Gran Turismo World Series discussion (2026 Nations Cup: 11-28 February)

[Uday9479]

@Famine ...I know You've posted all info for the Manu event but I was unable to find. Hence, I've got two queries that I need to be solved & for which I'll be obliged.

I'm racing in GT1 A. I'm in the EMEA region group.

1. Since I've got only 3 time slots to play in, if I participate in all 3 slots, will the result of race 3 count or the race that I've recently participated in irrespective of a better result in the 1st or 2nd race?

2. Is it true that Race Slot 1 offers the highest scoring points? For instance, If I were to finish in 5th for all the three races, then will I earn the most points in the 1st race as compared to the third race? I'm asking as once someone told me during a livestream that the first race is where You'll earn the most points for Your result.

 

[Hdbd04]

Normally I would just make an entire race overview as the laps gone by, but the last lap drama and fight for 3rd was too great for me to basically ignore the other laps.

Although it seemed like most people would pit from laps 10-12, depending on how convenient it was for them. Although a majority including myself pitted in at Lap 11. But I do think I was the few that went with softs, as I only just managed to squeeze the life out of it as most went on mediums with plentiful of life at the end. But, had I gone with Mediums in that Jag, I'd be miserable.

For most races with rain, I took the "strat" of just hanging in the line and watch any chaos that unfolded. Because despite qualifying at P10, any instances of a close combat or shoving ahead is just an opportunity to move up positions. Same with going with the mediums/softs, by just sticking to the dry line and overtaking at the main straight. Unless someone pushes too hard and slides off.


Now with this last lap incident, the Mazda started on 4th and was making some kind of comeback after some incident that I wasn't involved in. The Corvette started behind me in P11 and was on the same route as I, albeit a bit faster.

However, as time came for both sides to fight, that first chicane really blew things up, and to my advantage of just watching the two they made a mess about it. Prompting me to P3. Strangely, the Corvette didn't get any penalty from that incident even if the Mazda got the worse out of the whole ordeal.

Just as I thought I was going to get a podium, as well as some 200 points off from it, my beloved T-LCM pedals decided not to register my brake on a vital corner. Maybe I was pressing it too lightly or it really didn't register (Edit: Or it was just because my tires are literally dying), it was too weird and ironic considering that it was all fine for the whole race. Thankfully, I didn't bin it on the sands and was almost getting desperate come the final turns. Yet despite all of the shouldering, my Jag was no match for the Vette's power down the final straight. ending in P4 with 193 points to bag, instead of 203 points.

 

[Blade_Rudder]

@Famine ...I know You've posted all info for the Manu event but I was unable to find. Hence, I've got two queries that I need to be solved & for which I'll be obliged.

I'm racing in GT1 A. I'm in the EMEA region group.

1. Since I've got only 3 time slots to play in, if I participate in all 3 slots, will the result of race 3 count or the race that I've recently participated in irrespective of a better result in the 1st or 2nd race?

2. Is it true that Race Slot 1 offers the highest scoring points? For instance, If I were to finish in 5th for all the three races, then will I earn the most points in the 1st race as compared to the third race? I'm asking as once someone told me during a livestream that the first race is where You'll earn the most points for Your result.

1. Yes. Only the last race you entered counts
2. No. This is nonsense
Here is the link to the article

Gran Turismo World Series 2026 Online Qualifying Events Announced

The surprisingly early official 2026 Gran Turismo World Series season is almost upon us, and with the online qualifiers set to begin in under a week Polyphony Digital has revealed the all-important race details that will determine who'll be heading to the four live events this year. We already ha

www.gtplanet.net

 

[Zorz]

@Famine ...I know You've posted all info for the Manu event but I was unable to find. Hence, I've got two queries that I need to be solved & for which I'll be obliged.

I'm racing in GT1 A. I'm in the EMEA region group.

1. Since I've got only 3 time slots to play in, if I participate in all 3 slots, will the result of race 3 count or the race that I've recently participated in irrespective of a better result in the 1st or 2nd race?

