Gran Turismo World Series 2026 Discussion

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Johnny Caisse
The part where Solis dropped to his knee. I dunno. I'm certainly happy for them but it felt a bit over the top for a gaming related thing.
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Have you never been very happy at doing very well, in a very public place, at something you enjoy?

He's also far, far from the first person to celebrate this sort of thing in this manner.
 
Jordan
This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Gran Turismo World Series 2026 Round 3: Finding Solis in Singapore​

The Gran Turismo World Series made its first stop in Southeast Asia on Saturday, with Round 3 taking over the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Subaru’s Daniel Solis won the Manufacturers Cup from pole, and Takuma Miyazono’s surprise three-stop strategy took the Nations Cup in a wild final that ended with contact at the last corner.
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From the article, regarding the new T-GT III: and the third wheel maker alongside Fanatec and Moza.
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Quite literally the "third wheel" 🤣🤣🤣

Edit: apologies for the double post
 
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I find it a bit odd that they decided to have Antonio Santos stand in as the Lexus driver for Round 3 of this season in place of Mateo Estevez instead of Kanata Kawakami. Antonio Santos is a good driver, despite some difficulties in the World Series lately, but Kanata Kawakami is much more experienced. Also, I think I now understand why they decided to have Samuel Moreno stand in for Calen Roach as the BMW driver for Round 3, because they wanted to be conservative since Samuel Moreno is in both the Manufacturers Cup and the Nations Cup for this season.
 
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Andyxdr
I find it a bit odd that they decided to have Antonio Santos stand in as the Lexus driver for Round 3 of this season in place of Mateo Estevez instead of Kanata Kawakami. Antonio Santos is a good driver, despite some difficulties in the World Series lately, but Kanata Kawakami is much more experienced. Also, I think I now understand why they decided to have Samuel Moreno stand in for Calen Roach as the BMW driver for Round 3, because they wanted to be conservative since Samuel Moreno is in both the Manufacturers Cup and the Nations Cup for this season.
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Maybe Kawakami was unavailable?
 
Andyxdr
Also, I think I now understand why they decided to have Samuel Moreno stand in for Calen Roach as the BMW driver for Round 3, because they wanted to be conservative since Samuel Moreno is in both the Manufacturers Cup and the Nations Cup for this season.
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Kinda. It's more that he was already on-site for Nations so there was no need to get anyone else flown out.

As for Lexus, nobody can really answer that except PD and the drivers. It may, as @RACECAR says, simply be the case that PD got on the horn and could get one but not the other.
 
RACECAR
Maybe Kawakami was unavailable?
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Famine
Kinda. It's more that he was already on-site for Nations so there was no need to get anyone else flown out.

As for Lexus, nobody can really answer that except PD and the drivers. It may, as @RACECAR says, simply be the case that PD got on the horn and could get one but not the other.
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Those sound plausible. Thanks.
 
Nakano219
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To me, that's more than alongside enough to be afforded room on the outside, and I think racing in general is worse off for this whole "force them off and make them back out" approach that modern F1 has permeated.
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I think the opposite has happened in F1. Pre-run off areas etc, hanging on, or passing on the outside, wasn't the done thing. General rule of thumb was whoever has the inside has the corner, and the right to the racing line on exit. You can try hanging on, but don't expect much sympathy when it doesn't work.

My number one rule if I want someone to give me room is, they need to know I'm there, if they don't know that, then there's no chance I'll be given room. Pulling alongside around the outside mid corner is one of the hardest moves to spot. The inside drivers line of sight is biased to where the track goes, away from a driver on the outside. In this case here, Miyazono just not going to see him coming in either the mirror (or the corner of his eye in the real world). The zoomed in radar can help in GT7, but mid corner you're too focused on the track ahead to keep a close on the radar to spot a rare case like this.

The recent change in F1 is from the poorly thought through rules applied, it leads to drivers not aiming for natural well thought out passes, just a mad rush to get in the required position alongside at the apex, so that according to the rules you have the corner. It's a complete mess.
 
Johnny Caisse
The part where Solis dropped to his knee. I dunno. I'm certainly happy for them but it felt a bit over the top for a gaming related thing.
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I've been competing since the first event that was available in 2018. In all that time I've always been a weak link and pretty much a poster child for "not good enough" comments from the community. The only individual race I won was a last chance qualifier in Nations 2019 where passing was near impossible, so it felt like it didn't count.

