Final Quick Match Races 2-7-18

[kilesa4568]

It's the usual suspects doing the trolling every time and I seem to be unlucky enough to time my races perfectly for them. If it's not one troll, it's another and they've made a point of making sure I never get a clean run.

Worst case scenario, I make another account and go incognito. I'll message any of you I see on track if I go that route.

 

[ROCKET JOE]

I've had a couple of nights free of them somehow - in fact RJ and I were even wondering where all the GSXs were last night......

Reading your comment a song came into my mind. So, Ladies and Gentlemen, if you want some GT6 song poetry, here we go ( according to the Pete Seeger classic "Where have all the flowers gone" ) :

Where have all the gixxers gone ?
B spec Bobs just ride 'em on
Around Route X 'til oil gets red -
Please don't ask why.
Where have all the gixxers gone ?
B spec Bobs just ride 'em on.
When will they ever burn ?
When will they ever burn ?

1 - 2 - 1 2 3 4

Back on topic.

 

[Michelin Man]

When I went on last night, I encountered the trolls and cheats too, seemed to be out in force sadly. Ended up meeting a certain Canadian driving a GSXR/4 once again, no doubt the one @ROCKET JOE encountered, who was a loose cannon as always. Would race seemingly cleanly on the first lap, but then suddenly turn dirty, usually making a mistake in the process. As usual he'd then go backwards, wait for the leaders and try and sabotage their/our races . In the end, most of the night was spent jumping from one room to another to avoid these jerks.

Anyway, is the midst of all this, I decided to try out some different cars myself. One of which was my '93 Zenki S14, which turned out to be surprisingly competitive, if a bit too tail-happy (but was huge fun ). Also tried my '96 180SX/RPS13, and Hyundai Genesis too, both of which were comfortable mid-pack runners, but good to drive. However, on the subject of tail-happiness, I decided to bring out my Spirra Prototype, which I knew was quick, but a bit lively and difficult to drive. Anyhow, decided to try it, softened the spring rates slightly, and adjusted the accel. on the diff, and was pleasantly surprised to find being really quite stable and quick. Whilst it was still a bit edgy, it was nowhere as lively as it is normally, and was very controllable. Got 2nd in each of the races I used it, behind an absurdly quick Gixxer, was running solid 34's in traffic too.

However, whilst all seemed lost with the trolls and what not, the last lobby I stumbled on turned out to be a gem. There was about 7 of us, and only one Gixxer (and an Alpine VGT amidst things...), but everyone was very clean and respectful. Especially one guy called SMOKM_44, reminded me of _hsh in his driving style; very quick and very respectful to race against. Was very patient, didn't make silly moves, and super clean to top it off.

I brought my S2000 back out for this room, and with him in his CSL M3, we seemed to be virtually inseparable pace wise, since if we weren't side-by-side, we were nose-to-tail .

And this super-closeness was reflected in our last race, where on the last lap, coming out of the last corner, I made a little mistake and got sideways, allowing him to make gains and come alongside as we chased for the flag. In the end, I just managed to pip him to said flag, beating him by .035 seconds...

He was just a pleasure to race against, as was everyone else in the room, and it made up for what destined to be a disappointing night with all the trolls, but it just showed there's plenty of people willing to race, and race well at that 👍.

 

[StirlingMoose]

Bloody gixxers. You see them coming, leave the door wide open for them and they still manage to hit you and put you in the wall.
Six second penalty for ramming a RAM. But, stewards, he brake-checked me. I'm looking at you @MOPARbarrett5. Actually he did, sort of. He was braking to avoid a couple of clowns, who I think were a lap down, messing about on the track and I was as close as I'd been all race. I wasn't going to catch him though.

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

Bloody gixxers. You see them coming, leave the door wide open for them and they still manage to hit you and put you in the wall.
Six second penalty for ramming a RAM. But, stewards, he brake-checked me. I'm looking at you @MOPARbarrett5. Actually he did, sort of. He was braking to avoid a couple of clowns, who I think were a lap down, messing about on the track and I was as close as I'd been all race. I wasn't going to catch him though.

