Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Thread

[amnesiactical]

Back in the lobby he accused me of some 'dirty blocking.' But as I got myself a CRB, I like to think of it as a solid defence. 😁 Here's the last lap so you can judge for yourself...

Absolutely nothing wrong with that, he was trying to drive through you for the most part! He's just frustrated for binning it out of the chicane at the end

 

[Slowdan]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that, he was trying to drive through you for the most part! He's just frustrated for binning it out of the chicane at the end

That's what I thought. I was definitely not 10/10ths though, just so I didn't end up doing the same thing.

 

[Globato44]

Is there a logic behind the number we're given by the game at these races?

We are sorted according to our DR on the lobby, 1 being the highest and 16 the lowest.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Here's the last lap so you can judge for yourself...

A CRB doesn't mean you are clean, can get that even if blocking. But. You did nothing wrong in the clip, he was clearly frustrated with not being able to pass you, made a few dirty contacts and 2 absolutely dives but in the end didn't make it stick and crashed in his own so you can feel good and clean here.
Very nice defense, I would also hate being behind that.

 

[OJBrit]

I've jumped into today's race without knowing the track; just 10 minutes warm up. I was around 1:51 using the V12 Vantage, so really slow compared to my usual difference with leaderboards.

During quali a Supra ruined my first lap, and I ruined my second lap, so Q15 because someone didn't even try.

I punted one Porsche on the second braking zone. Totally my fault.

On first turn of lap 4 I had to crash into the wall to avoid punting the same Porsche guy again (and I still hit him, just not as hard as I was going to). I'm not sure it was my fault this time, but I rather take the wall (and penalty) than hitting him twice. So I'm dead last.

I managed to catch some people after pit stops and had some battles with a GT-R and a M6. P12 in the end. Ok, since my goal was just to give it a try.

The guy starting P16 won.

Well done for being clean and trying to avoid ruining other people's races. It can be hard at times but the reward to yourself as a person and a racer makes it more worthwhile.

Finished the final round of the Nations Cup earlier. The field was all C/S and I'm driving the Porsche.

Got my quali timing a little wrong and ended up 0.5 - 1 sec behind 4 other drivers. First lap I looked up and was surprised to see I was in P1 but I was too close to the next driver by now to improve it and ended up 6th on the grid. I'll take that!

Started on mediums and after some lap 1 shenanigans, I was in 5th fighting hard for 4th also in a Porsche. Finally managed to take that after a move that lasted the entire 1st sector. Got a great exit from the chicane at the end of the lap and a run through the tunnel, possibly a little too good as I had to take avoiding action at the tunnel exit and ran the entire straight side by side. I had the inside for the hairpin, but was just a bit too conservative on the brake and came out alongside again going into the esses, again on the inside for the next turn. I held it and he ran wide on the last turn before the next hairpin.


(forgot I'd saved it!)

Was a bit quiet for a while after that. I got a fastest lap at one point, but it didn't last. Went to the pits for soft on lap 8 and after everything had cycled through I was in 3rd in a Ferrari (who was on mediums now), gaining on second and being caught by 4th in a Supra. Had a nice battle with 3rd until he got a penalty for track limits and fell off the pace a bit.

3rd caught me 2 laps from the end and I got a track limits penalty, which let him past. I caught him back up and he got a penalty on the penultimate lap letting me back into 2nd. From there I just tried to survive the lap and hope I got a better exit onto the start-finish. So I took the whole lap at 95% with some tighter entry lines. He knocked me a couple of times in the slower corners, but nothing too bad, then tried a bit of a dive into the final chicane, got it all wrong and spun it, leaving me to claim 2nd place.

Back in the lobby he accused me of some 'dirty blocking.' But as I got myself a CRB, I like to think of it as a solid defence. 😁 Here's the last lap so you can judge for yourself...



All in all a fun race and I'm pretty happy with the result.