2. Is it true that Race Slot 1 offers the highest scoring points? For instance, If I were to finish in 5th for all the three races, then will I earn the most points in the 1st race as compared to the third race? I'm asking as once someone told me during a livestream that the first race is where You'll earn the most points for Your result.

1. The final race you enter is the one that counts. If you leave it or disconnect, you're getting 0 even if you completed an earlier time slot.

2. That only really applies at the very top of GT1 league. The points available are based on the average driver rating of everyone in the lobby. People trying to qualify for the live events will likely leave after getting a good result in slots 1 and 2, which in turn lowers the average driver rating and thus points in the later slots. There will be hardly any difference, if any, lower down the ratings where there are far more people.

 

[afc5150]

I'll take that all day long.

GT2, slot 1 Americas, 130 point lobby, door 10.

Q4 to P2 using the 12IM - 8RS strategy. In hindsight I probably should have used the RM for the dry stint but oh well.

Happy to take home 126 points after 2 horrible attempts in round 1.

 

[Famine]

1. Since I've got only 3 time slots to play in, if I participate in all 3 slots, will the result of race 3 count or the race that I've recently participated in irrespective of a better result in the 1st or 2nd race?

As others have pointed out, only your final race entry counts. If you enter all three slots, only your result - even if it's zero - from the final slot counts.

2. Is it true that Race Slot 1 offers the highest scoring points?

No, and I've no idea where this has come from.

Points are determined solely by the mean Driver Rating score of everyone in a lobby. If fewer higher-rated players enter a slot, there'll be fewer points, whichever one it happens to be.

Of course this one may be self-fulfilling: if enough players believe it, they'll be less likely to enter later slots, reducing the points available.

 

[tmtk]

US region, slot 1, high B, 137 points for the win, door 3 😬

Qualified 6th with a mediocre lap (33.2)
The idea was to live through the rain on inters (my wet pace is no good) and go for mediums as fast as possible to catch out people unprepared. This strategy worked really well, through the rain I was driving around 6-7th, few people crashed out earlier, but unfortunately my slow pace allowed few others to slip by.

The inters in real race conditions wear out way faster than in test lobbies, so I planned to switch to mediums as soon as it was possible. Held on to the lap 11 and then pitted. Many others in front pitted one or two laps later and that was their mistake as I overtook them almost all once the pit cycle finished. There was only one driver ahead, I was second with several seconds of space behind.

But here I started to loose focus, doing small mistakes of touching wet patches which in some cases resulted in small time loss or worse, ultimately one crash at the wall on the exit of penultimate corner and bad spin on the outside kerb after the chicane. Lost a lot of time there, few people got by. And although one rage quitted later I wasn't able to catch anyone in front. Some mid-race crasher chased me from behind, but I think they were on softs so no longer a threat in last two laps.

Crossed the line 5th.

Top 5 is a result I'll take anytime in such high level lobbies, but some bitterness remained considering my mistakes and clearly lost 2nd place. 114 points is a good haul though.

On top of that my game crashed when I tried to save a replay, so I won't jinx it and leave it at that.

 

[Uday9479]

So I took part in my EMEA GT1 A slot 1 race (22:30).

I was hoping for a decent qualy & a top 8 finish. If not, I would take part in Race 2.

But my lucky stars were shining somewhat. I qualified in P5 which was a decent result. Was finding traffic here or there so 5th was good.

Come the race, I started on Inters. I was prepared not to fight it out hard with anyone initially because it's a long race with changing weather. I wanted to keep composure & be consistent without spinning out or running wide off track which I did at Road Atlanta making me finish 9th.

Apart from overtaking one car & one running wide at the hairpin, my race was pretty straightforward. I was able to drive at my own pace & brave the changing conditions. I pitted on lap 11 for RMs.

At the end, I finished 3rd which is a result I wasn't expecting. Even though I raced in a mix of DR A & B drivers, finishing on the podium is still an achievement for me. I was thinking of taking part in the other 2 races as well but no way will I better my 3rd place in them so will sleep tonight with a smile on my face. I also earned a handsome amount of points here.

