Gran Turismo World Series discussion

[VillaJ100]

I guess better luck for us next time Honestly I'd be happy just to finish all races on schedule... I think next track will be somewhat better for my driving and maybe car.. Also 3rd one Interlagos should be faster.. Even tho I messed up, it was very fun for me

Same! I picked Porsche but I dunno. The RSR handles fine but just feels like it has an inherent lack of pace. Compared to other cars that are a bit of a slippery fish but you can get more time out of. Track I perform best at with the RSR is catalunya which is probably because its a balanced track - balanced car. But we'll see!

 

[afc5150]

Is there no post race screen to take our screenshot of anymore or did I just miss it?

GT1 slot 1 in the Americas, door 3, 168 point lobby I went Q11 to P7 at the end, too loyal/stupid to switch from Toyota.

Pretty eventful race with lots of places made up by contact ahead, but my race was ruined entering the pits on lap 10 only to be put into the pit entry wall, costing 3 positions. Otherwise a top 5 was on the cards..

Withstood some late race pressure in a great fight with @fardoche, always good to race hard and clean with a GTP member.

126 points and done for the night. 7 PM for slot 1 is a great change for me.

*edit - completely dry for both qualy and the race.

 

[Moose78]

Race 3 - GT2 - Americas - 7 PM EST - 121 points - Door #2 - Subaru BRZ GT300 '21- Q9 (2:21.209)

Rain! Real, actual rain this time! It was a stripe on the radar so I knew it would be drying out toward the end, but it had some medium blue blotches headed straight for the track. I was confident it would be getting soaked.

My lackluster qualifying put in Q9, which is where I stayed for the dry portion of the race. The rain hit the track at the end of lap 5. It was just the light stuff, though, so it didn't really start accumulating until lap 7, which is when a bunch of us mid-packers decided to pit. I was in P9, and the only one who went for W tires. The others all chose IMs.

Lap 8 was a struggle. The track wasn't wet enough yet for the Ws to have much grip. I dropped a couple spots to IM runners. By the end of lap 9, though, the moisture gauge into the blue stuff just above the second tick. The W tires came into their own and I was able to blast through the field and into the lead.

The moisture gauge stayed pinned to the blue stuff and I went to work cranking out the best laps I could. I was increasing my lead by seconds every lap. By the time the rain cleared the track on lap 15, it was over 15 seconds.

Then the track started to dry. Not good for the W tires. The lead started shrinking. Bit-by-bit at first, and then more-and-more.

By the time the final lap came around it was under 5 seconds, and cars behind were gaining seconds on me every sector. At Blanchimont, it had dropped under 2 seconds, and they were closing in fast.

One last trip through the chicane. I made sure to point the car to the wet side of the track to get the best exit, put my foot to the floor, and hoped for the best.

I managed to cross the line first by 0.45s.

A victory for 121 points and a 6% DR boost. I'm so glad I went back and tried this race again. Great fun!

 

[MIE1992]

Q11/P6 at Spa-Francorchamps tonight! Seemed to stay dry the whole time, too.

 

[JDMKING13]

Had a great race… Would have took an easy 4th but I burned through too much fuel and barely got cross the finish line!😬

 

[VTEC Driver]

GT2 EMEA - 19:00 - Q6/P2

This time I decided to go with Renault hoping that it will not be so common and then to get some easy money (at least in my geographic area).
The R.S. 01 GT3 is quite balanced, listening the engine noise it doesn't seem to go really fast, but compared to my previous Ford GT I am faster... let's see how it will go.

First of all thanks to all of you for your critical comments and information.
It is not enough to know that if it will be raining at that specific lap, but also to collect the subtle information coming from your experiences that give ideas about the variability.

Qualified at P6 with 2:22:xxx ( I can do much better but I was too nervous), at T1 I moved quite quickly to the internal hairpin wall to avoid the classic bomb coming from behind... I managed to keep my position.
During the first 4 laps I left many cars to pass me, I didn't want to fight, maybe they were faster on the straight line and in other cases I left too much open to internal curve side... I went to P 10.

