GT4 WRS Week 50 preview and vote

[Jake]

1 Lap for me too... Should be a good challenge for me since I end up mowing the lawn there quite often!

 

[oldphart]

Thanks for the help 👍
Once again, this series teaches me more about the game 👍
I may not be quick this coming session, as the Ring and I

 

[Kent]

Just wanted to mention that I am looking forward to running this...
If the engine displacement (plus convertable) is the dictating factor for car choice then I should be straight with what I have in mind.

I've got a great little open top. 👍
Not going to say it (as I would actually like a bit of a mystery for the race).

However, I can tell you all this:
The car is not a miata but will easily be a contender (based on the example rules given on page 1).

I'll have a hard time waiting for this next race so until then,

 

[Casio]

Why does everybody all of a sudden want to keep car choices secret? When I mentioned keeping set-ups secret a few weeks back, everybody thought it was stupid. Now everyone wants to keep entire car choices secret!

I and I'm sure a lot of other don't have time to go around testing every single convertible to find the fastest one....

 

[Iceman]

If you don't have time then you don't have to. No one's forcing anyone to look for cars. There's already been several posted in here already.

 

[Casio]

If you don't have time then you don't have to. No one's forcing anyone to look for cars. There's already been several posted in here already.

I mean if X person has the fastest lap in X car, then I do have to at least test every single car to see which is the fastest. If a car list isn't posted then I have to go out and look for cars.

 

[Jake]

I'm just going to grab a Miata and go. I know that even if I tested and found the perfect car, I'd still get stomped on.

 

[HeinrichII]

I voted for 1 lap

2 and 3 laps I think it's too much, and I don't want to break another DS2

 

[Tedehur]

I mean if X person has the fastest lap in X car, then I do have to at least test every single car to see which is the fastest. If a car list isn't posted then I have to go out and look for cars.

I'm not planning to force everybody to test dozens of cars.
I still haven't decided what I'm gonna do, but :
If I choose that cars will remain secret, I will post a list of all cars matching the specs. On the other hand, if cars can be discussed freely in the thread, there will be no list posted.
So far I prefer to post a list and forbid the car discussion, but I still have a full day to change my mind.

 

[Casio]

I'm not planning to force everybody to test dozens of cars.
I still haven't decided what I'm gonna do, but :
If I choose that cars will remain secret, I will post a list of all cars matching the specs. On the other hand, if cars can be discussed freely in the thread, there will be no list posted.
So far I prefer to post a list and forbid the car discussion, but I still have a full day to change my mind.

But if you post a car list, we have to go out and test every car anyway to see which is the fastest, because there will inevitably be faster/slower cars. I know there isn't too many cars, but with one lap of the Ring being ~9 minutes, even taking 6 cars for 1 testing lap will take an hour.

It's not like the car selection won't be discussed outside this room anyway...

 

[Tedehur]

But if you post a car list, we have to go out and test every car anyway to see which is the fastest, because there will inevitably be faster/slower cars. I know there isn't too many cars, but with one lap of the Ring being ~9 minutes, even taking 6 cars for 1 testing lap will take an hour.

It's not like the car selection won't be discussed outside this room anyway...

The list won't feature more than 2 dozens of cars, many of which can be excluded simply from the power they reach at +20% (like the Copen someone mentioned earlier). And you won't need a full lap to know whether a car can be competitive or not : there are 11 T-times that will give you a fairly good indication of how the cars compare. So you should have restricted the list to half a dozen car within half an hour.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Casio just stop moaning

If your so worried about finding the best cars why dont you use the "back channels" to find out the best car with out you lifting a finger. 👍

 

[Kent]

Oh come on!!!

Let's try and have a little bit of a secret this week.

Keeping setups secret is one thing (and it doesn't help people learn how to tune).
Keeping cars secret is another thing all together.

With people not telling there cars it is just a matter of how well you know the cars in the game.

Personally, I would hate to see it come down to Cyril posting a list and everyone using the "fastest" car.
What's the fun of a multi-car week if everyone uses the same car?

My suggestion is to ....

Just once pick a car you like instead of picking a car that is the "fastest."

Plus, just like "Fryz" has said, if you really want to know the fastest car then just chat with someone off the scene.

See, here's what I'm thinking.

If we post a list and there is an obvious "ringer" in the group then everyone will race that car and a week of multiple car choices will be wasted (that ringer car will also be heavily dependant on what the specs for the race are... if we aren't carefull the competition may naturally come down to only one car).

If we don't post a list I think we may be able to get more people running cars they enjoy regardless of how fast it laps. We may also get the chance to let people like Famine excell thanks to a vast knowledge of the game which may make it possible for him to pick a ringer that no one else thought of.

Finally I just want to mention that my time here at the gtp and in the WRS has fallen off dramatically over the last month or so and it is because of my real life (job + work = no free time).

