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

[Spider-Racer]

This combo was by far the most fun of the season for me. I jumped in slot 1 in Americas having done about 20 laps of free practice during the week, but I was confident that the 650s would be excellent in the wet, which is probably it's one strength at the moment.

12pm slot: not bad, not great. Very forgettable mid pack race not worth commenting on.

2pm slot: another forgettable race. The nice part of it was being in the same lobby as @Geauxgreddy but unfortunately didn't see much of him.

3pm slot: decided to race last minute and I'm glad I did! This time with my pal @GTWolverine too. My qualifying was a little better, but in the first half of the race I was overtaken by three cars in total. I was easily cleared by them on the main straight and didn't put up a fight because it would just have cost me time.
At some point I think I was P7 or so. Then cars ahead started having issues LMAO. One spun in the chicane, the other touched the wet line and understeered out of the track into the last corner...another died in sector 3 and eventually I found myself P4 going into the last lap of the race.
I could tell I was faster than the Lancer about 1.4s ahead in P3, but had no hope of catching and overtaking it....then I saw him struggling a lot and getting TWO track limit penalties. Those allowed me to snatch a podium on the run to the checkered flag. P3 for 294 points, which felt great.

Finished this honestly terrible season (combo wise) in P3 for McLaren and 47th in the regional rankings. Happy with that as some very fast drivers went with Macca this time around.
See you next season...I'm waiting for the next patch before deciding to stick with McLaren or try something else that is more competitive over a hopefully longer season.

 

[Force-Feedback]

Manufacturers 2023 Exhib Season 2

Round [3/3]

Nissan GTR '13 being the only decent choice to be competitive here, I ended up receiving my Fanatec GT DD PRO wheel and started practicing this combo in the TT straight away to get the new muscle memory dialed in. (I'll also have to change the logitech sponsor out on my cars!)

--Qualifying: As a lot of people tested in the TT, it was possible to use hards right at the end of qualifying however in the real event qualifying, it turned out to generally be better to stay on intermediates and once again I got pole position.

Just to add, as I slowly increase my A rank, it's getting closer and harder to keep this streak going. This combination wasn't in my favour against the Porsche yet I guess that's more prominent at the higher levels. Here's how close the qualifying was in the end:

--Race:

One 'strategy' to play here - when to pit. The original 'safe bet' lap was to box at the end of lap 5, but lap 4 would gain time providing you didn't get too messy on the outlap.

I managed to keep in front for half a lap with everyone hot on my heels to this point, but with a great exit to the hairpin at turn 6/7, managed to get a small gap open up down to turn 10:

Half a second gap meant I had a good chance to focus on getting a good line here in the section I hated the most. I found that by being patient and cutting the corner as much as possible meant nearly half a second potentially gained coming out of these few corners. The other bonus for myself is that the driver behind broke too late and 3rd and 4th would look up the inside, that means they'll be fighting and a golden opportunity to run away from the pack: (look at the radar)

The result 8 seconds later: (0.3 to 1.5 second gap!)

A good exit out of the final corner, with a gap of 1.6 seconds meant my golden opportunity was successful! I had broken the tow to the pack who would fight for the next few laps.

Nearly 6 seconds was the gap to 2nd by the time i pitted at the end of lap 4:

Not much else happens other than to just run my race and try to keep a large gap to second in case I made a mistake somewhere. Taking a "comfortable" win once again: (also got 163k+ credits for the effort)

I know winning like this is not going to last by any means, and I'm starting to think ahead on how to improve.

Most of my races don't involve much battling, so when the competition gets tougher I may be letting myself down on the race-craft aspect and can jeopardise not only my own races, but could make mistakes and ruin other's as well! So that's what I'll be working on for future races, better to have the 'tools' and not need them right?

 

[Roggers]

Just to add, as I slowly increase my A rank, it's getting closer and harder to keep this streak going. This combination wasn't in my favour against the Porsche yet I guess that's more prominent at the higher levels. Here's how close the qualifying was in the end:

I know winning like this is not going to last by any means, and I'm starting to think ahead on how to improve.