Lap 4: the radar was showing light blue but the gauge was at zero level. (stress gauge increasing)
Lap 5: some of you said change tires, but gauge was just above the minimum... stayed out. (stress gauge higher)
Lap 6: driving thinking when to change tires. Gauge still below 1st mark, some dark blue coming... stayed out. (stress gauge almost top)
Lap 7: it is raining...strong... ****... the last half of lap I was driving on the eggs... managed to box still alive... I should change one lap earlier... (stress gauge over the limit)

While the car is entering only one thought... which tire... I went for full Wet (more as to reduce the stress than the real track conditions)... and this was the winning choice...

I exit at P8 and start my climbing race.
Someone went of track missing braking zone, others because didn't change the tires (!!!).
Lap after lap I am moving up and up.
Very often was good enough to stay just behind the car, my lights are illuminating the interior of the front car, I am really close and putting stress on the front driver... mistakes arrive and I can easily pass.

I was 27 sec from the first one and I finished at 4 sec from the first at P2.
Changing tires at lap 6 was the winning choice... that I didn't...

DR up for more than 1.000 points.

Now it is time to move to Atlanta, where the question mark is how this car will be eating the tires and how to split between Medium vs. Soft.

Thank you to all of you!

 

[MetalApe]

Is Road Atlanta exactly the same settings as the GTWS race, where the elite Aliens managed a 1 stopper. If so the question is where do we need to be on the Earthling/Alien scale to be able to get away with that?

 

[MCL1974]

Is Road Atlanta exactly the same settings as the GTWS race, where the elite Aliens managed a 1 stopper. If so the question is where do we need to be on the Earthling/Alien scale to be able to get away with that?

I did a test race in the Mazda, seems if you do not do any fuel saving it can do about 14 laps. So for a one stop strategy on the mediums a bit of fuel saving is needed with my car, but offcourse do not know the economy of the car you selected? But fuel save to get one more lap out of it does not seem unreachable...

 

[Fezzik]

Is Road Atlanta exactly the same settings as the GTWS race, where the elite Aliens managed a 1 stopper. If so the question is where do we need to be on the Earthling/Alien scale to be able to get away with that?

Yes it's the same (1x fuel, 4x tyres) and there's no hope at all for us mortals to pull off a 1-stopper.

@MCL1974 you have to use both the softs and mediums, so it's either a very long tyre whispering sting on the softs or extreme fuel saving on the mediums. A hard task.

 

[Gorefast]

Well this has to be the trickiest Round 1 I have ever done and it was Spa, how could it all go sooo wrong?

But anyways, tried the 5pm race and it went absymal due to my tyre strategy as it was a dry race and I wasn't expecting rain and rain, but no droplets emerged from the heavens, so it was dry throughout, me being the genius strategist thought ok little rain on radar, box and switch at lap 10 to Inters and boy was that a mistake. I lost so much places and pace and became 11th, only recovered 1 place overall till the end as one porsche guy ran out of fuel, i had to map the car to the finish line.

Then second time, 9pm last slot race in the Uk, much better this time, got a good qaulifying sesh and then bashed out the race, little chaotic to start as one guy had horrendous lag and was ping pongin all over the course,race and bashing other drivers including me. Almost was leading at one point as I did a late pitstop strategy by lap 11, but then lost it to change tyres and mini refuel following lap. Overall 9th place and not bad for Round 1, gotta practice more for the next rounds for this cup!

Spoiler: Cool race photos!

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Same here, it looked wet but it wasn't... Starting Position 4 with door # 14 was good and a CRB is also fine. My wrong tyre strategy put me completely off (and into C/S again where I belong to).

 

[Fezzik]

(and into C/S again where I belong to).

The best place to be

 

[MCL1974]

Yes it's the same (1x fuel, 4x tyres) and there's no hope at all for us mortals to pull off a 1-stopper.

@MCL1974 you have to use both the softs and mediums, so it's either a very long tyre whispering sting on the softs or extreme fuel saving on the mediums. A hard task.

Duh me! Thanks for correcting me, did not see that!!

So, my wife will now be wearing this t-shirt for the rest of the day:

(again)

 

[Wilsonson]

Is Road Atlanta exactly the same settings as the GTWS race, where the elite Aliens managed a 1 stopper. If so the question is where do we need to be on the Earthling/Alien scale to be able to get away with that?

