Gran Turismo World Series (Nations Cup Exhibition Season: Jan 22 - Feb 1)

[Moose78]

Whilst I enjoy and admire the strategy testing, history tells me it will be worthless for this combo in GT1. The ONLY strat that will matter is the one where you’re lucky enough to not get permanent damage in any of the 3 massive divebomb zones.

Yeah. I expect you are right about that. I still like to do the strategy testing so that I find out the limits for the stints. For example, in this race, I know I'll have to ride out damage on mediums at least until lap 7 before switching to softs because the softs won't last more than 13 laps for me.

 

[st3vao]

In the last four or five rounds I have entered in GTWS and Toyota Cup, I have been hit in every single race. And since we have heavy damage in GT1 league, it's race over after a few corners or one lap.
It's so frustrating, and for what I can tell it was not because I have hit someone and they hit me back, most of the cases were turn one dive bombs, or pure dirt. And to be the icing on the cake, the car that ruined my race don't get a penalty, and in some cases not even got damaged.
I don't care about the DR lost in the races, but what really bothers me is that the races were ruined because someone else screwed up

Some clips

The Black GT-One braked too early and I hit him


I got a little tap in the left rear enough to send me spinning


Turn 1, stupid move


Different angle


Race ruined in lap 1

 

[bliprunner]

I'm shifting gears in this car - at 100% of the rev bar, but no more.

I'm shifting at 80%, acceleration seems to fade after that but pulls really nicely in the next gear.

If you want to compare speeds my best lap is saved with tags gtp and blip

 

[Moose78]

I'm shifting at 80%, acceleration seems to fade after that but pulls really nicely in the next gear.

I shift at 80% for the shift from 5th to 6th, but I didn't really notice much of a difference for the lower gears back when I first started driving the car. It's been a while since I've tinkered with that, so maybe I'll give it another try. Thanks for suggestion.

 

[Interemptor]

I recognise that being to carefull at the start and being nervous at the start. Still get that every race.

Me too. My heartrate just explodes at every racestart. Don't know why but it's annoying as hell 😂


I have high hopes for the 4C on my main here. Should be better then at the Nordschleife.

Totally different on my alt. Had a great race with the Lexus at the Ring but have a bad feeling for Deep Forrest 🤔

 

[dazdilly75]

In the last four or five rounds I have entered in GTWS and Toyota Cup, I have been hit in every single race. And since we have heavy damage in GT1 league, it's race over after a few corners or one lap.
It's so frustrating, and for what I can tell it was not because I have hit someone and they hit me back, most of the cases were turn one dive bombs, or pure dirt. And to be the icing on the cake, the car that ruined my race don't get a penalty, and in some cases not even got damaged.
I don't care about the DR lost in the races, but what really bothers me is that the races were ruined because someone else screwed up

Some clips

The Black GT-One braked too early and I hit him


I got a little tap in the left rear enough to send me spinning


Turn 1, stupid move


Different angle


Race ruined in lap 1

Videos 1 and 4 are your fault. The rest I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. It looks like you need to increase ypur spatial awareness in close situations. Your rejoin in the 5th video was clumsy and you probably pissed off the drivers behind you. This just my opinion of course.

 

[appu]

The 4C is actually really quick around here

5 out of top 10 on the leadership board right now is occupied by Alfa Romeos.

I got this livery for the back of my Alfa. Let's see if it hypnotizes my opponents into crashing at the curvy sections.

 

[Talon16]

25.3 in TT (Porsche). I think I could get into the .2s but it's not worth the effort. Hopefully I'll be able to do one of these tomorrow... in the 9:00P slot again.

 

[TheWeapon874]

25.3 in TT (Porsche). I think I could get into the .2s but it's not worth the effort. Hopefully I'll be able to do one of these tomorrow... in the 9:00P slot again.

25.2 for me in the Lexus. There may be a touch more, but the race conditions are much different. The best I’ve managed in a lobby so far is 25.6

 

[Interemptor]

Not sure how I tackle this with the Alfa. Mostly I qualify in the top half of the grid and better tires and start on those.

