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Here's my final best lap for the Race A that just ended where I finished third in the US without doing the ASM toggle exploit.


For the new Race A i will need a lot of practice before I feel confident providing anything worthwhile but I'm pretty confident saying that the regulations are more user friendly than the previous week with tuning which should hopefully make the racing a lot closer and more people want to compete.
 
hyperspeed980
Daily A has tuning again?! Seems you cannot stop the absolute heart and soul of the GT franchise, because it will find a way to survive!
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They're giving us back recipes we thought were lost to time. It aint going down without a fight!!

DR is on, nothing is level locked, the car is avaliable to buy. No excuses now!

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That was close! After the first 2 laps i recognized that i didn't check the race info. I thought I'll just follow the leader. If he stops. But he fumbled and got out of the race. With me in the lead i got nervous if i had to pit. Thanks! :lol:

Oh. I won! :D

Edit: Thank God for the long straight to write in the forum!
 
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So decided to use the NSX for race B, got myself a fairly ok time for day 1, 1.56.5xx, started second back but hopefully as the week goes I can’t a second which looks to be what I need to start top half.

Fezzik
I'd give it a go if it wasn't Eiger. Hate that circuit.
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You should try it mate, it was fun on some of the other dailies I remember however that car looks a handful virtually drifting around there 😁 can’t see the Glen keeping me going all week so I’ll try this one.
 
Did 2 races C from the back in the Peugeot RCZ: First one P15 start, P6 finish in a mixed B/C lobby. I was the victim of several crashes. Second race I won from P13! To be fair my fastest lap was as quick as the polesitters quali time, so I knew I had podium pace. Still felt like a mine field to navigate through.
 
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I don't know how they've done it, but they've outdone themselves in Race A, three weeks in a row.

For the first time in my GT career, i've actually dove into some self-tuning. I've had a look at some of the community tips and leaderboard setups and come up with my own Frankenstein's Monster of a setup. Continuously updating as I go, I might even be learning something!
 
NevilleNobody
Bathurst it is then, I suspect the qualifying and race car may be different to enable passing. MR cars will be fast across the top but you need power to pass into the chase or griffins bend.
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Just got out of a B/B Lobby.
Top cars in qualifying were the 911 (both 2022 and 2017 versions), the Beetle, and the Ferrari 296. Nobody that wasn't mid or rear engine qualified in the top 5. One Mercedes in the top 10.

Top 3 were 2022 911, Ferrari (myself), Beetle. Rounding out top 5 was another 911 and another Ferrari. The Mercedes finished 7th as the highest placing non-mid / non-rear engine.

I think both the 2022 911 and the 296 will be strong contenders for both qualifying and race times. That and they're both a blast to drive here. They flow incredibly nice across the top of the mountain.
 
art3mis
Just got out of a B/B Lobby.
Top cars in qualifying were the 911 (both 2022 and 2017 versions), the Beetle, and the Ferrari 296. Nobody that wasn't mid or rear engine qualified in the top 5. One Mercedes in the top 10.

Top 3 were 2022 911, Ferrari (myself), Beetle. Rounding out top 5 was another 911 and another Ferrari. The Mercedes finished 7th as the highest placing non-mid / non-rear engine.

I think both the 2022 911 and the 296 will be strong contenders for both qualifying and race times. That and they're both a blast to drive here. They flow incredibly nice across the top of the mountain.
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Hmmmmm, I am a big fan of the Beetle so may use it to qualify but feel it'd get eaten on the two big straights.
 
NevilleNobody
Hmmmmm, I am a big fan of the Beetle so may use it to qualify but feel it'd get eaten on the two big straights.
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Your mileage may vary. I found in my lobby that the Beetle had enough acceleration to pull away from the more grunt heavy cars such that they could maintain a gap down Conrod and Mountain straights.
I think it's dependent on nailing your corner exits and braking zones though so high floor high ceiling kinda racing.
 
It's more the opposite scenario, you get a good exit, right int he tow but run out of lungs and cannot pass. Looking at Tidge's video, that Jag is a bullet in a straight line. I use the Beetle at Barcelona and inevitably get a great run off the last corner, all over guys in front of me then..... just not enough top end.
 
