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I can’t wait for all the penalties and crashes that the NSX drivers will have.
I’m zigging while everyone else zags and running the DBR9.
I’m zigging while everyone else zags and running the DBR9.
Gran Turismo World Series (Nations Cup Exhibition Season: Jan 22 - Feb 1)
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As long as they aren't taking you out when their back end comes loose and they t-bone into you @ 160mph on the high bank.
- 2,794
- New Plymouth
Just ran a slot in GT2 down here in the test lab region. And due to my DR I was basically in a split with animals. Took out the Vette (don't bother) and got close at the start but a pack of NSX and Castrol Supras just dropped me. I was just at 0.220 and started falling back.
Then a troll took out a few people to prevent being passed and broke up the field. Top 3 gap it. I catch a friend and we bump draft back up to catch p4, who was the cause of the first big wreck. He then promptly pit maneuvers my friend in front as we try to pass. I manage to keep it going and decide to cautiously try it around the outside on the straight. Nope, he swerves over to shove me into the wall, but I was ready and saved it and stayed on his bumper the next few laps.
Until lap 15 when I get a good run onto the back straight, duck inside the yellow and take him out. Yes I got penalized. Yes it was dirty but he ruined the race for at least 4 of the 10 drivers in the lobby. He didn't deserve a clean reply.
Hope your races are better and more fun. And don't take the Vette
Then a troll took out a few people to prevent being passed and broke up the field. Top 3 gap it. I catch a friend and we bump draft back up to catch p4, who was the cause of the first big wreck. He then promptly pit maneuvers my friend in front as we try to pass. I manage to keep it going and decide to cautiously try it around the outside on the straight. Nope, he swerves over to shove me into the wall, but I was ready and saved it and stayed on his bumper the next few laps.
Until lap 15 when I get a good run onto the back straight, duck inside the yellow and take him out. Yes I got penalized. Yes it was dirty but he ruined the race for at least 4 of the 10 drivers in the lobby. He didn't deserve a clean reply.
Hope your races are better and more fun. And don't take the Vette
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- MetalApeRacer
Looks like I'm going to be 007 for todays race, here's an A+ Daytona stream from Omega. Don't drive the Mustang!
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The DBR9 has the lowest rpm at top speed out of the remaining cars, so I went with that. In custom race with no wind I can make the fuel last the whole race just with minimal fuel saving, but in the race with wind and having to keep up with the pack the fuel consumption is much higher. I still tried to no stop but it's just too slow in the end.
The winner is the only other guy in the DBR9 but he pitted like everyone else. He managed to bump draft his way to the front early on and stay there. After the pits he was wayyyy out in front (much shorter refuelling remember). Normally he would drop because he has no one to draft with, but luckily for him there was a NSX in last place that's just in the right place. They both traded slipstreams (you're ghosted when you're a lap down) and managed to stay ahead of the chasing pack just enough until 3 laps before the end. A few cars ran out of fuel, others crashed on the last lap jostle, and he got the win.
So in summary:
Good luck! It's pretty fun if you have a group of clean drivers but not replay worthy IMO. No doubt the standings this season are gonna be all over the place thanks to the 2 final races
The winner is the only other guy in the DBR9 but he pitted like everyone else. He managed to bump draft his way to the front early on and stay there. After the pits he was wayyyy out in front (much shorter refuelling remember). Normally he would drop because he has no one to draft with, but luckily for him there was a NSX in last place that's just in the right place. They both traded slipstreams (you're ghosted when you're a lap down) and managed to stay ahead of the chasing pack just enough until 3 laps before the end. A few cars ran out of fuel, others crashed on the last lap jostle, and he got the win.
So in summary:
- The DBR9 is best on fuel but unless you have a drafting partner in the second half you're gonna get caught up anyway and your advantage nullified
- In my testing the GT-R '18 has a comparable top speed but slightly better than NSX on fuel, but I don't know how it will be in the race with draft
- NSX is better than Supra on fuel, but twitchy when bump drafting
- Supra is more stable than NSX but worst fuel consumption
- Slipstream is off in quali so find an empty piece of track so you don't get bothered
- Bump draft, work together to reach the front of the pack early and avoid crashes
- Don't attempt a no stop
- Don't bother with tyre change, even fully worn there's no issue unless you do something stupid on the banking
Good luck! It's pretty fun if you have a group of clean drivers but not replay worthy IMO. No doubt the standings this season are gonna be all over the place thanks to the 2 final races
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Slot 1 Oceania, top split. 2 of us in the DBR9, A Mustang, a 4C, an 18 GTR and a Peugeot VGT?!?. The rest of the field were NSXs and SupraGT500s.
