GT7 Daily Race Discussion

[brockie]

Double post

 

[DriftstarE]

Skill issue. It's one of the best race we had, open tuning, great handling car and

Well I guess when ur not racing you can pilot the enterprise with that thing 😁

Skill issue. It's one of the best race we had, open tuning, great handling car and japan aura.

It’s really fun as someone who has the needed car, but for people who don’t they literally can’t do it

 

[Bondwhar]

Lovely to get that firrst W under the belt for the week!!!! Plenty more to come I hope!!!!

Congrats on the W's that's a 50% B lobby there as well!!!!!! Shame no DR as you would have flown up!



Anyone doing race A? What's a competitive time in the B lobbies? I'm in two minds whether to jump in as gettig a bit stale now as I've hammered it and rage quit on first lap twice last after getting punted and then doing donuts trying to angrily get back on the track! This has hammered my DR and taken me down to a B SR

Mate, use Race C to get the SR back! I have noticed loads of racers sitting at the back for this very reason 🤞🏻

 

[Stringerbell]

Mate, use Race C to get the SR back! I have noticed loads of racers sitting at the back for this very reason 🤞🏻

I think I might have to.

Just did a race started in P2, got pushed to pass by P3 and dive bombed by P4 and then raced on my own the rest of it and lost SR 😂😂😂

 

[Famine]

It’s really fun as someone who has the needed car, but for people who don’t they literally can’t do it

You will get one Corolla for free in GT Cafe, and can get a second.

There's also a free Sprinter for completing the free My First Gran Turismo demo, which takes 60 minutes if you're not terrible.

 

[hyperspeed980]

You will get one Corolla for free in GT Cafe, and can get a second.

There's also a free Sprinter for completing the free My First Gran Turismo demo, which takes 60 minutes if you're not terrible.

Apparently these people would rather sell it because it's an "old Toyota" and "absolutely terrible" though.

 

[Stringerbell]

@brockie how deep are we into those two cases? 👀👀

You getting faster or slower 😂😂

 

[newmedia_dev]

Well I guess when ur not racing you can pilot the enterprise with that thing 😁

Make it so!

 

[bone_tone]

Mate, use Race C to get the SR back! I have noticed loads of racers sitting at the back for this very reason 🤞🏻

I've noticed this too.

Had a few races today - first one was all CS (same as me), second was half CS, half BB/BC, third I was the only CS in field of A and A+ 😜

Still managed a P2 finish against the A/A+s though 😀

 

[Childe Roland]

Back to 3x BoP on so I'll be taking my leave. Fun week. Shame they don't have the confidence to keep it going.

I dont blame them.
They seem to offer what people want and participation numbers didnt validate this experiment.
11k players set a time at Tsukuba so far against 67k from last week in Yas Marina

 

[Nebuc72]

I dont blame them.
They seem to offer what people want and participation numbers didnt validate this experiment.
11k players set a time at Tsukuba so far against 67k from last week in Yas Marina

Unfortunately. I don't think the game deserves the playerbase it has. Genuinely think Sport did a ton of damage to the online community. A lot of faceless numbers about now that only show up for the bare minimum.

 

[Bondwhar]

I think I might have to.

Just did a race started in P2, got pushed to pass by P3 and dive bombed by P4 and then raced on my own the rest of it and lost SR 😂😂😂

Go slow Joe and sit and watch and earn SR.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Unfortunately. I don't think the game deserves the playerbase it has. Genuinely think Sport did a ton of damage to the online community. A lot of faceless numbers about now that only show up for the bare minimum.

I think it’s more nuanced than that though.

Accessible racing has to be consistent and bounded and the game PD is playing is volume. So it’s easy to armchair opine but that’s not the real end game for them.

I think personally that more diversity in racing would be good, but I’m also pragmatic in that what they want is a health ecosystem not high fluctuation weeks or races.

And let’s be completely honest month on month the numbers are stable or slightly growing, so racing diversity yes I agree, but the cold hard player engagement speaks to something different and it slants to their favour more than our individual wants.

 

[Nebuc72]

I think it’s more nuanced than that though.

Accessible racing has to be consistent and bounded and the game PD is playing is volume. So it’s easy to armchair opine but that’s not the real end game for them.

I think personally that more diversity in racing would be good, but I’m also pragmatic in that what they want is a health ecosystem not high fluctuation weeks or races.

And let’s be completely honest month on month the numbers are stable or slightly growing, so racing diversity yes I agree, but the cold hard player engagement speaks to something different and it slants to their favour more than our individual wants.

Player engagement =/= community in this sense I'd argue. Look at the old GT5/6 forums - there was a lot more interaction with that side of the game, more people willing to build tunes and engage with stuff like this (like @padrome did sharing his tune).
Course there's the point forums in general died off but it's the same picture in the discords, through streamers etc.