That lap looked pretty fair to me. The Supra had the advantage in the run to the line so he should have stayed close and got you out of the tunnel rather than looking for cheap moves. Despite their punt in the 2nd sector they were still going to try and take your place until a fantastic move around the outside by yourself. That in itself shows their poor attitude.

 

[Roggers]

Just completed my Nations Race and had a few A drivers in the lobby.

This driver in question I have raced with before in GTWS but they were a B rated driver and they were bloody fast then. I’m that race they won by like 45 seconds and I was P2.
Today they started last and finished P2. Again they were rapid.
I just happened to go click on there profile just see what there DR points is and there profile is show them as a low B rated driver? Surely they aren’t DR dropping for GTWS?



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Also what are your thought on this overtake? Was the Supra driver correct to hand me the place back? I’m not sure?

 

[amnesiactical]

This driver in question I have raced with before in GTWS but they were a B rated driver and they were bloody fast then. I’m that race they won by like 45 seconds and I was P2.

Would this be a German named after a certain Brazilian racing driver? I raced him in the 10am slot and he was pretty quick finished 5/6 seconds up the road from me. But yeah there's a fair few that are tanking DR to stay in GT2. Some players would rather win with the odds stacked in their favour than scrap it out in GT1

 

[Roggers]

Would this be a German named after a certain Brazilian racing driver? I raced him in the 10am slot and he was pretty quick finished 5/6 seconds up the road from me. But yeah there's a fair few that are tanking DR to stay in GT2. Some players would rather win with the odds stacked in their favour than scrap it out in GT1

No COMMENT 😉 🤣

Each to their own. If they want to do that then fine, do what they want. Just don’t see the appeal myself in doing this DR tanking.

 

[Zorz]

No COMMENT 😉 🤣

Each to their own. If they want to do that then fine, do what they want. Just don’t see the appeal myself in doing this DR tanking.

If it's who I think it is, he's been regularly cycling his DR from A/A+ down to C/B and up again for years. His DR history on the GT Sport profile tracker websites looked like something straight out of Rollercoaster Tycoon.

He's got a YouTube channel and the comments on the videos are filled with sycophants who completely fawn over "amazing drives" even though it's blatantly clear he's just there to thrash people in lobbies he doesn't belong in, then tanking his rating when he's not winning anymore.

 

[Nebuc72]

Would this be a German named after a certain Brazilian racing driver? I raced him in the 10am slot and he was pretty quick finished 5/6 seconds up the road from me. But yeah there's a fair few that are tanking DR to stay in GT2. Some players would rather win with the odds stacked in their favour than scrap it out in GT1

I don't think it's that necessarily.
GT1 races are insanely long and there's only 3 slots.
GT2 races are shorter and you can play throughout the day.

If you're not taking GTWS seriously - I can very easily see why you'd want to drop your DR, so that you can do more races and enjoy the variety.
That said, I don't know the person you're talking about so they could have a different motive.

 

[MCL1974]

If it's who I think it is, he's been regularly cycling his DR from A/A+ down to C/B and up again for years. His DR history on the GT Sport profile tracker websites looked like something straight out of Rollercoaster Tycoon.

He's got a YouTube channel and the comments on the videos are filled with sycophants who completely fawn over "amazing drives" even though it's blatantly clear he's just there to thrash people in lobbies he doesn't belong in, then tanking his rating when he's not winning anymore.

Has been exposed by other YouTubers a few times as a cheat and a dirty driver. Deliberately dropping his DR so he can do those horrid last to first videos.....a total tool but unfortunately also very fast.

 

[Roggers]

Beat the Supra! Well nearly….. All in all not a bad race this.

Car - so went with the Genesis X. Going to be my manufacture (99% sure on this) so was a good little practice for me. During the TT this week, I didn’t feel all too confident heading into the race due to lack of pace.