Q7, but the DBR9 is a rocket off the line. Was p5 by the time we hit cruising speed.
The race itself was pretty good for the most part. The Mustang and Peugeot dropped off the back early, but all the rest of us remained in trains together until the pit stops. Unfortunately a lag spike gave me front spoiler damage on the lap I pitted and I lost the tow from the front 4, so I pitted all alone.
The Aston needs a splash of fuel, the Supra a bit more and the NSX is thirsty. Exiting the other DBR9 was p1, a Supra was 3 seconds ahead and then I had a train of NSXs and Supras about 3 seconds behind.
Within a few laps the train behind caught up and by lap 26 we were one leading group of 9 again.
On lap 28 all hell broke loose in the pack. One well known aggressor took out a Supra by sticking his nose inside and pit maneuvering it. It hit the wall and spun.
He then did the same to me, but I saved it while the NSX behind me got caught in the collateral damage and spun. I had lost the slip though and was p7 and losing ground.
Then on lap 29 he did the same thing again to another NSX which spun into the wall.
Finally, on lap 30, the NSX in p4 ran out of fuel and I passed him on the long straight and brought it home in p5. The other DBR9 won.
Our aggressive friend in the Supra finished p2.
216 points will bump me up the Oceania standings to around p15 I expect.
Q7, but the DBR9 is a rocket off the line. Was p5 by the time we hit cruising speed.
The race itself was pretty good for the most part. The Mustang and Peugeot dropped off the back early, but all the rest of us remained in trains together until the pit stops. Unfortunately a lag spike gave me front spoiler damage on the lap I pitted and I lost the tow from the front 4, so I pitted all alone.
The Aston needs a splash of fuel, the Supra a bit more and the NSX is thirsty. Exiting the other DBR9 was p1, a Supra was 3 seconds ahead and then I had a train of NSXs and Supras about 3 seconds behind.
Within a few laps the train behind caught up and by lap 26 we were one leading group of 9 again.
On lap 28 all hell broke loose in the pack. One well known aggressor took out a Supra by sticking his nose inside and pit maneuvering it. It hit the wall and spun.
He then did the same to me, but I saved it while the NSX behind me got caught in the collateral damage and spun. I had lost the slip though and was p7 and losing ground.
Then on lap 29 he did the same thing again to another NSX which spun into the wall.
Finally, on lap 30, the NSX in p4 ran out of fuel and I passed him on the long straight and brought it home in p5. The other DBR9 won.
Our aggressive friend in the Supra finished p2.
216 points will bump me up the Oceania standings to around p15 I expect.
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EMEA, GT2, slot 1. I was in the BRZ, the lobby was 14 NSXs/'97 Supras plus me and someone in the newer Ford GT.
Qualified P11, then immediately dropped to P12 - anyone who's driven a BRZ at the start of the race will know how that goes. The inevitable big crash happened on the first banking on lap 3, and I was in a lead pack of 8 that broke away after that. From that point, there was a few laps of jostling for position, before on lap 10 I went to the outside at the second banking and dropped to the back of the group. Then on lap 13 a second big crash happened, with one person dropping out and two others getting big penalties, promoting me to P5, about nine tenths off the win at the end. Fuel was tight, I got the pit-now warning for 0.something laps left as I crossed the line.
100 points in the bag, glad I don't have to do that roulette again. Online races that are just constant bump-drafting are not fun to me.
Qualified P11, then immediately dropped to P12 - anyone who's driven a BRZ at the start of the race will know how that goes. The inevitable big crash happened on the first banking on lap 3, and I was in a lead pack of 8 that broke away after that. From that point, there was a few laps of jostling for position, before on lap 10 I went to the outside at the second banking and dropped to the back of the group. Then on lap 13 a second big crash happened, with one person dropping out and two others getting big penalties, promoting me to P5, about nine tenths off the win at the end. Fuel was tight, I got the pit-now warning for 0.something laps left as I crossed the line.
