Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Thread

[MCL1974]

How good do you think Verstappen could do in a Williams?

Verstappen would be better then the current drivers, but no way he would win races. Same for Hamilton, Alonso et cetera.

Maybe the question should also be; How good do you think that Stingray Robb could do in a RedBull F1 car?

 

[Zorz]

Just did EMEA GT1 first slot, that didn't exactly go to plan.

Once again qualifying got the better of me and I couldn't hook up a good lap. I was almost 2 tenths purple on my second flying lap, only to then screw up turn 7. I ended up starting P9 with a 1:25.8.

Unfortunately, the start of the race immediately got to me. I've never done an online race at Road Atlanta before, so I was very anxious about surviving the start, not picking up any track limits penalties through sector 1 and not punting anyone. I had no intentions of going for any moves or the like off the mark. I just wanted to get settled in above all else. However, I had a Porsche starting in front of me, and apparently that's a bad mix on this track when you're in the AMG.

The Porsche was so slow off the start that he had to immediately go defensive into turn 1. Just from the run up I'd ended up side-by-side with him and then had to try hang on around the outside. Things got even worse because the Dodge that had started P10 took full advantage of the awful line I was forced into and sent it into turn 3. It's tough seeing the apex there on a TV, let alone in VR. By this point, my composure is hanging on by a thread.

From there things just got worse, almost binning it at the last turn by clipping the grass, picking up track limit penalties etc. Worst by far was when I ended up behind the Porsche again after he'd lost out from some fighting and completely misjudged my position on the track. I'd unknowingly drifted further right than intended and put a wheel onto the grass heading down to the sector 3 chicane when I reached the braking point. The car immediately veered left and spun.

@D_Dragline - If it's any consolation, even if you can't outrun someone in the Porsche Gr.4, maybe you can make up positions by causing mayhem off the start due to how slow it is. 😅

That threw me all the way down to P16, where I eventually got my composure back... with about 5-6 laps to go. I eventually finished P14 after a Silvia and the Dodge from lap 1 made major mistakes of their own later in the race.



Time to go get ready for slot 2...

 

[RacingGrandpa]

Ran the 4 o'clock CET race in GT3, in the Alfa 4C, had run a couple of practice runs and worked away the penalties I thought. I hadn't.
Bad qualification, penalty on my final flyer in T2. So started P10.
Had some mayhem ahead of me on lap 2, so finished P8.
no real events for me so I thank the lobby for the clean race and a guy goes "Racing Grandpa, not cool".
Miffed I ask what did I do and the answer was check replay
So I did and his race was destroyed twice but not by me.
And then the game shows me a flaw.
There's no way to know what his PSN is....
The Nickname and PSN is shown on the presentation prior to the race but never in the replay. Clicking on the name in the replay doesn't give the opportunity to go to his page.

Now I don't feel tarnished at all, I know I did nothing but I wanted this to be a lesson to everyone about the importance of checking replay before accusing anyone of something.
He was dead certain I wronged him
Here's the incidents. I am in the yellow/green 4C 2 spots behind in the first and ahead in the second




He is obviously the guy in the Nissan.
If anyone knows him, please point in this direction

 

[Famine]

There's no way to know what his PSN is....

You can narrow it down by going to Game Base, Search Players, and Players Met - most recent will be first (and the game is also listed).

 

[icycls]

first morning slot, say 'Good morning' to @Talon16 and @jimihemmy. Mixed A/B lobby worht 14? pts. I noticed there is an earlier race today, so jumped in. My free practice was a disaster and I considered backing out to clean things up but went ahead and entered. Pulled off an ok P7 to qualy.

Stayed P7 through the first third of the race, no one is making mistakes. Mid race, Had P5 for a bit, but things started to get messy. Avoiding others cars, I ran into the grass at the start/finish to avoid another disaster. Still P6 or 7 but pace started creeping down as the tires wore on. Even lost a place to a cayman!! Fell back to P9 to finish. The last lap+, I had some good side by side racing which was fun even though I gave up the P.

No penalties but the runoff probably cost me a CRB. My biggest problem was tensing up on the turn before the straight; probably the most important turn to get right! Need to find a relaxed way to carry speed through there.

Might run again this evening, it is fun to race here even if it resembles a dailyC. I really think I let 2 or 3 Positions slip by today.

Oh yeah, @Talon16 won, I never saw him on track, too fast for me. Congratulations!

