Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Thread

[TheBigMan045]

So Nations race last night...oh boy was there some silly driving (into turn 1 and the last kink)

I'm not the best in Gr3 cars but thought I'd do ok...couldnt throw together a lap in qualifying so started 8th.

Got a pretty decent start and started to make a move to the outside for turn one, got put into the sand but wasn't too far down, then started the climb, first victim was a guy who I had a good race with last time in a Genesis, went two wide without touching on the church corner to get around him, then the chase for a podium was on...until 2nd and 3rd had a brain meltdown on the last corner forcing 4th into the pits, giving me 2nd...and that's where I stayed with that Genesis never more than a second behind me.

Gt2 so that gives me my first triple figure score of 100. I dont do well at interlagos but am looking forward to a bit of variety in the next nations cup race

 

[Mini Stiggy]

My face when I discovered I could use soft tires in the free practice for Interlagos...

I ran a 30 minute session and was way off the pace more so than usual. I just jumped in and didn't even notice what the tire options were. So, I did some more laps on the soft tires and my time was way better. Interlagos is one of my weaker tracks to race at, so I'll be a happy back-marker and take what points I can.

Is this next Manu race going to have a required pit stop? I didn't see it the race description unless I missed it.

Same here😂

Does anyone know if you can switch tire compounds between qually and the race?

 

[samppa_944]

To whom it may concern...😎😅

Well it looks like GT7 adjusted the settings a bit from week 1-2, Nations Cup test season 2 round 3 is a sports car race at Deep Forest, max 493 bhp, minimum weight 1400 kgs. So no OP VGTs will be seen in the races.

It may be a GT-R party looking at the leaderboard 🤔

 

[Bojador]

My face when I discovered I could use soft tires in the free practice for Interlagos...

I ran a 30 minute session and was way off the pace more so than usual. I just jumped in and didn't even notice what the tire options were. So, I did some more laps on the soft tires and my time was way better. Interlagos is one of my weaker tracks to race at, so I'll be a happy back-marker and take what points I can.

Is this next Manu race going to have a required pit stop? I didn't see it the race description unless I missed it.

****. Now I need to grind the collector’s level to unlock racing tires on my US account. Anyone knows when you unlock racing and extreme tuning?

 

[D_Dragline]

Any thoughts on tyre strat for Interlagos? The Aston will need 2 stops on softs. Hards will no stop easily.

 

[Famine]

Anyone knows when you unlock

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[xMAXIx79]

Any thoughts on tyre strat for Interlagos? The Aston will need 2 stops on softs. Hards will no stop easily.

On a Testrace Yesterday my M6 got full 19 Laps with Medium, but the last 1-2 Rounds was a hard Race, lost 1 then 1,5 Sek per Round.

I think the DB9 will need almost same Tirewear, my oppinion.. using TCS.

 

[Redneckchef]

@D_Dragline you can no stop hards. If you have pace it works well.

I write about good lobbies and races, tonight we write about pain. I couldn't keep the Jag stable in the longer sweeping turns on hards and was even sliding on the bug (not) straight so decided I would have to 1 stop softs, or do a S/M split depending. Qualified p9 and was pretty pleased with that. Started and went past to p8 at turn 4. To p7 turn 1 lap 2 and then got a penalty for track limits dodging a no stopper who slid into a turn. Served it and by lap 5 I'm on the tail of the battle for p6 again and have run them down very quickly. Into the last right hander they go side by side. The guy on the outside loses it and I try to go around hoping the gods of ghosting will prevent any bumps. Nope. As he wiggles it just catches my rear while I'm on the curbs and it's spin away. I end up facing the wrong way on track and struggle to get it turned around and facing the right way. Now over 20 seconds behind the field, tires gone and still have to pit.
I drove to the end of the race, but only out of spite.

Nobody to blame and it's a part of racing but it still sucks. 14 laps with no other car in sight and the sole goal of not getting lapped.

Hope I took away some bad luck for others.

 

[samppa_944]

Anyone tried MR cars at Interlagos manuf. race? Read some comments. I drive for Ford.

