Gran Turismo World Series (Manufacturers Cup Exhibition Season: Feb 5 - Feb 19)

[D_Dragline]

How do you know it has been carried over?

My time on the leaderboard was still there from last time when I entered FP.

I'm not sure it works like that, it's possible but the nett outcome is the same?

This is why I don't think it makes a difference if only your best 3 results count in 3 separate races?

Even if it is a carry over for GT1 thats just 3 extra races, vs GT2/3 which is roughly what 9 extra races.

What im saying is it doesn't matter if its an extended round 3 or a round 5 the nett result is the same for all.

But it won’t be the same. If this is a continuation, then any score in this round replaces the previous Daytona score. You won’t be able to “double dip” Daytona results.

BTW, IMO that’s a better outcome.

 

[watto79]

My time on the leaderboard was still there from last time when I entered FP.



But it won’t be the same. If this is a continuation, then any score in this round replaces the previous Daytona score. You won’t be able to “double dip” Daytona results.

BTW, IMO that’s a better outcome.

PD state that it's an additional round, not a continuation of an existing round. They also state that the total number of rounds is adjusted to 5.

If they were doing what you're suggesting then I think they would state that.

'Gran Turismo World Series' 2025 Exhibition 1 - Manufacturers Cup Additional Round Notice - Sport Mode - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com

Due to the PlayStation™Network service disruption on Saturday, 8 February, players were unable to enter the planned Round 2 race of the 'Gran Turismo World Seri...

www.gran-turismo.com

 

[OJBrit]

My time on the leaderboard was still there from last time when I entered FP.

They could have kept the leaderboard open I guess.

PD state that it's an additional round, not a continuation of an existing round. They also state that the total number of rounds is adjusted to 5.

If they were doing what you're suggesting then I think they would state that.

'Gran Turismo World Series' 2025 Exhibition 1 - Manufacturers Cup Additional Round Notice - Sport Mode - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com

Due to the PlayStation™Network service disruption on Saturday, 8 February, players were unable to enter the planned Round 2 race of the 'Gran Turismo World Seri...

www.gran-turismo.com

Agreed. The results have a 5th round on them. It is certainly a new round and in theory you can get two Daytona results.

 

[Gorefast]

Unfortunately I couldn't do the Spa race and went to Interlagos instead. For the qualifying I sacrificed a potential third lap in favour of two without traffic. This strategy again paid off as I started from pole position.

The start went well but at lap 4 my little gap to place 2 was gone and I got overtaken.

Before the esses at lap 6 the lambo in first place got a little bit wide and I could manage to pass him.

The lambo was faster than me and passed me again at lap 7. It was close and respectfull and good fun.

At that moment I told myself that a place in podium would be great after turning my pole position at Suzuka into place 7 by unforced errors. But when I got closer to the leading car I stepped on gas to early after the last corner of lap 8 and I spun...

So it was place 7 again (...) at lap 9 and this was my view.

Also in this position it was fair racing and kept me busy. In the last lap I was close enough to attack after the esses but the Porsche was cleverly positioned. I made a late cut out of the slip stream in the hope to create some surprise that might lead to an error by the Porsche driver.

I could not pass but went off track what led to a time penalty of 0.5 seconds and the race was decided.

I know that some of you had bad experiences, especially at this race but I want to thank Duffyumi and Hovig for this exciting and fair race! My racing skills need further improvement, the second pole position in the second race shows me that I have the speed to win a race. I hope that I can also participate at Daytona and wish you all a nice week and pleasant racing!

 

[911RSR]

GT2 | 102 pts | 911 RSR

I had a pretty good qualifying for my standards. Only .4 of a sec slower than my fastest practice lap. This put me in P4.

The race was very uneventful for me. The start went well and i kept my position.
The guy in front of me started fighting for P2 and spun. I said thanks and hoped for a finish on the podium, but i couldn't keep up my concentration. I made only small mistakes, but they summed up and in lap 9 i lost 3 positions in to consecutive corners. In turn 1 of the following lap i lost another position.
From there i could match the speed of the guys in front of me, but never got in a position for a fight.
So i finished P7. A bit dissapointing after that good qualifying, but it could have been worse.

 

[Famine]

What on Earth did you put in there?!

 

[Yard_Sale]

What on Earth did you put in there?!

