Gran Turismo World Series (Nations Cup 2025 Exhibition Season 2: 26 Feb - 8 Mar)

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I'm basically just waiting for someone to tell me which car to use on SSRX next weekend and am going to "do my best"(tm). Feels totally random as to where I'll finish. Its actually making me look forward to GVH this weekend and while I love GVH for a sunset cruise or pretending I'm playing outrun, I hate it for racing.
 
I've spent a lot more time tuning my suspension this week for tomorrow's GV race (GT2 - Peugeot) than I had expected. After more than 100 laps of testing, I think I finally have the car dialed in for race day.

For the RCZ, that meant tightening up most of the dampers -- the one exception being the front expansion ones, which I slightly softened. The most noticeable difference in how the car handles is in the high-speed section between the two hairpins. I'm now able to get through that section without lifting much more consistently than I was with the default settings. As a result, I brought my optimal time down to 1:54.823 and in the process posted a new fastest lap in FP (1:55.020).

Feeling pretty well-prepared for the race now. Will probably spend this evening and tomorrow morning doing practice races against the AI to get some more practice driving in traffic.

My guess is that track limit penalties are going to play a big role in how the race plays out, so I'm going to do my best to keep the car on the track and avoid any side-by-side driving in the twisty bits -- even if that means giving up positions to the bozos who try. With any luck I'll get by them at the penalty marker after they have inevitably cut a corner somewhere.

As always, best of luck in your race(s) tomorrow. Looking forward to reading all the race reports.
 
What’s the first UK race for Manus please? Is it 9am?

I have a bit of awkward day tomorrow where I’m out basically from 10.30 to about 4pm so will end up missing most of the races. The last few weeks I’ve done the 5pm race and the quality of racing has been poor. Feels like people are getting desperate for points and a result.

Done very little testing too for this. Just done about 20 laps in TT.
 
Roggers
What’s the first UK race for Manus please? Is it 9am?

I have a bit of awkward day tomorrow where I’m out basically from 10.30 to about 4pm so will end up missing most of the races. The last few weeks I’ve done the 5pm race and the quality of racing has been poor. Feels like people are getting desperate for points and a result.

Done very little testing too for this. Just done about 20 laps in TT.
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GT2 slots in BST are 9am to 7pm, with a slot every hour except for 2pm.
 
That went better and was a lot more enjoyable than expected.

I found during testing that I couldn’t get much performance short-shifting the NSX and also it is quite thirsty flat out. Could only manage 8 laps before needing a refuel, so knew I’d have to do nearly half the race on hards.

Euro GT3 (all B/S), slot 2. Quali messed up by a track limits penalty on the outlap and then a twit in a Ferrari who refused to give themselves any space. They followed me out of the pits and were on my bumper the whole session; I think they thought there was a slipstream. Rear-ended me at a hairpin so I just retired to the pits, ended up P13.

Started on hards. The usual carnage on the first couple of laps. Picked up a penalty avoiding a spinner but made a couple of moves and found myself in some nice space. A few consistent laps had me inside the top 10 for my first stint.

Pitted on lap 6 to get the softs and fuel up. Dropped to P13 and made my way back through the field. The top 3 were on softs and went to lap 9, everyone else was a mix of strategies. Picked up a few free places as people wrecked at the downhill hairpin. Passed some other hard runners, one free spot from someone who didn’t run the hards, and finished up P5 - only 10 seconds off the podium.

55 points is my top score for the season, for a race I was considering not entering as I generally lack pace here. Should keep me all gold in the GT3 rankings and 2nd in the Honda list.

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GT2 B , i didn't had the luck this time around , went only once because Alan Wake 2 :D

Qualification P7 - 1.56.6 not bad only if others werent blocking the way again ...
Race - started okay but soon i realiized that Gr.4 Lexus drinks much fuel so i had to use FM2-3 to save some fuel but that costed me alot of places , went for Softs after 4 lap managed into top 10 , in the end with a empty fuel tank in P8 - meh could have done better but i dont like the Gr.4 car lol
 
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GT2 race, in the Citroen.

