Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup 2025 Exhibition Season 2: 12 Mar - 22 Mar)

[MCL1974]

Have to say I think that is 60/40 on you there. You didn’t really do much there apart from race your lines but you just slightly tap them wide on to the curb which then causes them to spin.
The weaving on the straight from the McLaren was dirty. Might not look like much but those slight movements stop you from picking a side.
The overtake at T1. The McLaren could have left you a bit more space on the inside. Then on the exit due to your tighter line your naturally going to run a little wide, but also sound like your on the throttle too and unfortunately you just clip them, which causes the rest.

Thanks for your opinion, much appriciated! Here is how I see it: My intent was to be alongside him at the end of the straight, but because of the first contact when he blocked me midd straight I did not have enough momentum anymore , so at the last moment I decided to back off at the last moment. I stayed on the inside of the corner as much as possible and breaked a bit earlier. I did not expect him to turn in so tight as he should know I was there, but unfortunately he turned into the corner as he did and I could not dissapear and so there was contact.

At that moment I can still turn in the corner but not as tight as I want because of my attempt to avoid the McLaren and the contact. I make contact with his car again at I think the worst place possible. The contact is light but because he puts on the throttle at pretty much that same moment his car spins out of control.

Main issue to me was his earlier driving. What he did on the straight was not the first time, he blocked me several times, and each time I backed off to avoid an incident. Think in the end he was really defending a bit too hard and had a bit of an attitude like: "you back off as I will absolutey not and otherwise there will be contact". (sort of like a fellow countryman of mine used to do a bit in F1 )

But I do feel I am at least partially responsible for this incident, even though trying my best to avoid it. And maybe I should have been more decisive...

 

[Dep Fishtail]

I also jumped in the first race and was disappointed that I didn’t see @icycls on the grid. 154 points up to for grabs in this lobby which surprised me.

Only managed a 1:34.1 in qualifying after turning quite a few 1:33’s in practice. Started p7 and p1 was 133:4 so we had a fairly tight margin in our times.

Lap 1 I moved up 3 spots with two overtakes and one because of someone running off course. Had lots of pressure from p5 but kept the gap each time through the twisty bits through t1.
p3 went off so I gained one more place and I knew the challenges from behind would now become more desperate for the podium position.

About lap 13 the guy behind me finally had his laps together and the pressure had been building when he took me in one of the last turn of the twisty bits and I got parked on the outside of the turn just long enough to catch too high a gear on exit which made it a two position loss back to p5.

The car in front of me was super laggy and skipping all over the track on and off while leaving trails of sparks in the process. I couldn’t get by and in the process, another car caught us.

Now around lap 20 we have another 3 car battle going so I stepped aside on the straight to let the p6 have a go at him knowing something will happen and I will get the place back by the end. He made his move on mr laggy and I followed through getting back to p5. Mr lag wasn’t pleased so he made sure he put me in the grass on the final turn on lap 23. Back to p6 …

I caught back up to him on lap 24 and he went wide at the last twisty bit turn so I made a pass. He was on me at the final turn and decided I should go lawnmower mode again and he was successful with his plan.

What he didn’t plan for was on lap 25 he earned a 3 second penalty for his game. Following him around on lap 25 I had no reason to try and make a pass so I let the justice system work for once and waved on my way by him serving the penalty going into the final lap.

Finished p5 for 128 points after all and enjoyed the battle with everyone except mr laggy who got his in the end.

My RCZ was flat out the whole race and finished with 1.5 laps left in the tank.

 

[icycls]

I also jumped in the first race and was disappointed that I didn’t see @icycls on the grid. 154 points up to for grabs in this lobby which surprised me.

Only managed a 1:34.1 in qualifying after turning quite a few 1:33’s in practice. Started p7 and p1 was 133:4 so we had a fairly tight margin in our times.

Lap 1 I moved up 3 spots with two overtakes and one because of someone running off course. Had lots of pressure from p5 but kept the gap each time through the twisty bits through t1.
p3 went off so I gained one more place and I knew the challenges from behind would now become more desperate for the podium position.

