- 1,392
- Satellite of Love
- flip157
Crap. Gimme a sec...hey don't jack me for my QR race point!!
Gran Turismo Gentlemans Cup (GTGC) | FINISHED! (for now...) Thanks to everyone who joined in!Finished
- Thread starter flip55
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- 1,435
- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
Oooooohhhh boy! Winner takes all next week...
Edit: looks like points are really close for everyone! There won't be anything left on the table, that's for sure!
Edit: looks like points are really close for everyone! There won't be anything left on the table, that's for sure!
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- Satellite of Love
- flip157
- 524
- los angeles ca
- socalspeedfreak
Thanks! The QR sucked for me. Was testing a setting and then when I needed to update to 1.17 I totally forgot to put it back.
Did I mention how much fun I'm having in this series!!
Did I mention how much fun I'm having in this series!!
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- Florida
- d4rizob
This exactly^^^^
Oh well, should not have taken that prerace nap, nearly missed the whole thing. Had a great battle with Socal and Rash, lots of fun. Tires were toast at the end. I pitted with Socal at 26 minute mark, picked up a little rf damage early on, and tried to make them last. LF was at 2.
Thanks @flip55 , great series.
Oh, did I mention I'm going to Sebring tomorrow?
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- los angeles ca
- socalspeedfreak
Hey Rizo did you notice how we went into the pits at the same time and I came out with a few seconds advantage! 
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- Florida
- d4rizob
Hey Rizo did you notice how we went into the pits at the same time and I came out with a few seconds advantage!
I took a chance on the LR tire changer who was recently let go by Ferrari. Big mistake.
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- los angeles ca
- socalspeedfreak
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- Somebodyshootme
I mean forgetting the option tires for the race, that crew chief will be lucky to have a job in Motorsports ever againI totally understand. Draq's crew chief might be looking for a job soon too!!
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- Iowa
- draqua_fresh
yeah, when my system locked, it forgot I had SS tires, so I ran the whole race on SM.... at the beginning i thought "this may actually work due to the tire wear of the SS tires" and that it was just a mistake on my part, forgetting to change to the Softs and I i think for bit there i was gaining time round the 20 min mark, but then my tires fell off and it went back to losing around a second a lap. Then i pit, and i said "ok this SM thing isn't working need to change to softs" the menu popped up and no softs were available 
at that point most of the field was on my bumper, I pulled out infront of Kg, Flip, and Velo for about a lap, the drove around me, so i pit again and stayed there lol.
Funny thing was, I had SS for the Qualifier and the 15 minute sprint, so when I locked up, i didn't think to check if I had them again before the main race. we have also suspended our crew chief after a little "fracas" with the owner after the race had concluded, a full investigation is underway.
at that point most of the field was on my bumper, I pulled out infront of Kg, Flip, and Velo for about a lap, the drove around me, so i pit again and stayed there lol.Funny thing was, I had SS for the Qualifier and the 15 minute sprint, so when I locked up, i didn't think to check if I had them again before the main race. we have also suspended our crew chief after a little "fracas" with the owner after the race had concluded, a full investigation is underway.
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- Somebodyshootme
Sack the poor bastige... I mean in futbol (soccer for us Mericans) if you miss a goal someone might be waiting in tour closet with a .22 to waste you.yeah, when my system locked, it forgot I had SS tires, so I ran the whole race on SM.... at the beginning i thought "this may actually work due to the tire wear of the SS tires" and that it was just a mistake on my part, forgetting to change to the Softs and I i think for bit there i was gaining time round the 20 min mark, but then my tires fell off and it went back to losing around a second a lap. Then i pit, and i said "ok this SM thing isn't working need to change to softs" the menu popped up and no softs were available
Funny thing was, I had SS for the Qualifier and the 15 minute sprint, so when I locked up, i didn't think to check if I had them again before the main race. we have also suspended our crew chief after a little "fracas" with the owner after the race had concluded, a full investigation is underway.
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- Iowa
- draqua_fresh
http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv
heres how Im spending my saturday, how bout you guys?
heres how Im spending my saturday, how bout you guys?
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- Murrieta, California
- WanganGhost
Work. 
The link works in my phone though. Yay
The link works in my phone though. Yay
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- Somebodyshootme
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- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
Working the start/finish stand at my local track 👍
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- Florida
- d4rizob
Just got home from Sebring to watch the finish on TV. I brought my daughters with me and they were exhausted from the heat so we left a little early. Great time though, my dad used to bring my brother and I all the time and this was the first time I got to bring my kids. I am now more found of participating rather then just spectating
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- Satellite of Love
- flip157
Update post!
Firstly: Just keeping tabs on who's signed up for TC1 thus far. At the moment, we have 4 Mazdas and 2 VWs.
Mazda - WanganGhost (17), d4rizob (34), BC_BOYZZ (66), kgffy (49)
VW - draqua_fresh (99) and myself (92)
Nothing is finalized yet, you have until Grand Valley to decide on what you want to run with, but I'll be updating the forum with sign ups.
