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[kcheeb]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7067746#post7067746

Didn't make it back in time to unwind before sitting in a cockpit for 2 hours.

Yeah sorry esh, guess I got all excited about not having to break a car in I forgot to update the Driver List.

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Apmaddock]

We could also lobby the Prize A and Prize B winners to consider Mr. Shelby when selecting their cars and tracks for next week!

YES! Running the Cobra on a S.N.A.I.L. night would be awweeessooome!

(my early condolences to those of you using the DS3)

 

[Rallywagon]

Tonight was a bad night for me. I was scrambling to set up my wheel at 9:50, and finally got in 2 minute into qualifying. There were a few good position battles with Ap, Rally, lead and the rest of D2, but I couldn't stay consistant enough.

Rally, the Detroit Region SCCA has 3 more events at the Pontiac Silverdome this season. Maybe us snails can try to attend those instead of putting on a private event. http://detroit-scca.org

That is what I was meaning. June 23 and 24 at the silverdome would work out great.

 

[Apmaddock]

The 24 Hours of Nürburgring is this weekend (IRL).

Would anyone be interested in running a similar event, scaled down, of course, sometime over the next couple of weeks? I'm thinking of a running time around 1:45 or 2:00, trying to run a full day/night/day cycle during it, maybe even with potential for weather effects.

I'm not exactly certain which cars to run, but I was thinking of having everyone run something different, just to mix it up. PP would be limited to make things even, of course. I'm thinking around 550PP to be similar to the in-game Nürb24 cars. Tuning will probably be allowed.

I don't know when to run this, either, but as usual for me weekends are bad. I'm just probing for interest at this point.

 

[bigbarnesbefast]

So guys since i finished in top 3 of my division last nite does that mean i go to division 2 next week? Jus curious thats all thanx

 

[Chiochan]

top 2 from D3 get promoted, top finisher in D2 gets promoted.

 

[Apmaddock]

…and the full grid with all official moves will be filled out next Saturday night.

 

[bigbarnesbefast]

Thanx guys!

 

[Chiochan]

Apmaddock i could partake in this proposed race. i get a break from work from 1-5 on most days so if its not too long i can race.

 

[Chiochan]

i know its late but i vote 1.

 

[Apmaddock]

Apmaddock i could partake in this proposed race. i get a break from work from 1-5 on most days so if its not too long i can race.

Glad you would be interested. Unless a lot of people can do an afternoon, this will probably be in the evening.

I personally like the idea of running it after Wed. practice. Starting the qualifying around 10 EDT and finishing around 12 EDT. But other options are open.

 

[Chiochan]

The 24 Hours of Nürburgring is this weekend (IRL).

Would anyone be interested in running a similar event, scaled down, of course, sometime over the next couple of weeks? I'm thinking of a running time around 1:45 or 2:00, trying to run a full day/night/day cycle during it, maybe even with potential for weather effects.

i misunderstood. by running time i thought you meant start time. I missed to much sleep this week.

 

[esh]

The 24 Hours of Nürburgring is this weekend (IRL).

Would anyone be interested in running a similar event, scaled down, of course, sometime over the next couple of weeks? I'm thinking of a running time around 1:45 or 2:00, trying to run a full day/night/day cycle during it, maybe even with potential for weather effects.

I'm not exactly certain which cars to run, but I was thinking of having everyone run something different, just to mix it up. PP would be limited to make things even, of course. I'm thinking around 550PP to be similar to the in-game Nürb24 cars. Tuning will probably be allowed.

I don't know when to run this, either, but as usual for me weekends are bad. I'm just probing for interest at this point.

I would be interested in this as long as I can use a DLC car. Actually, I would be interested anyway but would like the ability to use DLC.

 

[esh]

Yeah sorry esh, guess I got all excited about not having to break a car in I forgot to update the Driver List.

Thanks for pointing that out.

No big deal. I figured it would be overlooked since no one replied to that portion of my post initially.

 

[Apmaddock]

I imagine any cars would be allowed. I'm really leaning toward allowing all tuning and will probably allow tuning cars, race cars, and track cars, as well. I might put a limit on how far you can limit your engine. Around 90%, likely, so that nobody's running the Zonda R or an LMP car or something.

