◆ SNAIL [DriveTrain Challenge - DTC] Racing - Closed

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I made absolute idiotic car choices again!!! I gotta chat with Ken and Joe Monday nights.
I saw people running the Toyota FT Sports whatever and I don't even own that car!!!!! Now I do, duuuh.
Gotta take some time making set ups.
 
Noticed that Joe tried to put out smoke screens and block the track in most events last night. I think his plan to wipe out the field so he could just ride around gently while sipping a cold one didn't work.

And he call me a cheater....voodoo
 
Test line-up. 4 cars all from Europe and I had to just purchase them all:
FF - VW Golf GTI '05 411pp
4WD - Audi Quattro '82 406pp
FR - Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Kompressor '98 406pp
MR - Lancia Stratos '73 417pp Lotus Elise '96 416pp or Type 72 '01 417pp
 
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Nxt Tuesday will be 1640pp, production cars only= no rally, race cars, tuneing cars like spoon,trd etc, no prototypes and concepts. My lineup is. -Acura integra type r'01 410pp ff. -mazda rx-7 gt-x (fx)'90 413pp fr. -Peugeot 205 turbo 16 '85 415pp 4wd. -Hommel berlinette r/s coupe'99 402pp mr. 2 of these cars I've never driven yet and encourage u guys to atleast try picking 1 car u hav not race before or 1 that has low miles
Sounds awesome
 
I love loose cars but u might want to rethink that stratos, it's rubbish. U guys planning on any events on thursday like u use too run. I was going threw car search and noticed alot of groups of cars close in pp, like there are 6 60's70's cars with in 6,7 pp of each other, jst wish I could drive more cars in game but it's hard when the pp of cars is so off.
 
I love loose cars but u might want to rethink that stratos, it's rubbish. U guys planning on any events on thursday like u use too run. I was going threw car search and noticed alot of groups of cars close in pp, like there are 6 60's70's cars with in 6,7 pp of each other, jst wish I could drive more cars in game but it's hard when the pp of cars is so off.
I completely agree Kg. Our series is based on using the fastest cars relative to their performance point value, which means we either all run the same few cars or we use cars we know are less competitive. Most of us know which cars are which by now, so recently I have just been driving the cars I like.

One of the ideas I wanted to try out was finding cars which ran similar lap times at a track and using them in a new kind of way. Once I have a better idea on it, I'll see what you guys think. Unfortunately I can't race tonight though.

Regarding the Stratos, it is difficult to drive as it seems to float horizontally sometimes and when the open wheel starts spinning it is game over. I ran it for about 15 minutes last night at Autmn Ring and managed a 44.5XX best lap and only had 3 or 4 spins. I can't control the car enough to confidently drive it in a pack so I will change it at some point in an effort to at least not ruin anyone else's race.

@jobyone
Where was that list which showed how many times each car was used?
 
@jobyone
Where was that list which showed how many times each car was used?
I removed it for the time being as people were having issues with the sheet and I wanted to make sure it was not that. I will add it back tonight and see how it goes.
 
I removed it for the time being as people were having issues with the sheet and I wanted to make sure it was not that. I will add it back tonight and see how it goes.
No problem. I just thought I was being dumb and couldn't find it.
 
The data is back in there on the sorted PP sheet. If people notice sluggishness on loading the page let me know.

Also any chance of getting the cars added to the results sheet?
 
The data is back in there on the sorted PP sheet. If people notice sluggishness on loading the page let me know.

Also any chance of getting the cars added to the results sheet?
Everything worked fine for me Joby and thanks for adding the number of times used. I will enter the cars from Tuesday after I get home from work today.

My lineup:
FF - VW Golf GTI '05 411pp (used 0 times)
4WD - Audi Quattro '82 406pp (used 2 times)
FR - Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Kompressor '98 406pp (used 0 times)
MR - Lotus Elise Type 72 '01 416pp (used 1 time)
 
I also added a drop down on the top part of the signup page that will allow you to choose a car and see how many times it has been used.
 
Cars have been entered boss.
Thanks.

It looks like we have used 423 different cars in the DTC events since we started using GT6:) Lets get that over 500 maybe even half by the time the 1 year GT6 anniversary comes up in December.
 
Last night's results:

@Kgffy - 59 (58 + pole)
@JLBowler - 57
@kendawg - 53
@carboneyes - 52
88GTA - 47
@JoeW - 46
@racefan78 - 42
@tezgm99 - 36
@GTP_Vertigo - 31
@Schmiggz - 24

@carboneyes why don't you choose a track to replace. You know the drill.


DTC Eligible Tracks

Group A
Daytona International Speedway
(Chosen by @Jayc2k 8/5)
Cape Ring Periphery - (Chosen by @Schmiggz 5/21)
Trial Mountain - (Chosen by @kendawg 7/15)
Mount Panorama - (Chosen by @Biebs74 8/26 )
Willow Springs - Streets of Willow - (Chosen by @danfurey 6/17)

Group B
Brands Hatch Grand Prix '80s - (Chosen by @fizzer 6/3)
Special Stage Route 5 - (Chosen by @JoeW 6/17)
Indy Super Speedway - (Chosen by @ERAUfan97 7/22)
Nurburgring GP/F - (Chosen by @danfurey)
Autumn Ring - (Chosen by @Kgffy 5/7)

Group C
Apricot Hill - (Chosen by @88GTA)
Suzuka - (Chosen By @tezgm99)
Red Bull Ring Short - (Chosen by @88GTA 7/1 )
Twin Ring Motegi Road Course - (Chosen by @racefan78)
Cote d'Azure - (Chosen by @Schmiggz 7/8)
 
I haven't completely tested my lineup but I think it will stay.

I have been playing Grid - Autosport lately for some cross-training and I do have one positive for GT6; the lack of a livery editor in GT6 saves me hours each week which I would have put into meticulously painting and customizing my DTC lineup of cars. So thank God for that... :sly:

It would have taken me a long time getting the 1982 Audi Quattro to look like this:
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Or the SLK 230 Kompressor to look this awesome:
L-SLK-Racing.jpg
 
So it looks like I have finally bought a fun toy/project car. Will finalize the deal next week but should be the owner of a 2002 Focus SVT 170 with 76k miles. With a pp of 392 (same car as focus ST170) it should be a good step up from my current 344 in the Element:)
 
So it looks like I have finally bought a fun toy/project car. Will finalize the deal next week but should be the owner of a 2002 Focus SVT 170 with 76k miles. With a pp of 392 (same car as focus ST170) it should be a good step up from my current 344 in the Element:)
Don't forget to change the oil when you get it for that 5% boost. :sly:
 
So it looks like I have finally bought a fun toy/project car. Will finalize the deal next week but should be the owner of a 2002 Focus SVT 170 with 76k miles. With a pp of 392 (same car as focus ST170) it should be a good step up from my current 344 in the Element:)


Thought about buying a MX5 and racing in the Chump series. The Chump Series is a cheap racing league. It was started for people who love to race but don't have a whole lot of money.

Check it out!
 
Thought about buying a MX5 and racing in the Chump series. The Chump Series is a cheap racing league. It was started for people who love to race but don't have a whole lot of money.

Check it out!
Yea I know about those. I realized a while ago that I am not a racer at heart. I love going fast (I scare most people I know that drive fast) but going around and around a track is never as appealing as the open road and the quest to find what is around the next corner.
 
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