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It's more the opposite scenario, you get a good exit, right int he tow but run out of lungs and cannot pass. Looking at Tidge's video, that Jag is a bullet in a straight line. I use it at Barcelona and inevitably get a great run off the last corner, all over guys in front of me then..... just not enough top end.
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The RCZ has a good top end speed - had a drag with a 911 out of turn 1, side by side until about half way down the straight, then the RCZ pulls ahead....
 
Well the bad news is I’ve haven’t finished a race at the Glen in 2 attempts, bottom of A is brutal!

The good news is I’ll be back in B in no time 😁 I’m sticking with this NSX.

Tried race A and that’s rumbling the hell out of my rig! I’ll have a play with some set ups as the week goes as there seems to be some radical uses of the gears going on 🤣
 
brockie
Well the bad news is I’ve haven’t finished a race at the Glen in 2 attempts, bottom of A is brutal!

The good news is I’ll be back in B in no time 😁 I’m sticking with this NSX.

Tried race A and that’s rumbling the hell out of my rig! I’ll have a play with some set ups as the week goes as there seems to be some radical uses of the gears going on 🤣
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The NSX is good, it’s not meta though so just keep that in mind.

The tuning thing i did a few laps and yeah its fine

But I do me and peeps do peeps so fair play
 
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Personally I've found that "meta" is really only applicable in High A to A+ lobbies. Below A skill with the car you like is more important than whether or not you're in the meta car.
 
I dunno man, in a high B room a few tenths can make a big difference, the racing is pretty tight.

Interesting night at the mountain. Looked at my friends list and also calculated 2.5pc from what i thought was the top time in the world and figured a low 2.04 would be a decent lap. Last time we raced here was groupn4 and i was unusually slow, really struggling to keep pace, I think the low hp, high grip nature of group 4 meant guys were laying on the power well before the apex and I couldn't adapt.

Tried the trusty beetle, ran a mid 2.04, felt it had quite a bit more in it. Tried the 296, first time ibhad driven it and yeah it just felt odd,. Grabbed the Jag and holy smokes, instantly felt fantastic, like REALLY strong. It just felt right and I could trust it braking into the dipper. Within 6 laps i ran a 2.03.1 with a 2.02.7 optimal. Im thinking jebus, I'm at 1pc here. Then I realised I messed up and looked at the wrong time, I was still just over 2.5pc dammit. Still, not bad.

Then tried the 992, this felt even faster pretty much everywhere except top end but I just could not attack the dipper at all, or the heavy braking into skyline before it. Moved the BB forward but still, no confidence at all and when I pushed I binned it.

Ran a race and has p2 in a high B room, pressured P1 into a mistake and then had a fight with a ery rapid Mexican in a 992. He was all over me so I pit lap 4 to avoid being undercut, I kept p1 after he stopped but again he was all over me. I ran a tiny bit wide at Mcphillamy and he cleanly passed me, he won by 3 seconds. Kudos to a clean racer.

He was eating me alive at T1, getting on the power earlier and harder. I was faster T2 but the porsche is so good across the top, especially through the 3 fast left handers. The jag understeer a tad at forests elbow too which hurts. Its strengths are good power and exits through medium speed corners like the Murray's (final corner) or T2 for example.

Ill try the 992 and beetlebagain but I suspect itll be the jag this week.

 
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KAlex122
That was close! After the first 2 laps i recognized that i didn't check the race info. I thought I'll just follow the leader. If he stops. But he fumbled and got out of the race. With me in the lead i got nervous if i had to pit. Thanks! :lol:

Oh. I won! :D

Edit: Thank God for the long straight to write in the forum!
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Hold on - how quickly are you typing to write during the straight? :lol: :lol:

brockie
Well the bad news is I’ve haven’t finished a race at the Glen in 2 attempts, bottom of A is brutal!

The good news is I’ll be back in B in no time 😁 I’m sticking with this NSX.

