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

[dazdilly75]

Very nice driving.
Did you raced with cockpit view or you just selected it for the video?

I race with bumper view because I find it easier to hit the apex that way. But cockpit view is nicer for the replay because you can see my inputs on the wheel. Thank you bud! The Renault is a really great car to drive on the limit. I trust it completely, which gives me more confidence to drive aggressively if I need to. There were some seriously fast guys in that lobby, so it felt good to make up 3 places and finish in the top 6.

@Moose78 @VTEC Driver Just did some testing this morning on Nurb 24, and as crazy as it sounds, I was 3 sec faster with the medium tyre than the soft in lobby quali conditions
(with fuel off) I purposely ragged both compounds to see how they would fair on the second lap and the medium still held it's performance over the soft tyre. The only way to make the quali work with the soft, is to literally jog the car around on the out lap. I haven't tested that yet but I'd say it's the optimal quali strategy.

In the race it's gonna be 3 medium and 2 on soft. I'm starting with the medium tyre, as I think you'll catch up to the soft tyre guys half way through lap 2. The soft tyre should perform better in the last 2 laps, due to less fuel. What do you guys think about this strat?

Some of the power cars ( Toyota, Nissan )are really going to suffer here due to the tyre wear.

 

[Uday9479]

I race with bumper view because I find it easier to hit the apex that way. But cockpit view is nicer for the replay because you can see my inputs on the wheel. Thank you bud! The Renault is a really great car to drive on the limit. I trust it completely, which gives me more confidence to drive aggressively if I need to. There were some seriously fast guys in that lobby, so it felt good to make up 3 places and finish in the top 6.

The R.S.01 is one of my favorite Gr.3 cars. This would've been my choice behind Audi, AMG & Porsche. A very steady car with good top end speed.

I drove a few laps with my Audi around 24hN. This track is always fun. Although I'm a little bit skeptical on the fun factor for Saturday as I noticed the Audi doesn't love the kerbs which are plentiful there. I believe cars which can handle the kerbs well will offer the best advantage over user experience of the track.

Also..........when taking part in free practice or when we will head out of the pits for qualy during the event, I feel the 7 &1/2 to 8 minutes of out lap driving could've been curtailed to opening the sequence of drive through in last sector which I feel would've been enough to get to grips with the car for starting a fast/qualy lap.

This could make it a big hindrance for users in qualy who are already on a fast lap as opposed to those who would re-elect to drive out for another qualy run. Thus, they would be slower due to being on out laps. I know the qualy time is 15 minutes but because of narrow track it could get tricky.

 

[dazdilly75]

The R.S.01 is one of my favorite Gr.3 cars. This would've been my choice behind Audi, AMG & Porsche. A very steady car with good top end speed.

I drove a few laps with my Audi around 24hN. This track is always fun. Although I'm a little bit skeptical on the fun factor for Saturday as I noticed the Audi doesn't love the kerbs which are plentiful there. I believe cars which can handle the kerbs well will offer the best advantage over user experience of the track.

Also..........when taking part in free practice or when we will head out of the pits for qualy during the event, I feel the 7 &1/2 to 8 minutes of out lap driving could've been curtailed to opening the sequence of drive through in last sector which I feel would've been enough to get to grips with the car for starting a fast/qualy lap.

This could make it a big hindrance for users in qualy who are already on a fast lap as opposed to those who would re-elect to drive out for another qualy run. Thus, they would be slower due to being on out laps. I know the qualy time is 15 minutes but because of narrow track it could get tricky.

Yeah, I agree with you regarding the quali. But tbh Nurb 24 is always a treacherous place for qiali, because its all over if you make one mistake, it doesn't even have to be a big one. Also, you can give someone a mile head start and still catch them up 3/4 through the lap if they make an error. You need a bit of.luck in this combo, so hopefully we'll have an incident free race.

 

[Moose78]

I've only had time to test one car -- the Aston Martin V12 Vantage -- at Nurburgring so far. Here's how that's looking.

