- 3,690
- London, ON
- A_Mindful_Place
Second GT2 slot: accidentally pitted twice for RH. Still managed a 4th place. Hoping I've made my one mistake for the day and can have a decent go in GT1 now.
Gran Turismo World Series (Nations Cup Exhibition Season: Jan 22 - Feb 1)
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- London
- MetalApeRacer
Apoligies @Fezzik, I picked the same team and theme, it's not as if any other livery theme was ever an option with this car.
Qualified 14th, not helped by some idiot who decided who try and get alongside me on the exit of Junção to head out towards the first flying lap. Decided to abort that lap before it begun by exiting back to the pits for a fresh set of tyres and to slip back into some clear air.
Started on hards aiming for 1st lap switch to softs and a later stop around mid-race. First lap got a bit hairy on the run down to Descida do Lago with a couple of cars ahead slow out of Curva do Sol causing us all to bunch up. Discretion was the better part of valour here, I lifted and dropped back to 16th behind what I'd hoped would be some mayhem, but everyone did a great job of giving each other room and handled a dangerous situation well.
The clean racing carried on throughout the race, not much in the way of incidents, and fair fights for position. I was up to P11 before a mid race stop for fresh tyres, this dropped me back 15th.
As the final stint went on I was up to 9th, with my eyes on 7th not too far ahead, but it was not to be. Instead it turned out the cars behind were catching me instead. I've lost track of the ups and downs over the final laps, some up passing cars presumably on hards. Some downs as faster drivers recover from earlier delays.
10th at the end, frustratingly close to 7th, if I could have been a bit faster earlier in the race it would have been nice extra points bonus.
Thankfully he ghosted in time.
Qualified 14th, not helped by some idiot who decided who try and get alongside me on the exit of Junção to head out towards the first flying lap. Decided to abort that lap before it begun by exiting back to the pits for a fresh set of tyres and to slip back into some clear air.
Started on hards aiming for 1st lap switch to softs and a later stop around mid-race. First lap got a bit hairy on the run down to Descida do Lago with a couple of cars ahead slow out of Curva do Sol causing us all to bunch up. Discretion was the better part of valour here, I lifted and dropped back to 16th behind what I'd hoped would be some mayhem, but everyone did a great job of giving each other room and handled a dangerous situation well.
The clean racing carried on throughout the race, not much in the way of incidents, and fair fights for position. I was up to P11 before a mid race stop for fresh tyres, this dropped me back 15th.
As the final stint went on I was up to 9th, with my eyes on 7th not too far ahead, but it was not to be. Instead it turned out the cars behind were catching me instead. I've lost track of the ups and downs over the final laps, some up passing cars presumably on hards. Some downs as faster drivers recover from earlier delays.
10th at the end, frustratingly close to 7th, if I could have been a bit faster earlier in the race it would have been nice extra points bonus.
Thankfully he ghosted in time.
- 406
- United States
Good morning, I've been away on travel, returned on the redeye fri. morning. Didn't do much driving yesterday and still a bit groggy this morning, but, I have a second account just for these reasons!
With very little thought and only slightly more practice I chose Chevy. It's a capable gr.3 car that I almost never drive, so here goes...
Mid B on this account (some poor racing prior to my travel!), I Qd P12, a full second off P1. Started on RH and was the only one to pit lap 1. Reading this forum, I had it in my mind to do a two stop (forgot this was 20 laps, not 30). But by lap 10 or so, I've been picking off the back runners and the tires look pretty okay. So I push on for a 1H19S race. Move up six places with clean laps, finish P6 and CRB.
Might even go again later today (after a nap!), but my pace in the 33s, falling off about a second on worn softs won't cut it in GT1, I'm sure. Will save that for next weeks racing.
Either the vette is good on tires, or going to a wheel made a huge difference, I doubt I go 19S in my controller days.
Got to say, I have second account for a variety of reasons and Gr.4 was one of them. But I'm not shedding any tears for missing gr.4 in the GT2 league. Also, thank you PD for keeping these once a week and on saturday. I'll recant my thankyou if you start nations in the middle of this and on wednesdays!
Good luck everyone!
With very little thought and only slightly more practice I chose Chevy. It's a capable gr.3 car that I almost never drive, so here goes...