I’ve had a few very immature “play on words” that have all got deleted over time..to the point where I’m no longer allowed to choose nicknames. This one was relatively docile IIRC



“MALE ENHANCEMENT”

 

[Norbsthebald]

“MALE ENHANCEMENT”

You should be able to think of a better username than that.

I mean, it's not hard.

 

[Yard_Sale]

You should be able to think of a better username than that.

I mean, it's not hard.

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You mean names like “ERECT-SHUN” or “micro penris”?



…not that I’ve used those nicknames before 😉

 

[ZEE]

I think YURAaaaNUS was taken also......it didnt let me login....

 

[Yard_Sale]

My nickname focus typically revolves around the region that lies 180 degrees from there.

In all honesty, I’d ban me from making nicknames too. My maturity level hasn’t developed past the 8th grade, and I clearly can’t be trusted

 

[Fezzik]

I’m not likely to participate but for those who will:

Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Online Qualifiers Starts 2 April - World Series - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com

The dates for the Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Online Qualifiers, where players compete for a spot at the global competition's live events, have been official...

www.gran-turismo.com

Only 6 official races again for anyone outside the elite - "bigger than ever", yeah right.

Wednesday daytime racing is back for good

 

[dazdilly75]

Interesting that they've condensed the competition but have made it have 5 rounds out of 6 included, instead of 5 out of 10 like it was before. This will ensure player engagement is at its highest. Still not a fan of the time slots. I really don't understand why they've taken away the evening slots for EMEA? It can only.be to get the North Americans more involved? Anyone who gets home after 7pm (on Wednesdays) in GT1 league EMEA, won't be able to participate. As they'll be too busy adulting, and trying to keep a roof over their heads from working. Streamers and those living at home will of course love it. Seeing as this is now a more condensed version of the competition, a couple more time slots for GT1 league would have been a welcome addition. Oh well, such is life!

 

[Nakano219]

I imagine they've announced the dates early so that the top guys know when they need to try to max their DR by?

Only dropping one score is a good change. There's no mention of the timeslots on that page, so let's hope by March PD see sense and move the Wednesday slots later in the day.

 

[OJBrit]

I’m not likely to participate but for those who will:

Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Online Qualifiers Starts 2 April - World Series - Gran Turismo 7 - gran-turismo.com

The dates for the Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Online Qualifiers, where players compete for a spot at the global competition's live events, have been official...

www.gran-turismo.com

Wednesday daytime racing is back for good

Weds are o.k. if they have proper slot times. Having 5 of 6 count is only a kick in the nuts to those who cannot do Weds.

 

[ZEE]

Weds are o.k. if they have proper slot times. Having 5 of 6 count is only a kick in the nuts to those who cannot do Weds.

I will second that, PD need to be more accomodating to timezones and peoples schedules in the UK region, we all can't race in the morning due to commitments and want to have some flexible funtime to enjoy online racing. Not everyone is youtube streaming and GT racing as their job. Hopefully theres a PD intern scowering the forums and reading this lol.

 

[timekiller001]

They should just give GT1 more time slots. Especially now that we essentially only have one write off for the total standings.
I get that they want to bunch the numbers together for top split but for all others it just doesn't make sense.

 

[dazdilly75]

Anybody Running The Lambo at Daytona re-run today? It cant draft to save its life, but gets easily drafted by everything else. The skill gap for this race is almost non existent. Resistance is futile.The struggle is real!

 

[watto79]

Interesting that they've condensed the competition but have made it have 5 rounds out of 6 included, instead of 5 out of 10 like it was before.

Last year was 3 from 6. We haven't had the luxury of a 10 round Championship for years now.

If they stick with the timeslots that make it impossible for people with jobs to participate in then it feels like they don't want us to race in these anymore outside of their esports friends.

If I can't race on Wednesdays and then 5 of 6 races count, what's the point.

I'm pinning my hopes on PD addressing this but I won't be holding my breath.

"Bigger and better" lol.

 

[Moose78]

Anybody Running The Lambo at Daytona re-run today? It cant draft to save its life, but gets easily drafted by everything else. The skill gap for this race is almost non existent. Resistance is futile.The struggle is real!

