The Jinx is Real

[Guffaluff]

Hello folks!

I wanted to share with you guys a bit of a sob story (for me ).

When I first discovered Kudos and the GT Sport Stats site (http://www.jasonguernsey.net), I came to a very surprising, yet pleasant discovery. I was ranked 4th in Driver Rating in my country, Iceland. In itself it's not a huge accomplishment as Iceland is very small and the niche market of simracing isn't large here, but it was a fun discovery.

I, proudly, announce this to my friends, some of which play GTS as well, that I'm the 4th best GTS racer in Iceland! What a feat! I revelled in this newfound glory and set my path to become Top 3, and eventually I wanted to become number one. I felt this was realistically possible due to the small player base here and I believe I'm a fairly competent driver.

At the time of this discovery I was DR.B, just over 50% towards DR.A. I had recently got a couple of podium finishes at DR.B and was at the height of my powers, or so I thought. After revealing this, however, I've almost been in freefall and now I'm sitting at a low DR.C. I had 12.262 DR points at best, but now I've sunk to only 5.878.

My last race, from last night (Daily B, Gr.3 @ Yamagiwa) was (I hope) the climax to this downfall. I qualified #7 out of 16, and less then a second seperated the top 10 so I was expecting a great tight race. And so it was! Although at the start of the race, for some reason my car had max brake input for the first 2 seconds, although I had my foot flooring the gas. This made me fall down to 10th place before the first corner. However, I race hard and gain positions, up to 6th place. I and the 6th place guy were having quite a tight battle, and I was having a blast. Then it happens, third last corner on last lap .. I have a minor spin out and lose my chance of 6th place. I figure, hey, it's ok, finishing 7th. I cruise to the next corner, and BOOM, I spin out again and my car faces opposite direction. When trying to quickly get back to track, I spin again due to too aggressive throttle. I drop to 14th place and take a big DR hit. The rage was very real, as witnessed by my Race Photo share last night at the moment of the second spin out:

Now, here is my DR development according to Kudos:

The sad part is that the downfall is mostly due to my own driver errors and mistakes, just like in my last race, although there were a couple of races where I got rammed repeatedly, but mostly the races were clean, being at SR.S. So I have no one to blame but myself (and of course the GT Gods! )

Currently I sit at #13 in my country ranking for Driver Rating, but I'm focused on getting back to former glory!

Take this as a word of warning, don't make my mistake and gloat, the GT Gods will reign fire upon thee!

Any positive vibes to the cosmos, aimed at me, are greatly appreciated!

Sorry for long post, I tend to ramble

Good day to you all!

 

[Koutch_Pro]

You didn't upset a loveling in a nearby hedge lately?

 

[petesj26]

Step on the cracks between paving slabs?

I hate how much misery there is in a downward pointing chart..... I like the stats but they really rub in my/your failings. I hope you have some more fruitful races in the future and whatever happens you have fun.

 

[Guffaluff]

You didn't upset a loveling in a nearby hedge lately?

Haha, not to my knowledge

Step on the cracks between paving slabs?

I hate how much misery there is in a downward pointing chart..... I like the stats but they really rub in my/your failings. I hope you have some more fruitful races in the future and whatever happens you have fun.

Thanks mate! . Hope I can step up my game in a very near future

 

[Robben]

I'm sure you will recover

Form is temporary, class is permanent as Alan Smith tells me regularly on FIFA

 

[Phoenixsui]

Since i raged a little to many times in Sport Mode, 50/50 my fault or getting bumped, i stopped paying it for a few weeks. I do now play the game with very little expectations to my performance and enjoy the good results i might have.
I tired to be top 10 for Ford every Saison and it worked well and i even got higher into the top 5 or 3. Once i was even in 1st Place. But it is way to much Stress . I feel a lot better since i play without pressure.
Also i prefere Lobbys now. Only downside in lobbys is, they often have half empty races.
And since the tyre glitch used by way to many boys i almost completetly stopped playing for a moment. Now i am running out of milage for the weekly colors haha.

 

[AverageRacer]

I was at 48 nearly 49k driving points yesterday, figured one really good result would push me into S (I'm nowhere near quick enough to be so I don't know how I got so close, maybe that glitch thing). I thought I'd do the Speedway because anything can happen and it doesn't require much skill. Got into the lobby and find the majority in it are S drivers, the most difficult lobby I've been in. I end up 14th on the grid.

Capitalising on carnage ahead of me and a good pit stop I manage to get myself into 3rd place, just behind the top two. One thing I didn't realise is that fuel saving was necessary so I put it in fuel map 3 and just manage to cling on to the top two with drafting, figuring with a late fuel map 1 dash I might even win. 3rd place seemed secure with 4th place and another group more than 3 seconds behind. All was going well until turn 1 of the last lap. I make slight contact with the back of second place and my tires don't hold up, I go skidding straight off to the left, nightmare. I try to quickly getting going again but I'm like Bambi on ice as cars flash past.

