Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Thread

[Interemptor]

GT2 - EMEA - Mid B - Door #11 - 117pts for the win

Can't skip the Nordschleife after all 😅 Dissapointed that there was no rain and we had to run those damn Hards for the whole race.

Quali was awful. P12 with a really bad lap and lots of mistakes

The race was a destruction derby for the most part. Made really good progress through the first lap with a highest position of 5th due to lots of fighting and crashing in front.

At Wipperman a Porsche in front was braking really early and I hit him. Did not expect him to brake so early. Called me retarted afterwards. Watched the replay and don't know. He was fighting the car it seemed and braking a lot earlier then you normaly would. Probably should have waited either way 😕

Slipped back to P7 after that and had a great fight with another Porsche over the next 2 laps. Switched positions a couple of times and after I ran wide at Wehrseifen he was ahead and I couldn't catch him.

Another car infront spun out which handed me P6 and I finished there for 93points. Not a bad race overall I guess but definitly my last race for Lamborghini. We'll see what the next Manu Series will bring.

 

[Norbsthebald]

Does anyone know if there is enough time between GT2 races to be able to make the next slot?

Just about but don't hang around.... (I'm on a base PS4 as well so most folk will have faster loading than me)

 

[dazdilly75]

The only difference between the 2 races this week (apart from the layout) is the time of day are at opposite ends of the scale. Early morning for Daily C and sunset for Manu. The cars are a lot less slippery for the Manu race, so the tyres should warm up faster. I think the track temps were 7c for Daily C and 14c for Manu. Take it easy in the GP section and by the time you hit the forest, the tyres should be at optimum temp. Good luck guys!

 

[jimihemmy]

Just about but don't hang around.... (I'm on a base PS4 as well so most folk will have faster loading than me)

My issue is switching accounts to race my alts too. I’m on a PS5 but that still may not be enough time to exit the race, switch accounts, load GT7 and get in the race on time.

It will be the difference between doing 3 straight and doing every other….

 

[Norbsthebald]

My issue is switching accounts to race my alts too. I’m on a PS5 but that still may not be enough time to exit the race, switch accounts, load GT7 and get in the race on time.

It will be the difference between doing 3 straight and doing every other….

I switched between my AO and EMEA accounts when I did that change so you'll be good.

 

[jimihemmy]

I switched between my AO and EMEA accounts when I did that change so you'll be good.

Good to know!
As long as I have 5 minutes I should make it.
I’m about to find out as I am about to do NA slot 1 on the main. That’s the one I really want to do.

The others are just for the points.

 

[stpatty]

Started 3rd, 2 seconds or so off pole. Moved up to 2nd at the first corner as a Merc was lagging and braked really early. Stuck it out behind the Supra in front fairly well until I slid wide and into the wall just after the Karussell. Lost 2nd to a Porsche in the run up to Flugplatz on lap 2. Kept it in 3rd and had a chance to pass the Porsche on the straight at the end, got alongside him after he was weaving a lot but right as we went under the bridge there was a massive lag spike (watching the replay, about a full car's length ffs) so I backed off.

I'm not taking a picture of me with the Porsche because it has a stupid livery so here's my massive dive at the start (it was a dive but I got it stopped)

Disappointing that two or three mistakes ended up costing me but after racing Supras, Porsches and AMGs here in Race C I'm really not surprised I didn't quite have the pace to keep with them. I lost about a second on the straight alone to that Supra. Still, a decent result and about the best I could do.

 

[Zorz]

I'm going to be honest, I'm glad the season is over. Only taking one shot at that today because it's a dull race and doing it in the Renault felt like a mistake. Just another race where I've felt like I have to push the car insanely hard to try be even the slightest bit competitive.

I qualified P6, survived the start cleanly, even managed to build a bit of a gap to P7 across the lap. Coming back onto the GP circuit for lap 2, I've suddenly got a Supra looming large in my wing mirror. That completely threw me off because the gap evaporated out of nowhere. Checking the replay, I got up to 168mph without slipstream by the Bilstein gantry, then 174mph going through the compression after it. The Supra was doing 175mph BEFORE the gantry whilst still being out of slipstream range. I know cars need to have their individual strengths and weaknesses but that's crazy. The RS01 is not a car I'm going to miss.

