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Race A needed better tyres imo. The CSs are all over the place. Managed one win today and that might be it for the week.
Well, which type of tires do you like to use in the daily races? Mine are hard because they offer more grip for staying on the road. Medium are fine too, I suppose.
 
Took one look at a track time for race A, realised it was the reverse maggiore variation and decided to stick with the glen this week, laid down a 1.47.8xx

I think it was back in April this same combo, but on Medium, managed a 1.45.5xx that week,

Happy to be back racing!
 
I muss say, I spent August with my mouth watering till the weekends thanks to PD's improvements in settings the races. This week is the same, looking forward to see if I could stay near the 1% delay from WL at Glen. On medium tyres it was + 1.23% this spring.
@NevilleNobody It's not just at Bus stop that "you do the time" (even if there I'm above average and get always a 2-3 tenths buffer against followers). Turn 1 and last are vital + the rigth hairpin up hill before the back straight. There's a lot of time to gain or lose in those three corners.
 
I muss say, I spent August with my mouth watering till the weekends thanks to PD's improvements in settings the races. This week is the same, looking forward to see if I could stay near the 1% delay from WL at Glen. On medium tyres it was + 1.23% this spring.
@NevilleNobody It's not just at Bus stop that "you do the time" (even if there I'm above average and get always a 2-3 tenths buffer against followers). Turn 1 and last are vital + the rigth hairpin up hill before the back straight. There's a lot of time to gain or lose in those three corners.

I think the first and last corners are my worst, my optimum is currently around 1:46.4xx using the meta BMW - I tried the trusty 458 but the M6 is just easier to drive round there, particularly since the physics update. Or maybe it's because I'm getting more familiar with it 🤔 458 may still be ok in a race (haven't raced yet this week)

I did some laps of Suzuka and I'm quite slow - I much preferred the 'old' Gr2 handling. Will persevere though and try to improve...
 
In my (limited) experience, this week's Race A isn't particularity dirty. It's just difficult!!

It suffers from two critical issues in the online ecosystem...

1. Any mistakes/slow downs are more heavily punished in 'slow' cars. You quickly lose the pack even lifting off the accelerator for a few moments. This discourages the fairplay form of giving positions back.

2. Comfort tyres, even Softs, are very slidey. People are losing control with the smallest of errors (and this layout isn't too well known to most players), and affecting the race for others. Quite often this is inviting retaliation, which, of course, is stupid.

Plenty of potential for good racing, nonetheless.
 
This time WG is much more challenging on RH tyres, very hard to push the car too hard for fear of losing it

Got my time down to a 1.47.4xx and there is some time left but not too much,

That was on the back of a race starting with a QT half a sec slower, started 8th and just tried to keep out of trouble.

After I improved my time managed a win but was a tense affair, cars behind between 2 and 5 tenths off all race,

I’ll be here all week 😁
 
This time WG is much more challenging on RH tyres, very hard to push the car too hard for fear of losing it

Got my time down to a 1.47.4xx and there is some time left but not too much,

That was on the back of a race starting with a QT half a sec slower, started 8th and just tried to keep out of trouble.

After I improved my time managed a win but was a tense affair, cars behind between 2 and 5 tenths off all race,

I’ll be here all week 😁
I suggest you to use the TC at 1. It's sort of a live's insurance when hitting (too hard) the kerbs of the second part of Bus stop. In general it avoids wiggles/snaps induced by kerbs also at turn 1 and at the exit of the slow rigth hander after the back straight. If you drive smoothly it doesn't engage if not just on kerbs, so there's no time loss to fear because of it.
 
Not likely. More likely it's low participation - which the low quantity of responses in this thread this morning would also indicate.
So, speaking of low participation, what’s up with almost no current forum posts for Assetto Corsa Competizoni?
Are the on-line daily races/time-trial participation numbers that staggeringly in favor of GT7 or am I missing a link somewhere? Based on the posts in this forum vs others, it must be.
I generally run the GT7 daily races but occasionally move over to ACC just to mix in some other tracks and it seems like fairly good sim. I just tend to learn a lot in the GT7 forum, not the case with ACC.

I would have posted this in the ACC forum but no one would have seen it 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
So, speaking of low participation, what’s up with almost no current forum posts for Assetto Corsa Competizoni?
Are the on-line daily races/time-trial participation numbers that staggeringly in favor of GT7 or am I missing a link somewhere? Based on the posts in this forum vs others, it must be.
I generally run the GT7 daily races but occasionally move over to ACC just to mix in some other tracks and it seems like fairly good sim. I just tend to learn a lot in the GT7 forum, not the case with ACC.

I would have posted this in the ACC forum but no one would have seen it 🤷🏻‍♂️
It’s summer holidays in Europe and this is the last week before the kids start filtering back to school.

The average age of this forum and sim racing to any degree of semi serious involvement is in the more mature bracket.

While correlation isn’t causation I’d just assume it’s quiet as most people are on holiday, preparing for the new term, spending more time with family and playing games generally less.
 
