GT7: How to WIN in Dynamic Weather

EVERYTHING You need to now about Dynamic Weather and Tire Choice in Gran Turismo 7, whether it be rain, drying track, tire selection or reading the weather radar these tips will help you be more successful.
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[@Doughtinator]

Do you have any tips for variable weather in Gran Turismo 7?

[@aussieexpatwatches]

No, that's why I look up this video. I was slipping and sliding all over the place! Had no idea that thing on the left was a wetness meter.

[@busbyboy77]

Yeah I've come up with a great one. If you're using a Gr.4 car the Huracan is a beast, and the 458 is a lot of fun, but in a safe way. I'm yet to try the Gr.3 Lamborghini in the wet, but I think most of that class would struggle against its little brother. Thanks again for the great advice and content ✌️

[@Mikeb8134]

I had no idea what the left gauge meant, so thank you so much.

[@Storm_CW]

I disagree with the thresholds somewhat Need to be knowing your pace overlap especially when you're looking at gradual weather changes. Typically the pace overlap is just before the 1st third from dry to inters, then about 1/3 to 1/2 up to the 2nd dial from inters to wets. Blue is aquaplaning territory. Even wets struggle to shift the water well enough to maintain grip, so when the meter turns blue it's a sign for you to log that part of track in your mind and try to avoid it if it's on the racing line. Funnily enough, a game like Motorsport Manager (mobile and PC) are underrated for depicting the same cut-offs on these conditions, because they spell it out for you. Also, drivetrain helps a lot with the risk vs. reward of this too. MRs (especially in Gr.3) have a wider margin of error because they inherently put more load on the rear axle. The same is true in a Merc AMG or a Mazda RX where the weight balance is slightly rearward.

[@DamageXcaling]

Excellent guide Chris. Extra tip: Wind direction its an extra tip that tells you how the clouds are going to be dragged into the track, if done well you can predict the coulds trajectory to either if it's going to pass through the center of the radar where the track is, or if its going to pass through above or bellow and miss it. Green clouds= light rain, means you can equip inters for the majority of the rain phase. Blue spots within green clouds = indicates heavy rain and those will massively increase the moisture meter to the point you will have no grip on any other tyre that it's not heavy wet. If track starts to get darker, switch up to radar, and check from where the rain is coming from and check the wind Direction first, then the size of the coulds and make your decision.

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks. Great tips. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@cbarge]

Great info. The main annoyance for me is driving a very long track like Le Mans, the weather can change from 100% dry to 100% wet in less than half a lap, and you often don't even have an opportunity to change your tires by then. And sometimes you change them but you're suddenly back to dry conditions minutes before you can change back. It can definitely be too dynamic at times.

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah I agree exactly. Getting caught out for half a lap on dry tries with a downpour is a nightmare. For that race it’s best to get yourself in a 4WD GR4 car to minimise this suffering. 👍🏻

[@user-iy2tp6ng6h]

I got caught out on spa, just past the pits and then a downpour, the most annoying part is I spun out a couple times and got over a minute penalty, wasn't cutting corners or anything

[@Doughtinator]

@user-iy2tp6ng6h ah man! Yeah it’s like the grip just gets turned off 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lasarith2]

It always start on lap 3 .

[@MRGTR-94]

Information here is still very valuable 2 years later when we have dynamic weather at Fuji for daily Race C. Thanks very very much for this!

[@Doughtinator]

Absolutely. Though since I made this video the weather radar colours have changed. But the information is still very relevant 👍🏻👍🏻

[@samousse286]

Daily C this week with dynamic weather would have been more interesting. One thing missing ==> weather radar before start of the race.

[@Doughtinator]

1000% agree! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@corfe123]

Why there is no tutorial for changing tires mid-race and reacting to weather in game is beyond me. thanks for the video, bro! Much love!

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah some things really needed more explaining. But I’m Happy to help man 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MartinKusimo]

I already adhere to most of these tips, but this was very thorough. Thank you.