With current bop feels like I should just go aggressive with softs-softs or mediums 0 stop. Not like I am doing last 5 rounds, so might as well go all in with like mediums 0 stops, since I doubt the pace is there for a 1 stopper.

 

[Raptor013]

Replays from the weekends racing.

 

[gthelmi2398]

On a Testrace Yesterday my M6 got full 19 Laps with Medium, but the last 1-2 Rounds was a hard Race, lost 1 then 1,5 Sek per Round.

I think the DB9 will need almost same Tirewear, my oppinion.. using TCS.

Which lap times on Mediums?

 

[xMAXIx79]

Which lap times on Mediums?

I can do very some very high 1:33,xxx most of the Time 1:34,xxx 2-3 Rounds 1:35,xxx and last.. 2-3 Rounds much higher with to hard Oversteer Spin.

I think better Drivers/other Cars can be Faster.

 

[AK84LFC]

did a practice lobby, the 1 st and 2nd drivers both did Soft/soft

 

[D_Dragline]

Rolled out the V12 Vantage at Interlagos. Had done a best in FP of 1:30.9xx and went in with no real idea of which strategy would be quickest or how my pace would compare with the A+ field.

Qualifying was a rare example where I nailed things and a 1:30.7xx was good enough for q6. The only other Aston was Q7.

Once we were underway it became very clear very quickly who was running hards vs softs. I let a couple on softs go by and settled down to try and maintain pace. A couple of cars ahead binned it over laps 4-6 and I was back in p6. Over the next few laps it was all smooth and at lap 10, the 2 cars on softs pitted. The leader who had streaked ahead, rejoined right in front of me but was incredibly sketchy and held me up badly through the infield. He then, inexplicably, went straight back into the pits. So p4 and starting to think about podium places before getting over enthusiastic on the throttle in the last turn and being forced to catch a fishtail letting p5 and p6 through.

With 5 laps left the second soft starter in an RCZ caught me and I let him go. The task now was to hold off the other Aston in P8. On lap 17, the RCZ lost the rear on the sweeping downhill left and it was back to p6. 2 very nervous laps later and I finished p6 less than a second ahead of the RCZ for 206 points.

Good, fun race.

 

[football5699]

The difference in cars is kind of funny because it leads to actual fights in the chat about if you should or shouldn't have hit the brakes on a corner like the last kink at Sardegna. Sorry bro, the Alfa needs to brake a little harder, watch for my brake lights and don't ride up on me.

I got a little enraged at someone having to brake on the final fast corner and I slammed into them because I just didn't expect it. Rewatched the replay and saw they were starting to go in deep so they had to brake, alright fine I should've used my above advice. Wish others did the same...

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

A bit late but the Gr4 Lambo in action!

...okay. The Gr4 Lambo being nothing more than average.



Don't think I'll do Interlagos. I can drive the Lambo without assists but the times are uncompetitive and too inconsistent.

 

[AK84LFC]

How does someone have a manufactures leader board time with the 97 supra ?

 

[Cherryturbo]

Euro slot 1. New one today. Frozen, but this time on the starting grid just before the rolling start.

Only 9 of us left atm…..not looking good.

EDIT

Race started at 16:31……6 runners. Didn’t win, Honda not great.

EDIT 2

Official notice: Honda race cars NOT DRIVEABLE in current game. WILL SOMEONE AT PD PLEASE TURN THE “BRAKE BALANCE CONTROLLER OK BUTTON“ TO “ON”.

 

[AK84LFC]

EU B/S

Won the Manu race by 15 seconds. Started 4th, group in front all on softs pitted on lap 7 for mediums, and ended up in traffic, I managed the softs until lap 10 and pitted for new softs, came out in clear air. Probably my best race yet

 

[KosmoKazi]

Decided to give a GTWS race a go Saturday, my first in GT7. So against better judgement, with no practice and not even a look into the race format, strategy, tuning implications, etc... jumped into the Manufacturers race at Kyoto.