Tried race A and that’s rumbling the hell out of my rig! I’ll have a play with some set ups as the week goes as there seems to be some radical uses of the gears going on 🤣
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Oh no what happened? Are you still happy with the Glen even with the shorter nature?
NevilleNobody
I dunno man, in a high B room a few tenths can make a big difference, the racing is pretty tight.

Interesting night at the mountain. Looked at my friends list and also calculated 2.5pc from what i thought was the top time in the world and figured a low 2.04 would be a decent lap. Last time we raced here was groupn4 and i was unusually slow, really struggling to keep pace, I think the low hp, high grip nature of group 4 meant guys were laying on the power well before the apex and I couldn't adapt.

Tried the trusty beetle, ran a mid 2.04, felt it had quite a bit more in it. Tried the 296, first time ibhad driven it and yeah it just felt odd,. Grabbed the Jag and holy smokes, instantly felt fantastic, like REALLY strong. It just felt right and I could trust it braking into the dipper. Within 6 laps i ran a 2.03.1 with a 2.02.7 optimal. Im thinking jebus, I'm at 1pc here. Then I realised I messed up and looked at the wrong time, I was still just over 2.5pc dammit. Still, not bad.

Then tried the 992, this felt even faster pretty much everywhere except top end but I just could not attack the dipper at all, or the heavy braking into skyline before it. Moved the BB forward but still, no confidence at all and when I pushed I binned it.

Ran a race and has p2 in a high B room, pressured P1 into a mistake and then had a fight with a ery rapid Mexican in a 992. He was all over me so I pit lap 4 to avoid being undercut, I kept p1 after he stopped but again he was all over me. I ran a tiny bit wide at Mcphillamy and he cleanly passed me, he won by 3 seconds. Kudos to a clean racer.

He was eating me alive at T1, getting on the power earlier and harder. I was faster T2 but the porsche is so good across the top, especially through the 3 fast left handers. The jag understeer a tad at forests elbow too which hurts. Its strengths are good power and exits through medium speed corners like the Murray's (final corner) or T2 for example.

Ill try the 992 and beetlebagain but I suspect itll be the jag this week.

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I do enjoy how detailed you go into these breakdowns, I need to branch out my car usage when I get back to racing next week, only really used 4 cars so far - both 911's, C4 and WRX.

art3mis
Personally I've found that "meta" is really only applicable in High A to A+ lobbies. Below A skill with the car you like is more important than whether or not you're in the meta car.
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I kind of agree with this as well, I was using the Atenza last week in B and the META seemed to be the C4 but I just couldn't control it around the corners, think I just got too used to be heavy footed with how stable the atenza was.


No racing for me this week as I’m off to Uk in the morning, but have been grinding the UAE time trial we have for the live event at GTWS end of March. Got my quali on the hards down to 1.56.4xx from 1.57.5xx with hours of grinding.

Need to finish in the top 24 of the country to qualify for the live event and currently sitting 14th but there’s 5 more days and I’ve got no more time to put into it so pretty sure I will drop out of the running but there’s a small chance I won’t 🤞 there’s 4 tenths between me and the cut off.
 

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Hold on - how quickly are you typing to write during the straight? :lol: :lol:


Oh no what happened? Are you still happy with the Glen even with the shorter nature?

I do enjoy how detailed you go into these breakdowns, I need to branch out my car usage when I get back to racing next week, only really used 4 cars so far - both 911's, C4 and WRX.


I kind of agree with this as well, I was using the Atenza last week in B and the META seemed to be the C4 but I just couldn't control it around the corners, think I just got too used to be heavy footed with how stable the atenza was.


No racing for me this week as I’m off to Uk in the morning, but have been grinding the UAE time trial we have for the live event at GTWS end of March. Got my quali on the hards down to 1.56.4xx from 1.57.5xx with hours of grinding.

Need to finish in the top 24 of the country to qualify for the live event and currently sitting 14th but there’s 5 more days and I’ve got no more time to put into it so pretty sure I will drop out of the running but there’s a small chance I won’t 🤞 there’s 4 tenths between me and the cut off.
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Once I actually finish a race b I’ll let you know 🤣
 

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