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks man 👍🏻

[@KCR-Mark]

Excellent video lots of good info and I appreciate the work that went into that

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks mark 👍🏻

[@mugenmark]

The weather really is dynamic as been caught out a few times at Le Mans and Spa as had heavy monsoon rain with standing water just the first pit stop so fitted full wets, only for it to stop a lap later and quickly dry out again until the end. The AI cars all stayed out on slicks and I never managed to catch them up as had to quickly ditch the wets for another set of hard slicks as destroyed the wets well before my next pit stop window. Think I finished 3rd where usually I lap everyone in those races. Generally though even if it rains I try to stay out on whatever tyre I’m on until my first scheduled refuel unless I start losing significant pace and grip.

[@Doughtinator]

Those races are great. They are so dynamic 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Roar8891]

thanks this is going to help loads I was trying to use all the information such as the wetness meter and the MFD weather for tyre choice but I misunderstood the information both were given out

[@Doughtinator]

Happy to help. Let us know if it works out for you 👍🏻

[@necroscope5064]

Never realised there was a meter to show how wet the track was.

[@Doughtinator]

Pretty cool isn’t it 👍🏻

[@The_BenboBaggins]

Great video, and top tips!

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks man 👍🏻

[@RA_Vencher26]

Great vid Chris, very informative 👍

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks Steve 👍🏻

[@JamesNZ1000]

Awesome guide bro! Thanks!

[@Doughtinator]

Happy to help man 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Mikeb8134]

omg!! I didn't know this! thank you sooooo much sir!!!

[@Doughtinator]

Happy to help man 👍🏻

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Nice one Chris, always doing us proud. Like deployed 👍 😎🎙🏎✅

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks Julian. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@busbyboy77]

Thanks for the great content ✌️

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks Man 👍🏻

[@Gamer_Dan_79]

Cool, I had this figured out a while ago but nice to have the confirmation.

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks man. Yeah I think it’s useful for those single player big money races.

[@Gamer_Dan_79]

@@Doughtinator yeah even the few online races with rain, I got so damn frustrated I did my own testing in regards to tyres and water level, I thought I had it figured so this vid absolutely confirms I was right lol. Def will help others who haven't got it figured out yet, it really helps

[@Doughtinator]

@@Gamer_Dan_79 yeah absolutely. I hope this comes to a daily race every now and again 👍🏻

[@greymonleggomon1185]

I learnt this with the weather from doing spa 3 times. And having the map out as far as you can is a bonus. But I never new what the track dryness metre was til i watched this video. Thanks for the info

[@Doughtinator]

Always glad to help 👍🏻👍🏻

[@DamageXcaling]

Spa and suzuka teach a lot about rain

[@supercededman]

How do you adjust view of weather radar?

[@DamageXcaling]

@@supercededman press up or down at the radar MFD

[@greymonleggomon1185]

Press up and down on the cross pad if using control and on wheel its the clicky joy stick on the fanatec wheel.

[@andyn6053]

Thanks, I learned a lot!

[@Doughtinator]

Happy to help man 👍🏻👍🏻

[@adrunkpeon6983]

Great video

[@leighdog5866]

hello chris , ive found the im's have the biggest working window in these changing conditions , the full wets just chew up and wear out the quickest and arnt very good, even changing from auto to manual when it starts raining is a help to control wheel spin and slide , also the driver aids turning them all on to full, this can be mega helpful like the traction control from zero to full can save you heaps in lost time by spinning out , also putting the fuel map to 6 will stable the car down in the wet with less swaz through the full rev range

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah. Inters are great. I think heavy wet is only really useful if you know it’ll be raining the whole race. All good tips too. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@leighdog5866]

Ive been that disappointed in the full wets i just dont use them and only use the inters or drys from now on when its wet , i just find the full wets being a useless trye , another great video by the way

[@Doughtinator]

Thanks man. Yeah the full wets don’t seem to have enough advantage. I would prefer to see the inters suffer more with standing water.

