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- JakeDog23
Nice racing @BayouSimDrifter
◆ SNAIL [Spec] Racing - Currently Recruiting for GT7 - JOIN TODAY!!Open
- Thread starter zer05ive
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- Merrickville, Ont.
- aerolite
@MajorBlixem didn't think you'd mind if I used your template for D7 data summary
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- Ice_Warden
@nmcp1 was the actual creator I think.@MajorBlixem didn't think you'd mind if I used your template for D7 data summary
- 405
- North Carolina
- SHOCKY_WELLHELL
It's happened to me one time because everyone moved up in the middle of the season
- 2,289
- Ontario
- MajorBlixem
- 4,499
- Tampa, Fl
- Ice_Warden
So @nmcp1 was Nikola Tesla and you were Edison.
- 2,289
- Ontario
- MajorBlixem
It's elementary...
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- Ireland
- turnupdaheat
Bright sparks the lot of you!
Dragonwhisky
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- Dragonwhisky
- 4,499
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- Ice_Warden
Pencil-thin mustache...check.
Boston Blackie kind...check.
Two-tone Ricky Ricardo jacket...check.
Autographed picture of Andy Devine...check.
Suave Errol Flynn...check.
Sheik of Araby...check.
Brylcreem...check.
Follow these simple easy steps and you are well on your way to becoming the most interesting man in the world who listens to Jimmy Buffett
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DesertPenguin09
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- DesertPenguin09
I will upload a picture of my beard sometime in the near future.
- 2,289
- Ontario
- MajorBlixem
I listened to Jimmy Buffet the other day but I blew a flip-flop
DesertPenguin09
(Banned)
- 7,398
- Long Island, New York
- DesertPenguin09
So it's not the best picture and I'm not the greatest looking, but a beard that is.
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- sprintr64
Want to join....
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Congrats to all the SNAILs who advanced to the GT Academy Silverstone finals!
From left to right:
Martin Sprau, Dan Reude, Brian Marsteller, Joey Barbato, Nick McMillen, Doug Hawkins, Christopher Hill
Welcome to S.N.A.I.L.
Our mission is to provide our members with the cleanest and most competitive racing experience possible with minimal prep time required. No matter what your skill level is, we will provide you with a full grid of similarly-skilled drivers to compete against. It's our belief that close racing is not only exciting, but is also the best way to improve your skill and refine your racecraft! Our official league night is Sunday at 9:30pm Eastern / 6:30pm Pacific, but we also have a a wide variety of other events held on other nights of the week as well. If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, please keep reading to learn more about our league and how to join us.
What Makes Us Different
There are five key features of S.N.A.I.L. that you won't find elsewhere. First of all, we provide our members with evenly-matched competition regardless of their skill level. In fact, the intense level of competition that we produce has established S.N.A.I.L. as an ideal place to prepare for GT Academy. And if you want to keep track of your improvement along the way, you'll be glad to know that we keep the most comprehensive race data available on GTPlanet. We also feature an interactive process that allows all of our members to have a say in which cars and tracks we race. Last but not least, we're the only league that awards our members with valuable prizes just for racing with us!!
Evenly-Matched Competition
Have you ever watched a professional race where drivers with completely different skill levels were competing on the same track? Of course not! That wouldn't be fun to watch, let alone fun to participate in. Unfortunately, that disparity of pace is something you'll often find in organized online racing. When this happens, you'll be lucky to have just a few drivers that you're truly competitive with. Everyone else will usually either be faster or slower than you. We prevent that from happening in S.N.A.I.L. by dividing our drivers into separate divisions based on speed and skill. This results in full grids of evenly-matched competition and creates the closest and most intense sim racing experience around!
Preparation for GT Academy
If you have your eye on competing in GT Academy, there's no better place than S.N.A.I.L. to hone your skills to the elite levels necessary to make it to the finals. You need to be the best of the best to make it to Silverstone, and that's exactly what the drivers in our top division are. Half of last year's GT Academy Silverstone Finalists race in S.N.A.I.L., and they were able to use their experience in this league to help get them there. Click here if you want to advice from the eventual champion and click here if you want advice from the runner-up. However, even if you don't aspire to win GT Academy someday, it's still great to be able to get tips and advice from some of the best drivers in the world.
