Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup 2025 Exhibition Season 2: 12 Mar - 22 Mar)
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Well, well, well what an eventful last round to the Nations cup races. My second attempt faired better than the first, Thr first was ridden with stupid 3sec penalties galore, so I gav eit another shot and I'm glad i did.
2nd attempt - GTWS Nation cuppy - Round 4 - EMEA region - 4pm slot - Honda SF23 - Aston livery - Lower C lobby!
The race started off pretty well, I was trailing on turns 1 & 2 to avoid any hanky panky, crashing and bumpin, so was following the leaders and chasing their lines. Held off the pack in 3rd place and kept going onto lap 2.
Just as we approach near the S bends exit, this silly french driver brakes so late leading up to the fast right snap corner and punts me right off and I spin into the gravel. Was fairly annoyed but recovered the car and got back into the racing fold.
Pushed and paced my way back up to 5th, crash incident made me 6th place. Was chasing an italian sloppy driver, who kept boobbing and weaving and not keeping a good line. I did kinda exhuast my overtake boost, but it helped my gain somes places on the fast stretches and overtake. Some good battling with a french driver between corners back and forth between 3rd & 4th place. I pitted early on lap 8 and was 3rd, sqitched to RM tyres and went back on to play catchup again.
A real jostle to the finish line, the last lap was chaotic as I almost got punted by the italian guy on the last corner but held it and finished a respectful 4th. He got 6th as the other guy snipped him to the finish lien as he ghosted. A whip of 34-35pts collected.
Overall a good race, but could have had better conduct/etiquette on track and some drivers using bump to pass is really annoying, but hey, people need to watch their braking distances withe SF cars!
Started 4th - & Finished 4th with a solid race.
Look forward to see how much rewards I repaed, but onto the Manus cup this time on the 12th March! LFG!
2nd attempt - GTWS Nation cuppy - Round 4 - EMEA region - 4pm slot - Honda SF23 - Aston livery - Lower C lobby!
The race started off pretty well, I was trailing on turns 1 & 2 to avoid any hanky panky, crashing and bumpin, so was following the leaders and chasing their lines. Held off the pack in 3rd place and kept going onto lap 2.
Just as we approach near the S bends exit, this silly french driver brakes so late leading up to the fast right snap corner and punts me right off and I spin into the gravel. Was fairly annoyed but recovered the car and got back into the racing fold.
Pushed and paced my way back up to 5th, crash incident made me 6th place. Was chasing an italian sloppy driver, who kept boobbing and weaving and not keeping a good line. I did kinda exhuast my overtake boost, but it helped my gain somes places on the fast stretches and overtake. Some good battling with a french driver between corners back and forth between 3rd & 4th place. I pitted early on lap 8 and was 3rd, sqitched to RM tyres and went back on to play catchup again.
A real jostle to the finish line, the last lap was chaotic as I almost got punted by the italian guy on the last corner but held it and finished a respectful 4th. He got 6th as the other guy snipped him to the finish lien as he ghosted. A whip of 34-35pts collected.
Overall a good race, but could have had better conduct/etiquette on track and some drivers using bump to pass is really annoying, but hey, people need to watch their braking distances withe SF cars!
Started 4th - & Finished 4th with a solid race.
Look forward to see how much rewards I repaed, but onto the Manus cup this time on the 12th March! LFG!
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- moosethemooche78
First GT1 slot in the Americas (6 PM EST) in an all A/S lobby with 186 points up for grabs. I was in door #7. I needed to place P10 or better to improve my score.
Qualifying went fine. Posted a time of 1:38.645, which was only a couple tenths off of my best in Free Practice. That put me in Q11 to start.
The start was exactly the mess you'd expect in this combo. A bunch of cars were off in Turn 1. I picked up a few positions as a result, but got punted into the sand on Degna 1 and fell back to P12 or P13.
The rest of the race was a hectic blur. I pitted from RM to RS on lap 13 and came out in P9. Overtook one other driver in the pits the next lap and drove out to a P8 finish for 131 points.
Good enough. One and done for me.