[@supercededman]

Agreed re using full TCS and other aids in pouring rain :-)

[@MorrWorm8]

Ultimate guide to dynamic weather in GT7

[@Doughtinator]

I might change the title of the video to this 👍🏻

[@MorrWorm8]

@@Doughtinator 👍🏼🏎👍🏼

[@a1enterprise405]

This game really gets to me in the rain. I love it but yo I can’t seem to win with a gr 3 car. The ai keeps flying by me it’s tough. Marine I need the racing wheel

[@aussieexpatwatches]

Thank you for the data!I

[@Doughtinator]

Happy to help man 👍🏻

[@ViralRivers]

Last time I preemptively put intermediate on, rain lasted 20 seconds, nobody else changed tires and I was screwed

[@Doughtinator]

Ah man. Yeah you’ve got to make sure the track will get enough of a soaking to make it worth while. Hard to judge for sure.

[@phina_colada]

I’ve stopped using intermediates for the most part personally and just go straight for wets almost every time. It feels like the intermediates burn up in the dry almost as fast as the wets anyway, so I can’t really figure out what they’re good for.

[@Doughtinator]

It’s a good point. Since making this video. I really understand that inters can have big problems at high speeds. That didn’t factor into my initial testing here.

[@user-iy2tp6ng6h]

I only use intermediates after the rain stops until it drys up a bit

[@WB-14]

about time you got a forcast before the race, amazing what a pit crew actually do 🤔 sim 😂😂😂 speed the rain comes across isnt realistic 😂

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah. That is really missing from the pre race screen.

[@GrmlMaster]

The speed of the rain moving is dependent on the time progression factor set for the race. For the Races with dynamic weather time progression factor is quite fast mostly.

[@Photosynthesisbeing]

Its almost unrealistic how slippery the wet track is......but the ai cam still maintain a good speed.

[@claudiovic88]

Have you ever driven slicks on the wet? Don't think you have, even semi-slicks are not good...

[@Doughtinator]

It’s hard to judge how race slices would be in the wet. However. I do agree that the ai doesn’t seem to suffer as much.

[@claudiovic88]

@@Doughtinator I've experienced semi-slicks on the wet, and the drop in grip is noticeable, but of course this all depends on speed and how wet is the track, but I don't think GT7 represantion is unrealistic at all. People think driving on the road is the same thing as driving on a car pushing your limits and those of the car.

[@kratosgow342]

@@Doughtinator yeah but they drive really slow it's noticeable in Le Mans 30 mins races when AI seem to have fixed lap when they enter pit lane

[@zenonpereira8839]

Howto make it rain in custom race ?

[@mbaron4311]

Every time it rains my car handles differently. Same car each time but my oh my I can’t beat Suzuka gr. 1. Sometimes I feel like they make it impossible to win the race.

[@Doughtinator]

Suzuka Gr1 is a hard one. The rain can be quite unpredictable.

[@trinibaduk9012]

Games broken, how the fuck can there not be a weather forecast before the race. How can they just forget this

[@Doughtinator]

In most races it shows the current track conditions. But I do agree. A forecast would be nice to know 👍🏻

[@gavancorrigan8813]

Can you customise your maps so that your weather map is fully zoomed out, TCS is at 1, passing radar comes up by default etc?

[@Doughtinator]

I think it stays on the last thing you used each time.

[@thesillypig785]

Personally, I like intermediate tires from just before or over 1/3 of the moist meter, and Wets for anything over 1/3 of the meter

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah. It’s defo what works best for you. I think it’s also more about trying to predict the track a lap ahead.

[@purpleslug9489]

I’m just here to try and make it rain in a public lobby man everything I try doesn’t work

[@towerX-]

My problem is I'm blowing by the AI on the straights rendering completely uncompetitive. Any suggestions?

[@Doughtinator]

Which race?

[@aluisious]

That cloud on the weather radar is moving at a mile per second. I don't think tire choice would make any difference.

[@Doughtinator]

The pud do move fast!

[@__D_I_M]

When do you want to take wets over inters?

