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

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Just a heads up for those of GT7 credit means, I am in the early stages of putting together a one-off fun event using some of the historic racing cars. No points, nothing but a fun time using some of the cars that see little use. Right now looking at using the Aston DB3S, Jaguar D-type, and Merc W196. While it is at this point too early to have many details worked out yet, I wanted to make mention as the Aston is currently on limited stock in the legends dealer, and the W196 is still available there as well. The plan is for any of the three cars to be eligible, so no need to collect them all; though they all have very unique handling characteristics and are a real pleasure to drive in VR.
 
Marcus Garvey
Just a heads up for those of GT7 credit means, I am in the early stages of putting together a one-off fun event using some of the historic racing cars. No points, nothing but a fun time using some of the cars that see little use. Right now looking at using the Aston DB3S, Jaguar D-type, and Merc W196. While it is at this point too early to have many details worked out yet, I wanted to make mention as the Aston is currently on limited stock in the legends dealer, and the W196 is still available there as well. The plan is for any of the three cars to be eligible, so no need to collect them all; though they all have very unique handling characteristics and are a real pleasure to drive in VR.
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Ahh, I'd love to participate in something like this! We can't use those cars due to cost caps here so the few I have are collecting dust. Have you thought about including the Maserati in there?

Please keep us updated on your progress.
 
A_Higher_Place
Ahh, I'd love to participate in something like this! We can't use those cars due to cost caps here so the few I have are collecting dust. Have you thought about including the Maserati in there?

Please keep us updated on your progress.
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If it works out, I've got some other ideas in the works for more historic events including the Maserati and many others. I would wager the Maserati would get run over by the big cars in this event, but it is on the radar for future events. As well as the Porsche 356s, and several others.
 
Dragonwhisky
Well, 1.32GB System Software update for my PS5 this evening.
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Might be the classic visuals update for you? Mine came through yesterday morning. My G29 woke me up randomly like
Season 8 Dreaming GIF by SpongeBob SquarePants
 
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A_Higher_Place
Might be the classic visuals update for you? Mine came through yesterday morning. My G29 woke me up randomly like
Season 8 Dreaming GIF by SpongeBob SquarePants
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Nah, it was something else . Got that "feature" update a couple days ago and kicked those backgrounds to the curb immediately. No nostalgia here. Don't leave my PS in standby state unless I know a GT7 update is incoming.
 
Good afternoon everyone! Here's my car show, and some history/location facts for the week.

Our first combo being at Alsace, I chose the Arc de Triomphe de I'Étoile (Triumphal Arch of the Star) as my background for the Toyota S-FR. It's the most famous arch of it's type in the world, ordered to be built by Napoleon Bonaparte, and took 30 years to construct. 12 different roads meet here, and it serves as the resting place for the Unkown Soldier of World War I.

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Godzilla (I think everybody already knows this, but just in case, the R35 is garnished with that nickname) is heading back to Japan this weekend! This fits well since Nissan was founded in Japan in 1933. Also 'Gojira', the first godzilla movie, takes place and was released here in 1954. This monster is gonna be stompin' all over the High Speed Ring!

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Finally, the Radical is being featured at Dragon's Tail in Croatia again on Sunday. I couldn't find any scapes there, but I did find some in Northern-bordering Slovenia. Our view is from the Triple Bridge looking at Ljubljana Town Square. The Ljubljana Castle is cast in a green light on top of the hill.

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Well there you have it. To be honest, I got all of my info from GT7 scapes, except for the Godzilla bit. I'll leave off with a group photo at Prešeren Square, in Ljubljana. See y'all Sunday!

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zer05ive

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Check out our very own @vovik05 putting SNAIL in the news!!


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Congrats to @Neovre for making his debut at Le Mans
(where he scored an incredible P5 finish!)




Congrats to all the SNAILs who competed in the
2015 GT Academy USA Finals!!