 

[RacingGrandpa]

You can narrow it down by going to Game Base, Search Players, and Players Met - most recent will be first (and the game is also listed).

Yes. Unfortunately that gives me a.list of 16 people with different names.than in game. Apart from one they all had a different nickname than PSN.

So I have to hope he watches his own replay, but he is more likely to just go back to the next race and move.on.
Edit: this is an excellent reason never to retaliate.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

first morning slot, say 'Good morning' to @Talon16 and @jimihemmy. Mixed A/B lobby worht 14? pts. I noticed there is an earlier race today, so jumped in. My free practice was a disaster and I considered backing out to clean things up but went ahead and entered. Pulled off an ok P7 to qualy.

Stayed P7 through the first third of the race, no one is making mistakes. Mid race, Had P5 for a bit, but things started to get messy. Avoiding others cars, I ran into the grass at the start/finish to avoid another disaster. Still P6 or 7 but pace started creeping down as the tires wore on. Even lost a place to a cayman!! Fell back to P9 to finish. The last lap+, I had some good side by side racing which was fun even though I gave up the P.

No penalties but the runoff probably cost me a CRB. My biggest problem was tensing up on the turn before the straight; probably the most important turn to get right! Need to find a relaxed way to carry speed through there.

Might run again this evening, it is fun to race here even if it resembles a dailyC. I really think I let 2 or 3 Positions slip by today.

Oh yeah, @Talon16 won, I never saw him on track, too fast for me. Congratulations!

Let’s hope that your go at it this evening doesn’t let “the science” pick your GT2 field :-)
Would be nice if you can at least have the race with final points landing unswayed.

 

[amnesiactical]

Just completed the middle GT1 slot in the NSX, that race was a frustrating one, involved in a battle with Silvia's and a genesis. Absolutely mugged down the back straight and put of the chicane almost every lap. You can get a decent lap out of it but in races you have to maximise sector 1 and hope a car doesn't back you into the car behind. Qualified p10 finished p7 but was catching 6th if I had another lap or 2

 

[afc5150]

I knew I was bad at Road Atlanta. Today I confirmed this in GT2 slot 1. Q15 to P14. Got smoked.

On to Nurburgring.

 

[Roggers]

The RSR will be strong. It’s been a bit hampered by recent BoP changes, but it’s always competitive. I’ve been driving Porsche in almost every season. The Cayman has always been an underperformer but this version of BoP has made it completely useless.

To answer your last question, ask yourself if you think Fernando Alonso, at the age 64, suddenly became a better driver in the off season.

Porsche is so annoying. RSR is a great car. Solid choice of car at pretty much all tracks. As for the Cayman Gr4… Such a nice a car to drive but is so underpowered that it’s useless to drive. Even in a fuel saving race it’s useless.

And then the game shows me a flaw.
There's no way to know what his PSN is....
The Nickname and PSN is shown on the presentation prior to the race but never in the replay. Clicking on the name in the replay doesn't give the opportunity to go to his page.

As mentioned you can see the people you raced in the PSN game search. The only option you have is to save the last hour off your gameplay replay and then you can see the PSNs in the lobby.

 

[Zorz]

Just had my second attempt, went much better. Although the matchmaking on the lobby, good grief. I'm barely in A+ so would expect lobbies in the 250-260 point range. This one was worth 291!

Qualifying went better with a 1:25.5 but in such a high lobby (possibly highest I've ever been in) it was only good for P10. Definitely out of my league. No Porsche starting in front of me this time, but I still somehow got one hell of a run on the Silvia in front of me down to turn 1. Whilst amusing considering how many of them are around, it meant I turned into the Dodge from my first race as I went to the inside so I could actually see what's going on, except I didn't make the move into turn 3. I've got the feeling the Citroen starting P11 probably won't have liked me much for that since he was right up my bumper.

Unfortunately, I promptly shot myself in the foot by going a bit too wide at turn 5 and picking up a track limits penalty. Serving that on lap 1 dropped me all the way down to P13. What I don't understand is that the Silvia in front of me did the same thing, but didn't get made to serve his penalty with me.

From there I managed to get my head down and go. Eventually was running in P8 because of a few major mistakes along the way. I was fighting a Genesis for P7, but one of the people who'd made a major mistake caught us and got alongside me heading into turn 1 on lap 19. What I didn't know was that there were yellow flags up on the run down to turn 1. I brake a little early to concede the position as I know the game is up, then see the marshal stand after turn 1 waving a yellow flag. The Silvia got a 3s penalty for overtaking under yellows.