GT2 - 11am EMEA slot mainly DR B with a few DR A’s. Was given car #13 today…

Quali - so when the times started to come through I felt more confident now in my pace. Fastest lap was a 1:48:453 and that was good for P8

Race - didn’t know the preferred strategy, as I’ve only done 1 quick test run. Decided on softs for the start just for the grip and to also to build a gap to them behind. Got away ok, but through the downhill S’s I just cut the line and 0.500 penalty. Slipped back to P9 on L1. L3 I was quicker than the 2 cars ahead and I quickly overtook the WRX on the start line but the Supra in P7 just get the exit on the chicane to get an overtake done. L4 gained a free position from a penalty car. L7 I was losing too much time to the Supra in sector 2 plus my tyres were dead. Got jumped at the stop by P8 but they were way quicker than me anyway. On the mediums now I struggled for pace in those opening laps. I got lucky when a car double stopped ahead so up to P7. L12 gained another free position due to a Supra losing it and then proceeding to wall ride. During the last 4 laps I had a Supra on soft tyres gaining on me. I knew the last lap would be when I come under pressure. Feeling the pressure I did got ultra conservative and this allowed the Supra to catch quicker than anticipated. Manage to defend until the final chicane. I left the door open, but the Supra did push to pass. They let me though but once the race finished I wasn’t sure if I was at fault or the Frenchman. Seeing the replay I’m still not sure myself…

Spoiler: Incident Here

Finished the season with a P6 and my highest points for the round with 111 points. Very happy with my result considering how I felt my pace was.

Retirements - Just the 1 today.

All in all Nations was fairly good I think. Only missed the first round due to other commitments, and I feel like I could have done better in a few races but happy with my overall performance and my DR is the highest its ever been so 👍🏻
310 points in total for my 3 rounds.

 

[jimihemmy]

Also what are your thought on this overtake? Was the Supra driver correct to hand me the place back? I’m not sure?

It was the right thing to do because he probably thought he turned into since his line started opening up instead of holding the right turn.

Extra points for doing it since it was the last lap.

 

[Zorz]

That's a one-and-done for me. I didn't really want to run this one more than once because Grand Valley is not a particularly strong track for me. I also don't want to forfeit the result I just got, because that was a surprise.

I went another round of off-meta adventuring today with the Mazda RX-V and somehow it actually paid off. Definitely helps that a decent chunk of the lobby also chose to go off-meta too with a couple of GT-Rs, a McLaren, a couple of Mercedes and a Porsche in the mix alongside my Mazda, but in this case I think I may well have held my own against the Supras anyway.

Knowing that the Supra chews through the tyres, I thought I'd try the strategic route. I found in testing that I could make the RX-V go 10M/10S/10S, so I figured I should just try to hang on through the first stint and let any Supras do their thing down the main straight. I'd then pit far earlier than they could consider, get into clear air and go for it.

I started P12 with a 1:47.6 and in some ways that may have actually helped. My individual lap pace at Grand Valley is comparatively poor, so being closer to the back takes off some of the initial pressure when everyone's bunched up.

My first stint wasn't fantastic. I tried making a move at the hairpin tunnel in sector 3 and was side-by-side with the McLaren, but being held tight on the kerb unsettled the car and I almost lost it. It's a good thing I often turn traction control on for these really long races as a precaution - it saved me! That let a Renault through and heavily compromised me against a Supra. The Supra got me down the straight, but then messed up turn 1 letting me get the switchback. He did eventually get me when we reached the main straight again though.

I gained a couple of positions through incidents along the way, gradually falling back from the Supra at first but then catching him as the tyre difference kicked in. I dove into the pits on lap 10, put on some Softs and came out right behind the McLaren. Seemed he was doing the same strategy, but put the fuel in on the first stop. Either way, time to push.

The undercut worked BEAUTIFULLY. Between the less crowded track and some extra incidents along the way, I was up in P6 by lap 14, so the first round of pit stops had definitely taken place.

Things got a bit dicey on lap 16. The GT-R who had started P2 (and must have had an incident somewhere) was rapidly losing ground to me and the McLaren, and started making all sorts of mistakes. First he went wide at the tight sector 1 hairpin, picking up dirty tyres. The McLaren swooped around him at the start of sector 2 as the GT-R went off again, and then I very shortly closed right up his bumper.

