Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season: Feb 5 - Feb 15)

[watto79]

This is in game for Nations

 

[Talon16]

Gr2 at LeMans could be fun if the GT-One can compete... otherwise it'll be a CLK fest.

I like to see Watkins and Daytona, with an honorable mention to LeMans and Spa. Just really depends on the cars.

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Man, maybe some of the Toyota races will grow on me but literally none of them are interesting. The Prius? Are you serious? Honda, Nissan, and Subaru in the TOYOTA Cup?

Gr1 at LeMans looks fun, but they did that combo last time.
Gr4 at Nurb GP? They did that combo last time (was only Supra or 86 but still).
Grand Valley, YES! South layout, NO!

 

[Fezzik]

The Honda at WG should be fun, and it did race there in real life.

 

[Moose78]

Gr2 at LeMans could be fun if the GT-One can compete... otherwise it'll be a CLK fest.

The GT-One is way faster than all the other Gr.2 cars in a straight line. Le Mans is mostly straight lines. I'm expecting a GT-One fest.

 

[OJBrit]

Liking the look of Nations. Shame it's too short. Even a couple of the Toyota rounds look decent. It's a shame they are on a Sunday as I have very few free.

yet there is a Prius round 😜

🤮

 

[dazdilly75]

Yeah, the top times for Round 1 TT at Le Mams are all GT One's. I'm hoping for some dynamic weather to make it interesting. 10 laps is a fairly short race. We are looking at just over 30 mins of racing. If there's weather, you can probably add another 5-10 minutes to that. The Toyota Cup is currently the longest event over the summer period, and I'd expect.more people to take part in this, due to the lack of races for both Nations and Manu. The Toyota Cup has often been neglected in the past, but I'm hoping for a better turn out this season. The decision to give us more car choices to drive, should make it more appealing/interesting.

 

[Roggers]

Nation Cup.... Le Mans and Daytona look interesting.

Le Mans could be a fight between the CLK and Toyota. The GT500 spec cars (depending on laps maybe be useable if wear and fuel are a factor)

Daytona...if it's Hybrids only then assume it will be Porsche only, but I think the Audi maybe useable? If not it will end up being a 787b race.

Without knowing the other spec cars,
Watkins could be good maybe? Maybe Gr4 or would it be like Radicals, MX5 or the Civic Touring Car?
Edit.. just seen this is the Honda. Probably skip this race then

Trail Mountain could be the supercar spec race, (F40, BMW M3, AMG C63, Lambo, etc...)

Lago... As it's the full course Red Bull cars?
Edit. Seen it's the 917 Porsche. Maybe an ok race? Last the Porsches at Trial Mountain was ok race.

Spa I'm expecting it to be the Super Formulas

Edit. @watto79 ah..maybe I should have read the whole thread and I wouldn't need to guess car 🤣



Toyota Cup, not really my thing. Don't think I've enter one race since the game launched

 

[Zorz]

Wait a minute. Is that a Nations schedule with some variety in it?

No Group 3/Group 4 races is a welcome surprise considering how many of those have come up in Nations for a while now. Well, assuming they're not sneaking them in as specified car rounds to do X vs Y...

I'm kind of looking forward to the RA272, I imagine that will be a fun experience in VR. Never driven the Porsche before either, so kind of wondering what that is like.

 

[Fezzik]

Never driven the Porsche before either, so kind of wondering what that is like.

Great fun. I use it a lot. Sounds fantastic as well.

 

[Zorz]

Great fun. I use it a lot. Sounds fantastic as well.

Definitely glad to see it has an internal view! I'm dreading the day when they decide to use one of the cars that doesn't have an interior and I'll either be forced to learn how to race on my TV again or deal with the VR fallback where it puts you on top of the car.

 

[Zorz]

Just logged in to have a look and I'm already cheering just looking at the race times. I forgot the clocks changed so it's a 6pm start for GT1 slot 1 in the UK instead of 5pm for the Wednesday rounds. That's so much better! 🥳

 

[A_Higher_Place]

This looks like a lot of fun. I'm happy to see so many events across the year because the regular sport mode races haven't really been of interest to me for about a year now. Has anyone else noticed that GTWS races seem to have way higher sportsmanship than regular Sport? Or is it just me?

 

[tankuroded]

Anyone noticed that BBS and Sony Alpha dropped out as GTWS sponsors this year?

 

[Fezzik]

A few details for Nations round 1 (GT2/3):

10 laps of Le Mans, RM/IM/W, 2x fuel/7x tyre, 7 min qualifying, Brake Balance adjustment only, 1 mandatory stop.

