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Did some qualifying for Race A yesterday. I found it a lot easier to improve my time when I realized that I should avoid downshifting to 2nd gear. Instead, even when 2nd gear is recommended, I do my best to keep it in 3rd. When I do this, I seem to save a ton of time versus downshifting. I think it's because the Focus ST is a stick-shift, right? So it takes a notable amount of time to upshift from 2nd back into 3rd, versus a car with a sequential manual or a DCT.
 
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MIE1992
Did some qualifying for Race A yesterday. I found it a lot easier to improve my time when I realized that I should avoid downshifting to 2nd gear. Instead, even when 2nd gear is recommended, I do my best to keep it in 3rd. When I do this, I seem to save a ton of time versus downshifting. I think it's because the Focus ST is a stick-shift, right? So it takes a notable amount of time to upshift from 2nd back into 3rd, versus a car with a sequential manual or a DCT.
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Check Tidgney's lap guide, it's rather more related to the torque"s delivery of the turbo engine.
 
A_Higher_Place
Glad to see the qualifying times for daily race A have been ruined by wall riding. I'll admit, it's kinda fun for a quirk but it ain't racing..
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It’s been a while but I thought I’d have some Focus ST action. I think the other drivers forget what game they’re in. Our race turned into a demolition derby. At least that was what it felt like at times.

There was not a single car that didn’t need a lot of work in a body shop after that. Abysmal driving.

I got taken out on lap one with a move that looked like the opener of a game of pool. Cars flying off everywhere. In the end, I managed to work my way up and avoid all the shenanigans and finished the race in third. Some drivers lived up to their tag name. Unfortunately, I can’t name them here.

Ps. While awful, it was also kind of funny. But I didn’t want to race with that crowd, so it was just the one race tonight.
 
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Metalgear9493
But getting that perfect release from the wall feels so good🤣.
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Just happened to turn on Rory's stream as he was loading your ghost. He was saying something like "This guy's quick and he won't do it! He won't wallride! He won't do it!".

Then a sad and confused look on his face as his on-screen heart rate monitor steadily rose...
 
bliprunner
Just happened to turn on Rory's stream as he was loading your ghost. He was saying something like "This guy's quick and he won't do it! He won't wallride! He won't do it!".

Then a sad and confused look on his face as his on-screen heart rate monitor steadily rose...
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Lmfao

I will say this mate, there's no way I would have entered this Time Trial If the wall riding was discovered within the first few hours on Monday. But I had no choice seeing as how it was discovered on day 2 and I already ran laps, I need to protect my DG-Edge rating (almost 99).
 
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Metalgear9493
Lmfao

I will say this mate, there's no way I would have entered this Time Trial If the wall riding was discovered within the first few hours on Monday. But I had no choice seeing as how it was discovered on day 2 and I already ran laps, I need to protect my DG-Edge rating (almost 99).
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Bad luck - looks like you're going to have to try again, they've wiped all the times!
 
MOPARbarrett5
People wall riding every lap in race a is yet another reason why sport mode desperately needs a reporting feature for on track issues.
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Everyone that wall rode in my race ended up at the back of the pack. Those that made a proper turn were the ones that lead the race.

I'll admit my QT was set with wall ride (after I saw @Metalgear9493 ghost) but I have yet to achieve the "perfect release" so my normal lap is only 0.1 slower.
 
Looks like Race A is one of those events where releasing the brakes just before the lights go out gives you an advantage at the start.

Seen it a few times this afternoon - although you get a penalty it looks as though the impetus you get from jumping the start is carried through to when you have finished the penalty, thus negating the effect of the penalty.
 
The R8 (my fav MR car in Gr.3) needs some desperate buff.
For this weekly C is a good choice for setting a lap but a terrible choice for the race.

Its weird because on acceleration it suffers from "turbo lag" without a turbo in its engine :lol:
If you put it to drag with another naturally aspirated cars (458 or 911 for example) it gets totally obliterated.

In Interlagos, be prepared to give up one position before the Senna esses almost against every other cars.
I give up on the R8 for that reason and Im sticking with the 458 for the rest of the week.
 
Childe Roland
The R8 (my fav MR car in Gr.3) needs some desperate buff.
For this weekly C is a good choice for setting a lap but a terrible choice for the race.

Its weird because on acceleration it suffers from "turbo lag" without a turbo in its engine :lol:
If you put it to drag with another naturally aspirated cars (458 or 911 for example) it gets totally obliterated.