 

[cmbeal317]

We could also lobby the Prize A and Prize B winners to consider Mr. Shelby when selecting their cars and tracks for next week!





That doesn't sound cheesy at all. In fact, after the parade lap, we could all line up in Shelby cars (in our chosen color combos) and then have a photo shoot. We could then decide on the best picture and use it as the S.N.A.I.L. banner at the top of the original post for a while. Then we could have one of our many talented graphic artists add text that says something like, "S.N.A.I.L. honors Carroll Shelby 1923 -2012". Let me know what you guys think.

I'd be up for a memorial cruise and photo shoot. I'm going to be available tonight and Friday starting at 10pm EDT, and 11pm EDT, Tues. - Thurs.

 

[M1SS-D3V10US]

We could also lobby the Prize A and Prize B winners to consider Mr. Shelby when selecting their cars and tracks for next week!

I think this is a good idea, I'm down! I will keep this in mind when making my selection, if I remain a Prize A or B winner.

That doesn't sound cheesy at all. In fact, after the parade lap, we could all line up in Shelby cars (in our chosen color combos) and then have a photo shoot. We could then decide on the best picture and use it as the S.N.A.I.L. banner at the top of the original post for a while. Then we could have one of our many talented graphic artists add text that says something like, "S.N.A.I.L. honors Carroll Shelby 1923 -2012". Let me know what you guys think.

I like this idea too. I offer my services but I'm also happy to let the group decide on who they want to do the banner.

YES! Running the Cobra on a S.N.A.I.L. night would be awweeessooome!

Agreed! But I would much rather run the Shelby GT350R ’65, but it's a standard car.

Great job Sharkie, I hope I was able to provide you with some fun competition in the absence of mopar and esh.

Thank you, You too!! Yes, you were right there with me most of the races, I liked that. The 1st race when I was chasing you down, my heart was pounding, I couldn't seem to reel you in as quickly as I would have liked to and the laps were clicking away. After that race I noticed my pulse was racing, just like I was. lol

 

[dabneyd]

I just want to chime in and say that I would like to do the "24 hour" race and the Shelby photo thing. I'm usually unavailable Wednesday or Thursday, but every other day is fine.

 

[bigbarnesbefast]

Count me in on the shelby photoshoot pleez

 

[zer05ive]

So guys since i finished in top 3 of my division last nite does that mean i go to division 2 next week? Jus curious thats all thanx

top 2 from D3 get promoted, top finisher in D2 gets promoted.

Thanx guys!

Please keep in mind that while we have general guidelines on how many positions get promoted and relegated from each division, nothing is ever guaranteed. Those guidelines will always be used if the league is static and there's not much movement within the league. However, as you guys know, this is hardly ever the case. There are constantly drivers who are missing races and then coming back, not to mention new drivers joining the league etc.

That being said, kcheeb and I have been trying to do something we call "division leveling". This is where we try to anticipate how many drivers will be racing on Sunday night so that we try to provide each division with an equally sized grid. As you can see from last night's results, we did a pretty good job of that this time around.

The moral of the story is, don't ever assume you know which division you will be in on any given Sunday night. You need to look for kcheeb's Saturday night post to know for sure. It'll look something like this.

 

[bigbarnesbefast]

Ok thanx. Sorry i get a little excited this league is a blast so far!

 

[kcheeb]

Please keep in mind that while we have general guidelines on how many positions get promoted and relegated from each division, nothing is ever guaranteed. Those guidelines will always be used if the league is static and there's not much movement within the league. However, as you guys know, this is hardly ever the case. There are constantly drivers who are missing races and then coming back, not to mention new drivers joining the league etc.

And this is totally cool, life happens right Everyone's super about letting us know when they can't make it 👍

That being said, one policy that kcheeb and I have been trying to stick to is "division leveling". This is where we try to anticipate how many drivers will be racing on Sunday night so that we try to provide each division with an equally sized grid. As you can see from last night's results, we did a pretty good job of that this time around.

It happens Even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time

The moral of the story is this: Don't ever assume you know which division you will be in on any given Sunday night. You need to look for kcheeb's Saturday night post to know for sure. It'll look something like this.

I've also gotten in the habit of letting the new people and the ones that are on the move know which division they'll be racing in. But please don't rely on that, as zer0 said checking the Drivers List is your best bet.

