Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup 2025 Exhibition 3 season: 12 Nov - 29 Nov)

[Pakiti]

What can I say? Us mooses aren't known for our speed.

Mind you, those numbers come from custom races where fuel consumption and tire wear multipliers are applied. The fuel weight and reduced grip in those conditions tend to result in slower laps.

Just for reference, I did some laps in Free Practice yesterday -- where fuel consumption and tire wear are disabled -- and posted a 1:19.5 in the Ford and 1:19.2 in the Subaru. Not spectacular, by any means, but definitely faster than what I can manage when the multipliers are in effect.

Well, there you go, I just thought I'd beaten Moose)) I still have a long way to go to match your speed.

My times under 1:20 were in practice, and I also tried custom tires to gauge tire wear. My times there were 1:20-1:21, which I also consider very good for a C-rating. What surprised me was that even with very worn tires, when only a thin white line was visible, I could still run 1:22, and only when the tire turned completely red was it, of course, impossible to drive.

I've managed a sub 1:19 in free practice in the porky 991 on softs, but in quali only mid 1:20 (if I'm lucky)

Strategy was 10xS and 20xM

Was held up for most of the race 🤔 - Not a lot of overtake places.

Was being hunted down last lap hand over fist by another 991, who'd done 7xS, 12xM,11xM

I'd say his ability was 1sec a lap faster than me, I was being cautious on the last couple of laps as the Mediums didn't look like they were going to last , but I did a 1:22.051 on the last lap, vs his 1:20.821

I also lean toward a 7xS, 12xM, and 11xM strategy. My lap time difference between the soft and medium tires is surprisingly small, and since I'm riding on a controller, my tire wear is high. It's better to sacrifice lap time for consistency.

 

[Skidude88]

With only 2 days between events, that's not enough to get to grips with car and track and then test various stratergies!!

 

[VillaJ100]

Interesting with TCS to save (i assume rear) tyre wear, how much on average would that cost in time per lap? Any car with less than 600bhp I have to use 0 TCS or it feels like it has 50 cement bags in the ass out of corners

 

[Hdbd04]

For the first time, I've actually dabbled on the strategy of the tyres for this upcoming round by myself. But prior to doing it, I've decided to do a few practice laps to get the hang of the car and track.

Slightly around the 102%, of a driver who had just discovered cloning. Not bad, eh?

But lap times are useless, from the moment after qualifying. Which was when a day after setting a lap time, I've decided to go on the worst combination possible, on the spot to test the waters. Starting on mediums, then softs, and pitting for softs again in the last stage of the run.

It was wiser for me to set the TCS to 1 for the car in general, I could never trust the supercharger in the thing too much. Still, the TCS wasn't as intrusive compared to how it was back in GT Sport.

From here, I've compiled a small table with the laps, with comments about the fuel and tyres throughout.

Throughout the first 14 laps, I've managed to nestle between the high 1:19s and middle 1:20s (excluding some penalties for cutting). The mediums felt comfortable to drive which could help if I really wanted to drive conservatively to prolong my tyre life. But the pit to switch tyres and fuel was a major turning point. The default refueling from the custom race settings, took a minute in total to get it full. I don't know what exactly is the refueling speed for the actual round, but I'm lazy to find it out now. And it's safer to decide later on than to bet on it.

This was the part where it was less of strategy and more of thinking of how the softs worked in the F-Type. Obviously, it did wonders for speed, giving me a mid to low 1:19. But it only last for roughly 7 laps before it all went red for the front left. Which made me think the softs would work for the middle of the race if I wanted to (or possibly could only) do a 3-stopper.

But it's clear that I would have to start in softs to catch up with the pack, while pitting in for mediums with minimal time spent on fuel. Which is a good thing since a full refuel could take a minute. And maybe, if either the mediums or the fuel gave in, I could pit for softs, or stay out if everything is still fine.

Either way, I still have to test again if I can find the time.

 

[TinleyPork]

Hi guys. Finally doing one of the multi day events and I have some questions.

Does it only score your best finish or can you accumulate a higher score by joining multiple races?

I'm down in gt3 and on Saturday the pole setter and p2 car decided on mutually assured destruction, taking each other out. I finished first. (Go me!) I found time to do another race, took the wets when most players went IM, and got another W. However in the standings, it only does I have 13 points. I picked Lexus thinking I would have a better chance at finishing higher up, but the top car has 59 points. So if it is cumulative, where is my other 13 point finish in the standings?

I kind of assumed it would only take your best finish for your score, making the 13 points make sense, but when i see the Lexus rankings I'm way down on the list because I only have one score instead of the two I finished.

