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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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- stpatty
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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I finished 6th, moved up four places!
I'll take that, as long as I am not last, but I seem to be getting better, I now try to at least gain positions and also finish in the blue so my ranking thing goes up.
Thank you for the advice @Nakano219 & @goudaj
I'll take that, as long as I am not last, but I seem to be getting better, I now try to at least gain positions and also finish in the blue so my ranking thing goes up.
Thank you for the advice @Nakano219 & @goudaj
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I think I'm going to skip the rest of the season. I'm really not feeling things at the moment with the time schedule they've set up. Just not having fun, and I could honestly do without imposing that pressure on myself.
I just can't hack rushing in for the last slot on a Wednesday with little time to warm up. Lots of respect for those who can. I effectively need two DR scores at this point because I'm so much worse on a Wednesday in general.
Long story short; started P14 with a quali time that was 2.7s off pole. I was never challenging that at the best of times as I got put into a higher points lobby again, but with such limited warm-up time I had to focus it on wet laps. I gained two positions at the start from people immediately spinning out, then got caught behind a Lexus who was struggling in the wet. Trying to get past him ended up costing me a position to a Ferrari, so I started going backwards.
I ended up binning it at Les Combes during the Hards stint and took another pit stop for repairs, then eventually finished P11.
Also got a question - do all Group 3 cars feel particularly understeery now? I'm really not sure what to think of the NSX, and I'm not particularly enjoying it. It just seems very resistant to turning in. I was expecting it to be relatively twitchy as an MR, but it feels like a heavy FR that will slide like an MR if pushed too far. I'm honestly wondering if it's just the car, or if the physics update is behind it.
I just can't hack rushing in for the last slot on a Wednesday with little time to warm up. Lots of respect for those who can. I effectively need two DR scores at this point because I'm so much worse on a Wednesday in general.
Long story short; started P14 with a quali time that was 2.7s off pole. I was never challenging that at the best of times as I got put into a higher points lobby again, but with such limited warm-up time I had to focus it on wet laps. I gained two positions at the start from people immediately spinning out, then got caught behind a Lexus who was struggling in the wet. Trying to get past him ended up costing me a position to a Ferrari, so I started going backwards.
I ended up binning it at Les Combes during the Hards stint and took another pit stop for repairs, then eventually finished P11.
Also got a question - do all Group 3 cars feel particularly understeery now? I'm really not sure what to think of the NSX, and I'm not particularly enjoying it. It just seems very resistant to turning in. I was expecting it to be relatively twitchy as an MR, but it feels like a heavy FR that will slide like an MR if pushed too far. I'm honestly wondering if it's just the car, or if the physics update is behind it.
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Managed 2 slots at 4pm and 6pm with cotton wool shoved into my bad ear (infection). In the GT2 slots so I was not expecting much as I had very little practice.
Race 1: Made a mess of QT and only managed 1 flying lap but that had me starting P5. The start went well and I was comfortable running P3 on Intermediates. I took a gamble and pitted at the end of lap 7 along with P1, it was the wrong choice 🙈. The dry line was so narrow that I spun twice on lap 8 before I calmed down and took it easy. Managed to claw my way back to P3 and ran there until my final stop where I took Intermediates again. In hindsight wets may have been the better option. Got caught on the final lap to come home P4 without picking up a single penalty all race. Happy with that 👍
Race 2:
Got the tyre choice right for QT this time and was first out on track, Managed to put it on P2 only .1 slower than pole.
Race again started well, I took the lead immediately and pulled a 3 second gap in the first few laps but a couple of little errors on my part allowed P2 past in the run up to the pit stops. Pitted end of lap 9 this time and was having a really good battle with the first 4, very clean and fair racing. Pitted again from P3 and went with the Intermediates again, my reasoning being that I kind of knew now how the GTR behaved on them. Really good race, I tried hard but just couldn't make up the time to P1. I will take P3 gladly 👍 only 2 .5 penalties in the race so all good.
Really enjoyed the racing. I didn't see anything bad in over 2 1/2 hours of track time so that's great 👍 Glad I raced on the Alt account because if I was using the Genesis I would be in a whole different position 🤣🤣🤣
Race 1: Made a mess of QT and only managed 1 flying lap but that had me starting P5. The start went well and I was comfortable running P3 on Intermediates. I took a gamble and pitted at the end of lap 7 along with P1, it was the wrong choice 🙈. The dry line was so narrow that I spun twice on lap 8 before I calmed down and took it easy. Managed to claw my way back to P3 and ran there until my final stop where I took Intermediates again. In hindsight wets may have been the better option. Got caught on the final lap to come home P4 without picking up a single penalty all race. Happy with that 👍
Race 2:
Got the tyre choice right for QT this time and was first out on track, Managed to put it on P2 only .1 slower than pole.
Race again started well, I took the lead immediately and pulled a 3 second gap in the first few laps but a couple of little errors on my part allowed P2 past in the run up to the pit stops. Pitted end of lap 9 this time and was having a really good battle with the first 4, very clean and fair racing. Pitted again from P3 and went with the Intermediates again, my reasoning being that I kind of knew now how the GTR behaved on them. Really good race, I tried hard but just couldn't make up the time to P1. I will take P3 gladly 👍 only 2 .5 penalties in the race so all good.
Really enjoyed the racing. I didn't see anything bad in over 2 1/2 hours of track time so that's great 👍 Glad I raced on the Alt account because if I was using the Genesis I would be in a whole different position 🤣🤣🤣
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