100 points in the bag, glad I don't have to do that roulette again. Online races that are just constant bump-drafting are not fun to me.
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- New Plymouth
Ran another slot and grabbed the NSX death wedge. Qualified p8 of 11, but only 0.072 off pole. Big pack joined up at the start, then the problems develop. At least this time it wasn't dirty driving, people just couldn't hold a line and some were semi swerve blocking, but nothing truly malicious. Ended with a few wrecks and penalties dropping it to a lead pack of 6.
Lap 10 or 11 I drop below the yellow by accident somehow mid turn, like the car just caught, and get my 0.5 penalty so I lose the lead pack grumbling. But sure enough two people wiggle too much and wreck, I drag home for another p4. This time just my 1 big error and several laps trying to pick a lane behind people swerving all over. I'll take it. Rather this than the filth from the first try.
Lap 10 or 11 I drop below the yellow by accident somehow mid turn, like the car just caught, and get my 0.5 penalty so I lose the lead pack grumbling. But sure enough two people wiggle too much and wreck, I drag home for another p4. This time just my 1 big error and several laps trying to pick a lane behind people swerving all over. I'll take it. Rather this than the filth from the first try.
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- jdeviant1983
Qualified 9th, finished 6th.
Was running top 3 until the last lap where one of them decided to push my left rear and force me sideways and into the chasing pack.
Not going to do it again, don't really have the time today.
I do enjoy some oval racing but this isn't really it, although it's still better than Ignition!
Enjoy yourselves out there.
Was running top 3 until the last lap where one of them decided to push my left rear and force me sideways and into the chasing pack.
Not going to do it again, don't really have the time today.
I do enjoy some oval racing but this isn't really it, although it's still better than Ignition!
Enjoy yourselves out there.
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My GT2 experience (low B/S driver), qualified 10th (last) in the DBR9 about 1/2 a second of the leaders. Mainly Supra's and NSX's with 2 Ford GT Spec cars. By end of lap 1 was behind the leader in a Supra and I bump-drafted him to the finish line. A couple of NSX's also were astern of me and also joined in the taps although there was never any attempt to overtake as we rode close to the yellow line all the way. No stops by anyone - fuel for GT2 is plenty. Although I did not win, I did get the fastest lap by about .08 second's so that was a win for me.
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- United States
Didn't have much interest in this combo at all, but I did a slot on my A.O. region last night as I need money and [hopefully] DR on that relatively new account, and had only done one Nations event to this point.
It was about as boring as I expected it to be. I didn't do any practice so I just jumped in the Supra. Ended up qualifying on pole. And, from the start of the race until 14.5 laps later it was just go straight, turn left, go straight, turn left. Some were willing to work as a team but some not so much and were trying to pass. They would eventually fall back and/or spin via contact.
There was one guy working with me and we drove away. He was bump drafting up until the last turn of the last lap and he went to the outside in an attempt to pass... as to be expected at that point. Holding the inside line I was poised to win it by half a car but he turned into me pushing me over the yellow lines. I finished ahead but immediately got a one second penalty demoting me to P2. Another joke of a pen from PD where I got pushed wide and I get the pen. I am about 90% sure he did it on purpose but whatever.
Hoping those points are enough to bump me up a few places in the standings and should be worth a few million bucks.
It was about as boring as I expected it to be. I didn't do any practice so I just jumped in the Supra. Ended up qualifying on pole. And, from the start of the race until 14.5 laps later it was just go straight, turn left, go straight, turn left. Some were willing to work as a team but some not so much and were trying to pass. They would eventually fall back and/or spin via contact.
There was one guy working with me and we drove away. He was bump drafting up until the last turn of the last lap and he went to the outside in an attempt to pass... as to be expected at that point. Holding the inside line I was poised to win it by half a car but he turned into me pushing me over the yellow lines. I finished ahead but immediately got a one second penalty demoting me to P2. Another joke of a pen from PD where I got pushed wide and I get the pen. I am about 90% sure he did it on purpose but whatever.
Hoping those points are enough to bump me up a few places in the standings and should be worth a few million bucks.