I was trying to be cautious seeing how unsteady the GT-R was, but apparently not cautious enough. I accidentally gave him a small rear-end shunt at the hairpins towards the end of the sector and lifted off to let him go back to the line he wanted. However, he then got a bit sideways going onto the bridge and I was too close to react. I think I clipped him again which finished him off.

I've uploaded the run up to it on YouTube - did I do anything particularly wrong there? I'll freely hold my hands up about the slight shunt, but the rest I'm not so sure is my fault.



I came out of my second pit stop in P8 and moved back up to P5 at the start of lap 23 going past people in the pits. I really just wanted to bring it home now, but was wary of a Supra slowly getting bigger in my rear view mirror. Turned out I didn't need to worry about it, since that Supra killed its tyres on the final lap. It also turned out there was one more surprise to come. Another Supra further up must have made a mistake since I was able to start latching onto it over the final few laps. I wasn't going to catch it though, or so I thought. He ran out of fuel halfway down the straight on the last lap and I stole P4 by just over a tenth.

That earned me 212 points, which is another nice upgrade to pair with my result from Dragon Trail. I'd picked up 195 points in both rounds 1 and 2, and rounds 6 and 7 have replaced them. 👍


(Unfortunately the video has the PSVR tracking assist border on it. My headset started acting a bit weird earlier this morning and I had to recalibrate/reset everything. Somehow the tracking border got turned on and I had no idea until I checked the video after the race. )

 

[icycls]

just ran the first slot in the Genesis (also will likely use it for manu, decent top speed and handling). Started 10, finished 10, stuff happened in between. Sigh. It was the first all-B lobby I've seen in nations likely because my dr has fallen to ~85/90% B, the lowest its been in awhile. Really not feeling competitive lately and the dailies aren't helping much.

But lag is still a real issue, the first occurrence for me was lap 1 in the twisty bits - exactly where you don't want the jitters! And to top it off, after the race, while we are waiting for everyone to finish , and before the post-lobby, the game crashes. Can't recall that happening to me before (ps5). Not sure if these results will count, but in spite of not feeling competitive lately, my totals for nations have been decent. So this race wouldn't have mattered and I might run again this evening. Only my DR and pride at stake really.

Got two track penalties, one I don't think I deserved. I was bullied and shoved in the tunnell/chicane and forced off my line. Other than that incident, it was mostly a precession as most drivers were not making mistakes.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Ran a slot here at 17:00 CET, had somehow dropped to C/S.
It was not good ...
First a guy in a BRZ goes on the inside of me into T1, that's fine but the Ferrari is so much faster in the curve that I was still on his outside when he decided to use all of the track and side slammed into me. I didn't push back or anything but he spun across and hit the barrier.
I didn't wait because I didn't see any part of that accident as my fault.

Then as time goes and people pit I (on mediums) get up to P5 or 6, then a South African driver in a Purple Porsche slams me in T1 to get past. I give the benefit of doubt but as I pass him again he does the same, and then once more.
I have to admit I snapped and torpedoed him in the turn left before the long bridge.
The sum of penalties I got was 3.5 for that, to add to what I got when he pushed me out of track limits.

After the race the guy in the BRZ suggest I change my name to Raging Grandpa.
I found that amusing but I hope he looks at the replay and realise I wasn't doing anything to him

 

[GlockPants]

Good result today.

GT3
DR/SR - C/S

Driving the Porsche RSR, best practice lap 1:48.059.

In a lobby of 16, all C/S drivers.

Qualifying, I usually wait about a minute to start my out lap so I don't have to be distracted by as much traffic. Did the same today but binned it in the second sector on my second lap. I hope I have enough time to recover and get one last lap in. I manage to get to the start with about 10 seconds to spare for one chance at a good lap. I manage a 1:48.3xx, not my best, but it's good for pole position. 0.7 seconds ahead of P2.

