2021 FIA Series Race Discussion

[Redneckchef]

Decided to run at le Sarthe tonight for Nations. I hadn't been feeling it on my pace when I ran hot laps so was unsure of how things would go. Took out my trusty 787b Mega drive and hoped I could honor the livery.

I'm the only screamer in the lobby. Mostly 908s, a couple of Saubers and someone in a Nissan. As well as @LeGeNd-1 in a VGT car, I think the McLaren.

I screwed up a couple of turns in qualifying as 1 guy kept wanting to race people. Dropped me to p11 instead of maybe p7 so nothing really bad.
The grid start was mental. People wrecking before the first corner. I tried to leave a bit of a gap and ended up getting rammed up to p7. Couple of slipstream passes and I'm p5 by Mulsanne. I wobble a little, but by lap 3 the 2 Sauber ahead are battling it out and I get on their tail. Draft past 1 and pass the other when he serves the regular track limit penalty.

From there I pulled away and yoyo'd a gap, but never got caught. Managed to pull a p3 for my highest ever points.

Soooo much contact at the first chicane, it's just a mess. But I'll take it. Normally any practice of any kind means my race will be rubbish, and I could have been faster in this one, but it wouldn't have got me 2nd, he was a good 6 seconds up the road.

Good Luck all and good racing. May the track limit Marshalls be kind.

 

[D_Dragline]

Warning: It appears bump drafting attracts SR downs in Nations. I dropped to 88 after the first slot without any other penalties or instigating contact.

 

[GTWolverine]

One day i might enter a Nations race! Good luck tomorrow for those entering.

As for Manufacturers at Interlagos, it's a brutal fuel and tyre saver race. Well it is in the SLS anyway! Pit stop time loss is about an hour. Mega short shifting which doesn't help getting the SLS Tank round this track. Early congrats to all those driving frugal tyre loving cars

Funnily enough, the last time this exact combo came up, it resulted in the only time I've ever had a result at Interlagos count towards my final tally. Took me all 5 slots to get there though...

My strategy was to short-shift just as the red bar began to creep in, and just not bother saving tires since I wouldn't be saving enough fuel anyway. I was still able to keep almost all of my flat-out pace when short-shifting, so I passed the drivers who were mega fuel saving, then dropped to last when I pitted at about halfway, gained some of those spots back after others pitted, and rand down some of the rest who no-stopped when their tires stared to die towards the end. Since I was fuel saving, even though I didn't save enough to avoid having to pit, I was still able to gain time on those who didn't bother saving tires OR fuel since they had to take on way more fuel than I did.

Since I already have 5 results for Manufacturer's, I'm not bothering with this race (I'm not good at Interlagos normally, which made my result here last time so surprising), but the big heavy FR cars can work even if you have to pit.

 

[Mercia]

Would the R92CP be worth it with the chicanes in? I find it a much more satisfying and controllable drive than the modern Gr 1's but without the top speed advantage down the mulsanne is the 919 just the outright better option?

 

[GTWolverine]

Would the R92CP be worth it with the chicanes in? I find it a much more satisfying and controllable drive than the modern Gr 1's but without the top speed advantage down the mulsanne is the 919 just the outright better option?

If you can't keep the battery charged, the hybrids aren't gonna be worth it. There are a lot of cars that could work for this combo. Last I checked, the Top 10 in North America have 2 962s, a bunch of 908s, and I think a couple hybrids. The Nissan should be super quick down the Mulsanne, but there's probably not enough room to use its top speed advantage to its full potential. I'm using the LM55 because it's pretty much as quick as the Group C cars, but is far more predictable to drive, though it does understeer A LOT.

 

[Adam Barber]

Qualifying couldn't have gone any worse, started 16th as 5 cars didn't set a time and 1 car quit.
9th, punted of on lap 1 after a mega start and was in 6th then down to 17th. Made my up to 9th by not crashing. 87SR aswell but I've finally hit 40k DR, going again.

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• Adam Barber
• Dec 8, 2021

 

[stpatty]

Started 7th, finished 7th. Had a surprisingly good first lap. At the second chicane on lap 1 I got punted under braking by a hybrid and went into the back of the guy in front which backed us up a bit. Two cars in front had a coming together at Indianapolis on that lap so I was in a good position here, but on lap 2 I spun it at the Dunlop chicane and the car just didn't want to get back in the right direction.

