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[SAMHAIN85]

Practice lobby open

X-bow seems to have 313hp after oil change.

Edit: Closed

 

[GTLehman]

My car pick is the KTM X-Bow R'12
Before oil change the specs are 555PP/295HP
After oil change specs go to 563PP/313HP

I did a 3 lap testing and my best time was 1:17.182

Cannot change the body or rim color but can put a number on the car. On RH tires driving on Deep Forest Raceway reverse, the car feels like the back end wants to slip out from under in certain turns which is a challenge but a challenge is always good.

To quote Niki Lauda: 'The car has the devil with it!'

 

[racingchamp30]

Just did the Xbow time trial and my final time is 1:14.972 in 9 laps. All i can say is wow and just be careful the first couple of laps due to cold tires. After lap 2, it handles great on the track.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

I think it's better you picked the R version since it doesn't have that much more power but gets a tire upgrade which is good for a tight track like Deep Forest.

 

[SAMHAIN85]

Good practice tonight. 1:12.005 was my quickest lap tonight. If you nail the first turn just right you should be able to carry 122mph as you get back on the gas. 22.8xx was my quickest S1. The more tire scrubbing sounds you hear means more time lost through the turns, so get that thing pointed straight as quick as you can. Its definitely a more skillful drive than the amuse we just ran. Good pick @racingchamp30 Thursday practice should be quite interesting with this combo


Edit: so I just heard on the radio that the mens U.S Soccer team is playing a friendly match against Serbia out here where I live this Sunday. Does anyone follow soccer here? I know about as much about nuclear rocket science when it comes to the sport. It starts at 1pm, and I know its a 90 minute match so I should have plenty of time to make it for the 6pm race.

The PGA is also in town this weekend at Torrey, with Tiger Woods making his first start in over a year. Now that I've been to a few times. As a once serious golfer, its a humbling experience to see how easy they make the game look.

 

[Raw10_2u]

Prize A?

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Prize A?

@socalnatv ? Did you reply to the prize selection conversation? I feel like this has happened with you before because you don't check the thread that much.

 

[nmcp1]

@socalnatv ? Did you reply to the prize selection conversation? I feel like this has happened with you before because you don't check the thread that much.

It's being sorted in the D2 thread. Keep your panties in a.... well... just keep you panties!

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Just be happy I wasn't the first to say something.

 

[FlipJ]

It's being sorted in the D2 thread. Keep your panties in a.... well... just keep you panties!

Man, that visual.... Now the day is wrecked.

 

[Handlebar]

It's being sorted in the D2 thread. Keep your panties in a.... well... just keep you panties!

Sorted out yesterday..?... last post in D2 was over 24 hours ago.

Sorting it out at a SNAIL's pace?

 

[nmcp1]

Sorted out yesterday..?... last post in D2 was over 24 hours ago.

Sorting it out at a SNAIL's pace?

'being sorted'....not 'sorted' Prof. Handlebar I'm sure @socalnatv is weighing his options very carefully.

 

[Raw10_2u]

OOPS,I Started a fight!LOL,,,

 

[Realness]

I would like to join

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

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

2015 USA Finalists

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

@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
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 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 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 lineup for our next races.
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.

 

[nmcp1]

I would like to join

@Realness

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 @CoachMK21, @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

 

[Handlebar]

'being sorted'....not 'sorted' Prof. Handlebar I'm sure @socalnatv is weighing his options very carefully.

"Being sorted" implies that something is 'being' done.

No evidence of anything happening in either thread that supports to a conclusion of action - sorted, or otherwise.

Sorry- I teach Science.

 

[Dragonwhisky]

"Being sorted" implies that something is 'being' done.

No evidence of anything happening in either thread that supports to a conclusion of action - sorted, or otherwise.

Sorry- I teach Science.

That's strange. Looks to me like a request for suggestions was made and a few have been. Looks to me like it's being sorted just fine. But, I'm no scientist so I could be wrong....

Oh yeah, D2 Data is done.

 

[SAMHAIN85]

Practice lobby open. Practicing the X-Bow over at the 'ol Deep Sorted Raceway

Edit: Closed. I finally broke into the 11s with my best being 1:11.6xx. See you guys on track tomorrow night

Edit: Oh, Prize A announced? Lobby back open for a while

Edit: Closed. 1:33.6xx was my best lap with plenty of time to be had. I dont have a lot of xp at that track. Would guess a mid division time to be upper 34s-low 36s.

 

[socalnatv]

Sorry for delay.
I had to go out of town on a family emergency and I was unable to test any of the combos suggested by my fellow D2 members.

Prize A...


http://s58.photobucket.com/user/nmcp1/media/Racing Cockpit/Combo_zpsl2msv55t.jpg.html

 

[DesertPenguin09]

For anyone not willing to try and load photobucket,

SRT Challenger SRT8 '08 at Apricot Hill Raceway - Forward

 

[TomMang_68]

Thanks for the upgrade @Rednose58

Hope all is well @socalnatv !

That combo be like :

 

[Rednose58]

For January 29

That Dodge weighs more than the KTM and McLaren combined

 

[DublDee]

I have a question regarding what can be done to the car, and what can't. I heard one other person talking about the brake settings. Obviously I wasn't aware that we could change anything, other than color and tires/wheels, but I must be wrong, or heard them wrong??

 

[DesertPenguin09]

It's just a loophole in the game. When tuning is prohibited, brake balance is still adjustable without it rejecting you from entering the track. No one can know if you change it but it's kind of a gentleman's agreement at this point to leave it stock.

 

[DublDee]

Thank You for clarifying. I will continue to leave it alone.

 

[DublDee]

Just curious was this mentioned in SNAIL OLR, Policies or Guidelines? I thought I went through it thoroughly(twice), so I apologize if I missed it, and will give it all another read.

 

[SAMHAIN85]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/snail-olr-policies-and-guidelines.332619/#3.1TPP

Tuning Prohibited in SNAIL means that you are not allowed to do anything to the car that changes it's performance in any way, shape, or form.

Below is a list of what you are allowed, or required, to do:

1. Change oil. (required as all cars must have the maximum allowed horsepower and PP)
2. Change tires (may be required depending on the car)
3. Change wheels. (see next section).
4. Paint wheels.
5. Paint body.
6. Add a number plate.
7. Rebuild motor.
8. Restore chassis. (note: only the restore option is legal, the add rigidity option is not legal according to SNAIL)

You may not adjust any other setting or replace / upgrade any other part of the car. If what you are thinking about doing to you car is not in the above list, don't do it. Only the 8 items listed above are allowed under SNAIL rules.

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Like penguin said, you could mess with brake bias and get away with it. But you'd only be cheating yourself at the end of the day. It'll make victory taste that much sweeter knowing you played by the rules and won via pure skill, and not with any sort of advantage.

 

[DublDee]

Thanks a bunch. I have no intensions of breaking any rules, which is why I was looking for clarification.

Thanks again for the info!

 

[Marcus Garvey]

 

[socalnatv]

@socalnatv ? Did you reply to the prize selection conversation? I feel like this has happened with you before because you don't check the thread that much.

I do check the thread regularly. Especially when I am involved with a prize pick cause I know how crazy some people get when they don't have plenty of time to practice before, well, practice.

Hope it works out.