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[Neovre]

Then you can donate it to me for gt academy lol

Fastest lap 32.140 goats in the lead

There are other eager West Coasters that would like to have 1 at it

 

[TEX36]

At first Ascari was a dreaded anticipation ....... now after many, many laps of practice - I may not have conquered the Combo, but one thing is certain - I have learned the layout of the track. And that is always a good thing.

 

[covan2306]

At first Ascari was a dreaded anticipation ....... now after many, many laps of practice - I may not have conquered the Combo, but one thing is certain - I have learned the layout of the track. And that is always a good thing.

A lot of it will come down to driver mentality at the start, wish that race had an option for single file rolling start.

 

[Troggy]

Congrats to the ABRS winner!

 

[goofytyler]

Congrats @jobyone for winning the ABRS.

The last 2 digits were 78 for the fast lap

 

[Wolfsatz]

Congrats @jobyone for winning the ABRS.

The last 2 digits were 78 for the fast lap

Congrats Kenobi!

 

[CoachMK21]

Congrats @jobyone for winning the ABRS.

The last 2 digits were 78 for the fast lap

Only one one-hundredth off!!!!

 

[zer05ive]

I am staying up to watch the race......I'm just not sure what you mean by using the race to pick the grand prize winners.

We take the fastest lap during an F1 race (e.g. 2013 German Grand Prix, 2013 Italian Grand Prix, and 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) and then we separate out the very last two digits that lap time. The finalist who picked that same two digit number is declared the winner!

 

[IceWarden]

@jobyone

Congrats on the win

 

[Handlebar]

Congratz, jobyone!

 

[IceWarden]

At first AscNas a dreaded anticipation ....... now after many, many laps of practice - I may not have conquered the Combo, but one thing is certain - I have learned the layout of the track. And that is always a good thing.

I tried Ascari the other night while doing DTC practice. Put down my first 10 laps ever just so I don't crash 20 times tonight.

My initial thoughts is this is a terrible track for racing. It's tight AND narrow. It's a fine track for just driving around.

I see tonight's 1st race being a single file fun fest that will punish drivers who attempt any two wide shenanigans.

I forsee lots of dirt clouds and spinning Renault's.

I'm probably wrong though.

 

[Rolly21581]

A lot of it will come down to driver mentality at the start, wish that race had an option for single file rolling start.

i cant wait.
i knew going into this week ascari will be tough, but well worth it once the track in learned. such a good track, cant wait for that first chicane in d8, will post some pics for sure,

 

[jobyone]

Holy crap! I can not believe it. Go SNAIL!

 

[Neovre]

Cheers Joby!!

 

[hooker4]

I truly believe that ascari is the spawn of satan. Oh and congrats joby!

 

[zer05ive]

Fastest lap so far 33.195
So right now I'm the winner lol
Now fastest lap is 32.478 joby in the lead
Fastest lap now is 32.140 goat in the lead

Thanks for doing an abbreviated play-by-play! I didn't think anyone was staying up so I hit the sack.

Everyone please feel free to congratulate the winner! I need help getting to post #51660 so that I can make the official announcement post!

 

[GranStand Bill]

Congrats Joby!

 

[nmcp1]

@jobyone Congrats!

 

[RebelYeller73]

Congrats on the win Joby! Great win for you and an awesome Australian Grand Prix!

 

[hooker4]

Shall we play a game?

 

[hooker4]

Room open if anyone cares to join.
1472-6399-8451-1927-0599

 

[LoganMichael]

I apologise to those who may have enjoyed my contribution to things with S.N.A.I.L. such as the banners and the "comic series"
As I am no longer interested in taking part of activities here.

I'm outy.

See ya in another life, yea?

 

[hooker4]

I apologise to those who may have enjoyed my contribution to things with S.N.A.I.L. such as the banners and the "comic series"
As I am no longer interested in taking part of activities here.

I'm outy.

See ya in another life, yea?

What happened logan?

 

[IceWarden]

It's better to burn out than fade away I guess.

Requested to join late Feb, jumped into the photo banner creation immediately and enthusiastically, burned out in only 3 weeks.

It's a crazy world.

 

[LoganMichael]

Well in the demographic ruling of S.N.A.I.L. where voices are not heard, would probably feel I am not at place to discuss it on this board.

However im afraid "private "messages" are made official as well in this free country.
so PM'ing me is up to you.

 

[jobyone]

It's better to burn out than fade away I guess.

Requested to join late Feb, jumped into the photo banner creation immediately and enthusiastically, burned out in only 3 weeks.

It's a crazy world.

If you only knew!

I apologise to those who may have enjoyed my contribution to things with S.N.A.I.L. such as the banners and the "comic series"
As I am no longer interested in taking part of activities here.

I'm outy.

See ya in another life, yea?

We will miss the Comic Series. That was awesome. But I think SNAIL will survive.

 

[LoganMichael]

It's better to burn out than fade away I guess.

Requested to join late Feb, jumped into the photo banner creation immediately and enthusiastically, burned out in only 3 weeks.

It's a crazy world.

I love the racing, and I LOVE driving clean and racing clean.


I did not "burn out" I would love to keep racing with all of you, clearly I was interested and put forth a ton of effort showing my enthusiasm.

I'm leaving for other reasons.

 

[covan2306]

I apologise to those who may have enjoyed my contribution to things with S.N.A.I.L. such as the banners and the "comic series"
As I am no longer interested in taking part of activities here.

I'm outy.

See ya in another life, yea?

Logan, stick at it mate. Your a competitive racer, a little probabtion shouldn't effect this.

