Gran Turismo 7 - Boost your driving rating with these 6 tips

Welcome to another tips video and in this one I'm going to give 6 tips to boost your driving rating in Gran Turismo 7 that dont require you going any faster...jump inside to see what they are!

[@lobotomyscam1051]

I hate the pit exits that throw you over the line in auto drive.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Agreed they are a pain and need to fixed

[@jthfk2494]

Looking at you Watkins Glen...

[@arkeys74]

Thanks for the small feature of me actually getting something right! 😃 and for yet another great guide! I actually still find your original “How to race smart” video from some years back one of the most useful videos I’ve watched for a casual racer like me. I try to stick to that long term approach every time I enter a Race C. Doing Race A is another thing though 😃

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

No worries Arkeys....yeah I know the vid you mean...I like that one myself tbh These days I feel I need to start following my own advice 😆

[@mattatkins4804]

A year old but still a great video good sir - thank you. Just getting back into GT and i always procrastinate when going back online. I spend more time than perhaps I need, refreshing my memory of the tracks and then never actually get out on track! I just need to crack on and these tips will help a lot. Thanks again man.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Thank you Matt I appreciate that...good luck getting back in to GT7 its very competitive these days and sharp elbows sometimes required!!

[@hYpYz]

Watching all these older videos gives an appreciation on how long all you guys have been at it. I can get to B no problem but my times pretty much put me at the bottom of the barrel so after few races I get demoted. If you're in DR C/D/E and you follow this advice and you're not binning it you're guaranteed to place in top 10 most of the time. I like setting up that overtake on the corner. It seems obvious once you said it but I'm such a tool I've been letting of the throttle on straights to let that happen :D BTW I've been guilty of hitting the PIT wall on the entry on many tracks more than I'd like to admit.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yeah some of us have been flogging GT online for 5-6 years lol...you definitely learn a lot...glad your enjoying the back catalogue.

[@luisknightpsvr4887]

Man this video helped me heaps! This week was a fuel saver on Race C and I saw this and went from the middle of a D rating to very close to a B rating in just a couple days! Thanks!👍👊

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Great to hear!! Glad the video was useful and hope you can keep that B ranking and move onto A!

[@Ticket_Bait]

Just saw this video now, great advice. I just started paying attention to DR, went from D/S to D/B toC/S to today finally B/S. 600 races in. Have only won one race, but I start towards the back and move up with many of your tips.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Nice to hear Ticket and glad the video has helped...all about consistent results when looking for DR so don't worry about the wins...just makes them all the better when they come along!!!

[@Al_United]

Crackin video Womble. Some pretty valuable info for most of us plebs 😂👍🏻

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Glesga appreciated....tip I need to give myself is to use the meta car 😆

[@BobsYerUncle_GT]

Smashing video dude and all great, useful tips. Things people overlook for sure. I am still sometimes falling in the time trial trap you talk about in your last point. However, I have learned to distinguish in my mind the TT I do where I'm learning/warming up to the combo, and the TT when I'm trying to hotlap and get every corner perfect. I am racing more these days though. I'll often hop into a race just to see where I'm placed, only to find I'm higher than I thought I'd be. Nothing is better for getting faster and racing better though, than just racing! First time I got up to A rank (in GT sport) I actually did so mainly just having decent clean races and maybe gaining a couple positions, if any at all. You certainly don't have to win to get the DR, and too often people act like that's the case

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Bob appreciated. Think people are getting better these days separating TT and race pace...certainly see less people die at turn 1 these days 😆

[@Krymefighter]

Thanks again for the vid. I am a shocker for Track limit penalties, need to work on that!

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

They can be so costly in races...definitely something to work on

[@martinsimracing1255]

Good video . Thanks for putting this together.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Thank you and your welcome!!

[@chillrobots]

semi new to the game, and these are great tips. Thank you and cheers

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Good to hear the video helps chill.. enjoy and welcome to GT7.

[@DarrenTurnerGT7]

An awesome tip video. Hopefully many will benefit from it.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Darren....appreciated.

[@magacacciari3565]

All of this is useful information. Thanks

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

No problem....glad you found it useful

[@Boknier]

Fantastic bud. Thanks

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

No problem 👍

[@gertinewoord1887]

You made a good video womble and it looks like a lot of fun going from d to a rating if it wasnt for the punters ,divebombers and the push to passers that also play this game and therefore ruin it in daily races.i think you should have mantioned it to.but thanks again for the usefull information.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

I appreciate the kind words but this wasn't really the video to look a bad driving(Iv done plentyof those lol). Tbh it was more about tips to maximise your results.....if you don't get punted lol

[@BM350Z]

Hello and welcome....I say this every time I see notification from ur channel heheheeheheeh

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Il need to come up with a new intro to confuse you lol

[@tonic1330]

Good advice 👍 A few ones for me: /For fuel saving short shift, it’s the best way, fuel maps rarely essential and can be a distraction. /When racing, keep your eyes on markers/apexes = consistency. It’s very easy to start watching the car ahead/behind or time gaps = mistakes /Don’t try to be the last of the late brakers. Brake a bit earlier esp. in races, get a better exit. /If a move is not on, sit close, brake gently, save fuel/tyres, get good exits /OP car may not be the best car for you (I can’t drive the Gr3 GTR 😂) /Have a brake marker for pit exits. Gaining/holding a position at that stage of the race can make a big difference

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Would agree with all of that mate. I was actually testing something with fuel maps after watching Tidgneys video recently. Was food for thought and maybe will be a video in future.