In 2020, I won the Manufacturers Cup off the back of Miyazono and Mikail driving perfect races.

Admittedly, when I won in 2022 I think I drove a decent race and I made the strategy call for wets that won, but it would always fall under the shadow of my superiors.

I didn't even qualify in '23 and '24, but upon return in 2025, I had a miserable race where I couldn't keep the car under control over the kerbing at Road Atlanta, and it put me in a bad mental state going forward.

Fast forward to this year, the online season was very demanding and there was a lot of toxicity online, and it made me want to quit playing altogether. Up until this point, I've never delivered a LAN performance worthy of standing on its own, as my own achievement and not riding the coattails of others.

It's not about being just a game, it's about getting the chance to prove and/or redeem yourself at one of the only talents you've ever been able to display in your life. I've had the opportunity to do something a majority of the world could only dream to do: travel the world and compete at the pinnacle of something. Sport, game, competition, whatever you want to call it. I finally captured my opportunity to cement myself as someone who belongs here, contrary to much of the online discourse I've endured over the years.

It's not easy to ignore the negative commentary when so many people around you provide it; some people have thicker skin, I admittedly don't. It was just an extremely relieving feeling to finally succeed in the face of my peers, my friends, my family, the people that support me, and the people that smack talk me. It's a once in a lifetime moment and it was powerfully overwhelming in the moment.
 
Almost got both predictions right was tick off with Ferrari. Very busy weekend with both World Series and mxon.
 
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Dodge Lamb
I've been competing since the first event that was available in 2018. In all that time I've always been a weak link and pretty much a poster child for "not good enough" comments from the community. The only individual race I won was a last chance qualifier in Nations 2019 where passing was near impossible, so it felt like it didn't count.

In 2020, I won the Manufacturers Cup off the back of Miyazono and Mikail driving perfect races.

Admittedly, when I won in 2022 I think I drove a decent race and I made the strategy call for wets that won, but it would always fall under the shadow of my superiors.

I didn't even qualify in '23 and '24, but upon return in 2025, I had a miserable race where I couldn't keep the car under control over the kerbing at Road Atlanta, and it put me in a bad mental state going forward.

Fast forward to this year, the online season was very demanding and there was a lot of toxicity online, and it made me want to quit playing altogether. Up until this point, I've never delivered a LAN performance worthy of standing on its own, as my own achievement and not riding the coattails of others.

It's not about being just a game, it's about getting the chance to prove and/or redeem yourself at one of the only talents you've ever been able to display in your life. I've had the opportunity to do something a majority of the world could only dream to do: travel the world and compete at the pinnacle of something. Sport, game, competition, whatever you want to call it. I finally captured my opportunity to cement myself as someone who belongs here, contrary to much of the online discourse I've endured over the years.

It's not easy to ignore the negative commentary when so many people around you provide it; some people have thicker skin, I admittedly don't. It was just an extremely relieving feeling to finally succeed in the face of my peers, my friends, my family, the people that support me, and the people that smack talk me. It's a once in a lifetime moment and it was powerfully overwhelming in the moment.
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Your comeback is sensational and you should definitely be proud of yourself, Solis. To be honest enduring the toxicity and proving them wrong is really inspiring. I'm relatively new to the simracing field and have only been following the GTWS recently, but trust me I understood exactly how you felt on that stage after winning that race.

Wish you all the best, my friend :gtpflag:
 
Dodge Lamb
I've been competing since the first event that was available in 2018. In all that time I've always been a weak link and pretty much a poster child for "not good enough" comments from the community. The only individual race I won was a last chance qualifier in Nations 2019 where passing was near impossible, so it felt like it didn't count.

In 2020, I won the Manufacturers Cup off the back of Miyazono and Mikail driving perfect races.

Admittedly, when I won in 2022 I think I drove a decent race and I made the strategy call for wets that won, but it would always fall under the shadow of my superiors.

I didn't even qualify in '23 and '24, but upon return in 2025, I had a miserable race where I couldn't keep the car under control over the kerbing at Road Atlanta, and it put me in a bad mental state going forward.

Fast forward to this year, the online season was very demanding and there was a lot of toxicity online, and it made me want to quit playing altogether. Up until this point, I've never delivered a LAN performance worthy of standing on its own, as my own achievement and not riding the coattails of others.

