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

[afc5150]

Had an absolutely horrible time in GT1, slot 1.

I guess all bets are off now that permanent damage is turned off.

Not race report, except to say I was 5th heading into the bus stop, and last coming out of it on lap 1.

Made up a little ground only to be taken out 2 more times.

Finished a very lonely 13th, DFL, some 55 seconds of the lead and 22 seconds off 12th.

90 points in the end, and that's enough of that for me.

 

[Moose78]

That went better than expected, but, to be fair, my expectations were pretty low.

Door #14 in the first GT1 slot (6 PM EST) for the Americas, with 197 points up for grabs in a mid-A/S lobby. I was driving the BMW M6 Endurance Model.

Qualification couldn't have gone better. I posted a 1:44.911, better than any I'd done in Free Practice. That landed me Q10.

The race started with a mad jumble of cars at T1, but I think everybody survived. I did anyway, and even picked up a spot.

The next few laps were pretty hectic. I dropped a few positions to faster drivers, but I was able to keep up with the pack. Gained some back, here and there, as other drivers crashed and took penalties, including a brown pants moment going through the bus stop on lap 3.

A BMW and Lexus ahead of me tried to go in side-by-side. The Lexus, who was on the right, clipped the rail, coming to nearly a dead stop. I was barreling right into them, but they weren't ghosting. Just at the instance that I made contact, the ghosting kicked in. There was a poof of smoke in the replay, suggesting that there was contact, but thankfully I came out of it without any damage.

As things settled down, I found myself towards the back of the pack chasing a yellow BMW with whom I've had some good racing in the past. I pitted on lap 12 for softs, they pitted a lap later. The undercut got me ahead of them when they came out of the pits, but they were faster than me and we had some good racing until they got past me on lap 17.

I ended up finishing in P9 for 131 points. Not a great result, maybe, but it is an improvement over the first round. I had fun, so I'm not going to complain.

Bring on the karts!

 

[daabulls]

Just finished mid A/S lobby at 8PM EST. I think the point total for 1st was 201. Chose the BRZ for something a little different

Started 5th on softs. People struggled off the line and came out 3rd out of turn 1, then gained another spot off the chicane after 2nd went wide. There I stayed about 3 seconds behind the leader.

Pitted on lap 9-10, which was a lap after the leader hoping to gain something. The leader almost got stuck in hard tire traffic, but managed it well. So there I was about 4-5 seconds behind. One thing the BRZ does very well is tire wear. It gets a little understeery except for the main culprit around the toe of the boot, but it's also very fast around the boot section. The problem is straightline speed. I was losing about 2-3 tenths from turn 1 to the chicane, but could make it up and then some the rest of the lap.

I kept wittling away, but I took 2 half-second penalties from turn 1 and ran wide once at the exit of the chicane. The leader was consistent and beat me by 1.1 seconds. Without those penalties, who knows? But I'm pleased with the result. Pics are first lap and finish line.

 

[bliprunner]

Had a little kart test today. Set my DD Pro to Sensitivity 480 which made it so much nicer to drive.

Much higher than that and it was tough to catch slides.

Watched the replay of P2, they use ASM. Don’t want to use it myself but understandable. P3 doesn’t so it’s not essential.