I did two stints: 4 laps on RS and 3 laps on RM. Arguably, I should have done 4 on RMs to see how 1RS-4RM compares, but it was getting late. Only the one round of testing so far.

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RS	4​	8:29.898​	8:23.046​	8:28.927​	33:55.706​
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RM	3​	8:26.957​	8:25.507​	8:26.685​	25:20.055​

Lap times:

Lap	RS	RM
1​	8:23.046​	8:25.507​
2​	8:26.816​	8:27.499​
3​	8:29.898​	8:27.049​
4​	8:35.946​

Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RS	4​	5%​	15%​	25%​	25%​
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RM	3​	65%​	70%​	75%​	75%​

Strategy simulations:

Strategy	Total time
2RS-3RM	42:09.917​
3RS-2RM	42:12.766​
4RS-1RM	42:21.213​

Looks like 2RS-3RM is going to be fastest for me in the Vantage. The fuel looked like it was going to be very close, so I'll probably need to do some light short-shifting to make sure it lasts the full race without adding more at the pit stop.

 

[Pakiti]

Yeah, I agree with you regarding the quali. But tbh Nurb 24 is always a treacherous place for qiali, because its all over if you make one mistake, it doesn't even have to be a big one. Also, you can give someone a mile head start and still catch them up 3/4 through the lap if they make an error. You need a bit of.luck in this combo, so hopefully we'll have an incident free race.

I love and hate the Nürburgring equally. It's arguably the best track, with so many great corners, and the bumps make the driving even more exciting. But it's so easy to make a mistake that the race might as well be over. I'm especially terrified of the narrow straight before the Arena. It's so narrow and the speed is so high that it's not always possible to handle it alone, and if you're fighting, a crash is a real possibility.

 

[dazdilly75]

I've only had time to test one car -- the Aston Martin V12 Vantage -- at Nurburgring so far. Here's how that's looking.

I did two stints: 4 laps on RS and 3 laps on RM. Arguably, I should have done 4 on RMs to see how 1RS-4RM compares, but it was getting late. Only the one round of testing so far.

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RS	4​	8:29.898​	8:23.046​	8:28.927​	33:55.706​
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RM	3​	8:26.957​	8:25.507​	8:26.685​	25:20.055​

Lap times:

Lap	RS	RM
1​	8:23.046​	8:25.507​
2​	8:26.816​	8:27.499​
3​	8:29.898​	8:27.049​
4​	8:35.946​

View attachment 1507684

Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RS	4​	5%​	15%​	25%​	25%​
Aston Martin	V12 Vantage GT3 '12	RM	3​	65%​	70%​	75%​	75%​

Strategy simulations:

Strategy	Total time
2RS-3RM	42:09.917​
3RS-2RM	42:12.766​
4RS-1RM	42:21.213​

Looks like 2RS-3RM is going to be fastest for me in the Vantage. The fuel looked like it was going to be very close, so I'll probably need to do some light short-shifting to make sure it lasts the full race without adding more at the pit stop.

I'll be doing some lobby races tonight, to see how the fuel works out. I think the track temp for this round must be quite high, because the tyres do seem to degrade faster than what I remember for this multiplier. Short shifting is definitely the way to go early on in the race, as the X7 refill rate on the fuel will cost you a few valuable seconds in the pits.

 

[Moose78]

I'll be doing some lobby races tonight, to see how the fuel works out. I think the track temp for this round must be quite high, because the tyres do seem to degrade faster than what I remember for this multiplier. Short shifting is definitely the way to go early on in the race, as the X7 refill rate on the fuel will cost you a few valuable seconds in the pits.

Yeah. It'll be interesting to see how the Renault fairs with fuel. In the other races, when fuel hasn't been an issue, I've really been revving it out at the top of every gear because the turbo seems to give a really good boost there. Last round, there was a noticeable difference in the amount of fuel left at the end of the race compared to the Vantage, so I expect I'll need to make some accommodation on this round, either short-shifting to save fuel or adding fuel at the pit stop.