Mid B on this account (some poor racing prior to my travel!), I Qd P12, a full second off P1. Started on RH and was the only one to pit lap 1. Reading this forum, I had it in my mind to do a two stop (forgot this was 20 laps, not 30). But by lap 10 or so, I've been picking off the back runners and the tires look pretty okay. So I push on for a 1H19S race. Move up six places with clean laps, finish P6 and CRB.
Might even go again later today (after a nap!), but my pace in the 33s, falling off about a second on worn softs won't cut it in GT1, I'm sure. Will save that for next weeks racing.
Either the vette is good on tires, or going to a wheel made a huge difference, I doubt I go 19S in my controller days.
Got to say, I have second account for a variety of reasons and Gr.4 was one of them. But I'm not shedding any tears for missing gr.4 in the GT2 league. Also, thank you PD for keeping these once a week and on saturday. I'll recant my thankyou if you start nations in the middle of this and on wednesdays!
Good luck everyone!
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- United States
Similar situation. Just got back from vacation. Spent the last ~7 hours driving a real car and have no motivation to jump into a virtual car (not that this is a combo I am chomping at the bit to do anyway as we just had it at the last Manu), even on an alt. Will read y'alls races and live vicariously through you.
GLHF and all that!
Next round has me curious as we don't see Tokyo often at all.
bliprunner
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- United Kingdom
- bliprunner
Learnt a bit of a strategy lesson today...
Everything seemed to be going to plan with a P4 quali time and a solid first lap. Started on the softs, same as two of the three cars ahead so I jumped into third and was quite comfortable until picking up a track limits pen on lap 9 and dropping to P4 behind a Merc.
Now I had another Porsche behind and they was pressuring me.... and due to the pressure I was eating up my tyres and pitted too early, at the end of 12...
The other Porsche did one or two laps more, came out a few seconds behind and we continued our battle without him getting quite close enough for any moves. I was still hovering about 3/4th but again I was chewing up tyres too fast, probably not helped by having to run most of the race with someone quicker right on my bumper!
There were right on me at the end of lap 26 so I decided to change for hards, once again at least a lap too early. Coming out the pits I quickly met all the people who did the first lap on hards finishing their race on softs...
So I limped home in P8 (with my Porsche buddy getting his hards on the final lap and somehow finishing a second behind). Wrong strategy today and I think the Porsche was not best for tyre wear too. But still nearly 200 points... that'll do for today
Everything seemed to be going to plan with a P4 quali time and a solid first lap. Started on the softs, same as two of the three cars ahead so I jumped into third and was quite comfortable until picking up a track limits pen on lap 9 and dropping to P4 behind a Merc.
Now I had another Porsche behind and they was pressuring me.... and due to the pressure I was eating up my tyres and pitted too early, at the end of 12...
The other Porsche did one or two laps more, came out a few seconds behind and we continued our battle without him getting quite close enough for any moves. I was still hovering about 3/4th but again I was chewing up tyres too fast, probably not helped by having to run most of the race with someone quicker right on my bumper!
There were right on me at the end of lap 26 so I decided to change for hards, once again at least a lap too early. Coming out the pits I quickly met all the people who did the first lap on hards finishing their race on softs...
So I limped home in P8 (with my Porsche buddy getting his hards on the final lap and somehow finishing a second behind). Wrong strategy today and I think the Porsche was not best for tyre wear too. But still nearly 200 points... that'll do for today
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- Scotland
- Sunshineonleith
After a successful season with Audi during the main season back in May, i decided to go with Lamborghini for this exhibition season.
I hopped into the 5PM (UK time) slot, and i was door 13 in a 292 point lobby, which is the highest lobby i've been in. Qualifying never went well since i picked up a couple of off track penalties and i just lacked overall pace, so i ended up qualifying P15.
At the start of the race, i started on softs because i forgot to change to hards before the race started. Since i started on softs, it allowed me to make my way up to P9 by the end of lap 2 and at the start of lap 3, i was with 4 other cars going into T1 and i sent it up the inside, which thankfully worked well and i was now in P5. I stayed in P5 until lap 13 when a Lexus overtook me and then i pitted at the end of lap 14 to put on the hards. I stayed on the hards for 1 lap and then i came back in for softs. In the end, i finished P10. Overall it wasn't a very eventful race.
I would've went again if there was more slots for those of us in GT1, since i couldn't do the 7PM slot.
Also i probably won't do the next round at Tokyo Expressway since im not a fan of racing there.
I hopped into the 5PM (UK time) slot, and i was door 13 in a 292 point lobby, which is the highest lobby i've been in. Qualifying never went well since i picked up a couple of off track penalties and i just lacked overall pace, so i ended up qualifying P15.
