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Walter44
Wait. How much time are y'all spending on qualifying?
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Sorry, just to be clear I was mainly responding to this bit...
Image you can only play two hours per week, one hour at a time, but you are way better than me. Then you spend 15 minutes qualifying and 45 minutes racing, twice a week.
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I'm sure there are lots of people who play like this, and that's cool and quite healthy, you don't want to over practice. Better to get out there and race.
 
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Scraped into DR A again last night (5th time now 🤣) after good results at GV last week and also the week before at Trial Mountain.
Was rewarded at Deep Forest by seeing four A+ in Q1-4, headed by Damian Chafe! That was however the only time I saw him though as I started 14th and finished 15th. The comfort of DR B awaits, I think! Would be nice to think I could get comfortable in A but it seems a big step up.
 
Shackster
Scraped into DR A again last night (5th time now 🤣) after good results at GV last week and also the week before at Trial Mountain.
Was rewarded at Deep Forest by seeing four A+ in Q1-4, headed by Damian Chafe! That was however the only time I saw him though as I started 14th and finished 15th. The comfort of DR B awaits, I think! Would be nice to think I could get comfortable in A but it seems a big step up.
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Could have been worse. You could have seen him again on the final lap as he was lapping you 😂

Well done on getting back in! Good luck for some higher finishes 💪💪
 
tokyo is very special place... I was S SR before doing few races there.. people will brake check you often and than you get 3 or 4 second penalty and if you react and don't hit them, there's someone behind you to wreck you... still got 3 wins smhow.. Screenshot_2026-04-16-14-51-04-449_com.android.chrome~2.webp
 
Walter44
Wait. How much time are y'all spending on qualifying?
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I tend to set a time sometime on or around Tuesday. I race Monday without a time just to see what it's like. Tuesday I'll set a time probably spending about 5-10 minutes to do it. Then throughout the week I'll jump into a daily and run some Q laps if there's time and if there isn't I don't.
 
newmedia_dev
This is really quite interesting about how the replays aren’t accurate when it comes to braking

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It was an eye oponer to me a few months aback when I posted a video of contact I had from both my perspective and the other car's perspective and on BOTH occasions it looked like the car not showing the replay was the one drifting into the other car's lane. So weird.
 
I did put in another 15 minutes of qualifying for race C, and I stepped up my game by about 3 tenths! There's certainly more time to be found if I could be bothered to spend another 15 or 30 minutes of time trialing. I am most happy about the fact that I now in total spent maybe 40 minutes of qualifying this week, and I am about 2.2 % away from the world's top time. That would've cost me 2 hours of qualifying a year back, if I could reach it at all. Nice to see that I can set a reasonable time that quickly and then just have fun racing.

About that: did 2 more races today with that freshly set qualifying time (I headed into some trouble at work, with the upside I have some extra time for racing now). The first race I started P5 on the hard tire. Went into the pits quickly at the end of lap 1 to escape the close racing madness. I cut the inside so much that I ran into the pit barrier on the inside :banghead: But I kept my head down and did a nice recovery drive to a P4 finish.

Second race I started P8, in a lobby that was way quicker than the first race. (P1 a full second faster, most people behind me almost as fast as I was). So I didn't have any high hopes. During the twisty start of sector 3 in lap 1, someone punted me 3 times in close succession, causing me to lose control of the car and crash into the barrier sigh. So I made my pit stop and kept on driving. I saw more people than during all the other races have crashes so I could overtake them. Finished P7, so even higher than my starting position!

I think I could make this work by watching my tires. I was already doing this from the first race onwards, and I saw now that Luke made a video about it. If you just nurse your tires a bit, you can very easily do 10 laps on the mediums (at least in the Citroen) and still have decent tire life left to defend or attack at the end. I made up several places in the last 3 laps, and saw in the replay that many of my competitors had worse tires. Or they had the same tire state, but had to drive 4 or 5 laps on the hards in order to achieve this. So they lost time in that stint.
 
Walter44
Wait. How much time are y'all spending on qualifying?
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I spend as much time qualifying until I know I can’t possibly improve on it. And that’s studying the world’s fastest times, I know I’m not as fast as that but sometimes you will get something from it, like what gear and where to short shift etc

But I’m still having a go at improving my time on a Sunday morning, so I’d say 1 third qualifying 2 third racing would be a fair amount.
 
newmedia_dev
This is really quite interesting about how the replays aren’t accurate when it comes to braking

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Yep, funny how throttle is quite accurate instead. Btw, I tend to use only the first brake input to check for markers, then the telemetry to really analyse the whole braking phase. After almost 2 years of practice I noticed that, when I'm inside thr 1% delay, my trailbraking doesn't differ dramatically from aliens. It's rather the release (practically the speed carried to the apex) and lines, wich I still need to improve significantly.