P.S. - When I entered this race my DR was as good as A (high upper B). Now I'm back to DR A. I remember when I raced at Atlanta, most of the drivers were A rated because my DR was A as well. This time it was B, so many DR B drivers for this round to match my skillset? I thought I would be racing against DR A drivers as I got entered into GT1 A.

 

[FlapJackFlash]

GT1 EMEA 1st slot split A/B lobby

Q4 with 1.33.0 - interestingly all the A DR drivers had very low SRs.

Started on IM and got into 3rd at the hairpin, then lost it again after a penalty. As the 1st dry spell hit I struggled to make use of the extra grip but did do a lot of tyre cooling on the wet patches. on L7 when the rain started up again I didn't brake early enough and hit the car in front off the hairpin so got a 3s penalty and also waited for them to rejoin in front. Didn't seem to stop them though as they ended up winning the race anyway.

Down to 8th after the penalty, then up to 6th on L11 when everyone ahead pitted. I decided I'd saved my IM enough to stick out another lap, then would go for S to try and get some places back.

Came out of the pits 4th which was a surprise, something terrible must of happened on everyone else's outlap. Would dip into the wet patches in the hope that would stretch the S tyres.

Struggled with the drying track as the dry line felt narrow and not the fastest line and had a little spin on the exit of T1, but managed to take it home in 5th for 130 points with maybe 5% tyre remaining on front right. Not sure whether to tempt the rain gods and go again.

Also had my first race with another GTPer - @Uday9479 was in the same race and was a delight to race against!

P.S. - When I entered this race my DR was as good as A (high upper B). Now I'm back to DR A. I remember when I raced at Atlanta, most of the drivers were A rated because my DR was A as well. This time it was B, so many DR B drivers for this round to match my skillset? I thought I would be racing against DR A drivers as I got entered into GT1 A.

I'm only B but for some reason was entered into GT1 - but once you've entered into your group it never changes, so if in the daily races your DR drops to C, you'd still be in GT1

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[Zorz]

That's a one-and-done for me. Whilst Road Atlanta is one of my weakest tracks, Dragon Trail Gardens is one of my stronger tracks and I definitely needed that today. That was a very demanding 33 minutes.

I qualified P3 with a 1:31.718. I think it could have been pole as I was 3 tenths purple at the end of sector 2 on my second flying lap, but then I got distracted and messed up a bit. A win definitely wasn't on the cards for me today though even if I had started on pole. Lots of little mistakes across the race that added up.

The start of the race was clean and tightly packed throughout lap 1. Everyone had started on Inters except for P2 (Ferrari) and P15 (Lambo).

On lap 2, I got too aggressive coming out of the chicane in sector 1 and had to catch the car, dropping me to P4 by letting a Porsche past. I then tried going defensive into the hairpin since P5 and P6 (AMG and Dodge) were both right behind, only to lose a couple of positions from the awkward line. Not a great start.

The Porsche and AMG tried going 2-wide through the quad right-hander, and a nudge from the AMG sent the Porsche off. When he tried recovering, the kerb at the start of the tunnel unsettled his car and spun him out. Back up to P5. Meanwhile I was in a fight with the Dodge and had to drop behind coming out of the final hairpin as he had the inside.

The start of lap 3 was sketchy as I was right behind the AMG and apparently we were taking turn 1 in different ways. That nearly caught us both out, with me nudging him wide a little as I went to the kerb. He held it and kept the position, so no harm done other than being a bit of a fright. We kept fighting for a while after that. I got a better exit onto the pit straight at the end of lap 4, then overestimated how much the track had dried on lap 5, going deep at the sector 2 hairpin and losing the position to both him and a Ferrari that had caught up. P6 again.

The AMG got another poor exit onto the pit straight allowing me to take P5 back, but now a BMW had caught up from behind. The AMG and BMW fighting then earned me some breathing room towards the end of the rain stint.

A few people peeled off into the pits at the start of lap 10. I thought I'd stick it out 1 lap longer to let the dry line get just that little bit wider before pitting myself for Mediums. When I came out, the BMW was right behind me and he was pushing. Definitely a lot more confident than I was.