I got flustered with the Supra so close and ended up trying to push too hard to try keep the gap, which did not mesh at all in a race where it feels like you're driving on ice with Hards. My lap 2 was a shambles and I lost a couple of positions. I managed to settle down again and slot in behind a Corvette, but there was no way I'd ever be able to pass it without some kind of mistake being made. The Renault simply couldn't mount an attack down the straights in the slipstream.


I ended up losing another one later on to a Nissan who didn't bother qualifying and was trying to do last-to-first, followed up on lap 5 by a Porsche.

I finished P8 in the end thanks to people crashing, worth 188 points. Also got a CRB. I'd have needed P5 or better to improve my season score. Considering how the Renault seemed completely incapable of making any passes down the Dottinger Hohe, I can't see that realistically happening even though I was only a few seconds behind P5 in the end. I need to start very close to the front and somehow not get slipstreamed into oblivion.

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[Famine]

Another mince race in GT2. Neither me nor the RX-Vision are suited to this track, obviously qualified last, obviously kept it clean and made a bunch of places up from crashes and quitters...

... but since I'm obviously much slower and am obviously pulling off line and braking a little early to let you pass me again, why the **** do you utter oafs keep on hitting me in the process? I got hit by four different cars, three of which were those I was letting past and one of which was a guy who crashed then apparently decided to hard-left into me as I came past at +20 only to crash again and then quit.

 

[stpatty]

I'm going to be honest, I'm glad the season is over. Only taking one shot at that today because it's a dull race and doing it in the Renault felt like a mistake. Just another race where I've felt like I have to push the car insanely hard to try be even the slightest bit competitive.

I qualified P6, survived the start cleanly, even managed to build a bit of a gap to P7 across the lap. Coming back onto the GP circuit for lap 2, I've suddenly got a Supra looming large in my wing mirror. That completely threw me off because the gap evaporated out of nowhere. Checking the replay, I got up to 168mph without slipstream by the Bilstein gantry, then 174mph going through the compression after it. The Supra was doing 175mph BEFORE the gantry whilst still being out of slipstream range. I know cars need to have their individual strengths and weaknesses but that's crazy. The RS01 is not a car I'm going to miss.

I got flustered with the Supra so close and ended up trying to push too hard to try keep the gap, which did not mesh at all in a race where it feels like you're driving on ice with Hards. My lap 2 was a shambles and I lost a couple of positions. I managed to settle down again and slot in behind a Corvette, but there was no way I'd ever be able to pass it without some kind of mistake being made. The Renault simply couldn't mount an attack down the straights in the slipstream.


I ended up losing another one later on to a Nissan who didn't bother qualifying and was trying to do last-to-first, followed up on lap 5 by a Porsche.

I finished P8 in the end thanks to people crashing, worth 188 points. Also got a CRB. I'd have needed P5 or better to improve my season score. Considering how the Renault seemed completely incapable of making any passes down the Dottinger Hohe, I can't see that realistically happening even though I was only a few seconds behind P5 in the end. I need to start very close to the front and somehow not get slipstreamed into oblivion.

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Sounds like a similar speed difference between the GT-R and the Supra. An absolute nonsense of a car that clearly isn't lacking anywhere else to make up for it.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I've missed the first two GT1 slots so will do the last as per my strategy outlined earlier in the thread.

Because I missed the first round whatever points I get on this one will count so it's worth just starting it.

 

[OJBrit]

Got through qualy for the 6pm slot. (12th) Only for the network to kick me out. The game is still connected. So screwed over again! A shame because I enjoy the Nurb. This game can be so frustrating at times.