I tried to pause so that I would ghost and avoid the Elise, but that didn't really work, because the auto drive while paused kicked in and put on the brakes and that just caused a pile up. I messaged the Elise driver after the race, and it left soon after, so hopefully that won't happen again.

Oh, and happy 'Merica Day everyone.

 

[StirlingMoose]

I messaged the Elise driver after the race, and it left soon after, so hopefully that won't happen again.

Whatever you said to him seemed to do the trick. After the clowns and you left it got a bit dull - two fast gixxers and a few fairly slow cars. I was going to call it a day but decided to have one more go and found a pretty good room where I was joined by @Draggon after a few races. It's always the way - I get into the best room when it's past my bedtime.

 

[Draggon]

I was joined by @Draggon after a few races.

To bad you had to leave, I was looking forward to some head-to-head matches with you in our VW's 👍

 

[StirlingMoose]

To bad you had to leave, I was looking forward to some head-to-head matches with you in our VW's 👍

Hopefully we'll get another chance soon. I was already on my third "last race" of the night when you turned up. The green KTM and white F40 were providing some entertaining competition.

 

[Michelin Man]

Yea I ran into @Daduce1947 in his AP2 S2000 (nice choice sir ), and @Draggon's alter ego; BilboStig, in his brilliantly quick, and huge Pikes Peak Quattro . Was just about to head off, but I recognised the names so I stayed around for a few more races; it was great to see some fellow GTP'ers for the first time since I saw @MOPARbarrett5.

I'd been enjoying some great racing with the fellow Japanese guy in the red NSX LM; RS_002 was his name, or something along those lines. Real pleasure to race against, think he acknowledged I was one of the few clean racers when I saw him first time around, as I waited for him after he got a penalty, after a Gixxer decided to dive-bomb into the two of us . He even waited for me to come past if he started in front so that we could battle, despite being significantly quicker than me.

 

[kilesa4568]

I was already on my third "last race" of the night

Uh oh. The dreaded "last race syndrome". Mine usually starts with me saying to myself that it's time for a slower car but with having a garage full of 500pp options, it really ends up being the 2nd half of the whole night's session...

 

[Draggon]

Had some great races with the aforementioned Pikes Peak Quattro and a few GTP-ers. Here's the beginning of the race with @Michelin Man in the red S2000, @Daduce1947 in the orange one, and that infamously clean driver ra2_7002 in the NSX.

By lap 3 they caught up and passed me. But ra2_7002 and @Michelin Man both swing wide, letting me slide under them, and giving me the advantage till the end. Great racing, guys!

 

[8l23ub]

Got in a room tonight

Trial Mountain QM

• 8l23ub
• Jul 7, 2017

Not one GSX in sight

Trial Mountain QM

• 8l23ub
• Jul 7, 2017

Some racing broke out

Trial Mountain QM

• 8l23ub
• Jul 7, 2017

Made a nice change from the usual GTA-Trial Mountain I found myself in since the weekend, guys hiding around corners to ambush the opposition was getting a little bit ridiculous

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Your vid is not only offering two more great TM-runs of @MOPARbarrett5 and @StirlingMoose, but also a glimpse of the danish GSX-R/4-driver I got to race yesterday. Was one of these kind of funny races that reward you for not giving up - in the very last moment.
He was in the lead right after the start, me in second. I could have gone faster but would stay behind him with no doors open. Three times I managed to get alongside ( even pass him once ), but he would either dive-bomb me or squeeze me to some rock in the following corners giving me three penalties in total. When I had closed the gap after the third penalty, he must have gotten nervous or something seeing me in his rearview-mirror again, and lost momentum through the last three bends ... flew past him with 100 meters to the line and a big yeeha !
( You're contagious, Barrett. )

 

[Daduce1947]

Had some great races with the aforementioned Pikes Peak Quattro and a few GTP-ers. Here's the beginning of the race with @Michelin Man in the red S2000, @Daduce1947 in the orange one, and that infamously clean driver ra2_7002 in the NSX.

