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[ConnorWolf]

Hmmm, T.K. ZZs

 

[Mike Lobban]

Meh

 

[turnupdaheat]

Ok, BRZ GT300 at Grand Valley. Does that work?

Well, it was a combo that worked for 2 weeks in May last year. In fairness, the tyre rules have changed since so it should be better now on the SS rather than the RH tyres we used last time out.

 

[Rednose58]

Ok, BRZ GT300 at Grand Valley. Does that work?

Looks like your proposal is: Meh

 

[TBongX]

What is it that I am needed for?

 

[Mike Lobban]

Sorry, didn't take my anal pill this morning.
Disregard my last post due to car and track combo done in near past. Must have missed that one 'cause I wasn't a part of Snail back then.

Mazda Eunos Roadster (na special package) 89 at Midfield reverse. Awesome car from the Monday Pack Racing.

 

[Tangled_Up]

May I suggest:

Ford GT '05 @ Monza

 

[racingchamp30]

What is it that I am needed for?

All drivers in D6 are asked to pick a Prize A car/track combo for next Sunday. Deadline is 9pm ET Tonight. I already made my choice for car/track combo.

 

[turnupdaheat]

Sorry, didn't take my anal pill this morning.

Wasn't trying to be anal about it. I just remembered it from previously and didn't say anything bad about it.

 

[vsfit]

IF you guys want some help, try this link.

 

[aerolite]

Nothing to see here.

 

[vsfit]

I have completed my review of the 16 incident reviews this week.

 

[JLBowler]

Come on guys. Everybody that drove in D6 on Sunday is eligible to make ONE suggestion for prize A for almk to choose from.

If you have done this already, thank you. If you have made more than one already, go back and edit your posts so that only one prize A suggestion (full or partial) is visible from you. This is your one and only chance to fix it and comply with the directions given. Any driver that has multiple or incomplete suggestions still visible in the thread at 9PM ET will have all of their suggestions disallowed.

 

[Mike Lobban]

Wasn't trying to be anal about it. I just remembered it from previously and didn't say anything bad about it.

Not you Heat. That was for Rednose.

 

[JLBowler]

@Mike Lobban @Die_Birdy_Die @TBongX @Tangled_Up @singlepaddy @ExoSphere64 @GTD_druid @oharagbr19

Tagging D6 again. As it sits right now there is still only one suggestion that would be allowed (thank you @racingchamp30 ) with right at 2 hours left until the deadline. I'm adding in the instructions from @zer05ive 's results post so that everyone should be clear as to what they are supposed to do. Please also read my post slightly up the page from this if you have made multiple suggestions. You are being given a chance to fix it. If you don't choose to fix it, then any suggestions you made will be thrown out. Please also remember that we have a 1 million CR. cap on cars that can be used.

PLEASE NOTE: Since @aLmk has already won Prize A this season, he is ineligible to win it again until next season. This means that unless he loses Prize A due to incident reviews, any driver who competed in Division 6 on Sunday night will have the opportunity to suggest an entirely new car and track combo. I recommend that all D6 drivers from Sunday night start thinking about combos they would like to suggest. That way, you will be ready to post it when the prize winners are declared to be official. Also, please be sure to only suggest one combo. Any driver who suggests more than one combo will automatically be ineligible to suggest any combos at all. Please don't let that happen to you. Only suggest ONE combo (but not until @aLmk is confirmed as the Prize A winner).

 

[Falango]

Holy crap this prize business seems like it's pretty difficult. We have someone asking what they're needed for, when it's pretty obvious what you're needed for if you'd click on the notification that you obviously saw, because you're somewhat replying to it. We have vague combos being tossed out there with question marks after not having checked combo history.

Get your stuff together and make a clear selection, simple.

 

[CoachMK21]

@GTP_Nobby asked me if I had a full session from my HPDE last fall. So, I put in a few hours putting this together. It's from my final 40ish minute session and had some pretty consistent lap times, including my fastest. I had a pretty good back and forth with a Porsche 911. He had WAY more umph on the straights, but I would catch him on the corners. Loads of fun.

Please like, comment and share the video (and my others too). Thanks!

 

[singlepaddy]

Hey @aLmk I here Spain is nice this time of year!!!

My pick is the PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM 78 at CIRCUITO DE MADRID

The car likes the flat track ( no power for hills ) and has a tall gear for the straights. It corners decent also. Oh yeah the car looks awesome and sounds nice too.

SO I SAY LETS DRESS UP OUR BIRDS AND HAVE A CHICKEN RACE!!!!