 

[BGreenFace]

@Moose78 @VTEC Driver Just did some testing this morning on Nurb 24, and as crazy as it sounds, I was 3 sec faster with the medium tyre than the soft in lobby quali conditions
(with fuel off) I purposely ragged both compounds to see how they would fair on the second lap and the medium still held it's performance over the soft tyre. The only way to make the quali work with the soft, is to literally jog the car around on the out lap. I haven't tested that yet but I'd say it's the optimal quali strategy.

In the race it's gonna be 3 medium and 2 on soft. I'm starting with the medium tyre, as I think you'll catch up to the soft tyre guys half way through lap 2. The soft tyre should perform better in the last 2 laps, due to less fuel. What do you guys think about this strat?

Some of the power cars ( Toyota, Nissan )are really going to suffer here due to the tyre wear.

That’s what I thought. I think yes the soft will be better for the out lap and the gp section of your quali lap but after that the performance of the medium should be similar. It might not be the fastest for part of the lap but it will be the tire with the most consistent grip overall. It should really be useful for the mid to high speed sections after the karusel (I think that how they write it).

 

[Talon16]

Could it be worth qualifying on the medium?
What are your thoughts..

Not in my experience. Second lap on RS is still better than a second lap on RMs. Like Zorz said, just take care of them on the out lap and they'll be that much better. That being said, dazdilly75 said the RMs are better...? I'll be running RS for quali.

No Manu for me today, but I did some tire testing for NBG yesterday and will continue tomorrow. Strongly considering getting used to the 296 because as Talon mentioned, you can get 4RS laps out of it. That 4th RS lap is slower than any RM lap would be, but if a 1RM-4RS strategy gets you clean air most of the race, it could be worth it.

If I can get my 296 qually times within 2 seconds of my 458 times, I might go for it….just to have the 1-4 strategy as a viable option. If you’re up front, the 2-3 strategy WILL be the fastest regardless of car

Food for thought, Nord often gets very spread out. So if you start, say, P5 and put on RMs, then pit on lap one (~30-32 second stop total) to get RS you may end up coming out behind the rear-running drivers. Or close enough to you'll catch them well before they're ready to pit. I'd hate to come out on new RSs thinking I'll have free air but only 3 seconds behind the car in front. Might have to make a judgement call at the time.

Nord is a special place lol

I'll be doing some lobby races tonight, to see how the fuel works out. I think the track temp for this round must be quite high, because the tyres do seem to degrade faster than what I remember for this multiplier. Short shifting is definitely the way to go early on in the race, as the X7 refill rate on the fuel will cost you a few valuable seconds in the pits.

Ambient temp is 59*F according to GT-Engine. Getting chilly.

 

[dazdilly75]

Not in my experience. Second lap on RS is still better than a second lap on RMs. Like Zorz said, just take care of them on the out lap and they'll be that much better. That being said, dazdilly75 said the RMs are better...? I'll be running RS for quali.


Food for thought, Nord often gets very spread out. So if you start, say, P5 and put on RMs, then pit on lap one (~30-32 second stop total) to get RS you may end up coming out behind the rear-running drivers. Or close enough to you'll catch them well before they're ready to pit. I'd hate to come out on new RSs thinking I'll have free air but only 3 seconds behind the car in front. Might have to make a judgement call at the time.

Nord is a special place lol


Ambient temp is 59*F according to GT-Engine. Getting chilly.

Interesting! I just did a very conservative outlap on the RS tyre and flogged the hot Lap. Managed an 8:10.5 it took me 9:30 for the outlap teetering around. so it's gonna be tight, especially in practice lobbies, which can't simulate the extra time after the 15 mins is over. I guess for it to work, the host will have to put a 20 min quali time period. Then the softs are viable.

 

[KAlex122]

Is it - through free practice - already safe to say that there won't be any rain at the Nürburgring?

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

The Ferrari bits are brutally funny so I had to laugh it out, otherwise thanks.

 

[Blade_Rudder]

Is it - through free practice - already safe to say that there won't be any rain at the Nürburgring?

There’s never been rain before with 2 required tyre compounds.

 

[dazdilly75]

There’s never been rain before with 2 required tyre compounds.

