S.N.E.L., Upcoming Gr.3 / 4, 2 Hours Series, 1 Hour testing races 12/13 & 12/20, Lobby Open / Test 1 7p, Race 1 8p, Test 2 9:05p, Race 2 10:05p ESTOpen

[Cold Warrior]

Tonight Tuesday October 14th is 4 days until Corvette Festival Week 4 this Saturday. I recently made some updates for the upcoming races and reposted them. Make sure you take a look if haven't already.

 

[fastone371]

I don't know why it's telling you that time. I posted that post last Wednesday. And as far as I know 18 minus 8 is still equals 10.

You saw my screen shots that showed that today (this day) you made the post about race day being 10 days away and the other screenshot said "tomorrow"at the top

 

[Cold Warrior]

You saw my screen shots that showed that today (this day) you made the post about race day being 10 days away and the other screenshot said "tomorrow"at the top

Yes but, I don't have the answers you seek. You'll have to ask the staff of this site.

 

[fastone371]

Yes but, I don't have the answers you seek. You'll have to ask the staff of this site.

It's not a big deal, I just found it most unusual and wanted to explain why I posted comment about amount of days before race. My comment was based on false information.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Just 3 days left until Corvette Festival Week 4. On an additional note. I just added the lobby schedule for Porsche 962C One-Make 500km at the Nurburgring to the forum. Details on that upcoming event can found in GT Planet forum bottom of post #1 for now. I will an official post on GT Planet and on the PSN chat after the last week of Corvette Festival. As of for my other project. Work the 2 Hours Endurance Series has stalled for now. Trying to figure how to plan the new not installed tracks should they be eligible.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Hey guys just 2 days left until Corvette Festival Week 4. Fun batch of races coming up I think. However I feel I should highlight one in particular. Race 2 the Corvette Gr.3 Road Car at Northern Isle Speedway. This heavily Nascar inspired race is a race that will not be won by out right pace alone but, the correct combination of pace and tire management. And not hitting the walls of course.

Even I'm not sure what that correct pace is. Northern Isle Speedway is highest tire wear track in GT7. Even at x1 on Racing Hards will require multiple stops to complete this race. Softer tire options are not available because there's no advantage of using them. Will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Only 1 day left until Corvette Festival Week 4. Race 1 and 2 for Week 4 are the only scheduled night races for this league. Both Daytona and Northern Isle have lights so it . Also all 3 races are rolling starts. I don't know any modern sports car series that does grid starts. And I never do grid starts at Northern Isle. Another off week after this week. And then Weeks 5, 6, and 7 will be back to back to back. See you tomorrow night.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Corvette Festival Race Day! Week 4 theme is Corvette Racing. A celebration of the Corvette's factory racing team. Race Details last minute repost.

10/18, Week 4 Race 1, Corvette C7 Gr.4 Race Car
Race Details
Daytona Road Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Twilight Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving Yes, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x6 Fuel x5, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed All Racing Tires, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Tuning Parts Restrictions
Allowed Part Upgrades: Fully Customizable Racing Transmission

10/18, Week 4 Race 2, Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car
Race Details
Northern Isle, 105 Laps Race, 58.8 Miles (94.6 km), Twilight Start, Time Change x4, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning and Customization Special Restrictions, Tires x1 Fuel x4, Fuel At Start 99%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed RH, Corner Penalties None, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control No

Tuning Parts Restrictions
Allowed Parts Upgrades: Brake Balance Controller.

Optional Customization: Racing Items, Other Parts, and Livery, Wheel Design

Prohibited Customization: Custom Parts, No Engine Swaps, No changing Wheel size.

10/18, Week 4 Race 3, Corvette C7 Gr.3 Race Car
Race Details
Road Atlanta, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x4, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x5 Fuel x5, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed All Racing Tires, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control Yes

 

[Cold Warrior]

Lobby Schedule

Lobby Open
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 1
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:45pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:45am Sun

Qualifying / Race 2
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 9:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 6:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 1:00am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 2:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 3
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 10:15pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 7:15pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 2:15am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 3:15am Sun

Note 1: There will about a 30 minutes practice before both races 2 and 3 each week.