Qualified P9, could have got more but I caught up to the car in front so had to abort my second lap.

Started on hards, lost a couple of positions in the opening laps to people who were definitely not fuel-saving. Pitted lap 3 on to the softs, which was definitely the right lap - the Citroen suffered no tyre wear on the softs and I ended with 0.1 laps of fuel left. I fuel saved pretty severely on hards, and was about three-quarter shifting on the 11-lap softs stint

From there it was a lot of passing people in the pits, and two overtakes. The place to pass here when you have the tyre advantage is going on to the Grand Valley bridge, you get so much more traction out of the two long sweepers that you can get things done before the tunnel corner. I got one penalty for track limits at the final chicane, which was really annoying as I ended up P5, 0.087 behind P4 (who was, erm, very brusque in how he was overtaking people, he got a deserved 4 second penalty for shoving somebody wide at the tight left before the small tunnel but he made up that time before he took the penalty).

The top 3 all no-stopped and were 15 seconds up the road, so I assume a no-stop on hards is the right strategy, but I almost maximised my result for the strategy so I'm happy.
 
Did a couple Gr4 races this morning. Proper fun, the Gr4 cars are pretty decent around here (especially with the RS tires!). Not a whole lot to report. I am using the NSX and it's a really fun/good car IMO. Having AWD is nice and it's got some good top end (it was buffed not too log ago if I recall). I was getting along really well with the car, even though Gr4 is not my forte I was able to do mid-54s to low-55s race pace; I was able to set a 54.0 in one of the practice sessions. I didn't do any tuning, just BB -4.

I did some minor fuel saving but mostly just short shifting here and there as well as hitting 6th gear on the final straight rather than holding fifth; pit on lap nine both races to go from RS to RH tires. If you can fuel save, it can definitely be advantageous. In both of my races the car behind was able to do one and two laps respectfully more than I was on the fuel and made some big gains. I think the RS tires are worth ~2.0-2.5 seconds/lap.

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Now for a little break and get ready for GT1 in EMEA.
 
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I will be driving the Mazda3 gr4 for the first time.
That FF car is amazing at Gran valley on the twisty sections.
On the leaderboard, I managed 1.53.472.
The key to be fast is to be patient with the throttle on twisty section to avoid understeer at the exit. Online, it may end up in a mess when you get pushed out...

A lot of opponents forget that in twisty sections, the most important curve is the last one before a long stretch. Always prepare the car for that fast exit. Will leave you a few ms more time pedal to the metal.

That is the theory, when you are alone on the track... :)
 
I'm not understanding the no stop strategy for GT2/3. Delta between softs and hards is 2s/lap so that's an extra 20s from tire delta on a 10 lap stint, minus lets say a generous 30s pit delta puts you up 10s before considering fuel saving. Fuel saving would 100% cost me more than 10s to last an extra 4 laps. I'm also pretty sure the pit delta is less than 30s so you'd have even less than 10s to spare for fuel saving.
 
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SupaflyIRL
I'm not understanding the no stop strategy for GT2/3. Delta between softs and hards is 2s/lap so that's an extra 20s from tire delta on a 10 lap stint, minus lets say a generous 30s pit delta puts you up 10s before considering fuel saving. Fuel saving would 100% cost me more than 10s to last an extra 4 laps. I'm also pretty sure the pit delta is less than 30s so you'd have even less than 10s to spare for fuel saving.
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Yeah. I just did another test. My no-pit time in ideal conditions -- starting in 1st with one other car -- is 20s off my practice races where I'm running against 16 AI cars from last place. Maybe it works for other cars, but it doesn't look like a viable option for me in my Peugeot.
 
GT2 B/S.

My Ford Mustang Gr.4 is slow, but then so am I. My quali lap gets botched when my Fire TV decides it wants to change channels by itself, I hit the pause button whilst blind and thankfully didnt ruin anyone else's lap.

I start in P.12 somehow. I decide to go with hards first as I predict first lap carnage so why not safe the softs for when I'm not in the gravel. Only a couple of spinners however early on.