My line through the sector 2 hairpin was awkward on lap 12, which allowed the BMW alongside and I had to concede going into the S-bends. This might have been a bit of a blessing though? I'm not sure. This is where we started encountering people who hadn't pit yet. Please, please do not stay out until your Inters/Wets are dead. You become an absolute menace for anyone behind you who's already made their pit stop and is trying to trace the dry line.

The BMW almost lost control going through the quad right hander because he had to go up the inside of a Porsche on dead tyres and caught a lot of water doing it. On lap 13, he then actually lost control in the sector 1 chicane because of a Peugeot doing the same thing, so I was now behind the Peugeot myself. Even though the BMW had spun, he caught us again in sector 3. The Peugeot was horrendously slow hogging the dry line and I couldn't safely get past.

I was up in P4 at the start of lap 14 after everyone had pitted, but with the BMW right behind me again. His extra confidence meant he got me into the sector 2 hairpin again, back down to P5. That extra confidence failed soon after though - he had his left wheels on a wet kerb when braking to turn in for the quad right hander and spun.

The rest of the race was me trundling along with a McLaren who'd taken Softs gradually catching me, but never getting close enough to mount an attack.

End result, P4 for 233 points. I won't be surprised if this ends up being the highlight of my season. Really happy with this one.

Softs might be more viable here than I first thought after all, especially for MR cars. You really can't push here tracing the dry line so they don't get all that stressed. The McLaren did 12I-8S and this is what his tyres looked like at the end.

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[Mumster]

I don’t get why they have a huge break in the races from 3-7. Is it a meal break? Do they reboot the race servers? Some of us can’t spend the whole day in GT7 (not that I don’t want to, but I have a wife 😂). Anyone know why they do it? Also I’m only in GT2 so my results don’t matter anyway. Lost my A rating in chaotic daily’s from a series of chaotic races with lots of crashes in a row right before the World Series.

 

[KAlex122]

Well it was like this:
Started an hour ago in a Jag on Inters which i completely wore for 12 laps. Forgot to try even one dry lap before the race, still qualified 2nd.

In the race it happened as i typically does in C lobbies in the rain - there where definitely at least two guys faster than me but there where none without mistakes. Big ones. So after about 3 laps i was in the lead, which went up to 7 seconds when the guy behind me spun.

I stayed on the inters for 12 laps as i didn't want to get between people through pitting. Pitting late meant everyone was already in and i was 5 seconds in front again. This culminated to 17 seconds fast as errors occurred behind me apparently. I drove super save, staying on the dry line in the corners and cooling my mediums on the straights. Won with about 12 seconds in front of 2nd and 3rd.

Stay out of trouble in the rain, stay on your line in the dry. Get an acceptable result, i guess. Good luck out there!

 

[Moose78]

Team Aston Martin - V12 Vantage GT3 '12 - GT2 - Americas - 10AM - Door #11 - 111 points available - Q7 (1:33.693)

There was too much craziness in this race to document it all. I remember fairly early in the race -- maybe lap 3 or 4 -- I was tapped from behind at the hairpin, which spun me around. I feel pretty far back before I was able to get the car back on the track, but I just drove it out and one-by-one (and sometimes two-by-two) the cars ahead went off the track. By the end, I found myself in P4 for 97 points and a 3.6% boost to my DR, taking it to 64.2%.

As for strategy, I'd started on IMs and decided to pit for RMs on lap 10, a lap earlier than planned, to get out of traffic. I don't think it was any faster, but I did find some space for a bit.



Team Renault - R.S.01 GT3 '16 - GT2 - Americas - 11AM EST - Door #13 - 127 points available - Q10 (1:33.852)

This race was almost a copy of the first one. Spun around at the hairpin again, falling to the back. Pitted on lap 10 for RMs. Tried to keep out of trouble (though I did slide off the track a couple times at T1 as it dried). Crossed the finish line in P6 for 101 points. DR up by 2.1% to 75.7%.

Good fun, but it was more than enough for one day.

I'm looking forward to Deep Forest. One tire compound. One mandatory pit. Doesn't sound like it is going to take much strategy testing.

