Gran Turismo World Series

[newmedia_dev]

I started on RHs and pitted on lap1 or 2 (only because I forgot to pit on lap 1 in the one race), came out behind a driver that was slightly faster than me,

I only went to lap 4 because I was keeping up and probably a bit quicker on the hard than most in front of me so to make the undercut work I had to stay with them/be dragged around.

Ignoring tire optimums race position is also something to consider, especially if the group is tight/close you are running with.

 

[A1an]

I got put in with C ranked! some proper dirty drivers!!!

I got spun out a few times ended up 11th after starting 6th.

The RM's lasted easy, going to have another go but pit after the first lap from RH to RM's.

 

[newmedia_dev]

got put in with C ranked! some proper dirty drivers!!!

Mostly just clumsy mate, a lot of diving etc.

At that level I’d imagine the braking markers are the car in front and just after them.

Work on that QT and you’ll be golden bud

 

[Famine]

Got hit in qualy by a German guy in a 911, got hit in the race by a German guy in an M6, P14 to P12.

Sigh.

 

[Ryan81]

So, I believe I had my first Manufacturer's Race at Catalunya today at 1900 hours. Now, I know I'm a crap driver so not surprising that I came last 🤣 I got 28k for wasting nearly an hour of my life. The whole prize money thing: is that dependent on doing every single race of the season and only after a given time period when the championship ends, do you receive prize money? Not really sure how it works.
Btw, are pitstops mandatory or only optional? I could swear not every driver pitted for a tire change.

 

[Famine]

The whole prize money thing: is that dependent on doing every single race of the season and only after a given time period when the championship ends, do you receive prize money? Not really sure how it works.

It depends on your points ranking in four categories. The higher bracket you place in (Top 75%, Top 25%, Top 10%) in each category (Manufacturer, Primary Area, Secondary Area, Region) within your region, the higher reward you get - so the more rounds you do the more likely you are to place highly but it's scored on the same basis as ranking, which is best five from six this time.

Ratio	Regional Ranking	Manufacturer Ranking	Local Ranking (Main Area)	Local Ranking (Secondary Area)
Gold (Top 5%)	2,500,000 Cr.	1,250,000 Cr.	625,000 Cr.	625,000 Cr.
Silver (Top 25%)	1,500,000 Cr.	800,000 Cr.	400,000 Cr.	400,000 Cr.
Bronze (Top 75%)	750,000 Cr.	400,000 Cr.	200,000 Cr.	200,000 Cr.

 

[newmedia_dev]

So, I believe I had my first Manufacturer's Race at Catalunya today at 1900 hours. Now, I know I'm a crap driver so not surprising that I came last 🤣 I got 28k for wasting nearly an hour of my life. The whole prize money thing: is that dependent on doing every single race of the season and only after a given time period when the championship ends, do you receive prize money? Not really sure how it works.

Good job for trying and finishing mate.

It will help you massively if you understand your racing, positions and places will be a no product of that and credits will come.

The motivation has to be about being the cleanest fastest most respectful driver when racing online.

 

[Ryan81]

It depends on your points ranking in four categories. The higher bracket you place in (Top 75%, Top 25%, Top 10%) in each category (Manufacturer, Primary Area, Secondary Area, Region) within your region, the higher reward you get - so the more rounds you do the more likely you are to place highly but it's scored on the same basis as ranking, which is best five from six this time.

So, I guess in theory of you were from a country which has a tiny population (say, Bhutan for the sake of argument) you're more likely to get a higher payout just because no one else from that country will be participating? If you're from UK and you're just a poor driver, you basically get sweet fa 🤣

 

[newmedia_dev]

So, I guess in theory of you were from a country which has a tiny population (say, Bhutan for the sake of argument) you're more likely to get a higher payout just because no one else from that country will be participating? If you're from UK and you're just a poor driver, you basically get sweet fa 🤣

Yes drive the Suzuki VGT thing for Moldova and you are golden with loads of credits but zero fun.

You have to want to race because you are better, cleaner and faster in that moment vs anyone else. Otherwise just farm credits the normal ways why wait 3 weeks to get them when you could have got that in a couple of hours?

 

[Ryan81]

Good job for trying and finishing mate.

It will help you massively if you understand your racing, positions and places will be a no product of that and credits will come.

The motivation has to be about being the cleanest fastest most respectful driver when racing online.

I'm very clean and respectful. Just slow AF 🤦 It doesn't help that Catalunya is not in my top 5, either but I doubt it would have made much difference on Nurburgring or Suzuka. Guessing the guys who participate are pretty hardcore dedicated GTers.

 

[Famine]

So, I guess in theory of you were from a country which has a tiny population (say, Bhutan for the sake of argument) you're more likely to get a higher payout just because no one else from that country will be participating? If you're from UK and you're just a poor driver, you basically get sweet fa 🤣

So few people who enter complete the full set of races. You might only really need to finish a couple of races to get some money.