By lap 3 they caught up and passed me. But ra2_7002 and @Michelin Man both swing wide, letting me slide under them, and giving me the advantage till the end. Great racing, guys!

That Pikes Peak Audi FLYS!! Renewed my hope there's a few guys who can tune the AUDI's in this PP class and drive them FAST and QUICK! I tried in the 500pp with little success (550pp they do very well). Tried as hard as I could but all I saw was that BIG Audi's taillights. GR8 racing and YES, I so agree MichelinMan and ra2_7002 - and yourself! - are fun, clean racers to compete with.

 

[StirlingMoose]

@MOPARbarrett5 English car, French name.

esprit
ɛˈspriː, French ɛspʀi

1. the quality of being lively, vivacious, or witty.

Honoured to be featured in a Specialtatin'. I think that was the only race I've finished ahead of you.

 

[Michelin Man]

Had some great races with the aforementioned Pikes Peak Quattro and a few GTP-ers. Here's the beginning of the race with @Michelin Man in the red S2000, @Daduce1947 in the orange one, and that infamously clean driver ra2_7002 in the NSX.

By lap 3 they caught up and passed me. But ra2_7002 and @Michelin Man both swing wide, letting me slide under them, and giving me the advantage till the end. Great racing, guys!

It was great racing the other night, even if I spent a lot of staring at the back of that mighty Audi . But genuinely it was good fun, and when I noticed you and Ra2_7002 going side by side onto the back straight; slowing you both up, I knew that was my opportunity, what with the straight line advantage my S2000 has; despite not being the most powerful.

However, just as we went 3 abreast, I thought I'd use Ra2_7002 as reference for braking, but he made a rare and uncharacteristic mistake to go wide, so I ended up following him, since we both broke too late . Knew that would've been my best chance, with it being the last lap, but alas. But it was great racing, and as you say, Ra2_7002 is a real gent to race against, came across him several nights ago in a room full of the usual crop of trolls in their Gixxers and what not, so he was a refreshing sight, I've had great fun duelling with him every time I've seen him.

And that night was much the same 'till you and @Daduce1947 popped up, by which point the worst of the crowd had gone thankfully, so I enjoyed it 👍.

 

[StirlingMoose]

@8l23ub Did you get your controller sorted? I wondered why you drove into the wall at such a crucial moment. It was a great race though. Watching you, hsh_ and camex72 battle it out was very entertaining. Then in the closing moments you hit the wall, hsh_ and camex had a coming together which enabled me to nip past hsh_. Then camex went wide enabling me to get alongside under the bridge, but I was on the outside and had to back out which let hsh_ come up the inside. In the end I beat hsh_by about a tenth and camex was about half a second ahead.
When you left camex left too and on a clear track the Camaro, even in the hands of hsh_, was no match for the GT40 so I had a few lonely P2s behind the gixxer. It was looking so promising for some good racing too. I found another good room with a couple of x-bows who had thrashed me the previous night, when I was trying out a BMW Concept1 tii in a room where @kilesa4568 was teaching even the gixxers a lesson in his Audi R8.

BTW I can't get the mention feature to work with your username. The predictive drop down thingy doesn't come up with any suggestions.

Edit - got it now. Thanks @kilesa4568, that's the only one I didn't try.

 

[kilesa4568]

I've trimmed my 100 or so 500pp's down to just my favourite drives now. Nothing slower than low 34's so I've got the tools to stay in front of the less skilled in the quickest cars. Too many hidings to nothing using difficult (looking at you DeLoreon and El Camino...) cars so I'm sticking with the best handling from now on. Nowhere near as rewarding but it's a lot less stressful.

Joined a room in my M3 (GTR) last night and had to laugh at the field. Fourteen drivers in the race and 13 were in the GSX/R... I was going to run a single race so I could save it for a screen shot but I got DC'd on the 3rd lap. Pretty sad to see it but kind of funny too. In a safe 3rd when I got DC'd.

BTW I can't get the mention feature to work with your username. The predictive drop down thingy doesn't come up with any suggestions.