Phew.

So far, a good strategy for me has been get pole and then drive faster than everybody else. Great strategy, works everytime.

I say, it worked here again. I started on soft tires and took my pit stop for mediums at the end of lap 7. The softs held up ok, but degraded more rapidly after lap 6. Still first at upon exiting the pits. I drive clean and incident free to the finish. Best point haul I've gotten so far with 35 points for P1.

Ended up signing with Porsche for the manufacturer series. The RSR has done well for me so far!

 

[MCL1974]

After the race the guy in the BRZ suggest I change my name to Raging Grandpa.

I would seriously consider following up on his suggestion, ''Raging Grandpa" is way cooler!

 

[Cerebral303]

No slots available after 7, second week running. Do PD assume that people just sit indoors all Saturday?

 

[Scuderia Paul]

No slots available after 7, second week running. Do PD assume that people just sit indoors all Saturday?

Thank you! I just got home from work and unfortunately missed the 19:00 race a few minutes. There needs to be a couple of later slots too.

 

[Roggers]

If it's who I think it is, he's been regularly cycling his DR from A/A+ down to C/B and up again for years. His DR history on the GT Sport profile tracker websites looked like something straight out of Rollercoaster Tycoon.

He's got a YouTube channel and the comments on the videos are filled with sycophants who completely fawn over "amazing drives" even though it's blatantly clear he's just there to thrash people in lobbies he doesn't belong in, then tanking his rating when he's not winning anymore.

Yeah that’s the account. Didnt know about the YT, but found the channel and I can see the DR is constantly up and down weekly.

I don't think it's that necessarily.
GT1 races are insanely long and there's only 3 slots.
GT2 races are shorter and you can play throughout the day.

If you're not taking GTWS seriously - I can very easily see why you'd want to drop your DR, so that you can do more races and enjoy the variety.
That said, I don't know the person you're talking about so they could have a different motive.

I don’t really have any issues with it, and I totally get why some are doing this. Only thing I didn’t realise when mentioning this was that this driver is a serial DR jumper.
Like you say GT1 with longer races and only 3 slots doesn’t suit some. I’ve seen a couple of A+ drivers complain about the longer races.

 

[Talon16]

Back in the lobby he accused me of some 'dirty blocking.' But as I got myself a CRB, I like to think of it as a solid defence. 😁 Here's the last lap so you can judge for yourself...



All in all a fun race and I'm pretty happy with the result.

Na, you're good. So long as you're not moving under braking or purposely changing lines just to get in front of him, that's fine. There's blocking and there's defensive driving; IMO yours was the latter.

Is there a logic behind the number we're given by the game at these races?

Yes, it's your DR rank in the lobby. I really don't like how they add those as it messes with my (and everyone's) liveries!

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I did one of these on the 2 account as it's the only one I'll have time for today (again, PD, how about some more GT1 slots?!!). I used the 20 AMG as I've been getting long quite well with the car as of late. It's not super quick... in fact I was only hitting 156 over the S/F line during practice where even the McLaren I was hitting 158. It's not even that good on the infield, but I've just been clicking with it lately. Kind of a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none type of car. My best TT lap in it was a 46.7 (McLarean was a 46.6 and Supra was a 46.3).

Jumped into a lobby and didn't get the best of quali laps in. I was sitting P2 with one more lap to go when I caught a track limit pen which killed that lap.

Starting on RS tires, I spent the first six laps nose to tail with P1 who was in a 18 GTR. I had no idea how many laps the RSs would last but figured I'd just play it by ear. To my surprise, the GTR driver pit on lap six to come off RSs and put on the RMs. I ended up doing two more laps on the RSs while keeping an 18 Ford GT at bay ~ four seconds behind. I figured I was on pace for a win, until the Ford and I pit on lap eight. That is when I saw I was coming off RSs for RMs, but he was coming off RMs for RSs! Uh oh. I came out of the pits in P1 well ahead of the GTR but I knew the Ford would be coming.