 

[Ashthebash]

Qualified 5th with a 7:54.1 and expected a rough start. Dropped a couple of spots early laps after a couple of little errors then was running between two Supras in 8th. Got overtaken on the main straight as we were getting caught by a group at the end of L3, he then made a mistake on L4 which allowed me back past into 8th. Closing on the other Supra (who was clearly the slowest driver in the group that had formed) I made a small mistake out of the right hander a couple of corners before the back 'straight', Supra I'd been swapping places with had a run up the inside, seemingly missed the braking/turn in points and promptly barged me wide and off the track. 8th became 11th, needed 10th for an improvement on the season scores. Had way more pace over the course of the lap than both of the Supras but had no chance of passing them and the Mazda isn't exactly a slouch in a straight line

Not going again, so hopefully my rubbish results from the first two races keep me top(!) of the Mazda Manufacturers leaderboard

 

[Interemptor]

Raced 2 more times on alts. One with the Supra (GT3 high C) the other with the M6 (GT2 low/mid B).

The Supra is a damn rocket on the straights but I still struggle with it. Don't know why. Qualified on Pole (8:07)but got slightly hit at Aremburg because I was braking too early. Whenever I closed the gap again I made a mistake and finished 2nd.

The BMW race was almost perfect. Again on pole (8:05) and lead all the way to finish with a gap of over 20s to second. The Beamer is a joy to drive and if I don't go with something crazy in the next Series it will be BMW.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I didn't qualify, which was boring as hell.

Even going from the back I was p15 to to P7 in the first 2 sectors :/

Deliberately dropped back and pitted. It feels awful to do that but we are playing different long games and this is my one.

Nothing to report other than the pit lane photographer must have the sorest right knee ever and the poor right tire guy is gonna have posture issues for life.

Started P15 finished P13 🤷‍♂️ there was a few peanuts/points but they were collateral positives.

 

[emGieT]

Today's race made me seriously thinking about quitting racing online with that game...
I got 190 pts from that round, but I risked one more shot and that was disaster. I even gained fev positions at the start bqut then I literally got destroyed at lap 1 by some guy flying trough my car after massive lag. Sent to the barriers, damage everywhere... Geeeez!
There should be some alghoritm that ghosts players with big ping until their connection is back to normal. Two days of practice wasted. That's frustrating...

 

[newmedia_dev]

Today's race made me seriously thinking about quitting racing online with that game...
I got 190 pts from that round, but I risked one more shot and that was disaster. I even gained fev positions at the start bqut then I literally got destroyed at lap 1 by some guy flying trough my car after massive lag. Sent to the barriers, damage everywhere... Geeeez!
There should be some alghoritm that ghosts players with big ping until their connection is back to normal. Two days of practice wasted. That's frustrating...

It's not just his connection it's a mix of yours and his that is the issue.

Lagging is awful

 

[dazdilly75]

This race was an absolute nightmare for me. It started off well, I managed to qualify 4th in a field of very fast guys. Pole managed to hit a low 52, and I ended up 3 sec behind him in my Nissan GTR. I survived T1, which is a known hot-spot, but us front 4 guys made a sportsmans agreement to take it easy through sector 1. I got caught by a Spanish Lambo driver in the mid part of lap 2 and he had just set the fastest lap of the race, so I didn't battle with him too much, by defending. There was also an Italian Porsche driver (very fast) who I know is a Nurb specialist but he had a bad quali, so he ended up behind me by a few places. By lap 3 he had also caught me up, so I had moved from starting 4th, down 2 places to 6th. This is where things took a turn for the worse. The Porsche driver made a move on an Italian AMG driver at Aremberg and almost crashed him out. How the AMG driver didn't get damage must have been through divine intervention. I was right up behind them, so I could only bump draft the Italian Porsche driver to get him going again and keep my momentum on the run up to Adenauer. He almost went off at Metzgesfeld. This should have been a warning for me. At Kallenhard, I was right on his bumper and this is where he completely and irreversibly lost all control of his Porsche. He swerved right, I went left but he clipped the kerb and came rifling back to my side. I prayed he'd ghost, but I wasn't so lucky. Front splitter damage for me and front left suspension damage with 2 and a half laps of racing to go. His race was well and truely over, but to make matters worse, he sat on the racing line for another 3 seconds and was hit by a Spanish driver also in a Nissan, the fact that corner is blind, makes it an incredibly dangerous place to crash. So That's 3 cars damaged by one reckless crash. The AMG driver behind me eventually took back 4th and I was left in 5th, to survive until the finish. Somehow I managed to still do sub 8 minute laps with damaged car, which is a testament to how great the Nissan GTR is. The top 3 flew away, as did 4th place. But in the end, I held on and managed 269 points for 5th place. 6 points more than my last round and enough to finish the season with 532 points, and 95th place in EMEA. Its a rarity for me to finish in the top 100! Both rounds 3 and 4 have been absolute dog fights, but they have also been character building exercises and a lesson in never giving up, even when things go badly. Literally, keep calm and carry on mentality. I could have gone again, but so many things can go wrong at Nurb (and they usually do) So I took the points and chilled out for the rest of the evening. I've attached a few images in sequence of the race and my crash. Good luck for Nations for anyone taking part.

