Gran Turismo World Series (Nations Cup Exhibition Jan 22 - Feb 1)

[Interemptor]

EMEA - GT2 - Mid B - Door #9 - 121 points for first

Well.. that was a nothing.. Didn't wanna do the race because i suck at Trial Mountain so I didn't test/practice at all for this. After a friend wrote me how his race went it started to itch in my fingers and I decided to race. Should have gone with my gut feeling.

Had 10mins on practice before the race and was a tiny bit below 1:52. Could improve a bit in qualifying which put me on P6 but the car was all over the place. In the first couple of corners it was always a drive on the edge with the car oversteering like crazy even though I was braking in a straight line and with maybe 25% pressure. Lack of practice really showed here.

Race started not bad though and after the first lap I was in P4 because of some people fighting too hard. But it all went to **** pretty fast. Lost the car in Lap 2 or 3 in Turn 3 and spun. Got going again in P14 and struggled the next couple of laps.

Pitted early in lap 4 to get some clean air and managed to get back to P7 for 90 points and another clean race bonus (lol) but it kinda felt like a P16 finish.

Without the spin, which cost me about 12s, P4 could have (theoretical) been possible but you'll never know. Not gonna go again and just take the points and go home 😅

 

[Norbsthebald]

Sympathies that it didn't go your way guys, but part of me is just relieved that it wasn't just me - I suck round here, wasn't able to get better than 1:52.2 and couldn't regularly get within half a second of that. Did an AO race in Upper B early this morning, only my 2nd race ever on the wheel- qualified 15th, finished 13th 44 seconds behind the leader. Half of that was due to my lack of pace, half due to the various rubbish that happens at the back of the field - went off avoiding a spinner, got 3s pen after a car unghosted 0.00001s before I passed them and I was judged to have passed under yellow, picked up another pen after I got rammed into pit wall... The only saving grace is I did an EMEA race afterwards on my new wheel-only account and won that with a time that would have put me 4th in Interemptor's race above.

All the best out there today, folks...

 

[bliprunner]

The boy hadn't done any practice for his race so I gave him half an hour of coaching before the 11am GT2 slot this morning.

All B lobby, in the Huracan he qualified 2nd with a 1:51.0, then finished second despite spinning on the final lap, and did the fastest lap of 1:50.8! I am slightly intimidated...

 

[Zorz]

The boy hadn't done any practice for his race so I gave him half an hour of coaching before the 11am GT2 slot this morning.

All B lobby, in the Huracan he qualified 2nd with a 1:51.0, then finished second despite spinning on the final lap, and did the fastest lap of 1:50.8! I am slightly intimidated...

If that's the pace in GT2, I dread to think what it's going to be like in GT1 later. My fastest lap in race conditions is a 1:51.2.

 

[RobertHammer]

GT2 B - 3 races

1st and 2nd races - less said the better , first race my own wall penalty ruined race and in the second hitting slower car penalties...
3rd race - Quali- P5 better than previous two at least i am in top 5
Race - started pretty well been managed to P3 after in lap 4 but after lap 5 i did masive mistake that i skipped tyre change...
so i been lucky that in the end i finished in P5 - eh

good races but you have to really carefull , have fun out there 👍

 

[Bobvita]

EMEA GT1 slot 1. Disconnected on lap 8.

 

[Famine]

Total nothingburger of a race. 3s off in qualy, but didn't lose any notable time to the leaders throughout the race at all - started 14th, took new Mediums at the end of lap five, finished 10th, 16 seconds back. I was the slowest driver who didn't crash or get a penalty...

Got passed three times by the same Lexus who was 2s quicker than me, ended up about 2s behind him, all very respectful driving. In fact it was mostly a clean lobby with pretty much all the incidents I saw involving a Lamborghini who exclaimed after the race that it was a "cesspool lobby". I saw him hit three other cars ahead (only got 0.5s penalty from corner cutting) and must have had a later tiff with another driver (who I think was the first guy he hit).

