◆ SNAIL [Spec] Racing - Currently Recruiting for GT7 - JOIN TODAY!!Open

[Dragonwhisky]

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[GTP_Nail]

The pack racing sure is more official than last time I raced it haha. Looks like I missed out this week.

Yup there is a real Pack Racing Club...and tonight we had about 10 or so having entirely too much fun. And after being out of the Sunday night races for awhile I was surprized to see that of that 3 of the 10 racing last night in the Pack had won their divisions Sunday Night.....hmm...must be a coincidence...or is pack racing on Monday Nights good fun training for winners. All Pack Racing members check the thread....we are going hog wild crazy next Monday.

Kadrek send me a FR and I'll get you good to go....

 

[Lessen]

Well so much for GTA finals for me!!

Well hey, you got a nice lap in thus far! 👍

 

[Sedia3]

That would be me. I am currently on break but will return when school ends. I left when I was in Division 5.

Well it's good to know there's someone basically same age as me.

 

[nmcp1]

My PSN is CarOfDoom, and I find this league interesting and I would like to join.

@CaroFDoom

Here's your official SNAIL Welcome Post!
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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 SNAIL 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 start a conversation and add @CoachMK21, @Dragonwhisky, @JLBowler, @nmcp1 & @zer05ive as participants. The conversation title should be "Request To Join".

2. SNAIL Administrators will respond with specific instructions on what you need to accomplish to join the SNAIL [Spec] Racing club. Sunday races are organized exclusively through the GT6 Community features within the game.

3. Place the following links (URLs) in the favorites (or bookmarks) in your web browser for quick reference. Please make every effort to read and understand the following links. Over the years a great deal of time and effort has gone into creating this league and we would like nothing more than to have you but we ask that you take the time and effort to do your homework. 99.9% of any question you may have about SNAIL can be found in the posts below.

• Original Post
• Drivers List
• SNAIL FAQ

4. You drive fast and clean on Sunday 👍

Again, 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 SNAIL

 

[nmcp1]

Hey guys!
I want to rejoin to this league

Send @JLBowler a PM and he'll get you sorted. 👍

 

[Dragonwhisky]

If you want to see a YouTube video that shows how NOT to drive on an expressway, this would be it. This happened about 20 minutes from here and was on the local news. It's about 3 minutes long.

While I can''t argue the camaro's driver is at fault here, this is nothing more than 1 arsehole following another and karma stepping in to let them know it. Damn shame the semi driver had to pay as well. Karma rarely produces false positives though.

 

[aerolite]

Thanks guys! Since I just recently bought my wheel <6 months ago. I'm going to contact logitech.

Mine did it when it was like two hrs old! It is easy to fix, takes about an hr. Then your not without your wheel for weeks.

 

[Machinist]

Mine did it when it was like two hrs old! It is easy to fix, takes about an hr. Then your not without your wheel for weeks.

How long ago was that?

Just worried about voiding the warranty

 

[gotdirt410sp]

Hey guys!
I want to rejoin to this league

Take a day to think on it did not know you quit lol

 

[aerolite]

How long ago was that?

Just worried about voiding the warranty

I bought it last June and got the drift problem almost right away, so if taking apart to do the fix voids warranty then mine was voided early! I hadn't heard of any other problems so just decided to fix myself. I did try to contact Logitech but had no luck. Not sure if it's different in Canada.

 

[singlepaddy]

While I can''t argue the camaro's driver is at fault here, this is nothing more than 1 arsehole following another and karma stepping in to let them know it. Damn shame the semi driver had to pay as well. Karma rarely produces false positives though.

While I can''t argue the camaro's driver is at fault here, this is nothing more than 1 arsehole following another and karma stepping in to let them know it. Damn shame the semi driver had to pay as well. Karma rarely produces false positives though.

I agree totally. Can't blame the guy in pickup for being mad at getting cut off, but he had no intention of letting him by after that and was using the semi as a block. Two wrongs don't make a right!!

 

[Mike Lobban]

div6 data done. Dun du dun dun

 

[Rednose58]

While I can''t argue the camaro's driver is at fault here, this is nothing more than 1 arsehole following another and karma stepping in to let them know it. Damn shame the semi driver had to pay as well. Karma rarely produces false positives though.

