Practice vs Online?

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Hi guys,

So I've seen a lot especially with tuning and time trials that people specifically specify that it should be done in practice offline rather than an online lobby.

I just wanted to know what is the reason? Are the cars faster/slower are the physics different for some reason?

Just wondering, as I find practice is far too lonely and 12 cars setting lap times and having fun is a lot more my thing 👍

Cheers!
 
I best prefer to do it on practice. That's what it's for. I just don't like it online, just to avoid trollers and careless drivers. It's faster so you don't have to leave the lobby, go to GT Auto, go find lobby, join, leave again.... This is my opinion though!
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The physics are different online and offer less grip. If you are tuning cars to use in an online race series, it's best to tune them in an online lobby so you tune for the correct physics. Very rarely does on offline tune work online.
 
Yeah I never tune offline. And if you go into your own lounge no randomers can join :)
 
I'm sad to say the physics are even slighly different between a private lounge and a public lounge, a few times a tune done in a private lounge has felt horrible in a public lounge but some times it has felt much better. Go figure.

All in all it's best to tune the car in the environment you're going to use it in.
 
Just set up a public room with the title "PRIVATE" and for only 2 people (wish you could set it for 1) and use it as a testing room for setups.
 
I've done same lap times both online and offline. If you do in practice mode, make sure you set the same settings, real grip, fuel/tire wear on etc. I spent a lot of time setting up a C6 Corvette offline around Spa to be competitive at 580pp online races and it's proven it's worth.

But there are a few spots, such as the Karussell at Nurburgring which I have found more tricky to exit online than offline. I haven't sat down and nutted it out to see if there is a difference (same speeds/cars/setup etc) so aside from that, not too sure.

If your setting up to race online, then setup your car in an online lobby. Where if your setting for offline time attacks, do it in practice mode. Heck, you could probably do it in practice mode to get the most of it down, and then adjust it slightly if need be for online.

Best bet is to run some laps yourself and see what you think and what works for you, as you can see from the few replies there is going to be a differing opinion
 
Alright thanks guys, I also noticed the difference at the Karoussel last night!
Well now I know, I'll probably split my online and offline tuning and testing.
Thanks once again :)
 
The calculations (functions) used to determine how the car drives are the same in both online and offline racing. However, it's likely that there are fewer data points (inputs to the functions) used in online because the streaming is inconsistent. Different connection speeds, frame rate variances, and race lobby quality differences would cause the data stream to change.

The reason for using offline modes (practice) to record times is that they are more consistent than online lobbies; for the reasons mentioned above.
 
If you race online you need to tune for online. It's difficult to know how good your own tune is unless you are racing again other people.

When setting up a car for the first time I will use my private lobby. After I feel that the have a good baseline for my suspension and transmission then I'll take it to a online race and finish tuning if needed. If I still feel that my car is not competitive I'll just hang back and use the rest of the race as a tuning session and make any adjustment before the next race.

I've had cars that I've tuned offline be completely undriveable online. But if a car is tuned online chances are that it will be fine offline.
 
Practice mode
Pros: Youre all alone, no chance of disconnection, more options to practice with, you can change tracks without asking the host or anyone else complaining
Cons: Youre more than likely to race online, which has slightly different physics.

Online free run
Pros: online physics, you can ask for advice in most cases, you can race against other real people
Cons: Incompitent host/racers, lag, not being able to save your best lap time
 
Giygas
Online free run
Pros: online physics, you can ask for advice in most cases, you can race against other real people
Cons: Incompitent host/racers, lag, not being able to save your best lap time
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If you set up the room like I posted above, you don't have to worry about anyone else.
 
Sometimes you will get the occasional random person, but you can just kick them. I set up a room last night for testing with a max of "2" set for allowed people, and nobody came in the room at all.
 
Lion-Face
I've done same lap times both online and offline. If you do in practice mode, make sure you set the same settings, real grip, fuel/tire wear on etc. I spent a lot of time setting up a C6 Corvette offline around Spa to be competitive at 580pp online races and it's proven it's worth.

But there are a few spots, such as the Karussell at Nurburgring which I have found more tricky to exit online than offline. I haven't sat down and nutted it out to see if there is a difference (same speeds/cars/setup etc) so aside from that, not too sure.

If your setting up to race online, then setup your car in an online lobby. Where if your setting for offline time attacks, do it in practice mode. Heck, you could probably do it in practice mode to get the most of it down, and then adjust it slightly if need be for online.

Best bet is to run some laps yourself and see what you think and what works for you, as you can see from the few replies there is going to be a differing opinion
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It isn't really a differing of opinion. It has been demonstrated time and again, one has less grip online than offline.
 
And bearing this fact in mind, there was a thread somewhere else asking why everyone online uses Racing Softs frequently... I guess this answers it. =/
 
But you don't need racing soft tires to make up for the grip loss. Maybe 1 step higher tire is sufficient. (i.e Sport Hard to Sport Medium)
 

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