Autobacs Super GT Season 2 | Polling is Now Closed!!!

[joetruckv8]

Well whomever did show up I assume has a good top mph # in a draft with their possible lowest downforce which make this place a good test session for races like Monza, Le mans, Indy, Fuji and so on!

 

[RodeRuner1967]

Well whomever did show up I assume has a good top mph # in a draft with their possible lowest downforce which make this place a good test session for races like Monza, Le mans, Indy, Fuji and so on!

I definately have some good numbers for us Joe. 👍

 

[ZachAK47]

Ill put up the results tomorrow. Been busy today

 

[freshseth83]

I know I was running 1:44s on mediums. But I kept downforce pretty high.

 

[joetruckv8]

SSR5 Up Next 1st time event here! 👍

 

[joetruckv8]

Important news pm going out tomorrow night pst to all drivers currently registered for Autobacs Super GT that has to do with this upcoming seasons calender. Every driver registered is involved and has the dynamics of fixing 2 major debates about our past series calender and tires in 1 shot. Plz check your pm's no later than Tuesday morning for all times zones, thank you!!!​

~Points Update coming in tomorrow with the Monday Op Service as usual!

 

[freshseth83]

I love SSR5. I hope to challenge there.

 

[joetruckv8]

I love SSR5. I hope to challenge there.

Its better in rev, sorry I couldn't help myself there! 👍

 

[freshseth83]

Either layout for me.

 

[ZachAK47]

Just occurred to me, that's it for me I can't race the next 2 races lol.

SSR5 will be during Le Mans. Which ill be watching.

Spa will be when I'm at Silverstone lol.

So ill see you guys for season 1

 

[freshseth83]

I just realised that as well. I'm not going to miss LeMans.

 

[ZachAK47]

Incase of connection problems ill still have my lounge setup for each weeks race though. So feel free to use it

 

[joetruckv8]

Wow this could be a tuff one comingup then I'm 50, 50 on making it myself because my daugther will be here this weekend which is also going to limit my Le Mans coverage at the same time. We'll need some of the other Stewards to take control this weekend for if you guys can plz?!

 

[ZachAK47]

Wow this could be a tuff one comingup then I'm 50, 50 on making it myself because my daugther will be here this weekend which is also going to limit my Le Mans coverage at the same time. We'll need some of the other Stewards to take control this weekend for if you guys can plz?!

I can't imagine turnout being that high if I'm honest because of Le Mans lol.

I imagine Willfred will be watching Le Mans, so that leaves TNT / Skeng to run things

 

[SkengD]

We could just take a break

 

[joetruckv8]

We could just take a break

Works for me,. We would have to either drop 1 round or start the full season a week later?!



Important News:
~Pm's have been sent out drivers enjoy!👍

 

[freshseth83]

I pm'ed you my track list. Theres a few tracks overlooked that would be great.

 

[joetruckv8]

I pm'ed you my track list. There's

Thankz sethy! 👍

after Zach's LM24 talk I just hammer out tons of Le Mans promo's on Youtube and we can get into the LM24 discussion tread going on here leading up to the race imo'

 

[RodeRuner1967]

Are we racing this weekend?

 

[SkengD]

Think it might be best to postpone this weeks race

 

[Willfred_1]

yes i'm watching the drive 25 hrs of lemans as well as radio lemans

my selection these are highly underrated tracks imho
any of the kart space
Chamonix East (Weather)
Chamonix West (Weather)
Chamonix Mini (Weather)
any of the eigers
with or without weather
autumn ring mini
london
madrid mini
these are all highly suitable for high powered cars on mediums or hards*






































*comfort only
please note this is not my final list just a teaser

 

[joetruckv8]

Some of you guys are suppose to submit only 1 track each with 2 sets of different racing compounds for that 1 track. I'm not sure how this got all confused I thought I worded myself pretty clearly. Ill go look at my passage again for clearity on what I mean and what I wrote. I must of got It wrong because not 1 person early on actullay sent me 1 normal track with 2 sets of normal race tires instad I got track lists. And once again we have exposed loop holes to the track list. I forgot to mention also no Eiger or other autocross track like charomix are whoever its spelled, lol. I have some other pm's that came in so ill check those and see I received more track lists instead of 1 track from 12 drivers to making up a 12 round grid!

Also I think post poning this weekend is a great idea btw!,...


Revising track limits and will post here tonight after work. Racing Compounds only!

 

[Willfred_1]

You guys are suppose to submit only 1 track each with 2 sets of different racing compounds for that 1 track. I'm not sure how this got all confused I thought I worded myself pretty clearly. Ill go look at my passage again for clearity on what I mean and what I wrote. I must of got It wrong because not 1 person early on actullay sent me 1 normal track with 2 sets of normal race tires instad I got track lists. And once again we have exposed loop holes to the track list. I forgot to mention also no Eiger or other autocross track like charomix are whoever its spelled, lol. I have some other pm's that came in so ill check those and see I received more track lists instead of 1 track from 12 drivers to making up a 12 round grid!