He split me and the Genesis up and by the time he served the penalty, there wasn't enough time for me to get back on it.

Whilst I benefitted from the penalty, I really think this reinforces that the VR HUD needs to show more race information. It's not acceptable to be completely unaware of yellow flags because some parts of the track just don't have any digital boards or marshals to look out for! Here's the timestamp to show what I mean.

Ended up P8 for 206 points. I'm banking that!

 

[Nebuc72]

This has been a complete contrast to the Catalunya race for me. I expected to struggle there, and do well here - but I put out a decent result at Catalunya and instead cannot get the Viper to do anything at all here. It does quite competently in qualifying and in practice, but when you put the race fuel into it it loses all momentum and becomes an absolute slug in the back straight.

I'm losing pace, even in slipstream, to pretty much any car I've had to contend with. Both slots so far have seen me lose multiple positions in the first lap because everything just flies past me. It's kind of crazy.
On the bright side, I'm not the only chump to be bestowed with this problem, and my last race saw me racing alongside a Corvette for the entire race for crumbs at the back, with both of our cars having absolutely no top-end whatsoever. I have heard the Mustang has the same problem too. Clearly a conspiracy going on here /s.

Was good racing with the Vette though. I think we recorded the only example of people going through the esses two-wide (mostly) contact free.

Brought it home in the end in P10 for a meagre ~170 odd points. Debating to go again or not, as I don't know if the car is even able to keep up with the front runners, but 170 is still off my 200 point goal.

Edit:
Didn't run. Made dinner instead. Yom.

 

[Fezzik]

Pretty terrible run in the Ferrari for me.

Euro GT2. #5 board, matched that in qualification. Could maybe have got P3 with a bit of a cleaner sector 1.

Got too close to the front cars in the first few bends. Bumped a Supra in the braking zone for turn 3. Only a slight tap but from right behind, enough to push them just off track and give me a 2 second penalty. Dropped a ton of places, ran wide at turn of lap 2 and dropped even further back.

From P13 I thought about quitting but soldiered on. Got up to P9 behind a Lambo but stuck there. They were driving a good defence and the Huracan was gapping my 458 down the straight so I couldn’t get passed clean. Had a few shots at a lunge but driving a bit timid today. Another mistake at turn 1 dropped me back to P13 again and I could only make up 1 place before the finish.

Bitterly disappointed with that race. Looking at the lap times and gaps I had a great shot at a podium. The win was never an option - some madman disappeared up the road in a Swift! The heat didn’t help, I’ll blame that for the losses of concentration. I’m a cold weather racer.

 

[Zorz]

The win was never an option - some madman disappeared up the road in a Swift!

 

[OJBrit]

Whilst I benefitted from the penalty, I really think this reinforces that the VR HUD needs to show more race information. It's not acceptable to be completely unaware of yellow flags because some parts of the track just don't have any digital boards or marshals to look out for! Here's the timestamp to show what I mean.

Looks like it does. Especially in low light races where the actual flags will be worse to see.

The heat didn’t help, I’ll blame that for the losses of concentration. I’m a cold weather racer.

It was still quite humid for the 9am slot. But then my body temp was still rocking around the place after my illness so it could have been that. Try a desk fan placed near you. It really helps. I have one with a clip I can put on most things nearby.

 

[Rash-182]

Anyone else had their last race (EUR) just crash on them on the results board? 2nd place + fastest lap...

 

[VR-SORN]

Anyone else had their last race (EUR) just crash on them on the results board? 2nd place + fastest lap...

Mine crashed at the same point.

 

[Keith2324]

I know all Polyphony cares about is how many units they can sell, but some people should really be banned in this game. I know we have been belly-aching about this for an eternity, but my god man!

 

[Nebuc72]

I know all Polyphony cares about is how many units they can sell, but some people should really be banned in this game. I know we have been belly-aching about this for an eternity, but my god man!

Not sure how these two things correlate. You have to buy the game to be banned, and if you're banned you'd have to buy another copy on a separate account to keep playing. If anything it'd be beneficial to sales if they started to ban people. 🤔

 

[amnesiactical]

So went again, ended up in a tougher lobby ( according to the number board anyway ) although it appeared to have far more Caymans than the previous one which were a far better match for the NSX.