At the start of the race, i started on softs because i forgot to change to hards before the race started. Since i started on softs, it allowed me to make my way up to P9 by the end of lap 2 and at the start of lap 3, i was with 4 other cars going into T1 and i sent it up the inside, which thankfully worked well and i was now in P5. I stayed in P5 until lap 13 when a Lexus overtook me and then i pitted at the end of lap 14 to put on the hards. I stayed on the hards for 1 lap and then i came back in for softs. In the end, i finished P10. Overall it wasn't a very eventful race.
I would've went again if there was more slots for those of us in GT1, since i couldn't do the 7PM slot.
Also i probably won't do the next round at Tokyo Expressway since im not a fan of racing there.
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Ok guys, good news and bad news, Good news I had better 2nd race at the 4pm UK slot time. Bad news I'll get to that.
So joined the Sport mode and entered the 4pm time to race in the MCWS race. Did a quickish qualifier and my times were ok, around 1:32 mark, but a stupid racer called Lollie or sumthin or another, purposefully was ramming my final lap before the time ran out, evoked a 2sec penalty, I kept my cool and just finished, it was a pretty fast group of B rank racers.
I was qualified 12th to start and when through the intros and race start showbiz.
Race start, Began the race off speeding past a orangey BMW and got to the first corner, it was crazy argy bargy all over, 2 particular rammers were being mels but I kept pushing forward and was in 10th. Battled hard for a few laps to get into 8th with my RS tyres holding up pretty well. I was getting good pace in the Vantage V12. I felt secure in the track and car combo.
I had a nice time chasing a racer called AprilLVIII, in the Nismo GTR GT3 cup car, after my pit-stop, when I pushed up to 2nd place, they were keeping good pace but pitted at lap 19 oddly enough to lose a substainal position in the race near the end.
Also, I went for a very odd strategy were I used my RS tyres for like 12 laps then swtiched to RS tyres again, then at lap 17 or 18 switched to RH tyres, I did lose some places near there but at that point I fought up to 2nd place when everyone was pitting, and thougt it wasn't so bad. I pushed and finished the Race on 5th place so pretty good considering starting at 12th.
Overall a really good 2nd session redeemed the first, but the game did hold my points (66pts) from Race 1 so it will combine hopefully and lets see where my Round 1 standing are! Onto Round 2, LFG!
OH yeh & BAD NEWS, The game made an error again trying to save the replay, but didnt crash this time phew! Saying I needed to free up 107mb of space, so I thought check the storage option in-game in the options menu and my replays were stacked full, I deleted a few & hopefully this reoslves the damn issue with this.
Enjoy pics!
So joined the Sport mode and entered the 4pm time to race in the MCWS race. Did a quickish qualifier and my times were ok, around 1:32 mark, but a stupid racer called Lollie or sumthin or another, purposefully was ramming my final lap before the time ran out, evoked a 2sec penalty, I kept my cool and just finished, it was a pretty fast group of B rank racers.
I was qualified 12th to start and when through the intros and race start showbiz.
Race start, Began the race off speeding past a orangey BMW and got to the first corner, it was crazy argy bargy all over, 2 particular rammers were being mels but I kept pushing forward and was in 10th. Battled hard for a few laps to get into 8th with my RS tyres holding up pretty well. I was getting good pace in the Vantage V12. I felt secure in the track and car combo.
I had a nice time chasing a racer called AprilLVIII, in the Nismo GTR GT3 cup car, after my pit-stop, when I pushed up to 2nd place, they were keeping good pace but pitted at lap 19 oddly enough to lose a substainal position in the race near the end.
Also, I went for a very odd strategy were I used my RS tyres for like 12 laps then swtiched to RS tyres again, then at lap 17 or 18 switched to RH tyres, I did lose some places near there but at that point I fought up to 2nd place when everyone was pitting, and thougt it wasn't so bad. I pushed and finished the Race on 5th place so pretty good considering starting at 12th.
Overall a really good 2nd session redeemed the first, but the game did hold my points (66pts) from Race 1 so it will combine hopefully and lets see where my Round 1 standing are! Onto Round 2, LFG!
OH yeh & BAD NEWS, The game made an error again trying to save the replay, but didnt crash this time phew! Saying I needed to free up 107mb of space, so I thought check the storage option in-game in the options menu and my replays were stacked full, I deleted a few & hopefully this reoslves the damn issue with this.
