Gran Turismo World Series

[Moose78]

I ran the first GT1 slot in the Americas (8 PM EDT). There were 170 points up for grabs in my 15-car all-A/S lobby. I was in door #9 driving the Jag and needed a P13 finish to improve my score.

Qualifying was uneventful. I posted a 2:01.334 -- a couple tenths off my best lap in free practice -- which landed me Q13, so I decided to start on the RM tires.

The race got off to a Suzuka start. There was a fair bit of chaos over the first few laps. I managed to survive for a while, moving up to P10.

On lap 4, though, I also fell victim, casually bumped off at Degna 1 by a Supra. That dropped me back to P13.

A few laps later, I caught the green stuff at Spoon and went for a spin. Down one more to P14.

I pitted on lap 13 for RS, coming out just behind a Nissan. I felt like I had a tire advantage over them, but finding an opportunity to attack was proving difficult. It finally came on lap 19, when they got Degna 2 wrong. I pull alongside on the straight to the hairpin and even momentarily pulled ahead.

But I had to leave space for them at the hairpin and gave it right back.

Drove it out from there to a P12 finish - 92 points. A disappointing end to a disappointing season.

I placed 4th in Jaguar overall -- last of the drivers that completed 5 rounds. Thankfully, that still landed me a bronze payout. I scored first in Canada by being the sole driver for Jaguar there.

I'd gone into the season with hopes of getting some decent mid-pack results. The car felt good to drive and appeared to be nerfed less than most of the others in the BoP update.

Then reality kicked in and I quickly learned that I was not anywhere near fast or consistent enough to compete at my current DR.

The late (for me) night slots didn't do me any favours for me either. I made stupid, race-ruining mistakes that perhaps I might have avoided had I not been drifting into my end-of-day stupor.

Oh well, on to Nations Cup next. I did a few practice races against Sophy at Road Atlanta earlier this morning. If they are any indication of what's to come, I sense there are more beatings ahead.

 

[dazdilly75]

Definitely my worst GTWS finish in a long time. Still managed to bag 7 million credits. After the BOP change, my performance hit the floor. In terms of the car and my driving.
The Renault went from being an amazing handling car, with good grunt, to just a handling car. I never really recovered after my podium at Nurb.

The last round at Suzuka was going really well, until I was punted into oblivion on T2 by a Spanish AMG driver, who only seemed to be there to destroy people's races. I was just another one of his victims. So I went from a provisional P6, to dead last. Some men just want to see the world burn (as they say)

I'm off on holiday to Turkey with my family at the end of the month, so no Nations for me. I could start it, but unless I can commit to the 5 rounds, I don't see much point.

Anyway, I wish you all a good campaign if you're taking part. I'll probably end up watching some live streams while I'm away, just to keep up to date with the shenanigans.

I'm turning 50 in July and I've decided to invest in a new rig and DD wheel. I'm thinking playseat Trophy and Fanatec DD Xtreme should keep me satisfied for years to come. As a happy G923 owner. I think it's time to take things up a notch. Who knows, maybe my lap times might even improve!?

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Suzuka was one of my better rounds this season. Qualified P4 to finish P3 in a 323 (I think) point lobby. Kept pressure on the Ferrari ahead until he went wide at 130R. Luckily he didn't abruptly re-enter and gave the place to me under braking.

Went a lap longer on the mediums after impulsively following the top 2 for the extra lap. This gave me good insight as to how much more my tyres wear when I'm in the zone and racing hard. Compared to practice I was an extra 5%(ish) more wear.

I had pace for P2 but too many errors saw me fall back to about 4s behind the lead. Was hoping P2 would catch P1 and they'd battle and slow themselves down a bit, but nope... it not happen.

Finished P54 in Americas which I think is the highest official season for me so far. Kinda a mid season overall, but happy to see where I stacked up. Been a big year of improvement for me and the crew at AMG.

 

[Lewmatic]

Didn't end round 6 the way I wanted. The under steer and weight on the NSX made it a big weakness on this track which is a shame because I love Suzuka test all my Hondas here being it is a Honda track. Had no speed on the straights to catch the Ferrari's and struggled with the hairpin. Finished the race in P7 outside of another top 5, but I'm happy with finishing 4 of 5 race in the top 5. NSX did better than what I was expecting it to with the current bop change so not a bad season for it. I think I'll do another season in the future, just please PD stop making this car so damn heavy.