Big mistake. Got smoked and finished a totally hopeless DFL, in the Porsche. Was two seconds off the pace. I assumed it was because of tuning that I had not bothered with, but found afterwards that the race was BoP/locked. So I guess I was just /that/ slow. Ouch.

Some of it could be that I was only on day two of a new wheel/pedal set (replaced my G29 with a new Fanatec DD / load cell setup... more to come later). But man, ego took a major hit as I was never so far off the pace in any prior FIA races, and in particular have enjoyed that track.

Worth noting, that while I've enjoyed GT7 on the PS4 Pro so far, I experienced some nasty jittering graphics, especially at the tricky chicane at the bottom of the valley, during this race (even with 4/5 green bars network quality). This was a factor because with the touchier physics model, that section was really key and getting the curbs and throttle control just right through there was important, but difficult with the jitter.

I hope that it isn't so bad in future online Sport/GTWS events, as I'm not prepared to upgrade to a PS5, even if they were available. I took that $$ and applied it to the Fanatec, once I realized GT7 ran well on the PS4. But if the online racing is a different story... gonna be a bummer.

Was happy to learn that GTS liveries can be imported... nice to keep my team livery and they look even better on the GT7 models. That was cool

 

[Mercia]

Well that was a fun one!

Started 9th and honestly don't think I could squeeze anything more out of the Chevy. Despite knowing this track better than my own neighbourhood I'm typically a 5-10 mid-pack runner here and even more so as the Corvette is seemingly struggling for pace in GT7 more so than I found in GTS.

What I got was largely a great race out of it though. Jumped up to 6th on the first few turns as the inevitable battles into turn 1-3 commenced. Running a soft-soft strategy gave me solid early pace to create a gap and settle into a rhythm which I was largely able to stay in for the rest of the opening stint, finding myself in 4th as one or two others span themselves off or otherwise struggled for grip as the laps counted down.

After the pit stop I found myself in a fun battle with an Aston Martin to keep the 4th place, both giving each other space and attacking at fair points in the track. It would have continued if I hadn't gone wide at turn 7 and unwittingly dropped myself into a less sportsmanlike battle as cars barged and pushed each other off track as much as possible for those 6th - 9th positions. Thankfully I knew what to expect at turn 1 with these kind of drivers and they are entirely predictable in their entries here, too narrow on the inside, and far too hot. Easy to just pull right and let them make the mistake without having to handle it myself.

This dropped me in front of the rabid chasers behind and I was able to avoid any mistakes and bring it home in 6th, and pretty pleased with that all considered, a fun outing at Interlagos!

Livery credit @Madly63

 

[O604]

Competition has been a lot stronger than on GTS for me.

My DR and SR have proably fallen so I 'm not being matched up the safest drivers at the same speed. Last few races have been rather stupid.

I've done enough testing. To know I've got a lot of work to do.

 

[gthelmi2398]

First try, P7 with a decent slow qualifying time. Managed my mediums to the end on P5. 127 points. Enough for my M6. Interlagos is a good track for learning how to defend.

 

[Baggiobill]

Hello all

Manufacturer's Cup Round 3.

EU / B Lobby.

Went for the no stop Strat, qualified 8th, had a really enjoyable race managed to hold people off early on, Strat worked out, mainly because people raced clean & didn't force passes etc, so thank you to my fellow competitors for racing clean & making it enjoyable, you were all a credit to yourselves.

Held around 6th/7th until pitstops, then found myself in 2nd, raced really consistent lap times, but caught by 2 faster cars, & finally brought it home in 5th place, really happy with my drive & the 93 points, championship high so far.

Baggio goes to Brazil

 

[samppa_944]

Yeah GT was awful, should have been a p9 but got punted, I could see it was a racing incident, p11 in the end. Ford GT tries to kill you with 4 gear in long gentle leftie after Senna S 💀 Ridiculous, can't go full throttle there 🙃 Was a good race until the incident, just 0 pace in the car.

