GT Touring Car Series -- Series finished! Ozwheels3 takes the title!Finished
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I do understand what you've been saying, and I think that's where we see things a little differently. I'm thinking it's a driver potential thing because I can't match the pace of the faster Miatas. That is why success ballast based on the previous race results has made more sense to me as opposed to penalizing everyone who choose to drive a Mazda. Miatas are strung about the field, they're not all in the top five.
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I concur but a superior driver can make an average car perform well above its normal performance, with an average driver showing the true characteristics of the car. That has long been the case in F1....take a look at Daniel Riccardo....he is very good but not a front packer in a whatever car....put him in a front line car and he's in the hunt. I drove both at Apricot mine with Flips tune which I use and an untuned Miata. I did this because I was not amused when Miatas drove inside by me on the long sweeper. The Miata is a joy to drive...pure and simple.
And I agree with Flip that punishing the Miata for being good is not what needs to be done. The combination of a superior driver in a superior car is just plain bad for racing...but it is a fact of life...I yawned all the way through the Senna and Schumacher years (except for their way up the grid as rookies) because they were boring....except for the Prost Senna Saga...where you have brilliant but different drivers in the same car. In any case I'll try to stay out of the way as I learn from all of you.
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- Somebodyshootme
That is a good fast lap there at Apricot! The fastest I posted and recorded before the race was a 1:21.6xx but that did not occur at the race. I believe the fastest lap I pulled during the race was a 1:22 flat. I will say the Miata will get into the 1:20.xxx had a few chances to make it happen, however coming out of the last chicane stopped that from happening each time, but that didn't matter because the race was over.
Also, the whole reason why I am pushing the successive weight gain from the start was because of driver potential, I just didn't know the right term to deliver it with.
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- edward0502
if somebody want´s to practice add me on the psn please 
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Oooooooookay... Working on success ballast. Which is kinda complicated. It actually takes a fair amount of weight to really notice a difference and slow you down.
So I this is the best I've come up with. Weight will be added based on race results at the end of each race and carry over to the next one.
Adding weight:
1st -- +60 kg
2nd -- +40 kg
3rd -- +20 kg
Up to 120 kg
Ballast position must remain at 0, as to not change the car's weight distribution.
If you finish 1st in one race, and 3rd in the second, you will leave the weekend with 80 kg. These weights will carry over to the next races, and we will keep track of added weight in the forum, here.
Removing weight:
Any finish outside of the top three will allow you to remove extra ballast weight.
If you have less than or equal to 80 kg, 20 kg will be removed.
If you have over 80 kg, 40 kg will be removed.
If you disconnect, the weight you started the race with will carry forward to the next race.
Not sure how happy I am with the numbers, this may be a bit much. But this is the basic idea of what I think will work the best. So if we were to start using this system this week in Indy:
roog_og would start at + 60
draqua_fresh +40
Somebodyshootme +20
Let me know what you guys think, we have time to tweak before Thursday.
So I this is the best I've come up with. Weight will be added based on race results at the end of each race and carry over to the next one.
Adding weight:
1st -- +60 kg
2nd -- +40 kg
3rd -- +20 kg
Up to 120 kg
Ballast position must remain at 0, as to not change the car's weight distribution.
If you finish 1st in one race, and 3rd in the second, you will leave the weekend with 80 kg. These weights will carry over to the next races, and we will keep track of added weight in the forum, here.
Removing weight:
Any finish outside of the top three will allow you to remove extra ballast weight.
If you have less than or equal to 80 kg, 20 kg will be removed.
If you have over 80 kg, 40 kg will be removed.
If you disconnect, the weight you started the race with will carry forward to the next race.
Not sure how happy I am with the numbers, this may be a bit much. But this is the basic idea of what I think will work the best. So if we were to start using this system this week in Indy:
roog_og would start at + 60
draqua_fresh +40
Somebodyshootme +20
Let me know what you guys think, we have time to tweak before Thursday.
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- edward0502
nobody want to practice?
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- Somebodyshootme
Not sure if this could be useful in the future or not
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/race-serie-manager-software.303439/page-2
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/race-serie-manager-software.303439/page-2
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- edward0502
i was having network problems -.-
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- nail-27
They have been flaky all day
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Oh, whoops! My bad, misread the finishing order.
Revised success ballast:
roog_og -- +60 kg
draqua_fresh -- +40 kg
Somebodyshootme -- +20 kg
I changed it in the above post as well. Draqua ran with +20 last night, said there was a difference, which is good. I hope these values aren't too high.
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I guess we are just going on good faith that people will keep the ballast position at 0?
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- flip157
I'm going on faith that people are going to put it on in the first place, to be honest. So yes.
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You can do reg checks.
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- PSN#2 Roob_OG
I'm gonna miss tonight's race. Got a new job and it's kicking my butt. Need the sleep.
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- Somebodyshootme
That sucks, but a new job is good
. If only there was a way to manage making bank on racing online I would quit one of my bar jobs.
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- joseneihosue
Got punted off the track by an Integra and then promptly disconnected.
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- edward0502
dudes i dint make it i was in a busines meeting and came late to home like at 11:40 buta the race was going on 