 

[ZEE]

GTWS Manu cup - ROUND 2 - EMEA Region - Slot 7pm Uk time - DRAGON TRAIL GARDENS - F296 GT3

Well Round 2 went as expected, a very tricky, somewhat difficult but enjoyable race after the first lap chaos!!!

Qualifying was dry and peachy and set an ok time with the 296 in the dry and it bagged me 8th then went down to 9th. As the race started one guy dropped out and there were 15 on the track ready to go. Was listening to SuperGT livestream as his race was starting on the same time-slot as me, but unfortunatley his lobby crashed and he had to wait for the 8 or 9pm slot time to race again.

I carried on racing and battled through the manic first sectors and second lap as the wet cars bashed each other for a higher position. Somewat chaotic but the pack starte dto spread out, I used the Wet tyres as I didnt wasnt to risk the Inters, but the forward pack were on that far ahead. A couple of laps later and some cool switchbacks in the wet on the last corners were very fun to execute!!!

I was sitting good in around 7th position but started to lose a lot of wear and dropped a few places to 10th as some guys passed me before regaining a position and then pitting on lap 11 (position 8th) to get tyres and switch over to RM tyres. So that was my strat 11W > 8RM and it was go time. I chased and chased and managed to beat some cars to push up to 6th and hold my position. I was being chased by a driver in a Mazda RX-Vision which was pretty fast on this course once the track dried up. But he lost his composure once the drylines dissappeared and held it to the frontlines to gain some good points and finish a solid 6th place overall! Not bad for this wetty race, so I will take it.

Look forward to Round 3 and lets get it on!

Spoiler: Cool Race photos - Round 2

 

[VillaJ100]

Just did my race, thanks to the intel here started IM and planned for M at start of lap 11.

Qualified 9th, didn't really hook up a great lap. Got punted off on that tricky kink corner 3/4, was stone dead last 16th. The bottom runners were frankly terrible and like 5+ seconds off the pace so was soon up to 14th. Made up huge time in the dry spell from lap 4 to 5, overtook the rammers up to 8th. Kept on chipping away and took 7th on lap 10 and was right on the backbof 6th going into the pits. Most had been on the W.

After the pits many opted for softs. I stuck with the mediums and was going easy stuck to the line, managed to take 5th and 4th due to people running wide onto the wet in the last corner. 3rd place runner came out of the pits, I was about a second back and he did exactly the same thing. Suddenly found myself 3rd with about 20 seconds to 1st, 12 to 2nd and 6ish to 4th with 6 laps to go. Tried for as boring and uneventful race as possible. I saw down the field some had pitted for IM's after the wets, RIP.

The only drama was on lap 19. Coming into the chain of corners towards the end of the lap there was a yellow flag and I saw second going very slowly. I overtook them, and they were about 0.750 behind. I made a mistake on that kink of corner 3/4 and they overtook, at the end of the straight, just. I thought at this point I would take ut back if I could but not to hugely pressure it, 4th place was about 5 seconds behind. I pushed but finished 0.200 behind in 3rd, out of 11 runners.

I messaged them after and he said he totally lost traction on those corners and was lucky to recover. 1st was miles ahead, 27 seconds.


Finished with a total race time of 34.01, fastest lap somewhere in the high 1.34s. All in all very dramatic and a good result!

 

[Marky264]

GTWS Round 2 - UK 🇬🇧, Dragon Tail Gardens - GT1 Class, DR:A SR:S, Ferrari Manufacturer: Ferrari 296 GT3

After missing Round 1 by accident as I genuinely had no idea this had restated this week I wasn’t going to miss tonight!