Qualifying went fine. Posted a time of 1:38.645, which was only a couple tenths off of my best in Free Practice. That put me in Q11 to start.
The start was exactly the mess you'd expect in this combo. A bunch of cars were off in Turn 1. I picked up a few positions as a result, but got punted into the sand on Degna 1 and fell back to P12 or P13.
The rest of the race was a hectic blur. I pitted from RM to RS on lap 13 and came out in P9. Overtook one other driver in the pits the next lap and drove out to a P8 finish for 131 points.
Good enough. One and done for me.
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- Disasteross
We raced in the same GT1 slot today A/S (6 pm EST) - qualified P4 ~1:37. Finished P10? It wasn't lovely.
I'm the McLaren livery in your photo. Got rocked by an errant Hondo around lap 7? The collision didn't end my race, but I had lost my chance at the podium.
I did RS 8 - RM 12
Consistent lap times throughout and minimal tire wear until lap 8. Dumped it off T1 around lap 13 and ended up mowing the grass.
I had mentally checked out after that, seeing that I was -44 seconds off pace, I just wanted to finish.
Hondo respectfully let me retain my back-of-the-pack position while easily having the pace to overtake many times - I can appreciate the sportsmanship.
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It seemed like a lot of drivers skipped this round. Maybe it was overkill by PD, having it as a time trial and a Daily A.
I did 2 slots and failed miserably in both. My best finish was 12th in slot 2. The custom slipstream has been a pain in the backside this season (literaliy)
I've lost count of the amount of times someone has gone into the back of me.
I only managed to score over 2 rounds, as Wednesdays became inaccessible due to adulting. So it's been my worst scoring season in quite a while.
I have more hope that the Manufacturers Cup will be a better outing. I've managed to secure some time on Wednesday, so I get to compete in round 1. Then I'll only need to make my self available for the other Saturday races.
Decided to go with Porsche, as I think it will provide the best all round performance for the 3 tracks I'll compete on.
I did 2 slots and failed miserably in both. My best finish was 12th in slot 2. The custom slipstream has been a pain in the backside this season (literaliy)
I've lost count of the amount of times someone has gone into the back of me.
I only managed to score over 2 rounds, as Wednesdays became inaccessible due to adulting. So it's been my worst scoring season in quite a while.
I have more hope that the Manufacturers Cup will be a better outing. I've managed to secure some time on Wednesday, so I get to compete in round 1. Then I'll only need to make my self available for the other Saturday races.
Decided to go with Porsche, as I think it will provide the best all round performance for the 3 tracks I'll compete on.
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- Canada
- moosethemooche78
A pretty decent result for a pretty mediocre performance. Usually in Nations Cup seasons there will be at least one round where I'm competitive, but not this one. I was bouncing around the middle to back of the pack in every round this season. Oh well, I still managed a bronze across most of the regions, with a gold in my most-local one by virtue of being the only competitor.
In related news, this happened:
Can't imagine I'll ever regret this decision. Nope. Bring on the wins.
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I'm already looking ahead to Tokyo as I couldn't much care less about a sprint Daily C that is Fuji for round one.
Unfortunately the Tokyo layout is not the one I thought it was; I thought it was the one with the wicked chicane. Regardless, it's a lot of WOT (wide-open-throttle) straights so I feel the Supra will be OP here. And I think Toyota will be a popular choice as short of Autopolis it'll be strong at the other three tracks. Deja-vu all over again. Thanks, Kaz. At least it's a new track to Sport Mode... so we have that going for us.
With 15 laps and RS tires strat will be pretty straight forward in pit on lap 7.5 (since the pits are ~half way thru the lap) for new tires and no fuel. If there was no required stop, a no-stopper would likely be the strat. Maybe it'll rain but I doubt it (is it even possible on this layout?). We shall see.
I've also done some three lap sessions at Nord. I can tell you tires, despite being RH, will be a problem. They won't need changed, but they will wear quite a bit. And, at least in the Acura NSX, fuel will need an eye as well.
For the five lapper, a pit will definitely be required to change tires and get fuel.