About lap 13 the guy behind me finally had his laps together and the pressure had been building when he took me in one of the last turn of the twisty bits and I got parked on the outside of the turn just long enough to catch too high a gear on exit which made it a two position loss back to p5.

The car in front of me was super laggy and skipping all over the track on and off while leaving trails of sparks in the process. I couldn’t get by and in the process, another car caught us.

Now around lap 20 we have another 3 car battle going so I stepped aside on the straight to let the p6 have a go at him knowing something will happen and I will get the place back by the end. He made his move on mr laggy and I followed through getting back to p5. Mr lag wasn’t pleased so he made sure he put me in the grass on the final turn on lap 23. Back to p6 …

I caught back up to him on lap 24 and he went wide at the last twisty bit turn so I made a pass. He was on me at the final turn and decided I should go lawnmower mode again and he was successful with his plan.

What he didn’t plan for was on lap 25 he earned a 3 second penalty for his game. Following him around on lap 25 I had no reason to try and make a pass so I let the justice system work for once and waved on my way by him serving the penalty going into the final lap.

Finished p5 for 128 points after all and enjoyed the battle with everyone except mr laggy who got his in the end.

My RCZ was flat out the whole race and finished with 1.5 laps left in the tank.

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Great job! Yeah, I felt lonely when I didn't see you in the lobby! But alas, I've fallen back to B (since monday am, I have been A,B,A,B!). From the times mentioned in your post, I wouldn't have stood chance in that lobby.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

Great job! Yeah, I felt lonely when I didn't see you in the lobby! But alas, I've fallen back to B (since monday am, I have been A,B,A,B!). From the times mentioned in your post, I wouldn't have stood chance in that lobby.

LoL.
I expected the same rollercoaster ride this week but Laguna Seca I’ve been staying mid pack so I probably won’t drop to B/S again until later this weekend as the rowdies join in or possibly next week.

Glad to hear your race went well! The battles make it much more enjoyable than a TT for 20+ laps!! Hope you find time for Wednesday evening or we may meet again next Saturday 👍
Cheers

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Mid-high DrB event. Had 15 mins of practicing before hopping in. Fastest lap was 1:33.3xx I believe. I assumed that there was a mandatory pitstop so I pitted and went down to fourth for a few laps before fighting my way back. There was a GTR about 5-7 seconds behind me the whole time. I was really lucky they also pitted and I was able to clinch my first victory in awhile! Something about the flow of Interlagos and the rear-end slide of this car works really well.

 

[SnakeEyes427]

Anyone else find it slick with bad aero behind other cars?

Anyway, AM Races in car camera. Spoiler, I get spun out in all of them. 🤢

PM races From Q 1 to mid pack finish in the last race. 🤮

 

[Fezzik]

Decided to enter on the backup/daily account as well, as I wanted to test out the Renault after the Bop & physics changes. That account has a higher DR currently so ended up in a faster lobby than my main AMG account.

Slower in qualification - car felt better through the bends but could only manage a 35.6, P12 in this lobby. I use the brake zones but for some reason it was missing at turn 1 - too late on the brakes, ran wide and dropped to last. Managed to get back up to P11 quite quickly but the pack ahead was already around 6 secs down the road. Took 10 laps to close that gap. Managed to pass a McLaren only to spin out on the same lap, at turn 11.

I use TC pretty much permanently so this hasn't happened in a long time. Was only running TC1 in this round, vs TC2 for the AMG, as the Renault felt a lot more stable out of the lowspeed corners. Took another 6 or 7 laps to recatch the McLaren, only to spin out again on the exact same corner. My fault - tyres were fine (and loads of fuel left - the Renault sips it).

Cruised home after that for P11 and about the same points as my P6 in the AMG. Did like the Renault, maybe a bit down on power but very consistent. It suits the way I drive, so may end up using it for the proper season.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

Anyone else find it slick with bad aero behind other cars?

I wondered that too. It was harder to stay close to cars who hadn't pit than expected, especially under braking at the end of the two "straights".

