[ENDURANCE][GT300]SEASON FINALE: Motegi 40 Laps-March 10th *2 spots free*Finished

[gippone]

It was a great race! Always loved Le Mans even when I'm not trained for it... What I felt with the new game is that now I can have a good grip with intermediates and wet tyres (for me with GT5 was always a mess to play in rain condition...) although you have to be careful to accelerate and brake in full wet conditions. Regarding tyres, when Skeng hitted me at the end of Indianapolis corner and I lost my lead I thought of keep the full wets and wait to put RS. I did it when rain dropped under 40% but just outside of pitlane I spinned like hell, but then I noticed that on the correct trajectory there was grip actually for RS... only outside there was spray (I did notice this when following Skeng) and indeed because of this once I came long for braking at Indianapolis corner I spinned because I braked outside the correct line that you're supposed to do so. That is quite interesting but It's too bad that in the game you cannot see the good trajectory drying... also I can confirm that in the pit line entry you have to be extra careful when the car begins to be autopiloted because if you keep the gas pressed is going to react like you press the enter button and so you will not be able to change settings. Be careful to leave the gas just a fraction of second before autopilot! Test the pit entry guys! I hope to post some pictures if I have time!

Regarding Silverstone, will be difficult for me because I don't really know the track in the new configuration as good as Le Mans or Monza and frequently I brake too early or too late! But I will keep training when I can to being able to make a podium finish hopefully

 

[hognhominy]

Did anyone else get the replay, i want to see what it was like for you guys that started down the grid in all that spray. anyone ?

@start

@Dunlop

Entering Tertre Rouge

On Mulsanne Straight

Fun times....

 

[Stephen Vann]

@start

@Dunlop

Entering Tertre Rouge

On Mulsanne Straight

Fun times....

I guess this was lap later on in the race , i wondered what the first lap was like down the back straight with lots of cars

 

[hognhominy]

@Stephen Vann All images were first lap

 

[Stephen Vann]

my bed has been my best friend for some time

Hi teamate, where were you last night ?

@Stephen Vann All images were first lap

gosh, not as bad as i imagined, i thought there would be carnage down the back into the chicanes
what position were you in roughly ?

 

[Stephen Vann]

@start

@Dunlop

Entering Tertre Rouge

On Mulsanne Straight

Fun times....

thanks for the images, can i asked, when you clicked on the replay to watch it, the title screen comes up then with most replays there is a short pause then the replay starts, with mine it did not start , i waited 3 minutes, and thought there is something wrong , the screen was just dark ? should i wait longer as its a long replay ?
dont know. anyone help that would be great , failing that if anyone has it on a usb stick and could email it to
me i could then plug it into the playstation and load it that way .
info@storagetrunks.co.uk if you could , thanks

 

[hognhominy]

gosh, not as bad as i imagined, i thought there would be carnage down the back into the chicanes
what position were you in roughly ?

started 5th
launched poorly
3rd from last when i bumped Karsten in Dunlop Chicane on L1
A** first under the bridge
Regrouped,saw 3 or more off before Mulsanne
lost 1:45 on L1&2 and went to last when @CptMadBean retired
Knew my fuel window, saw the rain letting up, pitted on L2 went RS with 34% surface water
Autodrive spun instantly out of the pits
gained back 25sec+ on the leader twice before giving it all back with 2 more spins & a wall on L3&4
Leaders pitted, lost an average of 20 sec/lap after L5 mostly due to mistakes
Pitted on L10
Caught @DirtyNurbKing58 on L17 @ Mulsanne Corner
Fought him back around past Mulsanne Corner and DNFed on L18 headed into Indianapolis with ~5% fuel, 44/23 tires, and down 16hp/25mph due to oil.

Didn't finish last. It was a good day.

Working on the replay export. EDIT: Won't export "This file is too big to be exported to save data. This operation cannot be completed"

 

[Stephen Vann]

started 5th
launched poorly
3rd from last when i bumped Karsten in Dunlop Chicane on L1
A** first under the bridge
Regrouped,saw 3 or more off before Mulsanne
lost 1:45 on L1&2 and went to last when @CptMadBean retired
Knew my fuel window, saw the rain letting up, pitted on L2 went RS with 34% surface water
Autodrive spun instantly out of the pits
gained back 25sec+ on the leader twice before giving it all back with 2 more spins & a wall on L3&4
Leaders pitted, lost an average of 20 sec/lap after L5 mostly due to mistakes
Pitted on L10
Caught @DirtyNurbKing58 on L17 @ Mulsanne Corner
Fought him back around past Mulsanne Corner and DNFed on L18 headed into Indianapolis with ~5% fuel, 44/23 tires, and down 16hp/25mph due to oil.