As the laps ticked down he was closing the gap but it wasn't as quickly as I had expected. A few tenths here, a few tenths there the delta was dropping but the laps were clicking away. Eventually with two laps left he was ~1.0-1.5 back but the tire advantage had fallen off quiet a bit. On the last lap he was ~1.0 back and there was some drama with a lapped car (I know they're ghosted but they can still be detracting); going into the infield gap was like .500 and stayed at that until the final chicane where I got a much better exit and that's all she wrote.

Overall a very fun race. I like this combo a lot and the RM + RS strat keeps things interesting. I wish PD would do more of these in the Dailies. 12-13 laps would probably fit within the time window for C; amazing how the times come down when we get RS + RM tires and not just the slowest RH tire.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Any of you overachiever’s go through the upcoming Manu schedule and figure out which races are going to be potential tire/fuel savers?

Looking at the multipliers, PD might have knocked this out of the park allowing for different strategies

 

[Talon16]

Any of you overachiever’s go through the upcoming Manu schedule and figure out which races are going to be potential tire/fuel savers?

Looking at the multipliers, PD might have knocked this out of the park allowing for different strategies

Are you talking GT1 or GT2? I think there are a number of them that have that potential in GT1. I'd say we've already had one. I mean, look at today's race; a two stopper (is this the first every two stopper?) that requires a refuel as well. If you want to run RM+RS+RS those RSs are going to be hurting at the end of their stints.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Are you talking GT1 or GT2? I think there are a number of them that have that potential in GT1. I'd say we've already had one. I mean, look at today's race; a two stopper (is this the first every two stopper?) that requires a refuel as well. If you want to run RM+RS+RS those RSs are going to be hurting at the end of their stints.

GT1

 

[icycls]

well, this morning's system crash looks like it really cost me more DR than my P10 finish should have. It is down to nearly 75% now. Which has me in a lower scoring lobby for this afternoon's try. And it was a slower lobby, although I don't always assume DR and pace are at all correlated, I had a similar q time and started P5 here (P10 this am)

But seriously, the lag today made my second race undrivable (Genesis again). At least twice I lifted thinking I was going to hit someone when they woudl suddenly dart ahead 0.1 or 0.2 and I lost a P or two each time. On top of that, I allowed myself to get blocked off the pit lane, so 3 second penalty. Finished P8 but without that 3-4 sec handicap I could have had 5 or 6. Didn't even do my DR any good with another run at GVH and I do like driving here.

Are others seeing this lag today? My connection is never the best but it is typically manageable. I might stick to TTs or dailyA's until this lag improves (assuming its not my connection)

 

[Dep Fishtail]

well, this morning's system crash looks like it really cost me more DR than my P10 finish should have. It is down to nearly 75% now. Which has me in a lower scoring lobby for this afternoon's try. And it was a slower lobby, although I don't always assume DR and pace are at all correlated, I had a similar q time and started P5 here (P10 this am)

But seriously, the lag today made my second race undrivable (Genesis again). At least twice I lifted thinking I was going to hit someone when they woudl suddenly dart ahead 0.1 or 0.2 and I lost a P or two each time. On top of that, I allowed myself to get blocked off the pit lane, so 3 second penalty. Finished P8 but without that 3-4 sec handicap I could have had 5 or 6. Didn't even do my DR any good with another run at GVH and I do like driving here.

Are others seeing this lag today? My connection is never the best but it is typically manageable. I might stick to TTs or dailyA's until this lag improves (assuming its not my connection)

Yeah. Lag was terrible for me too.
At around 7 laps and intermittent for the next few. Around lap 10 another big lag and as I drive through some traffic which wasn’t sure if it was real, I came away with 6 seconds for passing 2 cars on yellow flag and the car in front of me got 3 seconds for passing 1 car on yellow somehow 🤷🏻‍♂️. Lag again around laps 18-20. Not good and thought about quitting because it was so bad.