 

[MCL1974]

Anyone else find it slick with bad aero behind other cars?

Yep, think i noticed that too.....

 

[mobilmasher]

Entered the first time slot in NA. @Gearbanger was in the same lobby. I was surprised to see 6 "A"s in the lobby which justified my 15th Q at 1:35.732. My Ford would have been 2 laps short on fuel so right from the start was fuel saving and trying to preserve my tires. It was clean racing at the back of the pack. Spun once on my own and fell to last. Afterwards just concentrated on my race, figuring tires would start to fall off towards the end. Made up 2 places from people pitting, the rest I overtook as their tires fell off. Finished 12th for 83 pts.

 

[GrmlMaster]

That was definitely work not play today. As I got my SR tanked this week in Daily Race C I started in a Field of B/C and B/B drivers.

Did 4 very similar races Qualified Mid-Pack P4 - P10, got pushed of and spun or drove sh** and spun.
Drove on from P-last and collected positions from other unlucky people and finished P8 to P10.

BUT all this boring driving brought me back to B/S.

PS: The McLaren felt very slow on straightline speed compared to cars like Porsche or Nissan GT-R.
Will probably skip Daytona or only do one race to see how bad itbreally is.

 

[Keith2324]

I haven't done any online racing yet since getting GT7. I noticed for today's race tuning is allowed. Is that only for adjusting your brakes or can you tune other things? Thanks.

 

[Pfei]

I haven't done any online racing yet since getting GT7. I noticed for today's race tuning is allowed. Is that only for adjusting your brakes or can you tune other things? Thanks.

Brake bias only.

 

[Keith2324]

Thanks.

 

[Dep Fishtail]

Entered the first time slot in NA. @Gearbanger was in the same lobby. I was surprised to see 6 "A"s in the lobby which justified my 15th Q at 1:35.732. My Ford would have been 2 laps short on fuel so right from the start was fuel saving and trying to preserve my tires. It was clean racing at the back of the pack. Spun once on my own and fell to last. Afterwards just concentrated on my race, figuring tires would start to fall off towards the end. Made up 2 places from people pitting, the rest I overtook as their tires fell off. Finished 12th for 83 pts.

Nice to meet you. Yeah it was a tougher lobby and nice job regaining some positions after the spin.
I didn’t realize anyone pitted LoL. I did one practice race in a lobby last night to see how tires and fuel would do and I ran as hard as possible all race long today because the practice race went well with tires and fuel to spare. If I hadn’t done the practice, I might have been trying to fuel save, not knowing what to expect.

congrats on the p12 and bringing home 85 points. The higher points available are the reward for a tougher lobby!

I’ll try and watch for you in dailies and the rest of this short season. 🍻

 

[Talon16]

I was going to do a session of this 26 lap race with zero strat but decided to do yard work instead as it seemed more fun.

 

[afc5150]

People pitted at Interlagos?!

I ran slots 2 and 4 in the Supra racing concept, GT2 high B/S. In both races I turned to fuel map 2 from around lap 4 to lap 23 and had fuel to spare.

Slot 2 - Q7 to P9 was a write off as I got shuffled down in the first lap melee and then was sideswiped off the back straightaway while trying to cleanly take 11th on lap 4 or 5. Had decent pace I felt, just too far back to recover.

Slot 4 - Q9 to P6 was a really fun and clean race! Pretty much a race-long battle in the midfield for 4th through 8th. Ran as high as 4th, but ran out of talent.

 

[mobilmasher]

I’ll try and watch for you in dailies and the rest of this short season. 🍻

Thank you, you won't see me in the dailies as I avoid them. My online racing is primarily in the official type of series like GTWS, I am looking forward to the Toyota one coming. I hope to see you and more GTP compatriots in the future, at least I can anticipate a better race with people who care.

In my race 2 people pitted, the second one pitted possibly around lap 20 or so, I did see he only had 5% fuel left.
Both people who pitted never got close to me afterward.

 

[afc5150]

I hope to see you and more GTP compatriots in the future, at least I can anticipate a better race with people who care.