Edit: for those who don't know yet; the telemetry can be zoomed using the rigth stick of the joypad.
 
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Gurzu
Yep, funny how throttle is quite accurate instead. Btw, I tend to use only the first brake input to check for markers, then the telemetry to really analyse the whole braking phase. After almost 2 years of practice I noticed that, when I'm inside thr 1% delay, my trailbraking doesn't differ dramatically from aliens. It's rather the release (practically the speed carried to the apex) and lines, wich I still need to improve significantly.

Edit: for those who don't know yet; the telemetry can be zoomed using the rigth stick of the joypad.
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I found that as well when watching the traces, the release or coast is offset from mine and I’m like hold on visually I can see I’m tracking to you. I think you and I may have better accidentally adjusted to the nuance but it’s misleading both in replays and the telemetry which is just the data version of the replay.
 
What a nightmare today, I was leading on my 1st race A 4/4 and got DC for the first time ever in GT and my network was fine, after that I went to race B and wanted to recover my SR and I cruised along last places, never touched anyone or anything and actually lost SR...HOW is that possible, I even got CRB .. after that I kinda managed to recover, won 2 A races and I'm done for this week I think.. Won 6 races in Mercedes in total..
 
NevilleNobody
Did you get penalties for track limits or smack walls?
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no man, neither, I don't get it, I thought that's how I'll build my SR back from Tokyo Raming and now I'm clueless.. I absolutely did 6/6 100% clean laps, never went close to track limits or other cars, I finished 14th because 2 guys rage quit..
 
Ok thats really weird. Makes no sense.

Wrapped up my week at deep forest, was quite good in the end even though I bled a little DR. By Tuesday most folks were trying to be clean and the standard in high B rooms is pretty good, a lot of top 4 or 5s for me but no wins.

It being my first sport race at this track, it seems I am slow at T1, also very slow through that awkward left where you come out of a tunnel and have this blind crest, I was getting eaten there.

I am fast through the double right towards end of sector 1, really gain a lot there.
 
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nostradavor2
and got DC for the first time ever in GT and
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The game will see this as a quit, which it unfairly in this case gives a much higher SR hit.
nostradavor2
HOW is that possible,
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Because SR is a lagging indicator and needed you to finish a race to show the hit to the SR, sometimes it’s delayed compared to DR updates.

Also as a side note the SR system seems highly sensitive at the moment and slower to recover once you lose some.
 
got back this morning.

Threw a few laps into race C quali and had a few races with A+ and A lobbies and high went how you’d imagine 😂

Glad to see nothing has changed since I’ve been away, I still sit there looking up longingly at @Barney Da Dog quali time
 
Stringerbell
got back this morning.

Threw a few laps into race C quali and had a few races with A+ and A lobbies and high went how you’d imagine 😂

Glad to see nothing has changed since I’ve been away, I still sit there looking up longingly at @Barney Da Dog quali time
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Welcome back mate!

I still haven't had a single race this week. Hopefully there'll be something I can jump straight into next week without having to learn a brand new track!
 
Stringerbell
got back this morning.

Threw a few laps into race C quali and had a few races with A+ and A lobbies and high went how you’d imagine 😂

Glad to see nothing has changed since I’ve been away, I still sit there looking up longingly at @Barney Da Dog quali time
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I just got back too 😁

Had a few laps of B in the Porsche, 4C, not feeling either of them to be honest. Need a nice middle of the road car which feels good so I can have a few races, my SR is precariously low so I might do a catalunya first.

Still no race info for next week which is annoying, I’d be tempted to get some practice in.
 
brockie
I just got back too 😁

Had a few laps of B in the Porsche, 4C, not feeling either of them to be honest. Need a nice middle of the road car which feels good so I can have a few races, my SR is precariously low so I might do a catalunya first.

Still no race info for next week which is annoying, I’d be tempted to get some practice in.
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Welcome back as well mate!
 
brockie
I just got back too 😁

Had a few laps of B in the Porsche, 4C, not feeling either of them to be honest. Need a nice middle of the road car which feels good so I can have a few races, my SR is precariously low so I might do a catalunya first.

Still no race info for next week which is annoying, I’d be tempted to get some practice in.
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I went back to the Ford GT last night as the 4C just doesn't have the legs to execute a pass with a field of Vipers, Audis and F-GT's. The Viper especially is a menace in a straight line. However, I pushed myself REALLY hard in all those cars except the Viper and the 4C produced my best QT time. It's so fast in sector 2.