Enjoy pics!
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So I logged into my accounts today so I could 'stream' the GTWS races and get the two, 6* tickets. While there, I picked some Manus.
Primary account is Porsche again. Mainly because I picked them last time so I am familiar with the car. Picked the same on the EMEA account as I probably won't be doing any over there this season. I jumped into round two practice and the track was wet. There was a little bit of a dry line, but even that was just above the first bar; wander off that line at all and it was about half way up the gauge.
I feel some brave souls may risk it and run the RH tires from the start in an attempt to not have to pit. My knee-jerk reaction after doing one lap was start in IMs, and pit for RH at some point. There was no clouds on the radar at all (again, only did one lap).
Primary account is Porsche again. Mainly because I picked them last time so I am familiar with the car. Picked the same on the EMEA account as I probably won't be doing any over there this season. I jumped into round two practice and the track was wet. There was a little bit of a dry line, but even that was just above the first bar; wander off that line at all and it was about half way up the gauge.
I feel some brave souls may risk it and run the RH tires from the start in an attempt to not have to pit. My knee-jerk reaction after doing one lap was start in IMs, and pit for RH at some point. There was no clouds on the radar at all (again, only did one lap).
- 3,690
- London, ON
- A_Mindful_Place
Ahh, first GT1 slot. Low tier A+ lobby. Qualified 3rd and punted to P15 by turn 3. Recovery drive back up to P7. Without lap 1 that could've been a podium.
I guess we go again..
I guess we go again..
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- United States
I was also on vacation, like a few folks here. I drove a real car after gap of a year, a Ford Focus. The hydraulic steering was nice to drive, even though it is overly servo'ed making it feel almost like an electric steering. Just appreciating it before hydraulic steerings are a thing of past.
I was out of practice for GT7. It is my first entry to a GT1 GTWS. It went pretty well thanks to Seth_Logan talking about 30-sec pit window instead of 44-sec and thanks to Moose78's strategy charts. I picked the Alfa Romeo as it was my last pick so I was familiar with it. Additionally, this car is incredibly kind on tires, which turned out to be crucial in this race, and may become crucial again after the update. I did 1H-14S-15S strategy, which put my #11 car from 10th in qualifying to 9th in the race. I am very happy with it as I was expecting a 14th-16th finish. There were numerous position exchanges throughout the race, even with the same folks, due to diverse strategy. Zero contacts were nice.
This short exhibition series is perfect to dip my foot into GT1 for first time as there is only one race that is longer than GT2/GT3. The timings are absolutely horrible, though. I am contemplating changing my account region to avail morning slots.
I was out of practice for GT7. It is my first entry to a GT1 GTWS. It went pretty well thanks to Seth_Logan talking about 30-sec pit window instead of 44-sec and thanks to Moose78's strategy charts. I picked the Alfa Romeo as it was my last pick so I was familiar with it. Additionally, this car is incredibly kind on tires, which turned out to be crucial in this race, and may become crucial again after the update. I did 1H-14S-15S strategy, which put my #11 car from 10th in qualifying to 9th in the race. I am very happy with it as I was expecting a 14th-16th finish. There were numerous position exchanges throughout the race, even with the same folks, due to diverse strategy. Zero contacts were nice.
This short exhibition series is perfect to dip my foot into GT1 for first time as there is only one race that is longer than GT2/GT3. The timings are absolutely horrible, though. I am contemplating changing my account region to avail morning slots.
- 3,690
- London, ON
- A_Mindful_Place
Ahhh, another podium given away by a silly mistake going through the Sol. Nice to see I can keep up with the A+ guys, but consistency is my Achilles heel.
Haven't seen a strategy faster than 1RH yet. 200 points in the bag for a P7. Onto the next one.
Good luck to those racing the final slot!
Haven't seen a strategy faster than 1RH yet. 200 points in the bag for a P7. Onto the next one.
Good luck to those racing the final slot!
- 670
- Canada
- moosethemooche78
First GT1 slot in the Americas (6PM EDT). I was driving the Citroen GT from door #2 (yikes!) with 162 points up for grabs.
Qualifying was uneventful. I landed myself a Q5 with a time of 1:31.377, which was better than my Free Practice best time by two tenths.
I started on hard tires, planning a 1RH-14RS-15RS strategy. Everybody was well-behaved for lap 1. I was the first to pit. I switched to soft tires.