Win Valuable Prizes
Have you ever wished you could win free stuff just for having fun? If so, then you might want to know that our members win valuable real-world prizes just for racing with us! These prize are based on participation and not on race results. Some examples of prizes our members have won include a GranStand Cockpit, a ButtKicker Gamer2, a GranStand Wheel Stand, and a Wireless ButtKicker Kit. And if you want to help organize our league, you can join TEAM S.N.A.I.L. and earn even more prizes such as shirts (e.g. S.N.A.I.L. shirt, F1 shirt, GT Academy shirt), electronic/gaming hardware (e.g. Hauppauge PVR), sim racing equipment (e.g. Playseat Evolution), and other Gran Turismo related items (e.g. GTPEDIA).
Spec Racing
S.N.A.I.L. was the first GTPlanet league to prohibit tuning in all of our races. This combined with the fact that we race in the same cars produces a type of racing called "spec" racing. Spec racing ensures that success is determined solely by driving skill and not by differences in car power, gearing, suspension, weight, or aerodynamics. Because variables in the car are eliminated, spec racing is the truest measure of driver skill! It also produces intense battles for position because all of the cars are equally strong or weak in the same areas of the track. Another benefit of spec racing is that you'll never spend time tuning cars or wondering if someone is truly faster than you or if they just have a better tune.
Race Format
Our league night lasts for two hours and is split into three rounds. Each round consists of two races that last 10 to 12 minutes on a predetermined car and track combo. At the beginning of each round, a brief qualifying session determines the order of the starting grid. The first race is set to 'Fastest First' to reward the best qualifiers and the second race is set to 'Reverse Grid' in order to promote on-track action. Points are awarded based on our "perfect" points system. After a round is completed, we move on to the next round and repeat the same process with the next car and track combination. Once all three rounds are complete, we tally up the points and then let our interactive format kick in.
Interactive Process
Our unique format allows everyone to have a say on which cars and tracks we race. It is also used to strike a balance between familiarity and variety of cars and tracks. In other words, the progression of cars and tracks that we race is slow enough for us to learn them well, but fast enough that they don't get "old". At the end of league night, everyone votes on which car and track combo they enjoyed the least. The combo that receives the most "elimination votes" is dropped from the lineup entirely. The combo that receives the second most votes is also dropped, but only partially. This is where our prizes play an important role in our interactive format.
Prizes
A prize is awarded to the divisions winners with the three highest scores*. The division winner with the highest score gets Prize A. The division winner with the second highest score gets Prize B. The division winner with the third highest score gets Prize C: (NOTE: The three prize winners' votes do not count towards the car/track elimination vote)
Prize A: The right to select the new car and track combo to replace the combo that was voted off
Prize B: The right to replace either the car or the track of the combo that received the second most votes
Prize C: The right to "freeze" either the car or the track of the combo that received the second most votes
Promotion and Relegation
Although we split our drivers into separate divisions based on performance and skill level, we realize that our drivers are constantly improving and deserve a chance to climb the ladder of success. That's why we promote and relegate drivers before every season based on the results and data compiled during the previous season. This is also done to ensure that our races are as competitive as possible for all of our league members, top to bottom. Regardless of which division you're in, you will almost always be fighting to gain or defend a position on the track. Simply put, no other Gran Turismo league in the world can offer this much competitive racing to so many different skill levels.
Comprehensive Race Data
It's not always accurate to promote and relegate drivers based on championship points alone. That's why the massive amounts of data we track are invaluable to our league. You'd be hard-pressed to find a sim racing league anywhere in the world that tracks driver data and race results more comprehensively than we do. In fact, our S.N.A.I.L. Results document contains so much information that we have to archive old data to avoid exceeding the GoogleDoc's maximum capacity! You can use this data to track the points championship for each season and compare yourself to other drivers in categories such as fast laps, total race pace, total points, average points per race, and power rankings.