Probably try to start on medium this time so that I can push at the end with a lighter car.

Can you qualify on softs and start on medium? Never switched tires after quali so don't even know if it's possible 🙈 😂

 

[Norbsthebald]

Not sure how I tackle this with the Alfa. Mostly I qualify in the top half of the grid and better tires and start on those.

Probably try to start on medium this time so that I can push at the end with a lighter car.

Can you qualify on softs and start on medium? Never switched tires after quali so don't even know if it's possible 🙈 😂

Yes you can, just remember to get it done (under "settings - car settings", if you've never done it in a lobby screen) as soon as you get back to the lobby screen after qualifying ends - else the ceremonial start will begin after a minute or so and you'll be stuck starting on softs...

 

[GTWolverine]

When did the Vette become so good on tires? I just did two mock races at DF for Wed, one with the Porsche and one with the Vette. Starting on the RS tires, he Porsche's RR tire was full red on lap 12, despite BB of -4 & -5. The Vette made it to lap 14 before going full red. Here I thought the Porsche was good on tires and the Vette not so much, but it appears to not be the case in my literally one test.

That being said, my overall time in the Porsche was like six seconds faster.

It seems to be a thing only at Deep Forest. I was getting absurdly good tire life in the Corvette the last time this combo was in Daily Race C (and it's lost quite a bit of weight since then). That being said, it's only merely exceptional for an FR - there's still probably quite a few MRs that will keep their tires alive better.

 

[Bojador]

Does anyone know how many laps the RS last on the McLaren?

 

[TheWeapon874]

Does anyone know how many laps the RS last on the McLaren?

My guess is 12-13. I’ll be doing 8m 12s in the Lexus

 

[Talon16]

It seems to be a thing only at Deep Forest. I was getting absurdly good tire life in the Corvette the last time this combo was in Daily Race C (and it's lost quite a bit of weight since then). That being said, it's only merely exceptional for an FR - there's still probably quite a few MRs that will keep their tires alive better.

Did a practice lobby last night, started on pole with RS and by lap 12 they were all but dead. There were two McLarens in the lobby who did the swap on lap 15 and even a Supra who did the swap on lap four (started on RMs) so even he did 16 laps on the RS... in the Supra! He did say he's going to do a 15/5 but that's still better than what I could pull off.

I seriously wonder if the Porsche got a tire Nerf in one of the updates; it used to be really good, similar to the McLaren. After 12 laps my times were a few tenths higher than after pitting for RMs. Starting on RMs I am sure you'll get more life from the RSs due to less weight of the car but not that much. Maybe an extra lap.

I'll likely be starting on RMs since I really doubt I'll be qualifying in the top few places so guess we'll have to do it live!

 

[TheWeapon874]

Well. Slot 1 was a bit of a fail.

1.25.5 in qualy was enough for 4th place, so I was pretty happy with that. Started in mediums (since that’s what I did in a lobby and it worked well), and the first half of lap 1 was reasonably calm. I just wanted to settle into a rhythm so I didn’t try and pass anyone…

Up comes the braking zone for the hairpin, and I close very close to the bumper of 3rd, juuuuuuust pulled it up, then BANG. Clouted from behind, killed the guy in front, rear damage and a 5 second penalty. Good times.

Sadly cruised through the rest of the race for P8 and 180ish points. I think I’ll go again….

 

[RobertHammer]

GT2 B - i did the race only once but finally some luck
Qualified P9 eh bad lap and in the race ended in P4 very good racing and finally muscle showed its power 💪

Have fun and good luck out there

 

[MCL1974]

survived a ridiculous divebomb in lap one, get pushed from behind into the barrier lap 2 losing a lot of places and decided to call it quits and now off to go to work. Maybe if I am home in time I will try the final slot, we'll see....

 

[newmedia_dev]

GT2 B/A mixed lobby

Q11th finished P7. Apart from one dive bomb it was a mostly just doing laps and working up a sweat.

