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They ended it and re-added it.
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Nice! All four of the cars that I'm considering for the next Manu Cup round -- Alfa Romeo, Audi, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi -- have all been buffed. I might actually be somewhat competitive this time around.
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There is for high-speed tracks, apparently:No Nerf to the Gr3 Supra.
As for Saturday's race, it looks pretty straightforward. Just a 10-lap sprint. I haven't driven 10 laps in free practice yet to see if there is any rain, but I doubt we'll see any. This is Nations Cup, after all (not Manu).
The one thing that strikes me as a bit odd is that we'll only have 5 minutes for qualifying. I'm guessing that will mean only one qualifying lap since even the best time in the global ranking was over 2:32.
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It's not that bad actually. The brakes are very "of the era" and to actually go fast there are a couple of places you over rev the he'll out of it.
It is a bit slide happy off of curbs but you can coast past that trait a bit.
I think the attrition will come from consistency rather than it sliding all over the place. Once you get a line wrong there is not real on the pace way to recover just because of carrying momentum.
I'm not GT1 this time round so will report high GT2 lobby races when I do them, but I'm feeling this will be like the RA at Watkins. Some will know how to extract the corner speed and some will drive it like a normal car.
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In non-Merc news, the combinations for the GTWS finals have been announced.
Manufacturers is Gr.3 at Spa, probably in the rain.
Nations is the tuned road cars at Trial Mountain, then an undisclosed race*, then the final is 7 laps of N24 in the X2019...
TGR is the Super Formula at Road Atlanta/Interlagos/Red Bull Ring to qualify for the final you'd expect, GR010s at Le Mans (also probably in the rain).
*don't get too excited about this, they've done this multiple times before in GT7 GTWS and it's not once been unrevealed content yet.
Manufacturers is Gr.3 at Spa, probably in the rain.
Nations is the tuned road cars at Trial Mountain, then an undisclosed race*, then the final is 7 laps of N24 in the X2019...
TGR is the Super Formula at Road Atlanta/Interlagos/Red Bull Ring to qualify for the final you'd expect, GR010s at Le Mans (also probably in the rain).
*don't get too excited about this, they've done this multiple times before in GT7 GTWS and it's not once been unrevealed content yet.
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If you are in the GT2 or GT3 leagues, there's nothing to it. Just smash the gas pedal to the floor when the countdown starts and the car will blast off when the count hits zero. GT1 is a bit more complicated because it has the false start check, but it is basically the same thing. Floor it while holding the the emergency brake button, then release the brake when the lights change.
That's all I do, anyways. Maybe there are more subtle techniques to get a better start off the line, but I can't imagine they matter much in this race since you'll be into the chaos of T1 right off the bat.
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Merc W196 is very nice to drive, handling has a good weight unlike most of the other formula cars (unless they have updated these, didn't check last night). And the powerslides.... everything about it is lovely! Got to make a livery today...
There's always plenty of friendly test Nations races going on in lobbies, if you want to check your standing starts that's a good place (plus pick up any other tips). You can save the replay and see who gets off the line best!
There's always plenty of friendly test Nations races going on in lobbies, if you want to check your standing starts that's a good place (plus pick up any other tips). You can save the replay and see who gets off the line best!
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Assuming you have 20,000,000 credits kicking around to buy the car for yourself, of course.
I was fortunate to have enough cash on hand to pick one up. I've run a few custom races for practice now. I find that the car does drive differently under race trim. It's not a huge change, but the fuel weight and slipstream effects (I've been using 'strong' for practice) do impact my braking points noticeably.
I'm guessing a lot of drivers will be stuck using a rental and will only have experience driving in the idealized conditions of Free Practice. I'm expecting a lot of chaos as drivers adapt on-the-fly to fuel weight, tire wear, and slipstream effects.
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