Qualified 8th, although the top 9 were only separated by 3 tenths. Looking to be a good race, only for chaos to ensue.

I was punted at T5 from 7th to 15th, someone else forced off at T3 were the only car behind, so the recovery mission started. The race pace of the NSX really did show, although overtaking was hard I was able to put in multiple 25.xx laps. While working my way up the field.

Ultimately finished 6th, second was only 4 seconds up the road, so a missed opportunity if not for lap 1...

Get the feeling Porsche drivers are going to be punchy in the GR3 races to make up for these first two rounds

 

[Keith2324]

My point was and is, they don't care about the quality of game play. I can almost guarantee if the ban hammer was used quite heavily, a lot of people would shy away from buying the game because they know they couldn't get away with their shenanigans.

 

[GlockPants]

Ugh, took 3 tries for an acceptable result today.

GT3
DR/SR - C/S

Race 1 - 0900
This lobby was worth a lot of points for GT3. Qualified P5, less than 1 second behind pole. I was expecting just to race to the end and take my points and go. Around lap 2 or 3 I go wide on T1 while attempting an overtake. Bungle the reentry and spin, after I let traffic by I'm P14. I manage to make up a few places, but after all my practice on this track, I know I can do better.

Race 2 - 1000
This lobby was worth much less points than before. Qualify P3, 2 tenths off pole. Ok, a little bit better, I think. Nope. Coming into the chicane on lap 1, I'm following a Lamborghini and they brake much earlier than I expected and a lot harder than what I could react to. I punt them off the track by my mistake of probably following too close, I follow off the track and let them continue ahead and reenter after traffic is by. P15, it's ok, I deserve that. Get up to P11 by the end. Ugh, worse.

Race 3 - 1100
This is my last chance to race today, I have to make it count. I'm feeling pretty fatigued by now after 2 practice sessions and 2 races. This lobby is about the same as the last, 1st place is only worth 46 points, I've got the 12 board.
Qualifying round I manage pole, but there is a Cayman behind me not too far off and a B driver back in the field with the number 1 board, could be trouble.
The race starts and I'm off to a decent start, P2 passes me lap 1 into the chicane but gets a slower exit than me. I'm passing them down the front straight into turn 1 on the inside. They brake too early and I make the move clean while they exit wide and run off the track, reenter cleanly but I'm too far out ahead now. From then on, I run away with the race. I finish 31 seconds ahead of P2 ... Hardest I hope I have to work for 46 measly points

 

[shio]

My race went great this morning, GT3 US

Had an awful qualifier, I waited 21s which I thought was enough, but I ended up catching up to a slower car lap 1. Took it REALLY slow through the chicane to give myself some space and get a good exit, but ended up catching them regardless near the end of lap 2. Lap 3 I was trying to get around them but deviated from my line, went off track, crashed. Tried to exit and retry, but didn't have enough time to finish my out lap.

Qualified P10 as a result.

Laps 1&2 were me trying to survive the pack, and gain positions when I could. By around lap 3-4 I started making my way through the pack, a lot of my lobby couldn't stay on track, racked up penalties, etc. I stayed focused and kept pace.

Through the rest of the race, I slowly climbed up to P2, and finished with a healthy gap P2. I felt like I'm definitely slower than a lot of the crowd, but felt like 1:27.4 as a best practice lap was good enough for GT3 as long as I had a consistent pace. Turns out I was right, very happy with my race results.

A couple of people gave up early, one guy may have disconnected because it looked like he was still racing, lagged out, then disappeared. Another guy quit after getting a 1s penalty for cutting the turn at the entrance into the downhill S curves too tight.

But all in all, very happy with that result. Congrats @GlockPants on P1 in that lobby!

Uploading a recording from my POV to YouTube now, will share it here later once it slowly processes it.

 

[VR-SORN]

I can confirm the server crash at the end of the race at the results table meant the scores were not added to the event standings. Disappointed.
Again.

 

[TheWeapon874]

Pretty happy with my race!!

Slot 1 Asia, all A+ lobby (with a couple of gtplanet guys including HC-Ikkatosh), with door 5 on the McLaren. Struggled in the two free practice sessions I did so I thought I’d be in for some pain here. It didn’t start well, with some mistakes in qualifying and ending up P11.