 

[ZEE]

Well this last round of the GTWS Manu Cup was chaotic to say the least!

Logged on the afternoon timing slots and waitied for the 4pm slot in the higher C ranked GT2 league. I did some pratice laps in my Aston and got an ok time of around 8:27 whic was ok, not lighting quick but resoanble.

Went into qualifying and was a crapstorm of driving went on, this track suffers form narrow gaps and openings that doesnt aloow much overtaking, so you have to be very careful, I'll admit i wasnt the smoothest and did bumpa few people on the narrow parts of the course.

I managed to get itno 9th place to start the race off. So Gentlemen start your engines!

Race time and rolling start beckoned, I was wary of a fellow british driver in a Huracan GT3, who was typing Turn 1 in the chat before the race start so hmmm. His livery was green army camo so I was quite skeptical. We all took off well and chaos ensued at Turn 1 and then I managed to avoid that and push through turns 3 & 4 racing up the hill towards the main Nurburgring.

So far I was getting a good position in 5th place to keep chase on the leading pack of cars, then this guy in the Huracan, nutty brit driver decides to ram me from behind and then pits me and I go spin crashing into Barry-R!
I was shocked, expaling my dismay while my car recovered and he just laughed it off, he didnt recieve a penalty on the long stretch because when I got there he was in 3rd place by the time, all the while I played catch up all lap on the long twisting green hell corners.

Gained back some positons as lot of people dealt with time penalties. i pushed ahead, then there was alot of argy bargy on the sprint part of the track.

On Lap 2 for some reason despite me not really nudging anyone I was dealt a time penalty. I didnt realise till I got the yellow beacons that it was 5 whole seconds, i coudlnt figure where I had hit someone or it was some delayed infrigment, but boy this game felt stupid at the time. I took it and it hurt as lost back down to 9th and had to push back to recover them positons. was battling for 7th ppsiton nicely with a porsche up until the main straightaway.

Luckily one of the Porsches I was chasing crashed hard on the main turn leading to the fast underbridge section and the I kept pushing.

Then battled strong in Lap 3, and finished the race in a prospectful 7th place. Unfortunately my stupid ps5 storage limit in GT7 prevented me to take any photos or videos of the race so I couldn't see the spinout and race replay I had which sucks. I spent another 10mins freeing up space in the storage options to be ready for the GTWS Nations cup.

Overall, I have been good in the overall cup, but this guy in the Hurancan, soured the race for sure and he ended up rage quitting after more bumping in the race thru lap 2, so it goes to show, that Rammers bad habits didnt payoff!

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

In one race:
First Lap, first corner, immediately had an AMG outbrake and punt a Supra that ping-pong'd into me: Front damage
Slow coming out of the shortcut hairpin:Front Corner damage.
Then shoved wide from the fast chicane before the Norschlife :Rear Damage
Race crippled and ruined not even 0.1 lap into the race.

 

[Marky264]

Really pleased with finding some form again in the 911.