So, speaking of low participation, what’s up with almost no current forum posts for Assetto Corsa Competizoni?
Are the on-line daily races/time-trial participation numbers that staggeringly in favor of GT7 or am I missing a link somewhere? Based on the posts in this forum vs others, it must be.
I generally run the GT7 daily races but occasionally move over to ACC just to mix in some other tracks and it seems like fairly good sim. I just tend to learn a lot in the GT7 forum, not the case with ACC.

I would have posted this in the ACC forum but no one would have seen it 🤷🏻‍♂️
Check on simgrid for ACC! You've got to put the work in for ACC, as to be in competition servers, you need a safety rating of 50!
 
I think this weekly C (I resist to call it daily :D) is not receiving the love that it deserves.
I know this is the most used track of the game and this combo may sound repetitive.

However, with the last BOP now we have 3 competitive cars (GT-R, NSX, Lexus) against the one-make race that we had in the past with the NSX as the only viable option.
GT-R is dominant on the leaderboard but dont underestimate the race pace of the other 2 cars.

Tire managment is the key of this race.
When to push, when to follow and when to pit may vary in every race.
Theres no only option for pit window here trying to maximize the tire wear so we finally have some decent strategy involved!

I strongly suggest to give it a try and if I didnt persuade you, maybe you can trust Digits review.

 
I think this weekly C (I resist to call it daily :D) is not receiving the love that it deserves.
I know this is the most used track of the game and this combo may sound repetitive.

However, with the last BOP now we have 3 competitive cars (GT-R, NSX, Lexus) against the one-make race that we had in the past with the NSX as the only viable option.
GT-R is dominant on the leaderboard but dont underestimate the race pace of the other 2 cars.

Tire managment is the key of this race.
When to push, when to follow and when to pit may vary in every race.
Theres no only option for pit window here trying to maximize the tire wear so we finally have some decent strategy involved!

I strongly suggest to give it a try and if I didnt persuade you, maybe you can trust Digits review.


On my week off after today, so will definitely be getting few races in - would race tonight but have had enough wine to affect braking distances 🍷 🫣

Edit/ enough wine to affect spellings too
 
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I suggest you to use the TC at 1. It's sort of a live's insurance when hitting (too hard) the kerbs of the second part of Bus stop. In general it avoids wiggles/snaps induced by kerbs also at turn 1 and at the exit of the slow rigth hander after the back straight. If you drive smoothly it doesn't engage if not just on kerbs, so there's no time loss to fear because of it.

Surely it also helps getting back on the power at some of the tighter turns (like the uphill off camber right hander heading up the boot, and the tight left hander two turns before the end)? I’m using TC3, tho’ that may be too much (still getting a lot of top 5s in B/S lobbies).

Irl, GT3 cars run with factory TC on so it’s no reflection on one’s skills to use it, especially on RHs.
 
With Watkins Glen back for the week, I will be racing there. I went with the GT-R as I was slower in the BMWs. I set an initial time of 1:48.3XX and off I went.

Race 1 had be in P10 to start. I got bumped by a driver that was also bumped, and that sent me wide for an off track penalty. Nothing I could do abut that really. I finish P11 in the end.

Before race 2, I dropped my time to 1:48.018 had me P8 for the start. Some nice close racing with some contact, but nothing out of the ordinary. I finish P5 with a clean race bonus.

My final race had me in P4 to start. I got to P2 and was trying my best to pass P1. I forgot the lap count and let off the go pedal on the end of lap 4. That cost me 2 spots, but I'll take a top 5 any day of the week.

Looking forward to more good racing at The Glen. Assuming I can count to 5.
 
I suggest you to use the TC at 1. It's sort of a live's insurance when hitting (too hard) the kerbs of the second part of Bus stop. In general it avoids wiggles/snaps induced by kerbs also at turn 1 and at the exit of the slow rigth hander after the back straight. If you drive smoothly it doesn't engage if not just on kerbs, so there's no time loss to fear because of it.
I tried TC1, usually I am always leaving this off and just learning slow inputting but thought I’d give it a go, not sure if I just accelerated harder because I knew TC was on because I had a little rear slip with in on 😁

Good racing though week, definitely lower player count this week as my early morning races are with A+ drivers who are hitting 1.47s in race and it’s a struggle to keep up and I won’t have the chance to race at lunch until the kids go back next week.

Had P4 from P10 though, strange that a few cars bugged out on start but not all
 
any A+ Drivers want to compare Qualifying laps? I’ve never held a world record but really want to. Here’s my daily race B qualifying lap. Anyone know where I can get half a second?



Welcome aboard!! I just subscribed to your channel. I see a lot of interesting videos from where you were doing the weekly challenges, lap time challenges, events and other things in gt7. I'll have to let the pros answer your question. I just watched your lap and I'd say it was really good, maybe 1.44.XXX is possible. The assists won't help you though. Your best move would be to keep the TCS at 0-1. When I get my ps5 back I'll add you to my friends list and we can start comparing laps and helping each other out. Good luck mate.

Enjoy your Wednesday.
 
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