Nice one on the win 👍🏻

I feel like I'm at the same point in the game as you. During the proper GTWS over the summer I was having really good results, a few P1s but mostly P2 & P3.
This season in the exhibition series I've not done as well. I'm not sure if it's the combos, the switch to a new manufacture (non meta) or I've hit that wall off talent. I feel like itsainly the later but also a combo of all 3, as on daily races I do get ok results.

 

[Talon16]

Manufacturers 2023 Exhib Season 2

Round [3/3]

Nissan GTR '13 being the only decent choice to be competitive here, I ended up receiving my Fanatec GT DD PRO wheel and started practicing this combo in the TT straight away to get the new muscle memory dialed in. (I'll also have to change the logitech sponsor out on my cars!)

/snip

Might I ask what you had before the DD Pro (although your comment on the Logi decals makes me assume G29) and what your thoughts are going from the [pesumed] G29 to DD Pro?

 

[Force-Feedback]

Nice one on the win 👍🏻

I feel like I'm at the same point in the game as you. During the proper GTWS over the summer I was having really good results, a few P1s but mostly P2 & P3.
This season in the exhibition series I've not done as well. I'm not sure if it's the combos, the switch to a new manufacture (non meta) or I've hit that wall off talent. I feel like it's mainly the latter but also a combo of all 3, as on daily races I do get ok results.

Thanks Stu!

I think the combo is a case of practicing where to get the best pace of the car on each track, the meta cars only have the time per lap advantage if the driver can make use of said 'advantage' that a car has on a particular track that can't be exploited by other cars and the talent wall is merely that awkward push to go beyond the comfortable limits as well as having a new technique to learn.

My mental struggle would be to finally lose more races to make winning not matter, then i'll enjoy these events a bit more with less stress! 😂 Silly thing to have but I feel that it will be a great experience moving forward for growth. My first proper racing online here was back in august or so on a daily race at Nur GP (gr3 - I went with the Nissan GTR GT500 '99) and found that the first round of this exhib series I was already a second quicker in the same car, and even quicker with the 'meta' car!

With the DD Pro, I have more control on braking and accelerating so will be working on getting good muscle memory there to trail brake better and gain more pace.

Might I ask what you had before the DD Pro (although your comment on the Logi decals makes me assume G29) and what your thoughts are going from the [presumed] G29 to DD Pro?

So, yea, a 4 year old g29 with it's FFB pretty much numbed out. It was there but was really weak despite turning the settings up.

Pedals:
As mentioned above, there will be more 'control range' in the pedals so you'll be able to have finer inputs in the throttle and brake. The load cell pedal is more like a pressure plate rather than a moveable pedal but once you get used to it, the range of braking is more sensitive and finer in a good way.

Wheel:
The force feedback is standard wheel settings and gone down to 4/1 in GT7 settings because any more and I feel that fatigue would've been an unnecessary factor in this Fuji race. I'll probably increase it over time or tweak things here or there but for now being able to at least respond to slips and slides helped especially being in the wet.

The direct drive is very smooth, no rubber belt feeling in the steering whatsoever, I'm still using my desk because I don't have room for a frame or seat and the table clamp means the wheel comes out a lot further from the desk than before.

Using this vs G29:
The initial thing is to change my muscle memory for the buttons on the wheel, when I would go to pause, I'd hit the PS button whereas pause is on the upper right part of the dd pro wheel. I kind of miss the little wheel from the g29 but with some button mapping, the same stuff is now on the coloured sticks by pressing them in.

In comparison, the g29 is just a plug and play item but the Fanatec feels more involved, setting it up you realise you've got a proper bit of kit with lots of adjustment options like pedal height and FFB customisation. The price is down to your own justification of course!

It's a bit like going from controller to wheel, you'll have the adjustment period then you'll be able to go quicker thanks to the extra input control you have, this wheel will be the same for myself I feel and a worthy replacement!

The new Logitech DD wheel may be worth a look as well and it's honestly each to their own for what they want and what their budget is.

