Honored to have been able to thank Kaz and the PD crew for 30 years of absolutely epic racing, tuning, thrashing, crashing, and all the passion everyone at PD and the GT community has put into Gran Turismo since day 1.
Note: Seeing World Tour drivers race up close, and handle the cars the way they do = 🤯
Took a couple of weeks to get around to posting this, but finally grabbed gold on all the Nurburgring CEs.
I literally finished up Nordschleife, and an update added Endurance II 🥵
Absolutely superb track, much respect! 🙌
Hear me out!
I’ve never raced, or played other games online - never had a PS Plus subscription. I have played a decent amount of Gran Turismo over the years though, including GT7. Have done most of the licenses and 50-60% of the Circuit Experiences, getting all golds so far. So I’m not a world beater, but half decent to have fun and put some decent times / races together
I saw the Manufacturers Cup R3 event this past Saturday, so decided to give it a try late into the evening, thinking maybe I can enter. I picked Porsche for the team, did some free practise, got a feel for the weather and track conditions, then entered…no dice, need a PS Plus subscription…YOLO, signed up to give the race a go!
Given it was my first real race online, my Driver and Safety ratings suck. I did qualifying, took pole by around 2 seconds. Got into the race and was consistently 1-4 seconds per lap quicker than 2nd and 3rd folks…but I was nervous as hell, had the jitters…it just felt totally different knowing other people were driving the other cars, and not the AI. 😱
The mid field to back markers was total carnage on that wet track, hilarious to see the replay! 🤪
After the pole time and lap 1-2, I felt it was going to be a straightforward race, but I was still really nervous, and could feel the jitters until around halfway into the race (lap 10 ish).
It was super fun to do the 20 lap race, with changing conditions and the cup points on the line, but it sure was nerve wracking! 😬
Not sure others have felt the same nerves, and then just gotten over them with more races etc.
Can’t believe I waited years to give the sport / cup mode events a try, to race others. What a blast!
If you made it through all of the above, god bless you! I’m now down the “I need my first SIM rig” rabbit hole! 🙃
Such an awesome game, and brilliant community! 🙏