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Just so you know grumpy I'm done on QT this week, family and work stuff....annoying I know but that's all the targets I can offer up now.
Have fun peeps and race safe and well all.
Have fun peeps and race safe and well all.
Ahh, you can't be serious. I mean, because...:Just so you know grumpy I'm done on QT this week, family and work stuff....annoying I know but that's all the targets I can offer up now.
Have fun peeps and race safe and well all.
Ah man you are freaking joking!!!
Thanks mate. It was way too much work... 😅Ah man you are freaking joking!!!
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That was my time! My time!
Great lap mate all banter aside. 👊
Usually people with low self-esteem, or people with a grudge against you. Sometimes it's both.I don't know why people impersonate others.
That's the title of my sextape.@Famine being an icon for 56 seconds🤌🏻
Imagine my surprise.That's the title of my sextape.
Okay, it's not. But only by about 27 seconds.
I'll give it a go, but my standard delay method is to think of Steve Buscemi.Imagine my surprise.
Huh. I wonder what is I'm doing in the race to get SR down...If I do another this week I'm definitely saving the replay. And checking it out.I am not an expert by any means here. However, I've never seen SR go down just because someone hits your rear bumper. The other way around, sure - you touch someone's bumper, it may or may not affect SR. But usually not if someone touches you. I suppose it's possible if you did something like slam on your brakes, but other than that, I'm dubious.
There's a lot of reason SR can go down. Last week (I think it was, anyway), for example, going off track stopped you from getting a CRB, even if you didn't get a penalty. I don't know if it affected SR or not, but a couple of times I didn't get CRB and had to look back through the replay to see that I did, in fact, go slightly off track. So it's easy to forget that something happened that might affect your SR.
This week, touching some of the kerbs doesn't give you a penalty, but there's no guarantee it doesn't affect SR.
And by the way, I got bump-drafted a handful of times in a couple of races at TM yesterday. I still got CRB, and my SR went up, although I was close to full anyway, so it wasn't by much.
A couple of questions for you guys. Using the R8 at TM, and my questions/comments all pertain to this environment.
It is my understanding that with brake balance biased towards the front (i.e. negative BB), that helps shift the weight forward during braking, which can help steering in some circumstances. And brake balance biased towards the rear can help snap the back end around corners, again depending on the situation.
From experimenting at TM, one thing I know for sure. With BB at -5, the final chicane is MUCH easier for me to navigate - specifically, the first corner, which is a big duh, since it's the only place you're on the brakes there. There are a couple of other places on the track where front BB appears to help me.
However, there's other places on the track where rear BB appears to be better. I say "appears to be better" because I'm not a consistent enough driver to be 100% sure.
I drove a couple of laps with BB+5, then switched to BB-5 at the final chicane, and they seemed like pretty good laps.
Can you guys help me understand this better, again, specifically with TM and the R8. I learn by real-world examples much better than theory. And I realize this may have a lot to do with driving style, sp you can assume I'm braking harder most of the time than I probably should be, although I don't suck, so it's not like I'm newbie-braking.
To my (limited) understanding, assuming we are in a Gr.3 car with ABS (i.e. No lock ups), Front bias BB (-ve value in GT7) should provide better braking performance (i.e. Shorter braking distance) and better stability under braking. While Rear bias (+ve in GT7) should aid turning-in/reduce understeer.I think genuinely understanding the car and the track is worth more than arbitrary clicks up and down.
Some people will feel it @AdxRE will have some thoughts on this I'm sure. But tidg doesn't usually mess around with BB.
Do what feels comfortable but you have to do multiple laps it's not a one lap thing the feel.
Enjoy your vacation, we'll see you next week hopefully. Racing with the AI is better because sometimes they can make errors and they are not like dirty drivers who ram you on the track deliberately.Leaving for vacation tomorrow so I chose to pass on learning a new track on mash-up Monday and not being able to perfect times later in the week.
I instead created a 30 lap professional level AI race with 2 pit stops at Laguna Seca.
Ive only been racing the Daily races for a month now but its amazing how much my driving has improved by racing live bodies. Racing vs AI is pretty dull.
My concentration has also greatly improved. When I began, I had troubles stringing together 5 complete laps. Yesterday, 30 laps of error free (no off course) driving was pretty easy.
The best thing about yesterday was knowing I wasnt going to get maliciously punted by a teenager on lap 30.
On lap 28, I took the inside of turn 11 for a pass but my tires were gone and I pushed wide, driving 2 cars into the gravel, I felt the need to send a “sorry, my bad” message.Enjoy your vacation, we'll see you next week hopefully. Racing with the AI is better because sometimes they can make errors and they are not like dirty drivers who ram you on the track deliberately.
Lots of times I'll be in a daily race and say out loud "Sorry!". Ya know, because they can hear me. Now that I think about it, it's probably good they can't hear me, considering some of the other words that come out of my mouth.On lap 28, I took the inside of turn 11 for a pass but my tires were gone and I pushed wide, driving 2 cars into the gravel, I felt the need to send a “sorry, my bad” message.
Haha, that's Pikachu swearing and ranting!!Lots of times I'll be in a daily race and say out loud "Sorry!". Ya know, because they can hear me. Now that I think about it, it's probably good they can't hear me, considering some of the other words that come out of my mouth.
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I retired in 2018, it was a very hard transition for me …until I rolled over and went back to sleep on that very first day. I loved my job but nothing compares to retirement.It's a good thing I'm retired. Almost every morning when I start playing GT7, it seems like I forget how to drive, and it takes me hours of qualifying runs before I get it back (assuming I do get it back). If I wasn't retired, and had only an hour or two a day to play, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't still be playing the game.
So to all of you as-yet-retired workers, remember this: Retirement IS all it's cracked up to be. Work hard now, knowing that years from now, there's no telling what kinds of great games await all that time off you have coming.
Oh, and make sure your wife has something she loves to do in retirement also, so you can actually use some of that time for yourself.
As for my wife, we joined a golf club many years ago. Once she took lessons from an actual teacher (as opposed to me), she started to love the game, and now that she's retired, she spends a lot of time playing golf with the Women's club, doing special events, etc. That means she doesn't begrudge me spending time on GT7.
Hopefully I'll be able to start playing again after my cortisone shots in a couple of weeks. But even when I can play, I'll have plenty of time to re-remember how to drive each morning.
So keep focused, people - there's a reason you work so hard (or only pretend to)!
World Tour driver, they get S DR. Surprised you didn't recognise his name!What in the ever-lovin' heck is this?
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And no, I didn't photoshop the image. As a matter of fact, I saved the recording and can share it if anyone doesn't believe me.
Star player.What in the ever-lovin' heck is this?
5.STAR PLAYERS
Drivers who reach the top ranks in the Series may register as 'Star Players' on the official gran-turismo.com website.
The Star Player registration prerequisites for both the Nations Cup and Manufacturers Cup in this Series are:
- World Series 2023 Showdown and World Finals 2023 drivers
- World Series 2024 Rd.1-3 and World Finals 2024 drivers
When the prerequisites for a 'Star Player' registration are met, a notification will appear in-game. Please proceed to register on gran-turismo.com
'Star Players' are players who exhibit superior technique and sportsmanship that are revered by all players. It will be necessary for drivers to register more detailed profile information, and the player will receive more exposure in race reports and live events. The Driver Rating of a registered Star Player will appear as 'S' in-game.
I believe the S DR rating is for the top 16 drivers of their region. I think🥴🍻What in the ever-lovin' heck is this?
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And no, I didn't photoshop the image. As a matter of fact, I saved the recording and can share it if anyone doesn't believe me.