Didn't finish last. It was a good day.

Working on the replay export. EDIT: Won't export "This file is too big to be exported to save data. This operation cannot be completed"

good man, thats sounds like a really eventful race ,and being at the back end of the field you feel like you have to gain time and push harder leading to more errors, a thing i do a lot if near the back , its so annoying, luckily started near the front and was leading for 3 laps, but i knew that the quick guys would catch me once they finished fighting with each other, but they managed to keep it up for ages, thankfully , so i had a a nice cushion to stop the panic setting in, and when they passed l let them without a fight, and just concentrated on not messing up.
that pit exit was terrible i couldnt work it out 0% water ? very funny Lol.

 

[CptMadBean]

Love it ps3 crashed clicking ok on update lol

2nd go she updated now lol

 

[CptMadBean]

Quick question now the testing done are we starting this Monday?

 

[BAKEMISTER]

Hi teamate, where were you last night ?

sorry my internet went down by the time i got to my PS3, wish i could of made it now but i still think that i need to practice in the wet more only done half a lap in it since GT6 came out!!

 

[Stephen Vann]

sorry my internet went down by the time i got to my PS3, wish i could of made it now but i still think that i need to practice in the wet more only done half a lap in it since GT6 came out!!

Ok well, there we are , it was a practise race , so it would have been good to get used to the drama.
1st proper race next Monday at Silverstone, so get practicing there mate

 

[Stephen Vann]

Quick question now the testing done are we starting this Monday?

Yes Monday night Silverstone, Captain

 

[BAKEMISTER]

Ok well, there we are , it was a practise race , so it would have been good to get used to the drama.
1st proper race next Monday at Silverstone, so get practicing there mate

I will be online tonight and if you would like to practice at Silverstone in the rain we could get some more miles under our belt before the race on Monday

 

[Stephen Vann]

I will be online tonight and if you would like to practice at Silverstone in the rain we could get some more miles under our belt before the race on Monday

Ok will do, i have to be in bed early on Tuesday evenings as have very very early start on Wednesday mornings ,
what sort of time you thinking about ? i am sure a lot of the gt 300 guys will be at Silverstone in all conditions for the next week practicing for Mondays race.

 

[azidahaka]

i forgot to ask, was the race clean and did all driver show proper sportmanship?

i did touch a yellow brz, i guess it was @priesty_lfc on a chicane but allowed hi through immediatly... i hope all the drivers showed proper race behaviour

 

[azidahaka]

talking about Silverstone the weather forecast for now say around 10% rain chance seems we'll run dry (maybe lol)

Just noticed this on the update:

• Handling on MR vehicles has improved.

hope we won't have to rebalance the garaya :/


in any case any change would occur from race 3 afterwards to be sure no car gets tuned down due to just track advantage

 

[priesty_lfc]

i forgot to ask, was the race clean and did all driver show proper sportmanship?

i did touch a yellow brz, i guess it was @priesty_lfc on a chicane but allowed hi through immediatly... i hope all the drivers showed proper race behaviour

Was bit of a shock there was contact tbh but yeah did notice you slowed down to let me back through so thanks.

Watching the reply it all seemed pretty clean, I was in my own 90% of the race tho lol

And oh I'm in the Lexus not the BRZ!

I'm not on tonight but will be tomorrow!

 

[Stephen Vann]

i forgot to ask, was the race clean and did all driver show proper sportmanship?

i did touch a yellow brz, i guess it was @priesty_lfc on a chicane but allowed hi through immediatly... i hope all the drivers showed proper race behaviour

Hi Karsten, to be honest i did not see that many cars , but from what i saw it was as clean as could be expected ,
especially under the conditions, however i am keen to see the replay so i can see what happened throught the field.

 

[Stephen Vann]

talking about Silverstone the weather forecast for now say around 10% rain chance seems we'll run dry (maybe lol)

Just noticed this on the update:

• Handling on MR vehicles has improved.

hope we won't have to rebalance the garaya :/

in any case any change would occur from race 3 afterwards to be sure no car gets tuned down due to just track advantage

Karsten, can you just confirm by bhp, as i was pretty slow compared with other cars on the long straights .
they could come past without drafting me .
I know there are no huge long straights at silverstone, but if i practice leading up to the race i would rather know what bhp i will be running as it may have an effect on the gear each corner uses and my training will possibly be in vain ?