 

[OJBrit]

Results.
Nations. A below average season for me here. Combos weren't the best for me and I missed round 3 with being a little late home and a lack of interest in the remaining slots.

Hopefully the season proper will have some good combos.

Manu

A little better here. My 2nd place at St. Croix getting me up the leaderboard. So hard to do anything in such a short season. At least I learnt the Lambo is a lot calmer than it used to be.

Next season I will forgo tradition of randomising the manu. In honour of my new car I will be going VW.

 

[Fezzik]

To save a lot of frustration and annoyance, I’m only going to do the Gr.3 races for the proper season. Getting used to the Citroen so may stick with that. Otherwise I could use my beloved Mustang or Z4.

Nations was a lot of fun for these 3 races, especially the Porsche at Trial Mountain.

 

[MCL1974]

Next season I will forgo tradition of randomising the manu. In honour of my new car I will be going VW.

Congrats on the new car! And in honour of my new car I will be going .... Lamborghini.


(but only because Kia isn't in the game.)

To save a lot of frustration and annoyance, I’m only going to do the Gr.3 races for the proper season. Getting used to the Citroen so may stick with that. Otherwise I could use my beloved Mustang or Z4.

I am only going to enter if it is a proper season of a decent length. But can recommend that Mustang, both in Gr3 and Gr4!

 

[GTWolverine]

My results from this "season":

I finished 2 spots higher nationally, but lost a spot overall compared to last season in Nation's.

Once again the Manufacturer's schedule was garbage, but at least I'm usually relatively quick at Fuji so I decided to participate. For the first time ever I signed with someone other than Chevy, but I still kept it close to home and went with Ford, as both the Gr.3 and Gr.4 Mustang seem significantly faster at almost every track when compared to the Corvettes at the current BoP, even if the Mustangs feel like more of a handful to drive.

 

[Fezzik]

But can recommend that Mustang, both in Gr3 and Gr4!

My only daily wins on the main account came with the Gr3 Stang. Don’t know why I haven’t used it in GTWS yet.

 

[xxPinkyKissxx]

Seems a bit silly posting this with only one race taken part in, but 4th in UK for Ferrari (7th in EMEA), with the 3 UK drivers in front of me not exactly amateurs

Just hope the next season is bit more of an actual season where a result in more than one race will actually count towards the total.

 

[OJBrit]

Congrats on the new car! And in honour of my new car I will be going .... Lamborghini.


(but only because Kia isn't in the game.)

I am only going to enter if it is a proper season of a decent length. But can recommend that Mustang, both in Gr3 and Gr4!

Lambo and Kia, two peas in a pod.

 

[MIE1992]

I wonder if this year will be when we go back to the FIAGTCs? Hopefully if we do, it'll mean a lot more than just branding. I also hope the World Tour events return, and more specifically, we get one in Manhattan again. I was actually able to attend one there some years ago, and got a GT Sport voucher for a free McLaren P1 GTR - plus a neat FIAGTC-themed license plate frame.

 

[Talon16]

So is there a timing pattern on when the next set of races will drop?

 

[Hasnain282]

So is there a timing pattern on when the next set of races will drop?

Exhibition Season 2 was announced 4 days after Season 1 ended previously and started a week after the announcement, though my guess for this time is that it'll all be announced after next week's update

 

[samppa_944]

Exhibition Season 2 was announced 4 days after Season 1 ended previously and started a week after the announcement, though my guess for this time is that it'll all be announced after next week's update

Yeah I think we may get one more exhibition season, before the actual season begins 🤔

 

[jimihemmy]

I wonder if this year will be when we go back to the FIAGTCs? Hopefully if we do, it'll mean a lot more than just branding. I also hope the World Tour events return, and more specifically, we get one in Manhattan again. I was actually able to attend one there some years ago, and got a GT Sport voucher for a free McLaren P1 GTR - plus a neat FIAGTC-themed license plate frame.

I was there too (3rd in line)! After I realized it was open to the public, I booked train tickets and spent the day in NYC (I love NYC!)
I bought a GT t-shirt.