Finally manage to get going again and I'm in 9th, I can't believe what's happened but I switch to fuel map 1 and begrudgingly accept my fate. But then it gets slightly worse... my fuel runs out. I lose another position and roll over the line in 10th. Needless to say I did not gain the driver points needed to get to S, although I did gain a couple of hundred. After that though I disconnected from a race and I'm now sitting at 46, unsure whether I'll ever get as close again, probably not.

But that's GT Sport, ambitions of 1st to finishing 10th all in the space of 1 lap. When things go perfectly it's sublime, but I imagine for most of us that is seldom the case lol but it keeps us coming back for more. The promise of victory is like no other in gaming (for me) and I have to say my heart does not pump like it does playing GT in any other game lol. That's just my slight sob story, although as a matter of fact that wasn't the closest I've gotten to S, at one point I had 49918 points... yeah. Why I didn't continue to race in the race where I was successful I don't know.

 

[djidane57]

thanks to that daily GR3 at yamagiwa my DR spiked from 38000 to 41000 , although by the end i was matched with some aliens i could barely finish in the top 10 ^^

 

[lombardo]

Out of interest, will the jinx work the other way? If I go and tell all my friends how bad I am, will I magically improve? I need all the help I can get

 

[Alpha Cipher]

I feel you all. My climb to DR S has been a slow and steady climb so far, getting whatever points I can in the little time I have. Sometimes I only have time to do one race per day, and that's if I like the daily races. Although my main goal is to eventually get to DR S, I want to do it by winning races. I don't settle for any place below 5th, and I'm disappointed with myself if I place below 3rd. At one point I was at 46k DR and I thought to myself, hey I'm near S anyway, why not reach DR S today?

I got into the race that I like (Monza Gr. 1, no chicanes), and I got a starting position of 3rd (or 2nd?) which was pretty cool. But then I missed my braking point onto the chicane, and now I'm down some places. "Don't mind that", I told myself, as I missed another braking point, and another, and another...

I'm so embarrassed and ashamed of myself that I didn't even complete the race. Monza was one of the tracks I thought I'm competitive in (It even reflected on my qualifying time), so the fact that I just missed 4 braking points and was all over the place made me question just how good I really was. My DR took a hit by 1.4k but I didn't even try to recover that anymore. I stopped Sport mode after that race and only started again yesterday

 

[Robben]

I feel you all. My climb to DR S has been a slow and steady climb so far, getting whatever points I can in the little time I have. Sometimes I only have time to do one race per day, and that's if I like the daily races. Although my main goal is to eventually get to DR S, I want to do it by winning races. I don't settle for any place below 5th, and I'm disappointed with myself if I place below 3rd. At one point I was at 46k DR and I thought to myself, hey I'm near S anyway, why not reach DR S today?

I got into the race that I like (Monza Gr. 1, no chicanes), and I got a starting position of 3rd (or 2nd?) which was pretty cool. But then I missed my braking point onto the chicane, and now I'm down some places. "Don't mind that", I told myself, as I missed another braking point, and another, and another...

I'm so embarrassed and ashamed of myself that I didn't even complete the race. Monza was one of the tracks I thought I'm competitive in (It even reflected on my qualifying time), so the fact that I just missed 4 braking points and was all over the place made me question just how good I really was. My DR took a hit by 1.4k but I didn't even try to recover that anymore. I stopped Sport mode after that race and only started again yesterday

I think when you get close to a goal it makes you more nervous which then causes you to mess up!

Congrats on getting near to S! I'm now just 3000 from A and although I am not good enough to mix it with A guys, I would love to just get in there just briefly.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

I think when you get close to a goal it makes you more nervous which then causes you to mess up!

Congrats on getting near to S! I'm now just 3000 from A and although I am not good enough to mix it with A guys, I would love to just get in there just briefly.

Thanks! Yeah the pressure does get real, getting close to your goal really does make you think about it at times when you shouldn't
Good luck on your quest to A! Just keep racing with the faster guys; eventually the pressure will become normal and you'll see that your race pace is just as good as your old qualifying times and your new times will be faster. It's amazing what pressure (and motivation) from the faster guys can do to you

 

[Robben]

Thanks! Yeah the pressure does get real, getting close to your goal really does make you think about it at times when you shouldn't
Good luck on your quest to A! Just keep racing with the faster guys; eventually the pressure will become normal and you'll see that your race pace is just as good as your old qualifying times and your new times will be faster. It's amazing what pressure (and motivation) from the faster guys can do to you