I did a test race in the Mazda, seems if you do not do any fuel saving it can do about 14 laps. So for a one stop strategy on the mediums a bit of fuel saving is needed with my car, but offcourse do not know the economy of the car you selected? But fuel save to get one more lap out of it does not seem unreachable...

Yes it's the same (1x fuel, 4x tyres) and there's no hope at all for us mortals to pull off a 1-stopper.

@MCL1974 you have to use both the softs and mediums, so it's either a very long tyre whispering sting on the softs or extreme fuel saving on the mediums. A hard task.

I did a test in my Nissan GT-R.
It manages 17 laps on fuel. (Edit: mistakenly tested on 4x multiplier, actually no refueling needed)
Mediums got dicey for me at about 15 laps but should be doable for 17. Alien tire savers are probably able to manage 19 or even 20.
Softs were unexpectedly durable. I managed 10 laps. 8 laps were easily doable.

If you are very good at tire savings then a 19/11 is possible with the appropriate fuel saving in the medium stint.

Personally I will go for a 14/8/8, maybe a 13/8/9 (less fuel at the end saves tires automatically). Maybe starting on softs right away if I qualify really high either first or with exceptionally fast drivers in front of me. Basically any scenario where it is possible to create a gap to the drivers behind while not being faster than those in front.

Avoiding fights will be key in this race. If you can find a strategy to either be on your own or follow a similarly paced driver in peace then you will be very well served.

 

[Fezzik]

Not sure if I'll do this one (don't like RA) but if I do I'm leaning toward 8S/14M/8S. Don't want to start on mediums, get swamped & passed by all the soft runners and end up too far behind when its time to switch.

Also need to practice the pit entry.

 

[Wilsonson]

Edit: this had a wrong assumption about 4x fuel multiplier. Ignore it.


S/M/S would necessitate 2 refuels adding about 3 seconds (someone who remembers the exact amount please verify) to your race time. Not much in the grand scheme of things but potentially relevant.

 

[Fezzik]

S/M/S would necessitate 2 refuels adding about 3 seconds (someone who remembers the exact amount please verify) to your race time. Not much in the grand scheme of things but potentially relevant.

Probably more than 3 seconds - it's the slow 3L per second refuelling again and this plan is very much foot to the floor/revs to the max the whole way, no saving anything.


Ok, it's only for GT3, for VW and for the UK - but I'm numero uno!

 

[Moose78]

I started testing for the next round at Road Atlanta on the weekend already. I tested the Ford GT Race Car '18 and Subaru BRZ GT300 '21, since those are what I'm driving this season. A one-stopper in both cars seems very doable, at least for the way I drive.

Fuel is not an issue at all for me. At 1x fuel multiplier, I'm surprised that some of you are talking about fuel saving. I would have figured that all the cars can easily finish the race without taking on more fuel.

For testing I did 24 laps on RMs and 13 on RSs in each car. In most cases, the front left tire tread was completely gone by the end. In fact, in many cases I had to drive the full final lap of the test with a bald tire. I was surprised at how well the cars drove with a dead tire. They weren't fast, of course, but I wasn't spinning out or driving off the track on every right-hand turn either. It just felt like I was driving on extrenely low-grip tires.

I managed to get two rounds of tests in for the Subaru, but only one in the Ford. That's why the Subaru data is a little smoother.

Anyways, here are the numbers...

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	13​	1:19.843​	1:20.213​	1:21.588​	17:40.641​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	24​	1:20.300​	1:20.394​	1:21.802​	32:43.238​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	13​	1:20.147​	1:20.895​	1:22.378​	17:50.909​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	24​	1:20.801​	1:20.821​	1:22.487​	32:59.692​

Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	0%​	20%​	10%​	30%​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	0%​	25%​	15%​	35%​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	0%​	NA​	NA​	NA​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	0%​	40%​	15%​	35%​

(It seems I forgot to record the tread levels for Ford RS. I remember that the front left was 0%, anyways)

If I simulate all of the possible one-stop strategies using the lap times from my tests, these are the fastest 3 for each car:

Manufacturer	Model	Strategy	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	10RS-20RM	40:33.060​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	11RS-19RM	40:33.299​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	9RS-21RM	40:34.665​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	11RS-19RM	40:56.638​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	10RS-20RM	40:57.316​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	9RS-21RM	40:58.606​

 

[Fezzik]

I started testing for the next round at Road Atlanta on the weekend already. I tested the Ford GT Race Car '18 and Subaru BRZ GT300 '21, since those are what I'm driving this season. A one-stopper in both cars seems very doable, at least for the way I drive.