I was expecting to come out in clean air, but instead I found myself in P12 in a gaggle of hard-tire runners. They were no match for my soft tires, though. By lap 5 I had climbed back up to P7, with a Nissan GT-R seconds ahead.
The Nissan was also on hard tires, so I was closing in on them with every lap. Meanwhile, a Peugeot behind was bit-by-bit catching up to me.
At the start of lap 11, I finally caught up to the Nissan. But then a new complication appeared. A Porsche was coming out of the pits alongside the Nissan.
I let the Porsche and Nissan battle it out ahead of me. The Porsche (on softs) finally got by the Nissan on the main straight, but I wasn't so lucky. The Nissan was defending hard. I'd have to follow them into the infield for another lap.
I was right on the Nissan's bumper. Too close. I bumped into them around Pinheirinho. Totally my fault, so I lifted off the gas to let them keep their position. The Peugeot behind was apparently not expecting that because they went full throttle into my bumper, giving me rear aero damage.
With the damage, the Peugeot got alongside me into T4 in lap 13, and left me no room on the outside, pushing me wide. I was not impressed. Thankfully there was no penalty. Down to P8.
On the next lap, a Porsche got alongside me into T4. It seemed like they tried to squeeze me off the track before even getting to the turn. The contact unsettled their car and they went wide, getting a penalty. I stayed ahead, but they caught up and made a dive into T8 that I wasn't expecting. Contact again as I turned into them -- probably my fault. The Porsche, apparently fed up with my driving, decided to unceremoniously punt me off the track at Pinheirinho. Down to P9.
I hobbled around the track for another lap -- lap 15 -- then pit for repairs and a fresh set of tires. I came out in P10.
On lap 16, I inadvertently warmed up my new tires with a @GOTMAXPOWER maneuver.
That lost me a couple spots. Down to P12. But by lap 19, I was back up to P8, thanks to other drivers pitting and quitting.
I even caught up to the punting Porsche, who was driving very slowly due to front and rear damage. I easily got by. Up to P7. Then the Peugeot went into the wall. Up to P6.
And that's where I finished. P6 for 128 points.
I'm happy with that. A decent point haul and a DR increase to boot.
Qualifying was uneventful. I landed myself a Q5 with a time of 1:31.377, which was better than my Free Practice best time by two tenths.
I started on hard tires, planning a 1RH-14RS-15RS strategy. Everybody was well-behaved for lap 1. I was the first to pit. I switched to soft tires.
I was expecting to come out in clean air, but instead I found myself in P12 in a gaggle of hard-tire runners. They were no match for my soft tires, though. By lap 5 I had climbed back up to P7, with a Nissan GT-R seconds ahead.
The Nissan was also on hard tires, so I was closing in on them with every lap. Meanwhile, a Peugeot behind was bit-by-bit catching up to me.
At the start of lap 11, I finally caught up to the Nissan. But then a new complication appeared. A Porsche was coming out of the pits alongside the Nissan.
I let the Porsche and Nissan battle it out ahead of me. The Porsche (on softs) finally got by the Nissan on the main straight, but I wasn't so lucky. The Nissan was defending hard. I'd have to follow them into the infield for another lap.
I was right on the Nissan's bumper. Too close. I bumped into them around Pinheirinho. Totally my fault, so I lifted off the gas to let them keep their position. The Peugeot behind was apparently not expecting that because they went full throttle into my bumper, giving me rear aero damage.
With the damage, the Peugeot got alongside me into T4 in lap 13, and left me no room on the outside, pushing me wide. I was not impressed. Thankfully there was no penalty. Down to P8.
On the next lap, a Porsche got alongside me into T4. It seemed like they tried to squeeze me off the track before even getting to the turn. The contact unsettled their car and they went wide, getting a penalty. I stayed ahead, but they caught up and made a dive into T8 that I wasn't expecting. Contact again as I turned into them -- probably my fault. The Porsche, apparently fed up with my driving, decided to unceremoniously punt me off the track at Pinheirinho. Down to P9.
I hobbled around the track for another lap -- lap 15 -- then pit for repairs and a fresh set of tires. I came out in P10.
On lap 16, I inadvertently warmed up my new tires with a @GOTMAXPOWER maneuver.
That lost me a couple spots. Down to P12. But by lap 19, I was back up to P8, thanks to other drivers pitting and quitting.
