Daytona 500 Snubbed by GTPlanet

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Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
 
The only real life events that get coverage on the news page are those involving GT Academy drivers, which there are none of in NASCAR.
 
You joined nine days ago. You don't really have a say in what is in the news section and what isn't. Of course neither do I, as I joined in November.
 
TSTestPilot
Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
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I fail to see what Gran Turismo news there is in the Daytona 500. Why would you come to an online community based around Gran Turismo for NASCAR news?
 
Ardius
I fail to see what Gran Turismo news there is in the Daytona 500. Why would you come to an online community based around Gran Turismo for NASCAR news?
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There's more to this forum community than just GT. Yeah, GT is the main attraction, but look around.
 
Jubby
There's more to this forum community than just GT. Yeah, GT is the main attraction, but look around.
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The news page is only reports on GT related items. There's nothing to do with GT or the GT Academy drivers in the Daytona 500.
 
NASCAR 2012 thread right below this one. Got about a thousand posts of coverage.
 
A good percentage of users aren't from North America, most don't care about NASCAR.
(Not all, most.)
 
I'm American and I couldn't care less about NASCAR today. Some of the older NASCARs look really cool, but today they all look the same.
 
TSTestPilot
Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
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Why didn't you start a thread about it before it happened? I didn't know it was on. With that said, I didn't watch it, I do not know who won it, I don't know who's in it, all with the exception of Ambrose finishing 13th in a car that I do not know what type.

NASCAR is ok, F1 is ok, V8 Supercars are ok, WRC is ok, BTCC is ok, none of them get into the news section unless Kaz, Polyphony or GT5 are involved somehow.
 
ParkourVeyron
I don't like NASCAR. Get over it.
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Why did you post it to begin with?:odd:

I don't get why people feel the need to say they don't like something, it only leads to unneeded arguments. If you don't like something, just ignore it, there is no need to comment on it unless that is actually the subject at hand.
 
It's was pretty easy for you to start this thread, why didn't you start one for the Daytona 500. You wasted a thread to start something negative but can't start a thread to do something productive.... I weep for mankind, lol
 
TSTestPilot
Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about.
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What is there to think about? The Daytona 500 wasn't mentioned. Evidently, there wasn't enough interest or support to justify coverage. Or perhaps Jordan was simply preoccupied with something more important.

This is, after all, GT Planet. Not Motorsport Planet. The Daytona 500 doesn't automatically get coverage simply because it exists. The lack of coverage is not the travesty you are making it out to be.

After all, it's only NASCAR.
 
TSTestPilot
Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
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I'm not sure what you're trying to suggest here. Motorsports events that I cover on the blog have a direct connection to Gran Turismo; for example, a race in which a GT Academy winner or Kazunori Yamauchi is competing, or when the outcome of a Formula 1 race has an impact on the content in GT5. The Daytona 500 had none of those connections.

Of course, if you'd like to get pedantic, I did mention the race on GTPlanet's Twitter account.
 
TSTestPilot
Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
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Aside from what's already been pointed out....

NASCAR is huge in the US, but this isn't a US-only site and Gran Turismo isn't a US-only game, and globally NASCAR isn't king of motorsports. While the 2012 Daytona 500 had average viewership in the range of 13 to 14 million, and a total of 36.5 million people who watched at least a few minutes of it, on a global scale that is still fairly humble. I have a hard time getting precise figures, with different numbers that don't specify whether they're average viewership, total viewership, or whatever, but I've seen figures putting typical F1 race viewership (not specific races but just any old race) well into the hundreds of millions; typically 500 to 600 million, depending on the source. This means that if you combine the viewership of both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500, you would still have to multiply it by at least a factor of ten to approach the viewership of any given F1 race.

So what's my point? The point is that if we're supposed to make a huge friggin' deal about the Daytona 500, we have to make an even bigger deal about every single solitary F1 race, since the smallest F1 race dramatically surpasses any sporting event in the US, no matter how big the event. So we'd just have a relentless barrage of F1 stories posted through almost the entire year.
 
