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Karting must be tough then. 😁 Oddly, in a real car in traffic or on the track I can't left foot brake, and on a SIM rig I can't right foot brake. My wiring is hanging in tatters in the attic. 😃
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karting is all about momentum smooth inputs to the wheel
 
Scores for 1/28 copied to data.

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You know what time it is.
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I've spend all week going round Autopolis in Race C. I was more than ready for this combo.
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Some of us missed the apex a little bit on that corner :lol:
IMO, La Sarthe and Monza are such overated tracks. Little to no elevation changes and just long straights leading to a huge braking zone. I know they are historically significant but they are so dull to drive on.
 
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You know what time it is.
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I've spend all week going round Autopolis in Race C. I was more than ready for this combo.
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Some of us missed the apex a little bit on that corner :lol:
IMO, La Sarthe and Monza are such overated tracks. Little to no elevation changes and just long straights leading to a huge braking zone. I know they are historically significant but they are so dull to drive on.
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that's me but what corner
 
Pretty sure everyone missed several apexes at LeMans at one point or another.

@Worst_Driver
As to your comment about dull tracks; From the start/finish line to Antares, from Arnage to Du Karting, in the right car, is anything but dull. I notice you haven't done the CE for Sarthe. Go run that 908 there and see how dull that is. Yeah, yeah, I know, yer overly fond of slow slippery things... 😜
Sarthe & Monza neither one were designed for cars to run at the speeds of today's hypercars without massive amounts of downforce, regardless of tire friction rates.

I expect to see your name above mine on that CE soon. :lol: 🤪
 
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Dragonwhisky
Pretty sure everyone missed several apexes at LeMans at one point or another.

@Worst_Driver
As to your comment about dull tracks; From the start/finish line to Antares, from Arnage to Du Karting, in the right car, is anything but dull. I notice you haven't done the CE for Sarthe. Go run that 908 there and see how dull that is. Yeah, yeah, I know, yer overly fond of slow slippery things... 😜
Sarthe & Monza neither one were designed for cars to run at the speeds of today's hypercars without massive amounts of downforce, regardless of tire friction rates.

I expect to see your name above mine on that CE soon. :lol: 🤪
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I agree with you, those two sections have a good flow and they are pretty fun in a high downforce car, but the problem is the 2 minute and a half between them. As for the CE, I have done them all but the leaderboards were wiped out after a recent ish update and I don't see myself doing them all over again without a payout in credits. With that said, I'm off trying to get gold at the recent TT with the horrible Genesis vision GT car. Looks amazing but understeers like there's no tomorrow.
 
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Well thanks everyone for racing my combo. I was happy with how I did under race pressure. But I had to practice several laps of arcade races to figure out the top speeds and brake points for each lap. Don't wine if you did not do this yourself. The combo was picked to show how little members are taking the time to be ready. Better luck next time. Practice is how Snail can be competitive and close. If not, you can always race in Sport mode (lol). Snail has great stuff to offer and no DR/SR to worry about so back off a bit and respect your competition so we all have fun.
 
Xradkins
Well thanks everyone for racing my combo. I was happy with how I did under race pressure. But I had to practice several laps of arcade races to figure out the top speeds and brake points for each lap. Don't wine if you did not do this yourself. The combo was picked to show how little members are taking the time to be ready. Better luck next time. Practice is how Snail can be competitive and close. If not, you can always race in Sport mode (lol). Snail has great stuff to offer and no DR/SR to worry about so back off a bit and respect your competition so we all have fun.
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This combo was actually a lot more fun than I was expecting.
 
Xradkins
Well thanks everyone for racing my combo. I was happy with how I did under race pressure. But I had to practice several laps of arcade races to figure out the top speeds and brake points for each lap. Don't wine if you did not do this yourself. The combo was picked to show how little members are taking the time to be ready. Better luck next time. Practice is how Snail can be competitive and close. If not, you can always race in Sport mode (lol). Snail has great stuff to offer and no DR/SR to worry about so back off a bit and respect your competition so we all have fun.
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Well, I fall into the category of not enough practice for that combo. Love the car on sport tires and use it in the German car race at Nordschleife where it may rain. But the Racing tires and I suppose the lack of practice that made the apparent lack of front grip on corner entry such and issue for me.
 


Here are the unofficial results from our league night on January 28, 2024

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
  1. Nic-KL ------------ voted to eliminate Round 3
  2. GTP_Worstdriver --- voted to eliminate Round 3
  3. DUB-L-DEE --------- voted to eliminate Round 1
  4. Xrad-11 ----------- voted to eliminate Round 1
  5. Dragonwhisky ------ voted to eliminate Round 1 - Prize A
  6. FREEREVN ---------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - Prize B
  7. RacingChamp30 ----- voted to eliminate Round 1
  8. Kgffty ------------ voted to eliminate Round 3
  9. JamCar0ne --------- voted to eliminate Round 3 - Prize C
  10. Canoworms1 -------- voted to eliminate Round 3
  11. Skills_19657 ------ did not submit a vote
  12. L-L-B_1993 -------- did not submit a vote
  13. A_Mindful_Place --- voted to eliminate Round 1
  14. Gurney_67 --------- did not submit a vote
  15. DRD_Niagara ------- did not submit a vote
  16. cesarr64 ---------- did not submit a vote
The round that received the most elimination votes was:
Round 3 - Porsche 918 Spyder '13 (RM) at 24 Heures du Mans Race Track No Chicane - C02 Early Morning (4 laps)
Therefore the entire combo has been dropped from next week's line-up. Since @Dragonwhisky 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 1 - Aston Martin DB5 '64 (SH) at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit - S04 Afternoon (9 laps)
This means either the car or the track will be replaced for next week's line-up. Since @FREEREVN 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 @JamCar0ne 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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Worst_Driver
I'm still surprised that the Aston lasted three weeks, or even more if it gets frozen by the prize B or C winner.

@Dragonwhisky I just want to remind you that the Jimny is available if you need inspiration :lol:
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The early DBs are still staples at vintage races. I'm sure I have pictures of several on track if I dig deeper through my phone, but this one was easy to find from the parking lot at Lime Rock a few years back. It's a DB6, and the wrong colour, but close to one of the cars that attracted me to vintage racing many years ago.

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zer05ive

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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
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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
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@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.
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I have read the first post and would like to join, I just saw it in here while looking for a league racing
 
Supermahiko
I have read the first post and would like to join, I just saw it in here while looking for a league racing
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@Supermahiko

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 zer05ive, JLBowler, nmcp1, SAMHAIN85, llNovall & Akzl298
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.

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.
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.

During the week we run a number of different events, we encourage all SNAILs to join as many as possible.
Welcome to SNAIL
 

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