 

[LoganMichael]

Probation is not why I am out and you know it homie.

 

[JLBowler]

Points of Interest​

This week S.N.A.I.L. will be running at Ascari Race Resort, Spa Francorchamps, and Autumn Ring. Ascari is making it's debut in S.N.A.I.L., Spa Francorchamps is making it's third straight appearance and Autumn Ring is making it's GT6 S.N.A.I.L. debut. Without further ado, here are your points of interest for this week.

Ascari Race Resort

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The Ascari Race Resort offers an impressive closed circuit where you can enjoy the speed in its purest form, without limits but always with a maximum safety. With 26 corners (13 left hand and 13 right hand corners) and incredible cambers and slopes, the Ascari circuit proud to be the longest track in Spain thanks to its length of 5,425 meters ,with the possibility to divide into three different sections or combinations.

The circuit is built with the highest quality, with a width of 12,2 meters throughout the whole length, the asphalt pavement gives a perfect balance between grip and tire wear as well as being an excellent drainage.

The above was taken from the Ascari Race Resort web page. Being that the track is a private resort and specializes in renting cars to customers or allowing them to drive their own cars on the track, they don't host actual races so the things we are used to seeing in a race track are not always present. The most glaring example would be that there are no proper rumble strips at Ascari. With this in mind, the track boundaries are a little different here. The white line serves as the boundary with the only exceptions coming at the chicanes on the track that have the wide areas of painted concrete. They will be shown in the photos below. The painted mounds at the edge of the track are NOT rumble strips and are NOT part of the track at any place on the track.

Two shots from the first chicane. You may use the painted areas as track but you must not put any part of any tire on the grass.

Two shots from the second chicane. It's the same as the first. You may use the painted area as track but you must not put a tire on the grass.

If it looks like this then the white line is the boundary. You must have two tires on or inside the white line.

Spa Francorchamps​

Spa Francorchamps was originally opened for business in August of 1921. The first scheduled race did not take place because there was only one entrant for the event. The first race held at Spa was a motorcycle race in 1922. The first 24hr race would be held in 1924. The original course was a 14km layout that featured long straights and was built to be one of the fastest tracks in Europe. Formula One would run on the 14 km layout until 1970 when the series cited safety and security reasons with the track. Modifications were made and the current layout was introduced in 1979 and Formula One would return to the track. Numerous run off areas were added to the track and the distance shortened by removing some of the long straights.
The track boundaries at Spa are not difficult to understand but can be difficult to follow. In all situations, the red/white rumble strips are part of the track but anything located behind them is not.

Exit of turn one. The red/white rumble strips are part of the track. The solid white line next to the strips is NOT part of the track and everything to the left of that line is NOT part of the track. If you find yourself out here, you must lift off the throttle and track re-entry rules do apply to you.

The next three photos are taken from Eau Rouge. In all of the photos, the red/white rumble strips are part of the track. The solid black and everything to the left of it in photo 1 are NOT track. The solid white line to the left of the strips in the second photo and everything left of it are NOT part of the track. In the third photo, the solid black line and everything to the right of it is NOT part of the track. Once the red/white strips end, the white line is the edge of the track. If you find yourself OB, you need to lift off the throttle to avoid a penalty from the stewards and normal track re-entry rules will apply to you.

This photo shows the end of the rumble strips where the white line becomes the track boundary. Any area to the right of the white line past the end of the red/white strips is considered to be out of bounds.

This is turn 5 and the photo serves as an example for the entire track. It shows the red/white rumble strips as part of the track and the grass to the right of it is NOT part of the track.

Turn 6 shown here. The red/white strips are part of the track. The green area and the paved area on the left of the green area are not part of the track. If you find yourself here, you will need to slow down to negate any advantage you may have gained and wait to re-enter the track until you can do so without affecting any other driver.

This is a section of track between turn 6 and turn 7. The white line serves as the track boundary here on the left side of the track where it connects the two sets of rumble strips.

This is the inside of turn 7 and the photo serves as an example for the rest of the track. The red/white rumble strips are part of the track. The brownish area directly to the right of the strips is NOT considered part of the track.

Here is the exit of turn 7. Once again, we have the red/white strips as part of the track but the green area to the left of it is NOT part of the track. Once the rumble strips end, the white line is the track boundary. The different color paving at the end of the rumble strips is NOT part of the track.

This is the outside of Pouhon or turn 10 and 11. The red/white strips are part of the track. The green area and everything to the right of the green are NOT part of the track. If you end up here, you will need to slow down to negate any advantage gained and return to the proper racing surface without affecting any other driver.

This is the exit of turn 17. As is the case everywhere else on the track, the red/white rumble strips are part of the track but the green area to the right is NOT part of the track. Once the red/white strips end, the white line becomes the boundary and the green area is still NOT part of the track.

This is an overview of the final chicane. The entrance is at the bottom of the photo. The green area approaching the turn is NOT part of the track. You can't drive out there to improve your entry angle to the right hander. The red/white strips are part of the track throughout this section. Any green pavement, including the exit of the section (not pictured) is NOT part of the track.

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Autumn Ring

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Autumn Ring is an original track designed by PD for the Gran Turismo series. It made it's first appearance in GT1 and has only been absent from GT3. It has been reworked for GT6.

The boundaries are very simple here. The blue white rumble strips are considered to be part of the track and the grass is NOT part of the track. It's so simple, I only have one example shot of the rumble strips so I threw in a shot of a Ruf 3400 just for good measure.

Good luck to everyone tonight. Keep it between the lines and have fun.