FPM: Championship Season 3 planning

[zr1chris]

Friday mornings:

6 - available

0 - not Available

Depending how late Forcone stays up I may alternate the actual start time to try and accommodate both Loaded and Forcone since they are so far apart.

Anyone know where Fezz and Deadly have been? Do we need to PM them?

 

[ImaRobot]

Dont worry about accommodating for me. I can get into either race time much more easily than Forcone can. If its set early, I'll do it, it was just a personal preference. Reason being is that I would still have a good nights sleep and I dont have work.

 

[zr1chris]

Dont worry about accommodating for me. I can get into either race time much more easily than Forcone can. If its set early, I'll do it, it was just a personal preference. Reason being is that I would still have a good nights sleep and I dont have work.

You do realize that to accommodate Forcone you are going to be racing at 5am pst, right? For him that's even late 2am. Nevermind. I was wrong.

He is 10 hours behind you and 7 hours behind me here on the east coast...

 

[Wiggs]

Hey Chris, put me down for the E30 M3. @ImaRobot, I tried your Supra in the club garage...it's pretty good. It will be tough to beat on speed tracks but I think my E30 will give you fits everywhere else. I've raced against Forcone in his Mustang before and I think I can hold my own on most tracks...problem is, I'm nowhere near as consistent as Forcone. I'll put my base tuned M3 in the club garage tomorrow morning if anyone wants to try it.

 

[ImaRobot]

You do realize that to accommodate Forcone you are going to be racing at 5am pst, right?

He is 10 hours behind you and 7 hours behind me here on the east coast...

ok maybe accommodate a little.. atleast till 7 am lol!

 

[ImaRobot]

Hey Chris, put me down for the E30 M3. @ImaRobot, I tried your Supra in the club garage...it's pretty good. It will be tough to beat on speed tracks but I think my E30 will give you fits everywhere else. I've raced against Forcone in his Mustang before and I think I can hold my own on most tracks...problem is, I'm nowhere near as consistent as Forcone. I'll put my base tuned M3 in the club garage tomorrow morning if anyone wants to try it.

I have put together two different tunes for that car. The one I'm working on currently, I actually like much better. The version is the garage is a bit faster in the straights. I'm going to put up my second version just to get some opinions. It leans more towards oversteer but if your a stable driver its easy to tame.

I'm going to try your M3 out later tonight Hopefully you can check out my other version soon.

EDIT: sorry for the double post

 

[zr1chris]

I misread Forcone's post. He is 7 hours ahead. I'm 7 behind him so 11am here is 6pm for him. 💡 It just may work.

B-Class: 97 Civic Type R, Any Elise, VX220, Opel Speedster, MR-S are all banned.

LoadedLove - 1998 Toyota Supra
Teewiggs - 1991 BMW M3
katpeeler
A Man Hamster
Forcone - 1965 Ford Mustang

R2-Class: Restricted to numbered race cars.

Hennessey861
zr1chris
Carlos - #26 Porsche GT1
YoDef - #5 Opel Astra V8
SilentDrifterGT
I2valve

 

[Carlos]

Forcone is GMT +2, so that's 8 hours Chris, if I'm not mistaken. I'm GMT +1 and thought I was 7 hours ahead of you..

 

[zr1chris]

Forcone is GMT +2, so that's 8 hours Chris, if I'm not mistaken. I'm GMT +1 and thought I was 7 hours ahead of you..

What time do you got right now?

I googled Finland and it shows 4:30am which is 7 hours ahead of 9:30 here..

 

[Wiggs]

Anyone know where Fezz and Deadly have been? Do we need to PM them?

DC hasn't been on the Box since late in season 2. Fezz has been away on vacation/holiday.....I think he just got back yesterday. @Chris and Carlos, I think Daylight Savings Time is the reason for the time difference.

 

[Carlos]

What time do you got right now?

I googled Finland and it shows 4:30am which is 7 hours ahead of 9:30 here..

Right now it's 3.52 am here.

 

[Wiggs]

I put a based tune M3 in the club garage. This is not the same car that's at the top of the club leaderboards at Indy GP.....this one is more for medium/technical tracks.

 

[Carlos]

Some guy is selling his CSR Elite with CS V1 pedals, for €550,-. What do you guys think? Should I get it? Should I cancel my €360,- order which contains CSR, CSR Elite pedals + sequential and H shifter? Is it worth it?

 

[katpeeler]

Some guy is selling his CSR Elite with CS V1 pedals, for €550,-. What do you guys think? Should I get it? Should I cancel my €360,- order which contains CSR, CSR Elite pedals + sequential and H shifter? Is it worth it?

Stay with the V2 pedals...heard some bad stuff online about the V1's.....

 

[Carlos]

What do you mean with stay with the V2? I can't choose the V2. It's either that pack (secondhand) or keeping the one I already ordered.. But if the V1 is no good I'll let it go by and wait for the package from Fanatec to arive..

 

[MuchoJimbo]

It's just me but I'd stay with the package you already have ordered through Fanatec. Yeah the Elite is an all around better wheel but is there a warranty in case dude is shady. Just how I would look at it.

You can always upgrade at a later date if you choose.

 

[zr1chris]

Right now it's 3.52 am here.

That puts you 6 hours ahead. Forcone is definitely 7 then.

 

[ImaRobot]

I put a based tune M3 in the club garage. This is not the same car that's at the top of the club leaderboards at Indy Gp.....this one is more for medium/technical tracks.

I'm scared of your M3 Corners very good. lol.

So I took your M3 around Suzuka east and got almost 57 seconds flat. So While going back to my supra you were a whole 1.3 seconds faster lol. I managed to get that down to .800 but I'm not sure what else I can do. I had to change around some parts aswell lol. Your's just goes around turns with ease, mine feels scary.