So regarding a list of cars, with the above comment in mind...
I doubt I will have time to run the race none the less test 5 or 6 cars.
None the less, I would like to find a car on my own and run a car I like... Not run a car the pack has deemed fastest.

 

[TheWizard]

I agree with keeping the cars secret. Which means Cyril should post a list of x-amount of cars and allow us to race only with one car off that list, like he suggested.

I also think that if Cyril himself should rule out the cars that are obviously faster than the others, and just keep a list of cars that have really similar times, then we would not encounter the problem of "having" to find the fastest one.

Personally, I will just pick the one I like best from the list and race that one. I am going to eat dust anyway, so I might as well do it with a car that I like

The Wizard.

 

[fasj6418]

i would like to discover the car also... please, no lists or chit chat about the cars, just a HP limit and i just need to know what the car has to have to fit in the requirements... i think this would add a bit to the experience... since we are doing diffrent things lately, this would be fun, only discovering which car we used after the results... would be so much fun... if you put a list its the same thing as driver A saying that he got the best time with a miata, an then everybody used the miata...

i really hope we have a secret car choice this time:tup:

 

[ROB 256R]

Yeah, i also think secret car choices sounds fun.

 

[Thirdeye]

Oh come on!!!

Let's try and have a little bit of a secret this week.

Keeping setups secret is one thing (and it doesn't help people learn how to tune).
Keeping cars secret is another thing all together.

With people not telling there cars it is just a matter of how well you know the cars in the game.

Personally, I would hate to see it come down to Cyril posting a list and everyone using the "fastest" car.
What's the fun of a multi-car week if everyone uses the same car?

My suggestion is to ....

Just once pick a car you like instead of picking a car that is the "fastest."

Plus, just like "Fryz" has said, if you really want to know the fastest car then just chat with someone off the scene.

See, here's what I'm thinking.

If we post a list and there is an obvious "ringer" in the group then everyone will race that car and a week of multiple car choices will be wasted (that ringer car will also be heavily dependant on what the specs for the race are... if we aren't carefull the competition may naturally come down to only one car).

If we don't post a list I think we may be able to get more people running cars they enjoy regardless of how fast it laps. We may also get the chance to let people like Famine excell thanks to a vast knowledge of the game which may make it possible for him to pick a ringer that no one else thought of.

Finally I just want to mention that my time here at the gtp and in the WRS has fallen off dramatically over the last month or so and it is because of my real life (job + work = no free time).

So regarding a list of cars, with the above comment in mind...
I doubt I will have time to run the race none the less test 5 or 6 cars.
None the less, I would like to find a car on my own and run a car I like... Not run a car the pack has deemed fastest.

That's what I did back when we had the RX-7 Race, I didn't use the fastest one (The Spirit R) because I wanted to have more fun by using one of the other cars not commonly used (I think I used the RS for the race, IIRC)

 

[Tedehur]

Merde. <---- An easy way to get around the swear filter is to swear in another language

The poll gave the worst result possible : 19 racers prefer a hotlap ; 19 racers prefer a multilapper.
I wasn't expecting an overwhelming majority, but I wasn't expecting such a floridan result either
And now I'm supposed to make a choice from that.

Anyone wants to be the steward this week, I'll take a week off ? ( j/k)


Ok, I'm starting to think about it, tune the race and post the race later.

 

[StrokerAce]

Hey.... IM floridian lol, are you gonna post the car list before the week so we can get a head start on the cars maybe? I dont want to have to buy all the cars that look like they have the right CC's, then have to seel them back when they dont.

 

[Tedehur]

Er, it looks like everybody is expecting me NOT to post a car list.
So I was planning to post it after all.
Don't you use an übersave ?

 

[StrokerAce]

I dont have anything fancy on my PS2, if it ever had to come down to a reply for me id be using my digital camera recorder. Ive never even heard of Ubersave.

 

[Casio]

=19 racers prefer a hotlap ; 19 racers prefer a multilapper

Isn't it 19:18?

19 for 1 lap. 17 for 2/3 and 2 for other. Except you are 1 of the others, and you said your vote doesn't count. So what would you prefer Flat-O, it's your deciding vote!

Oh and about car list/secrets, I don't care anymore, I hate you all. I'm just going to keep moaning...

 

[Tedehur]

Isn't it 19:18?

19 for 1 lap. 17 for 2/3 and 2 for other. Except you are 1 of the others, and you said your vote doesn't count. So what would you prefer Flat-O, it's your deciding vote!

Oh and about car list/secrets, I don't care anymore, I hate you all. I'm just going to keep moaning...

My initial plans were a 2-lapper, but then I decided it would be wise to have your opinion first, that's why I count myself in the multilapper votes.
Meanwhile, I took my decision and the thread for week 50 is ready to be posted.