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- LewisBentley6
I occasionally write about GT live events after the fact, going to try doing it this way this time because I thought it would be more fun, lets go!
In absolutely no particular order:
1) The hotel room you ended up in seemed to be selected through the Nations Cup raffle system, as some people were shoved in what can only be described as a closet, whilst others had luxurious and spacious rooms, and others actually got multiple rooms... I struck middle ground here.
2) The FIA headquarters, from where they push the 'FIA Action for Road Safety' campaign, is literally directly outside the least safe collection of junctions I've ever seen, I literally saw 3 near crashes whilst stood on the roof of the FIA Headquarters.
3) People quickly found out that the armed guards outside the US Embassy aren't a fan of you taking photos of it.
4) Don't go to the Pavilion Gabriel (the venue for the show), everyone unanimously agreed the food was awful, even the french guys.
5) They took the brake mod out of the rigs on stage for this World Tour due to player feedback, unfortunately they forgot to take it out of the practice rigs in the hospitality lounge, making the practice rigs entirely useless.
6) The team radio was left active after the Manufacturer Series Broadcast, meaning it was possible to invade Nations Cup competitors comms during their practice the next morning, most guys were incredibly confused when I randomly turned up in their headset, and weren't particularly appreciative of my precious insight either.
7) The Stewards aren't allowed to give many penalties as the guys producing the show think it would negatively effect the quality of the broadcast. This is what is responsible for the shocking standard of racing. We think this is stupid, so please feel free to kick off about this.
8) Team Chevrolets comms were 60% trashing other drivers around us, 10% hype, 25% swearing and 5% actual strategy, probably not the intended use of the Team Radio...
9) There was an F1 viewing party at 6am in Nik_Makozi's room, where Nik and @TRL LIGHTNING spent 5 minutes trying to ask yukiku what model his phone was in Japanese.
10) German F1 coverage sucks.
11) @OutlawQuadrnt had his PS2 running GT1-4 in his hotel room and received a wide variety of visitors throughout the weekend.
12) A new dominant faction in the GT landscape formed, known as the 'Bathrobe Boys'
13) @TRL LIGHTNING is a god at Complex String.
14) @TRL LIGHTNING is not a god in the Escudo on dirt, which is apparently the only place where I will ever beat him.
15) @force ewerby is not very good at Gran Turismo 1.
16) They accidentally said the World Finals will be in Monaco, like, 3 times during rehearsal.
17) Apparently the faster you are, the more difficulty you have operating the tyre selection pit menu.
18) The Japanese guys absolutely cannot handle alcohol.
19) Kaz was so drunk he accidentally gave the exact same end of party speech to Monaco.
20) They are injecting false rivalries and drama into the broadcasts and we all think it is pretty silly given how well everyone gets along.
21) The show director on the floor really, really, loves his job.
22) I hit a dab on @Tidgney's vlog, sue me.
23) Yes I do often race with my tongue out, it adds at least 3 tenths a lap.
24) @anthaliscious got really sick during the weekend and it really sucks.
25) @Famine gets fired by @Jordan an average of 9 times per live event.
26) The food seriously was that bad that me, @Cuber Tom, @force ewerby and JAdams decided to hit up McDonalds instead during the after party.
27) Some guys did a track walk of the GT4 Paris circuit.
28) The riots were literally 300m away from us during the Manufacturer Series broadcast, if you walked outside you could hear the shouting and explosions, it was pretty wild.
29) The replays are stored on the rigs after the show, we got a better look at a few of the incidents across the races.
30) I hate the seat they use on the rigs, have to shove it forward far too much to avoid catching my elbows.
31) About 8 people turned up to breakfast after the afterparty, safe to say we had men down.
32) Toyo approached me in the afterparty saying I was fun to watch, and clarified some details on the upcoming Nations cup season.
33) @Aderrrm joined this conversation after a couple minutes, Toyo asked us who was faster between us, I was a gentleman and said Adam was faster, Adam wasn't a gentleman and said he was faster
34) I mentioned it in the Paris event thread, but Team Chevrolet really was a shambles all weekend, we actually had our team photo taken as a 2 man team.
35) The dirt repechage race was full of awful diving that went unpenalised, didn't realise how bad it was until I caught the replay on one of the rigs, absolutely shocking open lobby level stuff, shouldn't be used again.
36) Might not come across that well on the broadcast either, but the balance of the N Class cars was once again, not even slightly close. Ford GT and the new Ferrari were hilariously broken.
37) The Media races were actually clean, I couldn't believe it, great battle between the GTP Boys.
38) The penalty glitch is fixed.