Reminds me of the bumper sticker that says "I'm a veterinarian, therefore I'm driving like and animal" and then you realize how many proctologists there are in ...(insert city/state/province here)

 

[TomMang_68]

Reminds me of the bumper sticker that says "I'm a veterinarian, therefore I'm driving like and animal" and then you realize how many proctologists there are in ...(insert city/state/province here)

In my opinion both the pickup truck and the guy with the dash cam are in the wrong lane. They aren't passing anyone! Get the heck over. The Camaro has to pass on the right, and as soon as the pickup truck sees this he speeds up and won't let the faster guy by. I'm not saying that the Camaro is in the right at all. That was a crazy move that could have been way worse. However this all could have been avoided if you follow the simple rule of staying in right lane unless you are passing someone. UUGH! One of my biggest pet peeves!

 

[Kgffy]

In my opinion both the pickup truck and the guy with the dash cam are in the wrong lane. They aren't passing anyone! Get the heck over. The Camaro has to pass on the right, and as soon as the pickup truck sees this he speeds up and won't let the faster guy by. I'm not saying that the Camaro is in the right at all. That was a crazy move that could have been way worse. However this all could have been avoided if you follow the simple rule of staying in right lane unless you are passing someone. UUGH! One of my biggest pet peeves!

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[CoachMK21]

In my opinion both the pickup truck and the guy with the dash cam are in the wrong lane. They aren't passing anyone! Get the heck over. The Camaro has to pass on the right, and as soon as the pickup truck sees this he speeds up and won't let the faster guy by. I'm not saying that the Camaro is in the right at all. That was a crazy move that could have been way worse. However this all could have been avoided if you follow the simple rule of staying in right lane unless you are passing someone. UUGH! One of my biggest pet peeves!

Forgot to mention this in my original post, but the guy in the Camaro was drunk. Charged with DWI at the scene.

 

[Rednose58]

Last Sunday was my and @MajorBlixem 's one year anniversary weekend in SNAIL. My first race in D4 in a 1967 Toyota 2000GT around Rome was rough. I thought I was fast and couldn't believe that I couldn't get pole.... I think I started 4th. And in the race the cars were flying by me and I was wondering what the heck...? The rest of the evening was just a blur. Like some of the "newbies" who fealt like you don't belong here - I know how you feel. I was delegated to D5 and with lots of practice in the week I got a better hang of things and used to the close competition. I manage to win the night squeeze out Prize A!!! Then I got placed back in D4 again - back to earth again. So, with many ups and downs D4/D5/D4/D3/D2/D3 I'm settling in and enjoy the racing. There are bunch of good guys, funny guys, grumpy guys, old guys, young guys, serious guys, happy-go-lucky guys, dedicated and not so dedicated guys. But, if we didn't have the diversity - this place would have been boring. Be whatever you want to be - but always treat your fellow SNAILS with respect.

Thanks SNAILS!

 

[Raw10_2u]

Last Sunday was my and @MajorBlixem 's one year anniversary weekend in SNAIL. My first race in D4 in a 1967 Toyota 2000GT around Rome was rough. I thought I was fast and couldn't believe that I couldn't get pole.... I think I started 4th. And in the race the cars were flying by me and I was wondering what the heck...? The rest of the evening was just a blur. Like some of the "newbies" who fealt like you don't belong here - I know how you feel. I was delegated to D5 and with lots of practice in the week I got a better hang of things and used to the close competition. I manage to win the night squeeze out Prize A!!! Then I got placed back in D4 again - back to earth again. So, with many ups and downs D4/D5/D4/D3/D2/D3 I'm settling in and enjoy the racing. There are bunch of good guys, funny guys, grumpy guys, old guys, young guys, serious guys, happy-go-lucky guys, dedicated and not so dedicated guys. But, if we didn't have the diversity - this place would have been boring. Be whatever you want to be - but always treat your fellow SNAILS with respect.

Thanks SNAILS!

Happy Anniversary @Rednose58 ,@MajorBlixem ,I can relate to your story and am sure that the other Noobs can as well.I am beginning to see this diversity myself,and am trying not to take all things on a personal level.I enjoy the camaraderie and interaction on the track.This new thing might become an addiction!

 

[MajorBlixem]

Time flies when you have fun! I was celebrating my anniversary in style on the beach with a cold beverage of a sociable nature.
It's the diversity of Snails that make this a great place to hang out. But I really tip my hat for the few individuals that work tirelessly behind the scenes to make Snail run like clockwork week in and week out.