Fuel is not an issue at all for me. At 1x fuel multiplier, I'm surprised that some of you are talking about fuel saving. I would have figured that all the cars can easily finish the race without taking on more fuel.

This makes more sense. Probably put the wrong multiplier in the settings. Top tip - don't test late at night, just go to bed.

Trying a one stopper on Saturday, the tyres would still be an issue for me in the VW. At Spa with 3x I was really struggling with the mediums once the fronts even dropped under 50%. 20 laps of RA at 4x is not looking possible, likewise pushing the softs past 10.

I think I'd rather deal with the 25s extra time from the pits and have more grip, especially at RA with the tight twisty sector 1 and the track limits.

 

[Wilsonson]

I started testing for the next round at Road Atlanta on the weekend already. I tested the Ford GT Race Car '18 and Subaru BRZ GT300 '21, since those are what I'm driving this season. A one-stopper in both cars seems very doable, at least for the way I drive.

Fuel is not an issue at all for me. At 1x fuel multiplier, I'm surprised that some of you are talking about fuel saving. I would have figured that all the cars can easily finish the race without taking on more fuel.

For testing I did 24 laps on RMs and 13 on RSs in each car. In most cases, the front left tire tread was completely gone by the end. In fact, in many cases I had to drive the full final lap of the test with a bald tire. I was surprised at how well the cars drove with a dead tire. They weren't fast, of course, but I wasn't spinning out or driving off the track on every right-hand turn either. It just felt like I was driving on extrenely low-grip tires.

I managed to get two rounds of tests in for the Subaru, but only one in the Ford. That's why the Subaru data is a little smoother.

Anyways, here are the numbers...

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	13​	1:19.843​	1:20.213​	1:21.588​	17:40.641​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	24​	1:20.300​	1:20.394​	1:21.802​	32:43.238​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	13​	1:20.147​	1:20.895​	1:22.378​	17:50.909​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	24​	1:20.801​	1:20.821​	1:22.487​	32:59.692​

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Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	0%​	20%​	10%​	30%​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	0%​	25%​	15%​	35%​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	0%​	NA​	NA​	NA​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	0%​	40%​	15%​	35%​

(It seems I forgot to record the tread levels for Ford RS. I remember that the front left was 0%, anyways)

If I simulate all of the possible one-stop strategies using the lap times from my tests, these are the fastest 3 for each car:

Manufacturer	Model	Strategy	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	10RS-20RM	40:33.060​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	11RS-19RM	40:33.299​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	9RS-21RM	40:34.665​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	11RS-19RM	40:56.638​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	10RS-20RM	40:57.316​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	9RS-21RM	40:58.606​

Seems like both @Fezzik and I mistakenly put 4x fuel multiplier. I know I did.

Could you go into depth how you are able to tyre save this much? I would love to do 20/10 but I am very doubtful about the mediums for me.

 

[Famine]

I am a high B driver in GT2 and also had a weirdly low scoring lobby in my only opportunity to race tonight. Only 84 points for the win when I am regularly in 110+ lobbies.

I'm wondering if they've rescaled the points.

It was pretty much 1/200th of median DR before (so everyone at 100,000 ≈ 500pt for the win, 30,000 ≈ 150pt; it was actually a little lower, but that's the ballpark), but with the elevated cap - even accounting for the fact that there's probably not enough DR available in the community for the top players to all be at 150,000 (I've checked a few, 120k seems about where they're at) - we should be seeing regular 500/550/600pt GT1 winners now. They're still at ~450.

Weird.

 

[Moose78]

Could you go into depth how you are able to tyre save this much?

I'm not sure I can. Not that I don't want to, but I just don't really know.

For these tests I was deliberately avoiding any kind of tire-saving techniques. I was driving the car as fast as I could. I wanted to see how long the tires would last for me under the worst-case conditions.

