Why no rain races?
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Groundfish
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Racing in the rain at night at Tokyo is awesome!
Especially in HDR.
It's not just comfort tires, it's dealing with visibility and changes in grip in dry spots under bridges and in tunnels. It brings some much needed variation to the stale weekly roster. That gif is from 2 years ago
Spa is ping pong anyway
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Groundfish
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People can't drive in the dry
Yep beat me to it!
Gr4 with RACE MED tire!!! and they will still lose control, on the dry 100 degree f track.
This update will correct it. You need really experienced guys in a good title that develops a dry line etc everything else is dumb.
I believe rain racing is great for single player vs ai tho!
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- Raptor_Race_13
Only time I've done online wet races has been in FIA events. And to be honest they are a mixed bag depending on which cars are have to use.
The Gr.3 race at Red Bull Ring was great, It was a true challenge to get the most out of the amount of grip available.
The Gr.B race at Red Bull Ring was even better as AWD cars tend to be stronger in the rain naturally.
The Gr.3 race at Spa last Exhibition Series however, it feels like they tried to simulate ice on the road (or a lot of oil perhaps) as they was no grip at all and it was a complete pain just trying to keep the car pointed the correct direction.
The Gr.3 race at Red Bull Ring was great, It was a true challenge to get the most out of the amount of grip available.
The Gr.B race at Red Bull Ring was even better as AWD cars tend to be stronger in the rain naturally.
The Gr.3 race at Spa last Exhibition Series however, it feels like they tried to simulate ice on the road (or a lot of oil perhaps) as they was no grip at all and it was a complete pain just trying to keep the car pointed the correct direction.
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- OJBrit
Agreed.
It is my favourite race in GT League. (Gr3 races) Frustrating as hell, but rewarding once I got the win. The track looks better as well.
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We need a rain update, Till we get Gt7 there is so manny track that are in the game that can Benefit from this
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It would be great to have live time and weather for daily races. Hopefully GT7 has that option, it really is time to move forward again instead of backward. GT6 had a lot of tracks with dynamic time and weather.
Race C with actual weather conditions would be awesome. Some locations will of course be dark on your regular play times but since the tracks are all over the world there's always some in daylight as well. Seasons, live weather, live time, liven it up! Persistent skid marks should be possible as well nowadays, stream in from the server with track grip changing as the day goes on.
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Is this a technical problem or do they just forgot about the rain option? And some stated it is difficult to drive in rain.. but this exactly would bring a lot more fun to the race. It is like in real like formula one.. there were drivers that due to their eqipment never made it to the podiums.. until the rain came.. and these drivers actually reached podium because they could handle the car in the rain much better..when speed is no longer an option then driving perfection is the other one.. who knows how many are there that just don’t drive as good as the top drivers in sunny and dry weather. But what if there is a wet track? Maybe this would turn normal race results upside down. Also they should limit the fuel so everyone has to stop at least 2 times during the long daily race that has 10 or more laps.
That way it would be so much more interesting.. and it would be so easy to implement.
That way it would be so much more interesting.. and it would be so easy to implement.
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The trend has been to make it easier, less tire wear, less fuel saving, no more damage (was only in FIA), fewer penalties. And when there is a pit stop, it's always mandatory through tire requirements so no more no stop runs. There's not much strategy left in the daily races, flat out all the way.
LeGeNd-1
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It's not just comfort tires, it's dealing with visibility and changes in grip in dry spots under bridges and in tunnels. It brings some much needed variation to the stale weekly roster. That gif is from 2 years ago
The only rain track with varying wet/dry is Tokyo Central due to all the bridges and overpasses. All the other tracks are just static, same grip reduction everywhere. Like Pigems said, it's basically just like putting Comfort Extra Hards on your car. Yes I agree visibility is a challenge, but with radar you get a bird's eye view that you don't get IRL anyway.
Comparing to ACC, we don't have:
- Wet lines (crazily, back in GT5/6 we have this)
- Aquaplaning/puddles
- Dynamic conditions (IRL the best wet weather drivers are very good at sensing varying grip levels corner to corner, no such thing in GTS because you can practice infinity laps in the exact same condition)
- Transition from dry to wet (in ACC we can pick up marbles to act as rudimentary "grooves" for your slicks, only for a few laps because the marbles get washed away soon)
- Transition from wet to dry (overheating rain tyres and having to go off line to cool them off)
- Pointless having inters/full wets because conditions are static anyway - just have one compound called rain and we'd be none the wiser
- Rain tyres are actually very grippy IRL. The compound is very soft, the tread blocks are designed to flex to grip the road and it's designed to operate at lower temperatures. In GTS it feels rock hard and even less "rubbery" than the dry slicks.
So yeah, the rain driving just plain sucks in GTS. It's really only good for photomode. If you drive an FR Gr.3, you might as well stay home because the MR have overwhelming advantage.
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