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[Gastrobotic]

Sorry guys...

Season 3 has been terminated.

I have completely lost patience for this "simulator" and will not be starting this any time soon.
Too many network issues, bad physics and other reasons.

I spent a lot of time working on a formula for this season only to be told just before launch
that adding weight to the GT300 cars actually increases their performance.
That has screwed everything i have been working on.
Funny really, because in real life - the GT300 series actually add weight as the series progresses. Not this case in this "true to life" simulator.
Read the write ups on the GT300 cars in GT6, it even tells you about the weight, yet when you try to replicate this, major failure....

Weight penalties for podium finishes and poor driving penalties were a massive part of this season and I will not be starting over again.

Polyphony Digital have lost yet another devoted supporter (myself) due to, well, just a poor
addition to the GT franchise (GT6). (I can't believe I lasted this long TBH)

Way to much focus has been put on the Vision cars. The latest SRT addition is completely crazy, not realistic at all.

Polyphony Digital - if you are reading this, screw you...
I paid a premium for this game just to be left feeling disappointed, something i have not felt in the history of GT - and i have been on the journey since the start when GT1 was released.

More than 18 months on after GT6 was released and still no track builder. I am tired of something that is meant to be fun - feeling like an unrealistic excuse for "this is the only racing sim that i own" - so i dealt with it.

Up yours... I have waited far too long than i should have and put up with all the bugs and crap that comes with this game/simulator.

Too many updates that are not needed (vision cars), bugs, crashes, Hard drive space, blah blah blah... and the list goes on.

Thanks to everyone who raced in the previous 2 seasons, it was fun while it lasted.
Great bunch of guys and racers. See you on the other side.

Some of you may know by now that I will be signing up to iRacing soon....
Let me make this very clear, this is not the reason I am saying goodbye to GT6, I am saying goodbye to it for competition because it is rubbish for consistency. I am also tired of hearing other people complain about it.

I will see out the rest of Slotrunner's season in the group C cars and then that is the end for me.

Cheers, Gastro.

 

[Terry Smith]

Hey Gastro

The series is starting to take shape & cant wait for round one to start.


Are you running all makes of cars????

Any tyre compound change required?

I hope the mandatory pit stops are set to - Min 1.

As for the rest of the rules so far, I feel there is some underlying issue relating to how drivers choose to pass another racer both during the previous series or other events you have participated in over the last months etc.
Trying to catch them out / fix this issue using the penalties system you are looking to employ will require a lot of work for you each week & engage a lot of personalities / emotions during the process to resolve what could be called "a racing incident".

If you use the GT 6 penalties system (although sometimes inconsistent) it levels the field & stops people cutting corners, taking short cuts, bumping into other racers etc the matter is dealt with on the track (that's it cop it on the chin, its happened get on with it) not spend a week in the stewards room arguing the case....

Over the past month a number of us regular GT6 drivers inc (meggs 1 ,slotrunner, fullgas, barberphil, vetranpp, no socks, ss monaro, always a gamer, & even yourself) have tested every available car / drive type on a large variety of tracks using 543 hp & 1175 kg which gave them all equal power to weight ratio (having the power to weight ratio equal goes a long way to having the cars as even as possible, the rest is up to the drivers)
The result found them to be very equal in lap times over a good cross section of tracks / drivers.
The way your heading could exclude some cars???

Anyhow, keep up the good work hope some of these inputs can be be taken into consideration

Meggs

 

[Gastrobotic]

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[XR6_Racer]

Jeez.. I take a sabbatical and it all goes to 🤬! Sorry to hear that G. I figured it was coming sooner or later. Have fun with iRacing. Anyone staying on GT6 like me ? I'll catch up with ya. Sorry for my absence... got caught up in the real world !

 

[Gastrobotic]

I may still race on it from time to time bit as for comp and running it i am done...

And just for the record, your absence had nothing to do with it mate lol

 

[Ryzza5]

Yeah, while not going too technical I haven't connected the PS3 in months for much the same reasons Gastro. Not sure why GTP suddenly decided to send me an email bump on the other thread after loads of nothing.

It'll be interesting to see what's cooking for GT7 but I will be much more wary this time around.

RaceOnOz forums are still running AU/NZ GT6 leagues as well as a bit of pCARS (PS4) and Assetto Corsa (PC) at the moment for any who are interested. I keep telling myself that I'll have another go on iRacing one day but stuff keeps getting in the way.

 

[Gastrobotic]

Because that was the season 2 page, thats why you were notified. This page only became live tonight as this was meant to be the S3 page.

Once i get a pc running i may explore some other racing sims. I dont plan on investing anything on gt7 after this gt6 disaster... my wheel wont work on ps4 and i am not buying another console or wheel just because gt7 is coming out.

Anyone playing GTA5 ?
Lets shoot some ****... i feel like shooting some **** lol

 

[Ryzza5]

Yes, I was notified about the S2 thread tonight for the first time in months.

 

[XR6_Racer]

Hey guys ! Did you see my message above:

Jeez.. I take a sabbatical and it all goes to 🤬!

I didn't know the site was so closely monitored (in fact, I didn't think it was monitored at all), but even so I left the vowel out of the four letter word for excrement, just to be nice.
Then thismorning I get an email from the admin, warning me that I tripped the swear filter bypass warning, that this practice of bypassing the swear filter is illegal and that I now have points accrued against my name. If my points get to 30, I'm kicked off GTP !
Big Brother is watching. And, apparently, from Scotland.
He may take my right to curse, but he will never take my
FREEDOM !!!

 

[Gastrobotic]

Can we use acronyms? Like e.a.d. ?

 

[Gastrobotic]

Yes!!! Yes we can lol

 

[Ryzza5]

That's pretty standard practice on all big forums, XR.

 

[velly]

Same network issue has killed another series. this is why I stopped GT6 as we had so many good races killed by DC's or wild lag
I am sure once you get your PC G-man you will have lots of fun, P-cars is like GT6 for the fun side of things.
I havent spent much time on AC.
I think you all know I love iracing but with way too much time away from my pc I have had to go back to basics learning to be consistent.

 

[velly]

You will understand this image once you start iracing.

 

[Ryzza5]

Or if you are like me...

 

[velly]

very good fella!