 

[IngRobNy]

I'm going to skip Nations Cup as well, no Countersteering Assist on Gr. 1-2-3 and 4 cars is somewhat okay, but not in this wide range of cars used in the upcoming Nations Cup.

 

[tmtk]

What.a.gruelling.round!

I think it's the combination of my erroneous driving and ruthless nature of the track where any bigger slip happens when driving on edge and you're gone off the track. I rarely felt so physically and mentally exhausted than after this 20-lap marathon.

Times three. 🙄
Because as they say, three times a charm.
First two tries (in the morning US slots) were so disappointing. Q7/P12 and Q13/P10 were a collection of mainly my own mistakes, some harsh driving by others but that's just an extra.
So I decided for one last try, but in the afternoon/evening US slot (which for my timezone translates into 2am - not the happiest hour for sure 😬). Went for a little nap, set an alarm 20 minutes before and there I went...

GT2, later US time slot, low B lobby, 78 points for the win, for the first time not the only NSX on the grid!

The 15min free practice before matching was terrible, I was hardly able to get under 2:03, but treated it as a warm-up.
In the qualifying session against my routine I decided to get out as fast as possible (or as the game lets me out - how is that decided who can go out first anyway?) in order to get to do three fast laps. That was good choice, because my first lap was 2.7, second was with mistake at Degner (and I let faster cars through) and only on the final lap I pulled almost my PB, 2:01.5 - that gave me 5th place on the grid.
It's probably me at my limit here - with a miracle lap I could probably go 2:01.0, but how those guys clock under 2 minute laps in the low B lobbies is beyond me...

The start was uneventful, I tried to hold on to the top 4, but they were slowly but surely pulling away from me. At the same time I was building my advantage over the second group, so basically for the first stint it was me driving in between the two groups. On one of the first laps the pole sitter and race leader made a mistake of clipping astroturf with a rear wheel at Spoon and spun, landing far away in the gravel, rejoined far down the order. I was 4th. Then on lap 8th the Lambo in 2nd clipped the astro in high speed 130R and went off track. That promoted me to 3rd. The NSX is so gentle with tires (even with my gorilla hands) so I could extend my soft stint to 9 laps and still clock decent laptimes.

After pitting for mediums on lap 9 I rejoined 6th just behind a BMW that started on mediums, but I overtook them before the end of the lap. Then I let through the returning Lambo that went off earlier, they were on superior pace, so no point in fighting. Back to 4th after all the pit cycle. Front three were pulling away and I meticulously took the track corner by corner, very careful not to make mistake. Luckily cars behind were not gainig on me, at least not constantly, so I just managed to the end of the race.

69 points were more than ok to improve my overall, but above all I'm glad I managed all the race being on absolute edge, fighting with my butchery steering inputs (especially in the esses), staying all the race with two wheels on the track and not a single penalty received.

That was my all, even without those few minor mistakes I made, I wouldn't be able to sneak on that podium. They were just outside my abilities. This solid result is something I owed the brand at their home circuit, glad I made it happen.

 

[Dragonwhisky]

After seeing this this morning, and a couple other's results, posting about my last round grab for more money seems a little lame. Gonna' do it anyway.

Yeay! It did hold

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Booted up GT7 about 11:15P last night to check the LCD if I wanted to spend any of my 97+mil GTC, as @05XR8 calls them, bounced into the Manu cup page and noticed there was an opportunity. I hadn't planned on doing another Sport Mode race, of the GTWS or daily variety, ever again. Thought, what the hell. Chevy wasn't making the finals and nothing I scored would count in any case.

Ran about 15 minutes in free practice, just getting eyes in and queued up for the Midnight time slot. Did my usual no qualify and started 15th from door 5. The #5 is a favorite of mine and starting having delusions of a win/podium.

Made up several positions to other's mistakes, one clean draft pass into T1&2 on a Porsche and the 13M/7S pit strat (thanks to everyone here posting their test and race results for that by the way), for a P7 finish, slight boost to DR, clean race bonus and almost doubled my GTWS rewards from the 1 other race I'd done, 1.25Mil GTCs. Now sitting at just under 32,000GTCs from credit cap.