It's 8(lower case L)23ub.

 

[StirlingMoose]

I've trimmed my 100 or so 500pp's down to just my favourite drives now. Nothing slower than low 34's so I've got the tools to stay in front of the less skilled in the quickest cars. Too many hidings to nothing using difficult (looking at you DeLoreon and El Camino...) cars so I'm sticking with the best handling from now on. Nowhere near as rewarding but it's a lot less stressful.

Yeah, with only probably a few more days to go I think the time for experimenting is over. Although the other night in the BMW Concept I won my first race easily, then a few more players joined the room (no gixxers) and I had a great race with about 8 cars ending in a photo-finish with a Subaru. Wouldn't have happened if I'd used a top car.

Funny thing happened a couple of nights ago. Following a few gixxers, a fair way behind, and the tunnel was full of smoke. I was expecting some mayhem to unfold in front of me but the cloud continued right along the tunnel and there was no wreck. It was so dense I couldn't see anything. Next lap exactly the same thing.

 

[8l23ub]

@8l23ub Did you get your controller sorted? I wondered why you drove into the wall at such a crucial moment . . .

Normal response would be because Im not very good, but this time it wa the actual controller, it was an entetaining and rambunctious couple of laps, bit gutted I couldnt stay. Switched to an older controller and returned to a room where camex72 and _hsh (in a Gallardo), fifteen runners which unfortunatedly contained NotMOPARbarrett' s RAM (he has also been a 🤬 in a 1965 Corvette) and an irritating Canadian GSX driver, and an epic duel between _hsh and an X-Bow , along with a few others ended in most just leaving, had a smaller room and a couple of races with @Michelin Man who was a not too shabby NSX before calling it a night.

 

[StirlingMoose]

Tonight I got a 15s penalty. I didn't know there was such a thing. Mind you I did hit the car parked sideways across the track pretty hard.

 

[Michelin Man]

had a smaller room and a couple of races with @Michelin Man who was a not too shabby NSX before calling it a night.

Was a good few races I had when you popped by. Had a tough ordeal to quick up with your mighty quick Series One mind, especially with my '99 NSX's slightly sideways tendencies, though it's more than likely down to my ability . Had a couple of frustrating races where I finished at the back, where I made a mistake on one occasion on the last lap, and on another occasion, had a race ruined by a guy in a Gixxer who chopped us off, and when I got back up through the field, I got side swiped by a certain corner cutting Swede in a ZZ-II at the first corner, spinning us out in the process .

That said, there was one instance which was really quite satisfying: A guy by the name of Tommie-something or other, who was in the red 365 GTB/4; who wasn't the cleanest of drivers to say the least, clearly didn't like being caught, and overtaken by us, since when I had a run on him coming onto the back-straight; thanks to a good exit, and the NSX's straight line pace, he decided to run us against the rocks when I pulled alongside. I got a bit of a tank-slapper, but somehow kept it in check, to stay alongside going into the tunnel, where he then side-swiped us as we come out of said tunnel, but got a penalty for his efforts. Needless to say I felt rather pleased, seeing him get the karma he deserved . What was funny, is that I saw him flashing his lights at us in the mirror as I pulled away , honestly, some people...

 

[ROCKET JOE]

After struggling with my conscience for hours, I hopped into my GSX-R for some TM-races yesterday - curious to find out what it's like and what I could do with it.
Did about six races and a short summary of my experiences is this :
It's not fun, it's by no means an easy ride, it's only fast ... if you can keep things together.
Gotta stay focused, stay calm, brake early and beware of the curbs. Nothing especially new though, I guess .
Races were boring ( Do I have to explain ? ), best run was 4.32, best lap was 1.28.5. I still can not manage to
do three good and consistent laps, so my inner perfectionist cries for more.
If anyone of you is interested, here is my gixxer-setup :

