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Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season: Feb 5 - Feb 15)
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Tire wear is only at 1x, but a dry track just murders the grooved tires. I really don't know but seems like it would be a risk.
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All the practice lobbies ove been in have only been a 1 stop strategy from IM to RH, that's why the timing is so critical. Until I see the actual race run in real time, it's difficult to say if only a one stop will work as opposed to an IM to RH to IM strat,
(last tint). The racing hards are good for at least 25 laps of Spa.
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The Inters don't really wear in the wet so could they not last the five or so dry laps, even going onto the wet on Kemmel Straight and then pitting for Wets and doing the same until it rains again?
I only have one chance at this race due to the time slots, the 6pm last race, and I am not that good but am getting better, so I need all the help and advice I can get.
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Per above, it starts raining again at lap 20 and continues until the end. RH to the end of the race? Definitely going to need wet weather tires at the end.
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I know this race is going to be about survival but I just can’t seem to get it consistent on the IMs. Gonna be a bloodbath in GT3 so maybe need to focus more on surviving than going at peak pace
Just did Oceania Slot 2, GT2. That was probably the longest online race I've ever done! Some notes:
I managed to get back up to P3 at the end due to other players battling/crashing. The "wet line" does work quite well as it did at Red Bull Ring.
- Quali is dry (I started P4)
- Start on IM, pitting at the end of lap 8 or 9 for RH is probably the safest. I pitted end of lap 7, got slightly offline at Pouhon and went straight into the run off, almost reaching the barriers.
- Pit at the end of lap 20 for W.
I managed to get back up to P3 at the end due to other players battling/crashing. The "wet line" does work quite well as it did at Red Bull Ring.
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Special shout-out to the pair of dip**** ****ing morons in my race, barge-passing everywhere.
Delighted to say they also hit each other and both came a cropper in the same corner - in entirely separate, solo incidents - to finish behind me despite being overtly faster in the 911 RSR and 458 than ickle me in the RX-Vision.
Edit: I actually encountered one of them in qualifying. He got himself a 0.5s penalty and then got back right onto the racing line after serving it despite the fact I was alongside him at the time. At Blanchimont. He also tried another block in the race on the run down to Eau Rouge after a spin-and-ghost at La Source, and then just ploughed into the side of me in the braking zone for Bus Stop when he took no account of wet and dry lines. The other guy also tried to block after serving a penalty in the race.
Finished 6th. Or rather DNFed 6th, by about two seconds. Passed an IM-shod Supra on the final lap after they gave up six seconds in two laps.
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Guessing you've probably gone already but I don't think that would work in GT1. In the 2022 final with 12 cars on track they started pitting on lap 7 for hards. I'd guess the track wasn't drying quite as quickly in practice, plus that's before factoring in tyre wear on the inters (I don't know what this is like since the last update).
And this.
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GTWS Manu Cup - Round 3 - SPA TRACK - Crovette Gr.3 racer no.77 - EMEA Slot - 2PM - C class lobby!
Well well this race ws tricky to say the least!!! 30 laps of SPA I would lve had it not be so god damn wet! Mixed Bag if i do say so myself!
Did some practicing beforehand for the 2pm slot. Got some ok pace as it was pelting it down with rain in practice laps so I go the jist that the Corvette would be a handful for sure.
Qualifying was very odd as the rain had stopped and I did a quick switcheroo to RH tyres to get some good laps in, qualified 5th place and then onto the race as the heavens opened up again.
The Race was mixed bag as I mentioned before, the start was ok, lots of bashing at Eau Rouge and the hairpins, people jostling for places, I gained up to 4th place and keep sturggling to keep pace in the Corvette. I lost a few positions over a 4-5 laps and fell down to 9th place and try to hold that as best I could.
Then pitted on lap 11 as the weather eased up and held on my Wet tyres as long as possible before switching up to RH tyres, then my pace improved but the gap was cataclysmicly big from the leader, almost a 1min difrrence laps worth. So i was battling for 9th place with a twitch spanish racer in a NISMO and we had agood back and forth.
THen the rain started pouring after lap 18-19 and then had to jump back onto the wets, it was then when the racing got very skecthy, the car was behaving odd and surface water had risen a bit more. I was still battling the spaniard and lost my position to 10th, but a guy span out his ferrari on lap 22 and went back to 9th. Overall I finished 9th and netted only about 34 points.
A tricky race but a grind to say the least. I look forward to Round 3 more at Interlagos! I feel this 30laps endurance would have been better in the dry and even more competitive but kudos ot PD for mixing it up i guess.
FYI it was tough and crampy on a controller!!
Well well this race ws tricky to say the least!!! 30 laps of SPA I would lve had it not be so god damn wet! Mixed Bag if i do say so myself!
Did some practicing beforehand for the 2pm slot. Got some ok pace as it was pelting it down with rain in practice laps so I go the jist that the Corvette would be a handful for sure.
Qualifying was very odd as the rain had stopped and I did a quick switcheroo to RH tyres to get some good laps in, qualified 5th place and then onto the race as the heavens opened up again.
The Race was mixed bag as I mentioned before, the start was ok, lots of bashing at Eau Rouge and the hairpins, people jostling for places, I gained up to 4th place and keep sturggling to keep pace in the Corvette. I lost a few positions over a 4-5 laps and fell down to 9th place and try to hold that as best I could.
Then pitted on lap 11 as the weather eased up and held on my Wet tyres as long as possible before switching up to RH tyres, then my pace improved but the gap was cataclysmicly big from the leader, almost a 1min difrrence laps worth. So i was battling for 9th place with a twitch spanish racer in a NISMO and we had agood back and forth.
THen the rain started pouring after lap 18-19 and then had to jump back onto the wets, it was then when the racing got very skecthy, the car was behaving odd and surface water had risen a bit more. I was still battling the spaniard and lost my position to 10th, but a guy span out his ferrari on lap 22 and went back to 9th. Overall I finished 9th and netted only about 34 points.
A tricky race but a grind to say the least. I look forward to Round 3 more at Interlagos! I feel this 30laps endurance would have been better in the dry and even more competitive but kudos ot PD for mixing it up i guess.
FYI it was tough and crampy on a controller!!
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Started 11th. Made it up to 5th by the time of the second pit stop. Got disconnected. Lasted longer than @LogSwapper did but I'm still annoyed enough to be contemplating going again.
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Started 9th, finished 9th in HMS Vantage (has the turning circle of a warship). Would have been 8th but got spun out on the exit of the final chicane on lap 30, of course.
Qualified on hards. Started on inters. Dry enough to pit for hards on lap 9. Rain came again halfway through lap 19 (was about a minute behind the leader at the time). Went wets as advised here. Debatable whether inters would have been the better choice, it only truly got seriously soaked in the last 3 laps.
Great pain in fingers. I may need a wheel if endurance racing ever becomes a proper thing in this game or the sequel.
Qualified on hards. Started on inters. Dry enough to pit for hards on lap 9. Rain came again halfway through lap 19 (was about a minute behind the leader at the time). Went wets as advised here. Debatable whether inters would have been the better choice, it only truly got seriously soaked in the last 3 laps.
Great pain in fingers. I may need a wheel if endurance racing ever becomes a proper thing in this game or the sequel.
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