PD didn't use what they had, and so they lost that aspect of the online community by removing the reason for so many to engage with it.
I think if that ever wants to be rebuilt they need to rip the band-aid off and keep stuff like this weeks Race C in every week (though not as a C!)

Course, modern metrics for gaming will never let that happen.

 

[pennanton]

I will opine I do love Race C. Honestly the sort of race I hoped we’d have often when GT7 released and we were supposed have a more ‘traditional’ GT experience.

Some of my fondest memories were these guys that used to run a 1 lap dash of the Nordschleife on GT6 open lobbies ever night. It was a 650pp cap, run what you brung. I sunk so much time in trying out different cars and tunes.

I do appreciate the balance and competition that’s arisen from the Sport/Group/BoP concept - what we have is honestly lightning in a bottle for a console sim. However, there’s honestly only so much I can take of Interlagos/Spa Gr3 with the same cars filling the leaderboard.

Would be great if the Slot A race was open tuning week in, week out. After having completed SP and the power pack being preset cars, would be great to have a space to try different cars and tunes.

 

[brockie]

I will opine I do love Race C. Honestly the sort of race I hoped we’d have often when GT7 released and we were supposed have a more ‘traditional’ GT experience.

Some of my fondest memories were these guys that used to run a 1 lap dash of the Nordschleife on GT6 open lobbies ever night. It was a 650pp cap, run what you brung. I sunk so much time in trying out different cars and tunes.

I do appreciate the balance and competition that’s arisen from the Sport/Group/BoP concept - what we have is honestly lightning in a bottle for a console sim. However, there’s honestly only so much I can take of Interlagos/Spa Gr3 with the same cars filling the leaderboard.

Would be great if the Slot A race was open tuning week in, week out. After having completed SP and the power pack being preset cars, would be great to have a space to try different cars and tunes.

I think we all agree tuning has a place in the dailies, personally it’s not for me and from my experience, the last ones I can remember, a beautiful old mini race around Alsace reversed and a mini truck around Tokyo street were to the point that one part of the suspension jacked so highly for cornering, just to put a time in, it will be abused in the long term. Also the numbers means split lobbies so the ranking really goes out of the window.

I often find when there is more than one race per week I like I don’t excel at any, for the time I have to put into it.

I have enjoyed RBR this week in a different gr3 car, the racing has been fierce but fair, so I’d certainly agree to some kind of bop change which brings a meta change weekly, example being recently we had an Audi TT gr4 come out of nowhere to dominate a race, also there was a Sardegna race where suddenly the gr3 viper took centre stage, agree no point having so many gr3&4 cars and not using them all.

But personally I am here for the staple of gr3/4 racing as the majority probably is too

 

[cyirush]

Has anyone else had lots of game bugs lately? Or is it just me?

I’ve been disconnected from several dailies as the lobby was loading this week. Picture attached.

When I try and save replays, the game freezes sometimes. And when the replays save, the screen is black in the Showcase pavillion, and the replay will disconnect if you try and click ahead a lap (very strange).

And now the game won’t load.

I’ve checked my connection and it’s fine.

 

[Thorson1987]

You will get one Corolla for free in GT Cafe, and can get a second.

There's also a free Sprinter for completing the free My First Gran Turismo demo, which takes 60 minutes if you're not terrible.

Also pretty sure both cars are available in the UCD.

 

[brockie]

Has anyone else had lots of game bugs lately? Or is it just me?

I’ve been disconnected from several dailies as the lobby was loading this week. Picture attached.

When I try and save replays, the game freezes sometimes. And when the replays save, the screen is black in the Showcase pavillion, and the replay will disconnect if you try and click ahead a lap (very strange).

And now the game won’t load.

I’ve checked my connection and it’s fine.

Unfortunately I haven’t seen anything like you describe mate sorry 😞

 

[newmedia_dev]

Has anyone else had lots of game bugs lately? Or is it just me?

I’ve been disconnected from several dailies as the lobby was loading this week. Picture attached.

When I try and save replays, the game freezes sometimes. And when the replays save, the screen is black in the Showcase pavillion, and the replay will disconnect if you try and click ahead a lap (very strange).

And now the game won’t load.

I’ve checked my connection and it’s fine.

There is a PS5 firmware being rolled out gradually, I had the same replay saving crash and then when I updated the firmware it fixed it.

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

Here's a tutorial for my best lap and tune so far for Race C that's currently 27th Worldwide. I'm using automatic transportation and a controller so I don't know if the tune will work for a wheel but I think it's as good as I can get for me.