I checked GT Engine and this is definitely a dry race at Nurb24. The race at Spa (round 5) uses 2 tyre compounds and that is likely to have rain, as its a copy and paste from the last exhibition season. It's was a strategic nightmare!

 

[Nakano219]

Manufacturer standings after round 3:

View attachment 1507646

Battle for the cutline:

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	Gap
9​	Citroën	181​	+24.5​
10​	Lexus	180​	+23.5​
11​	Volkswagen	177​	+20.5​
13​	Mazda	151​	Partner
12​	Nissan	156.5​	-20.5​
14​	McLaren	123​	-54​
15​	Genesis	98​	-79​
16​	Jaguar	88​	-89​

There's a really interesting possible narrative backdrop here, with Drumont going to Audi but Subaru staying competitive regardless.

I hope Subaru qualify now, because that's the kind of interesting human element sub-plot the GTWS doesn't normally have which makes it a bit more interesting.

 

[Blade_Rudder]

I checked GT Engine and this is definitely a dry race at Nurb24. The race at Spa (round 5) uses 2 tyre compounds and that is likely to have rain, as its a copy and paste from the last exhibition season. It's was a strategic nightmare!

That had RM as the only dry tyre - I checked the event archive. Also, this Spa round is RM only too.

 

[Uday9479]

On X (ex Twitter) I'm coming across posts from last night's Manu event where drivers are ramming or causing other drivers to spin off etc.

I remember reading in Terms & Conditions before entering the Manu event that PD holds right to ban any driver from the Manu event altogether that doesn't display sportsmanship or intent to race with integrity. Now in my races & in so many of other's races, I'm astounded to see some drivers being dirty as normal not caring a damn about any consequences. I thought PD would be more vigilant on a few drivers who want to just drive for sheer fun & not passion.

 

[dazdilly75]

That had RM as the only dry tyre - I checked the event archive. Also, this Spa round is RM only too.

My bad, you're 100% correct. It was the mandatory pit stop which threw me. Which was all about timing the transition to the rain tyre instead of pitting twice.

 

[Moose78]

There’s never been rain before with 2 required tyre compounds.

I seem to remember somebody here once mentioning that there was one round in the GT Sport days where there were two required slick compounds and it still rained. In any case, it is extremely rare. Maybe somebody who remembers can fill in the details.

I checked GT Engine and this is definitely a dry race at Nurb24. The race at Spa (round 5) uses 2 tyre compounds and that is likely to have rain, as its a copy and paste from the last exhibition season. It's was a strategic nightmare!

Spa has three available compounds, but none are required.

Also, I wouldn't consider GT Engine a definitive source of information, especially when weather is concerned. They do good work and do a good job of it, but they aren't privy to any information we aren't. They have to make approximations for the weather because the custom race and lobby settings can't match exactly what we get in Free Practice. I would hope that they are driving out all 5 laps in Free Practice to find out if there are weather changes, but as far as I know, they don't document their process, so we can't be sure.

 

[VTEC Driver]

@Moose78 @VTEC Driver Just did some testing this morning on Nurb 24, and as crazy as it sounds, I was 3 sec faster with the medium tyre than the soft in lobby quali conditions
(with fuel off) I purposely ragged both compounds to see how they would fair on the second lap and the medium still held it's performance over the soft tyre. The only way to make the quali work with the soft, is to literally jog the car around on the out lap. I haven't tested that yet but I'd say it's the optimal quali strategy.

In the race it's gonna be 3 medium and 2 on soft. I'm starting with the medium tyre, as I think you'll catch up to the soft tyre guys half way through lap 2. The soft tyre should perform better in the last 2 laps, due to less fuel. What do you guys think about this strat?

Some of the power cars ( Toyota, Nissan )are really going to suffer here due to the tyre wear.

I fully agree with you on everything.
I was giving by granted to do qualy with soft... but I am thinking that my performance with medium will stay very close to soft and most probably really consistent to the end.
Yesterday at the end of lap 2 with soft I was already suffering and fuel was going to finish...

