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combo looks like a good time this week
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All Toyota line up this week, I couldn't resist using the Castrol livery for every car. Say hello to my Castrol Himedic !
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That's disappointing. No interior on this car. VR drives with head sticking out of roof. Kinda strange. No speedo, tach or other instrumentation. Just the MFD. Ran 7 laps off in TT mode. Don't know how well this'll work. Reckon I'll find out Sunday.
Why would they do such a thing? I hear the VGTs are all like this too.
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Damn really? I’ll be in VR as well 
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The gold one. I should say he had them. Sadly he’s passed and they were sold. 😞
Funny thing was he was a Chevy guy but loved the Lincoln Marks.
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There are awesome cars coming very shortly. I’m mostly looking forward to the LFA now that the sound department got its act together, it should finally sound as awesome as the real life counterpart.
The 400R and the 190E will be fun to race on sunday nights. Problem is, we get new cars but so few opportunities to use them. The single player events are insufficient and the daily races are focused on race cars.
Fingers crossed for a new track, more endurance races, a real GT mode and a shake up of the daily races with more street cars instead of the same old boring Gr.3 and 4 cars (yeah I know the last two ain’t happening but I keep hoping😂)
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Dragonwhisky
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Warmup room open.
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Looking to jump in for a few rounds tonight! Good luck everyone 
I'll be trying the voice chat if it's set up too. Looking forward to chatting with some of you!
I'll be trying the voice chat if it's set up too. Looking forward to chatting with some of you!
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D1 Lobby Open.
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Scores and votes done.
Spoiler alert: The ambulance gets das boot. Thanks to my vote, I broke a tie between the Celica and the Ambulance, you guys should thank me by freezing the Celica...please
Spoiler alert: The ambulance gets das boot. Thanks to my vote, I broke a tie between the Celica and the Ambulance, you guys should thank me by freezing the Celica...please
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D1 Replays Uploaded.
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SNAIL open tuning (within the limits) Cancelled due to lack of interest.
Series structure: Five races at five different tracks over the course of five months (Nov - March). Racers will drop their worst points performances from the five races for the purpose of crowning the overall champion. Eligible cars: For the first version of this, we will stick to FR...
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Here's the link for the new event set up by @JLBowler He had a great idea, its only once a month and different from the main SNAIL series why not try it ?
I rarely consult the SNAIL racing subsection of the forum, I just leave this thread open so I missed the new thread for the new series and I'm probably not the only one, go check it out !
On another note, I know you've been waiting for the photos of the first and only (hopefully) SNAIL ambulance races, here they are. Man those vehicules are huge, especially on a narrow track like Brands Hatch. It was fun...but only for a night !
@A_Higher_Place taking the win fair and square. You totally earned that first place, congrats !
Not the best light to take pictures I know
This one is better. Its hard to capture the whole grid with that lighting, there's not many spots on the track that aren't in the shadows and I don't want to use the same spots so here goes something.
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@Worst_Driver thanks for the pics. Was fun chatting with you and a few others last night. Definitely helped with the gaming immersion and felt sense of inclusiveness that this league is all about!
I was a little off regarding my remark about joining GTP in 2009! Apparently I joined in early 2011! I remember lurking the site for a bit before joining too.
@Dragonwhisky those laps at Trial Mountain were a blast. We traded back-and-forth a few times there!
I was a little off regarding my remark about joining GTP in 2009! Apparently I joined in early 2011! I remember lurking the site for a bit before joining too.
@Dragonwhisky those laps at Trial Mountain were a blast. We traded back-and-forth a few times there!
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Here are the unofficial results from our league night on October 29, 2023
Click here for this season's points standings and click a tab at the bottom for more detail.
Click here if the data linked above has already been archived and you would like to view it.
Division 1
- GTP_Worstdriver --- voted to eliminate Round 1
- Nic-KL ------------ voted to eliminate Round 2
- Xrad-11 ----------- voted to eliminate Round 1
- A_Mindful_Place --- voted to eliminate Round 1 - Prize A
- Kgffty ------------ did not submit a vote
- Dragonwhisky ------ voted to eliminate Round 3
- JamCar0ne --------- voted to eliminate Round 2
- RacingChamp30 ----- voted to eliminate Round 2
- Canoworms1 -------- voted to eliminate Round 1 - Prize B
- EvoSpec10 --------- did not submit a vote - Prize C
- Gurney_67 --------- did not submit a vote
- TokenTimmy -------- did not submit a vote
- Unsteddie --------- did not submit a vote
Round 1 - Toyota Himedic '21 (CS) at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit - S05 Early Morning (14 laps)
Therefore the entire combo has been dropped from next week's line-up. Since @A_Higher_Place wins Prize A, he gets to choose an entirely new car and track combo to replace it.