Rules
We expect all drivers to follow our OLR Rules and pursue good racecraft at all times. If you're not sure what good racecraft is, watch this video. It can be summed up in one simple 'Golden Rule' of motorsports: It is the responsibility of the overtaking driver, meaning the car that is attempting to execute the pass, to make sure that the pass is made cleanly and incident free. If you don't agree with this rule or don't think it applies to you, this is not the league for you. If you ever feel like a driver is not following the rules, please wait until league night is over, then file a Racing Incident Report. Our Stewards will review the incident and enforce the appropriate penalty on the driver in question.
Settings
All league Race Settings are default unless noted below (Course Settings are listed here)
Boost: Off
Penalty: Weak (and Effective for Free Run) in Division 4 and lower. (Penalties OFF for D1 and D2/D3 only)
Race Finish Delay: 90sec
Visible Damage: Off
Mechanical Damage: Light
Slipstream Strength: Real
Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption: Normal
Grip Reduction: Real
Vehicle Tuning: Prohibited
Driving Aids: Only ABS allowed in all divisions except for the lowest division, in which (ABS, TCS, and Driving Line are allowed as well)
Tire Restrictions: (based on Dealership PP)
Street CarsHow To Join Us
below 450 PP -> Sports Hards
450-499 PP ---> Sports Mediums
500 PP & up --> Sports Softs
Race Cars
below 600 PP -> Racing Hards
600 PP & up --> Racing Mediums
Tuner Cars
Classified as either Street or Race cars based on this list
Step 1: Post a request to join (do not PM me, just post your request on this thread)
Step 2: Watch the thread for a reply to your post (it will include detailed Time Trial instructions)
Step 3: Purchase the three cars listed in the latest lineup below
Step 4: Get an oil change on each car, but do not do anything else to the car (e.g. add parts or reduce weight)
Step 5: Wait to be assigned to a division and then send Friend Requests to the hosts of your division. Then join your division host's room on Sunday night and race!
If you are not sure which division you are assigned to, please check the Offical Driver List
For a list of helpful links and FAQ's, please click here.
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- nail-27
Maybe no prize B or c. Replace one combo every week. SIMPLE....EASY....FAST. That way you get at least two combos you have seen before AND it keeps the costs down...we have allot of new guys...who ware grinding just to keep up.
BTW.....IT'S HERE!!
Ned to Body check in ! Knees ...ok ...back ok......braking lots better....now if I only can get rid of
three weeks rust
BEFORE
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After
My screen rest is a bit of a jury rig. I will buy one of his screen stands when I sell some more of my many toys .
Bob markets these in the US and Uk ,where they use Sparco Seats (great for Gs but not so good for fanny fatigue). Easy assembly... all powder coated steel and well engineered . He has stopped making these and has 39 left. Free shipping and on sale.
Yes Virginia.... it is flat on the floor (pretend you are in a formula car !!). Seat folds flat back so you can store in a closet. (mine will not move one GD inch!!)
www.bobearlracing.com/ for his Virtual Racing Cockpit
www.bobearl.net/ for his "Real " racing driver development and videos
Now if the boss will put me back in 6 where all my racing Buds are,
life will be good.
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- nmcp1
@sprintr64
Here's your official S.N.A.I.L. Welcome Post!
Thanks for your interest!
Here's what you need to know (and do) in order to join:
We run a clean league by enforcing a strict penalty system based on the S.N.A.I.L. OLR (which is a modified version of the GTP OLR). We also expect all of our drivers to know and follow The Good Racecraft Guide.
Please become versed in both if you aren't already. Once that is complete, please follow the steps below to complete your entry into the league:
1. You take the S.N.A.I.L. OLR and Racecraft Test
2. You run the Time Trial and submit your information by 23:59 EST on Saturday night if you want to race this Sunday.
3. @JLBowler PM's you with your assigned Division that we feel will give you the closest competition. You will be added to the drivers list.
4. Send a PSN friend request to the Race Director or Primary Host from your assigned SNAIL Division. Sunday night you will need to sort the online lobbies by friends and join the lobby named 'snailracing.org Division_(x) based off your Division placement from JLBowler. That lobby will be where you race Sunday.