My doubt is if to start with soft and "battle" with the other for the first two laps (and with a more reactive car thanks to soft I could defense better) and the having the pit 1 lap earlier than the others to have the first lap on medium with fresh air and with fuel reduced still quite performing to the end...
...but this because I am not so skilled, so any choice could works...

 

[Moose78]

I remember reading in Terms & Conditions before entering the Manu event that PD holds right to ban any driver from the Manu event altogether that doesn't display sportsmanship or intent to race with integrity.

PD has in the past reviewed incidents in the top splits and revoked points from drivers that exhibited unsportsmanlike driving, but outside of the few drivers that are contending for spots in the live events, they don't seem to care about driving standards in lower lobbies.

 

[Yard_Sale]

Food for thought, Nord often gets very spread out. So if you start, say, P5 and put on RMs, then pit on lap one (~30-32 second stop total) to get RS you may end up coming out behind the rear-running drivers. Or close enough to you'll catch them well before they're ready to pit. I'd hate to come out on new RSs thinking I'll have free air but only 3 seconds behind the car in front. Might have to make a judgement call at the time.

Nord is a special place lol

Agreed. I would only go for the 1-4 undercut if I was buried back in the pack

 

[Talon16]

Interesting! I just did a very conservative outlap on the RS tyre and flogged the hot Lap. Managed an 8:10.5 it took me 9:30 for the outlap teetering around. so it's gonna be tight, especially in practice lobbies, which can't simulate the extra time after the 15 mins is over. I guess for it to work, the host will have to put a 20 min quali time period. Then the softs are viable.

Hard to tell what the official runoff time will be, but for Nord in the past it was something odd like 9:36 (and honestly I believe that was the exact time). So as long as you hit your fast lap before the original 15min timer runs out (basically giving you 15 mins for an outlap) you should be okay.

At least presuming the above is true.

 

[Talon16]

Also, I wouldn't consider GT Engine a definitive source of information, especially when weather is concerned. They do good work and do a good job of it, but they aren't privy to any information we aren't. They have to make approximations for the weather because the custom race and lobby settings can't match exactly what we get in Free Practice. I would hope that they are driving out all 5 laps in Free Practice to find out if there are weather changes, but as far as I know, they don't document their process, so we can't be sure.

I presumed they have someone on their team capable of data-mining the game, which is where they're getting the information from. But, I don't know either.

 

[Uday9479]

Interim results:

 

[Hdbd04]

Interim results:

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I wouldn't mind if Audi, Citroen and VW being on the top 13 when this whole event is done. Wouldn't it give the grid a 'fresh' group of cars in the grid, even if it's the uncommon ones compared to 2025?

Though, it's also where I found out that Dhanesh has a second account now? Almost thought my game had a glitch when his name didn't show up in the free practice times.

 

[stpatty]

Can't wait to see Calster at a live event.

 

[Childe Roland]

Can't wait to see Calster at a live event.

In that case, it will be interesting to see how he adapts to drive with a wheel.

 

[Uday9479]

Can't wait to see Calster at a live event.

Hoping he does make it there & when he does, he'll get my 100% support. He's got my upmost respect & appreciation for being a supreme controller player & also for how he sweetly gives detailed suggestions in his lap guides on Youtube.

I'm so damn eager to see this Maestro of a player tackle & tame Nordschleife for the upcoming Manu event on Saturday.

 

[Joorgee]

Hi all, just wanted to pop in and give a quick thanks for the weather and tire strategy discussion in this thread. I'm relatively new to the GT7 world and drive with a basic wheel/pedal setup, mainly for real world track practice. I'm currently a D ranked driver in Sport so I don't have expectations for winning anything but going in with some kind of plan allows me to remain competitive which just makes races more fun (obviously). The weather particularly is difficult to read from the race details I still don't think I know where to find this info. Race 3, qualified P4 and finished P4. I did an early tire swap (lap 5) to get out of traffic and ran 12 clean laps. Little bit of noise at the end but the tires made it and I got the most number of points in the series so far. Thanks all!