 

[Moose78]

So, I guess in theory of you were from a country which has a tiny population (say, Bhutan for the sake of argument) you're more likely to get a higher payout just because no one else from that country will be participating? If you're from UK and you're just a poor driver, you basically get sweet fa 🤣

The ranking for the Primary and Secondary Area categories is within the manufacturer you signed with. So even if you come from a heavily represented area, you can still get a good ranking if you pick an unpopular manufacturer.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I'm very clean and respectful. Just slow AF 🤦 It doesn't help that Catalunya is not in my top 5, either but I doubt it would have made much difference on Nurburgring or Suzuka. Guessing the guys who participate are pretty hardcore dedicated GTers.

No they aren’t hard core people they are racers just like you and we are all put in to our racing category lobbies, some are faster time wise, these will be the A/A+ lobbies and this stuff is fairly serious for some of those peeps.

The rest of us are racing our closest peers, if you are “slow AF” then they are too. Use that and do a bit of practice.

The only thing that separates anyone of us is not controller type or time but learning from the times we do drive.

 

[Ryan81]

Yes drive the Suzuki VGT thing for Moldova and you are golden with loads of credits but zero fun.

You have to want to race because you are better, cleaner and faster in that moment vs anyone else. Otherwise just farm credits the normal ways why wait 3 weeks to get them when you could have got that in a couple of hours?

That's my kind of thing - tons of credits, zero fun 😜 So basically, you won't get loads of credits after just one race? All the prize money will be allocated after the racing period ends, a bit like the time trials?

 

[newmedia_dev]

That's my kind of thing - tons of credits, zero fun 😜 So basically, you won't get loads of credits after just one race? All the prize money will be allocated after the racing period ends, a bit like the time trials?

To manage your expectations there is probably a really good grind tune for Tokyo floating about.

As a side not one day you will realise that the economy and the poke cars aren’t the fun part of racing.

If you want to do some racing and practice this week on the dailies is Watkins Glen and at the C pace would be a fun one practice on. It’s not particularly technical at your DR but getting a flow and throttle management would be really useful skills to take in to further online races or off line grinding, you’ll just finish quicker either or

 

[jenson86]

No idea if anyone already complained about this stupid race at Barcelona. What is the point of using RH and RM when the RM last for 17 laps?!

Basically what happens me and 3 other drivers pitted after lap 1, the rest after lap 17. So instead of racing vs 15 drivers, I race vs 3 drivers. Just to all meet again for the final lap. Only PD can come up with something that genious.

On top of that my DD pro started to cause issues. FFB completely gone in some sections for a few laps and then all of a sudden it stopped working completely… turn on and off helped but race was over basically.

 

[Zorz]

This season is tough stuff. I'm definitely having to work hard for these, and very much struggling in the process. Catalunya's another track I'm not particularly fantastic at. Not as bad as Interlagos, but still not great.

I qualified P15 with a 1:42.227. My personal best in free practice was a 1:41.655 but I've really found it hard to set consistent laps around here. From there, I figured run 1H/17M and see what happens. It ended up being the right call, by far.

The start was a bit awkward. The Ford in front of me outbroke himself a little going into turn 1, so he had a really narrow line going into turn 2 and backed me up into the Renault starting last. When we got to Repsol, I ended up losing the position and going to the back. I'm not sure if I broke a little earlier than the Renault was expecting or if he was looking to make a move but he dove to the inside whilst I was trying to settle in behind the Ford.

I was a bit concerned I'd be stuck right at the back through the pit stops, but neither the Ford or Renault pit on lap 1. They'd started on Hards, but opted to run a little longer on them. Instead, I got some free air and I undercut them massively. They'd really slowed each other down on their first stint too.

Whilst my qualifying was poor, it turned out my race pace was roughly up to par. It suffered later on as the Mediums aged and the last few laps felt awful, but I'd done enough earlier to not see anyone close in my rear mirror until the final sector of lap 18. The entire race pretty much turned into an extended time trial as I never actually interacted with anyone, but I'm not going to complain about that. Between undercutting those who opted for longer Hard stints and a Supra who took the pit entry too fast and hit the wall face first, I managed to climb up to P10.

Had a bit of a scare on the last lap though. My wheel went really light for a few seconds whilst turning in for Seat. Thankfully nothing came of it but still a bit worrying.

P10, 165 points. Again, less than I aim for in these but probably the best I was going to get. I'm not sure I would have quite had it in me to hold on further up the grid if I'd been more in the mix.

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[newmedia_dev]

No idea if anyone already complained about this stupid race at Barcelona. What is the point of using RH and RM when the RM last for 17 laps?!

You do realise the fallacy when you take a breath and read that back?

It’s a sprint race it’s always going to be close unless you go off piste.