Spent the rest of the race getting ****ed by Hybrids that were too good for me coming out of corners and too far away by the end of the straights to catch. Some cars went off ahead of me and I ended up back where I started. Top cars were mostly 908s.

Despite being one of three people in the race to not get a penalty, I lost 9 SR.

 

[Adam Barber]

Went again but shouldn't have bothered, driving standards were utterly diabolical

 

[GTWolverine]

Went again but shouldn't have bothered, driving standards were utterly diabolical

Hey, if you're gonna get an SR deduction no matter what, why bother racing cleanly?
/s

 

[Adam Barber]

Hey, if you're gonna get an SR deduction no matter what, why bother racing cleanly?
/s

Slowly working my SR back up for Catalunya

 

[Zorz]

At this stage I'm damn near certain that Le Mans and I have a pretty abusive relationship. I turn up with a fancy car to spend some quality time with it, and it decides to beat me mercilessly and run off with a chunk of my DR and SR. Every single time. If I were to look at my overall stats I would not be surprised if this is my weakest track by far. Come to think of it, I think every long break I've taken from the game has been immediately after a nightmare round at Le Mans.

This was my first ever FIA race with A+ drivers in it and I certainly don't want to remember it. Qualifying was decent setting a 3:23.011 for P7 but from that point onwards it turned into a cataclysm. I forgot to turn on traction control for the standing start and quickly barrelled down the order after barely preventing a spin-out off the line. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise since it did mean I witnessed the inevitable Dunlop Chicane crunch occurring in front of me, but then again that meant I was in the pack down the Mulsanne.

Once things settled down I just found myself getting bullied over and over by cars that would slipstream past me at the first section of the Mulsanne, and I just couldn't get back past them afterwards. If I did, they'd just slipstream straight back past me again. Frustration set in, mistakes started rolling out (hello track limit penalties) and I ended up finishing P17. End result was 80 points, -1000 DR and a bunch of SR lost too. (Still S though thankfully.)

I've just had to do my first daily race in forever to get my SR back. Thankfully no additional DR lost from that despite jumping in with only 20-30 minutes worth of practice to get used to Alsace in reverse.

Bring on Interlagos please... I'll happily take a more sedate tyre and fuel saving Gr.4 race over full-guns-blazing Gr.1 torture!

 

[D_Dragline]

First attempt in the 908 was a disaster. Binned it in qualifying and didn’t set a time. Q16. Worked my way up to p11 but made a series of mistakes and dropped back to p16. Fought back to p12 and caught p11 and p10 at Indianapolis on the last lap only for p10 to run me into the wall at Arnage. Finished 15th for 112 pts.

Went again in the final slot, @Erebus_9 was there again. This time qualy went well and started 5th. Good start saw me 3rd by Tertre Rouge but got swallowed up by a couple down Mulsanne and was back in 5th. Then got Mulsanne seven kinds of wrong and dropped another couple of spots. Eventually settled down and spent a couple of laps racing for p5-7 with erebus in his 908 and a 787B. Great battle as we all drove clean. The Mazda would pull away in the straights but then we would be right on its tail at the final chicanes. After some spirited dicing erebus tragically missed a braking point into the second chicane under slipstream and sank like a stone. I continued to hassle the Mazda and finally set up the Dunlop chicane perfectly and overtook him on exit. I had over a second lead by Tertre Rouge and never looked back. Finished p5 for 199 points and honestly one of the most enjoyable races I’ve ever done.

 

[LVS_1986]

Two attempts, in first race everyone was respectful and nice, at some point of the race I was even P4 but spinned at Arnage... Finished P9. Decided to go again, quali went pretty well, P3 for my 908, first time in 195pts lobby starting P3 made me very optimistic... There was 2 Audis and a🤬 Toyota few places behind me, it worried me little but still I was optimistic... Lights go off and we started, as you can all imagine hybrids catch to top 3 just before braking zone for Dunlops... It was just ******* chaos, guy in TS050 wasnt even intersted in taking corner properly, he just rammed through other cars, anorher idiot in R18 rejoin track spinning my Peugot in wrong direction, so after T1 I was in P19 from P3... I was near RQ, but decided to finish this race(catch these idiots and kill them to be honest) I dont even want to describe what I witnessed in this race, I finished 6th so you can imagine... Get some decent points but this race was just pathetic, I dont want to play this game after this expierence, its just pointless, where the **** are penalties?!