Yeah, gonna' go hide now with my low B/GT2 52 points.

Watched the replay, click back to sport mode to check results, and now, I'll go spend some of these Cs.

Not a terrible finish to a day where I spent 6 hours on the IRL road and 10 hours away from home.

Again, thanks to everyone here for sharing their experiences in GTWS. It sure did make my journey in this area more enjoyable than it might have been without.

 

[timekiller001]

Top British GT2 Mazda.


It's getting like those overly specific Nurburgring lap records. Didn't see a single other Mazda in the whole season either.

Same here 😅 Didn't see a single Mazda either in GT1.
So few people chose it that I didn't get the full bonus despite finishing P2 for Mazda.

 

[BluRacer7]

Same here 😅 Didn't see a single Mazda either in GT1.
So few people chose it that I didn't get the full bonus despite finishing P2 for Mazda.
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I hadn't saw a single Mazda either aside from you using it in Rd3, but what I got instead was an overabundance of Nissans they're everywhere. 😂

 

[ZEE]

A pretty good result that I am happy with the Manu Cups results and the reward!! I hope i do better inthe Nation cup!! LFG!! A solid result for LExus also!!

 

[Gorefast]

The final race of the season and I like Suzuka a lot but the Aston Martin unfortunately doesn't (too many fast corners that cause understeer).

Door 6, qualified 8th. To keep it short it was an unpleasant experience as there was blocking already during the qualifying. Two drivers that didn't view the sportmanship Video properly ruined my race and that of others, too. It is okay to defend your position but constantly blocking a faster driver isn't. There were several Moments when it was tempting to shove an opponent off the track but I didn't.

My races against B/S-drivers were a mixed bag with me wishing for a B/S+ Rating or so... I have no problem to let faster drivers pass (especially with strategy involved) but want to be respected, too. Anyway, this season is over and I will return to time Trials and racing with Friends.
-the end-

 

[Stilva]

A decent result for me I think. I won't sign with Ford again in the future even though I was the best in New York...of 2 drivers lol. See y'all in the next Manufacturers Cup season.

 

[AmyUD06]

Had my best ever GTWS finish with this Manufacturer's round, despite getting zero points in rounds 3 (was busy with life), round 4 (had some sort of network glitch at the end of the race that forced me to quit GT7 before it sent the results to the server), and round 6 (did a few laps in practice and wasn't feeling it). Not too shabby, if I do say so myself, even if it's in GT3:

And yes, I was the only entry in GT3 from both my state and county hahaha.

 

[Famine]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Official Nations Cup Season Begins This Week​

The qualification process for the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series Manufacturers Cup is now done and dusted, leaving just the Nations Cup qualifiers to go — starting April 23...

 

[Moose78]

@Famine, I noticed what looks like a copy-and-paste error in the article:

click on the tile under Championships marked “Manufacturers Cup”

From there you’ll be prompted to select a brand to represent, which will temporarily award you two free cars for use in the series, and you’ll be assigned into a “League” appropriate to your Driver Rating — where you’ll remain no matter how your DR changes during the season. Only GT1 players can qualify for the finals, and note that a PlayStation Plus subscription is required as these are online multiplayer races.

Guessing that should read "Nations Cup" instead and the following paragraph removed.

 

[Fezzik]

Now the full race details are up for Nations it's actually looking like some of the rounds may be worth doing. Still a pass on the brakeless Lambo and the Red Bull.

Round 3 at Autopolis in the MR Gr3s is 30 laps (!) on softs, 2x tyre wear and no required stop, and a grid start.
Round 4 at Suzuka in the F3500-A is also on softs, only 12 laps but it may rain, another grid start.
Round 6 at Maggiore in the FR Gr3s is again a long one. 29 laps, softs, 2x wear, no required stop and a grid start.

People have been calling out for endurance races - here are a couple.

Obviously there are many many better combos they could've done but I guess they have to keep their remaining pros happy with their pet Gr3s, to go along with the mandatory Red Bull rounds.

 

[BluRacer7]

Now the full race details are up for Nations it's actually looking like some of the rounds may be worth doing. Still a pass on the brakeless Lambo and the Red Bull.