I even caught up to the punting Porsche, who was driving very slowly due to front and rear damage. I easily got by. Up to P7. Then the Peugeot went into the wall. Up to P6.
And that's where I finished. P6 for 128 points.
I'm happy with that. A decent point haul and a DR increase to boot.
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- London, ON
- A_Mindful_Place
Congrats on your result and kudos to you for taking on Citroën. Find a couple more tenths and you'll be nearing the pace of the A+ guys. What were your lap times looking like?
Its amazing to me that people were able to two stop this race. I was running 1:31's consistently throughout the race and my tyre wear was leaving 1/4 rear rights by lap 11. Is it a me problem or an R8 problem, or both?
GT1 last slot. My only shot at it
Q8...then
Based on @Moose78 and others's advises, I went with 1RH-15RS-14RS, without practice on this strategy.
I raced my own pace, let people fight each others, I let many pass me without protecting cause they were definitely faster.
I passed few of them in the last 4 laps because there were loosing control.
P8, clean race, no penalty, no damage. 124 pts. A satisfying come back to online racing.
Q8...then
Based on @Moose78 and others's advises, I went with 1RH-15RS-14RS, without practice on this strategy.
I raced my own pace, let people fight each others, I let many pass me without protecting cause they were definitely faster.
I passed few of them in the last 4 laps because there were loosing control.
P8, clean race, no penalty, no damage. 124 pts. A satisfying come back to online racing.
Dropped from the lobby in slot 1... slot 2 I qualified 9th but had a good start on hards, I knew I couldn't quite do 15 laps on softs but a penalty on lap 3 made the decision for me, so I went 3H-13S-14S. It turned out to be the perfect strategy, just barely held off a hard-charging 3-stopped for 5th which was definitely my limit. Starting to recognize quite a few names, I guess 60K is where people stick around for a bit, huh?
Looks like round 2 has a wet start, but a clear radar. Should be interesting! That is if they keep the same weather for the actual race, I don't think they've actually used weather like that before. Time to watch Asia/Oceania streams again!
Looks like round 2 has a wet start, but a clear radar. Should be interesting! That is if they keep the same weather for the actual race, I don't think they've actually used weather like that before. Time to watch Asia/Oceania streams again!
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- United Kingdom
- Fezzik-GT
- Fezzik1983
- 670
- Canada
- moosethemooche78
Thanks! My best lap was a 1:31:8, but most were in the 1:32s. The fastest lap in the race was a 1:31.2, so it seems I still have a ways to go just to get to A pace. I don't mind being slow, though. It helps me save my tires.
Wouldn't you know it, another driver in Canada -- in Ontario, no less -- picked Citroen. They are A+ and already have more points than I could hope to get in the whole season. Looks like cruising to a top spot in my local area is not in the cards this season.
Interestingly, it looks like no Canadians have yet driven Chevrolet, Ford, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, or Volkswagen. If this keeps up, I'm going to have a pretty good selection of options to choose from next season.
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- United Kingdom
Interestingly finishing in the pits on my main account yesterday still netted 87 points so a few people must have quit.
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- Germany
- Jaybee61776
A question for the experts here: I wanted to find the best car for the Manufacture Cup and train offline in Interlagos. Can I see beforehand which BoP settings are required for the race and can I somehow set them automatically?
One option would be to create a lobby, is there an offline way?
I have already decided on two constructors, but training is still scheduled for next Saturday.
One option would be to create a lobby, is there an offline way?
I have already decided on two constructors, but training is still scheduled for next Saturday.
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- United Kingdom
- 3,746
- United Kingdom
First race on the main account....
Apart from being rear ended out of the pits in QT 🤷♂️ my PB of 1:21.6 isn't even these guys race pace. Their pace in race was high 1:19s and low 1:20s
So QT 13th laughably door 7 🤣 MAPPED THE HAND BRAKE! So had a good start up to 8th on the mediums as I was starting so far back. Obviously there was some accidents loads of wanting ghosts etc Stayed there until 4 in to 5 pit for the softs
Clipped a curb and it was game over where the mid pack is so tight.
On to the next one but that's it. I will just settle now. 4 races in these cars is my limit.
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I'm a bumper cam player but tried hood and cockpit cam for a dozen practice laps. Hood cam definitely slows things down a bit but at the cost of visibility. Cockpit cam you really need to hit those markers instinctively. I imagine VR with a bit of practice would be fast at this combo.