 

[Patrick]

I've got school so no weekdays for me. Don't worry about me, though. It seems it'll work better for everyone if it was weekday races.

 

[Silent Drifter]

Any weekday morning would work for me. I work second shift during the week, just as long as we can get the race done by 2:30PM EST. If you were to do it on Sunday, the earliest I could race is 11:30am EST. Saturday is pretty open, unless work starts to pick up again and has us work Saturdays. Then I'll just have to miss the race.

 

[katpeeler]

Ok.......found this ol thing in a field outside of town..The ol Brit that had it sold it too me for a song....Yeah I had to sing.....but I think it was worth it.....Put me down for the Escort

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I might be regreting it though....this thing is squirly buy I love to drive it

 

[Forcone]

Ok.......found this ol thing in a field outside of town..The ol Brit that had it sold it too me for a song....Yeah I had to sing.....but I think it was worth it.....Put me down for the Escort

GetPhoto.ashx by katpeeler, on Flickr


I might be regreting it though....this thing is squirly buy I love to drive it

That Escort is a fun car to drive!! ...Until you upgrade it, that is... Ever taken it out stock on Fujimi Kaido? What a laugh! 👍

About those race times, I'm so lost right now that I don't quite follow you anymore I guess I'll just wait and see!

 

[Forcone]

Ahh man, that M3 of Wiggs will completely destroy me. Just tested it on Suzuka East as ImaRobot: Stang 56.384, M3 55.552!

I'm amazed how stable you've made that tune. I tried to tune that thing once and it was all over the place, all the time. That tune of your's is still a nerve-wrecker compared to my lazy ever-gripping Mustang So I'm thinking... To keep the stable and sooooo easy to drive tune, or to rebuild a faster bit more "scary" tune... Hmmm.. Well, with my nerves, I'd better stick with this one, I think

 

[ImaRobot]

Well I dont think this supra is going to be competitive at all then I'm having trouble breaking into 57's with it, I seem to be running consistent 58.1 and 57.8 if I'm lucky and I've already ran countless laps with different setups. Even on tracks with mostly straights it was still having problems keeping up with lightweight cars. Managed to get a 57 on the dot with Wiggs with just two laps.

I'm trying out some new cars, and doing some tuning and I have a couple in mind(A CRZ, or an Altezza are the likely candidates right now). Sorry for the change but it would be boring being that far behind all the time lol.

 

[Forcone]

Well I dont think this supra is going to be competitive at all then I'm having trouble breaking into 57's with it, I seem to be running consistent 58.1 and 57.8 if I'm lucky and I've already ran countless laps with different setups. Even on tracks with mostly straights it was still having problems keeping up with lightweight cars. Managed to get a 57 on the dot with Wiggs with just two laps.

I'm trying out some new cars, and doing some tuning and I have a couple in mind(A CRZ, or an Altezza are the likely candidates right now). Sorry for the change but it would be boring being that far behind all the time lol.

I'll have to give your Supra a go sometime if it's still shared. I tried everything with my Mustang but couldn't get it in the same second as the M3. Have to see if I'll ditch the whole build and start over or something... Although, as I said about those nerves: at least my race pace has always been something like a second a lap slower than my hotlapping pace, so an easier to drive car will probably gain you those lost seconds compared to driving a few brilliant laps and spending most of the time on the grass with a fast and hard to drive car...

 

[ImaRobot]

I'll have to give your Supra a go sometime if it's still shared. I tried everything with my Mustang but couldn't get it in the same second as the M3. Have to see if I'll ditch the whole build and start over or something... Although, as I said about those nerves: at least my race pace has always been something like a second a lap slower than my hotlapping pace, so an easier to drive car will probably gain you those lost seconds compared to driving a few brilliant laps and spending most of the time on the grass with a fast and hard to drive car...

Thing is, I just slapped together a quick tune on this Altezza and it drives easier than the Supra and its faster. :/ I have two setups for the Supra but I think only one is on the club garage.

I'm going to throw this Altezza in the club garage and take out the Supra later tomorrow.

 

[Wiggs]

@Forcone, you're probably .5 to a second faster than me so there shouldn't be an issue with the M3 being faster than your Mustang. I actually chased your ghost on Tsukuba and was able to get virtually the same time as you after about 10 laps. @ImaRobot, you probably wanna try something other than the Supra......maybe the Altezza will be a better choice. I think we're pretty close in driver skill so you'll want something that can run closer to the M3. The Supra probably has the advantage on La Sarthe, Road America, and maybe the 'Ring but that's about it.

 

[zr1chris]

About those race times, I'm so lost right now that I don't quite follow you anymore I guess I'll just wait and see!

Should be 6pm on Friday for you...

Update

Friday mornings: 11am est

7 - available

1 - not Available

B-Class: 97 Civic Type R, Any Elise, VX220, Opel Speedster, MR-S are all banned.

LoadedLove - 1998 Toyota Supra
Teewiggs - 1991 BMW M3
katpeeler - 1977 Ford Escort RS1800
A Man Hamster
Forcone - 1965 Ford Mustang

R2-Class: Restricted to numbered race cars.

Hennessey861
zr1chris
Carlos - #26 Porsche GT1
YoDef - #5 Opel Astra V8
SilentDrifterGT
I2valve

 

[ImaRobot]

@ImaRobot, you probably wanna try something other than the Supra......maybe the Altezza will be a better choice. I think we're pretty close in driver skill so you'll want something that can run closer to the M3. The Supra probably has the advantage on La Sarthe, Road America, and maybe the 'Ring but that's about it.

Yeah, the Altezza is my top choice right now. I'm going to be testing out probably like 1 or 2 more cars.

 

[Thatman]

Chris I'm going to be using an FC. Also now its Friday? That works too