I'm in the Hyundai. I sure hope it's good a drafting, because it doesn't seem to be much good at anything else here -- at least, not with me behind the wheel. I've been doing all my practice in custom races and I'm mostly lapping in the 1:47s with the occasional dip into into 1:46s. If I can't hitch a tow, I fear I'll be dropping right to the back.

 

[Famine]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Online Qualifiers to Begin April 2​

Polyphony Digital has announced the calendar for the online phase for the 2025 Gran Turismo World Series, which will get underway in just six weeks’ time...

 

[911RSR]

GT2 | 101 pts | B/S Lobby | 911 RSR

Well, that was a surprise!
The last time i did Daytona was a complete chaos and i didn't excpected it to be much better this time.
My strategy was surviving the first 3 laps, do the pit stop and hopefully have some clean air afterwards.

But, i have no idea how i did this, i managed to get pole position! That spoiled my strategy a little bit

As this was the 1st time i started on pole, i had no idea how this would work out. Took some time to get used to this view

But i kept my position and managed a little gap to P2. Until lap 7, where i messed uo the exit of the infield and a Ferrari could almost close the gap. After me also missing the track on the exit of the bus stop, getting a track limit penalty i thought 'that's it', he could have overtake me on the way to the finish line, but he went into the box!

So i went on while it seemed everybody is doing their pit stop quite early. I managed 12 laps until i had to stop for fuel.
As i left the box i had 3 guys right behind me.

The McLaren was realy pushing as i started to struggle with my tires.
In the following lap i had a pretty bad turn 3 and he could pass me before turn 4.

My tires where to worn to start a counter attack and i didn't wanted to risk the best result in this Manu Cup.
So i finished P2.
This makes P4, P8, P7 and P2 in this championship. Overall my best result so far!

 

[FluxWildly]

I will second that, PD need to be more accomodating to timezones and peoples schedules in the UK region, we all can't race in the morning due to commitments and want to have some flexible funtime to enjoy online racing. Not everyone is youtube streaming and GT racing as their job. Hopefully theres a PD intern scowering the forums and reading this lol.

Remember, PD only care about the top 0.001% of their players. All of their choices over the last 3 years have been to cater to the GTWS players at the detriment of everyone else.
Less rounds, less timeslots, less flexible, less variety...

 

[Talon16]

Anybody Running The Lambo at Daytona re-run today? It cant draft to save its life, but gets easily drafted by everything else. The skill gap for this race is almost non existent. Resistance is futile.The struggle is real!

There were some Lambos in my race last Saturday (PSN was fixed in time for us Westerners to do a race). They did just fine. Daytona was the one outlier in tracks for this exhibition; all the other tracks cater to MR cars. Thus, there are a lot of people who picked them. In my race there were Lambos, Ferraris, at least one Audi, etc. and the all did fine.

I picked Dodge as Daytona was the only race I planned on really doing. It's a double edge sword as the Viper is great on the straights, but not so great on the infield. The MR cars make up a bunch of time on me, then get in my slip and keep up on the straights. But, that's racing!

So yea, if you can get in a draft you'll be fine.

 

[dazdilly75]

Last year was 3 from 6. We haven't had the luxury of a 10 round Championship for years now.

If they stick with the timeslots that make it impossible for people with jobs to participate in then it feels like they don't want us to race in these anymore outside of their esports friends.

If I can't race on Wednesdays and then 5 of 6 races count, what's the point.

I'm pinning my hopes on PD addressing this but I won't be holding my breath.

"Bigger and better" lol.

Yeah, I know it was 3 from 6. The point I was making is that they have given us the 5 race participation rule, while keeping it condensed to 6 races instead of increasing the number of races in a season. Seems like we are being cheated out of races, from where I'm sitting. As for your point about them not wanting adults to participate. It certainly seems that way. It's just a shame they've gone the route of catering to streamers and those who have more time in the afternoon, than most working adults. Maybe I'm looking at things negatively. At the end of the day PD want to maximise player engagementt, and I guess this is how they want to do it. I'm 50 this year. Maybe I'm getting to old for this anyway?

 

[ZEE]

Well managed to squeeze in a 12pm race slot for today as I would not have time later!

GT3 | 32pts | C/S Lobby | Corvette C7 Gr.3 - EMEA region - 12pm slot

Looged onto the sport mode of GT7 and go straight into clocking some racetimes for this race. Was always lookin' forward and this race and it didn't dissapoint me.