Next time there is an event, maybe I will be more social and meet some of y'all IRL.

As for the next season, I cannot decide who to ride with. I love MB/AMG and have used them 95% of the time since GT Sport. The only others I have tried in GT7 (on alt account) is Porsche, Nissan, and Toyota. I like all 3 and can't see going with someone outside of that group.

 

[Roggers]

Exhibition Season 2 was announced 4 days after Season 1 ended previously and started a week after the announcement, though my guess for this time is that it'll all be announced after next week's update

Yeah I think we may get one more exhibition season, before the actual season begins 🤔

I think they will be another 2 exhibition seasons. That would take us to end of April with a few weeks either side, and then end of May time for the start of the official season?

I hope the next exhibition season is an experimental series with - More strategy with tyre/fuel wear (2 stop race would be fun), all racing tyres mandatory and definitely more dynamic weather would be great.

 

[Cerebral303]

I like all 3 and can't see going with someone outside of that group.

Well, up to you but how about maybe taking a leap and going for someone totally out there who you would never normally pick - it can really make things interesting, and do we have the chance to pick again before the main season? If so it's worth considering. It hasn't always worked for me, but more often than not I'm happy.

 

[jimihemmy]

Well, up to you but how about maybe taking a leap and going for someone totally out there who you would never normally pick - it can really make things interesting, and do we have the chance to pick again before the main season? If so it's worth considering. It hasn't always worked for me, but more often than not I'm happy.

I just might. I tried quite a few others in GT Sport. I have a few that I just will not do but that still leaves others I may give a try.

 

[xxPinkyKissxx]

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Still only 1 race to count then. New track for Round 1??

This is interesting though:

- Car Settings: Partially Allowed [Brake Balance]

 

[Fezzik]

Ugh, same schedule and 2 Gr.4 rounds for Manufacturers (one at DTS)? HARD pass.

Nations looks interesting though - Nissans at Fuji, a rally race (!!!), and Gr.2 at Sardegna. Sign me up.
One race to be confirmed next week. After the update - new car?

Also, partial brake balance adjustment? That's new.
Not just brakes:

Car Settings: Partially Allowed [Differential Gear (Partial), Brake Balance]

Car Settings: Partially Allowed | Downforce

 

[Cabelmania]

- Car Settings: Partially Allowed [Brake Balance]

This will make many people really happy, I'm sure of that

Time to try Aston Martin for the Man. cup for me

 

[Fezzik]

Odd. Both announcements say there will be 3 rounds, but there are 4 listed for each including the ones pending details.

There will be three rounds for GTWS Nations Cup 2022/23 Exhibition Series - Season 3 and 10 entry slots per round.

 

[xxPinkyKissxx]

I'm assuming this next update might be a big one? Will the BoP finally be updated for Gr.4? Finally Brake balance to be allowed.

As for Manu races...another 4WD fest around Maggiore (unless there's a BoP change), an hours endurance race in the Rain at Spa and a classic 1 lap on Hards strat for Seaside.

 

[Hasnain282]

Schedule tables

Nations

Manufacturers

 

[Fezzik]

24 laps of Spa is a long race for GTWS. That's pretty much the million CR grind race from World Circuits.

 

[MCL1974]

Q

Schedule tables

Nations
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Really hope the TBC track will be the Grand Valley Speedway....

 

[Roggers]

So looks like
Nations Round 1 could be a new car

Manufactures Round 1 could be a new track or new layout

 

[Talon16]

Can't say I am particularly excited about any of these.

We just had a Manu at Fuji. Cool, another lot of Nissans to choose from (PD is obsessed with Nissan it seems).

We just did a Spa in the previous Manu. I hope it rains... I guess, but again we just did this. And at 24 laps, if any are wet this race will take 45 mins. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it might push some away.

Sardegna and Dragon's Trail.... again? They're in the Daily rotation so much getting burnt out on these tracks. Can't wait to see all the WRXs and GTRs, will be super interesting.