So any kind of tire saving is mostly down to my personal driving style. There are probably a couple things that help, though. First, I'm terrible at trail-braking, so I tend to brake earlier than most drivers and roll the car through the corner. Second, I generally aim to be smooth on my inputs. If I hear tires squealing on a corner I take it as a sign that I'm going into it too fast and try to adjust my braking accordingly.

 

[Wilsonson]

I'm wondering if they've rescaled the points.

It was pretty much 1/200th of median DR before (so everyone at 100,000 ≈ 500pt for the win, 30,000 ≈ 150pt; it was actually a little lower, but that's the ballpark), but with the elevated cap - even accounting for the fact that there's probably not enough DR available in the community for the top players to all be at 150,000 (I've checked a few, 120k seems about where they're at) - we should be seeing regular 500/550/600pt GT1 winners now. They're still at ~450.

Weird.

The leader in GT2 scored 156 points (A rated though), the highest B rated driver got 149.

Therefore I suppose that nothing has changed but who knows. It really is weird.

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[VTEC Driver]

I started testing for the next round at Road Atlanta on the weekend already. I tested the Ford GT Race Car '18 and Subaru BRZ GT300 '21, since those are what I'm driving this season. A one-stopper in both cars seems very doable, at least for the way I drive.

Fuel is not an issue at all for me. At 1x fuel multiplier, I'm surprised that some of you are talking about fuel saving. I would have figured that all the cars can easily finish the race without taking on more fuel.

For testing I did 24 laps on RMs and 13 on RSs in each car. In most cases, the front left tire tread was completely gone by the end. In fact, in many cases I had to drive the full final lap of the test with a bald tire. I was surprised at how well the cars drove with a dead tire. They weren't fast, of course, but I wasn't spinning out or driving off the track on every right-hand turn either. It just felt like I was driving on extrenely low-grip tires.

I managed to get two rounds of tests in for the Subaru, but only one in the Ford. That's why the Subaru data is a little smoother.

Anyways, here are the numbers...

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	13​	1:19.843​	1:20.213​	1:21.588​	17:40.641​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	24​	1:20.300​	1:20.394​	1:21.802​	32:43.238​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	13​	1:20.147​	1:20.895​	1:22.378​	17:50.909​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	24​	1:20.801​	1:20.821​	1:22.487​	32:59.692​

View attachment 1491781

Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	0%​	20%​	10%​	30%​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	0%​	25%​	15%​	35%​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	0%​	NA​	NA​	NA​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	0%​	40%​	15%​	35%​

(It seems I forgot to record the tread levels for Ford RS. I remember that the front left was 0%, anyways)

If I simulate all of the possible one-stop strategies using the lap times from my tests, these are the fastest 3 for each car:

Manufacturer	Model	Strategy	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	10RS-20RM	40:33.060​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	11RS-19RM	40:33.299​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	9RS-21RM	40:34.665​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	11RS-19RM	40:56.638​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	10RS-20RM	40:57.316​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	9RS-21RM	40:58.606​

Your work and dedication is always amazing.
Thanks for sharing all that.

Tonight I will try to do the same with the Renault and let see which is the difference.
Very curious about tire life on Renault, very unknow car to me.

 

[Famine]

The leader in GT2 scored 156 points (A rated though), the highest B rated driver got 149.

That'd be after ten possible entry slots though. It's certainly conceivable that there could be 35k lobbies in GT2 by that point, which should generate almost 175pt (a bit less) by the previous factor - and indeed back in the last Exhibition Season of 2024 there were GT2 players getting 175pt in some races. By the calculation previously used, a 156pt win would be from a lobby with a median DR of just over 31,200pt, so largely all-A.

To me it looks like it's been scaled down a bit less than 15% - or, to satisfy those who get bent out of shape by percentage reductions of/by, the scaling factor is about 0.85 (maybe a little more) of what it was previously...


Of course there might have simply been a mass exodus of high DR drivers before the final slot too. I vaguely recall I was #2, and my DR was about 80% of the bar (26k, I guess). Unless packed out with very-mid to quite-low B, it should still have been about 110-120 for the win though, and I think he got 96...

