REAL RACING SIM | FR-S, BRZ S & 86 GT @ Suzuka Weather, 7/28, 9PM EDT

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Real Racing Sim - Sunday Endurance Race


Scion FR-S
Subaru BRZ S
Toyota 86 GT
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Suzuka Weather
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Thanks to asdfg11 for the countdown timer!


General Info About Races: Our goal is to provide a racing simulation experience for everyone. Real off-road grip, weak slipstream, tire wear on, and yes, heavy damage! ABS is optional.

The potential for damage encourages respect and sportsmanship among everyone, making penalties unnecessary -- GT5's penalty system is easily gamed, often penalizes the victim and does nothing to further the "racing simulation".

The races are usually long enough to require at least one pit for tires and/or gas depending on the car. We also enjoy racing real life cars, and offer a wide range of racing experiences, from VW Buses to F1's, some tuned, some untuned, you name it. Feel free to check out the Facebook page ( http://tinyurl.com/GT5-LPP ) to post race suggestions and say hello!

Date & Time:
Sunday July 28, 9:00 PM EDT
Sunday July 28, 6:00 PM PDT
Monday July 29, 1:00 AM GMT
Click here for time zone converter

Race Officials: alefin, kirtrkeks or anyone designated by them

Host: Private lounge of alefin, kirktreks or wherever designated by race officials

Race Length: 70 minutes (not including qualifying)

Requirements: Fun, clean and fair drivers

Qualifying Times & Race Results: Click here or scroll down

Course:
Suzuka Circuit / Weather
Length: 3.61 mi, Longest Straight: 0.75 mi, Elevation Change: 131.2 ft, Corners: 20
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Room & Car Regulations:
Scion FR-S '12 (Free DLC)
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Subaru BRZ S '12 (DLC)
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Toyota 86 GT '12 (Premium)

Tuning Prohibited lounge
(Engine rebuilds, paint, chassis maintenance etc are allowed as long as you can get on the track)
Sports hard tires max


You must pit at least once before the race timer reaches 55 minutes

  • Standard race quality
  • Standard microphone quality
  • Collisions on
  • Heavy damage
  • No penalties
  • Weak slipstream
  • Tire wear/Fuel consumption on "Fast"
  • Real grip reduction on wet/edge
  • Visual damage on
  • ABS available
  • All other assists off
  • Starting weather "0"
  • Starting surface water "0"
  • Weather changeability "10"
Qualifying & Rolling Starts:
  • Qualifying begins promptly at 9:00 PM Eastern (refer to the countdown timer above if you're not on the east coast) and will last 15 to 30 minutes.
  • Qualifying will have collisions off and be on light damage.
  • When you have a time you like, pull over to a secluded spot or drive into the pits, while we record your time. If you exit the track, you will forfeit your qualifying time!
  • Once qualifying is over, I will type out the qualifying order. When the race timer counts down, and the race START message appears, DO NOT START RACING.
  • Once everyone is lined up in the correct order, the driver in the pole position will set a pace not exceeding 60 MPH / 96 KPH, and begin the race by breaking that pace. Please do not overtake other drivers until the pole/pace car breaks pace and begins accelerating to race speed. Then, THE RACE IS ON.
Full Course Caution Until Clean Start:
  • This policy applies until we complete one continuous clean lap or two continuous minutes of clean racing on longer courses, without multi-car incidents. Cautions will only be available at the beginning of the race. We will repeat it as many times as necessary to get an incident free start.
  • If there are any multi-car incidents, where any driver is knocked well off the track by another driver, we will call a FULL COURSE CAUTION. The policy does not apply to individual drivers losing control, even if an offending driver has minor contact with other drivers who continue racing.
  • Once a caution is issued, please do not overtake any drivers, even if you are heading to the pits.
  • All drivers (not in the pits) will form-up for another Manual Rolling Start behind the current race leader, who will maintain pace speed until everyone is in formation again, and restart according the approach used at the beginning of the race.
Prizes:
  • First place (Level 12 car ticket, 5 car paints)
  • Second place (5 car paints)
Other Notes: The GTPlanet Online Racing Rules & Guidelines applies with some changes/additions.
  1. Bump drafting is allowed where it makes sense.
  2. Keep racing on the track, regardless of incident, unless cars behind you are approaching. Time, depending on severity of incident, will be added to your final race time once complaints are filed and replays checked. If you decide to allow the other driver(s) to pass because of a collision, be absolutely sure that you will not be in the way of other drivers. When in doubt, keep racing.
  3. Drivers that are to be lapped are under no obligations to move out of the way, as long as they are not intentionally blocking. Most tracks have many sections to overtake. If you're faster, you'll find a way to pass.
  4. There will be no race restarts for people that disconnect, unless something extreme happens like half the room disconnects at the same time. Common sense will dictate what's appropriate. People that disconnect will still earn points (where applicable) depending on when they disconnected.
  5. Anyone found violating the car regulations will be harshly penalized, i.e. dropped into last place in the race results. "I didn't know" is not a valid reason.
  6. Track boundaries are generally the same as those enforced by the GT5 penalty system and as defined by section 16: Offline Racing in the GTPlanet Online Racing Rules linked above. See the illustration below. Occasional unintended infractions will be tolerated, particularly if you visibly attempt to correct a bad line by braking, etc. or you have lost control of your vehicle. Patterns of abuse will not be tolerated, and complaints will be investigated as noted in #2 above.
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How to Sign-Up: Just post > GTPlanet username (Playstation Network username)

Current GTPlanet Participants:

** This race is open to all Real Racing Sim regulars and past participants on a first come basis. New sign-ups are welcome, but signing-up on this thread does not guarantee entry if the room fills up. Please be on time. **



Thanks for reading, everyone!
 
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26 Lap Suzuka Weather Results
  1. TyV2448
  2. CommonDeer
  3. phil0214
  4. alefin
  5. elmo_too
  6. kirktreks

Qualifying Order
  1. phil0214, 2:33.082
  2. TyV2448, 2:33.931
  3. elmo_too, 2:33.987
  4. kirktreks, 2:34.716
  5. CommonDeer, 2:35.482
  6. alefin, 2:36.052


Pre-race notes

Toyota 86 GT '12 (Premium) was added to list of available cars. Sorry for no pic, but I think you guys get the point :P

Race will most likely be 26 laps.
 
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Yeah, you can use the Toyota 86 GT '12 (Premium) if you guys want. Thanks for reminding me.
 
Yeah, you can use the Toyota 86 GT '12 (Premium) if you guys want. Thanks for reminding me.

You should add that info to the title. I came into this thread just to point that out. I would love to race, but I have a league race at 10pm every Sunday. We usually don't start until 10:30. If I let them know ahead of time, they'll wait. (Small league.) I could probably do this if you moved the qualifying time up and had the race start promptly at 9pm. I don't know how your other sign-ups would feel about that though.
 
Thanks for your interest, but I'm a little reluctant to move around the time at this point in the week.

I can cut down qualifying to 10 minutes as most people have already finished laps by then.

If it means anything, we're usually done by 10:30 anyway.
 
Fun race up until the rain got really bad and I was stuck with no comfort tires -- what a newbie mistake. Still had a good time though.
 
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