◆ SNAIL [DriveTrain Challenge - DTC] Racing - Closed

[danfurey]

Hey thanks for letting me race with you all. Definitely had a great time and learned a lot. Hopefully I'll do better next round!

 

[88GTA]

You and bass did very well. Both of you are clean drivers.

Good driving everyone tonight.

 

[kendawg]

Joe kept his ***** and his ***** at low key. So I win.

Next week is 1640pp straight up.

 

[IceWarden]

Ken picked 1640pp with no split. So 410pp average for all the cars.

I choose Autumn Ring Reverse for the qualifying track.

 

[88GTA]

I choose Autumn Ring Reverse for the qualifying track.

That's a DTC first.

@jobyone
We would like to add one or maybe even two tracks to each group to expand our track choices. Perhaps a vote is in order?

 

[basswerks1]

learning experience this was....
fun nonetheless .
sorry i had the volume down so i cud not hear the trash talk tho...

 

[IceWarden]

That's a DTC first.

@jobyone
We would like to add one or maybe even two tracks to each group to expand our track choices. Perhaps a vote is in order?

Yeah, I thought about Rome or something but I wanted to do something different.

 

[jobyone]

That's a DTC first.

@jobyone
We would like to add one or maybe even two tracks to each group to expand our track choices. Perhaps a vote is in order?

Sounds good. Would you guys like to nominate tracks then have a vote? Say everyone can nominate 2 tracks.

 

[kendawg]

I say nominate 3 tracks. Then add the top 3 to the ABC groups.
Then at the end of the month lets do the drop 3 add 3.

 

[88GTA]

learning experience this was....
fun nonetheless .
sorry i had the volume down so i cud not hear the trash talk tho...

It's always a good time, no matter where we end up finishing. I'm not sure if it was good or bad that you couldn't hear us considering it's probably distracting but we amuse ourselves. I couldn't stop laughing when you were trying to ask us that question before the last race. We still didn't know you couldn't hear us and all we saw was:

Basswerks: *********
Basswerks: **********
Koszak27: gr bass
Basswerks: can
Basswerks: *********

I had just said "good race" over my mic to you after Trial Mountain in our yellow Hondas and I didn't know if you were trying to agree or just curse me out! Then it turned out you were just trying to see if you could switch your car.

Ken thought it may have been Morse code. Good times...

 

[IceWarden]

Maybe we can come to a 3 track consensus on the thread without secret balloting?

 

[jobyone]

How about the Nurb, Sarthe and the big oval thing

 

[Wolfsatz]

How about the Nurb, Sarthe and the big oval thing

BRING BACK THE NORD!!!!!

 

[racefan78]

I agree on Nurb and Sarthe. Not Route X. I think any track should be fair game with the exception of Route 7 and Route X.

Edit: Oh, and maybe the kart tracks. Unless the avg. PP is below 400.

 

[jobyone]

I was sorta kidding

But now that I think about it 250pp on Route X. Imagine how close the finish would be

 

[kendawg]

1. Fuji F
2. Apricot Hill
3. Autumn Ring

 

[IceWarden]

Ugh...maybe secret is best

Ok Ken is at least taking this seriously.

Pick "tracks" not roads in the country surrounded by fences.

 

[racefan78]

1. Circuit de la Sarthe w/ Chicanes
2. Autumn Ring
3. Mt. Panorama

 

[88GTA]

1. Apricot Hill
2. Suzuka Full
3. Nurb GP/F

Details for the race Tuesday 2/18:

Qualifying and first race at Autumn Ring Reverse.

Total PP can not exceed 1640. Individual cars are limited to a minimum 390pp and maximum 430pp. Tires for all four cars are sports hard.

Off from work today due to the storm.

Testing this line-up:

FF - Sprinter Trueno '98 393pp
4WD - Audi S3 '02 412pp
FR - Chrysler Crossfire '04 424pp
MR - Opel Speedster '00 410pp

 

[racefan78]

Seeing all these other choices that I like makes three picks feel way too few.

 

[basswerks1]

It's always a good time, no matter where we end up finishing. I'm not sure if it was good or bad that you couldn't hear us considering it's probably distracting but we amuse ourselves. I couldn't stop laughing when you were trying to ask us that question before the last race. We still didn't know you couldn't hear us and all we saw was:

Basswerks: *********
Basswerks: **********
Koszak27: gr bass
Basswerks: can
Basswerks: *********

I had just said "good race" over my mic to you after Trial Mountain in our yellow Hondas and I didn't know if you were trying to agree or just curse me out! Then it turned out you were just trying to see if you could switch your car.

Ken thought it may have been Morse code. Good times...

Ahhh this makes sense now lol....
I was trying to type but game kept blocking out my words...
I see how this was funny!

 

[IceWarden]

Argh...I am having a tough time. Maybe we can just pick from these fan favorites every week?

Apricot
Monza
Autumn Ring
Spa
Madrid
Daytona Road
Deep Forest
Fuji
Grand Valley and East
Indy Road
Laguna
Nurb GP/F
Rome
Suzuka
Motegi Full/Speedway
Tokyo
Trial Mtn
Tsukuba
Brand's Full
Silverstone Full

Not a fan of the really long ones like Sarthe or Nurburgring full.

 

[danfurey]

1. Apricot Hill
2. Suzuka Full
3. Nurb GP/F

Details for the race Tuesday 2/18:

Qualifying and first race at Autumn Ring Reverse.

Total PP can not exceed 1640. Individual cars are limited to a minimum 390pp and maximum 430pp. Tires for all four cars are sports hard.

Off from work today due to the storm.

Testing this line-up:

FF - Sprinter Trueno '98 393pp
4WD - Audi S3 '02 412pp
FR - Chrysler Crossfire '04 424pp
MR - Opel Speedster '00 410pp

Sounds like a good course lineup. This is going to be challenging but I'm up for it!

 

[88GTA]

^Those tracks I numbered were my votes for track choices. For Tuesday, the first track is Autumn Ring Reverse and after that the winner will pick the next track. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Starvsnr]

So I started a new job and right now and ending this at midnight is just tooooo late for me. I am sure once the weather turns around and I don't have to spend 20 minutes getting my car cleaned off and warmed up in the mornings Ill be back. Ill keep my eye out for some Sat or Sun events in meanwhile.

 

[tezgm99]

Man, that Evo rally seasonal is addictive....I just spent an hour on it and didn't gold it. I know the car can do it, I just need to find the right line through that last section with the back to back hairpin turns and that tenth and a half will be done.

 

[88GTA]

I'm just about try to out the new seasonals now.

 

[tezgm99]

If anyone is finding it tough to feel the responsiveness of the older Evos on it, try switching out the YAC for a LSD...I picked up over half a second just with that

 

[88GTA]

I could have used a Lancer Evo, or any 4WD for that matter, driving to work in the snow this morning.

I really enjoyed that seasonal with the Evo so I'm hoping I get more than 5 or 6 tries at it later today. Your ghost was quick @tezgm99. That was the first time I had driven in snow since GT5 and it was a lot of fun.

 

[tezgm99]

I tuned mine pretty much to the limit; stage 3 weight reduction, double plate clutch (triple mentions losing speed up hills which I didn't like for this track so I didn't buy it), rally suspension, front aero, rear wing and undertray....had to use the power limiter (95% or something) since all those upgrades put it a few points over the limit for it.