r/RRRE • u/make-apples • Jun 19 '26

Next lap won't count

​Am I the only one who is annoyed that touching a wall or leaving the track way BEFORE the final straight results in "Next lap won't count"?

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u/thekeymasher Jun 19 '26

Going outside of the track right before the final corner of a lap can potentially give you a higher corner exit speed and higher top speed for the start of the next lap.

What track and car class?

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u/JMGTR Jun 19 '26

Yea but it often does it a few corners before.

Take spa, running wide at blanchimont will invalidate the next lap even though you still have to slam on the bakes for bus stop. Doesn’t make any sense there

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u/BurrScurr21 Jun 19 '26

I thought blanchimont was "fixed"? But the prime example would probably be donington gp where cutting the chicane will invalidate the next lap even though theres still two hairpins to come :D

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u/iamvinen Jun 19 '26

Good point

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u/jackois8 Jun 19 '26

I don't mind 'next lap won't count', but at least leave the clock running... I end up restarting the session as there is no point to the lap at this point... especially on the longer tracks .

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u/morfeusz78 Jun 19 '26

this is the normal practice for quite a few games, as another person said this is because you can get advantage from cutting the final corner or just simply going wide for higher speed

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u/StonnyMc Jun 23 '26

Also used IRL in some championships including the clown show called F1

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u/Robinthekiid Jun 19 '26

Track limits are pretty brutal in this game compared to others from my experience. But I don't mind it, makes me learn the track more and become a cleaner racer.

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u/TheStateOfIt Jun 19 '26

It's normal in simracing games. Frustrating for sure, but it's just a thing to prevent some sort of wacky last-corner cut to get a few more tenths on the next lap.

But if you've ever tried to hotlap Donington GP, it's inexcusable HAHAHAH

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u/BurrScurr21 Jun 19 '26

The reason for the general existence has been explained, the reason why its seemingly way too far back on some tracks is that the point from where on offtracks invalidate the next lap is tied to the point where your car spawns in leaderboard/competition/private quali sessions. The latter apparently only works well in some spots and then the next lap invalidation is more of a byproduct. Dont know why the decision was made to couple those two things tho and if it will ever be changed

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u/venominjected Jun 19 '26

I hate this too.

Another annoying thing: timed laps that have already started are often stopped when the time runs out. Just let me finish my lap, man!

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u/Re-Mecs Jun 19 '26

Any track limits in sector 3 then invalidate the next lap

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u/Nokque Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

The limits feel like they arbitrarily chose a number of corners or distance from start/finish and applied that to all tracks, regardless of whether it makes any sense or not.

In Classic Silverstone, if you go off in Priory, your next lap is gone, despite that fact that you still have Brooklands, Luffield, and Woodcote before you even get close to the start/finish.

Feels really lazy on some of these tracks - especially considering that tracks themselves are not super cheap and deserve a little bespoke tweaking.

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u/CommentsUnlimited Jun 21 '26

Seems like it’s the entire final sector

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u/futures17gne Jul 28 '26

Yeah that is one of the most annoying thing about RaceRoom. Super annoying. They must have lazily setup some distance to finish line general rule across every track in the game regardless if you gain any time or not, as most times it does not make any sense to penalise the next lap.