It's not about being just a game, it's about getting the chance to prove and/or redeem yourself at one of the only talents you've ever been able to display in your life. I've had the opportunity to do something a majority of the world could only dream to do: travel the world and compete at the pinnacle of something. Sport, game, competition, whatever you want to call it. I finally captured my opportunity to cement myself as someone who belongs here, contrary to much of the online discourse I've endured over the years.

It's not easy to ignore the negative commentary when so many people around you provide it; some people have thicker skin, I admittedly don't. It was just an extremely relieving feeling to finally succeed in the face of my peers, my friends, my family, the people that support me, and the people that smack talk me. It's a once in a lifetime moment and it was powerfully overwhelming in the moment.
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Great job, Danny! 👍😍😎😉 Happy for you and Happy Birthday! 🎂 By the way, I wanted to come to the Singapore event and got a ticket for it, but my family and I decided I shouldn't go because it was too much trouble for me to go. Hopefully next year, they'll have a Gran Turismo World Series event that's not too far from the US where I live like you and I should be able to go to it and if you make it to next year's season, I might get to see you there. By the way, I have a half-brother who's also named Daniel.
 
Dodge Lamb
I've been competing since the first event that was available in 2018. In all that time I've always been a weak link and pretty much a poster child for "not good enough" comments from the community. The only individual race I won was a last chance qualifier in Nations 2019 where passing was near impossible, so it felt like it didn't count.

In 2020, I won the Manufacturers Cup off the back of Miyazono and Mikail driving perfect races.

Admittedly, when I won in 2022 I think I drove a decent race and I made the strategy call for wets that won, but it would always fall under the shadow of my superiors.

I didn't even qualify in '23 and '24, but upon return in 2025, I had a miserable race where I couldn't keep the car under control over the kerbing at Road Atlanta, and it put me in a bad mental state going forward.

Fast forward to this year, the online season was very demanding and there was a lot of toxicity online, and it made me want to quit playing altogether. Up until this point, I've never delivered a LAN performance worthy of standing on its own, as my own achievement and not riding the coattails of others.

It's not about being just a game, it's about getting the chance to prove and/or redeem yourself at one of the only talents you've ever been able to display in your life. I've had the opportunity to do something a majority of the world could only dream to do: travel the world and compete at the pinnacle of something. Sport, game, competition, whatever you want to call it. I finally captured my opportunity to cement myself as someone who belongs here, contrary to much of the online discourse I've endured over the years.

It's not easy to ignore the negative commentary when so many people around you provide it; some people have thicker skin, I admittedly don't. It was just an extremely relieving feeling to finally succeed in the face of my peers, my friends, my family, the people that support me, and the people that smack talk me. It's a once in a lifetime moment and it was powerfully overwhelming in the moment.
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Please disregard my gross comment. I watched the entire video and holy cow, the stress must be IMMENSE to know you're performing in front of a lot of people and that the slightest error can make everything void. You are an absolute trooper and an amazing driver.

Huge, huge congrats on that awesome victory!!

You're right, this must be an amazing feeling to get a 1st place!! I admit me, myself, I get sweaty hands when I'm about to complete something difficult in Gran Turismo, such as a Gold Lap on Track Experience which I admit I'm almost always struggling.

I wish you and your friends, family and Polyphony Digital an awesome final round!!
 
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Johnny Caisse
Please disregard my gross comment. I watched the entire video and holy cow, the stress must be IMMENSE to know you're performing in front of a lot of people and that the slightest error can make everything void. You are an absolute trooper and an amazing driver.

Huge, huge congrats on that awesome victory!!

You're right, this must be an amazing feeling to get a 1st place!! I admit me, myself, I get sweaty hands when I'm about to complete something difficult in Gran Turismo, such as a Gold Lap on Track Experience which I admit I'm almost always struggling.

I wish you and your friends, family and Polyphony Digital an awesome final round!!
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No worries, didn't find it to be a gross comment! I hoped that giving you my perspective as a competitor would be an insight as to why I felt the way I did. These races are for fun, first and foremost, but at the end of the day we all want to win as well. Thank you for the support! Everyone will be working hard for the final round, myself included. :D
 
Dodge Lamb
No worries, didn't find it to be a gross comment! I hoped that giving you my perspective as a competitor would be an insight as to why I felt the way I did. These races are for fun, first and foremost, but at the end of the day we all want to win as well. Thank you for the support! Everyone will be working hard for the final round, myself included. :D
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I wish you and your team good luck in the World Finals in Tokyo in December. Still, the Porsche team will be tough to beat. The Porsche 911 GT3 R may have lost some of its edge, but the drivers are brilliant and skilled.
 