My car is useless and also drinks fuel quicker than Garfield eats lasagne. I pit on lap 6. I get punted into turn one shortly after. Shockingly, the driver that did it apologies and waits up for me. I cant remember the last time that happened. Fair play. I'm in P.13 and after a lap I let they guy that punted me go by as I'm now having to fuel save and I'm not doing it well.

Finish dead last in P.14 only front of a DNF.
Lowest points I've scored this season.

Still, good news about the chocolate oranges...
 
Talon16
Did a couple Gr4 races this morning. Proper fun, the Gr4 cars are pretty decent around here (especially with the RS tires!). Not a whole lot to report. I am using the NSX and it's a really fun/good car IMO. Having AWD is nice and it's got some good top end (it was buffed not too log ago if I recall). I was getting along really well with the car, even though Gr4 is not my forte I was able to do mid-54s to low-55s race pace; I was able to set a 54.0 in one of the practice sessions. I didn't do any tuning, just BB -4.

I did some minor fuel saving but mostly just short shifting here and there as well as hitting 6th gear on the final straight rather than holding fifth; pit on lap nine both races to go from RS to RH tires. If you can fuel save, it can definitely be advantageous. In both of my races the car behind was able to do one and two laps respectfully more than I was on the fuel and made some big gains. I think the RS tires are worth ~2.0-2.5 seconds/lap.

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Now for a little break and get ready for GT1 in EMEA.
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GT4 category for me is a funny one for me. For what ever reason PD in the GTWS series either gives us really good races or really dull races. The GT4 race at seaside for me was great. Loved it as the cars really suit that track. Not done today's race but again the GT4s feel really good round this track.

SupaflyIRL
I'm not understanding the no stop strategy for GT2/3. Delta between softs and hards is 2s/lap so that's an extra 20s from tire delta on a 10 lap stint, minus lets say a generous 30s pit delta puts you up 10s before considering fuel saving. Fuel saving would 100% cost me more than 10s to last an extra 4 laps. I'm also pretty sure the pit delta is less than 30s so you'd have even less than 10s to spare for fuel saving.
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In my tests no stopping doesn't work. You lose far too much time with the offset in tyres, plus you have to save 3/4 laps worth of fuel. Also you then have the task of trying to defend with worn tyres.
 
Well, I'm certainly not in a good mood after my first attempt. I qualified P3 and was feeling good about my chances at the beginning, only to have it all come crashing down in the first sector.

P2 had started on Hards, went deep on turn 1 which allowed me to get up the inside right off the start. He refused to concede the place from his poor start and forced me to leave space through the S-bends as we were side by side, so slower through there than normal. P5 rams P4 into me, P4 goes off, I get slammed with a 5 second penalty and damage that completely ruined me.



What on earth is this penalty for?! :mad:

The guy on Hards then also went on to win the race. :grumpy:
 
Aaaarrrrrggghhhhhhh!!!! I'm having a bad day of this.

Race 1: High points race against tought opposition, but still qualifying last with a lap that wasn't too bad wasn't a good sign, my best ever lap would have only got me 12th. So simply lacking pace, did some fuel saving for 12S2H race, but that just got me up to 12th.

Race 2: A bit better pace after some more practice, qualified 12th, but was lagging throughout qualification, then disconnected before the race begun.

Race 3: DR plummeting, I'm now in a much lower scoring lobby. Qualified 12th again, started on hards for two laps, then some fuel saving for a final 12 lap run, managed to get up to 7th with two passes on the final lap. But still the points from this race only matched my current low score, so not worth anything.

Race 4: Back into a high scoring lobby, and qualify 4th. Things are looking up, race starts well, manage to move up to 3rd, and I'm pulling away from the pack whilst doing some decent fuel saving. Points for 3rd will be my highest scoring round yet. Well into lap 3 then I'm disconnected.

Race 5: ...
 
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Looks like a track limits penalty to me. When you cut in deep on the right hander of those esses. I pick it up there all the time, too.
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It wasn't track limits, it said 5s for pushing a car off the track when it popped up.
 
