Daily Race Discussion

Kinda loving this race 😊 It reminds me of a spec miata race at my home track - those are so much fun! 

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Why always hard tyres? Be much more fun with softs. Cool track though 

BRAAASIIIILLL! LET'S GO! SHAKERS AT MAX!

Its verry hard playing on (CONTROLLER and AUTOMATIC GEAR)

with players on whells....

Playing 6-7 months every weeks and still on B..

Maybe change for whells..?

First corner in first lap: Good Luck everyone! 🍀

I'm really going to miss this race! The stars aligned for me this week and I got my first pole-position, which I managed to turn into a win + fastest lap, and it happened twice in a row.  Then another win (not from pole) yesterday to finish the week.  Being a relatively new player and rookie driver, this was kinda neat. I also got helped out by a random A-ranked driver (a complete stranger to me?!) and I am so very grateful for their time (XERO42084 if you're reading this -- thank you so so so much!)

Dailies needs a re shuffle with more races, 3 different races is not enough we need a library of races 

Can we delete gr.4 now that we have hypercars? Thank you 

Absolutely loving this daily race!

screw this race, my SR has been obliterated this week, between the occasional track limit (i've somehow managed to understand where the limit is), and the constant getting bumped off track or into corners by other racers that somehow makes ME lose SR. I'm so glad its a new race in a couple of hours

Maybe if the penalty system wasn't broken and decent drivers weren't constantly having their races ruined by crap-SR drivers, there'd be more people moving up. Just a thought 🤔 

When +A are racing C's there's something wrong 😔

wish PD would do another PR campaign to increase player base! 

 Cheers

Easy to fix but PD does not want to do this. For example ... wall collision means your car is permamenty damaged, slower, whatever. Like in the real world ... see yestarday Monaco quali. Lecleclerc was pushing to much, or just made a mistake so not P1. This is why a lot of guys say GT in not real simulator.

Personally I have had a great week so far, gaining ~8k DR, just in time for the last round of the manufacturers cup.

When I saw this combination as a future race on Friday, I made a lobby to practice it and for fun which may have helped, and in those races I adhered to championship track limits which turned out to be the right decision... So on Monday morning (I had the day off school) I was doing pretty well, so I would strongly recommend doing that if you know you will play on Monday (especially Monday morning).

In terms of the track limits, from my experience Sector 1 is very strict, as is the chicane (T6 and T7). After that, it is way more lenient, although some kerbs in the hotel section are still strict. The last two corners are very lenient and you can go completely onto the kerbs without getting a penalty.

This is from my experience, it may be slightly wrong, but you can see overall that there is inconsistency. If you are struggling with track limits, this is probably why, so bear in mind that up to the chicane, the limits are very strict, and the last two corners are very lenient, if that helps.

This highlights issues with track limits very clearly, and I do not think it should be too hard to fix, but there's nothing we can do sadly. So even though I personally have had limited problems with track limits, it is definitely an issue for Polyphony to sort out, but if you follow my advice based on my own experience, that may help :)

I'm generally what I think most would consider a moderately skilled player and I haven't had any problems with limits that I would not put down to anything other than me exceeding those limits. A few times I've watched my replays, and yes - over the limits. Just about every other time I've been able to correctly predict an incoming penalty.  

I think what makes this trickier for some is the fact that we’ve just come off a week at Watkins where the track limits are arguably more forgiving (in the corners certainly - limits are the outside of the kerb/rumble strip, not the inside), and that Watkins is generally a fast track with a higher count of long sweeping corners that may be easier for some to navigate. That’s how I interpret it anyway.

Also, not that I have checked, but I don’t remember the hard tyre element of the race last week at Watkins being quite so slippy. I imagine there might be ambient/track temp differences that could be playing into the slippiness this week?

But yeah, pretty sure Kaz is rage baiting everyone this week. 

At least they're using the VGTs for once. They do need to be a lot stricter on wall collisions for qualifying though.

Alright, no worries. I agree with some of what you’re saying. However, I do still believe the track limits here are inconsistent.

There are multiple videos from top split replays where drivers take a wide line into Turn 1, hit the braking-point meter board, and do not receive a penalty for exceeding track limits. Then, in my own replays, I clearly have two tires still on the track, yet I get a 1-second penalty.

I’ve never really had an issue with track limits before, so at first I honestly thought it was something I was doing wrong. But after coming here, seeing the Discord discussions, and comparing other replays, it made me think, “Okay, maybe this isn’t just me. Something doesn’t seem right here.”

Anyways, glad some of you are having fun!

Wasn't aimed at you or anyone specifically mate. "Sorts the men from the boys" is just a saying, it means the track is demanding and rewards precision which is what tight track limits do. Hard tyres and strict white line limits make the track punishing for everyone regardless of how much time you have to practice.

As for the track limits themselves, staying inside the white lines with two tyres is the standard real world rule at Yas Marina. It's not broken or random, it's how the track is supposed to be driven. The penalties might feel harsh but they're consistent, if you put two tyres beyond the white line you get penalised. That's not a coin flip that's a clear boundary.

I get that 30 to 45 minutes a week makes it harder to learn where those limits are compared to someone who can run 50 laps. That's a genuine disadvantage and nobody would argue otherwise. But the limits themselves aren't the problem, they're the same for everyone. The challenge is finding clean lap time within them and that's what makes this week interesting regardless of how many laps you can put in.

For once I was interested in a daily a, check replay of the n.1, he abuses the walls,once again no race a for me

i'm not the only one struggling with the track limits i'm glad to see lol

Not if they drive like this bad boy. 🔥