Gran Turismo OVERTAKES!! Warning! Heavy photos and high Drama.

[photonrider]

@ScotteDawg - B & Ws are perfectly okay 👍 Any effects are cool - it's a general 'Overtake' thread - so we can learn from each other as well as get to admire some cars and catch some drama. That was a nice clean pass - bet it happened at some speed, eh?

@Kryption - that Miata driver had it in for you; good job dodging him.

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Here's something from last Seasonals - I'm trying to run the Tesla Roadster for a fast overall time at Daytona, and Harvey and Monroe are intent on blocking me. For every twitch I make they respond with the kind of twitch that sets them in my path.

It was time to make like a wavicle:

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[Kryption]

nice little slip through there, haha yes I was right on him there, and braked like half a second before he did for that hairpin. Full focus in that race lol. what colour did you have for that? it looks great.

 

[ScotteDawg]

As I was approaching the tunnel in the French car seasonal, I noticed the carnage ahead which forced me wide...

I didn't want to slow down, even though I saw the little Alpine going wide into the tunnel...

So I darted to the right and went around him!

Problem sorted!!!

 

[ScotteDawg]

 

[photonrider]

What colour did you have for that? It looks great.

Sorry for the long wait, Kryption - the color is GT Chrome 010.
Colours shift and change, sometimes quite dramatically, from what it looks like in GTAuto, back in the garage, and when on the different race-tracks. Some Chromes take on absolutely brilliant shades when raced under lights.

As I was approaching the tunnel in the French car seasonal, I noticed the carnage ahead which forced me wide...
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I didn't want to slow down, even though I saw the little Alpine going wide into the tunnel...
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So I darted to the right and went around him!
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Problem sorted!!!
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That was a great overtaking spot during that Seasonals - kinda miss that the French experience is done and gone. Super fun to race surrounded by French cars seemingly driven by some really crazy drivers I took that Alpione from both left and right; left is more of a hairier slip-through, but right gives the opportunity for a great drift around and scoot-off.
Saw so many pile-ups at that spot - hilarious. Actually, more true to what would happen in an online-lobby race with humans than with (supposedly ) logically-driven robots. It was a fun race and some great overtakes to practise and try-out.

The present Seasonals at Sierrra, too, give us some great opportunities for clean overtakes and some stunning photo-sequences, and I'm hoping to capture some soon.

 

[photonrider]

Having had my fill of been beaten while driving the Tank Car at the current Intermediate Seasonals I decided to take my Saleen S7 for a Sunday drive through traffic:

 

[ScotteDawg]

In the Acura NSX Concept at Spa...

In the Shelby Series 1 at Mid Field...

In the GT-R R32 Skyline at Spa...

 

[photonrider]

^ Super-clean, comfortable overtake there at Mid-Field, @ScotteDawg but the slip-through in the rain at Spa must have brought a grin to your face. I love those split-second decision moves that we have to make sometimes when making a clean and satisfying overtake.

Here I am having some fun at the current Intermediate Seasonals, Madrid, driving a hopped-up Mirage Cyborg :

 

[ScotteDawg]

@photonrider As soon as I did that overtake at Spa, the first thought I had was doing a photo shoot for this thread!
The same for the following set, also from the Madrid seasonal, in a seriously de-tuned Reventon!

 

[photonrider]

Haha! Brilliant! And that's a seriously good-looking car, @ScotteDawg 👍

Madrid gives us some incredible overtaking opportunities - and endless apexes! What I like most about these overtakes is that we get to perform such technically difficult moves because the AI drive so responsibly - while protecting their turf still not ramming you without cause when you are try to sneak through them - they hold their technical racing lines and this way we can make a decision without risking the thought that the racer ahead is suddenly going to turn into an illogical and angry maniac.
Great shots - that bunch of stills captured the drama well - this is pack street-racing that is virtually thrilling. Awesome that there is not a scratch on your car. 👍

Have a ton of interesting overtakes from the present Seasonals - have to post - will get to it soon.
Thanks for the contributions; I know it involves some work to put these shots together - sometimes several hours go by and all I've done is put together a sequence of a dozen shots from some exciting replay.

Later . . .

 

[ScotteDawg]

More from Madrid...

 

[photonrider]

Having a lot of fun with the Karmann Ghia at the current Hot Hatch event:

 

[MidnightRun85]

It's not a sequence, but you see what's going on here...

 

[saveimageas]

@v123moto45 around the outside in the hardest spot to do so at MOUNT PANORAMA

 

[v123moto45]

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@v123moto45 around the outside in the hardest spot to do so at MOUNT PANORAMA

Haha the legend is making a comeback...

 

[wahthewalrus]

I might as well join in the fun with this



Here's a probably ill advised three wide pass heading into the Carrousel. Amazingly, no cars were damaged in the taking of this photo.​

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[XSquareStickIt]

 

[photonrider]

Sometimes one picture is all one needs to tell the story . . .

Other times, the action needs a blow-by-blow :