Bumper cam in these type of cars really does make everything feel like it's happening 4x faster than the other cams
Apart from being rear ended out of the pits in QT 🤷♂️ my PB of 1:21.6 isn't even these guys race pace. Their pace in race was high 1:19s and low 1:20s
So QT 13th laughably door 7 🤣 MAPPED THE HAND BRAKE! So had a good start up to 8th on the mediums as I was starting so far back. Obviously there was some accidents loads of wanting ghosts etc Stayed there until 4 in to 5 pit for the softs
Clipped a curb and it was game over where the mid pack is so tight.
On to the next one but that's it. I will just settle now. 4 races in these cars is my limit.
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I'm a bumper cam player but tried hood and cockpit cam for a dozen practice laps. Hood cam definitely slows things down a bit but at the cost of visibility. Cockpit cam you really need to hit those markers instinctively. I imagine VR with a bit of practice would be fast at this combo.
Bumper cam in these type of cars really does make everything feel like it's happening 4x faster than the other cams
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- Canada
- AFC-R6N
Americas slot 1 - GT2, mixed A/S B/S lobby worth 141 points, door 10 in my trusty Supra
Q8 to P7 in a race I threw away a great result on the penultimate lap.
Stuck to my 2H-9S-9S strategy and it just about worked. Dropped a couple of positions before my first stop which was fine. Came out in clean air on softs and ran as hard and fast as I could. A lap before my final stop I caught a couple of guys who were intent on taking each other out (they were chirping at each other after qualy) and almost became collateral damage in their foolish war. Lost some time but got through and pitted after 11 laps for my final stint.
All was well as I found myself in 5th and chasing down 4th pretty handily until as I passed him at the left hander after the back straight (turn 4?) and took a little too much inside curb leaving room that resulted in a nasty tankslapper and me in the wall on the outside. Rejoined down in 8th and brought it home through my tears without losing any further positions.
Had a chuckle though, as the winner didn't use both tire compounds and I was promoted to 7th for 106 points. Thought about going again, but I tend to go one and done on these races.
Q8 to P7 in a race I threw away a great result on the penultimate lap.
Stuck to my 2H-9S-9S strategy and it just about worked. Dropped a couple of positions before my first stop which was fine. Came out in clean air on softs and ran as hard and fast as I could. A lap before my final stop I caught a couple of guys who were intent on taking each other out (they were chirping at each other after qualy) and almost became collateral damage in their foolish war. Lost some time but got through and pitted after 11 laps for my final stint.
All was well as I found myself in 5th and chasing down 4th pretty handily until as I passed him at the left hander after the back straight (turn 4?) and took a little too much inside curb leaving room that resulted in a nasty tankslapper and me in the wall on the outside. Rejoined down in 8th and brought it home through my tears without losing any further positions.
Had a chuckle though, as the winner didn't use both tire compounds and I was promoted to 7th for 106 points. Thought about going again, but I tend to go one and done on these races.
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- Australia
- fluxwildlyuncut
You can replicate the bop in a tune sheet so that you can run some laps in TT mode with a ghost. Car settings are not touched with bop, only power and weight so it is easy enough to do
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- United Kingdom
- 4,925
- United Kingdom
- Fezzik-GT
- Fezzik1983
Lol top 1k in Europe but only 366th 911. I knew Porsche were popular, especially at the higher levels but wow.
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- London, ON
- A_Mindful_Place
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- United States
Yea, would be super risky. Especially with heavy damage (or even damage at all in GT2). And especially when there will be other drivers around with IMs who will get impatient should an RH driver go two off or something.
I did a few TT laps and it seems one could pit on lap two or three; three is safer. Track basically starts damp and slowly dries as the race goes along. I did eight laps and there was zero sign of more rain coming in so I presume after 12 it won't happen. After those eight laps I am now 1000% more familiar with this track than I was yesterday. Still slow as beans, however.
I am having a hard time setting up a custom race to mimic these conditions. R03 is the lowest of Rs that actually gave me rain (R02 and R01 were a damp track but still within slick territory, even off the racing line; the rain was actually required - even though it doesn't rain during the TT - to wet the track enough to require IMs) enough to make the track damp. Even then it was a crapshoot as to whether or not it would rain at the beginning at all; sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. Very annoying.
Next slot was C01 to get it to stop raining and hopefully create a dry line after a full lap or two. But, I didn't have time to do multiple laps in the custom race to verify. I know my man @Moose78 is going to find the combo regardless. So, like many here, I'll defer to his information.
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