Note 2: Do to time restrains. Races will start immediately after qualifying. Without going back to practice mode.

Note 3: There will be no qualifying the week 3 races at Nurburgring Nordschleife. Practice will be extended by 10 minutes for these races. After the extra 10 minutes the room will be reset. Then the grid will be set by previous race results.

Time Zone Key
EDT = Eastern Daylight Savings Time
EST = Eastern Standard Time
PDT = Pacific Daylight Savings Time
PST = Pacific Standard Time
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time

Next US Daylight Savings Change
EDT to EST Sun Nov 2nd, 2025

 

[fastone371]

Lobby Schedule

Lobby Open
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 1
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 7:45pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 4:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 11:45pm Sat
GMT w/ US Standard Time 12:45am Sun

Qualifying / Race 2
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 9:00pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 6:00pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 1:00am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 2:00am Sun

Qualifying / Race 3
EDT UTC-4 / EST UTC-5 10:15pm Sat
PDT UTC-7 / PST UTC-8 7:15pm Sat
GMT w/ US Daylight Savings 2:15am Sun
GMT w/ US Standard Time 3:15am Sun

Note 1: There will about a 30 minutes practice before both races 2 and 3 each week.

Note 2: Do to time restrains. Races will start immediately after qualifying. Without going back to practice mode.

Note 3: There will be no qualifying the week 3 races at Nurburgring Nordschleife. Practice will be extended by 10 minutes for these races. After the extra 10 minutes the room will be reset. Then the grid will be set by previous race results.

Time Zone Key
EDT = Eastern Daylight Savings Time
EST = Eastern Standard Time
PDT = Pacific Daylight Savings Time
PST = Pacific Standard Time
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time

Next US Daylight Savings Change
EDT to EST Sun Nov 2nd, 2025

Do not wait for me tonight, I will most likely miss the first race but I may make the 2nd race, depends on how long it takes me to finish up at home.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Lobby Open!

 

[fastone371]

Corvette Festival Race Day! Week 4 theme is Corvette Racing. A celebration of the Corvette's factory racing team. Race Details last minute repost.

10/18, Week 4 Race 1, Corvette C7 Gr.4 Race Car
Race Details
Daytona Road Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Twilight Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving Yes, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x6 Fuel x5, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed All Racing Tires, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Tuning Parts Restrictions
Allowed Part Upgrades: Fully Customizable Racing Transmission

10/18, Week 4 Race 2, Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car
Race Details
Northern Isle, 105 Laps Race, 58.8 Miles (94.6 km), Twilight Start, Time Change x4, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning and Customization Special Restrictions, Tires x1 Fuel x4, Fuel At Start 99%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed RH, Corner Penalties None, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control No

Tuning Parts Restrictions
Allowed Parts Upgrades: Brake Balance Controller.

Optional Customization: Racing Items, Other Parts, and Livery, Wheel Design

Prohibited Customization: Custom Parts, No Engine Swaps, No changing Wheel size.

10/18, Week 4 Race 3, Corvette C7 Gr.3 Race Car
Race Details
Road Atlanta, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x4, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Special Restrictions, Tires x5 Fuel x5, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed All Racing Tires, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control Yes

Why is TCS allowed at 2 of the,races, I thought this was no aids racing??,

 

[notarjy]

my guess is because gt3 and gt4 cars do have tc in real life. I left mine off though.

really enjoyed this set of races, of course race cars make for good racing but also great choices of track and race settings to allow for good strategy. Great job Cold Warrior I really enjoy the races you come up with.

