Gran Turismo World Series (2025 Manufacturers Cup | April 2 - April 19)

[SPDN Stefano]

I have no problems with the race settings for Interlagos. Having a long qualifying and no tyre strategy favors the fastest driver in the lobby, which is probably how racing should be. When you can only do one fast lap in qualifying there is an element of randomness to the grid because of people making mistakes. So now there is a mix of short and long qualifyings which is good imo.

 

[dazdilly75]

I have no problems with the race settings for Interlagos. Having a long qualifying and no tyre strategy favors the fastest driver in the lobby, which is probably how racing should be. When you can only do one fast lap in qualifying there is an element of randomness to the grid because of people making mistakes. So now there is a mix of short and long qualifyings which is good imo.

Quali doesn't determine race pace. You can have someone set one good lap, but that doesn't always translate to race pace. Wouldn't you rather have more race time as opposed to an extended quali period?

I think long qualy sessions is a HUGE mistake. I foresee a scenario where unscrupulous trolls set a good time early and then spend the remaining 15 minutes interfering with everyone else’s laps to maintain their standing. You can’t do that easily if you’re only on track for 5 minutes and what’s actually the penalty for it in a qualification session?

I actually didn't think about this scenario, but it's a very good point.

 

[Moose78]

We need to talk about interlagos... I think 18 minutes of qualification could have been better used to implement a multi tyre strategy, as opposed to just time trialing for almost half the entire session!

I agree. I don't mind these sprint races, but if I want that sort of thing, I can go do a daily race. The 30-lapper we had at Interlagos a few seasons ago was something I'll remember. This, probably not so much.

I'm not a fan of the longer qualifying. I think you're right. The ability to get one great lap is not the same as the ability to maintain a consistent race pace. Mostly, though, it just seems like a dull way to spend time we could be using for real racing.

I think long qualy sessions is a HUGE mistake. I foresee a scenario where unscrupulous trolls set a good time early and then spend the remaining 15 minutes interfering with everyone else’s laps to maintain their standing.

Is this a real concern in your lobbies? Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've never come across any trolls in my lobbies. Aggressive and bad drivers, sure, but nobody being intentionally nasty. I'm well aware that they exist, but it isn't something I've experienced enough to worry about it.

We've had the longer qualifying sessions for those RA-72 races -- Watkins Glen and Eiger Nordwand. I missed the first, but when I did the second, I had plenty of space in qualifying. No trolls. Plenty of time to exit out the pits and start over again if I got caught up in traffic.

 

[newmedia_dev]

If they are going to do this massive QT for interlagos why not throw in the joker and reverse the grid order?

 

[stpatty]

Back in GT Sport there was a Nations race at Willow Springs in the Civic Touring Car. 10 minute qualifying, something like a 7 lap race which only lasted about 9 minutes. I don't think that was the only time something like that has happened either.

It's a bit ridiculous but it's something different. You get to push hard in qualifying knowing if you make a mistake you're going to get another couple of chances. Then the race is just a sprint. where hopefully nobody is out of sequence and getting pushy because their qualifying was bad.

 

[MetalApe]

If they are going to do this massive QT for interlagos why not throw in the joker and reverse the grid order?

A really nice enhancement for GT8 would be multi-race events. So we could do something like F2/F3 Sprint races with at least a partial reverse grid order.

I remember years back a game I played had a format based on Aussie V8's, where they had three races. The first based on qualifying, the second reverse of the race order, the third the aggregate of race 1 and 2 finishing positions.

We could have heats that merge two lobbies, the top half finishers from each lobby get put together for the A-Final, the bottoms halfs get a B-Final. Where of course the A-Final carrys more points than the B.

I'm happy to have this extended qualifying as a change, it's better than the Nord qualifying where 8 minutes is actually qualifying, 8+ minutes is a pointless outlap, then 5+ minutes of watching the clock count down even though everyone has finished their lap.

I don't imagine we need to worry about an idiot messing up everyones laps, I'm sure he'd soon get some Karma playback in the race.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Had some time today as work is fairly quiet to do a few more laps to dial in a little bit of muscle memory.

Firstly I like the Interlagos layout but absolutely hate the rough surface feedback it feels artificially exaggerated unless my supra doesn’t have any damping…..

On to the supra, it’s actually not as bad as I thought it would be here so that’s another positive and weirdly it’s not as popular on my friends list as I’d of thought (1 out of about 30 + me using it)

I’m a little more optimistic for tomorrow now and that the car might be ok even the infield section wasn’t that bad in it.

 

[D_Dragline]

I agree. I don't mind these sprint races, but if I want that sort of thing, I can go do a daily race. The 30-lapper we had at Interlagos a few seasons ago was something I'll remember. This, probably not so much.

I'm not a fan of the longer qualifying. I think you're right. The ability to get one great lap is not the same as the ability to maintain a consistent race pace. Mostly, though, it just seems like a dull way to spend time we could be using for real racing.

Is this a real concern in your lobbies? Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've never come across any trolls in my lobbies. Aggressive and bad drivers, sure, but nobody being intentionally nasty. I'm well aware that they exist, but it isn't something I've experienced enough to worry about it.

We've had the longer qualifying sessions for those RA-72 races -- Watkins Glen and Eiger Nordwand. I missed the first, but when I did the second, I had plenty of space in qualifying. No trolls. Plenty of time to exit out the pits and start over again if I got caught up in traffic.

There are a few players in my lobbies who will absolutely exploit this. It’s just a lottery as to whether I’ll match with them or not.

 

[Talon16]

Yea, I cannot make sense of PD's qualifying times. 18 mins at Interlagos for a race that will barely be longer than the quali. There's also an 18 min quali at Sardegna, which is another 12 lap race stint. And at Interlagos the fuel rate is 1x, so it's not like you can just drive around in circles for 15 mins and lighten the car for better time later on as it may help some but likely not a lot.

However, the Spa race which could likely take over an hour depending on weather is a four min qualifier; so that's a definite one shot hot lap.

Just seems to be all over the board.

All that being said, I was happy to see the Nord quali was dry for everyone. I never much liked the ones where it could rain, and some people got a good lap in where others didn't/couldn't. It also helped with keeping space between cars as if rain was threatening during quali everyone would go out at the same time and it became a cluster.