In Interlagos, be prepared to give up one position before the Senna esses almost against every other cars.
I give up on the R8 for that reason and Im sticking with the 458 for the rest of the week.
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458 feels great around there (my fav Gr3 car though) but I can't get on with the Huracan.
I had a race with 7 different cars in the top 10 finishers 😮 911, 650, RCZ, 458, R8, Huracan and a GT-R.
The racing has been mostly very clean and enjoyable so far - picked up my first Gr3 win in ages too 😎
 
Barney Da Dog
458 feels great around there (my fav Gr3 car though) but I can't get on with the Huracan.
I had a race with 7 different cars in the top 10 finishers 😮 911, 650, RCZ, 458, R8, Huracan and a GT-R.
The racing has been mostly very clean and enjoyable so far - picked up my first Gr3 win in ages too 😎
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The Lambo seems faster here (on the last left hander is a rocket!) but it has worse tyre wear than the 458 (at least with my driving style).
With the lambo I cant do the no tyre change strat and thats why I discarded it.

With the 458 I choose to pit when necessary and I can change tyres or not depending on wich lap I pit and the gaps.

I was skeptical about this combo but its a good one.
 
Childe Roland
The Lambo seems faster here (on the last left hander is a rocket!) but it has worse tyre wear than the 458 (at least with my driving style).
With the lambo I cant do the no tyre change strat and thats why I discarded it.

With the 458 I choose to pit when necessary and I can change tyres or not depending on wich lap I pit and the gaps.

I was skeptical about this combo but its a good one.
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Yeah I've been doing no change of tyres on the 458 and lap times are pretty steady the whole race, some in the 33.7s, but mostly low 34s, even on the last couple of laps.

The race I won was helped immensely by some chaos behind me on lap 1, which gave me a nice 3 second lead by lap 2.

Another race I went from P6 to P2 after stopping on lap 1, then having clean air until the last 2 laps.
 
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Childe Roland
The R8 (my fav MR car in Gr.3) needs some desperate buff.
For this weekly C is a good choice for setting a lap but a terrible choice for the race.

Its weird because on acceleration it suffers from "turbo lag" without a turbo in its engine :lol:
If you put it to drag with another naturally aspirated cars (458 or 911 for example) it gets totally obliterated.

In Interlagos, be prepared to give up one position before the Senna esses almost against every other cars.
I give up on the R8 for that reason and Im sticking with the 458 for the rest of the week.
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Yes had the same experience yesterday. Best lap in the R8 EVO 1:34.501 but only 12th in the race. I tried to make up the time i lost on the straights and was to furious coming out of the turn over steer - counter steer - and off i go.
Haven't tried the older r8 yet.
How did you drive the R8 EVO. I tried break balance O, - 2 , +3,+5. My best time was with +2 and tcs on 2 only for the last corner before the "isn't straight"

Edit: the Citroën has good acceleration and i won the the race with stopping for tyres in lap 7.
I had lap times 1:34.8xx fastest and 1:36.6xx slowest pretty consistent. I pitted being 2,5seconds behind a amg. Came back being p8 but in front of me +11secs and behind me 6 seconds. The amg pitted lap13 and came back 4.8 behind me... The Citroën felt stable all through the race. But i need to know, has any VR User drove it yet,? Going out of the pits i saw the tiny slot which they call windshield.
And an enjoyable clean race.
 
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I think i may have been premature in accepting Group 4 racing back into my life... maybe the week when Fuji was back on the rotation wasn't the best time to do it.

I'm just trying to be open minded.

Up until now I've been totally accepting of my gradual descent back into DR B, no worries. But this week I've had a bit of nostalgia, of a time when the climb up the ladder was all that mattered; first you get the SR, then you get then DR, then you get the fun racing. That's how it works, right?

The circuit doesn't favour an unrefined driving style, and the gaps left on the inside for many of the key corners are just too inviting for the thirsty pack to resist. Especially with their privileged G70-driver status! Who needs to worry about understeer when theres a Jaguar there to catch you?

"Ability not matching ambition" comes to mind. And it's the same story at every key corner.

I understand they've made this category more accessible, and it definitely provides close thrilling racing when the participants are all complicit, but MY WORD these cars couldn't feel much slower than when you're coming around the final corner alone for the 5th time because that guy edged you out whilst making a perfectly valid and well-executed around-the-outside move at Turn 1.
 
Gurzu
A 911 is actually leading the times at Interlagos. I was unsure between the 650s and the 911 for this event. It's a while that I don't drive the mighty RSR, so I think I'll remove some dust from it in the weekend.
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My best qualifying time is in the 911. I have always loved the styling of the 911 throughout the years however, it sure isn’t easy to drive. My problem isnt that it’s not fast, it’s putting consecutive, clean laps together… and then, throw in the bumping and grinding of a race as well as the RH tires and it can get pretty frustrating but, that is my car of choice this week for the C race.
 

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