 

[ConnorWolf]

In my opinion both the pickup truck and the guy with the dash cam are in the wrong lane. They aren't passing anyone! Get the heck over. The Camaro has to pass on the right, and as soon as the pickup truck sees this he speeds up and won't let the faster guy by. I'm not saying that the Camaro is in the right at all. That was a crazy move that could have been way worse. However this all could have been avoided if you follow the simple rule of staying in right lane unless you are passing someone. UUGH! One of my biggest pet peeves!

Sometimes in traffic, both lanes are just full and as fast as you can go is as fast as you can go, there's no point in trying to pass because you'll just slow everything down.

But it's hard to say if there was actually traffic or if the pickup driver was trying to 'teach him a lesson' by blocking the lane...

Nvm, pickup guy was blocking the lane on purpose.

 

[WIDEeyedDRIVR]

Forgot to mention this in my original post, but the guy in the Camaro was drunk. Charged with DWI at the scene.

You have to remember that the person in the f150 was already stuck behind another car before the idiot in the camaro ever came in to the picture. The camaro forced its way in front of the other vehicle. Totally the jerk in the camaro's fault. What if the driver of the truck had his baby inboard, how would you judge this then. The real justice would have been the drunk driver getting a eye full of the 26 inch tire tread as it mashed his a!$ into soft pavement.

 

[WIDEeyedDRIVR]

Last Sunday was my and @MajorBlixem 's one year anniversary weekend in SNAIL. My first race in D4 in a 1967 Toyota 2000GT around Rome was rough. I thought I was fast and couldn't believe that I couldn't get pole.... I think I started 4th. And in the race the cars were flying by me and I was wondering what the heck...? The rest of the evening was just a blur. Like some of the "newbies" who fealt like you don't belong here - I know how you feel. I was delegated to D5 and with lots of practice in the week I got a better hang of things and used to the close competition. I manage to win the night squeeze out Prize A!!! Then I got placed back in D4 again - back to earth again. So, with many ups and downs D4/D5/D4/D3/D2/D3 I'm settling in and enjoy the racing. There are bunch of good guys, funny guys, grumpy guys, old guys, young guys, serious guys, happy-go-lucky guys, dedicated and not so dedicated guys. But, if we didn't have the diversity - this place would have been boring. Be whatever you want to be - but always treat your fellow SNAILS with respect.

Thanks SNAILS!

AMEN

 

[Engmatic1]

Last Sunday was my and @MajorBlixem 's one year anniversary weekend in SNAIL. My first race in D4 in a 1967 Toyota 2000GT around Rome was rough. I thought I was fast and couldn't believe that I couldn't get pole.... I think I started 4th. And in the race the cars were flying by me and I was wondering what the heck...? The rest of the evening was just a blur. Like some of the "newbies" who fealt like you don't belong here - I know how you feel. I was delegated to D5 and with lots of practice in the week I got a better hang of things and used to the close competition. I manage to win the night squeeze out Prize A!!! Then I got placed back in D4 again - back to earth again. So, with many ups and downs D4/D5/D4/D3/D2/D3 I'm settling in and enjoy the racing. There are bunch of good guys, funny guys, grumpy guys, old guys, young guys, serious guys, happy-go-lucky guys, dedicated and not so dedicated guys. But, if we didn't have the diversity - this place would have been boring. Be whatever you want to be - but always treat your fellow SNAILS with respect.

Thanks SNAILS!

one of the best posts i've come across on thread. congrats @Rednose58 on anniversary.

 

[Ron Williams]

Still looking for Round 3, Race 1 results for D8 and all votes, except for @Sedia3.

@o8_jedi @polygrizz @BustedFoSho @D1_Driver_83 @Hellbringer69 @pubason @Ron Williams @cmbeal317 @STEAMER62

I voted number 2. Karts just to make sure my vote is counted. Lol

 

[MajorBlixem]

D5 Data Entry completed

 

[TomMang_68]

What are those little mini cheese filled pretzel snacks called again?

Forgot to mention this in my original post, but the guy in the Camaro was drunk. Charged with DWI at the scene.

Found the news article...thought that looked like the Batavia area on Rt 90 Turns out this DB was unlicensed besides. He was totally in the wrong. Shouldn't have been in the car to begin with. Just lucky no one got killed especially tangling with that huge truck too.

http://www.localsyr.com/story/d/sto...camaro-pass-on-t/31443/uyDoy4OGM0itYPYMWHvsxg

I still stand by my "stay in the right lane unless you're passing" rule, though.