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GT2 B , tried it twice - first race ended in P12 and second race in P9 - i could have been 3rd but because of certain donkey pushed me out of my line and got 1sec penalty in the end ... eh whatever its over xD
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I just watched the Kie's stream. All DB9's....all fuel saving and no stopped. He took first with a 25:28 race time. Any ideas on race times for people who didn't fuel save and pitted?
Found another stream where folks pitted (it was a lower lobby, Kie's was top split or close to it by the looks of it) and the race time was 25:32. A different stream, fuel saving the race was 25:29
Found another stream where folks pitted (it was a lower lobby, Kie's was top split or close to it by the looks of it) and the race time was 25:32. A different stream, fuel saving the race was 25:29
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This will be probably my last GT7 video ever, since it's time for me to priotirize other games, so I really wanna end on a high note 
I will not spoiled anything, so enjoy, like I said, my last competitive race in GT7
I will not spoiled anything, so enjoy, like I said, my last competitive race in GT7
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IS THAT A SUPRA???
so I got on my wheel for pre-quali warmups to loosen up my back/leg, couldn't do it due to pain levels, had to take off the headset and get out of chair
considered waiting it out and seeing if i felt better later but decided to give it a shot on controller, qualified P1, bump drafted to P1 and never lost the lead. why did i P1 both oval races with a burning hatred for oval races?
was basically bump drafting from the jump and at some point p3/4+ wrecked while fighting. me (Supra) and p2 (NSX) gapped the field by almost 10 seconds with the power of friendship.
so I got on my wheel for pre-quali warmups to loosen up my back/leg, couldn't do it due to pain levels, had to take off the headset and get out of chair
considered waiting it out and seeing if i felt better later but decided to give it a shot on controller, qualified P1, bump drafted to P1 and never lost the lead. why did i P1 both oval races with a burning hatred for oval races?
was basically bump drafting from the jump and at some point p3/4+ wrecked while fighting. me (Supra) and p2 (NSX) gapped the field by almost 10 seconds with the power of friendship.
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- GTP_Eggstor
The Corvette is useless. Even though I qualified 8th in my C/S room, and got 2 spots early because of rough driving ahead of me, I lost touch with the lead pack on the 6th lap when I decided to let the 3 cars behind me go by in turn 1 rather than costing all 4 of us the race. After that, I was left all alone in 9th, losing time to that 8-car pack and a steady 4 seconds ahead of 10th for much of the race.
I would have had 7th had I not been victimized by the second of 2 yellow flags on lap 13 - I was about to pass the first victim when the second yellow came out, allowing the pack that had been holding station 4 seconds behind me going into that second yellow to all get by. Fortunately, I still had enough momentum to pass the second victim, one of the trailing pack made a pass under that second yellow (the only yellow for them), somebody was a victim of rough driving ahead of me at the end of lap 14, and somebody inexplicably went high in turn 3 on the last lap.
My inner Dale Earnhardt Sr. kicked in on the last run to the finish line, and I tried to side-draft the car in 8th place (in NASCAR, that is packing air into the rear wheel well of the car ahead, which slows down the car). We had the slightest of touches, and he held on by 0.010 seconds.
I'll take the net plus-10 points and run. It should keep me silver in my local/national/regional areas, and might get me up to silver in my state.
I would have had 7th had I not been victimized by the second of 2 yellow flags on lap 13 - I was about to pass the first victim when the second yellow came out, allowing the pack that had been holding station 4 seconds behind me going into that second yellow to all get by. Fortunately, I still had enough momentum to pass the second victim, one of the trailing pack made a pass under that second yellow (the only yellow for them), somebody was a victim of rough driving ahead of me at the end of lap 14, and somebody inexplicably went high in turn 3 on the last lap.
My inner Dale Earnhardt Sr. kicked in on the last run to the finish line, and I tried to side-draft the car in 8th place (in NASCAR, that is packing air into the rear wheel well of the car ahead, which slows down the car). We had the slightest of touches, and he held on by 0.010 seconds.
I'll take the net plus-10 points and run. It should keep me silver in my local/national/regional areas, and might get me up to silver in my state.
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This image sums up the race in GT3.
Me (Supra) and guy bump drafting me (NSX). Two NSXs wrecking each other and taking one of the Supras with them. The last Supra loses our draft and falls back. Then waaaay in the back, everyone who chose different cars.
