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◆ SNAIL [Spec] Racing - Join now to win a Digit Racing EDGE Masterclass enrollment!!Open
- Thread starter zer05ive
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I’ll start the car show this week.
Having Easter dinner Sunday so depending on food & wine consumption, mark me down somewhere between “Probable” and “Questionable”.
Having Easter dinner Sunday so depending on food & wine consumption, mark me down somewhere between “Probable” and “Questionable”.
- 2,767
- Québec
- GTP_WorstDriver
The scapes wide diversity never ceases to surprise me. This one is in Uzbekistan of all places.
Also, I'm a sucker for past GT liveries, this one being a throwback to GT5 Corvette ZR1 RM Race Car as raced in SNAIL 11 years ago.
Mine was number 13
Man GT5 will turn 14 years old this year and it still looks very good for its age. Crazy !
Also, I'm a sucker for past GT liveries, this one being a throwback to GT5 Corvette ZR1 RM Race Car as raced in SNAIL 11 years ago.
Mine was number 13
Man GT5 will turn 14 years old this year and it still looks very good for its age. Crazy !
- 5,391
- Bel Air, MD
- NOVA-0479
New SNAIL Friday Night Racing Series, Starting in June. Sign up and Time Trialing is now OPEN.
See the details and Join Us.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...hly-series-on-fridays-9pm-est-join-us.426215/
See the details and Join Us.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...hly-series-on-fridays-9pm-est-join-us.426215/
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- upstate NY
- flyingdisc315
- 5,391
- Bel Air, MD
- NOVA-0479
Plenty of room. Consistency and minimizing mistakes is the focus on our Friday Night parity racing series'. We all time trial prior to the season start to equalize everyone's skill gaps and car choices as best as possible. From there, there are success handicapping and concessions to bring the bookends of any remaining pace gaps. Consistency, low mistake ratio, and race craft is what typically prevails. However, expect to be put in some very stressful, multi-car battles than can last many laps, and sometimes an entire race. So to answer your question, yes sir...plenty of room.
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The answer is a hard YES.
I signed up for @llNovall ’s Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge in November being unsure about whether or not I’d fit in and it turned out to be the most fun I’ve had playing GT7. Great group.
In fact, it led me to look into other SNAIL events, and I’m now a regular in the Sunday Night League because of it.
Hard YES.
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- A_Mindful_Place
Practice room this evening, gents?
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- Celina, Texas
- Tex_Hill
And real world races pay out real cash prizes. Not to mention there may be laws governing who can sponsor racing as well as you may not be able have conflicting sponsors. None of which apply in this case. I understand rules against vulgar or otherwise offensive liveries, but anything beyond that is ridiculous.
Dragonwhisky
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@TexHill with you on the livery requirements for Nova's series. My reasons are along philosophical lines however. Since I don't have to, I'm not doing PD's advertising. Not getting a cut of that money. Not that they would, none of those stickers is providing me with any sponsor type benefits, so their ads ain't goin' on my car either. As for looking good on replays, that's purely subjective. I'd much rather see cars racing with no sticker paint jobs. Never have been a fan of all that clutter on anything.
I suppose an argument could be made, if we could confirm PD/Sony gets paid to put all this "product placement" in the game, these stickers are helping to fund the free updates we've been getting for the last 2 years, or however long there's been free updates in the GT series. Kinda' wonder if these deals they've been making for non car related things, like watches and clothes, are part of that.
I suppose an argument could be made, if we could confirm PD/Sony gets paid to put all this "product placement" in the game, these stickers are helping to fund the free updates we've been getting for the last 2 years, or however long there's been free updates in the GT series. Kinda' wonder if these deals they've been making for non car related things, like watches and clothes, are part of that.
Dragonwhisky
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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. So I've been searching for some fun but serious competition on GT7 and I stumbled on you guys, hope I get to envolve myself with this format and looking foward to have some good racing with everyone!
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- nmcp1
Are you ok with the Sunday night start time? 9:30pm Sunday would be 2:30am Monday morning for you in Portugal....
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- Aurora, CO
- Skills_19657
Tomorrow will be the anniversary of my first SNAIL race 4.1.12.The scapes wide diversity never ceases to surprise me. This one is in Uzbekistan of all places.
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Also, I'm a sucker for past GT liveries, this one being a throwback to GT5 Corvette ZR1 RM Race Car as raced in SNAIL 11 years ago.
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Mine was number 13
- 5,391
- Bel Air, MD
- NOVA-0479
Not quite sure where you fellas are going on this. First off, the only GT branding was a simple GT logo on the rear spoiler winglets in the Porsche series. Otherwise, the only "branding" is pertaining to SNAIL/IMSA as more or less a representation of a series sanctioning body with Michelin being a representation of a series sponsor. Otherwise, every other required decal is simply contigency or support decaling. Drivers then have a choice of who they want as their representation of a "sponsor". This can sometimes contradict....just look at the Shell-Helix sponsored Porsche in the NA Carrera Cup....sponsored by "Shell-Helix", buth the series fuel supplier and contigency sponsor is VP Racing Fuels. You fellas are reading way too much into all of it. The series uniformity is a formality and expresses a level of commitment from the drivers that sign up. Im not looking for one event and done racers. Usually if the time is invested in a livery that meets the standards, it usually translates into more reliable commitment for the drivers to race. It has given the series a real world feel and look, and has worked well and looked good. Maybe the commitment and the series isn't for everyone...thats ok. But, to call on it as contradicting and ridiculous is bordline insulting.
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- Central NJ
- nmcp1
@SomnusMor
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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- upstate NY
- flyingdisc315
Cherry blossom season is here!
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- New Hampshire
- AKZL298
Sunday, March 31st, 2024 Lineup
March 2024 Season League Night #4
1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR GSR '06 on SM Tires @ Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya No Chicane - S02 Evening - (7 Laps) |
2. Alpine A110 '17 on SM Tires @ Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa - S01 Early Morning - (8 Laps) |
3. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6) '09 on SS Tires @ Autodrome Lago Maggiore - S03 Afternoon - (7 Laps) |
- 5,391
- Bel Air, MD
- NOVA-0479
And that freedom is there to make it however you choose. The only requirements are that the decals noted must be on the car in their required locations for uniformity within the series, and that if you choose to participate in a team effort for the series, the team name of your team's choosing must be displayed on the front and both sides of the car. Otherwise, you can choose whatever design, graphics, primary/2nd/3rd...I dont care how many sponsors. The creative freedom is then open to you. All I ask, is the decals required be applied and in the correct locations on the car. Ask @Phlano099 , @Nyati_Jumapil , @DublDee or any others what restrictions I've placed on liveries or how many you choose to run during the series. I personally have run a different livery every race this season of our Porsche series. See this profile link and see my livery and alternates I've rendered as well as others that have multiple options.
SNAIL-Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (using new 992 GT3), Season Champ: Sand_68, Congratulations on the Win and a Great Season!!!
New 992 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge presented by SNAIL on GT7, PS5 Users PREFERRED (PS4 Users accepted by approval and as Reserve Entries Only) Races will run monthly on Friday nights 9:00pm EST ******************************** Event Info Event #6 Friday, May 10th, 2024 9pm EST Michelin Raceway...
www.gtplanet.net
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