 

[Mercia]

Very much appreciate the livery by @BlackbirdFab

Decided to go with the 919 as over a few practice laps it felt like it had the more speed to give and I've grown accustomed to the limited cockpit view with a track like Le Mans, that I've likely driven in my sleep at times, I know exactly where to place the car for my best line around the circuit.

First attempt did not go well however, following a car off at the entrance to the Porsche curves, like an absolute lemming, no idea where I was going but apparently our cars were destined to meet. Had me starting 14th and with some argy bargy off the start line I was the only one who went into a full spin and from there just salvaging something was going to be enough. Did manage to claw back to 9th but knew I had more in it.

The little one decided tonight was the night to throw a tantrum over bedtime so that ticked off a slot

So we go again for the last one of the night with the house now deadly quiet, managed to keep it on track for qualy but very tentative and not quick at all, landing me in 11th.

As is typical here chaos ensued off the start and I was able to jump some places, settling into 5th to watch a feisty battle for 3rd in front of me but a little out of my reach (waiting in the wings to pick up any pieces though) with a frenchman behind me gaining on the straights and dropping back in the turns, at least keeping me honest. A Serbian came flying through in a Peugeot seemingly as if he belonged to a different class, fair enough, 6th it is and pretty uneventful from there.

Love the combo, love the track, have won here before, have driven the damn thing for well over a full 24 hours at this point in my life, something just not quite clicking tonight for me.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

Warning: It appears bump drafting attracts SR downs in Nations. I dropped to 88 after the first slot without any other penalties or instigating contact.

I dropped to SR 90 even though I only got 1 corner cut penalty at Tetre Rouge the whole race So that's why.

From the point-less race at Fisherman Ranch and the "ghost" SR downs this race, PD have really outdid themselves with the weird bugs this season. So ready to throw in the towel and move on to GT7

Went with the left field choice McLaren VGT for the race. Good launch, plus it has a hybrid to help acceleration and a long 6th gear to keep up with the Pug. The brakes are not very good and lift off oversteer can get a bit sketchy, but it's fun being the underdog. Quali 9th, got nuked in T1 (no surprise lol), worked my way up to 7th and had an epic last 2 laps battle to get 6th.

Thanks to Arnie78WA for capturing it on camera

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Door #20, one of 3 787B in the lobby. A Porsche 962 as well, the rest hybrids and diesels.
Qualified as p15, it was my own fault though. I can run off alone, so there's that!

I started careful, knowing my tires where cold, was down to p18 at Dunlop, but was p7 at the first chicane, there where cars in every sand box around..
Made it up to p6 but missed braking early enough at the Mulsanne corner under slip, so to avoid taking the driver ahead out I had to straighline the litter box .
Did you know that there's a solid patch along the wall to drive back to the track on?

After this little mishap I made my way up to p10 again. Then a Italian driver serving a penalty on Hunnadiers thought that jumping in front of a screaming 787b going 320km/h was a good way to get back up to speed ... Cost me a damaged front end and perhaps two spots.
I tried to put him off later, but failed.
For that he called me idiot, and he was right. I shouldn't have failed
Well, anyway, one and done for me.

Edit: a Finnish driver in a hybrid for very crossed with me, or my car rather.
He caught me in every brake zone for 2 or 3 laps, but couldn't get by. He was trying to pass but I drove defensive. He quit as soon as we passed the finish line.

 

[OJBrit]

A good qualifying to start P5 but a horrendous lap 1. I beat the 787 off the line but the Pug in front was constantly in my way. I just went too deep into Dunlop. I crawled over the run off to try and avoid a penalty which I did but lost a few places. Then I went a little deep into the first chicane. But kept her on track but had to deal with a tank slapper which lost me more places. Got a couple back as I swept under someone and the Indy kink and a couple of others had issues there. I was ahead of a German heading into the Porsche curves but the car didn't brake and I was into the gravel. Of course as soon as I rejoined the track the car span. After a few attempts I was facing the right way but in last bar 1. Then coming out of the Ford Chicanes the car decided to meet the barrier. I lost more time and was now DFL with damage. Some 9 seconds back from the next place I just set about hoping others had incidents. I closed in and lap 3 set a fastest lap (which did get beaten). This allowed me on the last lap to get past a couple of people. Add to this a couple of quitters and spinners and I recovered to a measly 13th.

