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[IceWarden]

Look at those beautiful liveries...

 

[FREEREVN]

Omg this fanetec csl elite is the bomb and yes got it early than expected

 

[LST]

I hate to do this because attendance has been so low in D1 lately but the snow is looking too good in Tahoe this weekend so I'll be absent this Sunday. Have a good night of racing everyone.

 

[Akzl298]

Just saw this on the GTSport site.

This will obviously affect Sunday nights racing, unless I'm reading it wrong. Hopefully we can work around it to get our races in???
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Guess we'll just have to drive faster...

 

[CANOWORMS1]

Nearly everyone coming from Thrustmaster and Logitech make the same mistake in using the new “high end” brake pedal. I’m not exempt, I did too. The short explanation is, you will dumb them down to what you’ve always known and used

Simply put, the V3 and V3i have 90kg load cell. Most are not comfortable using that much force. Higher levels of brake force provide you with much more feel. It particularly makes driving without ABS doable (and very rewarding).

Thanks a lot @Rob Brown now I need a new driving rig. lol. I checked into my brake pedal force settings and sure as sh/t I have the setting at 30%. And I have a reason (albeit a weak one). I use a wheel stand with an office chair strapped to it. With high brake pedal pressures the whole set-up flexes beyond belief and I have to pull on the wheel to prevent the stand from tipping forward and the chair back flexes into a recliner. I understand that a bigger range of pedal pressures required equals a better feel for brake application. I'm going to start by trying to stiffen my existing rig, as an improved rig would require a relocation of my setup, not easy. At least now I have a new excuse for my poor lap times. lol

 

[gatordaryl]

Thanks for bringing that to our attention. Discussion started with the BoD.

Just curious - any update on the start time for tomorrow’s race night? If we started at 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST, wouldn’t we be done in time, before the maintenance?

 

[gatordaryl]

Practice lobby open for a bit
0475-4234-8239-7517-1140

 

[Rob Brown]

Thanks a lot @Rob Brown now I need a new driving rig. lol. I checked into my brake pedal force settings and sure as sh/t I have the setting at 30%. And I have a reason (albeit a weak one). I use a wheel stand with an office chair strapped to it. With high brake pedal pressures the whole set-up flexes beyond belief and I have to pull on the wheel to prevent the stand from tipping forward and the chair back flexes into a recliner. I understand that a bigger range of pedal pressures required equals a better feel for brake application. I'm going to start by trying to stiffen my existing rig, as an improved rig would require a relocation of my setup, not easy. At least now I have a new excuse for my poor lap times. lol

You’re welcome. I shared a link some time ago) to a YouTube video where a guy explained this concept quite eloquently. Now, if I could find it . . .

 

[CANOWORMS1]

Thanks a lot @Rob Brown now I need a new driving rig. lol. I checked into my brake pedal force settings and sure as sh/t I have the setting at 30%. And I have a reason (albeit a weak one). I use a wheel stand with an office chair strapped to it. With high brake pedal pressures the whole set-up flexes beyond belief

You’re welcome.

Below is a photo of my original rig. Initially I tried higher brake force settings on the wheel. However, anything above 30% caused it to flex amazingly. The only thing holding the wheel stand to the chair are 2 straps at the bottom. If you draw a straight line from brake pedal through a$$, to seat back you can see the only way to keep the thing together under heavy pedal pressure is to yard on the wheel with equal or greater force. Not sure if the Fanatec is rated for this purpose.


Solution: Stiffer rig. After some browsing I came up with what looks pretty boffo to me:


(Monster Truck rally announcer voice) THE TRAK RACER TR8 MACH 3 COCKPIT WITH MONITOR STAND.

After a quick confab with the CFO about the payback schedule...and then a quick trip to Canadian Tire for a ratcheting cargo strap, we have today's compromise. Besides where would I put THE TRAK RACER TR8 MACH 3 COCKPIT WITH MONITOR STAND?


I'm actually quite impressed. The only flex in the rig now is the pedal base plate.

 

[SAMHAIN85]

Announcement


Due to the scheduled server maintenance, we will be starting 1 hour earlier tomorrow night
530PM PST / 830PM EST


Thanks @DublDee for bringing it to our attention
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[Harry Rowley]

Any practice room open this evening?

 

[Akzl298]

Fastest Lap Rankings have been updated, along with the other 3 pages in the 2021 Additional Data sheet.

Spoiler: Fastest Lap Rankings

SNAIL 2021 Additional Data - Google Sheets

 

[JLBowler]

The drivers list and grid list have been updated to reflect promotion and relegation for the February season as well as adding all new drivers tha submitted a time trial.

@Nick Cannella @Xexploit @CourageRising

Just a reminder that we will be starting one hour earlier than normal tonight, 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET, due to scheduled maintainance.

 

[gatordaryl]

I’m going to open a practice lobby in a few minutes. Feel free to come run some laps ... maybe some practice races too.

 

[gatordaryl]

I’m going to open a practice lobby in a few minutes. Feel free to come run some laps ... maybe some practice races too.

Room # 0475-4235-3381-9683-9492

 

[Rednose58]

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• The January 2021 Season has been archived. Thanks to all volunteers who entered scores, data and reviewed incidents. Summary standings inside the spoiler here

• The Snail Sunday scoring Sheets for Jan 3 have been prepared.

REMEMBER WE START RACING AT 8:30 PM Eastern Time tonight (Lobbies open at 8:00 PM) because of the server maintenance

 

[gatordaryl]

Room # 0475-4235-3381-9683-9492

New room open - last room has disconnections.
0475-4235-3007-5009-3380

 

[racingchamp30]

D3 Thread created for February 2021 season.

 

[Akzl298]

D2 February thread is live!

 

[MikeGrove]

Stream for tonight’s racing in D1

 

[racingchamp30]

D3 Lobby Open.
0475-4233-5125-1696-9540

 

[Timlour]

D1 lobby open

ID: 0475-4233-5128-3573-6644

 

[DublDee]

D2 lobby open
0475-4233-5130-7061-7668

 

[Phlano099]

New room open - last room has disconnections.
0475-4235-3007-5009-3380

Found a picture of @gatordaryl

 

[nmcp1]

All hosts should start tonight's racing at the scheduled time. The only reason to hold the start is to give someone who was already in the lobby their three minutes to return from the time they left, provided they are believed to have been disconnected, or to sort invisible driver issues.

 

[Nick Cannella]

Scores and votes entered for D3

 

[Rob Brown]

Scores and votes entered for D2.
I rather like the earlier start time.

 

[Noob01_lmdead]

Scores and votes entered for D2.
I rather like the earlier start time.

Me too

 

[racingchamp30]

I were able to get 4 replays uploaded for D3. Will have to wait till after maintenance is done to upload the last 2 replays since game network was cut off due to maintenance.

 

[Akzl298]

I would say, it's nice getting done around 10:30pm. Unfortunately, won't be able to keep the Mrs. happy for long if it would be permanent. Part of the perk starting so late (9:30pm), no wife or kids