 

[Wolfsatz]

Last Sunday was my and @MajorBlixem 's one year anniversary weekend in SNAIL. My first race in D4 in a 1967 Toyota 2000GT around Rome was rough. I thought I was fast and couldn't believe that I couldn't get pole.... I think I started 4th. And in the race the cars were flying by me and I was wondering what the heck...? The rest of the evening was just a blur. Like some of the "newbies" who fealt like you don't belong here - I know how you feel. I was delegated to D5 and with lots of practice in the week I got a better hang of things and used to the close competition. I manage to win the night squeeze out Prize A!!! Then I got placed back in D4 again - back to earth again. So, with many ups and downs D4/D5/D4/D3/D2/D3 I'm settling in and enjoy the racing. There are bunch of good guys, funny guys, grumpy guys, old guys, young guys, serious guys, happy-go-lucky guys, dedicated and not so dedicated guys. But, if we didn't have the diversity - this place would have been boring. Be whatever you want to be - but always treat your fellow SNAILS with respect.

Thanks SNAILS!

...but how can you discriminate the 10 year olds?

 

[Jimm]

Thanks to @brntguy for the awesome video!

Congrats to the SNAILs who advanced to the 2014 GT Academy Silverstone finals!

@scca_ziptie ------------ @Adventuruss ----------- @ParkerMO125

@dgriffin28 -------------- @Neovre ---------------- @K1utch

SNAIL is proud to be an official sponsor of
GT Academy Champion Nick McMillen
thanks to the support of:

CARBOTANIUM SPONSORS
@Dragonwhisky 👍

DIAMOND SPONSORS
@Handlebar 👍
@TEX36 👍
@CoachMK21 👍
@dgaf95integra 👍

PLATINUM SPONSORS
@Chiochan 👍
@Schmiggz 👍
@gumsdad 👍
@Wardenclyffe 👍

GOLD SPONSORS
@fzappa
@fizzer 👍
@dabneyd
@Nicktune 👍 (Medium shirt)

SILVER SPONSORS
@goofytyler
@Troggy

BRONZE SPONSORS
@hooker4
@jobyone 👍
@whatbadgerseat 👍
@Mark II
@@McTrucker
​

Welcome to SNAIL
From our humble beginnings, SNAIL is now the largest console-based sim racing league in the world. Our mission is to provide our members with the cleanest and most competitive racing experience possible. No matter what your skill level is, we will provide you with a full grid of similarly-skilled drivers to compete against. This produces the closest racing possible, and is best way to improve your skill and refine your racecraft! Our 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 us and how to join.

What Makes Us Different
There are five key features of SNAIL that you won't find elsewhere. First of all, we provide you with evenly-matched competition regardless of your skill level. In fact, the intense level of competition that we produce has established SNAIL as the 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. And 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 SNAIL 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!

Prepare for GT Academy
If you'd like to compete in GT Academy, there's no better place than SNAIL 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 and half of this year's Silverstone Finalists have raced in SNAIL. And since our race format (which features multiple sprint races) is almost identical to the format used at the GT Academy national finals, they were able to use their SNAIL experience to help them advance to Silverstone. Click here if you want to advice from last year's eventual champion and click here if you want advice from last year's runner-up.

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. You can also join Team SNAIL and earn even more prizes, such as shirts (e.g. S.N.A.I.L. shirt, F1 shirt, GT Academy shirt), video capture devices (e.g. Hauppauge PVR), sim racing equipment (e.g. Playseat Evolution), and even gift cards (e.g. Amazon and PSN).

Spec Racing
SNAIL 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 every league night, we ask everyone to vote on which car and track combo they enjoyed the least. The combo that receives the most "elimination votes" is dropped from the next week's 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: We now have a new process for breaking ties in the 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 SNAIL Data 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 issue the appropriate penalties.

Settings
Lobby Settings
Course Settings
Tire Settings:

Based on Dealership PP (not the PP after an oil change)
below 349 PP -> Comfort Mediums
350-399 PP ---> Comfort Softs
400-449 PP ---> Sports Hards
450-499 PP ---> Sports Mediums
500-549 PP ---> Sports Softs
550-599 PP ---> Racing Hards
600 PP & up --> Racing Mediums​

How To Join Us
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 and follow the instructions provided.
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 join that division's lounge on Sunday night.
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.​

Thanks to @brntguy for the awesome video!