 

[KosmoKazi]

FIA Gran Turismo Championship // Nations Cup
2021 Exhibition Series - Season 2 - Round 7

Missed a couple of rounds due to real life things, but had time to sit down tonight. Only practiced for a little less than an hour before the race. Wanted to stick with my trust Porsche, but while it is great at Spa, the longer straights at Lemans rendered it a no-go, and I bought and tried to adjust to the Peugeot about a half hour before the race.

Was thrilled to earn podium 3rd place, after starting 6th! I was kicking myself for being too conservative on my qualifying lap, but when the dust settled I was happy to start at the front of the grid. Got a good start and avoided trouble, save for one rear-ending through Dunlop (that I saw coming so protected myself and avoided catastrophe). From there, battled a Porsche driven by a familiar and clean racer, and in the process was grateful I chose the Peugeot... the 919 is just so slow on the straights... it was a constant exchanging of positions, until we touched coming out of Arnage and that was that. Lucky for me, I had a clear run from there.

Was being run down by a McLaren VGT driven by another familiar racer, and he was flying. I'd have been able to just hold him off without a fight, but I bobbled the faster/easier set of the Ford chicanes, and cost myself just enough time to let him into my slipstream on the last lap. I put in a purple sector 1 thru Dunlop and Tetre Rouge, however, which may have saved my race. He still caught me before Mulsanne, though, and it was only because he bobbled coming off Arnage a bit that I was able to edge him out into the Porsche curves... thank goodness because from there it was just protect the position with the clean air and the better handling car. No mistakes, and we finished just a few hundredths apart at the line. Awesome race.

So geeked to earn my best points of the year at a track that I'm not super great at, in a car that I hadn't driven before today, in a room of pretty good drivers. Should keep me solidly in the top 100 in the US and maybe the NA region.

#15 at 40k DR / Q6 / R3 / 193 FIA pts / ~1200k DR and lots of fun again

THAT CLOSE AT THE LINE!! what a finish! PODIUM!

(and I didn't realize it, but that's two FIA podiums in a row!)

 

[RACECAR]

So I did practice for tonight's race and at first I considered the Toyota TS050 as the Porsche is just too stiff on acceleration and I was not under the impression I could do much with the Peugeot.

However after finding out the fuel use AND tire rate aren't too bad, I then tested the 908 in one of the practice lobbies and changed my mind. It took me far less time to relearn how to drive this diesel LMP1 without the boost assists I usually get with the Toyota and Porsche then I expected with the worse thing being how twitchy it is on exit (Which I also thankfully very used to quickly). Afterwards I just got into the groove and it just felt like the ol' GT5 days, putting down one good lap after another. Best I got was a 3:25.674. Its gonna be the first time I do this kind of Nations Cup race in a Non-Hybrid and while I know the hybrid guys are get the John Force starts of the century, I look forward to getting back on the straights.

 

[KosmoKazi]

FIA Gran Turismo Championship // Nations Cup
2021 Exhibition Series - Season 2 - Round 7

... From there, battled a Porsche driven by a familiar and clean racer, and in the process was grateful I chose the Peugeot... the 919 is just so slow on the straights... it was a constant exchanging of positions, until we touched coming out of Arnage and that was that. Lucky for me, I had a clear run from there.

OK, so I try as hard as I can to race clean... on lap one, with the really big disparity between the way the Porsche makes speed (hard off the corners) compared to the Peugeot (faster on the straights, by a ton), it was pretty dodgy exchanging positions with the 919 in my vicinity. He got me from way behind coming off Indianapolis, but I still had rights to the apex at Arnage, in my opinion.

He squeezed me good onto the apex, and I left him what I think was about the same room on the exit, knowing that even on a good lap, you should put the outside wheels well onto the curb as you exit. He didn't seem to want to do that, and we touched, sending him around and benefiting me. I think I'd have been able to get him on the straight anyway, but we were in danger of losing the slipstream early and I didn't want to give up that easily.

He didn't chirp in the chat after, but I suspect he was mad. I'm open to opinions, but my conscious was clear as I ran the rest of my race. Thoughts?

