FP_FRS Week 5: Touring The Ring

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:: FM4 FP_FRS Week 5: Touring The Ring ::

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2003 Opel #5 OPC Team Phoenix Astra V8 Touring Car


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Nurburgring Grand Prix Circuit: Full Circuit


Game Mode:


  • Free play > Hot Lap
    [*]Nurburgring Grand Prix Circuit > Full Circuit
    [*]Complete your fastest, clean lap. Please refer to the OLR Rules and FRS Rules below before submitting your fastest lap.



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Car specifications:


829 PI Class R2 100% Stock 2003 Opel #5 OPC Team Phoenix Astra V8 Touring Car


In-Game Difficulty Options:

  • Braking (ABS): Optional
  • Steering: Optional
  • Stability Control: Optional
  • Traction Control: Optional
  • Shifting: Optional
  • Suggested Line: Optional
  • Rewind: OFF


Standard clean OLR rules apply:

  • All Hard Surfaces are track. This includes rumble strips, concrete, cobbles, etc
  • If your lap gets flagged with the Forza Invalidation Indicator: /!\ Your lap may still count as long as it fits the rest of the listed criteria (i.e. two tires were on/above the track when the /!\ indicator came up)
  • However, if you get the Forza Invalidation Indicator: /!\ at the start of your lap, the lap will not count as you may have gained an unfair advantage at the end of the previous lap
  • Rewind MUST be set to OFF
  • 2 wheels on (or vertically in line with) the track at all times
  • Rumble/ripple strips are part of the track
  • No contact with walls or objects, visible or invisible
  • If you're not 100% sure that your lap is clean, then consider it dirty
  • No hybrids
  • No cheating of any kind
  • Nothing that goes against the spirit of the game
  • Anything we haven’t thought of that could be construed as cheating
  • Save your replay and keep it safe for at least 6 weeks after the deadline

Submission And Participation:

When you have verified your lap is clean and the best you can do, visit http://frs.atspace.co.uk/submit.
Fill out each field and click Submit at the bottom to complete the process.

This week's time needs to be submitted before April 16th by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time. This is GMT -8 or -7 depending on daylight savings time.

If you encounter any issues with the submission form or process, please send a PM to Terronium-12 or Jump_Ace.

Feel free to post your best times in this thread. You can compare how you stack up with other participants throughout the week by visiting the FRS Weekly Splits Leaderboard (which can be found here: http://frs.forzaplanet.net). Also note the following:

  • You can submit only ONCE (be sure to give it your best effort)
  • Please give it your best effort as sandbagging is highly frowned upon in the Forza Planet community.

Please refer to this Time Calculator Website to properly add multiple times together (when necessary) before submitting your time.

This is a friendly competition open to drivers of all abilities, so start racing and we'll see you in the results :) 👍




Time Verification:


SPECIAL NOTE: When running your qualifier time. Please restart your session every 15 or sooner (10 to 12 laps depending on the track). FM4 will stop recording your replay after (roughly) 15 minutes. Thus, if you run your best lap after it stops recording, it won't count as you can't provide the replay.

Save your replay and keep it at least 6 weeks after submission:


  • Top 3 fastest times from each division will be required to submit a replay for verification
  • Any submitted time is subject to a time verification request
  • When a time verification has been requested, the concerned racer must provide a replay within 3 days
  • Failure to do so will result in the submitted time being ignored for official registration
  • Video replays are not accepted (i.e. using camera phone, camcorders, etc.)

Submitting And Verifying A Requested Replay:

If a request is made for you to supply a replay, look in the results thread for a "(Replay Required)" to appear next to your name and submitted time. You may also get a PM if a replay hasn't been promptly provided.

Many hands make little work and if you can assist the Race Stewards in verifying each others lap times, it won't go unappreciated. Follow The Guide To Managing FM4 Replays to verify another drivers submitted time.

Remember to mark whether the replay was valid or not in the results thread:
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- Clean/Valid Lap
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- Dirty/Invalid Lap
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- DQ'd Lap (only used in the results thread by the Race Stewards)

The code to insert a flag is. Remember to wrap them in an Image Tag;
:

Clean/Valid Lap - http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5458/user118395pic1573412914.gif

Dirty/Invalid Lap - http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/745/rflagnv1.gif



Race Stewards Comments:

Take this FF car and push it beyond it's limits on this fun and open course!

Remember to keep at least two tires on the rumble strip and/or within the white lines on the tarmac. Taking a turn too fast that causes you to go into a run-off, dirt, sand, etc. will invalidate your lap.

Because the FRS is a new series, here is a quick run-down of what you need to do to participate:

  1. Run the Registry Qualifier if you haven't yet, which can be found HERE.
  2. Now load up this week's FRS Car and Track Combo. Drive your best, clean lap(s). Post your results in this thread as you progress throughout the week.
  3. Compare your splits with other participants by visiting the FRS Weekly Splits Leaderboard
  4. When you've done your best, submit your time before the above deadline using FRS Submission Form found HERE.
NOTE - Regarding week's submission form, please leave the Division section blank.

