90s FIA GT season 2 complete! Season 3 coming soon...

What time and day would the races suit you?

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Unsure if I will be able to attend tomorrow, and if its a restart can I change car?
 
Yes, Series will RESTART TOMORROW (depending on entries)! That means everyone gets to start fresh with a new car or the same car they were using. Just for everyone's information, there are certain changes to some of the cars.

The Panoz Esperante gets a 5hp bump to 630hp, and the minimum weight is 1160kg or 1170kg if you want a better balance front to rear by placing that ballast at 50 position.

The Nissan GTR LM gets a 10kg weight increase to 1150kg minimum and power stays at 625hp.
 
Points are updated in the 2nd post guys! GT race still looks close! And with my ballast, GT1 should be closing up as well with Anthony and T-n-T joining in fresh with low weight.
 
Opening a room here in the next 10 minutes. I'll post the # and see how many show. We'll be racing at Fuji.
 
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INTRODUCTION

LOCATED in Japan, Fuji Speedway is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s and hosted the first Formula One race in Japan in 1976. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing. Originally managed by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Fuji Speedway was acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000. Fuji Speedway is known for having one of the longest straights in motorsport tracks, at 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in length!

RACE DETAILS

Qualifying will be ~20minutes in length and will start ~30 minutes after room open time (or until enough racers attend). Tire wear/fuel consumption will be on FAST setting only for qualifying. Race setting will be on Normal. You must start the race on the tire compound (soft or medium) you qualify with!

TIRE USAGE

Tire usage will be a key factor in this series with the two different compound choices. Strategies will come into play with the two tires providing different levels of grip and life. For Fuji, Prime tires are SOFTS. This means that you can only use MEDIUM tires for 40% of the race. That equals 22 laps MAX ON MEDIUM. A minimum stint is required of 11 laps per stint/tire, no upper limit to amount of laps on specific tire as long as you meet minimum distance of 11 laps per stint.

ROOM NUMBER

1472-6118-4216-8216-1741

RACE COMPLETE
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Since you're splitting the series into two days, I can finally make Monday races!!!
Since the C5.R, GTSR, and GTR LM are all taken... and if I raced in GT1 I'd use the McLaren F1 GTR... I'll take the Panoz Esperante GTR1, and continue my streak of using underrated cars. Btw, new PP update doesn't allow Panoz or Vette to get anywhere near 640pp.
WilliamsRCN92/W1NNER101/Mark Dvorak/Panoz Esperante/Monday
 
The PP system isn't a great indication of where the car is relative to the others. I'm glad you chose the Panoz though. I run it at 630hp 1171kg with ballast all the way to the rear. I was able to match the other cars in GTS class and even beat them.

BTW Monday series has been separate for a while, just restarted it last night. You're welcome to join in Sunday and Monday if you can make it. 👍
 
freshseth83
The PP system isn't a great indication of where the car is relative to the others. I'm glad you chose the Panoz though. I run it at 630hp 1171kg with ballast all the way to the rear. I was able to match the other cars in GTS class and even beat them.

BTW Monday series has been separate for a while, just restarted it last night. You're welcome to join in Sunday and Monday if you can make it. 👍
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I can only make every other Sunday @ the time you are starting your race.
Sunday @ 4, or Monday @ 7 are nice for me.
As for the ballast, I don't even touch it for AACC [Now ALMS: GT] and it STILL is as fast as the #51 Viper and Ford GT Test Car (The two fastest cars in the series).
I've even gotten that Corvette C5.R to compete with them (even though all Vettes are 20kg lighter, it is still quite the task to compete with the monsters in the ALMS: GT). I have a little trick up my sleeve to get those cars to turn...
 
You'll be fine, there's 11 rounds. Plus a good finish in the endurance events gives you a boost as they're worth double points.

As for the Panoz, you just have to set it up right. If you get it to turn in it can be as fast as the others here. It doesn't have a favorable weight balance so that's the hindrance to it. But it's better with a little ballast on the rear and some extra power to make up for that deficiency.
 
freshseth83
You'll be fine, there's 11 rounds. Plus a good finish in the endurance events gives you a boost as they're worth double points.

As for the Panoz, you just have to set it up right. If you get it to turn in it can be as fast as the others here. It doesn't have a favorable weight balance so that's the hindrance to it. But it's better with a little ballast on the rear and some extra power to make up for that deficiency.
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Interesting perspective, there's some truth to that for certain.
 
Also shall I suggest the SSR5 should be an endurance?
I like the idea of "The Longest Night In GT5"
 
The distance is already predetermined. Each race is pretty long, but only select rounds are labeled as 'endurance rounds'. Suzuka, Spa, LeSarthe and Indy being the only 4.
 