Nothing much to think about, 'Pilot.

As a hard-core NASCAR fan, I'm extremely happy with the administration's treatment of it here. There are numerous threads relating to NASCAR to be found, and in fact members gathered for a race party in the general discussion thread which turned out to be one of the best races I watched this year: I was with my bros, and we had an incredible experience bonded together in those moments - both newcomers to the NASCAR experience, and old timers who thought we'd seen everything.
NASCAR is not an easy 'thing' to get.
Unless one has watched at least one race in it's entirety, one should reserve comment on it, and to really touch just the tip of the iceberg - watch a whole season.
The best way I can put it is to say that it's a year-long, high-speed endurance race.
From cigars and cry-towels to the 'pass in the grass', NASCAR really is an unique culture that is actually in a class of its own. To have it in GT5 was a surprise to me. Obviously it was no contest to the NASCAR videogame itself. To be able to gather and talk about it at GTPlanet is a bonus. There are a dozen 'bona-fide' NASCAR sites around whenever we need to get out of the more relaxed atmosphere of GTPlanet and need to put up with the more serious testosterone nuts who drink adrenaline for breakfast and jet fuel for dinner.

I feel there was ample coverage of the first leg of this year's countrywide enduro.

And that is the tested truth 'Pilot. Thank you for the concern.
 
TSTestPilot
Just something to think about...

Notice how much real world racing is covered by GTPlanet in the News section? Notice how the Daytona 500 was never mentioned?

Just something to think about. Thank you.
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Yeah, you're going to fit in nicely here... :indiff:
 
We don't cover every tin-top and open-wheel race on the front page either. In fact, we generally only post those with direct ties to the GT Academy. The only mention of an F1 driver was a Sebastian Vettel seasonal event in GT5.

We do have a motorsports forum for the real-life stuff. Have a look around...
 
Let me let you know where I was coming from when I first had this thought.

NASCAR is a huge racing series. NASCAR is a big part of Gran Turismo 5 (not the biggest, but a big part, nonetheless). Many online rooms are running NASCAR at any given moment. Many real-life races and/or drivers, be it F1, 24Hour races, etc. are mentioned in the GTP News.

Just to clarify where I was coming from. Thank you.
 
F1?

Nurb was mentioned because Kaz was in it.
Dubai and Le Mans were mentioned because there were GT Academy winners in it.

F1 was mentioned because we would get X1s if Vettel won.
 
I think the OP - probably by honest mistake - regards the NEWS section as being about all the subjects we get to discuss in the forums. So, if we have a motorsports forum, then we should have motorsports news. But it isn't like that, obviously.

The way I see it, the core of the FORUMS is the Games and Online Gaming section, all others are add-ons, probably evolved through the years according to popular requests to the site owner. But the NEWS, the LIBRARY and the FEEDBACK sections remain solely devoted to Gran Turismo games.
 
TSTestPilot
Let me let you know where I was coming from when I first had this thought.

NASCAR is a huge racing series. NASCAR is a big part of Gran Turismo 5 (not the biggest, but a big part, nonetheless). Many online rooms are running NASCAR at any given moment. Many real-life races and/or drivers, be it F1, 24Hour races, etc. are mentioned in the GTP News.

Just to clarify where I was coming from. Thank you.
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It's all good. Honestly, the forum is really where it's at. If you look around you'll find the right coverage and discussion and you'll be welcome to join in as opposed to just reading what an author posted and merely commenting on the blog post. 👍

Welcome to :gtplanet:
 
I think the last time NASCAR was mentioned on the News Thread was when the Online events were NASCAR related...and before that, when the new paint schemes were added and before that when the GT5 Gamespot NASCAR was announced...so, NASCAR isn't mentioned much. the only reason why LeMans is mentioned is because the GT Academy racers are racing in it.
 

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