Slot 1 - Started 2nd, Finished P4, Spun on exit of from the pit lane starting Lap 13 on Softs after pitting from IM’s.
Was racing the the right hand side of the screen and not concentrating on the damp wet road directly infront of me and that was the lead thrown away 😭

Slot 2: Qualified P4, Had my most strongest race in a while, was 3 Seconds off the lead throughout and was battling between P2/P1 throughout 🥵 I regained the lead and not making the mistake this time of spinning out of the pits. The leader wasn’t so fortunate and did was I did in Slot 1! I had a strong lead, and on Lap 15/16 I stupidly dropped it on the last corner dipped my wheel on the outside dipped kerb and spun myself on the exit of the corner. Was painful. Dropped down to P5 and regained myself back to P3 after fighting hard Purple Laps! I was happy to bank 151 Points however 171 was what was on the cards for both races so I was gutted! Onto Wednesday! Loved it tonight though the 296 in these conditions was very fun to drive! 🏆 🏁

 

[VTEC Driver]

EMEA GT2 - 18:00 Q3 - P5

With just half an hour of practice and with still some flu in my body I decided to race.

Not feeling super confidend I decide to start with Wets and changed after lap 11 for Medium. Maybe too safe.

The start was clean and the first curves were managed by the first 4-6 car in a clean way, those behid stated to fight.
The real problem was to stay concentrated during lap 3 and 4 when suddednly all the cars in front of me were moving in a crazy way, shifting on the sand and back on the track in millisencods, or car crashing and back on track as nothing was happening...
I was thinking to have allucination for the fever... but it was not...
Do you know why this happen?
To remain concentrated was the main task.

I was overtaken in such situation a couple of time and I overtook later on in this total mess... so no real idea about what was going on.

I could finish in a better position if I didn't a small mistake in lap 16 when I touched a curb that being wet made my car to spin... lost some positions that after some laps I recovered for some similar mistake.

I leave here below this picture to show you also what was happening to the timing... never seen anything like that...
What do you think?

 

[VillaJ100]

What is meant by what 'door' you are?

 

[Zorz]

What is meant by what 'door' you are?

It sorts everyone by driver rating when you enter. Door #1 has the highest in the lobby, #16 the lowest.

 

[MCL1974]

GT2, last slot;

Qualified 12th with the Viper, pretty much the best I could. When the race started the poor guy on pole seems to have forgotten to switch to Inters!? Dead last halfway through the lap he was....

I tried to stay out of trouble, gained a few places, lost a few places. Had an unfortunate contact with an AMG and most of all, did not have the pace. Got better during the race but I was not going to make positions on my own.

A fellow Dutchman in that gourgous Verstappen.com GT3 Ferrari spun in front of me and I overtook him. In the chicane he pushed me off and then I spun. Nasty contact from him but have to say that I was to slow compared to him so think he got a bit impatient and was a bit ambitious. Anywho; he spun again a lap later, that gave me 10th spot and that was also the position I ended with.

Not a very good race but the driving in those conditions was fun. Have better hopes for coming Wednesday!

 

[Met Entso]

First time I do manufacturers with just 2h of practice, and it didn't go so badly, P9, same place as Round 1 with 4 days of practice 🥲

 

[jimihemmy]

GT2 10am Americas

On my main-alt I took Porsche. Q10-P10. I easily should have been in top 5 and probably P3. I started on IM for 11 laps and switched to M. I had a comfortable P3 and just set my fastest lap on lap 15 when I inexspically when wide on turn 1 and fell to P12. The lesson is to concentrate the whole race!

Anyway, it was good to see @Moose78 in my race for the first time. His livery makes him stand out. See you out there again someday!

I still plan to race my main (AMG) and my alt-alt (Nissan) later. I hope we all have a great race!

 

[BGreenFace]

Did my race and boy was I surprised…

Gt2 all DRB and SRS. 139 points for the win. Door 11.
Qualified a underwhelming p9 with a low 1.34, I knew there was more time on the table but couldn’t quite get the 2-3-4 complex right.
Started on Inters (around 3 others were on the same compound all the other were on wets) and managed to avoid most of the lap 1 chaos and ended the lap in p7.
I then got better exit of turn 4 than an Audi and overtook him by the outside and managed to cut back at the airpin.

Overtook someone that went off and then was stuck behind a supra on wets for 1 1/2 lap. I finally got the moves done in turn 2.