There's a saying about if you only meet assholes...

 

[newmedia_dev]

This is going to be a blood bath for me.

My practice laps yield a best 1:51 in the GTR which in GT1 lobbies will start me probably as far back as Laguna Seca.....

 

[bliprunner]

If that's the pace in GT2, I dread to think what it's going to be like in GT1 later. My fastest lap in race conditions is a 1:51.2.

Nice race man, a decent showing for the Renaults! I was caught up in some crazy pack racing for the first stint and then accidentially fuelled at the stop... doh!! Then of course spun at the first tunnel fighting people I was previously clear of... really enjoyed it though! Will go again in the next and try and nab something a bit better...

 

[Zorz]

Nice race man, a decent showing for the Renaults! I was caught up in some crazy pack racing for the first stint and then accidentially fuelled at the stop... doh!! Then of course spun at the first tunnel fighting people I was previously clear of... really enjoyed it though! Will go again in the next and try and nab something a bit better...

Thank you! Sorry for not saying anything, I didn't actually put 2 and 2 together that you were in there until you messaged me after the race. I'd moved across to my PC to turn my stream off, noticed your message when I came back but you'd already left by the time I tried to reply.

Good luck in slot 2. I will only be doing this round once myself. That was utterly relentless and I can't imagine I'm actually capable of getting much better out of the Renault with other cars in the mix. It just felt so vulnerable down the back straight tunnel.

I fell all the way back to P15 on lap 1 after starting P10 trying to keep it clean thanks to one of the Porsches. He made a bit of a wild lunge at the hairpin and ended up parking it in the middle of the track trying to get it stopped. Looks like he came pretty close to hitting you from my POV too, although I've not checked the replay. Turned himself into a big stationary roadblock in my face as I was taking the turn. We ended up side-by-side and he squeezed me into the wall at the big tree stump before the downhill right-hander, and that just let almost everyone through.

The first stint was just brutal. I was losing 2+ seconds a lap compared to what I could achieve running alone because the fighting was so intense.

Ended up pitting on lap 6 in an attempt to undercut but it didn't really do anything. Pretty much all the positions gained came from just surviving as there were so many yellow flags. Oh, and the guy that only pit once.

P6 for 212 points and another CRB will definitely do. Always said 200+ points is a good day, so I'll go with that. I'm hoping the Renault is a bit more competitive in the remaining rounds because today was tough. My personal best race distance time in custom races (41:45) would have been enough for P2/3, but there's no way I'm doing that in a proper race here.

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[stpatty]

Had two goes. Both terrible. Highlight in the second race was a Russian losing it mid-corner, hitting me when he overcorrected then blaming be for it and spending the next lap trying to punt me off. He pitted a lap before I did and of course he caught me at the pit exit where he clipped me then someone else went up my backside full speed.

This might be the worst pit exit in the game.

 

[Zorz]

This might be the worst pit exit in the game.

It's definitely up there, that's for sure. Pure paranoia coming out of there in VR trying to see what's coming up.

 

[bliprunner]

Thank you! Sorry for not saying anything, I didn't actually put 2 and 2 together that you were in there until you messaged me after the race. I'd moved across to my PC to turn my stream off, noticed your message when I came back but you'd already left by the time I tried to reply.

Good luck in slot 2. I will only be doing this round once myself. That was utterly relentless and I can't imagine I'm actually capable of getting much better out of the Renault with other cars in the mix. It just felt so vulnerable down the back straight tunnel.

I fell all the way back to P15 on lap 1 after starting P10 trying to keep it clean thanks to one of the Porsches. He made a bit of a wild lunge at the hairpin and ended up parking it in the middle of the track trying to get it stopped. Looks like he came pretty close to hitting you from my POV too, although I've not checked the replay. Turned himself into a big stationary roadblock in my face as I was taking the turn. We ended up side-by-side and he squeezed me into the wall at the big tree stump before the downhill right-hander, and that just let almost everyone through.