Also I think post poning this weekend is a great idea btw!,...


Revising track limits and will post here tonight after work. Racing Compounds only!

mine was a joke i have two tracks in mind but i would prefer to put it to a vote

 

[joetruckv8]

I hate to break your heart but your tracks are too short in distance my friend. I created the track limits without powering up my GT5 big mistake on my part but we will have a new too long and too short track limit.

 

[phil bell]

I can't imagine turnout being that high if I'm honest because of Le Mans lol.

I imagine Willfred will be watching Le Mans, so that leaves TNT / Skeng to run things

Where are you guys watching Lemans? Any live streams of the race? Saw it last year but can't rmb now.

 

[gippone]

Where are you guys watching Lemans? Any live streams of the race? Saw it last year but can't rmb now.

Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2 HD

 

[Willfred_1]

drive the youtube channel is doing a livestream

 

[freshseth83]

Well, I prefer racing mediums and softs as these cars irl have very high grip tires. Theres a story online about Team Goh trying to run the Maserati MC12 GT1 car in Super GT 500 class in 2006. They explain the superior grip tires from this series compared to FIA GT1. They gained almost 3 seconds at Vallalunga with the GT500's tires and full width rear wing

Team Goh Maserati Progress-
With the Super GT season starting in just two weeks’ time, pre-season testing is in full swing.

The preparations for the introduction of Maserati to the domestic ranks have presented the opportunity for some fascinating comparisons between the MC12 and the leading GT1 racer from an ever so slightly earlier era.

Whilst the Team Goh MC12 tested only on the longer configuration of the Vallelunga circuit before being shipped out to Japan, circuit sources were prompted to recall some interesting statistics.

With the original MC12 being prepared to hit the tracks in 2004, Mika Salo produced a best lap of 69 seconds on the short circuit at Vallelunga. That compared very favourably indeed to the best time set back in 1998 by a Mercedes CLK-GTR, with 1999 updates, pedalled by Mark Webber, who set a best of 68 seconds in a car rightly regarded way back then as the cream of the GT1 crop. Remember of course that in 1998 terms the MC12 is a GT2 machine!

There is a similarly interesting comparison to be made between the Super GT spec car being shaken down for Team Goh on the long circuit and the FIA GT spec car when it tested on the same track configuration.

The FIA car with Pirelli rubber and the narrower wing set a best of 1:30.9, while the Team Goh-run Super GT spec. car, on Bridgestone rubber, set a best time an astonishing 2.8 seconds faster.

That's a telling difference, but it is unlikely to be enough for the big Maserati to trouble the factory backed Nissan, Honda and Lexus cars in GT500.

Kazumichi Goh had set the team a target of being a full 5 seconds faster than the FIA spec car if they were to take the fight to their Japanese competition, and there is still work to be done in order to close the gap.

The first Suzuka test with the Goh car saw that point of view very firmly endorsed, Seiji Ara posting a best effort of 1:55 in the Maserati, which compares unfavourably to the best posted by a team running one of the Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 racers - with a 1:52.4.

Perhaps more ominously still, sources suggest that a new spec. Honda NSX has posted a lap in an astonishing 1:51.6. Putting that in perspective it matches the pole time set by the Team Goh Audi R8 at the Suzuka 1000kms in 2001!

The pace of improvement in the GT500 cars is remarkable: the leading cars are now 2-3 seconds per lap faster than 4-5 years ago.

Mr Goh though is not downhearted: "I think we can find most of the difference. There is a little bit of work that can be done on aero with the rear gurney and a deck gurney and by modifying the dive planes a little. What we do have though is a very good car in the rain."

You can see just how fast these cars really are. Even matching times of an Audi R8 LMP1 that weighs 900kg vs GT500's 1100kg and ran about 100hp more. And that was back in 2006! GT6 better correct the way these cars drive and how much more downforce they create.

 

[joetruckv8]

Ok fellas we are offically post poning this weeks 3rd round SSR5 race to next week. Our Full Season will start roughly July 6th with the 1st round being our champions created track and the remainder 11 rounds being the calender we all are contributing too in the end.

 

[ZachAK47]

Ok fellas we are offically post poning this weeks 3rd round SSR5 race to next week. Our Full Season will start roughly July 6th with the 1st round being our champions created track and the remainder 11 rounds being the calender we all are contributing too in the end.

Post poning this round means we don't finish till July 6th lol, earliest race would be July 13th .

Also you will need to start the op maybe next week to try and gain interest for the 12 round series in time for the opener