However, I am expecting rain so it may all be a moot point; unless it's random as some races may be completely dry as we saw last time.
IMO, Toyota and Lambo/Ferrari/maybe Alfa will be the most popular Manus depending on which tracks people want to try for their best results.
Unfortunately the Tokyo layout is not the one I thought it was; I thought it was the one with the wicked chicane. Regardless, it's a lot of WOT (wide-open-throttle) straights so I feel the Supra will be OP here. And I think Toyota will be a popular choice as short of Autopolis it'll be strong at the other three tracks. Deja-vu all over again. Thanks, Kaz. At least it's a new track to Sport Mode... so we have that going for us.
With 15 laps and RS tires strat will be pretty straight forward in pit on lap 7.5 (since the pits are ~half way thru the lap) for new tires and no fuel. If there was no required stop, a no-stopper would likely be the strat. Maybe it'll rain but I doubt it (is it even possible on this layout?). We shall see.
I've also done some three lap sessions at Nord. I can tell you tires, despite being RH, will be a problem. They won't need changed, but they will wear quite a bit. And, at least in the Acura NSX, fuel will need an eye as well.
For the five lapper, a pit will definitely be required to change tires and get fuel.
However, I am expecting rain so it may all be a moot point; unless it's random as some races may be completely dry as we saw last time.
IMO, Toyota and Lambo/Ferrari/maybe Alfa will be the most popular Manus depending on which tracks people want to try for their best results.
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Does anybody remember if it rained for the last race of official season last year? That was also Fuji/Gr.3/12 laps, so I assume it's the same weather settings.
While I don't think that helped, high downforce always kills participation somewhat + it was the first really nice weekend of the year. I'm not surprised.
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Yes that’s the way it supposed to be but not what has been my experience. Also Ive been on time for event starts when the server never acknowledged me to let me in to race. I know I’m not the only one either. In the last Nations Cup races the Server blocked me out of 2 races plain and simple with no explanation or acknowledgment.
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60/40 this is a troll account, but... on races where it goes from wet to dry (like the recent Nations race at RBR) some people will park their car in the pits, go get dinner, and come back 30 mins later when the rain has stopped and the track is dry. They'll then put in their time, which of course, will be much faster than on the wet track.
Why people do this I don't know; bragging rights probably. I'd rather practice on the wet track but to each their own.
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The Rigging is not just me. It’s others too. Ask yourself when you have a GT-7 problem how do you “Contact Us” with PSN network and provide photo proof or video proof of it? Because you think I would get on here and not have proof? Or if I said go to my feed and see for yourself wouldn’t you believe I was just trying to get “Views?” It’s rigged and feel like some regions always win and some always loose. Look around at the championships and see if you always see the same, ALL THE TIME? Because they ALWAYS THAT GOOD HUH yeah right.
Yeah that is a big ASK dude, WHY? You trust me I’ve been with PSN and PlayStation for a long time and have no problem moving on but PlayStation Plus is money out of my pocket and that’s me! I hate wasting money on a rigged system or setup. And I’m out if it continues through March 2025.
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What car do members think will have the edge?
I know the M6 is the car GT uses for the Nordschleife but, I am not a fan of this car! I use VR and I just don't like the feeling of the car as I am too far back in the car,my go to car is usually the 911 or AMG GT, I have used Ferrari for these cups but I have been wondering about the Viper for a change, I am only in D rank 🙁 but am on the cusp of moving up, so ideally I don't want a car that will get destroyed via BOP so do more experienced members here know if the Viper is any good or not?
When I have driven the Viper GR3 I seem to be okay with it, but I expect Fuji to rain
but the Nordschleife is going to be the big one and there will be rain there as well surely?The only thing I will say on this topic is the issue of the Wednesday 18:00 last race time being a real issue for people in the UK and EU 🤬 as working people either don't get a chance to take part in the Wednesday races or if they are lucky they get a single chance in the last race!
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Don’t over think it. At that level picking something you’re comfortable with will make more difference than the BoP. The 911 is your go-to for a reason.What car do members think will have the edge?