Can someone please explain this to me?

Also my user name here is the same as on play station if anyone wants to add me, the friends list is woefully short on racers.

 

[Famine]

Does it only score your best finish or can you accumulate a higher score by joining multiple races?

Neither. It's the score from the last race you enter - even if you disconnect and score zero.

We do an accompanying article for each season, and explain everything we can think of:

Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season Returns November 12

As we were expecting after the sudden appearance of a Gran Turismo World Series Nations Cup Exhibition Season last month, there's a new Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season on its way soon too. Getting underway on November 12, after the conclusion of this weekend's GTWS Round 3 in Los Angeles, the

www.gtplanet.net

As usual, you can enter as many of those slots as you wish for each round, but only the last race you enter counts towards your score. And that is “enter”, not “complete”: if you disconnect from a race your score will become zero unless you can enter another race after that and register a finish. You should therefore not get too greedy, as your next race might be worse — and you’re only allowed one missed or dropped round in the ranking, as your best five races counting towards your overall score.

World Series points are derived from the median Driver Rating of players in the lobby, very roughly giving 1/200th to the winner.

In GT3 your maximum DR (at the start of the series; it can become higher in the duration of it) would be 9,999pt, so in a lobby where that's everyone's score is exactly that the winner should be getting ~50pt.

I'll assume that the lead Lexus in GT3 currently has a DR B rating - your League is fixed by your DR rating when you enter, and remains the same even if you have a higher DR - and is thus racing with the highest-rated drivers also in GT3, which could a GT3 lobby with a median DR of around 12000pt in order to generate a 59pt win.

Edit: The lead Lexus has 53pt, and is indeed listed as being DR B but his profile looks like he's had a DR reset since then at DR C/SR D... Yikes

 

[JDMKING13]

That's crazy fast. Are you A+? And good tip on using TC to preserve tyres.

Yea I am… but on the lower side… I can do 19:5 Through out the whole race… I try to stay in mid 19 to low 20 on the softs to bring them home.. it’s gonna be tough though.. I gotta master my medium tires stint and try to get to 20 laps so far I can get to 19.

 

[TinleyPork]

Neither. It's the score from the last race you enter - even if you disconnect and score zero.

We do an accompanying article for each season, and explain everything we can think of:

Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season Returns November 12

As we were expecting after the sudden appearance of a Gran Turismo World Series Nations Cup Exhibition Season last month, there's a new Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season on its way soon too. Getting underway on November 12, after the conclusion of this weekend's GTWS Round 3 in Los Angeles, the

www.gtplanet.net

World Series points are derived from the median Driver Rating of players in the lobby, very roughly giving 1/200th to the winner.

In GT3 your maximum DR (at the start of the series; it can become higher in the duration of it) would be 9,999pt, so in a lobby where that's everyone's score is exactly that the winner should be getting ~50pt.

I'll assume that the lead Lexus in GT3 currently has a DR B rating - your League is fixed by your DR rating when you enter, and remains the same even if you have a higher DR - and is thus racing with the highest-rated drivers also in GT3, which could a GT3 lobby with a median DR of around 12000pt in order to generate a 59pt win.

Edit: The lead Lexus has 53pt, and is indeed listed as being DR B but his profile looks like he's had a DR reset since then at DR C/SR D... Yikes

Thanks for the response. So i got really lucky winning my second race, but since I'm down here at the kids table 13 is the best I can do? Damn. Well I guess I picked the right car if the first place guy is also terrible. Thanks again for the link and the good information. There's only 1 other guy who picked Lexus in my local area and he only got a 6 so at least we are in the same division of bad. That also explains why the top 2 qualifiers decided to make it a crash up derby. Big fish in a small pond baby, let's go.

Neither. It's the score from the last race you enter - even if you disconnect and score zero.

We do an accompanying article for each season, and explain everything we can think of:

Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season Returns November 12

As we were expecting after the sudden appearance of a Gran Turismo World Series Nations Cup Exhibition Season last month, there's a new Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season on its way soon too. Getting underway on November 12, after the conclusion of this weekend's GTWS Round 3 in Los Angeles, the

www.gtplanet.net

World Series points are derived from the median Driver Rating of players in the lobby, very roughly giving 1/200th to the winner.

In GT3 your maximum DR (at the start of the series; it can become higher in the duration of it) would be 9,999pt, so in a lobby where that's everyone's score is exactly that the winner should be getting ~50pt.

I'll assume that the lead Lexus in GT3 currently has a DR B rating - your League is fixed by your DR rating when you enter, and remains the same even if you have a higher DR - and is thus racing with the highest-rated drivers also in GT3, which could a GT3 lobby with a median DR of around 12000pt in order to generate a 59pt win.

