B-Spec Grinder 2.5.2: Automate Remote Races

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when I try to do a remote race using the B-Spec Grinder, it just goes through the process: [Reserving drivers --> loading race events --> Starting race --> Race ended] over and over again, and no races go on :grumpy: also, what does the question mark next to names mean and does that keep me from using that users drivers? please quote with reply :D

also, if someone wouldnt mind explaining the different settings etc you can choose and what is the best?

Thanks in advance!


-SlienthawkXIX
 
Roush_fan_99
@MikaelK thanks

does the widget run while the computer is in sleep mode?
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No. CPU and HDD need to be on all the time.
You can put the Display to sleep only..
On lap tops most have a display sleep when lid closed.
Hibernation and sleep mode timers need to be disabled...
 
I monitor the remote race from distance through the web, having the PS3 and widget running at home.

It is the first time that the race seems to be stuck.
When I go to the life race, it keeps stating a race is going on, but since this morning it seems to be the same race, with same participants in the same order and on the same round.

Have to go home and kill the game on PS3 I fear.
 
@ SilentHawk

[Reserving drivers --> loading race events --> Starting race --> Race ended]

is typical when you don't have free pilot. In my experience.
 
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SilenthawkXIX
when I try to do a remote race using the B-Spec Grinder, it just goes through the process: [Reserving drivers --> loading race events --> Starting race --> Race ended] over and over again, and no races go on :grumpy: also, what does the question mark next to names mean and does that keep me from using that users drivers? please quote with reply :D

also, if someone wouldnt mind explaining the different settings etc you can choose and what is the best?

Thanks in advance!


-SlienthawkXIX
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I get that a lot and I've found out that, if I put the PS3 in server, then click remote race on gran-turismo.com, start a race from it (on the website) then start the grinder, it works. It use to be easier, now, I need to be crafty.
 
I'm using a older version I assume because when I right click I do not have all the option the video shows. It works fie however I would like to upgrade. Is there anyway I can upgrade in app without having to to this page and re-download the newest one?
 
Vince_Fiero
I monitor the remote race from distance through the web, having the PS3 and widget running at home.

It is the first time that the race seems to be stuck.
When I go to the life race, it keeps stating a race is going on, but since this morning it seems to be the same race, with same participants in the same order and on the same round.

Have to go home and kill the game on PS3 I fear.
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Likely. Before you remote race, be sure to reboot your internet connection, and clear the system cache, as well as disable custom music. Should fix everything.
 
Ben78
I get that a lot and I've found out that, if I put the PS3 in server, then click remote race on gran-turismo.com, start a race from it (on the website) then start the grinder, it works. It use to be easier, now, I need to be crafty.
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aren't you just using the website than and not the widget at all really?
 
shmogt
aren't you just using the website than and not the widget at all really?
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I think he meant just starting the first race using the website, and then let the widget take over. This solved some issues for me in the past as well, not sure how reliable a method it is, though.
 
doctorrg
I think he meant just starting the first race using the website, and then let the widget take over. This solved some issues for me in the past as well, not sure how reliable a method it is, though.
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Not sure, if simultaneously login from the widget and on the website will have a negative impact on the grinder now...
Last night, while away on holiday, I logged in on the website, to see how/if the remote races was still running... (having a pc running with the widget at home) And it was...
But at the end of that race, a new race didn't start by it self.
I then started one race manually on the website, and then connected to the Pc running the widget... The widget was then reporting "verification error"... I then 're-authenticate'd and the widget again resumed controlling the races..
So maybe several logins to the gran-turismo servers, now leads to 'logout' of the first session...?
Maybe some auth-mechanisms has been changed at the gt/psn-servers....?
 
MikaelK
Not sure, if simultaneously login from the widget and on the website will have a negative impact on the grinder now...
Last night, while away on holiday, I logged in on the website, to see how/if the remote races was still running... (having a pc running with the widget at home) And it was...
But at the end of that race, a new race didn't start by it self.
I then started one race manually on the website, and then connected to the Pc running the widget... The widget was then reporting "verification error"... I then 're-authenticate'd and the widget again resumed controlling the races..
So maybe several logins to the gran-turismo servers, now leads to 'logout' of the first session...?
Maybe some auth-mechanisms has been changed at the gt/psn-servers....?
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Could have been coincidence. I've been logged in with the widget and the website in the browser many times, actually am right now, and I've never come across such an issue.
 
doctorrg
Could have been coincidence. I've been logged in with the widget and the website in the browser many times, actually am right now, and I've never come across such an issue.
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Yes, a coincidence. I'm always logged on via the browser and the widget. :)
 
Brilliant Widget, really helping my cash situation and drivers levels!

But...... I have been using it for a while now however recently (about a week or so) I have had an isue with the UK servers. Whenever I log in the widget just says 'Temporary Server Issue' every time.

Problem solved by changing to the US servers, but still an annoying issue all the same. I expect it is the servers causing the problem not the widget.