 

[Rednose58]

May I suggest either:

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe '64 @ Laguna Seca

That car is Cr 4,500,000

 

[fzappa]

@JLBowler @Dragonwhisky @zer05ive
After 3 great years of being in Snail, I'm going to ask that I be be put on the inactive list to allow other racers to be able to race.
I'm just not able to commit like I use to and to be honest, I'm just not having fun anymore. To me, it's not like it use to be.
That being said, it was a great 3 years and maybe in the near future, I will return.
Thanks for everything.

 

[TomMang_68]

D5 - The Cleanest Division in SNAIL TM


The Shelby GT350R was a fun combo for a couple weeks - plenty of pictures already but here's a couple more.

8 Drivers started the night. @pkenuelo leads us through first 3 turns

...and throughout the entire race finishing 1st.

On to the new - combos:tup:

@MajorBlixem at point followed by @GTP_Nobby and @CoachMK21

Hey look - another @CoachMK21 sighting love that paint scheme:tup:

@WIDEeyedDRIVR gets inside Major at the tunnel entrance

@MajorBlixem will not be denied (another strong performance)

D5 Burnin' rubber at Brands Hatch Gp 80's

@chatva in pursuit of 3rd place

@whatbadgerseat leads battle for 7th makes for a nice snapshot (that's me in last place)

Major wins again!!!

 

[Tangled_Up]

That car is Cr 4,500,000

Sorry ... I've changed my pick back to the the Ford GT'05 @ Monza

I kinda thought that the price limit wasn't a hard rule because this car has been raced several time:
Alfa Romeo GIULIA TZ2 carrozzata da ZAGATO CN.AR750106 '65 (Racing: Hard) at Nürburgring GP/F (5 laps)

 

[JLBowler]

Sorry ... I've changed my pick back to the the Ford GT'05 @ Monza

I kinda thought that the price limit wasn't a hard rule because this car has been raced several time:
Alfa Romeo GIULIA TZ2 carrozzata da ZAGATO CN.AR750106 '65 (Racing: Hard) at Nürburgring GP/F (5 laps)

That was raced in GT5 when credits were much easier to come by.

 

[FloptaStr8]

... Mazda Eunos Roadster (na special package) 89 at Midfield reverse. Awesome car from the Monday Pack Racing.

May I suggest:

Ford GT '05 @ Monza

Hey @aLmkMy pick is the PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM 78 at CIRCUITO DE MADRID
MADRID... ...

Are these 3 invalid for something?

 

[JLBowler]

Are these 3 invalid for something?

One of them is still invalid due to multiple suggestions from the same driver. One of them was edited and is now valid and one of them has been valid since it was posted along with the one from much earlier in the process.

There are currently 3 valid suggestions out there with just about 1 hour and 15 minutes to go.

 

[Lessen]

This process (for the circumstance), albeit simple, is far too cumbersome in my opinion. Either A., let it be and if there's only one choice, so be it; or B., maybe a different direction would be easier than awaiting a dozen opinions in the middle of the week. Nagging people a handful if times over the course of one day is just silly and makes the club look unorganized. SNAIL should be a bit more polished for this scenario. Just my two cents though.

 

[aerolite]

@GTP_Nobby asked me if I had a full session from my HPDE last fall. So, I put in a few hours putting this together. It's from my final 40ish minute session and had some pretty consistent lap times, including my fastest. I had a pretty good back and forth with a Porsche 911. He had WAY more umph on the straights, but I would catch him on the corners. Loads of fun.

Please like, comment and share the video (and my others too). Thanks!

Thanks for sharing that Mark, I'm jealous, that looks like it would be a blast! Wonder if buddy in the Mustang, at 34:00, was sucking a seat cushion for a bit there

 

[JLBowler]

This process (for the circumstance), albeit simple, is far too cumbersome in my opinion. Either A., let it be and if there's only one choice, so be it; or B., maybe a different direction would be easier than awaiting a dozen opinions in the middle of the week. Nagging people a handful if times over the course of one day is just silly and makes the club look unorganized. SNAIL should be a bit more polished for this scenario. Just my two cents though.

If the process is simple and the directions are straight forward, as they are, where do you think the problem lies and what would you propose as a solution?

Keep in mind, we could have just let the incorrect suggestions go without a word and make them all invalid but then someone has to deal with drivers wanting to know why their suggestion wasn't considered. As easy as it would be to tell them that they didn't follow directions and their suggestion was thrown out, it's just as easy for me, and others, you try and correct them so that their voice can be heard in the process.

 

[Lessen]

I think there's just too much to juggle here, and you're second paragraph pretty much highlights that. I'd suggest if any particular driver comes eligible via points for a second consecutive week, simply skip him (her) and go to the next appropriate division winner.

 

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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.​