 

[JDMKING13]

my guess is because gt3 and gt4 cars do have tc in real life. I left mine off though.

really enjoyed this set of races, of course race cars make for good racing but also great choices of track and race settings to allow for good strategy. Great job Cold Warrior I really enjoy the races you come up with.

Same for me.. I’m cool with people using TCS as GT3/4 use it in RL.. in GT I’m just faster with it off.. it good to save tires though!

 

[Cold Warrior]

Why is TCS allowed at 2 of the,races, I thought this was no aids racing??,

ABS has been allowed for all events because I'm a lot of players don't experience without it. Traction Control has been event dependent. TCS has been allowed for the road cars C5 and newer.

However since Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car is Gran Turismo's own what if homologation for Corvette C7. I felt no obligation to be historical accurate. I wanted to run at least one race at US based tarmac track real or fictional. I was initially going to have C1 run at Northern Isle do to it competing in Nascar the 1950s. However I don't like how it raced at Northern Isle in it's stock performance. I found later that the C7 Gr.3 Road Car raced well at Northern Isle. And chose to make a Nascar themed race with it. Nascar does not allow Traction Control.

As of for your other question. All the races designed to fit into a 30 minute time block. The Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car came out to like 103 laps. Figured it's only added 32 seconds and around up 105 laps. And yes the means the car can complete the 200 lap limit cap in under an hour.

 

[Cold Warrior]

my guess is because gt3 and gt4 cars do have tc in real life. I left mine off though.

really enjoyed this set of races, of course race cars make for good racing but also great choices of track and race settings to allow for good strategy. Great job Cold Warrior I really enjoy the races you come up with.

Same for me.. I’m cool with people using TCS as GT3/4 use it in RL.. in GT I’m just faster with it off.. it good to save tires though!

Thank you for showing up and for posting here. I'm use to this forum being dead accept for Fastone371 and the occasional false hope of new players.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Week 4

Race 1 Results

Pole Award: jdmking13
Race Winner: jdmking13
Fastest Lap: Michel-QC_21

Race 2 Results

Pole Award: fastone371
Race Winner: notarjy
Fastest Lap: fastone371

Race 3 Results

Pole Award: jdmking13
Race Winner: jdmking13
Fastest Lap: Michel-QC_21

Points Standings
Position / Player PSN ID / Score / Best Finish / Numbers of Races Scored 12
Current as of 10/19/25

1st. Michel-QC_21, 166 pts, 6 Wins, 12 Races
2nd. jdmking13, 113 pts, 5 Wins, 9 Races
3rd. notarjy, 80 pts, 1 Win, 11 Races
4th. TheColdWarriors, 63 pts, 3rd, 12 Races
5th. fastone371, 60 pts, 2nd, 9 Races
6th. DusanMandic9, 42 pts, 2nd, 8 Races
7th. OldManPip72, 34 pts, 2nd, 5 Races
8th. ZFS_Miracle_grow, 27 pts, 4th, 11 Races
9th. rooster_454, 20 pts, 2nd, 4 Races
10th. MrMidn7ght, 15 pts, 4th, 3 Races
11th. OCR_BOOST, 12 pts, 2nd, 1 Race
12th. steve960, 12 pts, 6th, 6 Races
13th. crabby_grognard, 3 pts, 7th, 2 Races
14th. x_PuFFsTuFF_x, 1 pt, Last, 1 Race

11/1/25, Week 5 Corvette International

11/1, Race 1, Corvette C7 Stingray '14
Race Details
Fuji Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain Maybe, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6 Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

11/1, Race 2, Corvette C8 Stingray '20 Race 1
Race Details
Spa-Francorchamps Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain Maybe, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6, Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 96%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

11/1, Race 3, Corvette C8 Stingray '20 Race 2
Race Details
Monza Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6, Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 96%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

 

[fastone371]

ABS has been allowed for all events because I'm a lot of players don't experience without it. Traction Control has been event dependent. TCS has been allowed for the road cars C5 and newer.

