Gran Turismo World Series 2024 Thread

[dazdilly75]

That is certainly as plausible, if not more so, than my theory. Still, havenots don't spend anything to become haves if there are no havenots. Follow the money, therein lies the answer, when it's not 42.

Hitch Hikers Guide, never gets old.

 

[OJBrit]

this has become one of my biggest gripes about the state of play currently (among others). Do you recall when they introduced grand valley and they were showing off with a sunset/night drive there? My goodness! Since then.... I think they once had a sunset drive at bathurst, a morning nord once. Can't think of many others in 2+ years. They just ran 24laps at spa but couldn't be bothered with any night transitions. We know they can do it, why aren't they? Is it taxing on the servers in sport mode?

Less server more hardware. Even though PS5's are more available how many players are still using PS4's?
I'm guessing they'll be less happy to utilise transitions in sport mode.

 

[Kermit_2142]

Less server more hardware. Even though PS5's are more available how many players are still using PS4's?
I'm guessing they'll be less happy to utilise transitions in sport mode.

I think this is now more of a legacy myth from the terrible game release. I hosted our endurance races from my ps4 last year.

 

[Nakano219]

A new Nations exhibition has been announced: Gr.4 at Fuji, Route X with the usual set of cars, Gr.1 at Monza, TBD.

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[Fezzik]

They really are just phoning it in these days.

 

[Zorz]

Can't say I'm particularly enthusiastic about that Nations schedule. The TBD round is interesting because I would presume that means a new track and/or car, but the other rounds just don't excite me.

Fuji looks like an all-out sprint on Hards unless they throw rain in there. SSRX presumably will turn into a Mercedes one-make again. Monza in Group 1 with 3x fuel/1x tyres sounds like a recipe for an all-out sprint as well. I'd guess the fuel lasts just about full race distance.

I was already thinking about skipping the next season as I've been looking forward to Path of Exile 2 going into early access next month for some time now. This doesn't really win me over.

Still kind of baffled how much variety they have at their fingertips for Nations and yet we end up with 4-round exhibition seasons containing repeats of relatively recent combos.

Edit - Just scanned over them again. Seems Monza is 25 laps in GT1 and 17 laps in GT2/3. Maybe GT1 will need a fuel stop then. I also noticed that round has light damage in GT1 instead of heavy. If PD is deliberately turning that down then I imagine they predict it will be a bloodbath, which makes it even less appealing.

 

[Ashthebash]

Can't say I'm particularly enthusiastic about that Nations schedule. The TBD round is interesting because I would presume that means a new track and/or car, but the other rounds just don't excite me.

Fuji looks like an all-out sprint on Hards unless they throw rain in there. SSRX presumably will turn into a Mercedes one-make again. Monza in Group 1 with 3x fuel/1x tyres sounds like a recipe for an all-out sprint as well. I'd guess the fuel lasts just about full race distance.

I was already thinking about skipping the next season as I've been looking forward to Path of Exile 2 going into early access next month for some time now. This doesn't really win me over.

Still kind of baffled how much variety they have at their fingertips for Nations and yet we end up with 4-round exhibition seasons containing repeats of relatively recent combos.

Edit - Just scanned over them again. Seems Monza is 25 laps in GT1 and 17 laps in GT2/3. Maybe GT1 will need a fuel stop then. I also noticed that round has light damage in GT1 instead of heavy. If PD is deliberately turning that down then I imagine they predict it will be a bloodbath, which makes it even less appealing.

Gr.4 Fuji looks like that one they had with a scripted downpour in the final sector at the end of L14 where everyone ran the Mazda

 

[Hasnain282]

GT1

GT2/3

Source for the last round

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[Zorz]

Gr.4 Fuji looks like that one they had with a scripted downpour in the final sector at the end of L14 where everyone ran the Mazda

The thought crossed my mind too. Even went looking for that Mazda race to compare settings.

If it turns out that it is a copy-paste job followed by some small edits, I'm not sure what I'd say in response. There doesn't seem to be a lot of energy going into event planning anymore.

 

[OJBrit]

Can't say I'm particularly enthusiastic about that Nations schedule. The TBD round is interesting because I would presume that means a new track and/or car, but the other rounds just don't excite me.

Usually with a new car they'd still include the track. So it 'suggests' a new track unless Hasnain is correct in which the exclusion of Spa is baffling.