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

[Saur]

Wow, can’t believe how fast Igor was on those hards. Simply outclassed everyone else in that race, especially in that first stint.

Nice to see drivers from all three regions on the podium, they all drove great in their own way in those four races and they all deserve to be on the podium.

 

[davidt33]

That was some fantastic racing. Watched the entire Manufacturers Cup yesterday Saturday up to the finals and today Sunday the entire Nations Cup finals. So glad I did. Those guys are really good.
Big congrats to Fraga and Hizal.

 

[Lucas180]

Really great racing! This whole series has been awesome to follow along, really enjoyable! Gts really has taken racing to the next step..! So many intresting small details and racecraft

 

[davidt33]

Really great racing! This whole series has been awesome to follow along, really enjoyable! Gts really has taken racing to the next step..! So many intresting small details and racecraft

Yes, the coverage was exceptional also.

 

[queleuleu]

I know it's a matter of hardware and at the end it's about Playstation but they need to find a way to implement dynamic TOD/weather the next season. Starting a race at dusk and ending it in the middle of the night. Weather conditions could bring so much to the already excellent show.

 

[Evandro]

Congratulations to my countrymate and everyone else involved in the FIA GT World Cup. What a show!

 

[dimassa19]

Congrats @Igor Fraga!

 

[sundaydriving]

Great stuff from the top three.

 

[Auditore]

Next World Finals to be held at the Moon

 

[TTM]

@Igor Fraga Congratulations on the win! Nothibg but the best driving deserves the win, and you pulled it off!
Woop woop!

 

[VincentVendetta]

Next World Finals to be held at the Moon

Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV-001 confirmed?!

 

[Auditore]

Lunar Roving Vehicle LRV-001 confirmed?!

WITH A UNDERGROUND MOON TRACK

 

[VFOURMAX1]

Great series and fun to watch, wish all the races had been longer even if nations had of reduced the race count by one event.

Nations should be the event that is all about the drivers and the races should all be one make events, Hard to make a case for the event just being the best driver when a car assignment could be what keeps a driver from being competitive.

Manufacturers is the event that can showcase the different cars and that event is built on the finals racers competing and qualifying in the different car types.

But make the nations the drivers performance event it is billed with all facets even to be next Nations Championship. Tire and pit strategies are fine as that is still the same for all drivers, but one make races only please, and not one two lap single qualifying event having such a long lasting effect on race starting positions.

 

[SCPH1000]

That Really was some Class driving in all the races, I was shaking with excitement throughout.
I'll be honest though...I don't believe any of the drivers lost or failed to win the championship, I feel everyone who went gained an experience they'll never forgot, they raced there hearts out and gave all of The Gran Turismo Sport followers/Players/Watchers some of the best live racing ever seen and by far the best exciting commentary I've ever seen too. To my mind - They all won and I can't wait till next year to see which of us here from GT Planet will be appearing on the podium next time

 

[Krypton78]

Congartulations to @Igor Fraga! With that amazing comeback he proved that he truely deserved his title. It wasn't just hotlapping that was how it looked like to gonna be in the beginning. After the Interlagos race he fought his way so incredible back, and how! Outpacing all the other superaliens with slower tires!

@TRL LIGHTNING same to you mate, started 10th in the first race and climbed up the ranks from race to race, what an amazing show! Big Congratulations to you also Mikail!

Nick Makozi, I admit I underestimated him before the Asian/ Oceanian event. And considering the names participating in this final, he wasn't the one to end up on podioum in my prediction, but he proved me so wrong and showed us all whats in him! Big Congratulaions!

 

[dimassa19]

How the HELL does someone go from 10th to 1st in the same car!? Insane!

 

[Wardez]

Igor was absolutely AMAZING! Insane comeback drive from that incident in Monza. What an awesome format. Huge respect to Nik Mazkozi for the dark horse result, really wowed us all! What an arrival! Love that they confirmed that they'd be doing this again next year at the end of the stream, can't wait!!!!! GET READY!

Here's the archive if anyone wants to watch the stream and hear us at the same time. You can see a picture-in-picture of the feed we were watching so you can easily sync up.

 

[Lux Klonoa]

Hm, the races were amazing, indeed. But I'm kinda disappointed in the venue's rather small size and small crowd for something of this caliber. I was expecting... bigger than this. And as someone said earlier, not much of the GT series' own music was being used here apart from the ending theme and one of Nittoku Inoue's songs. Felt like (and sorry for the pun here. XD) not much of the series' own soul was on display here, honestly. =/

Regardless, congrats to Igor Fraga for winning the Nations Cup. That was, again, amazing.

 

[Michelin]

I can finally scream BRAZIL WORLD CHAMPIONS again and it's not 2002 or for 30 seconds only to have it taken away by a british passing a german.

BRAZIL WORLD CHAMPIONS

 

[Wardez]

Hm, the races were amazing, indeed. But I'm kinda disappointed in the venue's rather small size and small crowd for something of this caliber. I was expecting... bigger than this. And as someone said earlier, not much of the GT series' own music was being used here apart from the ending theme and one of Nittoku Inoue's songs. Felt like (and sorry for the pun here. XD) not much of the series' own soul was on display here, honestly. =/

Regardless, congrats to Igor Fraga for winning the Nations Cup. That was, again, amazing.

Floorspace in Monaco is super expensive. This was rather generous space considering where they were! But I agree with your overall sentiment. GT Sport has plenty of room to grow though, so keep tuned!

 

[queleuleu]

So, Shawn Layden and Shuhei Yoshida were at the event?! Maybe some talks about the future GT on PS5

 

[AlanH49]

Was pleased to see both Shawn Layden and Shuhei Yoshida at the event. Together with the announcement of an even more ambitious 2019 FIA series it bodes well for continued GT Sport support.

It’s also good to see the highly positive reception to these events when threads are posted on general gaming sites like Resetera.

 

[BrainsBush]

I can finally scream BRAZIL WORLD CHAMPIONS again and it's not 2002 or for 30 seconds only to have it taken away by a british passing a german.

BRAZIL WORLD CHAMPIONS

Imagine you're Dutch. Not in racing and/or football (YET!!)

 

[danhighway]

Congratulations to Igor! Great driving in the Americas finals and inspiring driving in the World Finals. Absolutely deserved.

I for one am excited for all the interviews in the coming days from the events for some juicy details.

 

[praiano63]

Congrats to @Igor Fraga for the fantastic win , the last race was really electric.
Congrats to all the others finalist too, everybody there have such a level that make this event a great entertainement.
I feel sorry for Nico , but i'm sure he will come with everything to the next championship , with a ton of experience from this one.
This was amazing.

 

[O604]

That was a great weekend of entertainment. Thank you to everyone involved.

Never thought I'd be watching video game competitions at my age. Never thought I'd love it so much. Never say never.

 

[JayOTT]

Yep, quick look at some moments from the final confirms my earlier point. Imagine being in Kokubun's shoes and knowing that you've been robbed any chance whatsoever of becoming a world champion because the lucky dip gave you three crapboxes?

 

[Cabelmania]

I don't know what to say, everybody already told about the awesomeness of this event, and the little fixes they can make next year

Congratulations To @Igor Fraga and the others, it was an amazing event

 

[HellzFire]

With all respect, Igor looked like he was on an American top tier room with a bad qualifiying destroying everyone to win the race.

Instead, he was driving against only the best 15 other drivers in the world.

What a BEAST. League of his own. They should just rename the X2014 to IOF2014. What a performance.

Congrats @Igor Fraga !

 

[queleuleu]