If you have any questions, please post them in the Registry Discussion Thread.



Terms & Conditions of Participation:

When participating in the FRS, you hereby agree to the following terms & conditions:


  1. You agree to abide by the FP Rules & Guidelines: http://www.forzaplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=911
  2. Only one registered XBox Live Gamertag per FP member
  3. Anyone found, or attempting to have more than one registered XBox Live Gamertag will be excluded from all approved FP events and removed from the official FP_Registry.
  4. By registering you agree to abide to all race rules & driving standards laid out by the hosts of all FP approved race events.
  5. When using your official XBox LIve Gamertag registered ID in public or private races outside of FP's control, it is expected that you race to the standard that is deemed acceptable by the hosts of the given event.
  6. While FP has a specific code of conduct for appropriate online gaming behavior for our authorized "FP" tag users to follow, we however have no control of anyone's usage of their XBox Live Gamertag and FP is in no way be responsible for any misconduct by anyone that uses their XBox Gamertag if their player name does not appear in the Official FP_Registry.
  7. You agree not to do anything that can be construed as going against the spirit of the game, either here at the FP or anywhere outside the domain of FP.
  8. The Race Admins will evaluate the registration of a player, after having been disqualified from a race for the third time, and subsequently have the right to disqualify this player from the FP_Registry in case they consider legitimate.
  9. Flagrant violations of the FP Online Racing Rules & Guidelines may result in exclusion from the FP_Registry.
  10. Most importantly, you are expected to have fun.



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Good luck. 👍

FP OLR Admin Team :cheers:

 
1:56.608 is the starting benchmark here.

I can see 55's and high to mid 54's in my future. :mischievous:
 
Nice one! :) Can't wait to try this combo, but also fearing it *haha* I know that Opel isn't easy to drive!

She has plenty of torque so I suggest shifting a little early, especially as you exit a turn. No TCS is just plain ol' fun to do cookies with :D


Jerome
 
Leaderboard Updated. Alright you volunteers can take it from here :)


Jerome
 
I'll more than likely be giving this a shot tomorrow. I also just fixed a small error on the leaderboard in the event details.
 
Now Beermachine66 is in D1 on the leaderboard.

Jerome
 
Now down to 1:54.509. I may be able to snatch another tenth or 2 but it feels like im at my limit now, but ill have to wait till the weekend to have another good go.
 
My first session got me a 1:54.651. The first sector for this lap wasn't really up to the standards of the rest of the lap. Only just managed to beat my time for the F40 Competizione with this car.
 
After a very quick first session I sit at 1:56.357, probably won't have time to actually work on this until the weekend. Maybe tomorrow.

(Leaderboard updated with my own time.)
 
Is there going to be an overall standings thread or is there even a point system for each week? Just curious.

If someone wants to volunteer their time to maintain a point system, I'm all ears. I just don't have enough time to do it and I know T-12 is in the same boat. I don't mind building the excel sheet initially :)

I would, however like to keep it in my google docs (so all the FRS files are in the same place) and give the FRS Points person full access to the file.

If anyone is interested in this, just shoot me a PM. Of course dedication is a must 👍 Seen as how we are only in week 5, retroactively putting points in won't be too difficult.

EDIT:

Alright so I created a test case point system for us to start with. One spreadsheet for each division and the points will reset every 12 to 16 weeks or so.

More details as we iron out how many points everyone will get and how many weeks until the points reset, etc. Until then, you can bookmark this Google Doc Spreadsheet link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au0wNtb-iPKadElwZGpabzdqVFNvVHo0QUMtRU1rYnc

I've got enough volunteers for now, thanks guys!

Jerome
 
I really need to practice with this Opel.

Then again, I hardly ever drive anything above A class.
 
My second session, I think I did this yesterday got me to 1:54.190. If I put a lot of time into this I think maybe mid 53s are possible. That last chicane is so hard, the grass keeps pulling me in and leaves me with 2 dirty laps because it makes the next lap dirty as well.
 
/\ Is everyone actually using a gamepad that has a time posted? Just double checking.

Jerome
 
Last time I updated it at post #19 everyone was, yea

Maybe I'll have some time to run this combo this weekend and put a wheeler up on the LB, depends on what the warden wife has planned :scared:

Jerome
 
^Funny you say that. My other half is leaving for 3 weeks on Sunday for job training so i will have an enormous amount of time compared to what I usually have each week.
 
Wife works tonight and early tomorrow (not sure about sunday). The wee-one is away at the grandparents. It's game on. If I can't put in a decent time then I just suck. :lol:
 
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