McLaren started on RM swapped at lap 5 and the RS were only 75% worn at the back left by the end

 

[Norbsthebald]

Attention all Nissan runners

If you're struggling for the last bit of pace in the contract car (2018 GTR), like I was, try the 2013 version - in my hands it was on average 0.7s per lap quicker. It wears the tyres out quicker (12 laps on RS against the 2018's 15) but it generates so much more grip that I was doing 2018 RS laptimes on RM anyway!

It's in brand central rather than legends, and as a bonus is "only" Cr450k (2018 is Cr650k).

Visit your nearest Brand Central Nissan Dealer today etc etc etc.

 

[Globato44]

God, I'm mediocre at Gr.3 cars, terrible at Deep Forest and TERRIBLE at tyre management. Only good thing: two cool moves for my highlights compilation.

Q10, starting on medium tyres with -5 brake bias. I spin at first sector esses in the third lap.

I follow a Ferrari into the first turn, but he brakes earlier than I expected (I think I wasn't especially close), and, since I have no faith in my race anyway, I sacrifice myself into the grass to avoid him.

I spin once or twice more because I've already lost all focus.

After 9 laps I pit for softs and realize I'm P12 and I can reach the Corvette in P11. After some "good" laps I manage to overtake him.

My rear right tyre decides to vanish itself from time and space when there are still 3 laps to go. I drift a lot, A LOT, while the poor Corvette slows down because there's no clear way to overtake me. I think about just letting him pass because I know I'm dangerous and don't want to hit him if I lose control, but he's being sooo cautious there's no real risk.

The Corvette finally passes me in the back straight when there's just 1 lap to go. My rear left tyre decides to vanish itself too, so I spin in the first turn and become DFL, and then spin again in the last turn.



Now I know I should have done more laps with medium tyres, but they were pretty red too when I did my stop.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Decent race. Rediscovered my faith in the game after daily race shenanigans last night.

3rd round after 130 and 157 points so far. 12pm, the lunchbreak lobby (weird that there were no early morning races today before 11?)

Qualified 5th in the Vantage V12. Came out of the pits in a good position, but ended up just ahead of the only guy on the grid significantly quicker than me. Cost me a little time being wary of him, but happy nevertheless. Probably could have got Q3 with a decent lap.

Race was fun for the first stint. Started on RM. First lap I got the slightest of touches on one of the cars in front at the hairpin. Got a 2 second penalty for "forcing another driver off track". It was so slight and such slow speed that his car barely moved! I did try and move out of the way when I realised my car wasn't slowing down enough (full fuel load, my mistake entirely. Vid below, not sure how to embed)



Was 3rd after the first corner on lap two as three ahead crashed into each other (the McLaren livery car I hit did the same thing to two of them, but looked like he tried to dive down in between them to avoid them both tbf).

After my penalty, I was in 5th, having a good race with the driver in 6th. He tried a move at the hairpin, I undercut him to get it back, but two laps later he got me.

I pitted end of lap 9 for RS tyres. Settled into a groove knocking out quick laps. Once things settled down after L12/13 or So, I was 5th, and about 5 seconds ahead of the guy I'd been battling and further ahead of those who were previously a second behind when I pitted. Car in front was about 2 seconds ahead but had fresh softs on and pulled away relatively easily, so I was just racing on my own from lap 10 onwards. 5th place secured!

Lovely lovely greeeeeeen Aston Martin. Beautiful car to drive.

Probably might have nabbed 4th without the penalty, as I would have been ahead on track from the McLaren liveried 911, but tbh he prob would have got me on fresher tyres. So nothing to moan about really. Think the tactics were about right, doing 9RM 11RS. Don't think anything else would have made a blind bit of difference.

127 points, job done. Onto a 15 lap Suzuka sprint on Saturday.

 

[smcqueen46]

Attention all Nissan runners

If you're struggling for the last bit of pace in the contract car (2018 GTR), like I was, try the 2013 version - in my hands it was on average 0.7s per lap quicker. It wears the tyres out quicker (12 laps on RS against the 2018's 15) but it generates so much more grip that I was doing 2018 RS laptimes on RM anyway!

It's in brand central rather than legends, and as a bonus is "only" Cr450k (2018 is Cr650k).