I dint particularly like the format of this race but everyone has to do it the same way with the main or alt strat.

It is no different to a 10 lap single tire race but it has a period of lapping on your own

 

[A1an]

This was better 🙂

I pitted the end of lap 1 for RM's

I know it's nothing compared to everyone here but, I moved up to rank C ☺️

 

[newmedia_dev]

I’m guessing NA/SA peeps are probably going now in GT2? Good luck and have fun peeps

 

[CTRL Garage]

Seems like I’m only doing the 8pm slots at the moment, quali didn’t go well with small off tracks. Door number 10 and finished up 11th, Probably the best race so far for me.

 

[afc5150]

I’m guessing NA/SA peeps are probably going now in GT2? Good luck and have fun peeps

GT1 only has slots at 8pm, 10pm and midnight EDT. So just over 3 hours from now until slot 1.

I assume GT2 and 3 still have 10 slots throughout the day, though.

 

[Wilsonson]

Committed the cardinal sin. Absentmindedly changed to another set of mediums while being first. 2nd didn't change tires at all. 3rd said thank you
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[newmedia_dev]

Committed the cardinal sin. Absentmindedly changed to another set of mediums while being first. 2nd didn't change tires at all. 3rd said thank you
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We’ve all done it…only the once mind you

 

[Fezzik]

I know it's nothing compared to everyone here but, I moved up to rank C ☺️

All the best and coolest people are in DR C - welcome!

Euro GT3 in the Porsche. The extreme undercut pitting lap 1 worked quite well, even though I lacked much pace running on my own for 17 laps - I let through the one other car I saw, no real point battling as they were clearly faster. Qualified 8th, pitted from there, came out 15th and just avoided mistakes. I was the only one to go early, a few others pitted laps 3-6. The medium runners were going to around lap 16, including the front 4.

Ended up P5 on the road, picked up one more spot because someone still can't read the rules after all these races and seasons. A decent evening's work especially with the #16 board, but I'm a bit annoyed that a podium was quite close (and 3rd place was the car I didn't fight earlier). I'm just struggling to really get the most out of the RSR. It's easy and comfortable to drive consistently and mistake free but I'd prefer a bit more grunt instead of the cornering ability. Oh well.

 

[Nebuc72]

Don't know why I bother.

 

[newmedia_dev]

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Don't know why I bother.

Basically the algorithm checks your livery for taste….hate to say it….



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It sucks mate, the servers are patchy at the best of times my race had a Spanish guy parked on the grid all race and one lap when I went passed him he had a penalty, so clearly having a whale of a time with no competition yet 14 of us had to dodge his stationary car in to the pits

 

[Nebuc72]

Basically the algorithm checks your livery for taste….hate to say it….



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It sucks mate, the servers are patchy at the best of times my race had a Spanish guy parked on the grid all race and one lap when I went passed him he had a penalty, so clearly having a whale of a time with no competition yet 14 of us had to dodge his stationary car in to the pits

Yeah just mad frustrating to get hit with it two races in a row. Thought it could've been my net but at least the 6pm one I did I didn't lose any DR or SR so obviously everyone got hit by the same thing.

I don't even really play the game anymore anyway but came back for GTWS because it's always quite fun, but with it dangling by a thread stuff like this gives me no reason to not drop it entirely. Feels like everything regresses and nothing improves.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Feels like everything regresses and nothing improves.

Yeah basically that and I know you see the dailies and the TTs and it’s like meh now.

The GTWS is fun but 18 min QT last race….the whole race was 20 mins long with no strat. They could do so much more but don’t.

 

[VTEC Driver]

EMEA - GT3 - Slot 19:00

Qualified 7 - Final P7

As said this is the track where I have less experience than ever and qualified with around 1:44 it is not really great (my best is 1:43).
Started with RH the idea was to do 2 laps but when it was the moment to pit the two drivers in front of me crashed in the pit entrance and 1 managed to enter the other one continued in the gravel on the curve just before the final straight.

So I decided to do a third lap with RH and honestly I was quite ok with the pace that was similar to those in front of me.
However I pitted at lap 3 and went out in P 14 with 8 second of advantage on the follower and 2.4 second gap in front.

Then I drove systematically at 1:45.1, 1:45,3 in repetition for all the remaining laps not reaching the Ferrari in front of me and none reached me from the back.

During the laps other drivers changed the tires and so I was "overtaking" some rivals.

In the last lap the Ferrari in front and I reached a Mercedes that changed to RH for the final lap, but for this driver to control the car was painful.

La Caixa curve was a killer for him going to far and the Ferrari and I did the only real overtake of the race.

I have to check the replay to understand if at least among the other drivers there was some battles, but the idea is that this double tire strategy has put many drivers so far each other that everyone was racing more or less alone.

Happy of P7, DR points went up. Cheers !!!