Dodge Lamb
I've been competing since the first event that was available in 2018. In all that time I've always been a weak link and pretty much a poster child for "not good enough" comments from the community. The only individual race I won was a last chance qualifier in Nations 2019 where passing was near impossible, so it felt like it didn't count.

In 2020, I won the Manufacturers Cup off the back of Miyazono and Mikail driving perfect races.

Admittedly, when I won in 2022 I think I drove a decent race and I made the strategy call for wets that won, but it would always fall under the shadow of my superiors.

I didn't even qualify in '23 and '24, but upon return in 2025, I had a miserable race where I couldn't keep the car under control over the kerbing at Road Atlanta, and it put me in a bad mental state going forward.

Fast forward to this year, the online season was very demanding and there was a lot of toxicity online, and it made me want to quit playing altogether. Up until this point, I've never delivered a LAN performance worthy of standing on its own, as my own achievement and not riding the coattails of others.

It's not about being just a game, it's about getting the chance to prove and/or redeem yourself at one of the only talents you've ever been able to display in your life. I've had the opportunity to do something a majority of the world could only dream to do: travel the world and compete at the pinnacle of something. Sport, game, competition, whatever you want to call it. I finally captured my opportunity to cement myself as someone who belongs here, contrary to much of the online discourse I've endured over the years.

It's not easy to ignore the negative commentary when so many people around you provide it; some people have thicker skin, I admittedly don't. It was just an extremely relieving feeling to finally succeed in the face of my peers, my friends, my family, the people that support me, and the people that smack talk me. It's a once in a lifetime moment and it was powerfully overwhelming in the moment.
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First of all congratulations for your race and I can only slightly imagine your happiness of that moment...

I am quite new on this forum and never thought that a Top Driver could spent time writing here... so thanks for that.

Just a personal curiosity...
How many hours are you spending daily on GT7 to training yourself to reach this level?
And what you would suggest to do to improve the capability of a middle B driver?
(not asking to become a top world player, just to improve).

Thanks a lot and all the best for the Finals in Tokyo!
 
I was there yelling and lost my voice for a while after yelling for Miyazono. Honestly it's been a bummer period for us gamers in Singapore because we have no game conventions and events ever since Gamescom Asia decided to disgracefully abandon us at the last minute for Thailand.

The World Series coming to Singapore was a breath of relief and I enjoyed it very much. Wishful thinking but I hope they'll come back again soon!🤞
 
VTEC Driver
First of all congratulations for your race and I can only slightly imagine your happiness of that moment...

I am quite new on this forum and never thought that a Top Driver could spent time writing here... so thanks for that.

Just a personal curiosity...
How many hours are you spending daily on GT7 to training yourself to reach this level?
And what you would suggest to do to improve the capability of a middle B driver?
(not asking to become a top world player, just to improve).

Thanks a lot and all the best for the Finals in Tokyo!
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Admittedly, I'm not driving the game very much daily anymore. I pretty much took a hiatus from when the season ended in January up until the physics change dropped. I played it for a couple days, and then walked away again until we got the combos for Singapore to practice. At that point, I tried to practice every day for a good 2-4 hours until my flight, but there were a couple skipped days along the way due to work.

I feel like GT is a game where once you understand all the fundamentals and have maximized most of it, practice can only get you so much further. I think most people at the top level are so well versed that they don't need to put a lot of time into it, all that time was mostly needed for the learning process to get to where they're at now. Could be wrong, but for me, hopping back in doesn't take long.

It's hard to suggest ways to improve, the key for me was always to watch people better than me and study what they do differently. On the bright side, the data logger exists now, which is a great way to analyze individual inputs and understand how someone compares to you. It's a tool I haven't utilized since I feel that I am at a high level, but one I think I would when I feel lost on finding time.

Also, I don't think it should be a surprise that any top driver would write here, we're all normal people too :dopey: thank you, Tokyo is going to be a lot of fun!
 
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