As expected the top 100 of the leaderboard is entirely made up of GT-Ones. First other car (CLK) is #159.

 

[Globato44]

Am I the only one happy with the Prius race?

 

[GTWolverine]

FINALLY an open-wheel points race that's not the SF cars! It's about time PD!
And Gr.1 at Daytona RC in the same season?! If they added a proper oval race at BMB I'd have thought they tailored this Nation's season just for me!

 

[dkstz]

Isn't round 2 the same race the happened at the last GTWS finals?

 

[dazdilly75]

Isn't round 2 the same race the happened at the last GTWS finals?

I thought they raced at Barcelona in that car?

 

[dkstz]

I thought they raced at Barcelona in that car?

Barcelona was the actual final... But one or two races before there was RA at Watkins...

Igor Fraga won the race while Spain, France and Italy were battling if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway, I think it's the same combo.

 

[tankuroded]

The Honda at WG should be fun, and it did race there in real life.

It was also part of last year's World Finals.

 

[Moose78]

For anybody who hasn't gotten to check for themselves yet, there is heavy damage in GT1, again.

Looks like the Nations Rd.1 details in GT1 are the same as GT2/3 otherwise: 10 laps, Brake Balance allowed, 7 min qualifying, 7x tires, 2x fuel, 1 mandatory stop.

 

[Fezzik]

Isn't round 2 the same race the happened at the last GTWS finals?

Yes



starts at 23 mins

 

[Roggers]

Man that Toyota is a pile garbage.
So decided to try a few laps and obviously seeing the Toyota dominate the top 100 it was obviously a no brainer to try it. Well after 10 laps or so I feel like I've hit the limit already and it's not a quick limit too. The brakes are shoddy and it feel lineot just understeers everywhere.
Tried the CLK out of interest and I did the same lap time and felt more comfortable but that thing will get eaten down the Mulsanne by the Toyota. Top speed 192mphs for Toyota and 184mph for the CLK
Looks like I'll have to do a lot more practice to find more pace.

 

[Canucks_9419]

This looks like a lot of fun. I'm happy to see so many events across the year because the regular sport mode races haven't really been of interest to me for about a year now. Has anyone else noticed that GTWS races seem to have way higher sportsmanship than regular Sport? Or is it just me?

Yes, I exclusively do these races and time trials only in Sport Mode now because the quality of racing is much better than the Dailies.

 

[Hdbd04]

Man that Toyota is a pile garbage.
So decided to try a few laps and obviously seeing the Toyota dominate the top 100 it was obviously a no brainer to try it. Well after 10 laps or so I feel like I've hit the limit already and it's not a quick limit too. The brakes are shoddy and it feel lineot just understeers everywhere.
Tried the CLK out of interest and I did the same lap time and felt more comfortable but that thing will get eaten down the Mulsanne by the Toyota. Top speed 192mphs for Toyota and 184mph for the CLK
Looks like I'll have to do a lot more practice to find more pace.

Glad I wasn't the only one who thinks the GT-One's brakes are "cardboardy" to say the least.

 

[bduddy]

BOP'd the Toyota drives like a slightly oversized Gr.3 car, just with way more top end. It's... weird, and not that fun, IMO. Oh well, it's easier on controller at least, which is what I'm stuck with for now...

I'm guessing the mandatory stop means we can expect no rain in the Le Mans race? Which would be a bit odd, especially after many people were disappointed in no rain last time. Or maybe it means there -will- be rain, and they don't want us to just go no-stop on IMs? As always, the Asians will be our pioneers...

Curiously, the full details for all the races still don't seem to be available anywhere. An oversight? Or maybe they don't want them all out at once now?

 

[RobertHammer]

BOP'd the Toyota drives like a slightly oversized Gr.3 car, just with way more top end.

So that's basically Gr.2 ain't it

 

[Nakano219]

I'm guessing the mandatory stop means we can expect no rain in the Le Mans race?

Mandatory stop + dynamic weather can co-exist, the Spa daily we just had featured a mandatory stop.

It's the mandatory tyre compounds rule that you can't run dynamic weather alongside (or at least we've never had both occur in the same race).

 

[Talon16]

People doing the TTing for multiple laps are reporting no rain. I hope this isn't the case for the race or it'll be a glorified Daily C.

 

[Nakano219]

The full combinations are on the site now, on the championship page like last time (here for EMEA).

For the missing cars: Spa is the X2019, Trial Mountain looks to be one of those tuned road car events with 12 cars to pick from.

Daytona in Gr.1 has 2 mandatory pitstops which I believe is the first time we've had multiple mandatory pitstops in a GT7 event.