Only had one session today in GT1 last of the day at 7:00pm
I upped my sensitively on My Logi G Pro from 5 to 8 and increased TrueForce from 75 to 85 and it's given me a little more control when turning in again, but It has increaseed osolation on the straights. However I really need to be more alert for the rear to not trying to constantly step out. I have to remember these are RH Tyres so it's more like Ice but still felt happier today for the first time since 1.50 Update.

Being truthful since Update 1.50 I have really struggled to attack Kerbs and Trail Brake into corners 😔 It's been quite disheartening as this what I have previously loved about GT Sport & GT7 on a wheel. I could feel I could give it full attack and get every bit out of the car but now it feels if i do that then I'm punished and quite hard if I get it wrong.

Yes It has forced me to drive smoother and slower at times to become quicker overall. But in doing so It's Just less enjoyable for me and isn't my natural driving style. I just need to accept things will never be Pre 1.49 Update 😕

On to the positives below!

Started P15 & Finished P3 💪🏼🏆🏁 I nearly had P2 at the finish line by 10th of a second but enjoyed being able to chase down again. Best thing about the race was that I managed this with front bumper damage for all 5 Laps from a bunch up in the first hairpin!

Looking forward to GR.4 Racing again for the Nations!

 

[Talon16]

Not a whole lot to report from Nord, unfortunately. I just didn't have the time to partake in as many as I would've liked (which includes Daily C as well). My best TT time I was able to get was a 7:55.0 in the GTR.

I will say that I am not upset my tenure with Ferrari is over. Glad I picked it, for something different, but this just isn't the car for me. It was much nicer at Nord than it was at Road Atlanta, but that's kind like saying getting kicked in the shin is better than getting kicked in the plums. Stay away from the curbs and long straights (I lost 1.25s to a Supra just going down Dottenger and he wasn't in slip at all) and you'll be alright.

The GTR on the other hand was pretty nice to drive. It didn't feel fast... like Supra/Porsche/Genny/M6 but it I was just getting along with it pretty well and the lap times were decent. I will be revisiting this car again in the near future.

 

[jrbabbitt]

@ Nurburgring today, i get hit by car re-entering and I get nabbed with 2 second penalty. Video coming...

 

[MCL1974]

Raced with my US account yesterday that I am building up, currently in GT3. Dumb me, forgot to wait when qaulifying started so was in the mix with the rest. Left a gap of about 7 seconds before starting the actual qualifying lap but soon cought up with the drivers ahead who were all fighting each other like crazy. That odd mentality off rather sacrifycing 10 seconds to fight a faster car then to lose about 1 second and just let that faster car pass. I just don't get it! Anyway, a messed up qaulifying and also the race following it...

So went again and this time waited for a few minutes and went out on my own and now got pole easily. Was very cautious at the opening lap, lost a few places but entered the Nordschleife in second place and just waited for a mistake by the guy in first. That mistake happened after a few corners and I was now in first place. From that moment I could increase my lead as I saw the second position chance frequently between three other drivers. They wasted each other times and I got further and further ahead.

Was an easy win in the end, felt a bit like seal clubbing but there is only one way to get to a higher rank, I guess...

anyway, again an uninspiring season ended, really hoping (in vain) for more interesting races and longer seasons.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Hadn’t done a sport mode race since the Interlagos round last season, figured Nords would be a good round to make my lowly-anticipated comeback


Woke up yesterday morning and hit the last oceanic slot just to get the feel back. Qualified with a 7:56 which was good enough for 6th. Worked my way up to 3rd by lap 4, and got disconnected mid way through lap
5. So goes it.

Made some breakfast and coffee, had a BM, then hit the last EMEA slot with hopes of getting into a drop split lobby for some points. Ended up in a 299 point lobby, and after some early qualifying lap mistakes, I clawed my way to a 7:56.1 - good enough for 9th.