The first stint was just brutal. I was losing 2+ seconds a lap compared to what I could achieve running alone because the fighting was so intense.

Ended up pitting on lap 6 in an attempt to undercut but it didn't really do anything. Pretty much all the positions gained came from just surviving as there were so many yellow flags.

P6 for 212 points and another CRB will definitely do. Always said 200+ points is a good day, so I'll go with that. I'm hoping the Renault is a bit more competitive in the remaining rounds because today was tough. My personal best race distance time in custom races (41:45) would have been enough for P2/3, but there's no way I'm doing that in a proper race here.

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I can't believe how hectic it looks in PSVR! It was mad enough on TV...

After crashing I had front damage and thought that was it and considered parking it, because of the time lost on the long straights, and waved lots of people past like the Greek who finished 7th. That was my second mistake, I should have kept pushing!

 

[ZEE]

Well.....what an eventfullll race today, 3pm slot, GT2 Class, high B ranking race for the GTWS Round 2.

I took a quick snap of my R35 GTR collection at Watkins before I started racing (see pic below)!!

Strated my logon at 2:20pm and did some more of the time trial with the R35 AT NURBURGRING GP and my time didn't quite improve.
Then came back to practice some times in my Aston V12 and improve and I did hitting 1:53 on the runs. So all good!

Ok good, now onto the actual Round 2 race with qualifier, I pushed hard and kept improving up until lap 3 and nudged my way up to 3rd place in qualy but kept getting bumped by other drivers improving, but then held it on lap 4 befor the final lap before the timer out.

So beginning the race in 4th was cool, gave me space on looking into turn 1 to assess how the top 3 guys drove. It was all fine leading up to the tunnels and held my pace for Lap 1, bit of argy bargy around the big mountain banked corner but kept going strong till about lap 4, the italian in the huracan gt3, started to push away in p1, I was in p2 giving chase for a few laps.

Holding onto p2 till about lap 6, I chased the top car into the pits, I had a errogoues spanish child racerboy in a 458 italia chasing me since lap 3 or 4, and we both pitted. Quick pit enough, then we both exited and he was still chasing for a few laps.

Now to say this iradescent Ferrari car no.46 guy was a massive bumhole is an understatment, on the 9th lap on the last hairpin of TM, he undercuts me and bumps me to the side and push passes like a typical rammer would, and starts to run away. I am still chasing on lap 10 and as we come back to the same corner he has a 0.5 sec penalty. I try to catch him, he knows he aint got no pace on me as I kept gaining on him leading up the final hairpin at TM, so we turn the last corner and he gets slapped wth a penatly.
As he taking the penalty time, I try to avoid him as he moves to the left and i swing right there a big gap between us. He then lunges over to me and rams me into Barry-E-R and slows me down and runs off, dirty to say the least!

I still try to give chase but it has visibly shocked me and he faced NO penalty for ramming me, earlier also the game acted so stupid, I braked and the same guy rammed me from before, hot me from behind, when I braked for a corner, but the game thoguht i collided with him and gave me a half sec penalty- WTF? So idiotic PD.

Lap 11 and I chased but could not catch him, my composure feel off a bit but still finished on podum in 3rd place and got some good 34-35 points for Round 2. Will see tomorrow how my ranking is overall on the GTWS league.

It was a good track race, TM never dissapoints, just spoilt by a childish racer in a garish looking Ferrari, hmm where have I heard that before I wonder?

Anyways Enjoy pics folks and happy safe racing!

 

[Moose78]

If that's the pace in GT2, I dread to think what it's going to be like in GT1 later. My fastest lap in race conditions is a 1:51.2.

Gulp! 1:53.7 here.

Go team Suzuki!