[@Doughtinator]

Heavy wets are better at avoiding aqua planning at higher speeds. So if you see VERY heavy rain they could work well. However when I dries out. They will wear out faster.

[@FRVulgar]

One milion race in Spa. Weather in Spa resets every time I enter the pit lane. Bad mechanics. Leading the race first 15 min, then first pit. If I put on slicks, then is light rain, if I put IM then is downpour. Go for the wets, it dries in a lap. Go for slicks its rain again. Finished 6th. Wish I never wished for proper weather in GT series. Hope they fix it.

[@Doughtinator]

That must be a new bug. I haven’t tried for a while and I think it was ok last time.

[@FRVulgar]

@@Doughtinator have multiple saves, but I guess Poliphony knows the problem. Out of 5 races in Le Mans only one was as it should be. I always check weather before pitting and a lot of times shows one picture, for instance rain, but as I pit and fit proper tires, thing mostly change and I get total oposite picture when exiting pits. So I pit in rain and exit into sunshine. Other thing is that my pitstop takes 40 seconds, computer AI is out in 25. I lead the race by 45 seconds and when out of pit, they are 5 seconds behind. Well that explains why weather can change so dramaticaly. My crew is on mushrooms or something.

[@tanner1ie]

I just experienced this tyre meter filling up in a wet race at Fuji just after unlocking Trial Mountain (after earning the A licence)... It was a three lap race and driving around on racing soft tyres, my car was undriveable after two laps, thinking maybe it was the tyre overheating or a puncture, I switched to sports soft tyres and drove a normal race at the same track! It's very strange! 😯😂🩲😀🤘

[@ViralRivers]

I think you explanation is off.the meter doesn’t measure that the whole track is wet. It’s a water level based on your cars exact position on the track. If you take a bad line, you’re water level will show higher , regardless of if there was a dry line

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah. The track wetness meter is the wetness of the track that your car is driving on.

[@2wheelmotohead339]

That was literally the first topic covered, immediately after he said “ The first thing to read and understand……“

[@SHAADOWW7765]

i mean it probably have to implement things from online behavior 🤔 but if some people behave like that they should not be allowed racing online. ai did at least 2 things against me that would disqualify you in real world either under or after the race. but at least I'm getting faster and faster on tracks in single player 😜 mount panorama i went from 2:12 times to 1:59 times in jag 😀 😅 slow to little faster😅

[@megabluex1]

Dynamic weather best feature agree to disagree

[@SHAADOWW7765]

i really hope they fix the ai in game 🤬

[@trinibaduk9012]

0:41 how the fuck can u pick the right tyres when u dnt even know the weather before the race

[@Doughtinator]

Yeah. A forecast would help.

[@shakengandulf]

You kinda do though, you can see if its sunny, cloudy or raining before the race.. if it rains later, than put inters or wets on.. its not hard.

[@trinibaduk9012]

@@shakengandulf 🤦🏾‍♂️ clutching at straws bro, it shows u the current weather at the start of the race in the intro thats it, that is not a forcast and it doesnt tell u how the weather will or might change later on.

[@trinibaduk9012]

@@shakengandulf lol ur really trying arnt you, on nurbergring where would u suggest i put on intermediates or wets 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@shakengandulf]

@@trinibaduk9012 You have a weather radar, keep it on.. its also colour coordinated. I might be trying, you definitely arent. Not my problem you cant read what the weather is doing.

[@user-iy2tp6ng6h]

This game is terrible when it rains, they aswell making the track ice

[@Doughtinator]

It can be very slippery. But if you check coverage of this years LeMans when it rained it looked quite similar 😳

[@kona959]

talk talk talk get to the point

[@OneHumbuckingSonOfABitch]

Thank you so so much!!

[@xpotatomilk2944]

I love the weather radar, but mostly when i do custom race and rain is coming, the clouds are just one big block in a straight line, so not lile in your video with a cloudy shape. its just like this: 🟦 when i play

[@Doughtinator]

I think this is when you choose heavy rain type it comes as a band or block. Lighter rain appears a bit more naturally. 👍🏻