Boosted Endurance -- Next race is GT300! 1/23

[Nicktune]

then gained 30 seconds on lap 4. Maybe Nic crashed?

I did.
(Boost)If i remember, Kaz said that it was a mix of both traction & power...more for the guys in the back and less for those in front.The game was choking my car a lot with 1min ahead!The car feels like - 65hp+ CS when I was in front vs in the back.

 

[diabolicwyvern]

However...in the front u dont have to worry about passing on that track. I think if there was no fear of damage we would catch him sooner. I look forward to the next race

Ps. my new phone is awesome. I spoke and it typed this!

 

[chuyler1]

iPhone4s?

Make sure you install the GTP app. It works very well for keeping track of subscribed threads, PMs, and latest news. One of the better forum apps I've encountered.

 

[dabneyd]

iPhone4s?

Make sure you install the GTP app. It works very well for keeping track of subscribed threads, PMs, and latest news. One of the better forum apps I've encountered.

Android or iOS, the GTP app is nice.

 

[k_riens]

Yes, the android app kicks behind too.

 

[chuyler1]

I've got an iPhone4 (not the S). I picked it up cheap before Xmas when they were pushing the 4S. I held out for a while with getting a new phone so I had a credit on my account. It's good enough for me.

 

[Vol Jbolaz]

I'm currently on an iPhone 3G. I'm sorry, but I'm moving to Droid. I'm just trying to decide when and which one. My wife got the Charge in November. The 4G speeds are faster than our cable broadband, TWC.

Since we live in Durham county, we are restricted, by legal contract, to TWC or Frontier Wireless for home internet. No one else is allowed to even consider entering the market.

 

[dabneyd]

I'm currently on an iPhone 3G. I'm sorry, but I'm moving to Droid. I'm just trying to decide when and which one.

Galaxy Nexus.

 

[chuyler1]

My wife got the newest HTC model when I got the iPhone. She leaves it turned off of 4G though. 3G is fast enough for almost everything except large file downloads. My phone occasionally loses WiFi in the house and I don't even notice...but then again, I'm not streaming video or pandora 24/7 so I guess I'm not exactly the market for 4G.

We were playing words with friends non stop one evening while watching TV. Her phone burns through the battery super fast while my iPhone will last all day, even with playing WWF and cruising the internet via Wifi. Aside from that, it's really just a matter of personal preference. There is more value with the Droid (more memory, faster speed, lower price) but the iPhone value is in the interface. Droid is close, but apple spends a lot of R&D to make sure your experience is unhindered by the software.

 

[dabneyd]

Droid is close, but apple spends a lot of money to make sure your experience is exactly the way they think it should be.

The guard at the gates to the "walled garden" is busy.

 

[k_riens]

But I was able to buy a phone that suits my needs, not what Apple tells me I need.

 

[diabolicwyvern]

Galaxy S2 epic 4g touch

 

[dabneyd]

So, a few ideas for next week. Wagons. Roadsters. Tuner cars @500PP. Maybe at Fuji? We haven't run it in a while.

 

[chuyler1]

I thought ppl wanted to do muscle cars at Daytona RC?

 

[dabneyd]

Ok, so they are ideas for the week after that.

 

[k_riens]

I mentioned muscle cars without ABS at Daytona Road Course in passing last week because I thought it would be a challenge. After last week, I don't know if I want a challenge.

 

[chuyler1]

Lol, I like the idea of no abs. I haven't tried it yet.

 

[chuyler1]

Ok, tonight we'll do muscle cars. Assuming the game doesn't start dumping racers. Not sure whether we should do Sport Hard or Sport Soft tires...I'll run a few laps and decide...but it will probably be sport soft. ABS will be off.

 

[spooble]

Re: Title... today is 1/16. Not sure if I can make it tonight, but I'll try.

 

[chuyler1]

Whoops, my bad. 1/16 is the date.

 

[polizei]

is there still room for one more?

 

[Nicktune]

If its like the other week,we should have 10 spot left. XD

 

[polizei]

actually, i'm not sure if i will make it. Daytona Road course is one of my least favorite tracks/ slowest tracks.

 

[chuyler1]

That's why boost is on

 

[k_riens]

Boost does help in races like this.

 

[chuyler1]

Private lobby open.

 

[spooble]

How'd it go? I had a honey-do list to get things ready for our cruise, so couldn't make it. But I turned off ABS on an R8 at Spa last week just to try it out and it was ugly! It was pretty easy to "feel" when you brake too hard, but I'm so used to just smashing my foot down I was locking it up at all of the hard braking zones. I think with a little practice and some brake bias tuning it wouldn't be so bad.

 

[chuyler1]

It was just Nic and k_reins that made it into the lobby before the update. We ran 5 laps at Daytona and another 5 laps at Monza before calling it a night.

This was the first time I'd spent more than 5 minutes with ABS off. I kind of like the challenge. First off, you have to lower the brake balance. Nic was running 1/0 but I had mine at 3/1. When weight transfers forward its just too easy to lock up the rear wheels and too difficult to feel the threshold using default 5/5 settings. Second, you need to spend more time with the LSD decel setting. It made a world of a difference with braking control into turn 1 of Daytona. I usually run 10-15 decel on my SS 450 cars but I think I settled on 25-35 last night in the Superbird. Finally, trailbraking was off the table (for me at least). I did all my braking prior to turn in. If I was still on the brakes while turning the car would drift around the corner and burn up half the tires in the process.

 

[mcsimfan]

I had a big honey do list that carried over to last night so I couldn't get online to race before the maintenance window.

Anyone planning to be online for some racing tonight? I am still putting together some 450PP cars and want to start trying some of them out.

 

[chuyler1]

I'm running Lemons tonight. Garris is hosting. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=235535

There is probably room for more. You just need a 350pp car. Tuning is restricted to pp-based parts (no suspensions,LSDs,transmissions, etc).