 

[BAKEMISTER]

Ok will do, i have to be in bed early on Tuesday evenings as have very very early start on Wednesday mornings ,
what sort of time you thinking about ? i am sure a lot of the gt 300 guys will be at Silverstone in all conditions for the next week practicing for Mondays race.

any time after 6ish but if you have to go to bed by a certain time then that's fine

 

[Stephen Vann]

any time after 6ish but if you have to go to bed by a certain time then that's fine

Cool, I should be on until 7.30 or 8pm so see you there teamate

 

[masterplan]

also i went too see the replay and it started the front sequence as normal then nothing, waited around 2 minutes but nothing came up .
i tried to export the replay but it said file too large to export.
Did anyone else get the replay, i want to see what it was like for you guys that started down the grid in all that spray. anyone ?

That's the replay glitch I was reffering to. This randomly occurs and it renders the replay file useless as it only freezes your PS3. Mine has 125 MB and works (at least it did yesterday evening), so later I'll try to export mine and send it to you.

My replay is fine altho like the GVE race it came up with stop recording message even the my save file does have the whole race.

Ignore the message that says: "Finnished recording replay." It says that, but it records the whole race.

Love it ps3 crashed clicking ok on update lol
2nd go she updated now lol

You have to "OK" the update message within 2 seconds from the time when it appears, otherwise you're stuck.

i forgot to ask, was the race clean and did all driver show proper sportmanship?
i did touch a yellow brz, i guess it was @priesty_lfc on a chicane but allowed hi through immediatly... i hope all the drivers showed proper race behaviour

I think that even I managed not to hit anyone (correct me if I'm wrong), which regarding the condition in first few laps I consider a miracle and I'm very proud of myself. Perhaps I might have bumped a tiny bit to ekke when he was passing me? Don't know. I also think I stayed with 2 wheels on track most of the time apart from when I was currently in crash-mode. Maybe a few times I went to large on the curbs not having the car 100% under control, hard to say. As for others I haven't noticed any trouble or misbehaviour.

 

[SkengD]

Pit stop tire bug still not fixed

 

[azidahaka]

Karsten, can you just confirm by bhp, as i was pretty slow compared with other cars on the long straights .
they could come past without drafting me .
I know there are no huge long straights at silverstone, but if i practice leading up to the race i would rather know what bhp i will be running as it may have an effect on the gear each corner uses and my training will possibly be in vain ?

oh my i feel outgunned too in straights if you run some laps at silverstone take a look at the car's begaviour since it might have dramatically changed for the better and/or faster

 

[Stephen Vann]

oh my i feel outgunned too in straights if you run some laps at silverstone take a look at the car's begaviour since it might have dramatically changed for the better and/or faster

Ok, i will do and report back Karsten

 

[Stephen Vann]

That's the replay glitch I was reffering to. This randomly occurs and it renders the replay file useless as it only freezes your PS3. Mine has 125 MB and works (at least it did yesterday evening), so later I'll try to export mine and send it to you.



Ignore the message that says: "Finnished recording replay." It says that, but it records the whole race.


You have to "OK" the update message within 2 seconds from the time when it appears, otherwise you're stuck.



I think that even I managed not to hit anyone (correct me if I'm wrong), which regarding the condition in first few laps I consider a miracle and I'm very proud of myself. Perhaps I might have bumped a tiny bit to ekke when he was passing me? Don't know. I also think I stayed with 2 wheels on track most of the time apart from when I was currently in crash-mode. Maybe a few times I went to large on the curbs not having the car 100% under control, hard to say. As for others I haven't noticed any trouble or misbehaviour.

That would be great Jorni thank you . I guess i will be able to play it somehow ? if i plug it in the PS

 

[ekke]

I think i was pretty clean, there was some minor bumping but i think it was hardly notisable by the cars i bumped in to.
It may have been one major crash caused by me, if it was i want to know who i crashed. So i can look at replay to se my fault.

But a very good and clean race by all. Did not notice any things to complain about.

Or maybe SkengD and Gippone need som ballast

 

[masterplan]

That would be great Jorni thank you . I guess i will be able to play it somehow ? if i plug it in the PS

Unfortunatelly you won't. It says the file is too big to be exported to PS3 system and therefore it cannot be exported. It has 109 MB.

Or maybe SkengD and Gippone need som ballast

Says the right one. You need some ballast too, m8.

 

[Stephen Vann]

Unfortunatelly you won't. It says the file is too big to be exported to PS3 system and therefore it cannot be exported. It has 109 MB.

Damn, ok thanks yes mine says the same , just a shame i cant see it , grrrr