Started p12 in a lower A/S lobby with 3 other RCZ’s 😁 one was on pole and ran away with the race.

I started on RM and other than losing 3 places with my 6 second lag yellow flag penalty I was constantly on pace and moving forward.
Pitted after lap 12 for RS only and ran them until I finished lap 22 when I got my last RS and a splash of fuel.

Finished p8 and didn’t score enough points to increase my season score so will wait and see where this lands me.
Fun race working through strategies and having options to make the most of it.

GL to those who are going later in the final slots.
🍻

 

[SPL170db]

Well, that should have been a 1 and done, but I didn't listen to myself.

Did the first GT1 slot using the '18 GTR. Had a not so great qualifying and ended up starting 11th. Moved up a bit, moved back a bit, but I fry tires so ultimately ended up finishing right where I started in 11th.

Skipped the 2nd slot and ran to the gym. Came home and decided to jump into the last slot. Took the Supra instead, Q'd a little better in 9th. Got off to a decent start and moved up to 7th and was rolling pretty good with the front pack. Then on the 2nd lap heading into the downhill hairpin I get absolutely slammed from behind like the guy behind me didn't even touch the brakes, sending me off into Barry R and giving me a 1.5 sec penalty for my troubles. Car is also completely damaged. By the time I get rolling again I'm down around 13/14th. Get moving again over the rest of the stint manage to make up a few spots back up to 10th I think it was. Then a few laps later like deja vu the same guy rams into the back of me again sending me flying off the track again, damaging my car again and giving me a penalty again. By race end I was next to last. I don't know what's up with some folks out there. 🤷‍♂️

 

[bduddy]

Horrible last race for me. Missed the first race by 10 minutes or so coming back from an event. 2nd race, got punted (by a TCR tag/livery no less), then had horrible tire wear and couldn't even do the 2 stop. 3rd race, disconnected during qualifying. Sigh... Guess it just wasn't meant to be. Well, I got to the middle of A rank and top 100 in the US. That'll work for me. Next goal, A+...

But enough about me! I know most people here don't seem to actually care about the World Series events, but I do! So... Here are the preliminary Nations Cup teams. This is, of course, pending confirmation that everyone is eligible and able/willing to attend.

If the top player only is what qualifies a country
NA - 2
USA - Calen, Windfire, Cooper (R.Haywood will regret missing rounds 4-6)
Canada - E. Lim, Rush, S. Cardinal (who took it from Lester in the last race)

Asia - 2
Japan - tokari71, Takuan, CRV (Osakana missed out by 1 point)
Malaysia - D. Wigneswaran, T. AIMAN, I. Suji

LATAM - 2
Brazil - A. Carrazza, L. Bonelli, IOF
Chile - A. Inostroza, H. Walsen, N. Arriagada

Oceania - 1
NZ - McEwen, Sidawg, Atom
(Note: Nearly all the top drivers sat out the last race, meaning no one had a chance to catch McEwen. One of the flaws of this system, I guess...)

Europe - 5
Spain - J. Serrano, C. Lopez, P. Urra (N. Romero 19 behind)
France - Kylian, TSUTSU, Aphe
Italy - G. Mangano, M. Busnelli, V. Gallo
Netherlands - K. De Bruin, F. Simmerman, RK23
Belgium - Q. Jehoul, G. Baccellieri, K. De Vroe (Note: K. De Vroe is out of the top 100 in EU)
(Note: P. Blazan from Hungary ended up 25 points behind after missing the last 2 races. Coyote from the UK was 29 points behind.)

If the combined score of all 3 top players qualifies a country
NZ is replaced by Australia - G. Barbara, Emree, jeeesh
Belgium is replaced by UK - Coyote, Will, J. Balding

 

[Nakano219]

I just want to make sure I'm understanding this right - with this points system, if you score enough points to where you think you'll qualify early, it's then optimal to not enter any more rounds, because you'll take your DR out of the pool and thus make it so that your opponents can't score as many points? If so that seems like a loophole they should fix for next time.