 

[DK]

I just lost a 4th place after climbing up from 10th because I didn't check the minimum number of stops.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Not much to report as my expectation was low...not for any reasons other than I'm just rubbish mind you.

Door#14 QT 1:51.7 10th

Most of the race 10th, do the longer middle stint because of the free track and free stop, spun on my in lap, no damage or contact just clipped the hill on the power.

Finished 12th, so about where the game pegged me so all good.

Apart from a lap one genesis looking at me sideways as I days of thunder (closed my eyes) nothing really happened. Racing respectable, nobody moaning in chat or quitting. And I got some points I think 98 but what does it matter.

Good fun all round. But my god trial mountain is a technical track dressed as a flowing one

 

[newmedia_dev]

I just lost a 4th place after climbing up from 10th because I didn't check the minimum number of stops.

Read the regs mate. Read the regs.

Edit: this actually bugs me, I can understand no practice but you rock up make 6 places and can't read the rules. I dunno it irks me quite a bit. This has been published for ages now, plenty of time to read the rules, do some laps here and there.

Missing a mandatory pit stop is a bit weird especially as it was 2 this time.

 

[DK]

I just assumed that the 2-stoppers were doing it because of the high tyre wear, and thought this was PD making alternate strategies viable. I was just on auto-pilot and didn't notice the minimum stops count, chill out.

Anyway, this time around I finished 9th in the GT-R, after getting screwed over by a Portuguese Genesis deploying the meta of squeezing me into the wall at the exit of the final corner.

 

[newmedia_dev]

I just assumed that the 2-stoppers were doing it because of the high tyre wear, and thought this was PD making alternate strategies viable. I was just on auto-pilot and didn't notice the minimum stops count, chill out.

Anyway, this time around I finished 9th in the GT-R, after getting screwed over by a Portuguese Genesis deploying the meta of squeezing me into the wall at the exit of the final corner.

You don't have to assume anything if you read the rules.

I don't need to chill out, I just don't want to race people who aren't racing the same race as me because they rock up, don't read the rules.

I mean we are all grown ups here and not glory hunters.

So I'll chill out when you have the time to read the rules I'm racing to.

 

[watto79]

You don't have to assume anything if you read the rules.

I don't need to chill out, I just don't want to race people who aren't racing the same race as me because they rock up, don't read the rules.

I mean we are all grown ups here and not glory hunters.

So I'll chill out when you have the time to read the rules I'm racing to.

I quite like when people don't read the rules as it's free positions at the end.

This might be the worst pit exit in the game.

Also this. My attempt at an undercut was ruined by being held up by slow traffic in sector one coming out of the pits.

 

[bliprunner]

So after the enjoyable mess that was race one I went again. A nearly identical quali lap of 1.50.6 put me in P9 but this time I made decent progress without chucking it at the barriers (ok I hit the wall a few times)...

First few laps I took advantage of other's mistakes and moved up to P5. Nice solid stint and stopped for tyres on lap 7, after the stop I managed to get the Lambo in front as well...

Felt like I was fast enough to stay ahead and they seemed happy to follow at this stage, but a 1 second pen for brushing the wall sent me back two places, which is more or less where I would stay for the rest of the race.

At the final round of stops the Alfa in P2 forgot to changes tyres so had to pit a third time, this bit of luck handed me P5 and a tidy haul of about 230 points

 

[Mert160]

That went much better than last weekends race. Started 13th and finished 5th.

 

[Moonpotter]

Haven't seen these levels of dirty driving in EMEA GT2 before. Got punted off track by 3 different drivers, absolute carnage in every corner.

 

[Moose78]

I ran the first GT1 slot in the Americas. I was in door #12, driving the Suzuki. There were 187 points up for grabs. I needed to place 12th or better to improve my score.

Qualifying was uneventful. I managed a 1:53.358, which put gave me Q13 -- not last!