It was nice to have a week where the Alfa and FGT were competitive. I am an Alfa guy at heart and the FGT just sounds amazing.
 
NevilleNobody
I went back to the Ford GT last night as the 4C just doesn't have the legs to execute a pass with a field of Vipers, Audis and F-GT's. The Viper especially is a menace in a straight line. However, I pushed myself REALLY hard in all those cars except the Viper and the 4C produced my best QT time. It's so fast in sector 2.

It was nice to have a week where the Alfa and FGT were competitive. I am an Alfa guy at heart and the FGT just sounds amazing.
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I just couldn’t hook up the 4C like I did before, not sure why but it’s just not gelling with me, I did manage though to get some balance felt with the Audi, hit a 27.4 and I reckon that’s about it, couldn’t get within a second of it later on this arvo so I think I need a good night sleep 😁

But surprisingly good clean racing and within 3 races I was maxed out on SR and starting 3/4/5 finishing around the same.

Still, it’s a s*** week and need to be over asap 🤣
 
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newmedia_dev
So I managed a 1:26.6 in the viper following Gallo I don’t think there is any more time in me.

VR vid of the lap attached.

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Man VR does look incredible, you are definitely peaking my interest.

I actually spent today going round checking out some new rigs as think I'm going to upgrade the playseat trophy in front of the tv for a full on rig with monitor, but now I'm thinking I might just keep the trophy and get the PSVR2.

My only concern is being slower (obviously I'm aware that this could be seen as a stupid comment as your rapid and just posted a top 10 time lol) EDIT - just thinking about, the depth perception and looking around could potentially make things easier/faster.

But I've just put up a hail mary on insta to see if any of my friends have a headset they can lend me to try before I buy
 
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Stringerbell
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Man VR does look incredible, you are definitely peaking my interest.

I actually spent today going round checking out some new rigs as think I'm going to upgrade the playseat trophy in front of the tv for a full on rig with monitor, but now I'm thinking I might just keep the trophy and get the PSVR2.

My only concern is being slower (obviously I'm aware that this could be seen as a stupid comment as your rapid and just posted a top 10 time lol) EDIT - just thinking about, the depth perception and looking around could potentially make things easier/faster.

But I've just put up a hail mary on insta to see if any of my friends have a headset they can lend me to try before I buy
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It’s not for everyone but for me personally it’s been a game changer for both enjoyment and really connecting my inputs to what the car is really doing. It also slows down time mentally so you get more contextual processing time mentally which again unlocks pedal/wheel precision for me.

In hindsight I should have bought VR when it first came out rather than waiting but that’s my only regret. On the pace thing, you’ll find that quick enough it’s just adjusting to how being around other cars really is when you can see it is 3d and not just the radar or mirrors, it’s initially quite high cognitive load.
 
Stringerbell
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Man VR does look incredible, you are definitely peaking my interest.

I actually spent today going round checking out some new rigs as think I'm going to upgrade the playseat trophy in front of the tv for a full on rig with monitor, but now I'm thinking I might just keep the trophy and get the PSVR2.

My only concern is being slower (obviously I'm aware that this could be seen as a stupid comment as your rapid and just posted a top 10 time lol) EDIT - just thinking about, the depth perception and looking around could potentially make things easier/faster.

But I've just put up a hail mary on insta to see if any of my friends have a headset they can lend me to try before I buy
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Bro, all I’ll say is the try before you buy is very sound logic.

I procrastinated for years over it and once I brought it and tried it, it wasn’t for me, it’s cool I have to say, but I prefer a solid flat screen.

But you might love it so it’s got to be tried, it doesn’t quite look as good in the videos as it does in real life, I guess you weigh up the graphic drop for immersion etc

Vr is good fun and there are other games
 
brockie
Bro, all I’ll say is the try before you buy is very sound logic.

I procrastinated for years over it and once I brought it and tried it, it wasn’t for me, it’s cool I have to say, but I prefer a solid flat screen.

But you might love it so it’s got to be tried, it doesn’t quite look as good in the videos as it does in real life, I guess you weigh up the graphic drop for immersion etc

Vr is good fun and there are other games
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It’s not bad to be fair and when properly adjusted etc it’s still about 1440ish

But I’m different in that I actually don’t look at the visual polish side of things more the scope of what extra depth and visibility so I don’t notice as much as you might especially coming from your higher end TV my rig has a 50” bush (I’m laughing hard as well) and it was a cheap 50” so it’s a bit crap. That said I never look at it anymore 🤣
 

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