Round 3 at Autopolis in the MR Gr3s is 30 laps (!) on softs, 2x tyre wear and no required stop, and a grid start.
Round 4 at Suzuka in the F3500-A is also on softs, only 12 laps but it may rain, another grid start.
Round 6 at Maggiore in the FR Gr3s is again a long one. 29 laps, softs, 2x wear, no required stop and a grid start.

People have been calling out for endurance races - here are a couple.

Obviously there are many many better combos they could've done but I guess they have to keep their remaining pros happy with their pet Gr3s, to go along with the mandatory Red Bull rounds.

I believe Autopolis would have rain as well. It can make for some good racing as this track is corner focused with multiple wet lines to take than your usual racing line.

 

[tankuroded]

Obviously there are many many better combos they could've done but I guess they have to keep their remaining pros happy with their pet Gr3s, to go along with the mandatory Red Bull rounds.

I've been hearing they weren't happy with the two Gr.3 (even if limited choice) races because it feels like rehashes of Manufacturers races.

 

[afc5150]

Well, I did get bumped down to GT2 after a disconnect at Suzuka in the final Manu round, just dipping into DR-B and losing around half my SR-S.

No big deal, I figured, at least the slots would be more convenient in GT2, right? Well, notsomuch as it turns out, as slots 1 through 5 happen while I'm at work (on Wednesdays anyway) and slots 6 through 10 start at 9pm which is just about the time I have to go to bed. So I'll be able to do the Saturday rounds, but the Wednesday rounds are iffy, at best.

 

[TheWeapon874]

Qualifying is probably going to be pretty cooked for this round I'd imagine - a lot of last corner sends and resets seems likely....

 

[EricTheActor]

Fun! Started 3rd. I managed to dumped it on the first lap and fell back to 12th place. Nose down, got in a really good groove on the mediums. Then softs from lap 13 I think, I just picked alll the way back to the top. One of the most fun redemption comeback races I have had! I literally had no idea what place I was in until results screen. And when you pit you get info.

If you’re searching for tenths ok, but for pure driving experience everything off is amazing. I race vr and in January turned off all display, timing, car names, car info and legitimately have not looked back. It is so much fun to race this way. Last year turned off traction control, only one I run is weak abs. I turned off every button on my steering wheel except shift +-. The PS button and option, share buttons obviously remain. Don’t need buttons ! Just want to drive.

Yes I’ve forgotten what lap I’m on number of time , I did get caught one too many laps in the rain at spa one race. After that I pit at the first drops lol. No weather radar is a little tough. Check the clouds.

Car radar? you don’t need it! After awhile like real racing you lose them in the mirrors, blind spot doesn’t matter, you know and sense they are there. Adjust your line, point being, my race craft is much more refined. Didn’t say I was fast though.

These long format races are a total blast with no info. Except the cockpit steering wheel has some info. Just drive and drive and drive. Every race feels like it’s way longer , cool feeling for more casual racers.


Ok this one is very confusing. I’m on the post race result screen from my race in the last post. I hit the exit button. I believe in the World Series races like a daily race, you hit the exit button and it goes to the overview screen of the time trial, dailies, series races.

I hit exit and instead it goes straight to a nations cup screen. But it says nations cup 2021. 2021? Very confused, must be a glitch! It would not let me click anything on screen. But did let me exit, I check nations cup and it shows 2025 series now.

I’m still confused lol. I’m reasonably sure we are in 2025 right now. Almost 100% sure. I did have to double check. Maybe someone has had this happen before? Wild. Algorithm glitch?

 

[Norbsthebald]

Ok this one is very confusing. I’m on the post race result screen from my race in the last post. I hit the exit button. I believe in the World Series races like a daily race, you hit the exit button and it goes to the overview screen of the time trial, dailies, series races.

I hit exit and instead it goes straight to a nations cup screen. But it says nations cup 2021. 2021? Very confused, must be a glitch! It would not let me click anything on screen. But did let me exit, I check nations cup and it shows 2025 series now.

I’m still confused lol. I’m reasonably sure we are in 2025 right now. Almost 100% sure. I did have to double check. Maybe someone has had this happen before? Wild. Algorithm glitch?