Congrats to the SNAILs who advanced to the 2014 GT Academy Silverstone finals!

@scca_ziptie ------------ @Adventuruss ----------- @ParkerMO125

@dgriffin28 -------------- @Neovre ---------------- @K1utch

SNAIL is proud to be an official sponsor of
GT Academy Champion Nick McMillen
thanks to the support of:

CARBOTANIUM SPONSORS
@Dragonwhisky 👍

DIAMOND SPONSORS
@Handlebar 👍
@TEX36 👍
@CoachMK21 👍
@dgaf95integra 👍

PLATINUM SPONSORS
@Chiochan 👍
@Schmiggz 👍
@gumsdad 👍
@Wardenclyffe 👍

GOLD SPONSORS
@fzappa
@fizzer 👍
@dabneyd
@Nicktune 👍 (Medium shirt)

SILVER SPONSORS
@goofytyler
@Troggy

BRONZE SPONSORS
@hooker4
@jobyone 👍
@whatbadgerseat 👍
@Mark II
@@McTrucker
​

Welcome to SNAIL
From our humble beginnings, SNAIL is now the largest console-based sim racing league in the world. Our mission is to provide our members with the cleanest and most competitive racing experience possible. No matter what your skill level is, we will provide you with a full grid of similarly-skilled drivers to compete against. This produces the closest racing possible, and is best way to improve your skill and refine your racecraft! Our 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 us and how to join.

What Makes Us Different
There are five key features of SNAIL that you won't find elsewhere. First of all, we provide you with evenly-matched competition regardless of your skill level. In fact, the intense level of competition that we produce has established SNAIL as the 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. And 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 SNAIL 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!

Prepare for GT Academy
If you'd like to compete in GT Academy, there's no better place than SNAIL 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 and half of this year's Silverstone Finalists have raced in SNAIL. And since our race format (which features multiple sprint races) is almost identical to the format used at the GT Academy national finals, they were able to use their SNAIL experience to help them advance to Silverstone. Click here if you want to advice from last year's eventual champion and click here if you want advice from last year's runner-up.

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. You can also join Team SNAIL and earn even more prizes, such as shirts (e.g. S.N.A.I.L. shirt, F1 shirt, GT Academy shirt), video capture devices (e.g. Hauppauge PVR), sim racing equipment (e.g. Playseat Evolution), and even gift cards (e.g. Amazon and PSN).

Spec Racing
SNAIL 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 every league night, we ask everyone to vote on which car and track combo they enjoyed the least. The combo that receives the most "elimination votes" is dropped from the next week's 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: We now have a new process for breaking ties in the 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 SNAIL Data 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 issue the appropriate penalties.

Settings
Lobby Settings
Course Settings
Tire Settings:

Based on Dealership PP (not the PP after an oil change)
below 349 PP -> Comfort Mediums
350-399 PP ---> Comfort Softs
400-449 PP ---> Sports Hards
450-499 PP ---> Sports Mediums
500-549 PP ---> Sports Softs
550-599 PP ---> Racing Hards
600 PP & up --> Racing Mediums​

How To Join Us
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 and follow the instructions provided.
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 join that division's lounge on Sunday night.
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.​

Hello, i am interested in joining snail. i am not sure if I'm posting in the right area? sry

 

[nmcp1]

Hello, i am interested in joining snail. i am not sure if I'm posting in the right area? sry

@Jimm

Here's your official SNAIL Welcome Post!
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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 SNAIL 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 start a conversation and add @CoachMK21, @Dragonwhisky, @JLBowler, @nmcp1 & @zer05ive as participants. The conversation title should be "Request To Join".

2. SNAIL Administrators will respond with specific instructions on what you need to accomplish to join the SNAIL [Spec] Racing club. Sunday races are organized exclusively through the GT6 Community features within the game.

3. Place the following links (URLs) in the favorites (or bookmarks) in your web browser for quick reference. Please make every effort to read and understand the following links. Over the years a great deal of time and effort has gone into creating this league and we would like nothing more than to have you but we ask that you take the time and effort to do your homework. 99.9% of any question you may have about SNAIL can be found in the posts below.

• Original Post
• Drivers List
• SNAIL FAQ

4. You drive fast and clean on Sunday 👍

Again, 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 SNAIL