Ok thanx. Sorry i get a little excited this league is a blast so far!

No worries bigbarnes, all questions are good 👍 I'm glad you're enjoying being a S.N.A.I.L., one of the reasons we do this

 

[JLBowler]

I will not be able to race this Sunday night the 20th. I have a two day show on the dirt. Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. I can guarantee that I will not feel like sitting in a race seat for two more hours after that even if I did make it home and get everything unloaded in time.

 

[M1SS-D3V10US]

DLC & Naruto​

I talked with Naruto the other day regarding the S.N.A.I.L. & DLC. He understand that the S.N.A.I.L. group wants to use DLC and therefore is not opposed to the DLC track being used. Naruto did tell me that he is not able to get the DLC because money really is that tight right now. Once I heard that, I informed him that there are a couple of members of the group who have offered to get DLC tracks for the S.N.A.I.L. member who are not able to get it, for whatever reason (I assume due to money issues). At this point I asked him if I should put this name on this list (wherever it is - here in the forums I guess), and he would like to accept this offer from the group, IF that help is still on the table. If not, no biggie, he understand and he is not worried about it.

Please advise

 

[zer05ive]

Count me in on the shelby photoshoot pleez

Okay, sounds good. Keep on eye on the thread for further details as it gets planned.

Speaking of photoshoots, can some of you talented photographers please post some pics of the races in your division last night? Pretty please???

A big thanks to Exo for posting these pictures from last week's races, but was only from one of our three divisions. I would really love to see pictures from all three divisions posted on this thread so that everyone else can get a feel for the races in the other divisions.

 

[zer05ive]

DLC & Naruto​

I talked with Naruto the other day regarding the S.N.A.I.L. & DLC. He understand that the S.N.A.I.L. group wants to use DLC and therefore is not opposed to the DLC track being used. Naruto did tell me that he is not able to get the DLC because money really is that tight right now. Once I heard that, I informed him that there are a couple of members of the group who have offered to get DLC tracks for the S.N.A.I.L. member who are not able to get it, for whatever reason (I assume due to money issues). At this point I asked him if I should put this name on this list (wherever it is - here in the forums I guess), and he would like to accept this offer from the group, IF that help is still on the table. If not, no biggie, he understand and he is not worried about it.

Please advise

Yes, as far as I know that offer is still on the table. I paired up the to donors with the two members who didn't have the DLC. As mentioned in this post, one of the two pairs has already been completed. AG07WRXTR has downloaded the DLC course pack and dabneyd has informed me that he will PayPal AG07WRXTR $5 by Tuesday. Thanks again to dabneyd for his generosity!

tcrash15, does your offer (for Naruto) still stand as well?

 

[M1SS-D3V10US]

Speaking of photoshoots, can some of you talented photographers please post some pics of the races in your division last night? Pretty please???

I'll get on that later today. ..assuming I was included in that statement.

 

[Rallywagon]

Taking some d2 pics now. Try to get them posted in the next hour. Then I'll post up my rough draft for a touge event.

 

[fzappa]

Yes, as far as I know that offer is still on the table. I paired up the to donors with the two members who didn't have the DLC. As mentioned in this post, one of the two pairs has already been completed. AG07WRXTR has downloaded the DLC course pack and dabneyd has informed me that he will PayPal AG07WRXTR $5 by Tuesday. Thanks again to dabneyd for his generosity!

tcrash15, does your offer (for Naruto) still stand as well?

Offer still stands! Just need to know how to send funds. I think if he's on my friend list I can add dollars to his PSN account.
Let me know.

 

[M1SS-D3V10US]

Yes, as far as I know that offer is still on the table. I paired up the to donors with the two members who didn't have the DLC. As mentioned in this post, one of the two pairs has already been completed. AG07WRXTR has downloaded the DLC course pack and dabneyd has informed me that he will PayPal AG07WRXTR $5 by Tuesday. Thanks again to dabneyd for his generosity!

tcrash15, does your offer (for Naruto) still stand as well?

Offer still stands! Just need to know how to send funds. I think if he's on my friend list I can add dollars to his PSN account.
Let me know.

Okay. Tom, you and I will need to get Naruto in a room with us and get this all worked out. Let's try to get this worked out this week. Okay?