(and: hi, @Q8Racer7! and: bye! 😉)

 

[Geauxgreddy]

FIA Gran Turismo Championship Nations Cup
2021 Exhibition Series - Season 2 - Round 7

Slot 1 - Door number 20 and a load of really fast folks, including GT Planet's one and only @GTWolverine. Who, by the way, strapped on an LM55 that looked like a rocket ship at the start. Anyway, absolutely terrible qualifying lap had me start in p17 in this top split lobby. Sigh. Again, I let the pressure get to me. Then I start, think TC is done doing what TC does, turn it off and spin out... 2nd time I've done that. Down to p20.

But fear not my fellow Gran Touring Earthian companions, the Greddy never gives up! I put my big boy pants on and worked my way back up to p10! I had some amazing clean racing with several racers, including Equus (@GTWolverine ). Unfortunately for him, that LM55 was like a sitting duck on the straights and I was able to catch up in the Pug.

Great finish to my race on the last lap after picking up 10 positions in a crazy fast lobby. I had a load of FUN, so called it a night. 223 points for the 3rd time and 680 DR. I'll take it.

 

[Q8Racer7]

OK, so I try as hard as I can to race clean... on lap one, with the really big disparity between the way the Porsche makes speed (hard off the corners) compared to the Peugeot (faster on the straights, by a ton), it was pretty dodgy exchanging positions with the 919 in my vicinity. He got me from way behind coming off Indianapolis, but I still had rights to the apex at Arnage, in my opinion.

He squeezed me good onto the apex, and I left him what I think was about the same room on the exit, knowing that even on a good lap, you should put the outside wheels well onto the curb as you exit. He didn't seem to want to do that, and we touched, sending him around and benefiting me. I think I'd have been able to get him on the straight anyway, but we were in danger of losing the slipstream early and I didn't want to give up that easily.

He didn't chirp in the chat after, but I suspect he was mad. I'm open to opinions, but my conscious was clear as I ran the rest of my race. Thoughts?

(and: hi, @Q8Racer7! and: bye! 😉)

I think it's a slight unfortunate incident, just exiting through Arnage wheel to wheel. I assume the Porsche driver tried to turn right a bit while being hard on the gas, a very slight tap to the right rear bumper out the exit though, not sure how that caused a spin for the Porsche though, I notice that I also tapped the rear bumper of your car which could have also resulted in that incident, perhaps you could have waited until the Porsche made the turn? or the Porsche should have given up the position before the exit? Although it's a narrow path. But personally, I'm not sure how else this would've been avoided. Great racing though!

 

[D_Dragline]

OK, so I try as hard as I can to race clean... on lap one, with the really big disparity between the way the Porsche makes speed (hard off the corners) compared to the Peugeot (faster on the straights, by a ton), it was pretty dodgy exchanging positions with the 919 in my vicinity. He got me from way behind coming off Indianapolis, but I still had rights to the apex at Arnage, in my opinion.

He squeezed me good onto the apex, and I left him what I think was about the same room on the exit, knowing that even on a good lap, you should put the outside wheels well onto the curb as you exit. He didn't seem to want to do that, and we touched, sending him around and benefiting me. I think I'd have been able to get him on the straight anyway, but we were in danger of losing the slipstream early and I didn't want to give up that easily.

He didn't chirp in the chat after, but I suspect he was mad. I'm open to opinions, but my conscious was clear as I ran the rest of my race. Thoughts?

(and: hi, @Q8Racer7! and: bye! 😉)

Your conscience should be clear. You did nothing remotely wrong there. You left ample room and he was already out of control well before there was any question of being squeezed.

It was some pretty poor racecraft from him in my opinion. As soon as he knows you've overlapped inside he should have backed off and tried to set himself up for the best possible exit. The hybrid would have been past you before heading into the Porsche curves.

"Fast" and "smart" are 2 very different things.

 

[RACECAR]

#15 On the door panel (As expected considering I can't even remember the last time I did a Nations Cup race.) Hopefully all goes well.

 

[GTWolverine]

Gr.1 rounds in FIA have never resulted in anything but disappointment for me. Gr.1 races are where I threw away my chance at my first FIA win on a road course, at 2 separate events... These are some of my favorite cars to drive in the game, but for some reason I'm complete garbage when I actually have to drive them in FIA. Le Mans is also a place I'm historically terrible at. I decided to do this anyway because I needed 5 events to get a full season's worth of points, and this was one of the events I could at least race in without TOTALLY hating myself... Anyway, on to the recap...