A good qualifying session setting of first out of the pits helped me keep it clean and focused, qualifed 5th and then was ready to get going.

Onto the Race, the race was a good clean race, start was strong chasedown of a 911 RSR and Renault RS.01, on end of lap1 then they both as approaching turn 1 on lap 2 braked so badly I managed to gain the upper hand and jump up 2 places to 3rd place. It really helped as I was now part of the top 3 and could chase the French and German drivers in a Hyundai and BMW. They were very quick drivers though took me about 6-7laps to keep up pace with them.

I kinda gambled the pit and wait for them to pit to be 1st for 1 lap and tried to get a good 10-11sec lead but it didnt quite work, I then pitted on lap 8, and they came whooshing past. I left the pits at 3rd place again with a Ferarri 458 up my ass but I keep pushing the Corvette to get away from him. SLow and Steady wins the race nad thats what I did. The leaders gapped me by 10secs and I couldnt hold it but overall a great clean race. Let me check results tomo overall.

I had fun thats whats key!! Onto April now for the big time races!

Enjoy pics folks!

 

[Famine]

Despite misgivings, I did a race because the result at Interlagos sucked.

Turns out that the RX-Vision isn't much good here either, but also I'm not terrific at the Bus Stop in Gr.3. I think I got a handle on it by the end of the race after getting absolutely stuffed through it to the tune of 0.7s on lap one (and I was starting 15th at 1.2s off pole...), but a lovetap - I think as the outside car of three - and dropping off the slipstream meant 12th. Whiiiich was probably about as far as I could have got anyway. 11th was five seconds up the road, but 10th a bit further ahead.

Not sure whether tyres were needed as they were only about a third down when I stopped at the end of lap seven, but I took a fresh set anyway on the basis that people who stopped much earlier/later would be running more worn tyres for longer.

 

[stpatty]

I will second that, PD need to be more accomodating to timezones and peoples schedules in the UK region

It's worth pointing out that this isn't just affecting the UK. Portugal, Spain and France are all in the same time zone, and Germany and Italy are one hour ahead. I'd bet that 95% of the EMEA playerbase comes from those countries, so it's really smart that PD are doing their best to alienate as many people as possible. I'd love to say I'm surprised but I've been doing this too long for that.

 

[watto79]

Yeah, I know it was 3 from 6. The point I was making is that they have given us the 5 race participation rule, while keeping it condensed to 6 races instead of increasing the number of races in a season. Seems like we are being cheated out of races, from where I'm sitting. As for your point about them not wanting adults to participate. It certainly seems that way. It's just a shame they've gone the route of catering to streamers and those who have more time in the afternoon, than most working adults. Maybe I'm looking at things negatively. At the end of the day PD want to maximise player engagementt, and I guess this is how they want to do it. I'm 50 this year. Maybe I'm getting to old for this anyway?

I think we feel the same way. My post just spiraled into a rant that wasn't aimed at you 🙃

I'm 45 and definitely feels more and more like PD don't want me taking part in these races, which is a crying shame as its what I've always enjoyed the most in Gran Turismo. I've taken part in nearly all seasons, official and exhibition, since late 2019. The last ones we've had are the first where I didn't do a single race.

Still have a glimmer of hope that PD are going to do something intelligent with the time slots, but it is just a glimmer given that PD don't seem to understand how time zones work.

 

[stpatty]

Started P11. 6 tenths between 2nd and 13th on the grid. Made up a few places on lap 1 (mainly because I actually dropped down a few before the bus stop and avoided various shenanigans. Took 6th from a damaged Porsche at the start of lap 4, took 5th from a rear damaged Nissan at the start of lap 6.

Stayed in 5th with a 6/7 second gap to 6th and to 4th until lap 17 when two of the Porsches that had been fighting for the lead came together in the infield. Spaniard into the back of a Czech. Looks a bit clumsy going by the replay, not sure if it was malicious. Caught up to the Czech on the last lap and overtook him on the final bend for 4th.

141 points, finished in 36:11 which was about 6 seconds off my best practice total time. The first few laps with other cars would have been responsible for that. Other relevant notes - this GT-R is way better on fuel than just about every other car, avoiding damage is very important and I hit the bus stop properly once in that race. I think my best lap was a 45.3. That was the only lap I did in the 45s. Madness.