[@RRT_NightShifter1]

Some great tips there mate. Some of which I've started using. Instead of diving straight into qualifying, Ive started going into qualifying time trial to practice the track using a ghost that's quicker than me. Since Sunday, in 6 races at Alsace and 4 at Road Atlanta, I've gone from D/A rating to B/S rated. That just 10 races. 3 wins & only 2 outside of top 5. Because I prepared. Great video mate. Thank you

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

That is some nice progress!! Hopefully the tips here can keep that progress going!

[@RRT_NightShifter1]

@@wombleleaderracing6455 thanks mate. These tips, along with Doughtinator video on Sport mode, it's totally changed my game. Keep up the good work mate, it really helps. Edit for added comments. I've also passed on this video to others (Reddit/Facebook) who have asked for tips on raising their D/R.

[@jbirdsworld8537]

Superb vid as always. Any tips on how yo handle the assholes who either keep nudging ur back corner? Or worse, the one who intentionally sit on ur back corner waiting for u to turn across them amd when u move away they follow u across the track so they're still on ur corner 🤔

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

There was a time where a slight tap on someones rear used to give a 1 sec penalty but people went mad at getting them....tbf it was often harsh but stopped that behaviour and made people more cautious

[@jbirdsworld8537]

Just joined ur channel 👌 hoping to get in on some lobbies, start from the back and follow some decent drivers round to help improve my times so I can hopefully get outta the way of the ones I'm on about 🤞I think the only way to get better is to get more experience with better drivers, the problem with the game itself is getting that experience is almost impossible when C drivers hold me up and B drivers nudge me off straight away putting me back into C. Keep up the great work on ur channel, by far the best on here 👌

[@MrHighbrow777]

I'm on 500+ race starts in GT7, similar in GT Sport and as many again in lobbies. Never quit a race and had many 'doomed to last' turn into sneaky 7th with quitters and disasters to others.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yep never know what can happen in races. In GTS I had a 100% finishing record for over 800 races then it got ruined by a mid race disconnect!

[@naybother4430]

Cheers Womble, All very sensible, and the complete opposite of what I do 😂😂😂 maybe something in it

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Nay....yeah could be lol.

[@graemelarsen1991]

That was great thanks, you must have been watching me, cause every thing you mentioned not to do, I seem to do!!!!!!🤣😂😅😁

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Graeme....you can consider this video a personal tutorial 😆

[@mysteryincracing]

Great tips but I think you have forgotten one. Bad / dirty drivers, how to spot them and maybe wait until they mess up rather than try an overtake and get punted off.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Shaun....one of my tips on the last video I did like this for GTS was to never take dirty drivers on at there on game....how to detect them before the do the dirty is another question!!

[@mclarenrob2]

this must've taken a lot of editing! nice video.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yeah took a bit of work but hardest bit was searching through replays and finding the right stuff. Appreciated.

[@Scoupe400]

I hate chicanes, so usually go slow to avoid a spin out. Even if I run harder over them, seems to unsettle car. Hence 9:22, also cautious of such mistakes… and slip through for the advantage ;)

[@Ticket_Bait]

Quick question when racing in G4 does increasing the size of the wheel from say 18 to 20 have an advantage say on a long straightaway??

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Not of Bop is on...im not sure you can change the size on group 4 cars....although I could be mistaken.

[@The_BenboBaggins]

Great tips - good race craft is worth it's weight in gold!

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Definitely is....im not seeing much on show in race C this week!!

[@The_BenboBaggins]

@@wombleleaderracing6455 not at all - in fact, I think it's at a real low point at the moment?! Over the last few weeks I've had races affected and ruined by people fighting for every corner, even though we're on opposite strategies, and we've got half the race still to go. Even though they have a good sized penalty to serve, and they're going to lose the place anyway. Even though they've just been through the gravel, and had to cut me up to keep the position in the first place - then after all this, they still can't see that they screwed themselves over in the end, getting tied up in a squabble for 5th/6th, when we could have been battling for a podium if we'd raced smarter! 🤬

[@whipdan674]

Dunno about the tips but I came out of this video with a huge urge to avenge William Wallace!

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Lol 😆...Jyst don't go into races with that mindset!!

