FIA Events '18 - World Finals Monaco Finished! Congrats to Team Lexus and Igor Fraga for Brazil!

[Mr616]

Probably because it did look like it. If even the blind stewards saw what most people on chat and some commentors saw, it's because it was not as clear of an oversteer swipe as you're making it out to be. It directly involved someone who was making a clean overtake (for te last place in a final) not being able to do it for no fault of his own.

Anyway, today we'll probably have more to discuss. lol

Just re-watched these incidents and gotta say I think your wrong mate.

YT chat calling Adam dirty??? Really? That tag belongs to Portilla surely. Divebomb king and elite blocker extrodinaire.

 

[rono_thomas]

Just re-watched these incidents and gotta say I think your wrong mate.

Do you have a timestamp?

 

[FitzyWATP]

I'll be supporting all the Brits and Team Aston Martin but hopefully all the guys taking part get fast clean races - especially those who didn't enjoy the best of luck for 1 reason or another yesterday.

Hopefully another great couple of hours viewing.

GL all.

 

[Mr616]

Do you have a timestamp?

Watch from about 1.49.00. Clean move from Salazar into T2 lap 10. Then watch it till finish.

 

[zzz_pt]

Just re-watched these incidents and gotta say I think your wrong mate.

Maybe. The stewards also interpreted the situation as I did. I appreciate people have different opinions but in my view, Adam took advantage of the contact that he caused, possibly leading to Carlos being kicked off the final.

I don't want to drag this minor issue though. As I've said and other people as well, stewards have been way too leniant. I think they never interfeered with a bad decision but stayed quiet in way too many incidents. That's the main problem, because I've also said in the past, not punishing the worse situations, leads into questionable ones and expliots of the lenient nature of the stewardship.

 

[Fabr_123]

Nico is so fast

 

[Sander 001]

Sorry I took so long to reply, but I was really pissed off to be honest. 3 different contacts with 1 basically deciding my fate... I must admit I am getting pretty tired of the divebombs going on so much so I've been thinking about whether I should compete in the future... irrespective of anything there's No way I'm doing 100m divebombs that cause crashes. I don't race like that and I don't see it as racing. If there's a gap ye go for it, but some of it was silly and stupid.

What made it even more frustrating is I'm pretty sure I'd have got my number 1 pick for the repecharge race and I was really fast there...

I'll see though obviously still a little frustrated to travel for one race. I dont mind being beaten fairly either. I'll enjoy the rest of the trip though, I hope the guys can put on a good show at least!

Thanks for any support though, that has been epic!

I don't think anybody can blame anybody for quitting because the racing has been borderlining a joke recently! And you're such a cool person, I've seen you get some nasty shunts and not get angry so I can't imagine what the experience was like in the races yesterday.

I hope you talk to the powers that be about this because even from an entertainment point of view, I'm losing interest. I tune in to watch motorsport but recently it turns into a clown show really quickly.

 

[zzz_pt]

Nico is so fast

Forget what I said.

I think the Q is still going (?). At least according to the live stream.

 

[Mr616]

Maybe. The stewards also interpreted the situation as I did. I appreciate people have different opinions but in my view, Adam took advantage of the contact that he caused, possibly leading to Carlos being kicked off the final.

I don't want to drag this minor issue though. As I've said and other people as well, stewards have been way too leniant. I think they never interfeered with a bad decision but stayed quiet in way too many incidents. That's the main problem, because I've also said in the past, not punishing the worse situations, leads into questionable ones and expliots of the lenient nature of the stewardship.

I wasn't having a pop at you, and people do interperate things differently. This was nothing compared to moves in the America finals and some other moves in these finals.

Its quelled my interest in these events if I'm honest. Bit disappointed

 

[Fabr_123]

Forget what I said.

I think the Q is still going (?). At least according to the live stream.

Yes

 

[Matty28]

I think that was the first qualifying session and now the top 6 get to do a second session to decide pole, kinda like F1.

 

[AlanH49]

The main problem is marketing,look at the Nurburgring event,it was marketed by Sony's main channels and look at that,the event had 100k+ views and the Red Bull event has 54k.Both of them are World Tour events,take into account that the Red Bull event was not marketed by Sony and it still managed to pull out 50k viewers,it seems the World Tours are more popular compared to the championship streams which makes sense.Exhibition usually attract more people.

There were three English YouTube streams yesterday, Gran Turismo TV, PlayStation and PlayStation Europe. 24hrs on they have a combined 55K views. I would assume they’ll be closer to 100K once all the catch-up views are accounted for. I don’t think that’s too bad for a Friday event. I don’t know if they have separate Twitch or Facebook channels. We also have to factor in the various promotional pieces and highlights. For many people that will be the way into GT Sport as an e-sport.

As someone who watches real motorsport online. It’s rare to have a stream over 2.5K views. With catch-up they can hit 50K-100K. If a race goes viral then you start hitting 1m+.

 

[VeeDoubleU]

Really, how is that overtake for the lead (Lexus and BMW) legitimate? That was terrible driving.

 

[Sander 001]

Really, how is that overtake for the lead (Lexus and BMW) legitimate? That was terrible driving.

Just shoved out of the way. This is the norm now for GT

 

[JayOTT]

Track limit detection once again proving itself to be a joke. 5.9 second penalty when there isn't even any corners on the Nurburgring that you can cut that much.

 

[VeeDoubleU]

and now BMW forced to the back.

Honestly disgraceful driving from Subaru.

The stewarding and driving of the last few events, has been really putting me off from these.

 

[FitzyWATP]

If it's penalty it should reflect the loss caused to the opponent.

5secs doesn't equate.

 

[banckzy]

and now BMW forced to the back.

Honestly disgraceful driving from Subaru.

The stewarding and driving of the last few events, has been really putting me off from these.

To only get 5secs penalty for it... what a disgrace.

Putting GTS to shame imo

 

[Sander 001]

Subaru lost 1 position, BMW lost 15 positions. Lap 1 and the clown show is in full swing already.

 

[zzz_pt]

Nissan: weird track limits penalty ingame - 5.9 seconds. goes from 7th to 11th.

Subaru, divebombs BMW, sends the BMW from 2nd to 16th - 5 second penalty (from the "stweards"). Keeps going in 5th place after serving the penalty.

I can't take this seriously. My suspension of disbelief can only go so far.

 

[VeeDoubleU]

Chevrolet being clever and letting BMW by.

I'm rooting for any team other than Lexus and Subaru right now

 

[Matty28]

5 seconds will add up to around 7-8 seconds because of how penalties are taken on the game. How do we know the Nissan was track limits? If so that's wayyyyy over the top but no surprise.

 

[zzz_pt]

5 seconds will add up to around 8 seconds because of how penalties are taken on the game

and 5.9 will ad up to around 9...

We know it was track limits because Igor Fraga told Albuquerque (portuguese commentator). They didn't get any advantage off the track "cut".

 

[stpatty]

That'll be Nissan's race over.

 

[Auditore]

The beetle is running away from the viper

 

[Sander 001]

They have a chance to interview the BMW drivers and he doesn’t ask about the disastrous punt??

 

[VeeDoubleU]

Been a lot better since the opening few laps.

Also Volkswagen dropped like a rock after Derek's stint

 

[stpatty]

That'll be Nissan's race over.

Admittedly, I wasn't expecting it to happen like that.

 

[Fabr_123]

OMG, fantastic ending

 

[FitzyWATP]

3rd for Aston

Cubertom is officially my hero for tonight.