Me (Supra) and guy bump drafting me (NSX). Two NSXs wrecking each other and taking one of the Supras with them. The last Supra loses our draft and falls back. Then waaaay in the back, everyone who chose different cars.
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- Hasnain282
It's amazing how many people aren't able to hold a line
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- MetalApeRacer
I stumbled across the fuel saving no stopper strategy. 4pm GT1 race, I was one of 6 Aston Martins lined up at the back of the grid.
We all seemed happy to settle down in line at the back and bide our team, I was 5th out of us 6 Astons. Three spinners and one penalty dropped four cars off the pack in the early laps. I was doing a little bit of fuel saving, just lifting in the draft, before I twigged I should be taking it a bit more seriously, this could well be a competition to which of us Astons had the quickest stop to get back out in the lead.
After a few laps I started experimenting with turning the mix down, after almost losing the draft I settled down varying between and 2 and 3. One Aston pitted along with the rest, 5 of us kept going. Now the pack started slowing, I got the mix down to 4 in the draft, plus some lifting. Lap times down to mid 52s, watching the fuel laps left head towards the required target I started to realise a non-stopper was possible now.
It looked like it was going to be an Aston shoot out in the last few laps, down to had the most fuel to burn, and used it wisely. Two laps to go I figured it was time to turn the wick up, got alongside the leader, and spent a lap side by side for first. Then the rest seemed to turn their wick back up and the inside line pulled ahead, I ened up slotting back into 4th in line.
Final turn, 2nd tags 3rd into a spin, I clip the spinning car and lose a little momentum, but that's all. Was briefly 3rd, but the lost momentum dropped me to 4th. 5s Penalty for 2nd for spinning a car out, so I was upto 3rd in the final standings for my best points haul of the season.
Winning race time was 25:33.875, a pair of NSX's were only 2.285 & 2.418 back at the end. Which surprised me, as during the race I hadn't realised we were slow enough for anyone to almost catch up.
We all seemed happy to settle down in line at the back and bide our team, I was 5th out of us 6 Astons. Three spinners and one penalty dropped four cars off the pack in the early laps. I was doing a little bit of fuel saving, just lifting in the draft, before I twigged I should be taking it a bit more seriously, this could well be a competition to which of us Astons had the quickest stop to get back out in the lead.
After a few laps I started experimenting with turning the mix down, after almost losing the draft I settled down varying between and 2 and 3. One Aston pitted along with the rest, 5 of us kept going. Now the pack started slowing, I got the mix down to 4 in the draft, plus some lifting. Lap times down to mid 52s, watching the fuel laps left head towards the required target I started to realise a non-stopper was possible now.
It looked like it was going to be an Aston shoot out in the last few laps, down to had the most fuel to burn, and used it wisely. Two laps to go I figured it was time to turn the wick up, got alongside the leader, and spent a lap side by side for first. Then the rest seemed to turn their wick back up and the inside line pulled ahead, I ened up slotting back into 4th in line.
Final turn, 2nd tags 3rd into a spin, I clip the spinning car and lose a little momentum, but that's all. Was briefly 3rd, but the lost momentum dropped me to 4th. 5s Penalty for 2nd for spinning a car out, so I was upto 3rd in the final standings for my best points haul of the season.
Winning race time was 25:33.875, a pair of NSX's were only 2.285 & 2.418 back at the end. Which surprised me, as during the race I hadn't realised we were slow enough for anyone to almost catch up.
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- GlockPants
GT2 - B/S Lobby
Pretty uninteresting, overall. I decided to use the Supra GT500.
Q5, finish P5.
For the most part, it was a clean race. I don't think anyone intentionally tried to take some people out, but quite a few people had a hard time holding a steady line through the turns and the bump draft. I lost the lead group of 5 cars around lap 12 and wasn't able to catch back up even after a group behind started bump drafting me faster. One car from the group ahead served a penalty on the final lap and that allowed me to reclaim my spot. Couldn't hardly see the yellow line throughout the race.
I won't run again, I'm a mid B rating and the amount of points needed to get into more Gold categories is insurmountable. The lobbies I end up in just aren't worth enough points.
Good luck to anyone still to race!
Pretty uninteresting, overall. I decided to use the Supra GT500.
Q5, finish P5.