Slot 1: As expected, I was immediately thrown into Top Split, but instead of being at or near the bottom of the DR list, I was actually car #12 thanks to farming 5k DR from last week's Daily Race C. @Geauxgreddy was also present, taking what's usually my spot as Car #20 in Top Split . I'd gone with the LM55 because it was about 6 mph faster than the 908 at the braking zone for the first Mulsanne chicane, and it's AWD so I know it would have a phenomenal launch and be harder to spin out. I qualified 14th - about where I expected, and also as expected, I was shot out of a cannon at the start, quickly making my way inside the Top 10 before we even got to the Dunlop Chicane after the start. Unfortunately I'd placed myself on the outside of the fast right-hander prior to that, since I'd had such a great run on the cars in front, and more and more cars kept filling the space inside until we were 4-wide and I was shoved into the dusty runoff area right as we got to the braking zone. With the sudden lack of grip I was pitched sideways but fortunately there was another car there to straighten me out, and while there was some contact with other cars since I was unable to slow down due to the reduced grip, we managed to avoid a massive accident.

After the chaos of the initial start and making up a ton of places, I quickly realized I'd chosen the wrong car. Somehow, in spite of the LM55 having a noticeably higher terminal velocity, the 908s were inexplicably eating me alive on the straights. And while I thought the AWD of the Mazda would give me an advantage out of slow corners like Arnage, it apparently didn't, but did give me a lot of understeer, further allowing the 908s pick up easy spots at my expense. Eventually I fell well behind everyone else and ultimately finished where I started in 14th.

Slot 2: I tried the 908 this time, and immediately ruined my qualifying lap by cutting the Dunlop Chicane, but still only qualified one spot lower than the previous slot and started 15th. This time I had much better race pace and had worked my way up to 10th on Lap 4 when I got punted at the 2nd Mulsanne Chicane and spun and rejoined 17th, ultimately finishing 16th.

Slot 3: Once again I went with the 908 and and somehow qualified 3rd. I knew there was no way I was going to finish this well since the 2 ahead of me were aliens, and there were other aliens at the back of the grid who for some reason didn't set qualifying times, plus there were the normal "earthlings" who were also usually quicker than me who qualified behind me. At the start, an LM55 that qualified in 6th shot past me, and I got knocked around and almost spun at the Dunlop Chicane and fell down to 7th or 8th. I briefly challenged for 5th before picking up a stupid 1s penalty for cutting the second Ford Chicane. From there I spent almost all of the rest of the race stuck behind a 962. Even when I was in his slipstream I could never get close enough to go for a move. On the last lap, the 962 was in 6th, I was in 7th, and 8th place had whittled the gap between us down from 2.5 to 1.5s since I was being held up by the Porsche. Exiting the Porsche curves, both the 962 and I went slightly too wide and picked up 0.5s penalties, which I knew would be rounded up to 1s when we finished since we wouldn't be able to serve them before the end of the race, and I was worried I'd lose 7th place to the car behind who was now dangerously close to under 1s behind me. Fortunately I remained just enough ahead to keep 7th place by a few tenths even with the penalty. In spite of the solid points haul of 241, I was still rather annoyed that I took myself out of 6th or possibly even 5th by picking up unnecessary penalties. Even more annoyingly, the LM55 driver somehow managed to finish where I started in 3rd...

 

[JoeDaSnow]

Entering the fourth and penultimate slot, I used the 2010 Peugeot 908 HDi, qualifying in 18th and finishing in 12th place with 43 points. I then entered the fifth and final slot using the 2016 Audi R18 where I qualified in 8th and finished in fourth place with 56 points. My points total stood at 95.

 

[GR33N]

Got my 1st ever DR reset (63->40k) yesterday and I'm not even mad, maybe just ashamed. I shouldn't have tried a race like this without practice. I was not ready at all to drive in a pack in 2nd split. I ruined the race of 2 drivers in the 1st lap and waited for them each time. Was dead last and really annoyed at myself so I decided to park the car in the pits to stop the haemorrhage. 1st bad idea because I couldn't make up for the SR loss.

Then I tried another race at SR B, thinking it would help me regain SR. 2nd (very) bad idea

Time for recovery... or is it rather time for GT7 ?