The round that received the second most elimination votes was:
Round 2 - Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) '94 (SM) at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta - S05 Late Morning (10 laps)
This means either the car or the track will be replaced for next week's line-up. Since @CANOWORMS1 gets Prize B, he has the option to freeze the car or the track, or he can give that option to the Prize C winner. If he gives the freeze away, then he gets to decide what car or track replaces the part of the combo that is left unfrozen by the Prize C winner.
Prize C goes to @EvoSpecX so he gets whichever option the Prize B winner does not select.
Preliminary prize winners, please don't announce your prize selection until all incident reports have been filed and it has been confirmed that you don't have any penalties. It's also recommended that you review the SNAIL combo history and other data on our car and track history so that you can get an idea how many times we've raced each car and track. Please remember that originality is always appreciated, so picking cars and/or tracks that we've never raced is a plus (but not required). What's more important is that you thoroughly test any combo that you are considering before making it your official selection. For example, any car you select must not hit its rev limiter at any point during a race (even in a draft).
IMPORTANT: When posting your Prize A or Prize B selection, please list the complete in-game name of the car and/or track you are selecting. For example, if you want to choose the Integra Type R as your car selection, post "Honda Integra Type R (DC2) '98". If you want to select Monza for your track, post "Autodromo Nazionale Monza". Being specific helps us to update the lineup accurately and also helps avoid any confusion among the drivers. Also, please be sure to list the HP and Weight (LBS) of any car you select. For track selections, include the time of day (e.g: 09:00 Clear) or else it will be left to default.
Car Selection Guidelines
See Section 3 of the SNAIL OLR, Policies and Guidelines.
Track Selection Guidelines
See Section 3.1 of the SNAIL OLR, Policies and Guidelines.
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Hey, I am trying to look for the GT7-approved track list but the option is greyed out in the spreadsheet. Is it the same spreadsheet that is used for the cars?
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Try this one.
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Well, the exclusion of 24h layout of Nurburgring is a bummer. I wish we could choose that. Perhaps it should be reconsidered, especially for cars of 600pp.
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To be honest, its fun to drive alone but racing on it sucks. It’s way too narrow and there are very few overtaking opportunities. Also it would be a 2 lap race max (1 lap with the Himedic) due to our 15 minutes format. I don’t miss it.
Don’t forget to wait for the official go ahead to announce your pick 😉
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Ahh, I disagree wholeheartedly. There's a reason they run it for 24hrs straight 😉.
And yep! Just scouring for ideas.
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I also think that Circuit de la Sarthe is boring and sucks…as well as Monza 😂
As for picking a track, I like to go through the combo history and find a track that hasn’t been used in a while or just go with my favorites like Deep Forest and Trial Mountain.
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Yep. 24 hours because it's not conducive to sprint racing.
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Check out our very own @vovik05 putting SNAIL in the news!!
Don't miss GTPlanet's feature of our very own @CoachMK21!
Congrats to @Neovre for making his debut at Le Mans
(where he scored an incredible P5 finish!)
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
SNAIL is the only sim racing league in the world that's able to combine five key features into one consolidated package. First of all, we provide you with evenly-matched competition to drivers of all skill levels. In fact, the intense level of competition that we produce has established SNAIL as the "go to" 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 has always been a one-make series, but when we decided to prohibit tuning in all of our races, we became the first "spec" racing league on GTPlanet. Spec racing ensures that success is determined primarily by driving skill and not by differences in 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. Plus, you'll never spend hours 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 Participation
Our unique format allows everyone to have a say on which cars and tracks we race. It's also used to strike a balance between familiarity and variety of our car and track combos. 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, everyone votes 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 come into play:
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
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 reply (by clicking the 'Reply' button at the bottom of this post) stating, "I have read the first post and would like to join," and tell us how you heard about SNAIL. (Do not start a conversation with anyone, 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: 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.
I have read the first post and would like to join! And I heard about SNAIL from my time browsing on GTPlanet.
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