Amen to that.

It's rare I see anyone from here anymore. Back in the GTS FIA days, I would regularly see GTP members. Notsomuch these days.

 

[Pfei]

1st GT1 A/S Americas lobby of the day went bad. I am with Hyundai and was expecting to be a second off the MR cars in qualy. What I wasn't expecting was a room with me, an Aston, a couple Supras and twelve 911s! So obviously my 1:44.2 had me down in 13th.

Got punted on lap one. In the second half of the race as people's tires started going away I started gaining. I was up to 9th with five laps to go and P5 only a few seconds up the road, everyone struggling. A P5 was certain until I got punted again. Finished 11th for 131 points.

This was the first time I've been punted in GTWS. It's tough not being at the sharp end of the grid because of the car. I don't want to go again but will have to. This is going to be an excruciating short season against the 911-fest.

 

[SPL170db]

GT1 A/S lobby

Had to do a bit of fuel conserving and brake bias all the way to the rear. I was braking sloppily the whole first 1/2 of the race and then had to clean it up to make sure I had enough front right left to finish....which was pretty close to being fried by the end.

Q'd 4th, faded to 7th as my front tires were pleading for mercy.

 

[SnakeEyes427]

PD has these races so stacked together That's just nuts.

 

[Talon16]

Anyone know if the Daytona or Nord races will be int he dark at all?

 

[Pfei]

After the disappointing slot 1 Americas GT1 I took my Hyundai to slot 3. Similar-level A/S room as before. @Egghaus88 was there (and nearly put me into the wall on the front stretch)

Qualified 12th but the opening laps were chaotic again. On lap 2 I got sandwiched on the infield straight and punted. Didn't lose that much time but was last place now. A couple of laps later I had made up some positions but a tussle in front of me broke out and I got a 3s penalty for passing under yellow BECAUSE PD I CAN'T SEE THE YELLOW FLAG IN VR!!!

Back to last again and with the field more spread out, I began picking people off and crossed the line in 9th for 151 points. Better than last time but still leaving me frustrated.

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[SnakeEyes427]

Post with YouTube links has been updated.

Just out of curiosity, who else here is crazy enough to run all the slots without a break?

🏎💨 Updated rankings

 

[Egghaus88]

@Pfei I'm sorry I didn't realize how close we were, especially after I watched you be the meat in the sandwich on lap 2. I struggled to find any kind of pace around this track, after a poor P14 start I only gained 3 spots to finish P11.

 

[RacingGrandpa]

I entered the warmup lobby yesterday and ran 3 laps then backed out. These 3 race "seasons" are just totally pointless and doesn't engage me at all.
It feels like, as a fellow team mate said, daily races with limited time.slots.

 

[MCL1974]

I entered the warmup lobby yesterday and ran 3 laps then backed out. These 3 race "seasons" are just totally pointless and doesn't engage me at all.
It feels like, as a fellow team mate said, daily races with limited time.slots.

have to agree with you. For an individual race I can have some interest especially these 3 in Manu as they are all on circuits I like and proper long, but just 3 races is not a proper competion, even as an exhibition. Do hope that the actual season will be at least 10 races, although I would actually prefer much more races. Remember fondly the 40 race season a few years ago...

And in any case, also just noticed that the next race is already on coming Wednesday.
So can not do that one as I had been asked to attent the Port Defender exercise here in the Rotterdam port, so have no option to do the Daytone race, unfortunately....

 

[Talon16]

Just throwing this out there, but as of a few minutes ago the two top times at Dayton RC are a pair of Ford GT LMs (one Test and one Race).

I just did a handful of laps on two of my accounts, one of which I picked Ford (#2) and the other Toyota (#1)... I am ~.350" faster in the Ford LM II. My time was like a 45.4 (I think). It was #16 on the overall - albeit very young - leaderboard.

Told you all this car was quick.

 

[Fezzik]

Pug VGT is very quick as well. Not an entire Supra fest - what a surprise, the moaning about it being OP wasn’t accurate.