 

[Moose78]

Of course there might have simply been a mass exodus of high DR drivers before the final slot too. I vaguely recall I was #2, and my DR was about 80% of the bar (26k, I guess). Unless packed out with very-mid to quite-low B, it should still have been about 110-120 for the win though, and I think he got 96...

We shouldn't rule out some kind of internal software error here. It could be that when the point totals were allocated, the server was using zero as the DR amount of several drivers in the lobby.

 

[dazdilly75]

I started testing for the next round at Road Atlanta on the weekend already. I tested the Ford GT Race Car '18 and Subaru BRZ GT300 '21, since those are what I'm driving this season. A one-stopper in both cars seems very doable, at least for the way I drive.

Fuel is not an issue at all for me. At 1x fuel multiplier, I'm surprised that some of you are talking about fuel saving. I would have figured that all the cars can easily finish the race without taking on more fuel.

For testing I did 24 laps on RMs and 13 on RSs in each car. In most cases, the front left tire tread was completely gone by the end. In fact, in many cases I had to drive the full final lap of the test with a bald tire. I was surprised at how well the cars drove with a dead tire. They weren't fast, of course, but I wasn't spinning out or driving off the track on every right-hand turn either. It just felt like I was driving on extrenely low-grip tires.

I managed to get two rounds of tests in for the Subaru, but only one in the Ford. That's why the Subaru data is a little smoother.

Anyways, here are the numbers...

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Laps	Opt time	Best time	Avg time	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	13​	1:19.843​	1:20.213​	1:21.588​	17:40.641​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	24​	1:20.300​	1:20.394​	1:21.802​	32:43.238​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	13​	1:20.147​	1:20.895​	1:22.378​	17:50.909​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	24​	1:20.801​	1:20.821​	1:22.487​	32:59.692​

View attachment 1491781

Tire tread levels at finish:

Manufacturer	Model	Tire compound	Front left	Front right	Rear left	Rear right
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RS	0%​	20%​	10%​	30%​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	RM	0%​	25%​	15%​	35%​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RS	0%​	NA​	NA​	NA​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	RM	0%​	40%​	15%​	35%​

(It seems I forgot to record the tread levels for Ford RS. I remember that the front left was 0%, anyways)

If I simulate all of the possible one-stop strategies using the lap times from my tests, these are the fastest 3 for each car:

Manufacturer	Model	Strategy	Total time
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	10RS-20RM	40:33.060​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	11RS-19RM	40:33.299​
Subaru	BRZ GT300 '21	9RS-21RM	40:34.665​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	11RS-19RM	40:56.638​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	10RS-20RM	40:57.316​
Ford	GT Race Car '18	9RS-21RM	40:58.606​

Outstanding work!

 

[MetalApe]

I just did a custom race in the Alfa 4C without trying any tyre saving, I managed 12 laps on softs, the last two I was suffering and losing time, but better than an extra stop. And I'm sure with some tyre saving I can make those last 2 laps a lot better, and eke out a slow 13th.

 

[Famine]

We shouldn't rule out some kind of internal software error here. It could be that when the point totals were allocated, the server was using zero as the DR amount of several drivers in the lobby.

I'd expect waaaay fewer points though if that happened.

Just one zero in a lobby of 15 players at 24k would drop the median by 2000pt and the points for a win by 10 (ish). Two would be enough to generate the drop we've seen, so any more would be an absolute cratering.

For it to be across the board too - the top of GT1 (111k DR) has 462pt - is weird. We saw some 500pt finishes in the official season, and while it might be the case that fewer really high-ranked people have shown up because Exhibition, it's just not as high as I would have thought.

Not that any of it really matters though I won't be troubling that sort of range, but it'd have been nice to get what I'd have expected in triple figures for what was an unnecessarily hard race and a decent finish.

 

[dazdilly75]

Well, I ended up signing for team Renault, as I find it incredibly easy to drive and in my opinion the GT3 car is one of the most well rounded cars on the grid.

Still building this new account to A+ (currently on 44K DR). So the competition is certainly getting tougher with each race.

Slot 3: Door #7 and 208 points for the win. Happy days! On to Road Atlanta!

 

[MIE1992]

Seems that as of last night's round, I'm currently the best GT2-class Genesis driver in the US! Hopefully I'll be able to keep that ranking by the end of the season.