Use all of the aero parts and roll bars, wide offset and rims with max rim height. It took me over a thousand miles to get a decent lap so don't feel bad if you're not immediately faster.

 

[hyperspeed980]

I think it’s more nuanced than that though.

Accessible racing has to be consistent and bounded and the game PD is playing is volume. So it’s easy to armchair opine but that’s not the real end game for them.

I think personally that more diversity in racing would be good, but I’m also pragmatic in that what they want is a health ecosystem not high fluctuation weeks or races.

And let’s be completely honest month on month the numbers are stable or slightly growing, so racing diversity yes I agree, but the cold hard player engagement speaks to something different and it slants to their favour more than our individual wants.

The player count for the grouped BoP events is higher because that's the crowd PD has fostered with 8 consistent years of running the same thing. Of course they're going to lash out if that formula changes, as we've seen this week with prominent streamers making inflammatory garbage statements that PD have "messed up" with Race C.

If something like Race C is run every week, eventually the tuning community that has been forced out of Sport mode for so long will find a way back in, and we may have something a bit closer to the glory days of GT's online.

I've already seen dozens of people I know, who usually wouldn't dare touch Sport due to how mind-numbing the combos are, returning just to grind out laps on Race C. We've shared tunes, talked about strategies and felt joy with the mode in a way that hasn't been felt for years.

Would you want to take that away because some streamer felt uncomfortable with tuning, in the franchise that was founded on '90s tuning culture?

 

[newmedia_dev]

I literally said “I personally think more diversity in racing would be good”

I’m agreeing with your sentiment I’m just pragmatic that they are making decisions on data not desires. And it is apparent they are reluctant to experiment continually.

 

[Stringerbell]

Go slow Joe and sit and watch and earn SR.

I think this is what tonight is going to be 😂😂

I’m down at SR C and I genuinely can’t see how, bumped the back of a car that over slowed in T2 and got shunted by someone a few turns later and 2 people pushed to pass me and I lose SR 😂

Just bought the Toyota in prep for this eve! Well I hope I’ve bought the right one 😂

 

[brockie]

I think this is what tonight is going to be 😂😂

I’m down at SR C and I genuinely can’t see how, bumped the back of a car that over slowed in T2 and got shunted by someone a few turns later and 2 people pushed to pass me and I lose SR 😂

Just bought the Toyota in prep for this eve! Well I hope I’ve bought the right one 😂

I tuned up a trueno today and had a couple of races to see what the fuss is all about, I have to say, wasn’t too impressed, pole sitter was an AS driver with a low 58 who won by 20 secs each race, doesn’t sound like fun.

Rest of the lobby was a mix between a couple of me BS and rest C&D so I took second with third 10 secs away from me, boring as and took me 200k to do the car.

If there’s a bunch of ppl who love tuning, then didn’t stay out for long

 

[Stringerbell]

I tuned up a trueno today and had a couple of races to see what the fuss is all about, I have to say, wasn’t too impressed, pole sitter was an AS driver with a low 58 who won by 20 secs each race, doesn’t sound like fun.

Rest of the lobby was a mix between a couple of me BS and rest C&D so I took second with third 10 secs away from me, boring as and took me 200k to do the car.

If there’s a bunch of ppl who love tuning, then didn’t stay out for long

Yeah doesn’t sound like fun!

How long did the race last?

 

[brockie]

Around 12 mins? Bit more, wheel feels heavy to its nice to start with but with racing hard may as well be a touring car 😂 sure it would be fun with a whole lobby in the same DR and SR

 

[Uday9479]

I'm sure most must've tried the lightweight Kei cup in weekly challenge races where we can choose among 6 cars to race with. Wish we had such a concept in Race A where we could race with a certain batch of cars. Instead of one specified car, a few cars would add more excitement.

Even a rally race (like the one in a weekly challenge this week) also would be cool for Race A.

 

[brockie]

Ok let’s get some Saturday afternoon RBR on!

Edit. Great matchmaking, me and the rest DR A sorts 🤔 managed to gain 4 places and was DR blue, which was a bonus, I might be entering A status 😁

 

[bone_tone]

Here's a tutorial for my best lap and tune so far for Race C that's currently 27th Worldwide. I'm using automatic transportation and a controller so I don't know if the tune will work for a wheel but I think it's as good as I can get for me.

Use all of the aero parts and roll bars, wide offset and rims with max rim height. It took me over a thousand miles to get a decent lap so don't feel bad if you're not immediately faster.

I used your original tune from Monday with a wheel, and it worked fine. This one is not too far different (apart from the gears, which are very different), so should be fine too for a wheel user I suspect.

Thanks for posting - your original tune has given me a 90% win rate so far! I'll try this one tomorrow and see how it compares.