Edit: The lead Lexus has 53pt, and is indeed listed as being DR B but his profile looks like he's had a DR reset since then at DR C/SR D... Yikes

Yea I am… but on the lower side… I can do 19:5 Through out the whole race… I try to stay in mid 19 to low 20 on the softs to bring them home.. it’s gonna be tough though.. I gotta master my medium tires stint and try to get to 20 laps so far I can get to 19.

So tomorrow's race we have to use both soft and medium, is that right?

 

[JDMKING13]

So tomorrow's race we have to use both soft and medium, is that right?

Yup! Try to master the one stop if you can.. if not try to stay on your pace for the two stop… both are stressful…😬

Let me know if anyone wants to practice I am off for the rest of the day!

 

[Thorson1987]

Can't do the midweek races usually due to work, so today is my first race for the series.

Going in absolutely blind in a car I had done 30km on previously so that should be fun.

Will manage to do the first 2 timeslots, so using the first one as a guide (unless I do well and don't want to risk it in the 2nd race)

 

[JDMKING13]

Open room lobbies with the right setting can be good training tool.. I wasn’t so fast this race I ran into traffic lapping a few cars but I got to 20 on the mediums and surprisingly a easy 10 on the softs.. I saved better on my soft stint however I ran TCS 2 the whole stint vs the medium stint I ran TC 2 after 10 laps.

My medium stint suffered bad at the end though so that’s what I gotta practice on.. Did a 19.4 in race on the mediums with a a fastest lap of 19:2 on the Softs.

 

[Moose78]

PSA: Remember to practice pit exit and re-entry here. It's easy to get it wrong and end up with a 3-second penalty, especially when you're on nearly bald tires.

Good luck to everybody racing tomorrow!

 

[TinleyPork]

Yup! Try to master the one stop if you can.. if not try to stay on your pace for the two stop… both are stressful…😬

Let me know if anyone wants to practice I am off for the rest of the day!

I just did a practice race vs sophy where I started on mediums and went 21 laps, then finished on the softs.

42:12.865 total time should be good enough to win in the bottom division, right?

That's a long pit stop at ~25 seconds and my soft and medium lap times aren't that much different. I was 1.22 1.23 for first 14 then 1.24 for the next 7. I started myself 17th out of 20 so some of those could have been quicker if not for traffic.

I think I might want to start on mediums tomorrow unless I'm a top 5 qualifier. I'm more inclined to push the tires limits with the softs and don't want to use them up too fast out of the gate. I don't think I can get faster than that with 2 pit stops.

PSA: Remember to practice pit exit and re-entry here. It's easy to get it wrong and end up with a 3-second penalty, especially when you're on nearly bald tires.

Good luck to everybody racing tomorrow!

I turned TCS to 0 and moved the brake balance all the way back to try and get a few more laps out of the front left tire.

 

[tmtk]

Did some testing in training lobby set up by @dazdilly75
And surprisingly 1 stop strategy is viable for me, but only when I start on mediums.
First stint on softs lasts 7 laps, rest is limping badly.

Mediums can run 20 laps even without any tire saving skills (that's me).
And yeah, the pit entry after the crest, easily done wrong.

Good luck y'all!

 

[JDMKING13]

I just did a practice race vs sophy where I started on mediums and went 21 laps, then finished on the softs.

42:12.865 total time should be good enough to win in the bottom division, right?

That's a long pit stop at ~25 seconds and my soft and medium lap times aren't that much different. I was 1.22 1.23 for first 14 then 1.24 for the next 7. I started myself 17th out of 20 so some of those could have been quicker if not for traffic.

I think I might want to start on mediums tomorrow unless I'm a top 5 qualifier. I'm more inclined to push the tires limits with the softs and don't want to use them up too fast out of the gate. I don't think I can get faster than that with 2 pit stops.


I turned TCS to 0 and moved the brake balance all the way back to try and get a few more laps out of the front left tire.

If you master the 1 stop it should be a guarantee Top 5 for you good luck!

 

[dazdilly75]

Did some testing in training lobby set up by @dazdilly75
And surprisingly 1 stop strategy is viable for me, but only when I start on mediums.
First stint on softs lasts 7 laps, rest is limping badly.

Mediums can run 20 laps even without any tire saving skills (that's me).
And yeah, the pit entry after the crest, easily done wrong.

Good luck y'all!

Great racing with you bud! Yeah, that pitlane at RA entry and exit can easily catch people out. Especially with badly worn tyres. Good luck tomorrow bud! Hopefully, we'll get the result we want!