Nah, the only forum I'm on is this one. I'll take a look at it, I noticed you're one of the main mods. I assume you own a Mustang too right ? That explains your choice of car in Nova's series
I’m not active in there anymore, but was for years. I’ve owned 11 mustangs in my time and loved, well….most of them, Lol.
As far as Novas series, I’m in the AMG 🤔
I’m not active in there anymore, but was for years. I’ve owned 11 mustangs in my time and loved, well….most of them, Lol.
As far as Novas series, I’m in the AMG 🤔
11 Mustangs thats quite a bunch. I’m on my first and I’m pleased with it but I really want to get back to a Challenger 392 if they depreciate to a reasonable price. In the meantime I enjoy the beautful sound of the slow but reliable and simple 4.6 2V with a Borla catback.
I was a member earlier this yr, but wasn't able to participate due to schedule conflicts. I have more time available these days, would I be able to rejoin?
I was a member earlier this yr, but wasn't able to participate due to schedule conflicts. I have more time available these days, would I be able to rejoin?
Any driver who has raced in more than half of the Sunday night events available to them will be considered full time active for the following season. i.e. 1 of 1, 2 of 2, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, 3 of 4, or 4 of 4.
Any driver who has raced in half or less of the Sunday night events available to them will be considered part time active for the following season. i.e. 1 of 2, 1 of 3, 1 of 4, 2 of 4.
Any driver who does not participate in any Sunday night events for two full seasons or their first partial season and one full season will be moved to the inactive list.
Any driver who, during a monthly season, misses enough nights that they can not reach full time active status for the following month may be moved to part time active status mid-month.
Any part time active driver who races in the first three Sunday night events in a month will be moved to full time active status for the fourth race of the monthly season.
Any new driver who joins in the middle of a season will be considered full time active then evaluated using the above criteria for each subsequent season.
Any driver who is currently considered to be inactive may become active at any time by reading the first post in the main thread and following the directions to join.
*Note: Any driver that has been banned from SNAIL Sunday night racing, either by the stewards or by the BoD is not considered to be a member of SNAIL in any capacity.
In the event that any division reaches capacity on a Sunday night, full time active drivers will have priority over any other classification of driver for filling spots on the grid during Sunday night races. Part time active drivers will be listed in order of priority for racing on Sunday night. The drivers list is also the priority list from top to bottom.
This list will be ordered using the following criteria:
1. Most to least amount of points scored in the current season. If tied move on to
2. Most to least points scored in the previous season.
If a room reaches capacity and a part time driver in that division wishes to race, they may move up one division and race that night. That driver will be scored in the higher division for that night. Any points earned in the higher division will not transfer to the lower division but the driver will be credited with racing that night for the purpose of full or part time status.
With only one division, any drivers that are not able to enter the Division 1 lobby may form an additional lobby. This lobby will not be scored but those who participate will be credited for racing that night.
Bolded and underlined part in the above quoted post applies here. That process, even if modified for returning drivers, will not get you a spot for tonight's racing I'm afraid.
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.
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.
"Blue Moon Bay -
Infield All Layouts - The white line that extends into the oval portion of the course can be ignored as a track boundary. The yellow paint is considered to be the track boundary and you must keep two tires on or inside the white line when the yellow paint is present."
The last corner before the oval can also be a problem with keeping 2 tires in bounds.
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,llNovall, Akzl298 & Dragonwhisky
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.
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
For any and all, new and old, canalien or otherwise, this is what to look for if you're not friends with your lobby host or anyone else that might be in that lobby;
We had a great night in D1, started with 9 drivers with @socalnatv joining us right in time for the second combo. Also I'd like to welcome 3 new members in D1 @Fades_AC@hurbinator@bublyman I hope you had fun on your first SNAIL sunday night and looking forward to race with you guys again.
That combo really grew on me, I managed to almost break into the 1:31, thanks to @Oshawa-Joe 's tip of shifter a little bit earlier and I also tried getting out of more corners in 3rd, especially the one leading to the long back straight. I really was in the zone with this one. @Buffalo_DRD at it again with his original livery. That union jack on the roof was a fine detail.
Some may recognize my livery from a classic TV show about cars
This one also required to shift very early. You could even shift from 4th to 6th on the long back straight. I expected a much twitchier car as it was on RH but I was pleasantly surprised.
A PD track isn't a PD track if there are no tunnels or bridges or both.
Moving from Brands Hatch which is very narrow to Circuit de Sainte Croix, we took our ease there using the whole width of the track.
@DublDee Great track choice. Blue Moon bay may seem simple and a little boring when you run it alone but it takes a whole other dimension when racing in a pack. The oval's straight keep the field close with the slipstream and there are multiple passing opportunities.
@Nicktune and I battling it out. Another great fight as usual !
The Radical is another strange one. Powerband is 1500 to 5500. Im horrible at the track we used, so tested at one im very familiar with, Spa. Tested shifting at redline, 6500, 6000, and 5500. I was fastest shifting at 5500, 3.5 seconds quicker compared to redline. Was hoping someone can test as well.
3.5 seconds a lap is huge.
The Radical is another strange one. Powerband is 1500 to 5500. Im horrible at the track we used, so tested at one im very familiar with, Spa. Tested shifting at redline, 6500, 6000, and 5500. I was fastest shifting at 5500, 3.5 seconds quicker compared to redline. Was hoping someone can test as well.
3.5 seconds a lap is huge.
Used 3rd out of most corners, 4th in a few. My mindset was to be a gear higher than I would expect to be in. Unfortunately I'm so bad at whatever that track is called ( croissant?) that I can't say shifting at 5500 rpm and staying on 3rd and higher helped.