Predictably got rear-ended on T1-L1, with me getting rear spoiler damage and the perpetrator getting nothing. Found out quickly that rear damage doesn’t necessarily affect your handling, but you lose acceleration and a good 4-5 mph in each gear. Despite all this, I somehow found my way into 6th place at the end of lap 1 - which kinda forced my hand into NOT pitting for damage. In hindsight, I’m not sure what would have been the better move, because one by one, I got picked off on the faster parts of the track, and finished a very distant 9th




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I knew I would be 1-and-done on my main regardless of how it played out. Mainly because I had football to watch, but also because I didn’t have much interest in manhandling my wheel for anymore than one last race (how good has the FFB got over the past couple updates!)

I botched qually with a lot of mistakes and a 7:57 to show for it, but somehow managed a 6th. P1-5 were all in the 7:51-54 range, but it looked like everyone behind me had problems too.

Miraculously, I somehow managed to survive the first turn melee. And from there, we all just filed into line after the GP circuit, for some very close and intense racing. Got my first position up to 5th when a Supra went wide at Schnitzelwhateveritscalled turn (although he would later return) and then got my next field promotion to 4th when a Lambo went wide at Doppelgängerwhateveritscalled turn on lap 2.

Over the course of our 3rd journey through hell, I was able to slowly gain time on the fuchsia-colored McLaren ahead of me. By the time we got to the second carousel and the aforementioned Doppelgängerwhateveritscalled turn, I was firmly in his slip and was able to make the pass down Entschuldigungwhateveritscalledlongassstraight.

Lap 4 and 5 was spent trying to reel in the Renault ahead of me. Honestly it was just a game of cat and mouse from afar - as we both gained and lost time on each other whenever one of us made a mistake







Here’s a few photos:

Lap 1 carousel. The Supra behind me is the one that went wide at Schnitzelwhateveritscalled corner.

The Team COTW 458 was WFO all day. “Kerbs? We don’t need no STINKIN’ KERBS!”

By lap 3, P2-5 were all in a pretty intense train. That was until, our old buddy in the Supra decided to check out of the conversation for good

Slingshot….. ENGAGED!!!

That’s P2 off in the distance taking the checkers. What's hidden behind the helmet in the mirror, is me…. ugly crying.

P3 for 265 points. Best job I’ve ever had…

 

[GT5Apex]

Nurburgring went fairly well yesterday, even though i don't have the best pace around the Nordschleife.

I was door 10 and i qualified P11 and finished P7 (thanks to people crashing).

The race got off to a ok start and i gained a place at T1, but then i ran wide at Schwedenkreuz and i went on to the grass and i did scrape the barrier, but thankfully i never got any damage, but that mistake caused me to drop to P13.

As the race went on, people around me crashed, which gifted me a couple of positions and i was now in P8. Then at the end of lap 3 on the dottinger hohe, i slipstreamed past a Renault who had front aero damage. The Renault kept me on my toes during lap 4 and 5 since i couldn't pull away from him, but then he must have made a mistake during lap 5 since he dropped back. The last half of lap 5 was a bit nervy since there was a BMW behind me who took a couple of seconds out of me, and on the dottinger hohe he was only 1.3 seconds behind me but i held on for P7, which im pretty happy with.

 

[jrbabbitt]

@ Nurburgring today, i get hit by car re-entering and I get nabbed with 2 second penalty. Video coming...

Ok, here is the video, only one I have, didn't save post race video..

 

[Moose78]

Not a great season for me. Don't let the 1st places fool you. I was the only fool in Canada to pick Suzuki for this season. Not that the Suzuki is that terrible to drive. I just can't get it to go fast. At least I only had to drive it for three races.

If I continue my foolhardy strategy of picking from the least popular manufacturers, it looks like I'll have quite a few options for next season. Alfa Romeo, Audi, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi all had no drivers in Canada this season. Maybe I can find some better results with one of those. I have my doubts.

 

[Fezzik]

The Alfa is lovely to drive, I’d go with that.

 

[Zorz]

Can also recommend Alfa Romeo. I really enjoyed that car in the official season and it felt capable too. Also very potent in the slipstream.