By then I had lost time to the 296 so decided to manage my pace/tire. I was sitting a healthy 12 seconds ahead of the supra and decided to pit on lap 12 and got new RM. Sadly got a bit distracted and missed my breaking point for turn 1 and got on the wet patch and my car went on a date with the barrier. Clearly it wasn’t happy with me so it claimed the car of the leader the next lap, making him lose around 15 seconds.

The 3 cars ahead of me were driving the Soft and fun fact most of the wets starters pitted twice (W-I-RM/RS).
During the finals laps I was pushing like crazy and even got the fastest lap (1.34:6**).
Sadly got close to the battle for p2 but couldn’t quite get there.

In the end I finished p4 with a healthy points haul and a bonus fastest lap.
I think the BB at 2 and the TCS at 3 during the rain just gave me the extra confidence under breaking and in the slower turns. Anyway, now I shift my focus to Deep Forest, not my favourite track so I’ll try to get a lot of practice in for next round.
Ps: I think I saw some familiar names in my lobby so if anyone here was there: hello

 

[MIE1992]

I got disconnected by my aging PS4 during free practice, so out of caution, I’m just gonna sit these two online qualifiers out. I just don’t wanna risk it, y’know? I do definitely plan to get a PS5 this spring, though!

 

[Yard_Sale]

I did exactly 45 laps of practice - which was precisely when I bottled it during the second weather system that comes in at lap 40. Watched a few streams, got the gist of the possible strategies, and saw that a good qually would be key as positions would be hard to come by.

Got seeded in a 297 point lobby, predictably bottled qualifying and landed 9th with a 1:31.8 or something like that. Made up 2 positions right off the bat as two drivers went off at T1. Ate my way through the pack and pitted for Mediums at the end of Lap 11 in P6 looking for a possible undercut. By the end of lap 13 I found myself in P4, narrowly undercutting two drivers. Made a pass for P3 at the end of lap 14. Locked onto P2’s bumper for the remainder of the race, but never could get off the dry line enough to make a clean pass. Landed my 458 on the podium for a solid 3rd.

Really fun round. But I think 30 laps with a x2 fuel multiplier and x5 tire multiplier (RH, RM, RS, IM, W compounds available) would have made it epic

Edit:
Is it me, or did they enhance the spray effects? In VR, I genuinely had trouble seeing sometimes. It was similar to the spray effects at the games launch

 

[tankuroded]

Manufacturer standings after round 2: (Note the Subaru resurgence out of nowhere)

Battle for the cutline:

Pos	Make	Points	Gap
9​	Subaru	127.5​	+23.5​
10​	Lamborghini	112.5​	+8.5​
11​	Nissan	112.5​	+8.5​
13​	Mazda	99​	Partner​
12​	Volkswagen	104​	-8.5​
14​	McLaren	85.5​	-27​
15​	Genesis	71​	-41​
16​	Jaguar	58​	-54.5​

 

[Zorz]

Edit:
Is it me, or did they enhance the spray effects? In VR, I genuinely had trouble seeing sometimes. It was similar to the spray effects at the games launch

Can't say I noticed any difference to the spray in VR myself. Maybe the combination of time of day with the conditions made it feel worse? It was very dull and overcast. Lots of grey on grey.

 

[afc5150]

Checking the standings this morning and I don't see any update in GT2 league points, both on my friends list or in the overall standings. GT1 and GT3 both have round 2 scores, but nothing for anyone in GT2?...

 

[Moose78]

Checking the standings this morning and I don't see any update in GT2 league points, both on my friends list or in the overall standings. GT1 and GT3 both have round 2 scores, but nothing for anyone in GT2?...

I was just about to point that out, too. Seems to affect GT2 in North America and GT3 in Europe.

 

[Uday9479]

Even though te DT event was over last night, I still was eager to see Calster's gameplay in the races he would take part in. He's driving with Subaru's BRZ. I wasn't wrong in my assumption that I would get to witness his good race craft in the races. Especially the slow uphill chicane in S1 where he would take a wider entry to get a faster exit out of there which helped him overtake a few cars. Plus, his choice of gears also at the end led him to win his second race in the BRZ. I thoroughly enjoyed as I get to learn so much by seeing an DR A+ driver put on a great display of race craft.