So, if anyone else has this issue, change your county to US and everything is back to grinding nomality.
 
@ doctorrg and frason

Thank you for clearing that up.. 👍

Then I won't hesitate to check the status via the website..
 
DaveAlliance
Brilliant Widget, really helping my cash situation and drivers levels!

But...... I have been using it for a while now however recently (about a week or so) I have had an isue with the UK servers. Whenever I log in the widget just says 'Temporary Server Issue' every time.

Problem solved by changing to the US servers, but still an annoying issue all the same. I expect it is the servers causing the problem not the widget.

So, if anyone else has this issue, change your county to US and everything is back to grinding nomality.
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Same problem here with german and french servers (didn't try every single european server). Switching to US solved the problem.
 
Roush_fan_99
So if everyone can use US servers, what's the point of having others?
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It is a matter of response-time and workload-balancing...

The servers local to you will answer more quickly, alone due to the fact of a shorter 'round-trip'-time on the internet...
And if all the Gran-turismo users in the world was going to use exact same server (US) this server(array) would quickly be overloaded.
Also remember that the 'gran-turismo' website is just a sub-site on Sony's PSN-services, so the regional servers to host the site is already in place...
 
MikaelK
It is a matter of response-time and workload-balancing...

The servers local to you will answer more quickly, alone due to the fact of a shorter 'round-trip'-time on the internet...
And if all the Gran-turismo users in the world was going to use exact same server (US) this server(array) would quickly be overloaded.
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Thats what happens in the ideal word, in most sites cases the USA hosted site remains allways faster as the US has proper High speed infrastructura in place for high volume.
The delays caused buy bottle necks in the EU internet mean connections to servers are constantly slow if hosted in EU not the Server host failure but a third party Internet company thats part of the internet link.
just a little example
UK - France 500ms
UK - Amsterdam 40ms
UK - US California 200ms
Just an example....
 
GraphiteGB
Thats what happens in the ideal word, in most sites cases the USA hosted site remains allways faster as the US has proper High speed infrastructura in place for high volume.
The delays caused buy bottle necks in the EU internet mean connections to servers are constantly slow if hosted in EU not the Server host failure but a third party Internet company thats part of the internet link.
just a little example
UK - France 500ms
UK - Amsterdam 40ms
UK - US California 200ms
Just an example....
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I am sorry for going off topic here...

@ GraphiteGB:
It is a bit bold to claim, that access to a server hosted in EU are constantly slow (from UK), compared to a US-hosted server, and then claim it to be caused by "third-party internet companies" taking part of the internet links within EU..
If any, it is your local ISP that use some very poor interconnects-routes to some part of Europe...

By those examples you list, you generalize a whole country (France) by one(?!) ping to an un-named host... And ignoring that Amsterdam gives you an answer 5 times faster than the US-server.
Do you know, as a fact, that the tested french host is actually placed in France, and not in a former USSR-country or even in China?

By pure physics of the latency across the length of the link, you should experience a RTT (Round Trip Time) around 20-40ms from UK to Western Europe (Belgium, Germany, France etc.), and around 100-150ms to eastern US....

To Russia, from the UK, RTT of 250ms are to be expected, and to China tests has shown that a RTT around 350-400ms are not un-common...
Those later are more determined by bottlenecks in interconnects rather than the physical length of the links, and that can be influenced by the actual route used for the connection...
 
MikaelK
I am sorry for going off topic here...

@ GraphiteGB:
It is a bit bold to claim, that access to a server hosted in EU are constantly slow (from UK), compared to a US-hosted server, and then claim it to be caused by "third-party internet companies" taking part of the internet links within EU..
If any, it is your local ISP that use some very poor interconnects-routes to some part of Europe...

By those examples you list, you generalize a whole country (France) by one(?!) ping to an un-named host... And ignoring that Amsterdam gives you an answer 5 times faster than the US-server.
Do you know, as a fact, that the tested french host is actually placed in France, and not in a former USSR-country or even in China?

By pure physics of the latency across the length of the link, you should experience a RTT (Round Trip Time) around 20-40ms from UK to Western Europe (Belgium, Germany, France etc.), and around 100-150ms to eastern US....

To Russia, from the UK, RTT of 250ms are to be expected, and to China tests has shown that a RTT around 350-400ms are not un-common...
Those later are more determined by bottlenecks in interconnects rather than the physical length of the links, and that can be influenced by the actual route used for the connection...
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I actually played with this a bit. It was brought on by the US Servers were toast. I used the widget and found the fastest, by quite a bit, was setting country in the widget to Japan. Funny- the total earnings showed in something other than US Dollars, probably Yen, don't know. But went back to US when it was up. dunno why.
My disk seemed to get some errors now. GT5 was locked up and when I rebooted Ps3 it doesnt recognize the GT5 disk. Other games and movies are fine. I'm borrowing a disk to try and see if mine is toast in a couple days.. grrrr.... I want my GT5!
lol

PSN: gearloos
 

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