[@eriku7205]

Great video can someone translate in American ? I got about 50% of it ….jk Im jealous of your accent ..thanks for tips I will implement them now. that voice will be in my head at every move I make for now on .. even in regular life situations watch for traffic, turn on your lights , look both ways , look for pedestrians

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

I shall try and include some Americanisms in the next one...draft and raceway spring to mind 😆 Hope the vid helps and hood luck out there

[@SiQuemaCuhh]

If I had a GT7 focused KZbin channel right now I’d take all the focus off the game and put it on Forza. PD don’t care what popular KZbinrs like this channel say (unless your Japanese). They only listen to their Japanese audience (they sing nothing but praises about the state of the game in the PD Japanese yt channel). Idk the state Forza is in post launch but it’s fresh content and a new target Audience

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Thats just selling out to the new thing in my opinion....well at least that's what I think whenever I see youtubers who focus on one game jump ship to another for a week or 2....just want cheap clicks, subs and views. I think new forza looks good and said as much often on stream but doubt it will ever appear on the channel e en though il get it through gamepass.

[@snakychip]

Not getting a 1.5 second wall hitting penalty helps 😂 what’s all that about? you get punted off, the car is damaged, tyres are dirty, you’re in last place and the game decides to add a penalty 😤

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yeah its a silly penalty....I genuinely think they copy paste settings from 1 week to next and forget to turn wall penalties off.

[@ExodiaNecross2]

Does your DR go up if you just race clean but not quick enough too get in top 10?

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

No DR is calculated on finishing position. Simply put you lose DR against players that finish ahead of you and gain against those you finish ahead of.

[@tenbob1973]

​@@wombleleaderracing6455damn! Well that doesn't bode well for me once I have completed the game and venture into online. I'm always a back marker when racing online 🤦🏻

[@NerisX]

Nice invisible wall at 5:30 lmao.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yeah did look like missed it but remember replays aren't always 100% accurate with positioning...im sure they hit it on there screen....it is funny though.

[@piotrekf943]

Any tips how to make trees more 3d ?

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Only drive Trial Mountain....3D trees for days!

[@marcelocamocardi6691]

I am a top DR B driver and I am getting lobbies mixed with DR B and DR A. I have the impression that DR A cars are faster, I am sure DR A drivers are faster, but some situations such as straight lines and parts of the track where there is no way the other car could be that faster than me. I am so pissed with that. Did you or anyone ever noticed something similar to what I am describing?

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

I'm afraid the reality of this is the faster drivers are just carrying more speed through the corners. I feel/experience this myself even as an A+ driver. I think I'm on the absolutely limit of what the cars capable of them some alien is lapping 7 tenths quicker. If I watch there driving it looks the same as mine, sometimes it looks messier and slower but the stopwatch says differently. The clue though tends to lie in minimum speed through corners. Often there carrying 2,3-4 mph more through each corner and then down the next straight and so the tenths start to add up. In my experience the biggest difference between an A driver and an A+ driver is the in the braking. Lower rated drivers tend to overflow the car and rely to much on straighline braking which reduces minimum speed in corners and subsequently makes it harder to get the power down. Try to concentrate on braking a little bit earlier, carrying more speed through the middle of the corner and getting on the throttle earlier and you should see gains.

[@davewhite5494]

Good god man!!!! What is this mental witchcraft of which you speak??? Do you not know of the RED MIST that controls us all once the flag drops......HAHAHAHAHA. Great vid mate.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Cheers Dave...tbh your sort of right...once your racing you often forget all sense and just drive as hard as possible!

[@majodigu3272]

Mate where you from

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

A small island in Scotland

[@101wilku101]

Pet stop ? :)))

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

I'm assuming that's Google subtitles failing 😆

[@ExodiaNecross2]

Like for Gr.3 Gr.4 I'm using my Audi obviously.

[@PatsFanGermany]

This is pointless! Your driver rating is at the mercy of rammers. Within the last two weeks, whenever I joined a race, I got rammed off. Starting in the top 5 most of the time, finishing near the end of the pack every time due to being rammed off! My DR has suffered in these 2 weeks from borderline A rating to bottom half of B rating!

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Need to learn to avoid the chaos....not always easy I know but race long enough and you get a sixth sense for the dodginess.

[@PatsFanGermany]

@@wombleleaderracing6455 I have over 1000 hours of GT7 race time (online & offline combined) and dirty players still keep coming up with new ways to ruin other people's races.

[@Scoupe400]

Great tips. Is it the GT Sport video for fuel saving guidance? Can you link if it’s not this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIm1g3yJnrOMhtE

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Yeah thats the one Stuart....its old to be fair but does the job....could be time for an updated one I guess.

[@rapidshot3033]

Nah these controller players shouldn’t play sport mode 😂

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

Harsh lol

[@Trk-El-Son]

I am on controller but I drive with motion control, so I am smooth. I can’t stand to watch a stick driven car in front of me. They completely look like like garbage, with their jagged unnatural movements.

[@eddiecatflap3838]

iv gotta get out of the habit of rage quitting.

[@wombleleaderracing6455]

I finish a race regardless as I like having a 100% finishing stat lol but also for reasons mentioned on video!!