GT7 world level race opponents - could you explain ?

[MaxHardcr]

Hi Everyone,
Last year I've started GT7 racing. I'm a beginner. D class driver in GT7.
When I do a routine challenges I'm mostly Bronze and sometimes Silver (example below). So in those challenges when you can see yourself in the ranking with thousands of drivers I'm mostly 5-10 seconds per lap behind the World Champion level drivers (A, A+ or S if there are some). A that is fine.

The strange thing happens when I start a daily race. Somehow players that are 5-10 seconds in front of me (based on the challenges times they have world champion class , A, A+ times) they are rated as D drivers (DR = D) (screen below - my sample result is 2:27 while there are multiple drivers 5-10 seconds ahead). How's that possible. They should be classified as A, A+ and compete with A and A+ drivers. I'm not sure what is going on? I remember when I race on the Deep Forest Raceway daily race (so same track as above) and they were 5-7 seconds ahead. Then they should be A, A+ based on their skills. How they can be "D" class drivers? Could anyone explain this?

 

[alvitoxde123]

Some times they are very fast players starting from zero in new accounts or they may have migrated from other sim racing games.

 

[bduddy]

I'm sorry to break it to you but A+ drivers are doing times in the 2:18s, 2:19s. You're a long way off from those players, and when you're in a lower bracket, there's going to be a wider spread of drivers.

 

[MaxHardcr]

I'm sorry to break it to you but A+ drivers are doing times in the 2:18s, 2:19s. You're a long way off from those players, and when you're in a lower bracket, there's going to be a wider spread of drivers.

Hi bduddy, I tought in a similar way untill I checked this and what you wrote (and what I tought) is not true. Below I checked the same race today - SPA / GT3 / B class drivers (two classes higher, screen below). One of the top B class drivers get 2:21-2:22. The best B class was 2:19. The last B class (still 2 classes higher then me) was 2:24 (calculation below). So at least 3 drivers from the initial screens should be according to this B class not D class and should race with other B class drivers. Next 3 probably C class then 2:25-2:26. Then D class 2:27-28. E class 2:29-... . That's how it should look according to the collected data.

B class drivers on SPA daily race GT3:
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Best 9:17min = 557sec / 4 = 139sec = 2:19min
Last 9:38min = 578sec / 4 = 144sec = 2:24min

And as you can see bottom on the last screen A & A+ class drivers - 2:18.879 - 2:21:913.

So, I still do not understand how the drivers with the same speed level as B & C at least have D class and race with D and E (new to the game) drivers?

 

[Lomic]

You can have fast players with a D ranking, because they do very few daily races. Plus it is very different to TT and to race. You can achieve some results in TT that do not reflect how well you will do in races, because racing involves a lot more things than TTing.

 

[MaxHardcr]

You can have fast players with a D ranking, because they do very few daily races. Plus it is very different to TT and to race. You can achieve some results in TT that do not reflect how well you will do in races, because racing involves a lot more things than TTing.

Ok , lets focus on race times only. 2:23-2:24 (presented and compared to other races) is B/C class level. Not D class for sure. And the DR rating as far as I remember in its description presents "speed level" not "racing frequency level - how often someone race per day". Isn't it?

 

[Lomic]

And the DR rating as far as I remember in its description presents "speed level" not "racing frequency level - how often someone race per day". Isn't it?

But if you race in dailies once every blue moon, you will have a bad DR not indicative of your real level.