It was a pretty uneventful race. I picked up a couple spots early on to drivers that crashed, and spent a fair part of the race chasing the P10 car until the drivers I'd passed caught up and retook their places. I ran a 7RM-7RM-8RM strategy. Finished in P13 -- not last! -- for 93 points.

On to Road Atlanta. Can I get not last again? We'll see.

 

[Interemptor]

Did a small test at Road Atlanta with the Huracan and it doesn't fill me with optimism. Ran with the softs and got a 1:18.3xx after 8 laps. Optimals were a little below 1:18 but the car is, again, all over the place under braking.

The first round at Dragon Trail was totally fine but on TM and RA it's really unpleasent to drive. Nothing changed and I don't know what's going on here 🤔

 

[Moonpotter]

Did a small test at Road Atlanta with the Huracan and it doesn't fill me with optimism. Ran with the softs and got a 1:18.3xx after 8 laps. Optimals were a little below 1:18 but the car is, again, all over the place under braking.

The first round at Dragon Trail was totally fine but on TM and RA it's really unpleasent to drive. Nothing changed and I don't know what's going on here 🤔

Same here with the Audi, all over the place and I am not even talking about the curbs...

 

[stpatty]

This is a few clips from my second race yesterday. I'm curious to see what other people think of the initial contact in the tunnel. When it happened I thought he had slid out then overcompensated and tried to cut me off as I went up the inside, but watching it back from the replay and from both our perspectives I got less sure each time.



The rest of the clip is just the general shambles that followed. If anyone has any suggestions for how to manage the pit lane exit when there are other cars I'd love to hear that too.

 

[peniu]

This is a few clips from my second race yesterday. I'm curious to see what other people think of the initial contact in the tunnel. When it happened I thought he had slid out then overcompensated and tried to cut me off as I went up the inside, but watching it back from the replay and from both our perspectives I got less sure each time.



The rest of the clip is just the general shambles that followed. If anyone has any suggestions for how to manage the pit lane exit when there are other cars I'd love to hear that too.

I think it is on you. You are coming in hot and pushing him off his line in the middle of a corner, by hitting back part of his car. You also had plenty of track left to your left at the inside when contact is made if you really wanted to go for it (but you would not make it stick most likely as you would need to brake without using the opponent then).

 

[Zorz]

This is a few clips from my second race yesterday. I'm curious to see what other people think of the initial contact in the tunnel. When it happened I thought he had slid out then overcompensated and tried to cut me off as I went up the inside, but watching it back from the replay and from both our perspectives I got less sure each time.



The rest of the clip is just the general shambles that followed. If anyone has any suggestions for how to manage the pit lane exit when there are other cars I'd love to hear that too.

My opinion: the initial contact was a combination of the Ford taking a slightly unusual line and you braking quite late. Maybe I'm more conservative than most, but I dab the brakes as I'm entering that mini tunnel to try get the car settled early so I can hug the left wall as tight as possible on the left-hander. You were about a car's length in by the time you started and I think that took away your ability to compensate without braking a lot harder than you usually would. The space was there, but it looked like the car wasn't going to turn in to use it.

The second contact at the end of the straight looked a little retaliatory. At the absolute best, it was very sloppy on the Ford's part considering he was under heavy slipstream.

As for the pit exit, ouch. You really had a rough back and forth with that Ford. It's an absolutely awful pit exit, but I think you made it worse for yourself by staying left and approaching the apex for turn 1 at such a shallow angle. I managed to handle it by watching the track map during the pit stop and then monitoring the zoomed out radar like a hawk whilst hugging the pit exit line to move right. I figure if you're moving across towards the racing line and leave a car's width, you help take away the ambiguity on where the lines will converge if there is another car there approaching at speed.

Here's how me and a Porsche handled the pit exit with a Renault approaching, and here's from the other perspective with a Mercedes rejoining. Neither is quite as tightly timed as with you and the Ford, but they do show how all 3 of us move right ASAP. Less so with the Mercedes, but he entered turn 1 at a wider angle.