39) Shortcut penalty system appears to have been completely revamped.
40) Interesting new things coming soon.
In absolutely no particular order:
1) The hotel room you ended up in seemed to be selected through the Nations Cup raffle system, as some people were shoved in what can only be described as a closet, whilst others had luxurious and spacious rooms, and others actually got multiple rooms... I struck middle ground here.
2) The FIA headquarters, from where they push the 'FIA Action for Road Safety' campaign, is literally directly outside the least safe collection of junctions I've ever seen, I literally saw 3 near crashes whilst stood on the roof of the FIA Headquarters.
3) People quickly found out that the armed guards outside the US Embassy aren't a fan of you taking photos of it.
4) Don't go to the Pavilion Gabriel (the venue for the show), everyone unanimously agreed the food was awful, even the french guys.
5) They took the brake mod out of the rigs on stage for this World Tour due to player feedback, unfortunately they forgot to take it out of the practice rigs in the hospitality lounge, making the practice rigs entirely useless.
6) The team radio was left active after the Manufacturer Series Broadcast, meaning it was possible to invade Nations Cup competitors comms during their practice the next morning, most guys were incredibly confused when I randomly turned up in their headset, and weren't particularly appreciative of my precious insight either.
7) The Stewards aren't allowed to give many penalties as the guys producing the show think it would negatively effect the quality of the broadcast. This is what is responsible for the shocking standard of racing. We think this is stupid, so please feel free to kick off about this.
8) Team Chevrolets comms were 60% trashing other drivers around us, 10% hype, 25% swearing and 5% actual strategy, probably not the intended use of the Team Radio...
9) There was an F1 viewing party at 6am in Nik_Makozi's room, where Nik and @TRL LIGHTNING spent 5 minutes trying to ask yukiku what model his phone was in Japanese.
10) German F1 coverage sucks.
11) @OutlawQuadrnt had his PS2 running GT1-4 in his hotel room and received a wide variety of visitors throughout the weekend.
12) A new dominant faction in the GT landscape formed, known as the 'Bathrobe Boys'
13) @TRL LIGHTNING is a god at Complex String.
14) @TRL LIGHTNING is not a god in the Escudo on dirt, which is apparently the only place where I will ever beat him.
15) @force ewerby is not very good at Gran Turismo 1.
16) They accidentally said the World Finals will be in Monaco, like, 3 times during rehearsal.
17) Apparently the faster you are, the more difficulty you have operating the tyre selection pit menu.
18) The Japanese guys absolutely cannot handle alcohol.
19) Kaz was so drunk he accidentally gave the exact same end of party speech to Monaco.
20) They are injecting false rivalries and drama into the broadcasts and we all think it is pretty silly given how well everyone gets along.
21) The show director on the floor really, really, loves his job.
22) I hit a dab on @Tidgney's vlog, sue me.
23) Yes I do often race with my tongue out, it adds at least 3 tenths a lap.
24) @anthaliscious got really sick during the weekend and it really sucks.
25) @Famine gets fired by @Jordan an average of 9 times per live event.
26) The food seriously was that bad that me, @Cuber Tom, @force ewerby and JAdams decided to hit up McDonalds instead during the after party.
27) Some guys did a track walk of the GT4 Paris circuit.
28) The riots were literally 300m away from us during the Manufacturer Series broadcast, if you walked outside you could hear the shouting and explosions, it was pretty wild.
29) The replays are stored on the rigs after the show, we got a better look at a few of the incidents across the races.
30) I hate the seat they use on the rigs, have to shove it forward far too much to avoid catching my elbows.
31) About 8 people turned up to breakfast after the afterparty, safe to say we had men down.
32) Toyo approached me in the afterparty saying I was fun to watch, and clarified some details on the upcoming Nations cup season.
33) @Aderrrm joined this conversation after a couple minutes, Toyo asked us who was faster between us, I was a gentleman and said Adam was faster, Adam wasn't a gentleman and said he was faster
34) I mentioned it in the Paris event thread, but Team Chevrolet really was a shambles all weekend, we actually had our team photo taken as a 2 man team.
35) The dirt repechage race was full of awful diving that went unpenalised, didn't realise how bad it was until I caught the replay on one of the rigs, absolutely shocking open lobby level stuff, shouldn't be used again.
36) Might not come across that well on the broadcast either, but the balance of the N Class cars was once again, not even slightly close. Ford GT and the new Ferrari were hilariously broken.
37) The Media races were actually clean, I couldn't believe it, great battle between the GTP Boys.
38) The penalty glitch is fixed.
39) Shortcut penalty system appears to have been completely revamped.
40) Interesting new things coming soon.
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