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Well, I'm certainly not in a good mood after my first attempt. I qualified P3 and was feeling good about my chances at the beginning, only to have it all come crashing down in the first sector.

P2 had started on Hards, went deep on turn 1 which allowed me to get up the inside right off the start. He refused to concede the place from his poor start and forced me to leave space through the S-bends as we were side by side, so slower through there than normal. P5 rams P4 into me, P4 goes off, I get slammed with a 5 second penalty and damage that completely ruined me.



What on earth is this penalty for?! :mad:

The guy on Hards then also went on to win the race. :grumpy:
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That penalty is odd? I wonder is it’s the speed difference. You’re doing 125mph while the AMG was doing 146mph, while car in the middle ?. I wonder if the game thought you was brake checking and that why you got the pen? What ever happened that is pretty harsh on you.
You didn’t the right thing in T1, but Im wondering if you tightened the apex off T1 too much that you lost momentum and taking the place. I know you race VR so obviously harder to judge car gaps.
 
Did first Americas slot. I was already ready to do another race after quali since I felt like I did ok (for quali, was still off my practice time) and still only qualified 14th.

I was easily able to do 10 laps on softs with no fuel saving in the Ferrari because I spent a lot of time drafting behind some guy who wrecked two other dudes and did not want to risk a 50/50 pass and lost him when he pit after lap 8 with a bunch of others. I stayed out so long I was in P1 for the entirety of lap 10 and pit at the end of it. Started on softs in the back because I have no confidence in my ability to judge my fuel economy, even though my pre-race testing showed 10 laps on softs with very light fuel saving that drafting in the race took care of.

Came out of the pit in 8th and was fighting with the previous known punter and some other dude, the punt never happened and I finished P8. Was bumped to P6 by two "why penalty?" guys who didn't use hards. Clean race bonus with 8 places gained, which I'm happy with.

Was a high point lobby apparently, I got one more point for P6 than I did for P2 in the Nurburgring race so I think I'm gonna keep the result.
 
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Just finished first GT2 slot in the Americas - 102 point race. Qualified Q3 with 1:55.8, less than a tenth back from the top car.

I ran a 10S-4H strategy, as planned.

The P2 car, a Porsche, went deep on the second hairpin and I was able to pick up a spot, only to give it back a few turns later going onto the bridge. I was able to stay close with the P2 car, and even challenge them a few times, for the next couple laps. And then I incurred a penalty in the chicane after the bridge. Giving up a position to the Acura behind.

I incurred another track limit penalty after that, but didn't lose any positions. Still, managed to catch up to the Acura again and stayed with them until they pitted on lap 9. I stayed out for one more lap on softs.

After pitting, I was back in in P3, with a 6 second gap to the cars ahead and a 5 second gap the one behind. I managed to whittle their lead down to 3 seconds at one point, but that's a close as I got to catching them.

Finished P3. I'm happy with that. It was a fun, clean race.

Next up, SSRX. What am I supposed to do with that?
 
A+/S EMEA lobby. 358 points for the winner.

Qualifying was promising. I had the pace to start on the top 3 but the first flying lap was invalidated due to a penalty and the next lap was compromised big time. P15 on the grid.

I was pretty much free of stress after that lame mistake so I just went YOLO. Started on hards, pitted on lap 20 for softs and went to the end. The strategy helped me overcut the slow traffic and I finished P6. Not great, but not terrible. It was a very clean and solid recovery 😊
 
GT2 B/S lobby, I m low B.
The race was for 62 pts

Qualified 1st with the Mazda3, 1:54.884

In the race, survived the first hairpin thanks to a clean Ferrari driver behind me.

He applied clean pressure for 4 good intense laps, but then he got a limit penalty and that was it.
Alone in front for the rest.

Did 10S 4H. I could have gone for 11S, based on the fuel left, but I had not test that scenario in my last week practice session, so went safe.

P1 with 27:53
2nd position was +26 sec.

That FF Mazda3 feels OP a that track.
 

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