115 / 110, 4,0 / 5,75, 3 / 4, 4 / 3, 7 / 7, 0,0 / 0,0, -0,5 / 0,12
BB 5 / 6
Diff 5 / 10 / 10
All power parts plus oil change
Ballast 181 kg at -10, custom wing DF 5
Did the tranny flip as usual, numbers are
180 kmh / 1. 4040 / 2. 3070 / 3. 2440 / 4. 2010 / 5. 1690 / 6. 1450 / FG 4150

Switched to the X-Bow later and had an amusing intermezzo at the end of the day with an overheated Italian
dinosaur, who couldn't stand losing and starting a PSN-message-battle calling me 🤬 and 🤬 and 🤬 ...
I wondered why he'd chosen the "Yellowbird" if he needs to win that badly.

Hope to see you all on track soon .

 

[8l23ub]

. . .

Switched to the X-Bow later and had an amusing intermezzo at the end of the day with an overheated Italian
dinosaur, who couldn't stand losing and starting a PSN-message-battle calling me 🤬 and 🤬 and 🤬 ...
I wondered why he'd chosen the "Yellowbird" if he needs to win that badly.

Hope to see you all on track soon .

Do his tyres smell of burning lol, if so i met him exactly a week ago, he was in the CTR, being not @Dart_Field he crashed infront of me then made the mistake of sending me a message with 'loser' on it, I went to town on him, told him he 'sucked so hard', met him again yesterday this time he turned up in a much more forgiving RGT, he won the first race i took part in from pole (fifteen cars smashing into anyone and anything behind him), I wanted to message him to find where the rubbish version of himself was, didnt need to worry the rubbish version turned up next race after 'he' on his own hit a wall infront of me and the series one waltzed into the distance, I messaged him and asked if he was ok after his crash , he didnt respond , tried to GTA me in the next race so I left, sent him a last message though telling him that incredibly he sucked more than he did last week

 

[ROCKET JOE]

Do his tyres smell of burning lol, if so i met him exactly a week ago, he was in the CTR, being not @Dart_Field he crashed infront of me then made the mistake of sending me a message with 'loser' on it, I went to town on him, told him he 'sucked so hard', met him again yesterday this time he turned up in a much more forgiving RGT, he won the first race i took part in from pole (fifteen cars smashing into anyone and anything behind him), I wanted to message him to find where the rubbish version of himself was, didnt need to worry the rubbish version turned up next race after 'he' on his own hit a wall infront of me and the series one waltzed into the distance, I messaged him and asked if he was ok after his crash , he didnt respond , tried to GTA me in the next race so I left, sent him a last message though telling him that incredibly he sucked more than he did last week

You're absolutely right about the smell .
I was way more polite than you were , however, politeness seems to be a language he doesn't understand.

BTW speaking of language :
You know I'm native German + a noob concerning abbreviations.
Help me ... what is "GTA" ?

 

[kilesa4568]

I've only sent him one message. "Fast car!..." in the title box and "shame about the driver" in the message box after he repeatedly messed up his trolling on me.

If the trolls were all as bad as him, they wouldn't be anywhere near as annoying.

I'm not sure on the GTA abbreviation either. Maybe Grand Theft Auto antics were involved or a Gran Turismo Accident.

 

[8l23ub]

Apologies for the abbreviations guys, GTA - Grand Theft Auto although Gran Turismo Accident should actually be his username. I have never played Grand Theft Auto online but I imagined it to similar to some of what has been going down in the mountains recently.

 

[StirlingMoose]

After struggling with my conscience for hours, I hopped into my GSX-R for some TM-races yesterday - curious to find out what it's like and what I could do with it.

I was there to witness your venture to the dark side. I saw your name pop up but didn't notice the car. When a gixxer appeared in my mirror and followed me patiently through a few turns before passing cleanly I wondered what was going on. Then I saw it was you. I think I held you up just long enough to prevent you winning that race. Sorry.

I have never played Grand Theft Auto online but I imagined it to similar to some of what has been going down in the mountains recently.

Except we can't drag people from their cars and shoot them.

 

[MOPARbarrett5]

I'm down to a 1:32.4 in the Ram, so I updated the tutorial video for it.