OFFICIAL FUJI RESULTS​


GT1 1. unrealanthony/ Nissan R390 GT1/ GT1 Pole Fastest lap 1:29.972 (LL) 30 points
GT1 2. freshseth83/ Mercedes Benz CLK-LM/ best 1:30.263 +8.541 (PG) 21 points
GTS 3. guto13/ Dodge Viper GTS-R/ GTS Pole Fastest lap 1:32.498 +1 lap (LL) 30 points
GTS 4. stupidstormy/ Honda NSX-R LM/ best 1:33.896 +1 lap (PG) 21 points
GTS 5. skeletor27/ Chevy Corvette C5.R/ best 1:33.886 +1 lap 18 points
GT1 6. T-n-T-2000/ Nissan R390 GT1/ best 1:31.187/ +17 laps 18 points
GTS 7. ADRFreak/ Chevy Corvette C5.R/ best 1:32.935/ (DNF 17 laps) 15 points
GTS 8. LlydNHrry/ Nissan GTR Prototype LM/ best 1:35.182/ (DNF 14 laps) 13 points
GTS 9. coastiewannabe/ Dodge Viper GTS-R/ best 1:38.694/ (DNF 10 laps) 11 points
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Guto will get ballast, you won't ;) Your fastest lap wasn't too far off of his, and if you got to finish the race you could have led the most laps or set the fastest lap. Remember those things count towards bonus points.
 
freshseth83
Guto will get ballast, you won't ;) Your fastest lap wasn't too far off of his, and if you got to finish the race you could have led the most laps or set the fastest lap. Remember those things count towards bonus points.
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Time will tell.
 
The Viper is a really good car. I think it's limits are reached easier than many of the others, but not all. The other cars I made a little bit faster on the straights, but the Viper is still really quick. The NSX I think is the hardest car to get as fast as the others. But it's really lightweight so it has really good braking. And since it's MR it'll be better suited in tracks like SSR5 and Suzuka.
 
I Am Yellow
I'm sure you (and everyone else) will get me, I won't race at Spa for sure.
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Doesn't give me security if you miss Spa, that's one of the 3 tracks that I am awful at.
(Other two are Daytona and Deep Forest)
 
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You'll be fine. Just test your car and get comfortable with it. If you're not comfortable in a car there's no reason to use it. Some may be faster than others, but if you don't drive well in it there's no use in driving it! I think the Panoz is a tough car to get right, but once you do it's really fast. Especially on the straights.
 
freshseth83
You'll be fine. Just test your car and get comfortable with it. If you're not comfortable in a car there's no reason to use it. Some may be faster than others, but if you don't drive well in it there's no use in driving it! I think the Panoz is a tough car to get right, but once you do it's really fast. Especially on the straights.
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When balanced for straightaway speed, the Panoz has the 3rd lowest hp next to the Ford GT and Chaparral 2D when counting American cars only. Then, with C5R getting much better accel, it whips Panoz at Laguna Seca. I make Panoz at same hp as C5.R and it has no problem keeping up, even being 20kg heavier and no ballast positioning on it. I'm pretty sure I'll be OK with the car. Not to mention that this car will probably take off at Le Mans... unless that Viper has something to say about it.

The most interesting car in the series (there always is one, Camaro LM for mine) is the Nissan GTR LM. I swear after fiddling around with that car a little bit I found that it has the most opaque handling physics in the game. No straightaway speed, and a RWD that handles like a 4WD mid corner, but comes out of it like a RWD is tough to tame. I feel bad for anyone that has to drive this car at Le Mans.

In conclusion, the Gran Turismo Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car is the X1 of the GT class and must be regulated heavily or banned at all costs, the Panoz is a homologation model in the end of all of this (I WISH IT WASN'T 1150KG! TG FOR GT3!), and I am the largest hypocrite in the world.

We live in a special time zone, called the relativistic time zone.
We are exactly -5"14'32.302 GMT (or for short: -5 GMT)

Thank you for showing concern,
Devon Williams "The Driver"
Mark Dvorak: "The Jack of All Trades"
Noved Rowler "Dr. 🤬"
Jamaal Tabor "Six foot six and still pathetic"
Tyson Weston "I live to 🤬, I drive to win."
and the rest of the members on "the crew"
 
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Well then that's good for you! If you're that fast in the Panoz you'll be challenging for the win! While that may be your experience, the drivers in this series and my own experience- the Panoz isn't as good as the Viper or the Vette around the tighter tracks. The Viper for one has a 47/53 weight balance. That lets it corner a lot easier. The Vette isn't as good as that, but it's balance is better (less front heavy) than the Panoz. We also don't run upgrades on our cars and they're all stock unless specified (the Jaguar and NSX run turbo upgrades) so that could be another difference. As for the GTR, I have a pretty good setup on it, it may be the slowest on the straights, but it's the best in the corners. The Ford GT and Camaro LM aren't in this series.
 
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