 

[RACECAR]

So qualifying was just pure junk as I got stuck behind another car who then braked in the middle of the Porsche curves, forcing me to cut a corner to avoid hitting him and getting a penalty, making my lap time non-existent and starting me in the back (Though not dead last as I was only 18th in front of a Toyota and a second Audi R18). Got an ok start and just stuck to the inside knowing the hybrid drivers were gonna blast off the line and then watched a bunch of people go wide off the track and then got punted myself. Got a penalty but not where you'd expect it and then got shoved off at Tetre Rouge by another Peugeot (didn't know Franck Montagny circa 2011 was joining us) and then got another coming out of the first chicane on the Mulsanne straight, giving me a 1 second penalty). in all that somehow, still managed to be in 12th. Then a tussle at the Mulsanne kink got me up to 11th followed by a massive procession of cars going off at Indianapolis got me up to 8th, then proceeded by a Toyota serving a penalty as I came out of Arnage and that gave me 7th. Up to 5th I then went following a Mazda VGT and a Sauber Mercedes going off at the beginning of the Porsche curves..and that concludes lap 1

Next lap was spent catching up to a Porsche 919 using that good ol' diesel torque and not getting penalties. Lap 3 I was catching a Nissan R92CP that just was struggling in seemingly ANY corner that was approached. Lap 4 I was closer and we get through tetre Rouge where he proceeds to do the whole weaving nonsense that so many people think is a good idea and surprise, goes off in the first chicane and gets a 1 second penalty. I close and close as he keeps screwing up the corners but then I get a wheel in the dirty stuff going into Indianapolis and go off, missing the best opportunity to catch him and the Porsche I passed earlier manages to get by as well. Annoying but I can still get them so I keep going. Lap 5 begins and the Porsche as expected gets that launch right out the ford Chicane and then the Nissan attempts to get back by but gets squeezed nearly off the track and I'm just sitting there thinking "Oh, I'm about to have a freebie by the end of the lap". On the mulsanne, the Nissan gets and then just brakes really early (Thinking its all down to the driver just trying to make the corner and not necessarily brake check anyone) but he gets hit and the Porsche again gets by with that launch but then tries to through the most aggressive block I've seen in a while (Which doesn't work) and I get by on the other side and brake where I normally do when he runs right into me and goes sideways (Strike #1). I get by him well before Indianapolis and again braking on my normal before out of nowhere I again get punted out of the way (Strike #2) but hilariously he then bins it himself at Arnage and just like that, I get that freebie I predicted. Couldn't catch back up to the Nissan so had to settle for 3rd on that final lap instead of what could've been a nice 2nd place but I still got a podium, which isn't bad considering how awful my luck has been in Nations Cup AND at Le Mans in Nations cup (Hell outside of Manufacturers, Pretty much ANY race at Le Mans this year has been total garbage for me) so this is a nice recovery.

Now to ponder if it's even worth trying this weekend's Manufacturers considering where it is.

 

[D_Dragline]

FIA Gran Turismo Championship Nations Cup

2021 Exhibition Series - Season 2 - Round 7

Slot 1 - Door number 20 and a load of really fast folks, including GT Planet's one and only @GTWolverine. Who, by the way, strapped on an LM55 that looked like a rocket ship at the start. Anyway, absolutely terrible qualifying lap had me start in p17 in this top split lobby. Sigh. Again, I let the pressure get to me. Then I start, think TC is done doing what TC does, turn it off and spin out... 2nd time I've done that. Down to p20.

But fear not my fellow Gran Touring Earthian companions, the Greddy never gives up! I put my big boy pants on and worked my way back up to p10! I had some amazing clean racing with several racers, including Equus (@GTWolverine ). Unfortunately for him, that LM55 was like a sitting duck on the straights and I was able to catch up in the Pug.

Great finish to my race on the last lap after picking up 10 positions in a crazy fast lobby. I had a load of FUN, so called it a night. 223 points for the 3rd time and 680 DR. I'll take it.

That last lap commentary is so good. You have a real talent for these videos. They are compelling and always make me smile.

 

[Geauxgreddy]

FIA Gran Turismo Championship Nations Cup

That last lap commentary is so good. You have a real talent for these videos. They are compelling and always make me smile.

Thanks for the kind words! I really like making them. So, when I hear a video makes someone smile, to me, that feels like getting a win the FIAs.