Visit your nearest Brand Central Nissan Dealer today etc etc etc.

Since I already owned one, I tried the '13 version just for fun when practicing and noticed that it BOP'ed to more horsepower and less weight than the '18, but assumed it was required to use the contract car for racing. Is that not true?

 

[D_Dragline]

Whilst I enjoy and admire the strategy testing, history tells me it will be worthless for this combo in GT1. The ONLY strat that will matter is the one where you’re lucky enough to not get permanent damage in any of the 3 massive divebomb zones.

The 4C is actually really quick around here, so I can pretty much guarantee my race will be ruined in the first 2 laps by some brain dead moron who wants to brake 20m later than necessary, thus taking out several cars who are actually taking sensible and respectful lines.

Unfortunately I was exactly right. Lap 1 into the hairpin and the hero behind me in an AMG forgot to brake and skittles 3 of us. I had to 2 stop, drove like a genius, reached p9 and then got pit maneuvered by p10 exiting the hairpin on the final lap.

I genuinely think this is THE worst race track in the game. It just constantly goads people into driving like their brains have fallen out.

 

[Fezzik]

Since I already owned one, I tried the '13 version just for fun when practicing and noticed that it BOP'ed to more horsepower and less weight than the '18, but assumed it was required to use the contract car for racing. Is that not true?

You can use any of your manufacturers cars. Just need to have bought them yourself.

 

[TheWeapon874]

Ah man. So I went again….

Repeated my qualifying efforts of the previous split, with a 1.25.5 for P3 this time.

And that’s about where the fun ended. Race starts, and I have zero FFB, and go pretty much straight ahead T1. I tried weaving to get some feel, but nothing came back. Ended up having to go on autopilot and reboot the wheel. It recovered, but I was dead last and 10 seconds behind.

P11 (I think) for 130 points and a ruined night.

Has anyone had this happen on a podium f1 before? My friend had a DD Pro and had the issue many times… I guess I’ll start by updating the firmware and hoping that fixes it….

Unfortunately I was exactly right. Lap 1 into the hairpin and the hero behind me in an AMG forgot to brake and skittles 3 of us. I had to 2 stop, drove like a genius, reached p9 and then got pit maneuvered by p10 exiting the hairpin on the final lap.

I genuinely think this is THE worst race track in the game. It just constantly goads people into driving like their brains have fallen out.

I’m sorry to hear mate. You had a heap of pace in FP too.

 

[CooLerSIK]

Attention all Nissan runners

I'm planning to take a gt-r gt500 '99. It's very good on straight lines. But I don’t know how it is with the tires.

 

[Norbsthebald]

Since I already owned one, I tried the '13 version just for fun when practicing and noticed that it BOP'ed to more horsepower and less weight than the '18, but assumed it was required to use the contract car for racing. Is that not true?

Nope - as long as it is the correct group and your chosen manufacturer you'll be fine.
I've used the Sylvia in Gr4 for longer than I care to remember (not this season though as gr4 GTR is quicker) and I reckon the 99 skyline might be good at Daytona. One day I'll go mad and use the '84 silhouette in a GTWS round...

I'm planning to take a gt-r gt500 '99. It's very good on straight lines. But I don’t know how it is with the tires.

In my testing it did 14 laps on RS from a full tank. If you start on RM you might be able to change on L5, but I'd play it safe and change on L6.

It was actually faster than the 18 for full race time but slower than the 13.

 

[ElectricNaz]

You can use any of your manufacturers cars. Just need to have bought them yourself.

I didn't know this. At all. I just assumed you had to use one of the two cars they give you. (admittedly I chose Genesis last time, now Aston Martin and I think they only have 1 in each class anyway?)

 

[Fezzik]

I didn't know this. At all. I just assumed you had to use one of the two cars they give you. (admittedly I chose Genesis last time, now Aston Martin and I think they only have 1 in each class anyway?)

Aston also has the DBR9 in Gr3. I used that one throughout most of GTWS seasons 1 & 2 (it's been nerfed quite a lot now, the Vantage is much better these days).