Stelvio Pass for this week's car show pic. Played around with some drifting effects and brightened the picture with my phone. They're so dark when I first download them from the PS app! MPC race tonight! Then time to buckle down and get ready for Sunday. I'll see yall later.
Chat very quiet the last 24 hours. I'm reviving it.
From one monument (Notre-Dame last week) to another, I'm staying in Paris this week for my Car-Show entry and visiting the Eiffel Tower.
On December 15th, 1832, Gustave Eiffel was born in Dijon, France. He was a civil engineer best known for designing and building the Eiffel Tower in time for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris. Mr. Eiffel also worked on the Statue of Liberty. In fact, it was first assembled in his factory in Paris before being dismantled and shipped to the United States.
Other fun facts about the Eiffel tower: the structure was supposed to be a temporary one for the world expo but it was used by the radio stations as an antenna and they wanted to keep it. Also, keeping with the tradition of the french, they found it ugly at first and were complaining about it.
Stelvio Pass for this week's car show pic. Played around with some drifting effects and brightened the picture with my phone. They're so dark when I first download them from the PS app! MPC race tonight! Then time to buckle down and get ready for Sunday. I'll see yall later. View attachment 1412667
Stelvio Pass for this week's car show pic. Played around with some drifting effects and brightened the picture with my phone. They're so dark when I first download them from the PS app! MPC race tonight! Then time to buckle down and get ready for Sunday. I'll see yall later. View attachment 1412667
We've teamed up with Mihael Matika from Digit Racing to offer two lucky winners a free enrollment in the EDGE Masterclass racing course!
Whether you are new to sim racing or looking to refine your skills, this course offers a structured pathway to mastering Gran Turismo. From fundamental driving techniques to advanced racing strategies, you will learn how to navigate the complexities of the game, optimise your performance, and compete at the highest levels.
To be eligible for the drawings, one at the end of the January SNAIL racing season and one at the end of the February SNAIL racing season...
* Race in at least 75% of the January or February seasons.
Please note: Each individual is eligible to win only one prize during the 2 month promotion period.
Just a heads up for those of GT7 credit means, I am in the early stages of putting together a one-off fun event using some of the historic racing cars. No points, nothing but a fun time using some of the cars that see little use. Right now looking at using the Aston DB3S, Jaguar D-type, and Merc W196. While it is at this point too early to have many details worked out yet, I wanted to make mention as the Aston is currently on limited stock in the legends dealer, and the W196 is still available there as well. The plan is for any of the three cars to be eligible, so no need to collect them all; though they all have very unique handling characteristics and are a real pleasure to drive in VR.
Following up on my above post, I bumped the Holiday Event thread with the details. Click below for all the information. @Dragonwhisky and myself will have a practice room open this evening at 930PM for anyone to join. I will update when the room opens.
Following up on my above post, I bumped the Holiday Event thread with the details. Click below for all the information. @Dragonwhisky and myself will have a practice room open this evening at 930PM for anyone to join. I will update when the room opens.
Was invited to family birthday party for tomorrow evening. Might not make it back in time to help with replay uploading in D2. Good luck to all and have fun.
Was invited to family birthday party for tomorrow evening. Might not make it back in time to help with replay uploading in D2. Good luck to all and have fun.
May not be present tomorrow eve. Having friends over from out of town. It might be hit or miss for me over the Christmas period. Will try to jump in when I can.
We've teamed up with Mihael Matika from Digit Racing to offer two lucky winners a free enrollment in the EDGE Masterclass racing course!
Whether you are new to sim racing or looking to refine your skills, this course offers a structured pathway to mastering Gran Turismo. From fundamental driving techniques to advanced racing strategies, you will learn how to navigate the complexities of the game, optimise your performance, and compete at the highest levels.
To be eligible for the drawings, one at the end of the January SNAIL racing season and one at the end of the February SNAIL racing season...
* Race in at least 75% of the January or February seasons.
Please note: Each individual is eligible to win only one prize during the 2 month promotion period.
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.
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