Yes, if you do the very last slot in a championship (ie final round final slot) you leave the lobby after the race and see this screen, as there are no more rounds or slots and the series is over. It must be a placeholder from when GT Sport was being developed into GT7, as the 2021 Nations Cup was the last series like this in GT Sport (possibly?). I say "series like this" as it wasn’t called GTWS back then, as you can see it still carried the FIA endorsement.

 

[newmedia_dev]

GT2 EMEA - Slot 1 (9am) B/S 94pts

QT 3rd

Finished 2nd for 90pts

I genuinely don’t know if I enjoyed that or not?

Definitely not going again.

 

[Redneckchef]

Slot 6 or so for GT2 on Oceania. Only 5 laps practice. Bad idea. Took me half of the 15 minute lobby wait to get a grip on the car. Managed to qualify p5, 0.04 off of p2. Polesitter was 3 tenths clear. 1 driver hated it so much they quit out in qualifying.

Race starts and the guy behind bumps me into turn 1, top of the hill, first of the 2 right handers and then dives inside on the second. Fine. I needed time to get used to the fuel weight. Someone up front has something happen and they quit out. So I'm back to p5. Lots of battling, then around lap 3 or 4 the leader spins off on the final chicane and quits out. Then the 2 ahead are battling and they try to exit the esses side by side. 1 spins and quits, I sneak into p2. Where I wiggle a lot next lap and drop back to p3. This driver and I swap a few times, always when one of us screws up the hill crest for turn 2. Finally I stabilize my driving and gap it.

Finish p2 for 100 points. Leader was long gone up the road, beating pole time while finishing the race. I'll take it. A total of 4 people quit out during the race. It's a challenge to stay ahead of the car for sure. Shame it's the only road car race and the reat of the series is a Manufacturers Cup rehash or downforce machines.

 

[Wilsonson]

Did a little bit of practice the last few days but never really got to grips with car and the blind spot ridden track. PB of 1:22.8 wasn't too exciting.

Did the EMEA lunch break slot in GT2 in a 109 pts lobby.

Again never quite got the hang of it and qualified 13th with a 1:23.3. Pole sitter dumped a casual 1:21 flat on us.

Managed to largely stay out of trouble finishing an uneventful 10th for 68 pts.

I don't think I will go again because I am just not competitive at this combo. I will see what the other rounds will look like but will probably take this very casual and just do it if I feel like it without too much preparation.

 

[dazdilly75]

Did a little bit of practice the last few days but never really got to grips with car and the blind spot ridden track. PB of 1:22.8 wasn't too exciting.

Did the EMEA lunch break slot in GT2 in a 109 pts lobby.

Again never quite got the hang of it and qualified 13th with a 1:23.3. Pole sitter dumped a casual 1:21 flat on us.

Managed to largely stay out of trouble finishing an uneventful 10th for 68 pts.

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I don't think I will go again because I am just not competitive at this combo. I will see what the other rounds will look like but will probably take this very casual and just do it if I feel like it without too much preparation.

Doesn't really help when the first place driver is doing A+ finishing times. Looks like that lobby was catfished/seal clubbed by P1.

At least you gave it a good go!

 

[newmedia_dev]

Doesn't really help when the first place driver is doing A+ finishing times. Looks like that lobby was catfished/seal clubbed by P1.

At least you gave it a good go!

I don’t get it, what I can understand is dropping to B (from A) for more flexible race times. But what is the point of tanking so much DR to do races with so little points compared to the higher splits where last place can net more that top 5 sometimes 🤣

 

[afc5150]

I don’t get it, what I can understand is dropping to B (from A) for more flexible race times. But what is the point of tanking so much DR to do races with so little points compared to the higher splits where last place can net more that top 5 sometimes 🤣

Many A and A+ drivers will maintain a B or lower seal clubbing account. Not really a matter of tanking their DR.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Many A and A+ drivers will maintain a B or lower seal clubbing account. Not really a matter of tanking their DR.

And you have to think to what end?

All of my accounts (US, UK and UK ALT) are all at the same level because that’s my natural level.

I have seen a lot of E to A+ YT stuff recently but I can’t imagine there is a lot of fun for top drivers even going from the back through D/C/B fields and even if they “win” it’s about as hollow as it gets.

 

[Wilsonson]

I mean very rarely there's simply the super talented driver just starting out with GT7 online races and they just naturally make their way through the ranks.

But the deliberate seal clubbing I don't understand either.