2015 USA Finalists
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Back Row: @LoCoArMeN, @vovik05, @Ryan Lynch, @Ricky Wilson, @TRL_Importlife, @Tyler Utley, @gtr3123
Front Row: @ConnorWolf, @Crystalline_T
Not Shown (qualified for, but unable to attend finals):@GTP_Compton3, @Matt Sierras, @msgt-sd
* - advanced to Silverstone finals!!

And good luck to the SNAILs who are competing in the 2016 GT Academy Mexico Finals!!

2016 Mexico Finalists
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@Enzo_Goiko (second from left), @Ness (second from right), and @pakicote (far right)


Welcome to SNAIL
From our humble beginnings, SNAIL (aka Sunday Night American Interactive League) is now the largest console-based sim racing league in the world. Our mission is to provide our members with clean, intense, and competitive racing - regardless of skill level! We believe that providing full grids of evenly-matched competitions is the most realistic way to race, improve skill, and refine 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. 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
SNAIL is the only sim racing league in the world that's able to combine five key features into one consolidated package. First of all, we provide you with evenly-matched competition to drivers of all skill levels. In fact, the intense level of competition that we produce has established SNAIL as the "go to" 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 GranStand sim racing products like this, this and this, ButtKicker products like a Gamer2 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 has always been a one-make series, but when we decided to prohibit tuning in all of our races, we became the first "spec" racing league on GTPlanet. Spec racing ensures that success is determined primarily by driving skill and not by differences in 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. Plus, you'll never spend hours 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 Participation
Our unique format allows everyone to have a say on which cars and tracks we race. It's also used to strike a balance between familiarity and variety of our car and track combos. 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, everyone votes 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 come into play:

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
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 reply (by clicking the 'Reply' button at the bottom of this post) stating, "I have read the first post and would like to join," and tell us how you heard about SNAIL. (Do not start a conversation with anyone, 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 lineup for our next races.
Step 4: 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.
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I have read the first post and would like to join I heard about this page from the gt7 group on Facebook
 
crzyj13
I have read the first post and would like to join I heard about this page from the gt7 group on Facebook
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@crzyj13

Here's your official SNAIL Welcome Post!​

Thanks for your interest!
Here's what you need to know (and do) in order to join SNAIL Racing League:

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 zer05ive, JLBowler, nmcp1,llNovall, Akzl298 & Dragonwhisky
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.

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.
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.

During the week we run a number of different events, we encourage all SNAILs to join as many as possible.
Welcome to SNAIL
 
Oshawa-Joe
I had to try R1 big down hill in VR today. Was really cool. Got a little sick. The Radical was cool too. The biggest challenge for me was shifting at the rpm I wanted.
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I noticed that with the Radical as well. Have to look to the left to check the tachometer. I think it had lights for that on the dash, but I wasn't sure why they didn't work. Splitting your attention between an oddly located tachometer, the road, and surrounding cars is always a tough balancing act for me. I found the shift point to be 7k, is that what you use?
 
Baby On Board
I noticed that with the Radical as well. Have to look to the left to check the tachometer. I think it had lights for that on the dash, but I wasn't sure why they didn't work. Splitting your attention between an oddly located tachometer, the road, and surrounding cars is always a tough balancing act for me. I found the shift point to be 7k, is that what you use?
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For the Radical, I think everyone has settled on 6k. And don't shift up if close to the next turn, just keep it in lower gear to keep the boost up. Also come out of the last turn in 6th instead of 5th...keeps boost up going into the longest straight. Worstdriver does it perfectly.
 
If anyone wants a 20,000,000 credit lesson in brake modulation, get that W 196, throw some comfort soft tires on it and set the ABS to off. Fun stuff! It drives pretty well on CS, just gotta listen well what it tells ya'.
 
Dragonwhisky
If anyone wants a 20,000,000 credit lesson in brake modulation, get that W 196, throw some comfort soft tires on it and set the ABS to off. Fun stuff! It drives pretty well on CS, just gotta listen well what it tells ya'.
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I looked at...and realized my broke a__hasn't worked enough to buy it. 🥹
 

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