For the most part, it was a clean race. I don't think anyone intentionally tried to take some people out, but quite a few people had a hard time holding a steady line through the turns and the bump draft. I lost the lead group of 5 cars around lap 12 and wasn't able to catch back up even after a group behind started bump drafting me faster. One car from the group ahead served a penalty on the final lap and that allowed me to reclaim my spot. Couldn't hardly see the yellow line throughout the race.
I won't run again, I'm a mid B rating and the amount of points needed to get into more Gold categories is insurmountable. The lobbies I end up in just aren't worth enough points.
Good luck to anyone still to race!
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Used the NSX and qualified 4th in my GT2 race, finished 2nd,ho-hum,all done.
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- Pamuknai_K
I actually thought it was a fun race as i grew up with not only F1, Le Mans and DTM, but also NASCAR which was kinda uncommon for me as a European kid in the 2000's. I always have found the bump drafting strategies in stock car racing fascinating so i liked this race.
I mean i finished 10th ( GT1) but still. I was unaware of the DBR9 fuel save strat. Chose the NSX, with 2 other also driving the Honda and 3 others driving Supra's. The rest of the lobby were ALL DBR9's. Qualified 2nd, stayed there for over 17 laps, but all the DBR9's didn't pit so i was left 9 positions down. I don't really mind, i had only done 2 rounds this Nations League so this was guaranteed points that i needed anyways.
Time for some sentimental words.
I want to thank everyone for all the tips and strategies this Nations and Manufacturers Cup. Even though i was aware of GTP's existence back in the GT5 days (mind you i was around 10 back then lol) i only joined earlier this year as i bought GT7 in late March. But this community is absolutely fantastic. Every single one of you guys (or gals) are fantastic and i truly feel at home here. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you fellow GTP members <3.
Onto the next season!
I mean i finished 10th ( GT1) but still. I was unaware of the DBR9 fuel save strat. Chose the NSX, with 2 other also driving the Honda and 3 others driving Supra's. The rest of the lobby were ALL DBR9's. Qualified 2nd, stayed there for over 17 laps, but all the DBR9's didn't pit so i was left 9 positions down. I don't really mind, i had only done 2 rounds this Nations League so this was guaranteed points that i needed anyways.
Time for some sentimental words.
I want to thank everyone for all the tips and strategies this Nations and Manufacturers Cup. Even though i was aware of GTP's existence back in the GT5 days (mind you i was around 10 back then lol) i only joined earlier this year as i bought GT7 in late March. But this community is absolutely fantastic. Every single one of you guys (or gals) are fantastic and i truly feel at home here. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you fellow GTP members
<3.Onto the next season!
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GT2, B/S lobby. Nsx.
Q12, I don't know how I could I have done any better.
After I become colleteral damage of an accident I end up 14 out reach of the pack...
Then I catch up a "gtp_" user name, prob. a guy from here. I bump draft until the end to finish 9th.
At some point, after we passed a Corvette, the Corvette manage to erratically steal my spot behind my gtp friend. That gtp_ friend then purposely change lane to give me the draft, Awesome Thanks ! 79 pts in book. Done
Q12, I don't know how I could I have done any better.
After I become colleteral damage of an accident I end up 14 out reach of the pack...
Then I catch up a "gtp_" user name, prob. a guy from here. I bump draft until the end to finish 9th.
At some point, after we passed a Corvette, the Corvette manage to erratically steal my spot behind my gtp friend. That gtp_ friend then purposely change lane to give me the draft, Awesome Thanks ! 79 pts in book. Done
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After a quick glance on here I went Aston as it had some positive reviews and it's British of course. However it wasn't the best choice in GT2 perhaps. There was one Supra and a McLaren F1, otherwise it was all NSX's.
Qualified P16 as the top end just wasn't as good as the others.
Jumped 2 Honda's off the klaxon and gradually hauled myself towards the gaggle ahead. A couple of cars spun out. On lap 4 the immidate cars were struggling with an idiot who was pitting anyone who dared to try and go past. In the chaos I had to make my move and predictably I was hit. Thankfully I didn't go round and held the slide. This caused me to go under the track. As I came on I took aim at the car there. If I misjudged which car it was then apologies as I completely bounced them into the wall and they quit.