However since Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car is Gran Turismo's own what if homologation for Corvette C7. I felt no obligation to be historical accurate. I wanted to run at least one race at US based tarmac track real or fictional. I was initially going to have C1 run at Northern Isle do to it competing in Nascar the 1950s. However I don't like how it raced at Northern Isle in it's stock performance. I found later that the C7 Gr.3 Road Car raced well at Northern Isle. And chose to make a Nascar themed race with it. Nascar does not allow Traction Control.

As of for your other question. All the races designed to fit into a 30 minute time block. The Corvette C7 Gr.3 Road Car came out to like 103 laps. Figured it's only added 32 seconds and around up 105 laps. And yes the means the car can complete the 200 lap limit cap in under an hour.

ABS hardly counts as an aide in GT7 because non ABS braking is not implemented very well in GT7. I would love to be able to use non ABS braking in GT7 reliably.

 

[Cold Warrior]

ABS hardly counts as an aide in GT7 because non ABS braking is not implemented very well in GT7. I would love to be able to use non ABS braking in GT7 reliably.

I don't usually drive without ABS myself. So don't really know how things it works without it.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Hey guys 9 days out until Corvette Festival Week 5 Corvette International. Week 5 is a celebration of the Corvette's growing International presence in the modern world by competing in the FIA WEC and other world touring sports car series outside the US. Also about 3 hours after the last race of week 5. Clocks in US in change from Daylight Savings back 1 hour to Standard Time. If your country or state doesn't change clocks with the US. Week 6 and 7 races will be 1 hour earlier for you. Enjoy the confusion.

 

[fastone371]

Hey guys 9 days out until Corvette Festival Week 5 Corvette International. Week 5 is a celebration of the Corvette's growing International presence in the modern world by competing in the FIA WEC and other world touring sports car series outside the US. Also about 3 hours after the last race of week 5. Clocks in US in change from Daylight Savings back 1 hour to Standard Time. If your country or state doesn't change clocks with the US. Week 6 and 7 races will be 1 hour earlier for you. Enjoy the confusion.

Changing the clocks is not that difficult, if it is in fact that difficult you have bigger problems than the 1 hour time change. 🤔

 

[Cold Warrior]

Changing the clocks is not that difficult, if it is in fact that difficult you have bigger problems than the 1 hour time change. 🤔

Dealing with an international crowd it becomes more difficult. Not every country practices Daylight Savings. And the ones that do might not change on the same weekends as the US. Most of Brazil is in the Southern hemisphere. And for record 1.75 US states don't practice Daylight Savings. Go look into Arizona's idea of Daylight Savings. Also not everyone has a flexible schedule. I have no idea what everyone's life is like before and after hosting hours. Some people may come right from work.

And yes it shouldn't be a big deal. And there's always 1 or 2 miss who the week after the clocks change. Every year every clock change some people get stumped. I wanted to keep November 8th open so people can have time to adjust but, when I added an extra week to include the 2 new Corvette concept cars. I choose to use the 8th because of the Las Vegas Grand Prix being on November 22nd. And I very much like that track. Sadly I won't get to watch after this year. Because we're not paying for Apple TV.

 

[fastone371]

Dealing with an international crowd it becomes more difficult. Not every country practices Daylight Savings. And the ones that do might not change on the same weekends as the US. Most of Brazil is in the Southern hemisphere. And for record 1.75 US states don't practice Daylight Savings. Go look into Arizona's idea of Daylight Savings. Also not everyone has a flexible schedule. I have no idea what everyone's life is like before and after hosting hours. Some people may come right from work.

And yes it shouldn't be a big deal. And there's always 1 or 2 miss who the week after the clocks change. Every year every clock change some people get stumped. I wanted to keep November 8th open so people can have time to adjust but, when I added an extra week to include the 2 new Corvette concept cars. I choose to use the 8th because of the Las Vegas Grand Prix being on November 22nd. And I very much like that track. Sadly I won't get to watch after this year. Because we're not paying for Apple TV.