Well, yesterday all it served to do was make me more nervous two consecutive wins in the R34 against B/S meant I went into a race of S/S and A/S... started taking corners early, braking in the wrong places etc another 2 of the same type of grid and I started to chill though

Good luck

 

[Alpha Cipher]

Well, yesterday all it served to do was make me more nervous two consecutive wins in the R34 against B/S meant I went into a race of S/S and A/S... started taking corners early, braking in the wrong places etc another 2 of the same type of grid and I started to chill though

Good luck

With enough races it'll settle down. I still remember when my heart started pumping really hard at the sight of a DR S driver
I still do when a Top 10 driver is on the grid, but not as much as before
Good luck to you as well

 

[Guffaluff]

I was at 48 nearly 49k driving points yesterday, figured one really good result would push me into S (I'm nowhere near quick enough to be so I don't know how I got so close, maybe that glitch thing). I thought I'd do the Speedway because anything can happen and it doesn't require much skill. Got into the lobby and find the majority in it are S drivers, the most difficult lobby I've been in. I end up 14th on the grid.

Capitalising on carnage ahead of me and a good pit stop I manage to get myself into 3rd place, just behind the top two. One thing I didn't realise is that fuel saving was necessary so I put it in fuel map 3 and just manage to cling on to the top two with drafting, figuring with a late fuel map 1 dash I might even win. 3rd place seemed secure with 4th place and another group more than 3 seconds behind. All was going well until turn 1 of the last lap. I make slight contact with the back of second place and my tires don't hold up, I go skidding straight off to the left, nightmare. I try to quickly getting going again but I'm like Bambi on ice as cars flash past.

Finally manage to get going again and I'm in 9th, I can't believe what's happened but I switch to fuel map 1 and begrudgingly accept my fate. But then it gets slightly worse... my fuel runs out. I lose another position and roll over the line in 10th. Needless to say I did not gain the driver points needed to get to S, although I did gain a couple of hundred. After that though I disconnected from a race and I'm now sitting at 46, unsure whether I'll ever get as close again, probably not.

But that's GT Sport, ambitions of 1st to finishing 10th all in the space of 1 lap. When things go perfectly it's sublime, but I imagine for most of us that is seldom the case lol but it keeps us coming back for more. The promise of victory is like no other in gaming (for me) and I have to say my heart does not pump like it does playing GT in any other game lol. That's just my slight sob story, although as a matter of fact that wasn't the closest I've gotten to S, at one point I had 49918 points... yeah. Why I didn't continue to race in the race where I was successful I don't know.

Ouch, that sucked .

I agree though, I love Spory Mode. The sense of accomplishment when getting good results is like no other and the pre-race butterflies .. love it .

Out of interest, will the jinx work the other way? If I go and tell all my friends how bad I am, will I magically improve? I need all the help I can get

That's a great idea!

 

[Draggon]

The jinx works. It works in reverse, too. Happened to me just a few minutes ago. Seriously.

 

[Alpha Cipher]

The jinx works. It works in reverse, too. Happened to me just a few minutes ago. Seriously.

Do tell

 

[Sander 001]

thanks to that daily GR3 at yamagiwa my DR spiked from 38000 to 41000 , although by the end i was matched with some aliens i could barely finish in the top 10 ^^

Yeah that’s what’s discouraging about all this: The better you get, the harder it is. So you can tank your ratings and then rack up poles and wins.

 

[Mr616]

Yeah that’s what’s discouraging about all this: The better you get, the harder it is. So you can tank your ratings and then rack up poles and wins.

Tanking ratings to get poles and wins for absolutely zero sense of accomplishment, or finish top ten in a super strong field?

I'll take 10th in a strong field please.

 

[Draggon]

Do tell

My cat has been very ill since after dinner last night. I was quite worried and fired off an anxious email to a friend that I was cancelling my appointments for today and taking her to the vet. Within 10 minutes she was better. Still not feeling great, but no vet appointment is needed.

The short story is this has happened so many times in recent memory that it's become a joke with my friends and I. Real story.

 

[Guffaluff]

I broke the curse! Landed a Top 5 finish in Daily Race B (WRX Gr.B Road Car @ Maggiore West). Really fun car to drive. Super clean race. I really like to see the first two corners with no incidents! . One corner cutting penalty on my part there, not on purpose, turn too early into the corner

EDIT: Just noticed the horrible typo in the opening title on my video ..

 

[Macboyilija]

I like the Suabru !

Great stories here guys and feeling the agony ! To me the story was a little different. I am a happy B driver and liked all the races in B mode. Competitive and above all a lot of respect. I did not want to go into DR A. But did not want to race less than good and intentionally drive at the end to lower my DR on purpose. Thats just not my style.

