Gran Turismo 7 Season 4 Division 2

Last round was RS and wets. Wets are only required if it rains

There is no "tire rule" so to speak. Tire allocation is simply what you're ALLOWED to run. There will be rounds later on with required tires, it will be clear for those rounds that they are mandatory too.

Round 2 Results
Qual

Race Results & FL's

I'm glad that one is out of the way, I usually do ok at RBR mini but with some weird sh*t with my right rear tire glowing blue after about 16 laps I knew to have a chance of not crashing many times at turn 3 I should pit twice. To compound things further I got myself turned around on the straight between turn 1 and 2 on lap one putting me 17 seconds behind by turn 2. Managed to keep it mostly on track, a couple of wiggles and an early spin near pit entrance to enjoy some good battles with the other tailenders and a couple of guys a lap ahead to finally get home 8th, just one place back from where I started which was a pleasant surprise. I hope there are no more tracks that penalize me for good tire life.

Well that went differently than expected. I truly didn't expect to win this let alone be on the podium with the pace from last week joined with BT and Hat.
Very happy to take the clean sweep.
With that said some odd stuff happened tonight.
I got a 3s penalty when someone was coming back on track...
The other is driving etiquette under blue flags.
It's not something I'm very familiar with, as it's rare for a close division to have lapped drivers.
With that said, the general rule is for the lapped or driver under blue flags to move off the driving line and allow the leading driver through.

This is outlined in the racing rules.
RACING RULES & REGULATIONS

I will not call anyone out nor protest any altercation.
Just hoping to provide a learning environment for all, including myself.
I'm aware that blue flags can appear like 1/2 a lap away, so I might add that the leading driver can announce to the blue flagged driver they are close, giving the blue flagged racer notice to find a good space to move off the racing line.

Looking forward to the Enduro round.... At a track we've not raced at..

As some have known, I have been having issues with my back on top of my already present skin issues, and then to add to that I got the flu from my son yesterday so I hadn't turned a lap.
Qualifying became my practice session and the rear was just stepping out everywhere. @Matthyus mentioned that throttle modulation was how he was dealing with it and so I tried that in the race and it was the trick I needed.
I was similar or slower to most around most of the track, but T3 I was consistently catching guys through there. I agree with @leeboy910 that turn became very fun to slide the car through. However, it wasn't without its moments of clench!

Well done @Matthyus on an almost faultless drive (drive with more care during yellow flags ) and hard luck to @Bluemoon who should've had second but was baulked by lapped traffic which allowed me to catch up at the end.

A note on the final turn reset. Div 1 guys were replay watching this exact scenario and it seems the game does this if you run wide at the final 2 turns one after the other only.

I practiced a lot and found that after about lap 17 I had to tippy toe through turn 3 at about 20 km less than normal and even then would lose it at least a couple of times. The car would just do a lazy slide off to the left, correction attempts would just throw me off the track on the other side. i would have been a hazard to others so decided the best option for me was to two stop and avoid doing more than 18 laps a stint.

absolutely, if you are in a position where you may be lapped, keep an eye on the blue flag marshalls as I think they come out earlier than the HUD notification.
Being lapped can actually increase your pace in certain situations while you slip stream the leader as they go through and you can see some of their lines etc

I had the opposite problem. Due to some early problems I was 30 seconds behind by the time I pitted on lap 19. Due to the shortness of the track I came out a lap down among the 5th 6th 7th battle and on my new tires they were holding me up. I had to pick my way carefully and back out of a number of oportunities.

Absolutely!!
Hoping to revamp them a bit too
Trying to work out how to do angled cells in Excel, to make it look a bit modern.

I'm sorry that you got turned around, though you were pushing in while rejoining after leaving the track.
The winds did change slightly in the later half of the race and that caused more issues for me in Turns 3/4 after lap 40.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I know it wasn't intentional. I thought I was clear but the little overlap was all it took to turn me into fence , all good. I've got my fingers crossed to try and keep out of trouble for the remaining races.