That's what UTC is for, everyone can then figure out what time the races are in their time zone. It might be kinda nice if GT7 had its own in game time that was the same for everyone regardless of location, one could then use that for scheduling races. I didn't know that F1 was going to Apple TV next year. I dislike the Vegas race (Miami too) as I think that street races make crappy race tracks with Baku being the exception.

 

[fastone371]

The race at Northern Isle was a pleasant surprise, I thought it would be a bore but it was fun. I think the tire life should have been longer and that we should have had tire options available so people could have tried different strategies. I knew going in that I was 4 stopping but I also thought for some reason that the race was 100 laps, I guess I shoulda went 21 laps on each set of tires. Even at 105 laps I was OK on tires but I ran out of fuel which is rare, I normally finish races with over a 1/4 tank.

 

[notarjy]

The race at Northern Isle was a pleasant surprise, I thought it would be a bore but it was fun. I think the tire life should have been longer and that we should have had tire options available so people could have tried different strategies. I knew going in that I was 4 stopping but I also thought for some reason that the race was 100 laps, I guess I shoulda went 21 laps on each set of tires. Even at 105 laps I was OK on tires but I ran out of fuel which is rare, I normally finish races with over a 1/4 tank.

The tires were on x1 so not possible to make them last any longer with the race settings, pretty amazing.

Coming up with strategy was still pretty interesting, in my testing I was able to do 30 lap stints but in the lobby with how fast other drivers were that was not going to work. My goal was to do my final pit on lap 90 in order to have tires for the end, but to make that work I was doing full stints at 22-23 laps to make it add up, which was difficult. I'm not sure how others did on damage but I managed to avoid any until the second to last stint. I did not realize you ran out of fuel at the end I noticed you suddenly slowed on the last lap or two but figured it was tires. It looked like you were making the outside line on the corners work which I understand should reduce tire wear some, but I could not make it work while being fast.

 

[Cold Warrior]

That's what UTC is for, everyone can then figure out what time the races are in their time zone. It might be kinda nice if GT7 had its own in game time that was the same for everyone regardless of location, one could then use that for scheduling races. I didn't know that F1 was going to Apple TV next year. I dislike the Vegas race (Miami too) as I think that street races make crappy race tracks with Baku being the exception.

Yes US cover for F1 is going to Apple TV for at least next 5 years. Starting with the 2026 season. And why the hate for Las Vegas. It races well for them. And they can actually make passes. Unlike some of permanent venues they go too. It's a lot better than longtime traditional street track they go to along the Mediterranean.

 

[Cold Warrior]

The race at Northern Isle was a pleasant surprise, I thought it would be a bore but it was fun. I think the tire life should have been longer and that we should have had tire options available so people could have tried different strategies. I knew going in that I was 4 stopping but I also thought for some reason that the race was 100 laps, I guess I shoulda went 21 laps on each set of tires. Even at 105 laps I was OK on tires but I ran out of fuel which is rare, I normally finish races with over a 1/4 tank.

I knew going in it would be my favorite race of week 4.
Tire wear was at x1. I would have had to use sports to increase durability. A 4 harder racing tire option would be useful the ovals and High-Speed Ring. And no besides maybe for qualifying a softer tire option wouldn't have done any good for how much time you lose for pit stops.

 

[Cold Warrior]

The tires were on x1 so not possible to make them last any longer with the race settings, pretty amazing.

Coming up with strategy was still pretty interesting, in my testing I was able to do 30 lap stints but in the lobby with how fast other drivers were that was not going to work. My goal was to do my final pit on lap 90 in order to have tires for the end, but to make that work I was doing full stints at 22-23 laps to make it add up, which was difficult. I'm not sure how others did on damage but I managed to avoid any until the second to last stint. I did not realize you ran out of fuel at the end I noticed you suddenly slowed on the last lap or two but figured it was tires. It looked like you were making the outside line on the corners work which I understand should reduce tire wear some, but I could not make it work while being fast.