I thought for a second maybe I will do the 6 consecutive races at the back of the field. And thus losing some DR and going back into DR B. But its just not who I am. Play for fun but always fair. So I said to myself if I do belong in A than thats oke. And with the Miata at Kyoto I fought like hell and magically got 4 consecutive races driving at the top #3 (see my post and video in the daily topic).

Right now I am at 34.000 and do not expect to get much higher. So the jinx is real both ways !

I try to quickly getting going again but I'm like Bambi on ice as cars flash past.

That made me laugh

 

[vxr58]

I like the Suabru !

Great stories here guys and feeling the agony ! To me the story was a little different. I am a happy B driver and liked all the races in B mode. Competitive and above all a lot of respect. I did not want to go into DR A. But did not want to race less than good and intentionally drive at the end to lower my DR on purpose. Thats just not my style.

I thought for a second maybe I will do the 6 consecutive races at the back of the field. And thus losing some DR and going back into DR B. But its just not who I am. Play for fun but always fair. So I said to myself if I do belong in A than thats oke. And with the Miata at Kyoto I fought like hell and magically got 4 consecutive races driving at the top #3 (see my post and video in the daily topic).

Right now I am at 34.000 and do not expect to get much higher. So the jinx is real both ways !



That made me laugh

You've got to let the game do its thing. If you keep playing and trying hard, you'll eventually hit the ceiling of your potential, and that's where the best racing is. Mine is mid A. I sometimes creep up, sometimes slip down, but am normally bang in the middle. Having said that though, I'm hoping to find some technique that will make me quicker and push me higher

 

[Guffaluff]

I like the Suabru !

Great stories here guys and feeling the agony ! To me the story was a little different. I am a happy B driver and liked all the races in B mode. Competitive and above all a lot of respect. I did not want to go into DR A. But did not want to race less than good and intentionally drive at the end to lower my DR on purpose. Thats just not my style.

I thought for a second maybe I will do the 6 consecutive races at the back of the field. And thus losing some DR and going back into DR B. But its just not who I am. Play for fun but always fair. So I said to myself if I do belong in A than thats oke. And with the Miata at Kyoto I fought like hell and magically got 4 consecutive races driving at the top #3 (see my post and video in the daily topic).

Right now I am at 34.000 and do not expect to get much higher. So the jinx is real both ways !



That made me laugh

That's awesome man! . I'm the same, as in I don't want to go into tanking mode and finish low on purpose, I'm competitive by nature and I will try my very hardest every race and let the game's system do it's work

You've got to let the game do its thing. If you keep playing and trying hard, you'll eventually hit the ceiling of your potential, and that's where the best racing is. Mine is mid A. I sometimes creep up, sometimes slip down, but am normally bang in the middle. Having said that though, I'm hoping to find some technique that will make me quicker and push me higher

Agreed. I feel the DR system works quite well. I've done 56 sport mode races now and there have been ups and downs. I did one race last night, the Mazda Roadster one at BB. Qualified 2nd and was ok pace to finish second before being spun out and finishing 11/12, dropping again in DR.

But I feel that currently this is my place. I was racing well and was competitive in DR B. So I guess I will be juggling mid-DR.C to mid-DR.B and am quite content with that

 

[vxr58]

That's awesome man! . I'm the same, as in I don't want to go into tanking mode and finish low on purpose, I'm competitive by nature and I will try my very hardest every race and let the game's system do it's work



Agreed. I feel the DR system works quite well. I've done 56 sport mode races now and there have been ups and downs. I did one race last night, the Mazda Roadster one at BB. Qualified 2nd and was ok pace to finish second before being spun out and finishing 11/12, dropping again in DR.

But I feel that currently this is my place. I was racing well and was competitive in DR B. So I guess I will be juggling mid-DR.C to mid-DR.B and am quite content with that

I think much of the development from c onwards is track knowledge, which is something that will come with more time. I've been playing sims since a kid but cannot say how much I've improved over the last 4 months, it's incredible. I've gone back to assetto for example and completely destroyed previous times. For me, big improvements came with properly learning the tracks, then learning to be smooth with steering and throttle, then learning how to brake properly. There just wasn't the incentive to improve that way when racing against AI. The point (if there is one) is that being out of your depth forces you to improve, so always seek to be out of your league. Even if your DR drops because of mistakes, ramming etc, you'll still be improving in real terms, then when luck is on your side...

 

[Balwerk]

well your still better than mine.

tbh, I already get some jinxed or whatever they call just right after I get some win or top position. (you can see from the spike lol) So yeah now as long as I stay on top 18-20k I'm okay. Well aside from jinxed thing personally I have some anger problem if somebody hit me I will hunt him and hit him hard.

ah yes latest spike happen right after I win on nation cup, after that win I get 2 times disconnect on mid race and bad matchup with other racer