This got me 4 seconds. Somehow I still wasn't last and over the next few laps I passed a couple of spinners and worked with a German who I bump drafted. We closed on an Italian who had spun and went either side of them. This gave the German a 1.5 second penalty as they went under the line. The Italian got back passed me but wobbled on the bottom of the incline and span. However I caught back up to their ghost the next lap so they had a great time. I used this to safely utilise the slip stream to try and close on the F1 ahead. The German was able to monster something as they caught back up in no time. However they aggressively pushed past me half over the yellow line. So much for working together. I wasn't stupid and continued to bump them which meant we did catch the F1. We had a two lap battle and going into the last corner we were 3 abreast. The Honda had the better speed and they forced their way inbetween me and the F1. I held my line and they pitted themselves as they were too aggressive. Round they went and I claimed P10. Not enough to beat my lowest counted score but I wasn't going to go again.
Qualified P16 as the top end just wasn't as good as the others.
Jumped 2 Honda's off the klaxon and gradually hauled myself towards the gaggle ahead. A couple of cars spun out. On lap 4 the immidate cars were struggling with an idiot who was pitting anyone who dared to try and go past. In the chaos I had to make my move and predictably I was hit. Thankfully I didn't go round and held the slide. This caused me to go under the track. As I came on I took aim at the car there. If I misjudged which car it was then apologies as I completely bounced them into the wall and they quit.
This got me 4 seconds. Somehow I still wasn't last and over the next few laps I passed a couple of spinners and worked with a German who I bump drafted. We closed on an Italian who had spun and went either side of them. This gave the German a 1.5 second penalty as they went under the line. The Italian got back passed me but wobbled on the bottom of the incline and span. However I caught back up to their ghost the next lap so they had a great time. I used this to safely utilise the slip stream to try and close on the F1 ahead. The German was able to monster something as they caught back up in no time. However they aggressively pushed past me half over the yellow line. So much for working together. I wasn't stupid and continued to bump them which meant we did catch the F1. We had a two lap battle and going into the last corner we were 3 abreast. The Honda had the better speed and they forced their way inbetween me and the F1. I held my line and they pitted themselves as they were too aggressive. Round they went and I claimed P10. Not enough to beat my lowest counted score but I wasn't going to go again.
- 558
- New Jersey
- AMS_Windfire
North America top split.
- 717
- NJ/FL
- SPL170db
Started next to last, moved up to 3rd by the end.
It was a mixed bag ....1/2 the field were A.M. (myself included) running the no stopper. The rest of the field were split between NSXs and Supras.....and 1 Lambo and 1 Peugeot. 2 of the Supras that ran away at the start caught up to us after the pit stop and were fighting for the win at the end. With one of the Supras taking it. I still had 0.7 of a lap of fuel left at the end so I guess I fuel saved a little too much. Oh well....another season done
EDIT: Went back for some more in the final slot since I didn't get enough points in that first race to best my lowest points finish. Q'd lousy again in 11th. This time the Aston's worked together a tad bit better. It was a bit less nerve racking and a ground of us pulled away after the leaders ducked into the pits. Made a last lap move to pip the guy in 2nd place just before the line. The guy who made it out in front of the lead train was basically just pushed along right to finish in 1st without much of a challenge, but I blame us behind for not creating a 2nd train to push past.....but I was pleased to finish 2nd in the end.
It was a mixed bag ....1/2 the field were A.M. (myself included) running the no stopper. The rest of the field were split between NSXs and Supras.....and 1 Lambo and 1 Peugeot. 2 of the Supras that ran away at the start caught up to us after the pit stop and were fighting for the win at the end. With one of the Supras taking it. I still had 0.7 of a lap of fuel left at the end so I guess I fuel saved a little too much. Oh well....another season done
EDIT: Went back for some more in the final slot since I didn't get enough points in that first race to best my lowest points finish. Q'd lousy again in 11th. This time the Aston's worked together a tad bit better. It was a bit less nerve racking and a ground of us pulled away after the leaders ducked into the pits. Made a last lap move to pip the guy in 2nd place just before the line. The guy who made it out in front of the lead train was basically just pushed along right to finish in 1st without much of a challenge, but I blame us behind for not creating a 2nd train to push past.....but I was pleased to finish 2nd in the end.
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