Thank you I knew that race would be fun during testing. May I should do a favorite race of the week pole.

 

[Cold Warrior]

Friday October 24th is 8 days out for Corvette Festival Week 5 and 15 days out for Corvette Festival Week 6. I usually start posting races about 2 weeks out. So I will be posting week 5 and 6 together from here until next Saturday. And I'll start posting Week 7 races.

11/1/25, Week 5 Corvette International

11/1, Week 5, Race 1, Corvette C7 Stingray '14
Race Details
Fuji Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain Maybe, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6 Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

11/1, Week 5, Race 2, Corvette C8 Stingray '20 Race 1
Race Details
Spa-Francorchamps Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Afternoon Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain Maybe, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6, Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 96%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

11/1, Week 5, Race 3, Corvette C8 Stingray '20 Race 2
Race Details
Monza Full Course, 30 Minutes Timed Race, Late Morning Start, Time Change x3, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Grid Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x6, Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 96%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires SM, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.


11/8/25, Week 6 Corvette Present & Future

11/8, Week 6, Race 1, Corvette C8 Race 3
Race Details
Daytona Tri-Oval, 40 Laps, 100 Miles (160.9 km), Late Morning Start, Time Change x3, Afternoon Start, Night Driving Maybe, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP Yes, Tuning No, Tires x2 Fuel x3, Fuel At Start 97%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, Qualifying 7 laps Sprint Race, Tires Allowed RH, Corner Penalties None, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control Yes

Strictly Stock Race: You may not do anything to this car. That changes it's Performance Points Rating (PP) besides changing tires.

Qualifying Sprint Race: Grid decided by Gran Turismo.

11/8, Week 6, Race 2, Corvette CX Concept
Race Details
Blue Moon Bay Oval, 50 Laps, 99.5 Miles (160.1 km), Late Morning Start, Time Change x3, Late Morning Start, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Yes, Tires x1 Fuel x1, Fuel At Start 98%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed RH, Corner Penalties None, Pit Line Penalty No, Traction Control Yes

11/8, Week 6, Race 3, Corvette CX.R VGT Concept
Race Details
Le Mans, 8 Laps, 67.7 Miles (109 km), Late Morning Start, Time Change x3, Late Morning Start, Night Driving No, Weather Change Random, Rain No, Rolling Start, BOP No, Tuning Yes, Tires x3 Fuel x2, Fuel At Start 92%, Pit Stop Needed Yes, 10 Mins GT Group Qualifying, Tires Allowed All Racing Tires, Corner Penalties Weak, Pit Line Penalty Yes, Traction Control Yes

Mistake found and corrected for Week 6 Race 3. Yes this race will have corner penalties on.

 

[fastone371]

The tires were on x1 so not possible to make them last any longer with the race settings, pretty amazing.

Coming up with strategy was still pretty interesting, in my testing I was able to do 30 lap stints but in the lobby with how fast other drivers were that was not going to work. My goal was to do my final pit on lap 90 in order to have tires for the end, but to make that work I was doing full stints at 22-23 laps to make it add up, which was difficult. I'm not sure how others did on damage but I managed to avoid any until the second to last stint. I did not realize you ran out of fuel at the end I noticed you suddenly slowed on the last lap or two but figured it was tires. It looked like you were making the outside line on the corners work which I understand should reduce tire wear some, but I could not make it work while being fast.

It's pretty mind boggling that PD only allows you to go about 20 laps max on tires when going fast then make the pit stop delta so long yet saving tires still makes you slower.
Yeah, I was fueled to go lap 102 or 103, when I noticed the race didn't end at lap 100 I went FM6 and still couldn't save enough to make it to the end. I ran out on the back stretch of the last lap. I tried all kinds of set ups to try to get tires to lap 25 going fast but nothing worked without slowing down and I knew nobody was going to slow down.