looks like the majority of players always want to race GR.3. I do like them but I don't really win anything with them.

 

[brockie]

Hey guys, I just did my 2 000th race. All in less than a year. I got the PS5 and GT7 in June last year.

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Clean Races: 19% wish it was higher🙄
Fastest Lap: 14%
Pole Position: 6%
Wins: 9.95 % Tried hard to get that last missing win to round 10.
Top 5 finish: 55% Happy with this one considering I race a lot from the back of the field.

Cheers

Decent stats mate, I generally had the idea 10% races to wins ratio was my target, 1 win in 10, manageable expectations.

Those top 5 stats are super impressive and that the key one for me so you’re always progressing.

Just think we’ll have to start them again for GT8 😱

 

[bone_tone]

Anyone notice in Race A the car has no grip through mini Eau Rouge on lap 1, same for qualifying, clearly the tyres are cold. Lap 1 I have to breathe the throttle, lap 2 I can go flat.

I've noticed it too. I've been caught out a few times by people braking there too, when I'm going flat out!

 

[Wannablackbee]

Small rant here. Race C at Nords. What is up with those A+ drivers not qualifying, starting at the back only to punt their way up the grid while not caring about damage because they are going to finish in the top 3 anyways? A 25 minutes, 3 laps battle fate decided in the the first 2 corners every lobby tonite. I even saw in one of my replays that two drivers waited for each other to pit maneuver themselves at the starting line. Those A and A+ ricers tried to take the other one out in the first 3 turns. They managed to avoid penalties by using the hitting the side of the car tactic. They lost so much time but that did not stop them to finish high in the grid due to other drivers losing postions after battling a narrow track instead of making a slip train. Talking about slipstream, damage does not seem to penalize the cars as they are still gaining speed from slipstream. So you can do whatever you please in that race, no rules to follow except to pit once.

I like the track and the combo but I was really surprised with what some drivers are getting away with. Kind of combo where you can get from 1st to last to 1st again in the same race does not make sense to me. Something feels off. I naively believed that the decisive battles would be on the Döttinger Höhe. Which did not happen.

I am not really sure about that, but I think the 3 or 4 last updates changes seems to have opened the doors of DR A to a lot more drivers. Could it be the grippier physics or increased points cap? Well, I might be wrong but there seems to be more and more DR A drivers and it does affect the race craft quality. In regards of numbers of players for each DR rank, I would really like to see the player base statistics from lets say November 2024 to April 2025 to see if there is any player migrating pattern.

 

[brockie]

Check this out guys, last few laps chasing down an AS driver, this guy has been my nemesis all week, nicked it right at the end.

The race just prior to this one, me, him and the third placed guy had a great race, I lost the lead and the other guy won, so this was extra special

 

[Tuono_GT]

Does anyone know how to get a DR rating reversed after a race (Race C)?

Came home in 4th (started 6th) and my DR rating has gone down! 🤔🤷‍♂️ Never seen that before... very strange.

So, if anyone knows how I can get that PD fauxpas reversed, please let me know. Thanks