Oh well, sending off Ford at High Speed Ring, hopefully Mustang is good there 🤔 Good straightline speed on it at least. Will not miss Ford one bit 👋👋

Edit: seeing Mister MCA comment, I may try using either the Mustang gr3, or Ford GT Test Car. Gotta grind 1,45M before Friday though.

 

[Don3hide]

Isit the wrong strategy to use the hards at Interlagos?

 

[OJBrit]

Not bad considering the first lap.
We were held in the pits until 3 and a half minutes to go so it turned into a 1 shot.
Somehow despite a tidy qualy lap I was a whole second behind my FP time.
Still good enough for P9. Thankfully some people didn't realise you could bring other grades of tyre to the race.

Got a good start and the McLaren ahead went wide in T1. Next up was a Lancer who was struggling in the corners and jumping a little. I had a half move into Juncao but it would be the exit where I would beat them. Nope a slight wiggle stopped me and allowed the 2 behind to have a run on me. I held it to the line on the left and someone still managed to try up there and caught in the sandwich I was sent to Sao Paulo hospital. They shouldn't have been there and in their desperation to avoid a penalty caught me. And a couple of others were lucky not to end up worse too.

I spent the remainder of the stint catching the slow hard runners and passing them with ease including a couple of spinners.
I pitted lap 8 as it was the perfect middle. However I took the pit lane a little too fast and got a penalty. That's an important lesson for me. I came out not last which surprised me. I was able to chase down a couple more people including the Supra who had span me. I didn't know it was them until I saw the replay. Despite the fact they pitted after me they seemed to be struggling out of corners and I caught them fast. They seemed to be really slow out of Descido de Lago and I had them easily. Maybe they gave me the position due to what happened earlier, but either way I gapped them but could not make too much more inroads ahead as my front tyres faded. Ahead was a no stopping Mazda who I would have beaten if I hadn't been spun or got the pit lane penalty. So P8 for my efforts and 66 points. Not too bad, not too bad at all.

 

[Redneckchef]

Isit the wrong strategy to use the hards at Interlagos?

No. But your best bet is to qualify well on softs and then run the race on hards without pitting. You have to go into the car setting tab between qualifying and race to change your tires back to hards

 

[Don3hide]

No. But your best bet is to qualify well on softs and then run the race on hards without pitting. You have to go into the car setting tab between qualifying and race to change your tires back to hards

I didn't bother qualify and I won the race on the hards after starting 15th. I'm by no means the fastest but I set consistent 1:36s. So happy.

 

[Roggers]

I have to hold my hands up and say I feel like I’ve cheat on today race at Interlargos.
I was only able to to do the 17:00 (GMT) race and I only hand a few minutes to spare before the deadline. Managed to get get logged on and enter the race but I forgot to look at the rules as I was running out of time. As quali started I notice half the field was on softs, some medium and some hards. It was only then it clicked that this race might be a free choice on tyres. I don’t own M or S tyres for my AM Vantage so was qualifying and racing on Hards.
Qualified in P14, just shy off 3 seconds of the leader. Race started and I got an ok start. 1st lap was fairly clean and then on lap 2 a few started to bump each other. I was able to keep within touching distance of the midfield pack and I settled into a rythem and was doing consistent 1.35’s all race. 1/3rd into the race I was P8 and now catching the leaders. They started to pit and I found myself P2. Was on the car bumper of P1 for about 3 laps but I wasn’t able to pass as they was defending well. This allowed P3, the race leader before the round of pit stops to catch up. I decided to let him through as they was quicker than me and to not disrupt my race. The car I was fighting with finally pitted around lap 11. I was them moved up to P2 and I was able to keep on the bumper of P1 right up until lap 17. I then stupid got a little late on brakes into T4 and ran wide over the curb. I was sure I still had 1 tyre on the track, but apparently I didn’t and got 0.5 sec penalty. This then allowed P3 to close up to 3 seconds but I was able to stretch my gap back to over 6 seconds, and close the gap to P1 to 3 seconds.

Im happy with my P2 but I do feel like I’ve cheated the system. I know racing is all about getting round the track in the quickest time possible, but if I was to re run the race I would have used M tyres.