The race was a different story though, and probably my best drive in a manufacturers race! Pretty uneventful start, gaining a spot after the uphill left hander due to a better exit, but thankfully no carnage anywhere. Lap 2 I got another 2 guys who had penalties, and I think it was Ikkatosh who spun on the hairpin exit. From there I just gradually caught and passed my way up to 4th by lap 10, and closed the gap to 2nd and 3rd from 4 seconds down to under a second on lap 18 by driving mistake free (I don’t think I managed 3 laps without a penalty in free practice!). I thought I had them covered, but I ran it a pixel or two wide on the uphill left and copped the 0.5 penalty.

4th place finish, 221 points to go with my 233 from round 1. Definitely my best start to a manufacturers series so far!

 

[Stilva]

I did 2 races for this round at Road Atlanta. My first race was a disaster with a terrible qualifying time, and a terrible race made worse when my pedals disconnected from the wheel where it plugs in and I was forced to quit. Not a fun way to start the day.

So, I just went in the 6:00pm slot in the Americas GT2 and had another terrible qualifying session. Down in P12 to start. I then make a move on the inside of the final turn and catch the grass and fall to dead last on the second lap. Well, I keep going and eventually finish P8 which is a miracle in itself with my pedals begining to act up in the final laps. I don't know how I hung on to P8 honestly but I'll take any decent results at this point.

So, I need to clean my pedals apparently and hope that does the trick. And, not break them in the process. Not the start I was hoping for this season, but I I'll keep trying and see what happens.

 

[jimihemmy]

I don't have much to report. I ran the first slot today (11am EST) and was Q14/P11. I could have had P10 but made a mistake on lap 14. I love how the Cayman drives but it is not very competitive in the current BOP.

I did get to have @icycls and apparently @Talon16 (who won-congrats!) in my race. Good to see y'all this morning!

 

[Yard_Sale]

Meh…

Couldn’t hook up a lap for qualifying. I think in free practice, we must be running no fuel, because I was routinely able to hook up mid 1:25’s, but in qualifying, I can’t seem to break into them.

Regardless, the race started off pretty scruffy. Lots of pin-balling, lots of people getting dived. Got bumped back to 8th place. Made some passes, was the benefactor of some penalties. Started rolling coal towards the end as all the Silvia’s and GTR’s tires went off.

Made a beautiful drafting pass On the last lap down the long stretch before that hard braking zone going into the slow chicane. I went middle of the road to defend. He dived me and would have knocked me off the apex had I not given him a ton of space, reclaiming 2nd. I think I’m going to settle for 3rd and take my points. Don’t see me getting bumped into a lobby where it’ll be worth it, being that I got 154 points for 3rd in my lobby, and first got 163.

Nail-biter race though, had fun 👍🏼

 

[icycls]

just tried again and this lobby once again proves that DR does not equal pace. I wore #1 but I knew a few racers here and it would be a close contest. The lobby was worth about 20 pts less than this morning. I didn't qualify very well, about a half second slower than the morning (coffee!) and was P14. yikes.

But what really chapped me was someone who q'd in the top 2 or 3, chats, 'im going last' and pulls over at the start to let everyone pass. A couple laps later, guess who he pushes wide in the final corner? And then a couple laps after that I see him sideways after the esses and he quits. If you are going to pull off those kinds of stunts, you need to drive better and you'd better make it stick or you're just a clown. (had to get that off my chest)

Anyway, P11, dropped 20 pts from what I had. Maybe another try after dinner, maybe not.

 

[Talon16]

Oh yeah, @Talon16 won, I never saw him on track, too fast for me. Congratulations!

Thanks, was good seeing you in the lobby. I was pulling for you!

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I really like this combo. Usually not a fan of the Gr4 cars but they work really well here. This track suits them well (and vice-versa). Did three of these today and had a good time in all of them. Less the second one when I spun going onto the back straight while leading and dropped down to P7. Made it back to P5 but in all three races that was really my only mistake. No other spins, offs, or even pens.

Still in the AMG (dugh!) and I really like this car. It drives really well, but it's a slug on the straights. I didn't realize how bad it was until I would lose .500" to a McLaren and was in the tow of a Supra and not gaining.

Anyway, a very fun combo. I really enjoyed the starting at dawn and having the sun come up as the race was going on; that was really cool. Wish there was some strat but even though it was a glorified Daily C, it was still quite fun.