5. You drive fast and clean on Sunday 👍
The original post has everything you need to know about what to expect on Sunday night and what you will need to have completed in order to be competitive. If you have any questions, please feel free to post your question on the thread.
If you have a preference for car/wheel colour and racing number, please follow the instruction contained here.
During the week we run a number of different events, we encourage all SNAILs to join as many as possible.
Welcome to S.N.A.I.L.
Dragonwhisky
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- Dragonwhisky
Oshawa-Joe
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^
That, along with Team SNAIL and 7 divisions of drivers. @zer05ive sits at the bottom of our inverted pyramid.
That, along with Team SNAIL and 7 divisions of drivers. @zer05ive sits at the bottom of our inverted pyramid.
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- 1,012
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- LLOYDZ_ELITE69
Heyyyy! What's up @sprintr64 
got another one!
got another one!
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- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
I think you should be the official SNAIL recruiter lolHeyyyy! What's up @sprintr64
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- United States
- FloptaStr8
I have this sick feeling all of @LLOYDZELITE69 recruits are going to be his regular online crowd.. that are all aliens.Heyyyy! What's up @sprintr64
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- Ontario, Ottawa
- LLOYDZ_ELITE69
Haha no, not allI have this sick feeling all of @LLOYDZELITE69 recruits are going to be his regular online crowd.. that are all aliens.
most are just been friends, or people I've known for a while. And trying to get a bunch of people to get into a serious league and try something new 
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- Neovre
Friends of mine are human. Therfore friends of alien are aliensHaha no, not all
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- euclid58
July ROC Gallery:
R1
@Jakedog23 gets to turn one first followed by @SHOCKY_WELL @jimeez @euclid58 @turnupdaheat @Unleashed @socalnatv @nmcp1 and @Nicktune.
This time it only took @Nicktune five laps to move through the field and chase down @Jakedog23 for 1st place.
Jake held on for 2nd with @socalnatv 3rd.
R2 begins.
@nmcp1 leads around the first turn followed by @SHOCKY_WELL @turnupdaheat @euclid58 @jimeez @Unleashed @socalnatv @Jakedog23 and @Nicktune
@turnupdaheat powers out of the hairpin in 2nd followed by @socalnatv @euclid58 and @Jakedog23.
@Nicktune (in 2nd) after having some early race misfortune, worked his way up the order and finally chased down @nmcp1 with five minutes remaining and then moved into the lead.
R3
Once again @SHOCKY_WELL did a great job leading the opening laps followed by @socalnatv @Jakedog23 @Unleashed @nmcp1 @jimeez @turnupdaheat @Nicktune and @euclid58.
R1
@Jakedog23 gets to turn one first followed by @SHOCKY_WELL @jimeez @euclid58 @turnupdaheat @Unleashed @socalnatv @nmcp1 and @Nicktune.
This time it only took @Nicktune five laps to move through the field and chase down @Jakedog23 for 1st place.
Jake held on for 2nd with @socalnatv 3rd.
R2 begins.
@nmcp1 leads around the first turn followed by @SHOCKY_WELL @turnupdaheat @euclid58 @jimeez @Unleashed @socalnatv @Jakedog23 and @Nicktune
@turnupdaheat powers out of the hairpin in 2nd followed by @socalnatv @euclid58 and @Jakedog23.
@Nicktune (in 2nd) after having some early race misfortune, worked his way up the order and finally chased down @nmcp1 with five minutes remaining and then moved into the lead.
R3
Once again @SHOCKY_WELL did a great job leading the opening laps followed by @socalnatv @Jakedog23 @Unleashed @nmcp1 @jimeez @turnupdaheat @Nicktune and @euclid58.
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Oshawa-Joe
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@LLOYDZELITE69 , I'm trying to get you some friends in here from North of the border .
.I thought I read the first post quite throughly and didn't see any information that answered those questions, hence asking them. Maybe my comprehension or proof reading is sorely lacking Dragon, could you quote me the answers to the questions I was asking from the first post because I reread it and still have those questions. But for clarity I was wondering if one person started S.N.A.I.L or a group of people did and who was or is responsible for the various duties involved. Just when did it form and why? Interested and curious that's all.