I know the M6 is the car GT uses for the Nordschleife but, I am not a fan of this car! I use VR and I just don't like the feeling of the car as I am too far back in the car,my go to car is usually the 911 or AMG GT, I have used Ferrari for these cups but I have been wondering about the Viper for a change, I am only in D rank 🙁 but am on the cusp of moving up, so ideally I don't want a car that will get destroyed via BOP so do more experienced members here know if the Viper is any good or not?
When I have driven the Viper GR3 I seem to be okay with it, but I expect Fuji to rain
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The only advice I would really give is this: Fuji has a giant straight, the Nordschleife has a giant straight, Tokyo South is all big straights and big stops. I would advise against using a downforce/handling car like the BRZ or the RS01 unless your plan is to zig where others are zagging in order to maximise your Autopolis result.What car do members think will have the edge?
I know the M6 is the car GT uses for the Nordschleife but, I am not a fan of this car! I use VR and I just don't like the feeling of the car as I am too far back in the car,my go to car is usually the 911 or AMG GT, I have used Ferrari for these cups but I have been wondering about the Viper for a change, I am only in D rank 🙁 but am on the cusp of moving up, so ideally I don't want a car that will get destroyed via BOP so do more experienced members here know if the Viper is any good or not?
When I have driven the Viper GR3 I seem to be okay with it, but I expect Fuji to rain
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- GTP_Famine
Okay, but nothing you have said so far is anywhere close. You just seem very confused about what's actually happening and are blaming your own shortcomings on some bizarre system rigged against you for... some reason.
Crack on then. You can upload your proof and post it right here. If it's videos - and as your PlayStation console records everything it sees all the time, it should be - then upload them to any video sharing service and post it right here.
I've no idea what you're talking about with "some regions always win and some always loose" (sic), as for the most part regional considerations are irrelevant (and extremely irrelevant in Nations Cup). Could you elaborate on this?
Also you'll find conversation easier if you use the "Quote" feature, as it notifies the person to whom you are responding.
Dragonwhisky
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You know you can change your seating position in VR.. you can use the headset button that’s turns it to grey screen, or you can hit the start button on the controller. Before hitting these buttons move your head forward to sit back or move it back to sit closer. Same for height move your head up to sit lower, or move it down/lower your body to sit higher.What car do members think will have the edge?
I know the M6 is the car GT uses for the Nordschleife but, I am not a fan of this car! I use VR and I just don't like the feeling of the car as I am too far back in the car,my go to car is usually the 911 or AMG GT, I have used Ferrari for these cups but I have been wondering about the Viper for a change, I am only in D rank 🙁 but am on the cusp of moving up, so ideally I don't want a car that will get destroyed via BOP so do more experienced members here know if the Viper is any good or not?
When I have driven the Viper GR3 I seem to be okay with it, but I expect Fuji to rain
The only thing I will say on this topic is the issue of the Wednesday 18:00 last race time being a real issue for people in the UK and EU 🤬 as working people either don't get a chance to take part in the Wednesday races or if they are lucky they get a single chance in the last race!
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- moosethemooche78
I totally agree with @Fezzik, pick a car that you like to drive. Your success at the GT3 league is going to be determined much more on your ability to keep the car on the track, put in consistent lap times, and avoid incidents with other drivers, than it is on finding the fastest car.
I'm driving Mitsubishi this season. This is NOT the car to pick if you want an edge. I'm only driving it to check it off my list in my mission to drive for all the manufacturers.
The most popular makes (90 or more drivers) in the North America GT1 league last season were:
- BMW
- Ferrari
- Lambourghini
- Nissan
- Porsche
- Toyota
I drove for Dodge a few seasons ago. It is a solid car. Underrated, if you ask me. It was great at Daytona that season. At Fuji, it favoured the front part of the track over the twists at the end. I'd guess that it would be pretty good this season at Tokyo, too, with all the long straights. I'm not sure what has happened to the BoP on it since I drove it, though. Perhaps it's worse now. Or better.
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