Secondly: Race distances. I think we'll go back to 20/60 for these cars. It's a system that I think is working really well, so I won't do much there.
The Nurburgring will be slight different because of how large the track is. The Main will still be 60 minutes, no change there. The Quali Race may be shortened to 15 minutes, just to ensure the race doesn't run too long (It'll be a two lapper, basically). These cars run, very roughly speaking, somewhere between an 8 1/2 to a 9 minute lap time on the big circuit, so I don't want a 20 minute race to turn into a 25+ minute race or something like that.
Thirdly:
I am thinking about implementing success ballast when these guys start up. I don't have a problem with it, I just wanted to see what the general consensus is for it. I would have to see how much weight can be added to the cars now, because some of them have ballast to get them up to weight. but if this is something we're gonna do, I'll figure something out.
I've had a success ballast system in place in the past, and I'll take a second to explain my system. Podium finishers in the Main Event will get a certain amount of ballast added (1st the most, 3rd the least) that carries over to the next race meeting. Ballast can stack from race to race, but there will be a maximum limit to the ballast that you can receive (say 60kg). If a driver with ballast fall outside of the podium on a subsequent Main Event, that driver will lose a small amount of ballast (say -20kg for 4th and below). It will be made clear what cars get weight and the amount after each round in a forum post.
I will only add ballast based on the Main Event results. Qualifying Race results will not affect ballast.
Just an idea, want to see what people think.
Lastly: I will be on tomorrow night for another session for these cars. Top Gear is still on hiatus, so I need something to do...
Firstly: Just keeping tabs on who's signed up for TC1 thus far. At the moment, we have 4 Mazdas and 2 VWs.
Mazda - WanganGhost (17), d4rizob (34), BC_BOYZZ (66), kgffy (49)
VW - draqua_fresh (99) and myself (92)
Nothing is finalized yet, you have until Grand Valley to decide on what you want to run with, but I'll be updating the forum with sign ups.
Secondly: Race distances. I think we'll go back to 20/60 for these cars. It's a system that I think is working really well, so I won't do much there.
The Nurburgring will be slight different because of how large the track is. The Main will still be 60 minutes, no change there. The Quali Race may be shortened to 15 minutes, just to ensure the race doesn't run too long (It'll be a two lapper, basically). These cars run, very roughly speaking, somewhere between an 8 1/2 to a 9 minute lap time on the big circuit, so I don't want a 20 minute race to turn into a 25+ minute race or something like that.
Thirdly:
I am thinking about implementing success ballast when these guys start up. I don't have a problem with it, I just wanted to see what the general consensus is for it. I would have to see how much weight can be added to the cars now, because some of them have ballast to get them up to weight. but if this is something we're gonna do, I'll figure something out.
I've had a success ballast system in place in the past, and I'll take a second to explain my system. Podium finishers in the Main Event will get a certain amount of ballast added (1st the most, 3rd the least) that carries over to the next race meeting. Ballast can stack from race to race, but there will be a maximum limit to the ballast that you can receive (say 60kg). If a driver with ballast fall outside of the podium on a subsequent Main Event, that driver will lose a small amount of ballast (say -20kg for 4th and below). It will be made clear what cars get weight and the amount after each round in a forum post.
I will only add ballast based on the Main Event results. Qualifying Race results will not affect ballast.
Just an idea, want to see what people think.
Lastly: I will be on tomorrow night for another session for these cars. Top Gear is still on hiatus, so I need something to do...
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- Somebodyshootme
Still haven't figured out my car yet, I'm on the fence about 2 different cars possibly 3. I think the ballast is a good addition for this series. It made the last series very interesting with it plus gave us new faces on the podium throughout the series. :-)
I should have a good idea about my TC car after tomorrow, then I will recruit for Team IOUW Racing :-)
One more thing. What type of tire wear and fuel consumption are we looking at for the new TC series. This will play a big factor not only on my decision but I believe with BOP too.
I should have a good idea about my TC car after tomorrow, then I will recruit for Team IOUW Racing :-)
One more thing. What type of tire wear and fuel consumption are we looking at for the new TC series. This will play a big factor not only on my decision but I believe with BOP too.
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- WanganGhost
Loved watching Sebring yesterday. I think Porsche hired the LR wheel gun guy from Ferrari though
- 1,435
- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
- 1,310
- Ca
- Kgffy28
Lol, I have not driven rx8 yet, guess it's a quick car
- 1,435
- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
I think we need to start recruiting people, the numbers have been lower than average recently. More cars = more fun!
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- Mission, British Columbia
- BC_BOYZZ
- 8,128
- 2 smacks past uranus
- Somebodyshootme
I'll push you, but I'd rather chain you up and pull you across the finish line ;-)Care to push me when I run out of fuel?It'll be a good one! Looking forward to it!
